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Fact #118496

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Short story:

The Jimi Hendrix Experience do a rough mix for the song House Burning Down at Record Plant, New York City, USA. The song is said to have been inspired by the Watts Riots in Los Angeles.

Full article:

Tony Bongiovi (engineer, Record Plant) : Hendrix would be booked for a 7am session and 7pm would come and go. I'd sit there and doze off until he and his entourage would come back from the Scene. Then they'd usually be totally ripped, gone, out the window with drink. One of Jimi's favourite things to do, if I was asleep, was to turn on all his stuff and play it as loud as he could.