'Scuse Me While I Kiss the Sky: The Life of Jimi Hendrix

by David Henderson

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Fusing blues, jazz and psychedelia with an outrageous personal style and image, Hendrix is still revered as the most important instrumentalist in the history of rock. He died aged 27 from drugs and alcohol.

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Hendrix's music is still vital and this book gives us a slim glimpse into his short life. How different the world would be if he were still around? (

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2008-07

People/Characters

Jimi Hendrix

Monika Dannemann (Jimi Hendrix found dead in her hotel room)

Eric Burdon

Al Hendrix (Jimi Hendrix's father)

Linda Keith (Keith Richards girlfriend and main catalyst in bringing Jimi Hendrix to the world)

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Woodstock Music and Art Fair (15 to 18 August 1969)

The Jimi Hendrix Experience came into being on 1 October 1966 [1966] [1966, 1966]

Jimi Hendrix died 18 September 1970 [1970]

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To the memory of Walter "Porky" Ellison of Throgs Neck

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Prologue: At 12.45 pm on Friday, September 18, 1970, Jimi Hendrix was pronounced dead at St. Mary's Abbot Hospital in the Kensington / Chelsea section of London.

Chapter 1: September 18, 1970, the Notting Hill Gate section of London. Samarkand Hotel, 22 Lansdowne Crescent, garden suite. The front door is wide open. The bedroom is dark, blacked out. A solitary figure is on the queen-size bed. The bed is extremely wet. Jimi is fully dressed. He is on his back spread-eagled like Christ upon the cross. His black jacket is covered by a towel across his shoulders, both soaking wet. Vomit and red wine cover him and are all over the bed. ... red wine, something that Hendrix seldom drank.

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Bill Haley, who was also a songwriter, penned a tune called "Rock-a-Beatin' Boogie" for another group. It had a refrain that exhorted the listeners, "Rock rock rock everybody, roll, roll, roll everyody." Nationally syndicated DJ Alan Freed adopted "rock 'n' roll" as the name of the new music of black and white youths.

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Fire (The Jimi Hendrix Experience song)

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