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Friday, April 01, 2005
Excerpts from THIRD STONE FROM THE SEVENTH SUN
INSIDE THE LEGACY OF JIMI HENDRIX
By Joe Viglione
Imagine
sometime in the future when the music of Jimi Hendrix will be public
domain (as the works of Edgar Allan Poe are now) - when people will be
free to take his amazing intuition, inspiration and feelings down
different avenues with whatever new technology is available.
Exploring
the life and music of JimiHendrix as it currently stands in 2005 is a
full time job. Whether you are listening to the beautiful instrumental, "The New Rising Sun",
from the 1995 "Voodoo Soup" album put together by producer Alan Douglas
or "Hey Baby (New Rising Sun)" that appears on the 1997 release "First
Rays Of The New Rising Sun" produced by Eddie Kramer, Jimi Hendrix,
Mitch Mitchell and John Jansen, or comparing those two discs to the 1971
release "The Cry Of Love" - all three versions of Jimi's "final album"
having many of the same tracks, those performances going through new
mixes with new technology, and sometimes, different sets of ears.
While
listening to all the musical information these various producers have
made available it is hard to retain each nuance of the guitarist's magic
- there is just so much remixed material to absorb, study and consider.
And if you think cataloguing the music ofHendrix available to fans is a
daunting task, what about the volume of text material being issued that
discusses his short life?
The Jimi Hendrix fan base is strong --- and rabid! Thus the release of the book "Jimi Hendrix: The Man,The Magic, The Truth", by former UPI reporter and Hendrix friend Sharon Lawrence,
has caused the usual stirs in that world. Described as "the
definitive"account of Jimi Hendrix by publisher Harper/Collins, readers
should be advised that, although author Lawrence was clearly a close
confidante of Jimi's -the 352 pages may include important information,
but can hardly be considered the "definitive" account.
There is
some insight regarding the persona of Ed Chalpin, the man who has
perpetually licensed the PPX tapes and who signed Jimi to a recording
contract in the 1960s. Lawrence speaks with him on the phone and quotes
Chalpin as saying "They've killed him" in regards to the passing of Jimi
on September 18, 1970. The author also notes that she received a call
from Monika Dannemann in 1991 - who Lawrence describes as "the woman who let Jimi die."
Since
Jimi's death has become as much of a discussion as his music - that
event unfortunately walking hand-in-hand with the art - this article
explores information previously unavailable about that tragic incident -
and how it has all impacted what the artist was expressing. While "The Last 24 Hours Of Jimi Hendrix"
DVD saysthat the U.S. Government had interest in killing Jimi Hendrix -
making it clear that from that product's point of view - that his death
was a murder, Lawrence says with great emphasis that she believes his
death was a suicide. Metronome Magazine, in an exclusive interview with Jimi's friend, Buzzy Linhart,
has information that the late Monika Dannemann killed Jimi at the
request of the late Michael Jeffrey, former manager of Hendrix, The
Animals, Genya Ravan and other groups.
In order to get to the
truth the devotee - the true Jimi enthusiast - needs to explore as many
of the books and DVDs as humanly possible. Jas Obrecht and Al Hendrix's "My Son Jimi", Steven Roby's tremendous "Black Gold: The Lost Archives Of Jimi Hendrix" and Eddie Kramer and John McDermott's equally excellent "Hendrix: Setting The Record Straight" are a good start, though none of them answer all the questions in a satisfactory manner.
Lawrence's
book is certainly compelling enough,but when she discusses the Toronto
trial she limitsher own testimony at that major event in Jimi's life to
one paragraph. It leaves the reader wondering and wanting more. While
Steven Roby includes testimony from both Hendrix and Lawrence in his
book, an exhaustive and essential work, and though his 278 pages -like
McDermott's 364, is a fun investigation and exploration of the music, it
still has flaws.
Lawrence glosses over "Jimmy James & The BlueFlames",
a pivotal bridge from Jimi's work as aback-up musician to the formation
of The Jimi Hendrix Experience. The material on "Jimmy James & The
BlueFlames" - a vital part of Jimi's career which featured future
"Spirit" co-founder Randy California and future Utopia co-founder Moogy
Klingman - is remarkably thin.
At least a chapter or two on that
phase of his lifeis essential to any biography. The author loves Jimi,
and that comes throughloud and clear, but her bias against Al Hendrix,
Janie Hendrix, Leon Hendrix, John McDermott (a major force in Experience
Hendrix who gets dismissed with a mere mention), Ed Chalpin, Michael
Jeffrey, Monika Dannemann, Devon "Dolly Dagger" Wilson, pretty much most
of the people in Jimi's life save a few, is a red flag. She lumps some
of the heroes in with the villains. There's no doubt that Jeffrey,
Dannemann and Chalpin had a negative effect on the artist, but then
there's the catch 22 - the question which most feel is blasphemous:
would Jimi Hendrix have emerged as the giant he is without the efforts
of Ed Chalpin and/or Michael Jeffrey?
Would he have gotten frompoint A to point B without those two?
One
would like to think that pure talent wins out, but we are talking about
the music industry, a business which discards talent like yesterday's
newspaper. Just look at how the tapes of Jimi Hendrix were treated prior
to Experience Hendrix giving those masters and mixes the respect, in
regards to properly cataloguing andstoring them, that genius deserves.
Lawrence is lethal when it comes to Al Hendrix, Jimi's dad, and maybe -
if she's to get the benefit of the doubt -her insight there is not off
base, but there is a glaring lack of objectivity in the book,and that is
what weakens her story and makes us question her motives in regard to
Al Hendrix. Roby, as well as McDermott and Eddie Kramer, give more meat
in their writings- though all these books can't resist offering and
mixing opinion with fact. At least Steven Roby makes the effort to give a
Bibliography in Black Gold, and a book that reviews the books is what
is really needed here.
It is going to take a highly objective
journalist to sift through the voluminous work that makes up the Hendrix
audio and video catalogs as well as the variety of sources that give so
many perspectives.
Eric Burdon's 2001 biography, "Don't Let Me
Be Misunderstood", speaks kindly of Al Hendrix, and asks the pertinent
question: Did Monika "dose" Jimi with wine and sleeping pills?
Proving my point - an overabundance of information with no clear line that provides something conclusive.
Perhaps the most outrageous aspect of "Jimi Hendrix: The Man, The Magic, The Truth"
is Sharon Lawrence totally dismissing John McDermott (and StevenRoby)
but quoting a whacko obsessive fan from aHendrix Yahoo group. For a
credible journalist to indulge the lunatic fringe, well, the transcripts
ofthe Toronto trial would be a bit more informative than hearing from
one of the nuisance fans who live vicariously through Jimi's music. It
is devastating to Lawrence's credibility - she savages the memory of the
late Al Hendrix and backs up her position with quotes from a nutcase. Jimi Hendrix: The Man, The Magic, The Truth
needed a little bit more emphasis on the performances and the
recordings and less animosity. While the book has a wealth of positive
material, the animosity does as much disrespect to Jimi's memory as
those who hurt him while he was alive.
A loving tribute to Jimi, Janis, Brian Epstein, Brian Jones and others is in therare and succinct "No One Waved Good-Bye"
edited by Robert Somma for Bostonian Barry Glovsky's Fusion Books. Al
Aronowitz, Lillian Roxon and Lou Reed - three tremendous essayists, are
far more sensitive in those128 pages.
Which brings us to the DVDs, and there are lots of them: Eagle Vision's "Electric Ladyland"
identifies the solution to the dilemma discussed in this article. The
DVD is part of their "Classic Albums" series and gives one a renewed
appreciation of the third album from TheJimi Hendrix Experience.
Engineer Eddie Kramer takesus through the music and the DVD makes you
want to putthe album on again. For those who truly want to remember Jimi
Hendrix respectfully and stand in awe ofhis talent, something that
creates new desire to hearthe recordings again can only get a thumbs up.
"Electric Ladyland" the DVD has me playing the albumagain, and is a DVD
that will get repeated spins inthis writer's house. Chrome Dreams "Jimi Hendrix: By Those Who Knew Him Best" and MVD's The Last 24 Hours of Jimi Hendrix are two interview discs. Steven Roby appears on "The Last24 Hours"
while Jimi's brother Leon Hendrix, respected journalist Al Aronowitz,
Vince Martell of The VanillaFudge and others talk about Hendrix on
"Those Who KnewHim Best." Between all the items mentioned is such a
wealth ofinformation that we won't have time to give you thetranscript
of Harvey Wharfield's WZLX interview withbassist Noel Redding, or the
lecture Visual Radiotaped by Wild Blue Angel director Murray Lerner.
Butthis article will give you something very special - anexclusive
interview - a conversation with BuzzyLinhart conducted on March 30,
2005.
