Fact #101428
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Short story:
Jimi Hendrix is in The Record Plant, New York City, USA, working on Room Full Of Mirrors, Lonely Avenue and Look Over Yonder.
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Carlos Santana : This was a real shocker to me. He said, 'OK, roll it', and started recording and it was incredible. But, within fifteen or twenty seconds into the song, he just went out. All of a sudden, the music that was coming out of the speakers was way beyond the song, like he was freaking out, having a gigantic battle in the sky with somebody.
It just didn't make sense with the song any more, so the roadies looked at each other, the producer looked at him and they said, 'Go get him.' I'm not making this up. They separated him from the amplifier and the guitar and it was like he was having an epileptic attack. I said, 'Do I have to go through these changes just to play my guitar? I'm just a kid.' When they separated him, his eyes were red
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It just didn't make sense with the song any more, so the roadies looked at each other, the producer looked at him and they said, 'Go get him.' I'm not making this up. They separated him from the amplifier and the guitar and it was like he was having an epileptic attack. I said, 'Do I have to go through these changes just to play my guitar? I'm just a kid.' When they separated him, his eyes were red