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Fact #105533

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Short story:

Jimi Hendrix is interviewed by Jane de Mendelssohn of International Times, while he is naked in his bed at his flat in Mayfair, London, UK.

Full article:

Jane de Mendelssohn (International Times interviewer) : I was very surprised that, when I got to his flat in Mayfair, he opened the door in the nude. I followed his naked torso up the stairs to the first floor. As soon as he got into the room, he got into bed. Quite a strange way to start an interview with a famous pop star - or anyone else come to that.

Most of the interview was conducted with Jimi in bed and me sitting on the side of the bed. And on his bedside table was the biggest collection of alcohol and drugs. I mean, there were three different types of hash, grass, amyl nitrates, pills and lots of different kinds of bourbon and whisky. We just helped ourselves.

He was constantly smoking joints and we were both drinking