* * * * * * * * * * * *
Having collected Jimi
Hendrix music ever since"Purple Haze" burst on my radio - for the better
partof thirty eight years, it never ceases to amaze whenthe
guitarmaster's music perpetually sells on eBay -sometimes at ridiculous
prices. There are 6,209 itemsmentioning Jimi's name on eBay as I write
this, 1:36AM on March 31, 2005. That's a stunning amount ofmusic. But
there's lots more that you won't ever findon eBay. When taping Little
Walter for this writer'sTV program,Visual Radio, the famous disc jockey
toldthis journalist that he recorded many Little Richardconcerts,
including one with Jimi Hendrix on RevereBeach! Little Richard performed
on a bill with Don & Dewey and Maxine Browne. Jimi Hendrix played
guitarand Little Walter recorded the event. Not only that-he broadcast
it on MIT's WTBS (now WMBR). The onlyknown tape of Little Richard with
Jimi was actuallybroadcast on college radio in the 1960s!
As I
had interviewed John McDermott of the JimiHendrix Estate for an article
on the packaging of theHendrix 4 CD Boxed Set, I phoned up Mr. McDermott
andinvited him to hear the rare recording at LittleWalter's studio. The
three of us listened to theplayback from the radio broadcast tape, the
dub, andwe actually got to touch the original masterreel-to-reel tape!
It's amazing, opening with The Beatles' "I Saw Her Standing There",
"Lucille", "SendMe Some Lovin'", and five other tunes - Little Richard
with the unmistakable sound of Jimi Hendrix on guitar. Hopefully Little
Richard will authorize its release. Akarma Records, a division of the
Italian Comet Records label, re-released the interesting LittleRichard
album "Friends From The Beginning" which claims to have Jimi and Richard
together. It's a good Little Richard lp, but others dispute any input
fromHendrix - Steven Roby stating that Jimi appears only on the single
"I Don't Know What You've Got" b/w"Dancin' All Around The World", John
McDermott's "Setting The Record Straight" citing the only appearance
being on the 45 "I Don't Know What You'veGot But It's Got Me" Parts 1
& 2 - the A side thatRoby mentions. It's a dilemma, sifting through
the fact and the fiction - and while not judging Sharon Lawrence, a true
fan will find more info in "Setting The RecordStraight" and "Black
Gold: The Lost Archives Of Jimi Hendrix", so they are a good place to
start. The definitive book has yet to be written - but thanks to the
internet, eBay, and the lasting power of Jimi's music, more will be
written, studied and explored.
One idea is for a journalist and
fan totake a look at what is currently on the table - as we're doing
here - and merging those reflections with information from someone who
was there back in the day- someone who knew and who jammed with Jimi
Hendrix. The tentative title of that work - a study ofthe recordings and
insight from one of Jimi's peers is:
"Third Stone From The Seventh
Suns" Metronome readers have - with the above informationand that which
follows, a taste of the proposed book which is
(C)2005 Joe Viglione & Buzzy Linhart - as is this article.
Buzzy
Linhart played with Al Kooper and JimiHendrix at Steve Paul's THE
SCENE, a recording of them performing Dylan's "Like A Rolling Stone" is
on a well known and very expensive double lp Hendrix bootleg,"Hoochie
Koochie Man". Buzzy also worked with Eddie Kramer and Mitch Mitchell
putting vibraphone on the song "Drifting" which appears on all three
variationsof the "Cry Of Love" sessions.
Buzzy:"I first met Jimi
at the Cafe Au Go Go at themiddle of a rehearsal with Hendrix and John
HammondJr. We were just stopping by to pick up a couple ofdrums or
something. This was a pivotal evening for mebecause as I approached the
Cafe Au Go Go, the famousdrummer Muruga (of Weather Report fame)was
exiting theclub - Muruga told me to get inside and hear thegreatest
guitarist in the world. I went down thedimly lit stairs into the
showroom of the Cafe Au GoGo and turned the corner into the big room and
sawJimmy James & The Blue Flames and John Hammond Jr.rehearsing for
an up and coming show. It was a triowith the addition of John Hammond
Jr. fronting thegroup, creating a quartet (this was before
Buzzy'spartner, Moogy Klingman, and Spirit's Randy Californiawould join
The Blue Flames).The Steven Roby book Black Gold says on page 50 -
that"Jimi found a loft on Hudson street with roommatesBuzzy Linhart,
Roger McGuinn and David Crosby..." Buzzy clarified Mr. Roby's
information:"(It was on)Greenwich and Reade St. above the UnitedEgg
Company - we were on the third floor - The SeventhSons had a rehearsal
loft - Jimi came to it manytimes, David Crosby came many times, Roger
McGuinncame many times, but they weren't roommates. It wasthe Seventh
Sons' rehearsal loft and party place." From 1966 to 1968 Buzzy Linhart
was in the band TheSeventh Sons - featuring Buzzy on vocals, guitar
andvibes, drummer Serge Katzen and bassist James Rock. Flute player
Frank Eventoff made the Seventh Sons a quartet.
They produced an album but only limited material found release on the legendary ESP label.
----------------------------------------------------
Buzzy:
"I was playing Cafe Au Go Go after The Seventh Sons fell apart and left
me with just an acoustic guitar... and I had an offer to open for
whoever theacts were at Cafe Au Go Go - opening for acts likeBlood,
Sweat & Tears." Steve Paul saw Linhartperforming at Cafe Au Go Go
and brought Buzzy to his club, The Scene, to open for acts like B.B.
King, TheMcCoys with Rick Derringer, and other acts from theday. Buzzy
remembers Jimi at The Scene: "...most nights, about showtime, if he
wasn'trecording, Jimi would be sitting at one of the bestseats in the
house - and many of those evenings weoften ended up in jam sessions.One
night I was sitting by the side of the stagewatching whomever and
someone came over and said"Buzzy, Jimi's going to play, will you play
drums?", and I said Yes. I believe that was the same nightthat Noel
Redding announced he was leaving theExperience. He was very sad and got
very drunk andkind of messed up the bass parts - which is one of
thereasons that recording has not been used more often." It has found
release on the Jimi Hendrix double discbootleg "Hoochie Koochie Man"
which sells for about ahundred dollars on eBay IF you can find a
copy.Sharon Lawrence claims Jimi committed suicide, The Last 24 Hours Of
Jimi Hendrix claims it was apolitical assassination because of the
Black Panther movement, etc. "That could have been a red herringput out
there by Michael Jeffrey" Buzzy surmises, asDevon Wilson a.k.a. Dolly
Dagger, told Buzzy "Please -you must tell everybody that Jimi was
murdered. Hehad been drug free for months." Supposedly she wasdrug free
as well as Hendrix and Wilson reportedlyentered and left treatment
together. Says Buzzy, "I'll personally never forget Jimi lookingat me
from the antique barber's chair in theElectric Lady lobby - spinning
around - slowing downexactly on the third spin, holding up a
Marlborosaying "Now if I could just quit this I'll havebeat everything."
It was really cool - it happenedthat way - I believed him when he told
me that, and tohear just a day and a half later people claiming
that"once a junkie always a junkie" etc. really rankledme. This was the
evening of the day he went back toEngland for the last time. (It took
about six hoursto get to London from New York, so night turned intoday
with the time change.)Thoughts from Buzzy when Jimi passed away on
September18, 1970 "I was sitting in my living room with John Hammond
Jr.- we had just jammed on a couple of songs - harp andguitar - when we
flipped on the radio. It happened tobe on the news and the international
news report cameon saying "the greatest guitarist in the world hasdied
in London." I turned to John Hammond and said"that's got to be Hendrix."
And the next part of thereport confirmed it. We didn't know what to
say, butbeing just 20 blocks or so from Electric Lady we justprobably
jumped a cab down to the studio. At ElectricLady somebody said there was
a phone call for me. Ipicked up the telephone on the receptionist's
desk andit was Dolly Dagger (Devon Wilson) telling me I had tobelieve
her. What she told me was that Jimi hadcalled her the day or so before
and told her that hehad been up for days. He had talked to his doctor
inNew York City and the doctor said "You've got to getsome sleep" - the
doctor said "Do you want me to callin some sleeping pills for you to a
doctor I know inLondon?" Jimi said"No, that's OK, there's Tuinols in the
medicinecabinet in the bathroom here."
They agreed that Jimi-
having a great tolerance to this type of drug -would need to take 3
capsules. But this turned out tobe the German Tuinols which were the
EQUIVALENT ofthree apiece, so they turned out to have the potencyof 9
capsules." (It's been reported by Sharon Lawrencethat Jimi took 9
capsules, but what he took was theGerman equivalent of nine capsules -
and Monika musthave known this. If she wasn't sure she should havesaid
something.)
