Fact #147553
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Short story:
Jimi Hendrix, The Steve Miller Band, The Grateful Dead and Cactus play at Temple University Stadium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. It is noteworthy that this is the first public live gig for Cactus.
Full article:
Steve Miller : He (Hendrix) was completely addicted to heroin and speed. He was controlled by the Mafia.
When he arrived, he stayed in the limousine for two hours, until $112,000 in cash was rounded up and given to his handlers. This was 1970, so that was like $900,000. It was a huge outdoor show and they held it up.
We played just before Jimi. We finished our set and were moving our gear off the stage. I was picking out a spot near his monitors to sit down and watch him - anytime we worked together I literally sat on the stage watching him because he was such a magnificent musician. And this guy came up and said, 'Get off the stage' and pulled a gun on me. Those were the people handling Jimi.
When they finally came out to play, they smelled so bad I almost threw up. He had just shot up. He looked like he weighed 110 pounds. They looked bad, they smelled bad, they couldn't play. They just made noise. All I wanted to do was just grab him and take him home with me and save his life. But you couldn't get near him. He was dead four months later.
(Source : http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/H/Hendrix_Jimi/2010/09/17/15387476.html)
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When he arrived, he stayed in the limousine for two hours, until $112,000 in cash was rounded up and given to his handlers. This was 1970, so that was like $900,000. It was a huge outdoor show and they held it up.
We played just before Jimi. We finished our set and were moving our gear off the stage. I was picking out a spot near his monitors to sit down and watch him - anytime we worked together I literally sat on the stage watching him because he was such a magnificent musician. And this guy came up and said, 'Get off the stage' and pulled a gun on me. Those were the people handling Jimi.
When they finally came out to play, they smelled so bad I almost threw up. He had just shot up. He looked like he weighed 110 pounds. They looked bad, they smelled bad, they couldn't play. They just made noise. All I wanted to do was just grab him and take him home with me and save his life. But you couldn't get near him. He was dead four months later.
(Source : http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/H/Hendrix_Jimi/2010/09/17/15387476.html)