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Rock vocalist David Lee Roth, known best for his work with Van Halen, got his first taste of show business from the inside by hanging out at Cafe Wha?, which his uncle Manny Roth, built and owned in New York in the early 1960s; it featured performers such as Bob Dylan and Jimi Hendrix. Roth moved to Pasadena, California, while he was in his teens, and according to himself, 'bounced around' a number of schools, and saw a psychiatrist for three years, eventually attending a ranch for troubled teens, where he cared for a horse to build a sense of responsibility. While working as a hospital orderly, he attended Pasadena City College (although he did not graduate) where he met the Van Halen brothers, Eddie and Alex.