It overdosed him into sleep lying on his back and
hechoked on food, he asphyxiated. "Remember", Buzzy made clear, "this is
what Devon toldme." Weeks or months earlier - not the night before -but
it clicked with the someone in the know afterSeptember 18, 1970, a band
member or crew member madea bad mistake when he decided to take a nap
on a largecouch in Michael Jeffrey's opulent office - thirdfloor of
Electric Lady studios, New York City. It'sthe kind of a sofa where when
it is facing this largefireplace - the giant back of the sofa - you can
besleeping there and if someone didn't think to lookthey wouldn't even
know you were in the room. Thisparticular crew member claims to have
overheard adiscussion between Monika and Michael Jeffrey duringwhich he
told her that it was only a matter of timetill he - Michael -assured her
that he would be taking back the businessfrom Jimi and would she help
by poisoning him.
To Be Continued.
THE ABOVE WAS PUBLISHED IN THE MAY ISSUE OF METRONOME MAGAZINE
http://metronomemagazine.blogspot.com
Here is Part II for the June issue, completed May 2, 2005 at 3:30 AM
YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE HIGH TO STAY AWAKE TOO LONG(and You Don't Have To Take Drugs To Be Paranoid)
By Buzzy Linhart as told to Joe Viglione
One
of the basic things we have to complete to even begin step one, we must
once and for all establish the coroners cause of death. There are at
least three different versions in three different books regarding this.
It's hard to keep a clean laboratory when you're not starting out with
the purest necessary elements.
a)if he died of drowning in
wine, as one source (between the books, internet and DVDs) suggests,
then why is that not mentioned in the coroners report in one of the
other well known sources on the subject?
b)what Dolly Dagger (Devon Wilson) was upset about was the suggestions that Hendrix would kill himself.
c)if
as Dolly said - this was a proud moment for him -(being drug free) -
why would he go backwards? He had already bragged to me about it.
All I can personally say as I sift through these files of immense
proportion regarding Hendrix's death -and boasting a long list of
authors - is that everything I see and read seems to contradict
everything else. All I know is that the phone rang at Electric Lady
studios and it was D.D. (Dolly Dagger) for me, she said, "Jimi had been
awake for days but totally straight, but too excited". She said she was
upset because the press was reporting "heroin overdose", she swore he
was "7 months clean", something she and he had accomplished together,
his plan to prove that he could play clean. His earliest memories of
practicing and learning how to copy other people's licks were confused
with a combination of alcohol, marijuana and most anything for awhile
there. But if he were to prove that he was the king of the psychedelic
gypsies, he'd have to do it not only better than anybody else, but
completely clean.
First he was my hero, then I was "dating" one
of his girlfriends, and then he was gone. "Don't believe them" she
sobbed "He played clean."
BUZZY ON DOLLY DAGGER:Just
a few months later (after Jimi's passing), Dolly & I went to see
Taj Mahal at the Fillmore East, Taj solo on dobro accompanied by three
tuba players. A hell of a show. I couldn't help but notice that she was
looking tired and strained and looked sad even when she smiled.
Everybody knew how bad she seemed to miss Jimi. And then just a couple
of weeks after that she died mysteriously, under mysterious
circumstances at the Chelsea Hotel, Manhattan, New York. She did tell
me she didn't know if she could go on without him. I wonder whatever
happened to her baby. She showed me a picture of a baby with lips like
Mick Jagger - she claimed that it was Mick Jagger's baby, and you'd
think so by seeing his face."
In Sharon Lawrence's book, JIMI
HENDRIX: THE MAN, THE MAGIC, THE TRUTH, page 160, she claims Devon
Wilson threw a party "both to celebrate Jimi's birthday and further her
own desire to start an affair with Mick Jagger."
Buzzy's
recollections are startling - especially when one looks at the timeline.
According to an article in VOODOO CHILE by Carmen Geddes: "Devon Wilson
had fallen (or been pushed) from a window at New York’s Chelsea Hotel
(in February of 1971), and in March 1973, Mike Jeffrey was killed in a
plane crash on his way to find out who would be inheriting Jimi
Hendrix’s British musical royalties."
If Jimi Hendrix was
murdered, which is the conclusion found in "Rethinking John Lennon’s
Assassination - The FBI’s War on Rock Stars By Salvador Astucia, Part V,
Chapter 12: Jimi Hendrix", it fits in with what our unnamed Hendrix
associate told us - that he heard Michael Jeffrey ask Monika to kill
Jimi. But Jeffrey (the manager of Hendrix) only went so far in
discussing it during that overheard conversation revealed in the May
2005 issue of Metronome.
Astucia goes back to the late Tony Brown's
book: "Brown insinuates that Dannemann murdered Hendrix because she was
jealous of his other girlfriends. Having stated that, Brown makes a
compelling argument that Dannemann was, at a minimum, deeply involved in
Hendrix’s death in some manner. She may have killed him personally, as
Brown suggests, but I seriously doubt that she acted alone regardless of
her role in the crime." Which gives more credibility to Devon Wilson's
claims and the information from the person who was on the couch in Mike
Jeffrey's office. Also keep in mind that Tony Brown was corresponding
with Dannemann frequently until her death, April 5, 1996, while Tony
Brown was working on HENDRIX: THE FINAL DAYS - that author having more
access to Dannemann's ramblings over a longer period of time than
perhaps anyone. Astucia notes that the suicide was "Two days after the
court found her ‘in contempt’, Monika was found dead in her Mercedes
car, asphyxiated by carbon monoxide." Tony Brown himself died on March
9, 2001. Which means the casualty list has grown quite long - Hendrix,
Devon Wilson, Mike Jeffrey, Monika Dannemann, Tony Brown, Noel Redding,
Chas Chandler and Al Hendrix.
Astucia goes into great detail on
"the real cause of Hendrix’s death" saying " Twenty-three years later,
information emerged which strongly suggests Hendrix was murdered. In
1993 it was disclosed that Hendrix had not strangled on his vomit, but
"drowned in red wine."
Caesar Glebbeek co-authored "Electric Gypsy",
and interviewed Buzzy Linhart, though Buzzy is not referenced in the
book. On page 477 of that 1991 St. Martin's Press book the authors seem
to draw a conclusion that it was an accidental overdose - but again -
they quote Monika Dannemann on page 476 saying "there were other tablets
in the cupboard which he could have taken if he wanted to do the job
properly."They also consider the CIA, FBI, Black Panthers and manager
Mike Jeffrey - which they dismiss.
Classicbands.com notes that
"In 1993, the investigation into Hendrix's death was reopened by
Scotland Yard, but when no new evidence was unearthed, the matter was
dropped."
www.classicrockpage.com
goes into even more detail saying "...a leading forensic scientist said
at the time that the dose of sleeping pills was too low to be fatal in
itself. The official cause of death rendered was "inhalation of vomit
due to barbiturate intoxication". The site notes that "Both Noel
Redding and Monika Dannemann believe in the "slight possibility" that
Hendrix was murdered..." - which is interesting since Dannemann is
believed to be the murderess.
The site also claims something
interesting: "Jimi did have access to over 40 sleeping tablets at the
flat, so if he wanted to commit suicide . . .)" Sharon Lawrence's book
says that Monika Dannemann told her she had four packets of 10 pills and
that one was opened with only 1 pill left. So Sharon Lawrence, Jimi's
"dear friend" who slashes at Al Hendrix in the book,makes the ludicrous
claim that Jimi made a "conscious decision" to take 9 tablets. Which
means that Lawrence buys into one of Dannemann's many stories - the one
Sharon Lawrence finds most convenient. As an outsider, one has to shake
their head: this is Jimi's friend?? - believing one of Dannemann's
stories - stories from a woman who killed herself two days after losing
a libel trial regarding her information (or misinformation) about Jimi
Hendrix? The only thing missing from Sharon Lawrence's book is the
notion that maybe Jimi Hendrix took 9 pills while listening to The
Beatle's "Revolution #9" while the voice says "#9, #9, #9".
Absurd.
The
Classicrockpage.com has more interesting bits: "As Redding says in his
book, "Jimi died from choking on his vomit and that in itself should
have been a preventable cause of death". Interestingly enough, in 1991
both Eric Burdon (who Dannemann called before calling the ambulance the
morning of September 18, 1970), and Mitch Mitchell called on Scotland
Yard to reopen the investigation into Jimi's death. In 1993, England's
Attorney-General agreed and investigated before announcing that it
"found no evidence to pursue the case
further".-------------------------------------------------------
Buzzy on Monika Danneman
The
rumor is that Monika called a local celebrity's roadie and he warned
her that she had to make sure her flat was completely clean of any drug
residue or paraphernalia or they'd all be indicted for drug possession.
They started talking about it, it got out of hand, and she was afraid
to call or something.That was NOT from Dolly Dagger, that was New York
City scuttlebutt.
