Fact #176282
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Short story:
The Jimi Hendrix Experience plays a gig, radio show and Student Ball at Faculte de Droit d'Assass, Paris, France, Europe. Support band for the night is The Pretty Things.
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Alain Dister : At the studio (Europe 1 Radio) they let Jimi listen to Johnny Hallyday's version of Hey Joe. Without much embarrassment, he politely makes clear with an economic expression on his face that he is not impressed.
I take him to the flea-market in Saint-Ouen. He seems to enjoy himself enormously, nosing through the old jewellery, curtain ropes, uniforms from the days of the Empire, and all kinds of things he tries without even discussing the price with the merchants. He buys some rings with large sparkling stones. As he leaves, a rocker passes by and whispers to me 'That guy you are with, is that Little Richard?'
Jean Noel Coghe : An audience (at the Student Ball) that is considerably different from what one normally sees. Boys in smoking jackets and girls in maxis. The place is a huge hall where thousands of people crowd around. In the dressing room it's very hot and everyone is thirsty. At least 30 people are gathered there. Jimi stands in a corner. Isolated from the rest, he plays his guitar.
Dick Taylor (guitarist, Pretty Things) : We shared the billing with Jimi that night, and the thing that sticks in my mind is that in the dressing room, he was sitting playing his Strat without having it plugged in and yet the sound seemed to me to be almost exactly the same as if he was on stage. He was that good. The sound came from him, not from his machinery.
Jean Noel Coghe : When Jimi enters the stage they notice that the current doesn't reach the amplifiers. Panic among the organisers … but everything finally ends up right. Just in front of the stage a young blonde girl, in a long yellow dress, hides frightened in her boyfriend's arms. It is not every day that she has the chance of seeing at such close quarters a black - crouching, sweating, yelling and playing his guitar wildly with his teeth.
Dick Taylor : It was quite a small crowd that night. There were other things going on in the building, as I recall. I think there was a dining room and a dance band somewhere. I made a point of going out to see him and he played brilliantly for them.
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I take him to the flea-market in Saint-Ouen. He seems to enjoy himself enormously, nosing through the old jewellery, curtain ropes, uniforms from the days of the Empire, and all kinds of things he tries without even discussing the price with the merchants. He buys some rings with large sparkling stones. As he leaves, a rocker passes by and whispers to me 'That guy you are with, is that Little Richard?'
Jean Noel Coghe : An audience (at the Student Ball) that is considerably different from what one normally sees. Boys in smoking jackets and girls in maxis. The place is a huge hall where thousands of people crowd around. In the dressing room it's very hot and everyone is thirsty. At least 30 people are gathered there. Jimi stands in a corner. Isolated from the rest, he plays his guitar.
Dick Taylor (guitarist, Pretty Things) : We shared the billing with Jimi that night, and the thing that sticks in my mind is that in the dressing room, he was sitting playing his Strat without having it plugged in and yet the sound seemed to me to be almost exactly the same as if he was on stage. He was that good. The sound came from him, not from his machinery.
Jean Noel Coghe : When Jimi enters the stage they notice that the current doesn't reach the amplifiers. Panic among the organisers … but everything finally ends up right. Just in front of the stage a young blonde girl, in a long yellow dress, hides frightened in her boyfriend's arms. It is not every day that she has the chance of seeing at such close quarters a black - crouching, sweating, yelling and playing his guitar wildly with his teeth.
Dick Taylor : It was quite a small crowd that night. There were other things going on in the building, as I recall. I think there was a dining room and a dance band somewhere. I made a point of going out to see him and he played brilliantly for them.
Source : not known)