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Jimmy Hendrix [later to become Jimi Hendrix] records with the King Curtis Band in New York City, USA.Full article:
Mike Quashie (limbo dancer) : Jimmy would come into the African Room, and the owners of the place would freak. He'd have these three hookers with him. At least they looked like hookers, and the owners thought Jimmy was a pimp, with his wild clothes and his processed hair and his do-rag. They didn't want him in the place, didn't want that crowd at all.
Lou Reed : Mike Quashie should be a millionaire several times over. Between his Spider King act and the fire swallowing, he originated so much of what you see today as far as glam rock and costumes go. A lot of people stole it from him, and off they went. And Mike Quashie never got paid back.
(Source : New York Times, Sept 27, 2003)
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Lou Reed : Mike Quashie should be a millionaire several times over. Between his Spider King act and the fire swallowing, he originated so much of what you see today as far as glam rock and costumes go. A lot of people stole it from him, and off they went. And Mike Quashie never got paid back.
(Source : New York Times, Sept 27, 2003)