Jimi Hendrix's Music in The Afterlife
http://www.artquest.org.uk
is a British website which features the Artlaw Archive - a program for
visual arts and craftspeople. There they have a fascinating page called
"Art After Death" by Henry Lydiate
Lydiate discusses famous
legal battles, the (Andy)Warhol Foundation (1994), the Dali Estate
(2001), Bacon's legacy (2002) and others. The site states:
"Consistent
themes/issues emerge for artists who care what will happen to their
works after death. For example, making a will and taking independent
expert advice before doing so; choosing executors - especially ones who
have nothing to gain from the Estate; ensuring that unsold works and
personal archive material are carefully catalogued well before death;
and taking particular care to decide on the possible merchandising of
their images during the 70 years of their copyright remaining after
their death."
This, of course, was a major problem with the
legacy of Jimi Hendrix, which makes his cause of death as essential as
the fact that he had no written will.Keep in mind, in this 35th year
after his passing, thousands of pages have been written in books and on
the internet, with little new information. For the first time in those
35 years, Metronome Magazine is presenting new - never before published -
information regarding one of the greatest tragedies in the history of
rock music.
Scotland Yard should reopen the investigation.
Joe ViglioneProducer/Host
http://www.visual-radio.net
Correspondent,
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http://www2.townonline.com/medford/artsLifestyle/view.bg?articleid=204224
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http://www2.townonline.com/medford/artsLifestyle/view.bg?articleid=185860
Jimi Hendrix Reviews
http://www.hendrixreviews.blogspot.com/
Correspondent - Metronome Magazine
http://metronomemagazine.blogspot.com
Journalist, AllMusic.Com
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By Joe Viglione
Imagine sometime in the future when the music of Jimi Hendrix will be public domain (as the works of Edgar Allan Poe are now) - when people will be free to take his amazing intuition, inspiration and feelings down different avenues with whatever new technology is available.
Exploring the life and music of JimiHendrix as it currently stands in 2005 is a full time job. Whether you are listening to the beautiful instrumental, "The New Rising Sun", from the 1995 "Voodoo Soup" album put together by producer Alan Douglas or "Hey Baby (New Rising Sun)" that appears on the 1997 release "First Rays Of The New Rising Sun" produced by Eddie Kramer, Jimi Hendrix, Mitch Mitchell and John Jansen, or comparing those two discs to the 1971 release "The Cry Of Love" - all three versions of Jimi's "final album" having many of the same tracks, those performances going through new mixes with new technology, and sometimes, different sets of ears.
While listening to all the musical information these various producers have made available it is hard to retain each nuance of the guitarist's magic - there is just so much remixed material to absorb, study and consider. And if you think cataloguing the music ofHendrix available to fans is a daunting task, what about the volume of text material being issued that discusses his short life?
The Jimi Hendrix fan base is strong --- and rabid! Thus the release of the book "Jimi Hendrix: The Man,The Magic, The Truth", by former UPI reporter and Hendrix friend Sharon Lawrence, has caused the usual stirs in that world. Described as "the definitive"account of Jimi Hendrix by publisher Harper/Collins, readers should be advised that, although author Lawrence was clearly a close confidante of Jimi's -the 352 pages may include important information, but can hardly be considered the "definitive" account.
There is some insight regarding the persona of Ed Chalpin, the man who has perpetually licensed the PPX tapes and who signed Jimi to a recording contract in the 1960s. Lawrence speaks with him on the phone and quotes Chalpin as saying "They've killed him" in regards to the passing of Jimi on September 18, 1970. The author also notes that she received a call from Monika Dannemann in 1991 - who Lawrence describes as "the woman who let Jimi die."
Since Jimi's death has become as much of a discussion as his music - that event unfortunately walking hand-in-hand with the art - this article explores information previously unavailable about that tragic incident - and how it has all impacted what the artist was expressing. While "The Last 24 Hours Of Jimi Hendrix" DVD saysthat the U.S. Government had interest in killing Jimi Hendrix - making it clear that from that product's point of view - that his death was a murder, Lawrence says with great emphasis that she believes his death was a suicide. Metronome Magazine, in an exclusive interview with Jimi's friend, Buzzy Linhart, has information that the late Monika Dannemann killed Jimi at the request of the late Michael Jeffrey, former manager of Hendrix, The Animals, Genya Ravan and other groups.
In order to get to the truth the devotee - the true Jimi enthusiast - needs to explore as many of the books and DVDs as humanly possible. Jas Obrecht and Al Hendrix's "My Son Jimi", Steven Roby's tremendous "Black Gold: The Lost Archives Of Jimi Hendrix" and Eddie Kramer and John McDermott's equally excellent "Hendrix: Setting The Record Straight" are a good start, though none of them answer all the questions in a satisfactory manner.
Lawrence's book is certainly compelling enough,but when she discusses the Toronto trial she limitsher own testimony at that major event in Jimi's life to one paragraph. It leaves the reader wondering and wanting more. While Steven Roby includes testimony from both Hendrix and Lawrence in his book, an exhaustive and essential work, and though his 278 pages -like McDermott's 364, is a fun investigation and exploration of the music, it still has flaws.
Lawrence glosses over "Jimmy James & The BlueFlames", a pivotal bridge from Jimi's work as aback-up musician to the formation of The Jimi Hendrix Experience. The material on "Jimmy James & The BlueFlames" - a vital part of Jimi's career which featured future "Spirit" co-founder Randy California and future Utopia co-founder Moogy Klingman - is remarkably thin.
At least a chapter or two on that phase of his lifeis essential to any biography. The author loves Jimi, and that comes throughloud and clear, but her bias against Al Hendrix, Janie Hendrix, Leon Hendrix, John McDermott (a major force in Experience Hendrix who gets dismissed with a mere mention), Ed Chalpin, Michael Jeffrey, Monika Dannemann, Devon "Dolly Dagger" Wilson, pretty much most of the people in Jimi's life save a few, is a red flag. She lumps some of the heroes in with the villains. There's no doubt that Jeffrey, Dannemann and Chalpin had a negative effect on the artist, but then there's the catch 22 - the question which most feel is blasphemous: would Jimi Hendrix have emerged as the giant he is without the efforts of Ed Chalpin and/or Michael Jeffrey?
Would he have gotten frompoint A to point B without those two?
One would like to think that pure talent wins out, but we are talking about the music industry, a business which discards talent like yesterday's newspaper. Just look at how the tapes of Jimi Hendrix were treated prior to Experience Hendrix giving those masters and mixes the respect, in regards to properly cataloguing andstoring them, that genius deserves. Lawrence is lethal when it comes to Al Hendrix, Jimi's dad, and maybe - if she's to get the benefit of the doubt -her insight there is not off base, but there is a glaring lack of objectivity in the book,and that is what weakens her story and makes us question her motives in regard to Al Hendrix. Roby, as well as McDermott and Eddie Kramer, give more meat in their writings- though all these books can't resist offering and mixing opinion with fact. At least Steven Roby makes the effort to give a Bibliography in Black Gold, and a book that reviews the books is what is really needed here.
It is going to take a highly objective journalist to sift through the voluminous work that makes up the Hendrix audio and video catalogs as well as the variety of sources that give so many perspectives.
Eric Burdon's 2001 biography, "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood", speaks kindly of Al Hendrix, and asks the pertinent question: Did Monika "dose" Jimi with wine and sleeping pills?
Proving my point - an overabundance of information with no clear line that provides something conclusive.
Perhaps the most outrageous aspect of "Jimi Hendrix: The Man, The Magic, The Truth" is Sharon Lawrence totally dismissing John McDermott (and StevenRoby) but quoting a whacko obsessive fan from aHendrix Yahoo group. For a credible journalist to indulge the lunatic fringe, well, the transcripts ofthe Toronto trial would be a bit more informative than hearing from one of the nuisance fans who live vicariously through Jimi's music. It is devastating to Lawrence's credibility - she savages the memory of the late Al Hendrix and backs up her position with quotes from a nutcase. Jimi Hendrix: The Man, The Magic, The Truth needed a little bit more emphasis on the performances and the recordings and less animosity. While the book has a wealth of positive material, the animosity does as much disrespect to Jimi's memory as those who hurt him while he was alive.
A loving tribute to Jimi, Janis, Brian Epstein, Brian Jones and others is in therare and succinct "No One Waved Good-Bye" edited by Robert Somma for Bostonian Barry Glovsky's Fusion Books. Al Aronowitz, Lillian Roxon and Lou Reed - three tremendous essayists, are far more sensitive in those128 pages.
