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The Jimi Hendrix Experience play at The Center Coliseum, Seattle, Washington, USA, supported by Vanilla Fudge, Soft Machine and Eire Apparent.Full article:
Robert Wyatt (drummer, Soft Machine) : The nearest I ever saw to him (Jimi Hendrix) looking at home was the closest I ever saw him to home, which was going up to Seattle, and there was this huge family at the airport. What a wonderful sight! There was the history of America in the airport, almost. My initial impression was a lot of black men and a lot of Native American women. What a lovely bloke his dad looked with that lovely smile, and Hendrix seemed such a proud boy-come-home...
(Source : interview in the book Crosstown Traffic by Charles Shaar Murray)
Pearl Hendrix (Hendrix aunt) : Allen and I and Grandma always wore earplugs at Jimi's concerts. And even doing that, I couldn't stand the physical vibrations that would pummel my body from the noise.
Jimi wanted to spend time in Seattle when he came for concerts. The management wouldn't allow it. Jimi insisted on sleeping one night at his dad's and one of the management people slept right there too, to keep an eye on him.
Janie Hendrix (sister of Jimi) : He had this big cape and, after the concert, he chased me down the hall in the hotel. He knew that I loved Batman, so he chased me down the hall, and he was singing the Batman theme song. Then he scooped me up in the cape and hugged me and tickled me. That was a lot of fun.
Then we visited him in his hotel room and, in his ashtray, there was a little agate heart on a chain. I asked him what it was, and he said 'Oh, that's for you. I got that for you.' So he put it on me. And he drew a little picture of him on my hand.
You know, people used to make comments like 'He's your step-brother' or 'You're his step-sister' and I asked him what that meant … and he said 'No. You are my sister. You will always be my sister. You are my only sister.' That was real special.
And then after that, he held my hand, and we walked through the Coliseum to get to the limo, and all these people were trying to get his autograph. But not at any time did he let go of my hand.
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(Source : interview in the book Crosstown Traffic by Charles Shaar Murray)
Pearl Hendrix (Hendrix aunt) : Allen and I and Grandma always wore earplugs at Jimi's concerts. And even doing that, I couldn't stand the physical vibrations that would pummel my body from the noise.
Jimi wanted to spend time in Seattle when he came for concerts. The management wouldn't allow it. Jimi insisted on sleeping one night at his dad's and one of the management people slept right there too, to keep an eye on him.
Janie Hendrix (sister of Jimi) : He had this big cape and, after the concert, he chased me down the hall in the hotel. He knew that I loved Batman, so he chased me down the hall, and he was singing the Batman theme song. Then he scooped me up in the cape and hugged me and tickled me. That was a lot of fun.
Then we visited him in his hotel room and, in his ashtray, there was a little agate heart on a chain. I asked him what it was, and he said 'Oh, that's for you. I got that for you.' So he put it on me. And he drew a little picture of him on my hand.
You know, people used to make comments like 'He's your step-brother' or 'You're his step-sister' and I asked him what that meant … and he said 'No. You are my sister. You will always be my sister. You are my only sister.' That was real special.
And then after that, he held my hand, and we walked through the Coliseum to get to the limo, and all these people were trying to get his autograph. But not at any time did he let go of my hand.