Fact #118383
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While in Dallas, Texas, USA, working with Little Richard, Jimmy Hendrix [later to become Jimi Hendrix] sends a card home to his father in Seattle, Washington.Full article:
Jimmy Hendrix : Dear Dad, Well, we just left Houston and we're now in Dallas. We'll play around here and Fort Worth, Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Louisiana for a while, then we'll head for California…
B.B. King : I first met Jimi Hendrix in the sixties when he was playing for Little Richard. We toured for a few weeks together and whenever his group had a break, he'd come by my dressing room and talk.
I wish I'd got to talk to Jimi about the dangers of drugs. But when I knew him he wasn't a superstar and I don't know if he was using then. He didn't look to me for personal advice but now I tell younger musicians, 'Get high off your music, not drugs or drink.'
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B.B. King : I first met Jimi Hendrix in the sixties when he was playing for Little Richard. We toured for a few weeks together and whenever his group had a break, he'd come by my dressing room and talk.
I wish I'd got to talk to Jimi about the dangers of drugs. But when I knew him he wasn't a superstar and I don't know if he was using then. He didn't look to me for personal advice but now I tell younger musicians, 'Get high off your music, not drugs or drink.'