Which brings us to the DVDs, and there are lots of them: Eagle Vision's "Electric Ladyland" identifies the solution to the dilemma discussed in this article. The DVD is part of their "Classic Albums" series and gives one a renewed appreciation of the third album from TheJimi Hendrix Experience. Engineer Eddie Kramer takesus through the music and the DVD makes you want to putthe album on again. For those who truly want to remember Jimi Hendrix respectfully and stand in awe ofhis talent, something that creates new desire to hearthe recordings again can only get a thumbs up. "Electric Ladyland" the DVD has me playing the albumagain, and is a DVD that will get repeated spins inthis writer's house. Chrome Dreams "Jimi Hendrix: By Those Who Knew Him Best" and MVD's The Last 24 Hours of Jimi Hendrix are two interview discs. Steven Roby appears on "The Last24 Hours" while Jimi's brother Leon Hendrix, respected journalist Al Aronowitz, Vince Martell of The VanillaFudge and others talk about Hendrix on "Those Who KnewHim Best." Between all the items mentioned is such a wealth ofinformation that we won't have time to give you thetranscript of Harvey Wharfield's WZLX interview withbassist Noel Redding, or the lecture Visual Radiotaped by Wild Blue Angel director Murray Lerner. Butthis article will give you something very special - anexclusive interview - a conversation with BuzzyLinhart conducted on March 30, 2005.
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Having collected Jimi Hendrix music ever since"Purple Haze" burst on my radio - for the better partof thirty eight years, it never ceases to amaze whenthe guitarmaster's music perpetually sells on eBay -sometimes at ridiculous prices. There are 6,209 itemsmentioning Jimi's name on eBay as I write this, 1:36AM on March 31, 2005. That's a stunning amount ofmusic. But there's lots more that you won't ever findon eBay. When taping Little Walter for this writer'sTV program,Visual Radio, the famous disc jockey toldthis journalist that he recorded many Little Richardconcerts, including one with Jimi Hendrix on RevereBeach! Little Richard performed on a bill with Don & Dewey and Maxine Browne. Jimi Hendrix played guitarand Little Walter recorded the event. Not only that-he broadcast it on MIT's WTBS (now WMBR). The onlyknown tape of Little Richard with Jimi was actuallybroadcast on college radio in the 1960s!
As I had interviewed John McDermott of the JimiHendrix Estate for an article on the packaging of theHendrix 4 CD Boxed Set, I phoned up Mr. McDermott andinvited him to hear the rare recording at LittleWalter's studio. The three of us listened to theplayback from the radio broadcast tape, the dub, andwe actually got to touch the original masterreel-to-reel tape! It's amazing, opening with The Beatles' "I Saw Her Standing There", "Lucille", "SendMe Some Lovin'", and five other tunes - Little Richard with the unmistakable sound of Jimi Hendrix on guitar. Hopefully Little Richard will authorize its release. Akarma Records, a division of the Italian Comet Records label, re-released the interesting LittleRichard album "Friends From The Beginning" which claims to have Jimi and Richard together. It's a good Little Richard lp, but others dispute any input fromHendrix - Steven Roby stating that Jimi appears only on the single "I Don't Know What You've Got" b/w"Dancin' All Around The World", John McDermott's "Setting The Record Straight" citing the only appearance being on the 45 "I Don't Know What You'veGot But It's Got Me" Parts 1 & 2 - the A side thatRoby mentions. It's a dilemma, sifting through the fact and the fiction - and while not judging Sharon Lawrence, a true fan will find more info in "Setting The RecordStraight" and "Black Gold: The Lost Archives Of Jimi Hendrix", so they are a good place to start. The definitive book has yet to be written - but thanks to the internet, eBay, and the lasting power of Jimi's music, more will be written, studied and explored.
One idea is for a journalist and fan totake a look at what is currently on the table - as we're doing here - and merging those reflections with information from someone who was there back in the day- someone who knew and who jammed with Jimi Hendrix. The tentative title of that work - a study ofthe recordings and insight from one of Jimi's peers is:
"Third Stone From The Seventh Suns" Metronome readers have - with the above informationand that which follows, a taste of the proposed book which is
(C)2005 Joe Viglione & Buzzy Linhart - as is this article.
Buzzy Linhart played with Al Kooper and JimiHendrix at Steve Paul's THE SCENE, a recording of them performing Dylan's "Like A Rolling Stone" is on a well known and very expensive double lp Hendrix bootleg,"Hoochie Koochie Man". Buzzy also worked with Eddie Kramer and Mitch Mitchell putting vibraphone on the song "Drifting" which appears on all three variationsof the "Cry Of Love" sessions.
Buzzy:"I first met Jimi at the Cafe Au Go Go at themiddle of a rehearsal with Hendrix and John HammondJr. We were just stopping by to pick up a couple ofdrums or something. This was a pivotal evening for mebecause as I approached the Cafe Au Go Go, the famousdrummer Muruga (of Weather Report fame)was exiting theclub - Muruga told me to get inside and hear thegreatest guitarist in the world. I went down thedimly lit stairs into the showroom of the Cafe Au GoGo and turned the corner into the big room and sawJimmy James & The Blue Flames and John Hammond Jr.rehearsing for an up and coming show. It was a triowith the addition of John Hammond Jr. fronting thegroup, creating a quartet (this was before Buzzy'spartner, Moogy Klingman, and Spirit's Randy Californiawould join The Blue Flames).The Steven Roby book Black Gold says on page 50 - that"Jimi found a loft on Hudson street with roommatesBuzzy Linhart, Roger McGuinn and David Crosby..." Buzzy clarified Mr. Roby's information:"(It was on)Greenwich and Reade St. above the UnitedEgg Company - we were on the third floor - The SeventhSons had a rehearsal loft - Jimi came to it manytimes, David Crosby came many times, Roger McGuinncame many times, but they weren't roommates. It wasthe Seventh Sons' rehearsal loft and party place." From 1966 to 1968 Buzzy Linhart was in the band TheSeventh Sons - featuring Buzzy on vocals, guitar andvibes, drummer Serge Katzen and bassist James Rock. Flute player Frank Eventoff made the Seventh Sons a quartet.
They produced an album but only limited material found release on the legendary ESP label.
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Buzzy: "I was playing Cafe Au Go Go after The Seventh Sons fell apart and left me with just an acoustic guitar... and I had an offer to open for whoever theacts were at Cafe Au Go Go - opening for acts likeBlood, Sweat & Tears." Steve Paul saw Linhartperforming at Cafe Au Go Go and brought Buzzy to his club, The Scene, to open for acts like B.B. King, TheMcCoys with Rick Derringer, and other acts from theday. Buzzy remembers Jimi at The Scene: "...most nights, about showtime, if he wasn'trecording, Jimi would be sitting at one of the bestseats in the house - and many of those evenings weoften ended up in jam sessions.One night I was sitting by the side of the stagewatching whomever and someone came over and said"Buzzy, Jimi's going to play, will you play drums?", and I said Yes. I believe that was the same nightthat Noel Redding announced he was leaving theExperience. He was very sad and got very drunk andkind of messed up the bass parts - which is one of thereasons that recording has not been used more often." It has found release on the Jimi Hendrix double discbootleg "Hoochie Koochie Man" which sells for about ahundred dollars on eBay IF you can find a copy.Sharon Lawrence claims Jimi committed suicide, The Last 24 Hours Of Jimi Hendrix claims it was apolitical assassination because of the Black Panther movement, etc. "That could have been a red herringput out there by Michael Jeffrey" Buzzy surmises, asDevon Wilson a.k.a. Dolly Dagger, told Buzzy "Please -you must tell everybody that Jimi was murdered. Hehad been drug free for months." Supposedly she wasdrug free as well as Hendrix and Wilson reportedlyentered and left treatment together. Says Buzzy, "I'll personally never forget Jimi lookingat me from the antique barber's chair in theElectric Lady lobby - spinning around - slowing downexactly on the third spin, holding up a Marlborosaying "Now if I could just quit this I'll havebeat everything." It was really cool - it happenedthat way - I believed him when he told me that, and tohear just a day and a half later people claiming that"once a junkie always a junkie" etc. really rankledme. This was the evening of the day he went back toEngland for the last time. (It took about six hoursto get to London from New York, so night turned intoday with the time change.)Thoughts from Buzzy when Jimi passed away on September18, 1970 "I was sitting in my living room with John Hammond Jr.- we had just jammed on a couple of songs - harp andguitar - when we flipped on the radio. It happened tobe on the news and the international news report cameon saying "the greatest guitarist in the world hasdied in London." I turned to John Hammond and said"that's got to be Hendrix." And the next part of thereport confirmed it. We didn't know what to say, butbeing just 20 blocks or so from Electric Lady we justprobably jumped a cab down to the studio. At ElectricLady somebody said there was a phone call for me. Ipicked up the telephone on the receptionist's desk andit was Dolly Dagger (Devon Wilson) telling me I had tobelieve her. What she told me was that Jimi hadcalled her the day or so before and told her that hehad been up for days. He had talked to his doctor inNew York City and the doctor said "You've got to getsome sleep" - the doctor said "Do you want me to callin some sleeping pills for you to a doctor I know inLondon?" Jimi said"No, that's OK, there's Tuinols in the medicinecabinet in the bathroom here."
