Cleveland Plain Dealer
Jane Scott, who retired from the Plain Dealer in 2002, after 50 years at the newspaper, covered the Rolling Stones, The Who, Led Zeppelin, Janis Joplin, David Bowie and other future Rock and Roll Hall of Famers early in their careers. She was with Jimi Hendrix when he bought a blue Corvette at a Shaker Heights dealership. The Plain Dealer’s Michael Heaton said of Scott in a 1991 Cleveland Magazine profile of the critic: “The standard take on Jane is that nobody’s home. But forget the kooky image and all that world’s oldest teenager bullshit. She’s sharp as a tack – and the hardest working reporter I’ve ever met.” John Soeder writes:
Scott had a knack for spotting talent. “His name is Bruce Springsteen. He will be the next superstar,” she predicted in her review of a 1975 performance by the Boss at the Allen Theatre — months before he graced the covers of Time and Newsweek. During another Cleveland concert years later, Springsteen dedicated “Dancing in the Dark” to Scott.
Scott was asked in a recent interview if there was anyone she wished she hadn’t met. “Yes. The Beastie Boys,” she said. “Arrogant, self-important and smirking, over-using the “f” word in a telephone interview after their opening set for Madonna.”
> A video tribute to Jane Scott on her 90th birthday
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