Fact #101507
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The Rolling Stones play the first of two nights at Madison Square Garden, New York City, USA, which are recorded for the live album Get Yer Ya-Yas Out. Also on the bill are B.B. King, Ike And Tina Turner and Terry Reid. Jimi Hendrix also attends the show. Later, there is a birthday party for Jimi Hendrix at producer Monte Kay's apartment, attended by The Stones. During the party, Mick Jagger pricks his finger and Hendrix's girlfriend, Devon Wilson, sucks the blood from his finger, inspiring Hendrix to write the song Dolly Dagger ("She drinks her blood from a jagged edge").
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Stanley Booth (journalist) : Mick Taylor and I sat on a bench (in the Stones dressing room) with Hendrix, who seemed subdued but pleasant. I told him about seeing Little Richard and he said, smiling as if it cheered him up to think about it, that once when he was with Richard, he and the bass player bought ruffled shirts to wear onstage, and Richard made them change.
Mick Taylor handed his guitar to Hendrix and asked him to play. "Oh I can't," he said. "I have to string it different." Hendrix was left-handed but he went ahead and played the guitar upside down, a wizard he was.
Devon Wilson : Mick (Jagger) and Jimi like each other a lot. They were like two little boys
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Mick Taylor handed his guitar to Hendrix and asked him to play. "Oh I can't," he said. "I have to string it different." Hendrix was left-handed but he went ahead and played the guitar upside down, a wizard he was.
Devon Wilson : Mick (Jagger) and Jimi like each other a lot. They were like two little boys