They agreed that Jimi- having a great tolerance to this type of drug -would need to take 3 capsules. But this turned out tobe the German Tuinols which were the EQUIVALENT ofthree apiece, so they turned out to have the potencyof 9 capsules." (It's been reported by Sharon Lawrencethat Jimi took 9 capsules, but what he took was theGerman equivalent of nine capsules - and Monika musthave known this. If she wasn't sure she should havesaid something.)
It overdosed him into sleep lying on his back and hechoked on food, he asphyxiated. "Remember", Buzzy made clear, "this is what Devon toldme." Weeks or months earlier - not the night before -but it clicked with the someone in the know afterSeptember 18, 1970, a band member or crew member madea bad mistake when he decided to take a nap on a largecouch in Michael Jeffrey's opulent office - thirdfloor of Electric Lady studios, New York City. It'sthe kind of a sofa where when it is facing this largefireplace - the giant back of the sofa - you can besleeping there and if someone didn't think to lookthey wouldn't even know you were in the room. Thisparticular crew member claims to have overheard adiscussion between Monika and Michael Jeffrey duringwhich he told her that it was only a matter of timetill he - Michael -assured her that he would be taking back the businessfrom Jimi and would she help by poisoning him.
To Be Continued.
THE ABOVE WAS PUBLISHED IN THE MAY ISSUE OF METRONOME MAGAZINE
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Here is Part II for the June issue, completed May 2, 2005 at 3:30 AM
YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE HIGH TO STAY AWAKE TOO LONG(and You Don't Have To Take Drugs To Be Paranoid)
By Buzzy Linhart as told to Joe Viglione
One of the basic things we have to complete to even begin step one, we must once and for all establish the coroners cause of death. There are at least three different versions in three different books regarding this. It's hard to keep a clean laboratory when you're not starting out with the purest necessary elements.
a)if he died of drowning in wine, as one source (between the books, internet and DVDs) suggests, then why is that not mentioned in the coroners report in one of the other well known sources on the subject?
b)what Dolly Dagger (Devon Wilson) was upset about was the suggestions that Hendrix would kill himself.
c)if as Dolly said - this was a proud moment for him -(being drug free) - why would he go backwards? He had already bragged to me about it.
All I can personally say as I sift through these files of immense proportion regarding Hendrix's death -and boasting a long list of authors - is that everything I see and read seems to contradict everything else. All I know is that the phone rang at Electric Lady studios and it was D.D. (Dolly Dagger) for me, she said, "Jimi had been awake for days but totally straight, but too excited". She said she was upset because the press was reporting "heroin overdose", she swore he was "7 months clean", something she and he had accomplished together, his plan to prove that he could play clean. His earliest memories of practicing and learning how to copy other people's licks were confused with a combination of alcohol, marijuana and most anything for awhile there. But if he were to prove that he was the king of the psychedelic gypsies, he'd have to do it not only better than anybody else, but completely clean.
First he was my hero, then I was "dating" one of his girlfriends, and then he was gone. "Don't believe them" she sobbed "He played clean."
BUZZY ON DOLLY DAGGER:Just a few months later (after Jimi's passing), Dolly & I went to see Taj Mahal at the Fillmore East, Taj solo on dobro accompanied by three tuba players. A hell of a show. I couldn't help but notice that she was looking tired and strained and looked sad even when she smiled. Everybody knew how bad she seemed to miss Jimi. And then just a couple of weeks after that she died mysteriously, under mysterious circumstances at the Chelsea Hotel, Manhattan, New York. She did tell me she didn't know if she could go on without him. I wonder whatever happened to her baby. She showed me a picture of a baby with lips like Mick Jagger - she claimed that it was Mick Jagger's baby, and you'd think so by seeing his face."
In Sharon Lawrence's book, JIMI HENDRIX: THE MAN, THE MAGIC, THE TRUTH, page 160, she claims Devon Wilson threw a party "both to celebrate Jimi's birthday and further her own desire to start an affair with Mick Jagger."
Buzzy's recollections are startling - especially when one looks at the timeline. According to an article in VOODOO CHILE by Carmen Geddes: "Devon Wilson had fallen (or been pushed) from a window at New York’s Chelsea Hotel (in February of 1971), and in March 1973, Mike Jeffrey was killed in a plane crash on his way to find out who would be inheriting Jimi Hendrix’s British musical royalties."
If Jimi Hendrix was murdered, which is the conclusion found in "Rethinking John Lennon’s Assassination - The FBI’s War on Rock Stars By Salvador Astucia, Part V, Chapter 12: Jimi Hendrix", it fits in with what our unnamed Hendrix associate told us - that he heard Michael Jeffrey ask Monika to kill Jimi. But Jeffrey (the manager of Hendrix) only went so far in discussing it during that overheard conversation revealed in the May 2005 issue of Metronome.
Astucia goes back to the late Tony Brown's book: "Brown insinuates that Dannemann murdered Hendrix because she was jealous of his other girlfriends. Having stated that, Brown makes a compelling argument that Dannemann was, at a minimum, deeply involved in Hendrix’s death in some manner. She may have killed him personally, as Brown suggests, but I seriously doubt that she acted alone regardless of her role in the crime." Which gives more credibility to Devon Wilson's claims and the information from the person who was on the couch in Mike Jeffrey's office. Also keep in mind that Tony Brown was corresponding with Dannemann frequently until her death, April 5, 1996, while Tony Brown was working on HENDRIX: THE FINAL DAYS - that author having more access to Dannemann's ramblings over a longer period of time than perhaps anyone. Astucia notes that the suicide was "Two days after the court found her ‘in contempt’, Monika was found dead in her Mercedes car, asphyxiated by carbon monoxide." Tony Brown himself died on March 9, 2001. Which means the casualty list has grown quite long - Hendrix, Devon Wilson, Mike Jeffrey, Monika Dannemann, Tony Brown, Noel Redding, Chas Chandler and Al Hendrix.
Astucia goes into great detail on "the real cause of Hendrix’s death" saying " Twenty-three years later, information emerged which strongly suggests Hendrix was murdered. In 1993 it was disclosed that Hendrix had not strangled on his vomit, but "drowned in red wine."
Caesar Glebbeek co-authored "Electric Gypsy", and interviewed Buzzy Linhart, though Buzzy is not referenced in the book. On page 477 of that 1991 St. Martin's Press book the authors seem to draw a conclusion that it was an accidental overdose - but again - they quote Monika Dannemann on page 476 saying "there were other tablets in the cupboard which he could have taken if he wanted to do the job properly."They also consider the CIA, FBI, Black Panthers and manager Mike Jeffrey - which they dismiss.
Classicbands.com notes that "In 1993, the investigation into Hendrix's death was reopened by Scotland Yard, but when no new evidence was unearthed, the matter was dropped."
www.classicrockpage.com goes into even more detail saying "...a leading forensic scientist said at the time that the dose of sleeping pills was too low to be fatal in itself. The official cause of death rendered was "inhalation of vomit due to barbiturate intoxication". The site notes that "Both Noel Redding and Monika Dannemann believe in the "slight possibility" that Hendrix was murdered..." - which is interesting since Dannemann is believed to be the murderess.
The site also claims something interesting: "Jimi did have access to over 40 sleeping tablets at the flat, so if he wanted to commit suicide . . .)" Sharon Lawrence's book says that Monika Dannemann told her she had four packets of 10 pills and that one was opened with only 1 pill left. So Sharon Lawrence, Jimi's "dear friend" who slashes at Al Hendrix in the book,makes the ludicrous claim that Jimi made a "conscious decision" to take 9 tablets. Which means that Lawrence buys into one of Dannemann's many stories - the one Sharon Lawrence finds most convenient. As an outsider, one has to shake their head: this is Jimi's friend?? - believing one of Dannemann's stories - stories from a woman who killed herself two days after losing a libel trial regarding her information (or misinformation) about Jimi Hendrix? The only thing missing from Sharon Lawrence's book is the notion that maybe Jimi Hendrix took 9 pills while listening to The Beatle's "Revolution #9" while the voice says "#9, #9, #9".
Absurd.
The Classicrockpage.com has more interesting bits: "As Redding says in his book, "Jimi died from choking on his vomit and that in itself should have been a preventable cause of death". Interestingly enough, in 1991 both Eric Burdon (who Dannemann called before calling the ambulance the morning of September 18, 1970), and Mitch Mitchell called on Scotland Yard to reopen the investigation into Jimi's death. In 1993, England's Attorney-General agreed and investigated before announcing that it "found no evidence to pursue the case further".-------------------------------------------------------
Buzzy on Monika Danneman
The rumor is that Monika called a local celebrity's roadie and he warned her that she had to make sure her flat was completely clean of any drug residue or paraphernalia or they'd all be indicted for drug possession. They started talking about it, it got out of hand, and she was afraid to call or something.That was NOT from Dolly Dagger, that was New York City scuttlebutt.
