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Fact #41846

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Short story:

The Jimi Hendrix Experience plays at The Capitol Theatre, Ottawa, Canada. Comedian Bill Cosby is in the audience, as is Pat Travers who will become a noted blues-rock guitarist in his own right. Later, Hendrix jams with Joni Mitchell.

Full article:

Mitch Mitchell (drummer, JHE) : We heard of this great singer in town, called Joni Mitchell ... so we went to this little folk club after our gig with Hendrix's tape machine. We were amazed. She was wonderful.

Jimi Hendrix (diary entry) : Went down to the little club to see Joni - fantastic girl with heaven words - we all go to party - OK - millions of girls. Listen to tapes and smoked back at hotel.

Joni Mitchell : I met Jimi Hendrix at The Capitol Theatre in Ottawa, and after his set, he came down , and he brought a big reel-to reel tape recorder. He introduced himself very shyly and said, 'Would you mind if I taped your show?' I said, 'Not at all.' And later that evening, we went back, we were staying at the same hotel. He and his drummer Mitch, the three of us were talking. It was so innocent. But the management, all they saw was three hippies. We were outcasts anyway. A black hippie! Two men and a woman in the same room. So they kept telling us to play lower. It was a very creative, special night. We were playing like children.
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