Jimi Hendrix's Music in The Afterlife
http://www.artquest.org.uk is a British website which features the Artlaw Archive - a program for visual arts and craftspeople. There they have a fascinating page called "Art After Death" by Henry Lydiate
Lydiate discusses famous legal battles, the (Andy)Warhol Foundation (1994), the Dali Estate (2001), Bacon's legacy (2002) and others. The site states:
"Consistent themes/issues emerge for artists who care what will happen to their works after death. For example, making a will and taking independent expert advice before doing so; choosing executors - especially ones who have nothing to gain from the Estate; ensuring that unsold works and personal archive material are carefully catalogued well before death; and taking particular care to decide on the possible merchandising of their images during the 70 years of their copyright remaining after their death."
This, of course, was a major problem with the legacy of Jimi Hendrix, which makes his cause of death as essential as the fact that he had no written will.Keep in mind, in this 35th year after his passing, thousands of pages have been written in books and on the internet, with little new information. For the first time in those 35 years, Metronome Magazine is presenting new - never before published - information regarding one of the greatest tragedies in the history of rock music.
Scotland Yard should reopen the investigation.
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Hendrix "At His Best" Vol. 1 http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:4s2gtq4ztu42~T1
Jimi Hendrix/Little Richard Together (Not posted on the Hendrix site) http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=Aoojweaz04xs7
Posted Here on AMG's Little Richard Site: Friends From the Beginning: Little Richard & Jimi Hendrix [Ember]
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Jimi Hendrix Live At Royal Albert Hall
http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:evae4j276wae~T1
Jimi Hendrix Live at the Isle Of Wight
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Blue Wild Angel
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BLUE
WILD ANGEL: Jimi Hendrix Live At The Isle Of Wight Blue Wild Angel:
Jimi Hendrix Live at The Isle Of Wight is a 102 minute documentary by
Academy Award winner Murray Lerner which features a crystal clear
updated sound mix by engineer/record producer Eddie Kramer and other
goodies separating this version from the 56 minute 1970 release.
Videotaped documentary footage recorded three decades after the original
film was shot adds insight. There are interviews with Kramer, bassist
{$Billy Cox}, drummer Mitch Mitchell, Jim Marron - president of Electric
Lady Studios, Hendrix tour manager Gerry Stickles, along with director
Lerner himself and full length versions of the included songs from the
legendary festival. As audio fragments of this concert became
commercially available through the years including three tracks on
Columbia Records The First Great Rock Festivals Of The Seventies and
four other titles on Polydor's Jimi Hendrix / Isle Of Wight lp,
different perceptions of one of Jimi's final concerts reached the public
consciousness. At nearly double the 54 minute length of the Rhino Home
Video} from 1970 entitled Jimi Hendrix: Live At The Isle of Wight, the
result is simply breathtaking with Jimi Hendrix - the rock star
performing in all his glory as his sun was about to set. Lerner calls
this "a labor of love which took a long time to finish" and he credits
the Experience Hendrix company with helping obtain the backing to
complete the project. Filmed between approximately 2 AM and 4 AM on
August 31, 1970, it is so dark that the 600,000 or so people in the
audience hardly affect what you see on the screen. The director said the
film is "deliberately claustrophobic" realizing that "Jimi was the key
thing to photograph" stating that they stuck to Hendrix "very
intensely". Billy Cox's brilliant bass work can be heard cleanly as both
he and drummer Mitch Mitchell creat a platform on which genius unfolds.
Jimi's versatility is in evidence, he clearly separated making a record
from performing on stage. Purple Haze explodes in a way that would
never have captured AM radio airplay, and is a stark contrast to the
blues of "Red House" which, on film, has lots of interesting shots of
Jimi's hand playing against the light while his facial expression is of a
man lost in thought while in the throes of a wild solo. The guitarist
here is a master technician, as is Murray Lerner who captures this
modern day Beethoven with equal brilliance. The contrast of "Red
House's" subtleties to Hendrix turning up his Marshall stacks and giving
the people what they want -he psychedelic blasts of "Foxy Lady" - is
more proof of how the singer/performer utilized all aspects of the stage
- combining the volume and feedback with his clothing, hair, body
movements, foot on the wah wah pedal, over amplification, all tools of
this part of his trade. The build up with photography of the landscape
before the main event and daytime glimpes of the crowd (along with Billy
Cox's memories of how loud they were) combine to make this a respectful
and precise look at a special moment in music history. Murray Lerner
feels the 20 minute version of "Machine Gun" here "makes a big
difference. It's much more powerful" (than the previous seven minute
edit they had in release). The DVD has different camera angles for some
of the songs included in the theatrical version, and will also include a
bonus rare live performance of "Dolly Dagger".
Joe Viglione Steven Roby's BLACK GOLD
http://www.aimpress.com/bgreviews.htm
http://aimpress.com/blackgold.htm
The Tombstone Tourist with Hendrix
http://community.webtv.net/musicbm/bookreviewsbyjoe
pt 4 The Velvet Underground Discs on MoFiupdated august 7, 2004 10:11 pm
november 4, 2003 5:55 pm
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Review of MY SON JIMI 1999
MY SON JIMI
Visual Radio Jun 28 1999, 12:00 am
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Date: 1999/06/28
Subject: MY SON JIMI
Title: My Son Jimi
Authors: James Allen Hendrix, Jas
Obrecht
Publisher: Aljas, Seattle
Release: June, 1999
185 Pages
85 photos
36 reproductions of Jimi's artwork
Review (C)1999 Joe Viglione's
First Impressions
A purple cover with gold embossed
letters, and one of my favorite rock stars
of all time comes to life again via the
written word.
Jimi's dad writes in a message from
Experience Hendrix General Headquarters
"...I also wanted to get the story of his
life straightened out before something
happened to me...I just got so tired of
seeing so much garbage and made up
stuff, I had to set the record straight."
Jimi's grandparents - the beauteous
Nora Hendrix in her show biz years,
Jimi's grand-dad in the age of horse
and carriages...on a whole other level
this book is a snapshot of an American
family - the photographs are incredible
life in Vancouver B.C., a front page of
the 1941 Seattle Star newspaper, the
Western Union telegram to Pvt. James
A Hendrickson (PFC James Allen
Hendrix), baby photos, rare and wonderful
photos of Jimi...the book is a treasure
chest and more evidence (as if it were
necessary) that the Hendrix Family
deserves to guard over Jimi's legacy.
Jas Obrecht, co-author, was for twenty
years an editor at Guitar Player magazine, and he is the primary author
of "Blues Guitar: The Men Who Made The Music.
This Music/Biography sells for $29.95
and is worth double that.
joe viglione
producer/host
VISUAL RADIO
tel:(781)935 5386
(781)YELL FUN
http://www.visualradio.cjb.net
Visual Radio Productions
P.O. Box 2392
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Second Impressions tm
(C)1999 Joe Viglione
James A. Hendrix tells his story to
Jas Obrecht, former editor of Guitar Player magazine and primary author
of Blues Guitar: The Men Who Made The Music. And many of us forget that
underneath the psychedelia, the fuzz guitar, the stage presence and
theatrics,
James Marshall Hendrix was, indeed,
a blues guitarist.
Check out the great stories...P 144 "Jimi
didn't give his first album to me directly,
I got one from some hippies who lived next door...I was surprised that I
knew it was Jimi because I'd never heard him sing before. I had also
never heard him play
as the Experience. But I told the wife, "Hey, that sounds like Jimi!"
..The people came over and brought their record. They had just bought
it that day, and they were
so excited over living next door to Jimi's dad. They said, "Oh, yeah!
You can have the record."
Great shots of The Experience at the airport during the visit to
Vancouver, Jimi's last visit home...reading this it is
hard to believe the rock warrior was only
27 years old...a baby - really, and made
such an impact on what we hear and how
people make music today.
This book is essential reading. It sells for
29.95
Experience Hendrix
83 South King St.,
Suite 606
Seattle, WA 98104
joe viglione
producer/host
VISUAL RADIO
tel:(781)935 5386
(781)YELL FUN
http://www.visualradio.cjb.net
Visual Radio Productions
P.O. Box 2392
Woburn, MA 01888
Here's an interesting Hendrix site:
http://www.portaldorock.com.br/english/museuhendrixenglish.htm
Here's the usenet newsgroups:
alt.fan.jimi-hendrix
alt.music.jimi.hendrix
posted by hendrixreviews @ 6:08 PM
linked to here:
JIMI HENDRIX
http://community-2.webtv.net/pubmac/JimiHendrix/index.html
Jimi Hendrix Experience Reviews
Joe Vig's Jimi Hendrix Reviews
http://www.joeviglione.com
p.o. box 2392
woburn, ma 01888
http://www.varulven.com/ presentAnother great guitarist!
MICK TAYLOR ON VISUAL RADIO #115, July 9, http://community.webtv.net/pubmac/MICKTAYLORONVISUAL
Jimi Hendrix's friend Jo Jo Laine has her own page:
http://community.webtv.net/musicbm/JOJOLAINE
The Quarrymen Original Beatles
http://community.webtv.net/pubmac/TheQuarrymenLive
you are reading:
http://community.webtv.net/pubmac/JimiHendrix
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Flashing Jimi Hendrix with Curtis Knight
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Early Jimi Hendrix Vol. 2 with Curtis Knight
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Birth Of Success Jimi Hendrix with Curtis Knight
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Two Great Experiences: Jimi Hendrix & Lonnie Youngblood http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:ac1tk60xtkra~T1
Experience: Original Soundtrack
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More Experience: Vol.2 of Original Soundtrack
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Soundtrack Recordings from the Film Jimi Hendrix
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Jimi Hendrix Live At The Forum (bootleg)
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photo on Ebay and review of Live At ForumeBay item 4028352410(Ends Aug-08-04 16:57:36 PDT) - JIMI HENDRIX LIVE @ LOS ANGELES FORUM 4-25-70 RARE 2xLP
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Jimi Hendrix Midnight Lightning (Alan Douglas Prod)
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Jimi Hendrix What I'd Say
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Jimi Hendrix Moods
http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=A9x0xlfae5cqt
Hendrix "At His Best" Vol. 1 http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:4s2gtq4ztu42~T1
Jimi Hendrix/Little Richard Together (Not posted on the Hendrix site) http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=Aoojweaz04xs7
Posted Here on AMG's Little Richard Site: Friends From the Beginning: Little Richard & Jimi Hendrix [Ember]
http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:yzdyyl2jxpbb~T1
Jimi Hendrix Live At Royal Albert Hall
http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:evae4j276wae~T1
Jimi Hendrix Live at the Isle Of Wight
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Blue Wild Angel
http://www.allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=1:276129~C
BLUE WILD ANGEL: Jimi Hendrix Live At The Isle Of Wight Blue Wild Angel: Jimi Hendrix Live at The Isle Of Wight is a 102 minute documentary by Academy Award winner Murray Lerner which features a crystal clear updated sound mix by engineer/record producer Eddie Kramer and other goodies separating this version from the 56 minute 1970 release. Videotaped documentary footage recorded three decades after the original film was shot adds insight. There are interviews with Kramer, bassist {$Billy Cox}, drummer Mitch Mitchell, Jim Marron - president of Electric Lady Studios, Hendrix tour manager Gerry Stickles, along with director Lerner himself and full length versions of the included songs from the legendary festival. As audio fragments of this concert became commercially available through the years including three tracks on Columbia Records The First Great Rock Festivals Of The Seventies and four other titles on Polydor's Jimi Hendrix / Isle Of Wight lp, different perceptions of one of Jimi's final concerts reached the public consciousness. At nearly double the 54 minute length of the Rhino Home Video} from 1970 entitled Jimi Hendrix: Live At The Isle of Wight, the result is simply breathtaking with Jimi Hendrix - the rock star performing in all his glory as his sun was about to set. Lerner calls this "a labor of love which took a long time to finish" and he credits the Experience Hendrix company with helping obtain the backing to complete the project. Filmed between approximately 2 AM and 4 AM on August 31, 1970, it is so dark that the 600,000 or so people in the audience hardly affect what you see on the screen. The director said the film is "deliberately claustrophobic" realizing that "Jimi was the key thing to photograph" stating that they stuck to Hendrix "very intensely". Billy Cox's brilliant bass work can be heard cleanly as both he and drummer Mitch Mitchell creat a platform on which genius unfolds. Jimi's versatility is in evidence, he clearly separated making a record from performing on stage. Purple Haze explodes in a way that would never have captured AM radio airplay, and is a stark contrast to the blues of "Red House" which, on film, has lots of interesting shots of Jimi's hand playing against the light while his facial expression is of a man lost in thought while in the throes of a wild solo. The guitarist here is a master technician, as is Murray Lerner who captures this modern day Beethoven with equal brilliance. The contrast of "Red House's" subtleties to Hendrix turning up his Marshall stacks and giving the people what they want -he psychedelic blasts of "Foxy Lady" - is more proof of how the singer/performer utilized all aspects of the stage - combining the volume and feedback with his clothing, hair, body movements, foot on the wah wah pedal, over amplification, all tools of this part of his trade. The build up with photography of the landscape before the main event and daytime glimpes of the crowd (along with Billy Cox's memories of how loud they were) combine to make this a respectful and precise look at a special moment in music history. Murray Lerner feels the 20 minute version of "Machine Gun" here "makes a big difference. It's much more powerful" (than the previous seven minute edit they had in release). The DVD has different camera angles for some of the songs included in the theatrical version, and will also include a bonus rare live performance of "Dolly Dagger".
Joe Viglione Steven Roby's BLACK GOLD
http://www.aimpress.com/bgreviews.htm
http://aimpress.com/blackgold.htm
The Tombstone Tourist with Hendrix
http://community.webtv.net/musicbm/bookreviewsbyjoe
pt 4 The Velvet Underground Discs on MoFiupdated august 7, 2004 10:11 pm
november 4, 2003 5:55 pm
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Review of MY SON JIMI 1999
MY SON JIMI
Visual Radio Jun 28 1999, 12:00 am
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From: v...@webtv.net (Visual Radio) - Find messages by this author
Date: 1999/06/28
Subject: MY SON JIMI
Title: My Son Jimi
Authors: James Allen Hendrix, Jas
Obrecht
Publisher: Aljas, Seattle
Release: June, 1999
185 Pages
85 photos
36 reproductions of Jimi's artwork
Review (C)1999 Joe Viglione's
First Impressions
A purple cover with gold embossed
letters, and one of my favorite rock stars
of all time comes to life again via the
written word.
Jimi's dad writes in a message from
Experience Hendrix General Headquarters
"...I also wanted to get the story of his
life straightened out before something
happened to me...I just got so tired of
seeing so much garbage and made up
stuff, I had to set the record straight."
Jimi's grandparents - the beauteous
Nora Hendrix in her show biz years,
Jimi's grand-dad in the age of horse
and carriages...on a whole other level
this book is a snapshot of an American
family - the photographs are incredible
life in Vancouver B.C., a front page of
the 1941 Seattle Star newspaper, the
Western Union telegram to Pvt. James
A Hendrickson (PFC James Allen
Hendrix), baby photos, rare and wonderful
photos of Jimi...the book is a treasure
chest and more evidence (as if it were
necessary) that the Hendrix Family
deserves to guard over Jimi's legacy.
Jas Obrecht, co-author, was for twenty
years an editor at Guitar Player magazine, and he is the primary author
of "Blues Guitar: The Men Who Made The Music.
This Music/Biography sells for $29.95
and is worth double that.
joe viglione
producer/host
VISUAL RADIO
tel:(781)935 5386
(781)YELL FUN
http://www.visualradio.cjb.net
Visual Radio Productions
P.O. Box 2392
Woburn, MA 01888
My Son Jimi
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Second Impressions tm
(C)1999 Joe Viglione
James A. Hendrix tells his story to
Jas Obrecht, former editor of Guitar Player magazine and primary author
of Blues Guitar: The Men Who Made The Music. And many of us forget that
underneath the psychedelia, the fuzz guitar, the stage presence and
theatrics,
James Marshall Hendrix was, indeed,
a blues guitarist.
Check out the great stories...P 144 "Jimi
didn't give his first album to me directly,
I got one from some hippies who lived next door...I was surprised that I
knew it was Jimi because I'd never heard him sing before. I had also
never heard him play
as the Experience. But I told the wife, "Hey, that sounds like Jimi!"
..The people came over and brought their record. They had just bought
it that day, and they were
so excited over living next door to Jimi's dad. They said, "Oh, yeah!
You can have the record."
Great shots of The Experience at the airport during the visit to
Vancouver, Jimi's last visit home...reading this it is
hard to believe the rock warrior was only
27 years old...a baby - really, and made
such an impact on what we hear and how
people make music today.
This book is essential reading. It sells for
29.95
Experience Hendrix
83 South King St.,
Suite 606
Seattle, WA 98104
joe viglione
producer/host
VISUAL RADIO
tel:(781)935 5386
(781)YELL FUN
http://www.visualradio.cjb.net
Visual Radio Productions
P.O. Box 2392
Woburn, MA 01888
Here's an interesting Hendrix site:
http://www.portaldorock.com.br/english/museuhendrixenglish.htm
Here's the usenet newsgroups:
alt.fan.jimi-hendrix
alt.music.jimi.hendrix
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