https://padlet.com/carraand000/9peux0a2anpg Charles R. Cross en-us 2019-11-08 18:53:13 UTC 2020-01-20 11:15:13 UTC hello@padlet.com carraand000 https://padlet.com/carraand000/9peux0a2anpg/wish/410771830 Cross, Charles R. Room Full of Mirrors; A bibliography of Jimi Hendrix.  Hachette Books 2005.]]> 2019-11-13 18:32:02 UTC https://padlet.com/carraand000/9peux0a2anpg/wish/410771830 carraand000 https://padlet.com/carraand000/9peux0a2anpg/wish/410772230 Jimi Hendrix was born on the day after Thanksgiving in 1942, November 27 at that time. Born in King County Hospital, later called Harborview in Seattle, Washington, he was born at 8 pounds and 11 ounces and was considered a gift from God. He was loved by all his family as they were going through tough times, and gave them hope for improvement and a more righteous world for the up-coming generation. ]]> 2019-11-13 18:32:31 UTC https://padlet.com/carraand000/9peux0a2anpg/wish/410772230 carraand000 https://padlet.com/carraand000/9peux0a2anpg/wish/429627697 Jimi was around the age of 3 when he got to see his dad for the first time. His dad was is the army which lead to not much communication through them both. His father Al, wanted Jimi to know who his father was although that's what he already calls him. Up until that point, Jimi was raised by women and was lacking the father figure every child needs. ]]> 2020-01-09 18:15:52 UTC https://padlet.com/carraand000/9peux0a2anpg/wish/429627697 carraand000 https://padlet.com/carraand000/9peux0a2anpg/wish/429627931 In the spring of 1953, Al, Jimi's dad, got a job as a laborer which increased his earnings. With the money he earned, they bought a house for their own. The house might have been 50 years old, but that didn't stop Jimi from seeing the small 900 square feet house feel like a palace. Later on, Jimi's cousin and husband decided to move in with them to take care of him and his brother, and receive the motherly figure that lacks as his own mother only visits occasionally. ]]> 2020-01-09 18:16:11 UTC https://padlet.com/carraand000/9peux0a2anpg/wish/429627931 carraand000 https://padlet.com/carraand000/9peux0a2anpg/wish/429628338 In the year of 1955, Jimi's parents went to court to sign away their parental rights of his 4 other siblings. His mom confesses her failure as a mom, and his dad confesses that he was not the father of all 4 of them. His life at home was tough because his father Al, lost his job and fell behind the mortgage payments. Later along the year, Jimi confesses to a girlfriend that he had been sexually assaulted as a child. ]]> 2020-01-09 18:16:48 UTC https://padlet.com/carraand000/9peux0a2anpg/wish/429628338 carraand000 https://padlet.com/carraand000/9peux0a2anpg/wish/429628466 Lucille, Jimi's mother, died in 1958 from a splenic rupture and hemorrhage. Jimi was torn by the idea that his mother was dead. The funeral was scheduled on a Sunday at 2 p.m. that was attended by everyone except his father, himself, and his brother. Already known as a shy kid, Jimi became even more distant to people after his mom's funeral and not being allowed to go. The reason for his distance was for the reason that the day of his mom's funeral his dad wouldn't take him, creating anger towards his father. ]]> 2020-01-09 18:16:58 UTC https://padlet.com/carraand000/9peux0a2anpg/wish/429628466 carraand000 https://padlet.com/carraand000/9peux0a2anpg/wish/429628567 Around the age of 16, music was an increasingly important part of his life. Jimi's father had decided to gift him his very own guitar. He would practice his guitar in the park. Carmen, his girlfriend at the time, said that she was his first fan and she thought he'll have many fans. The guitar was his life and his life was his guitar. He would play with everyone in the neighborhood who owned an instrument. Jimi had no place to store or carry his guitar so he had to carry it either unprotected or in a paper dry cleaner's sack. ]]> 2020-01-09 18:17:08 UTC https://padlet.com/carraand000/9peux0a2anpg/wish/429628567 carraand000 https://padlet.com/carraand000/9peux0a2anpg/wish/429628682   His first gig was in the basement of the Temple De Hirsch Sinai, a Seattle synagogue. He played a group of older boys as an audition for a permanent spot in the band.During the first set, he did a 'thing' with his guitar that didn't please the band. Later on for the second set, Jimi did not appear back on stage for he had been kicked out. Jimi was in complete disappointment and sat in and alley for an hour rather than going home replaying the moment in his head.  ]]> 2020-01-09 18:17:20 UTC https://padlet.com/carraand000/9peux0a2anpg/wish/429628682 carraand000 https://padlet.com/carraand000/9peux0a2anpg/wish/429628864 As stated in his song "Spanish Castle Magic" in 1968, he did not spend half a day to get to the castle, it took him and hour. His first time on stage was with the Ricking Kings opening for another band in late 1960. Although the majority of the audience was white, the club was integrated and the musicians had embraced R&B and jazz music. After listening for a while, Rich Dangel, which was a huge influence of Jimi, complemented his playing as he stated that he was clearly trying to flatter him.]]> 2020-01-09 18:17:36 UTC https://padlet.com/carraand000/9peux0a2anpg/wish/429628864 carraand000 https://padlet.com/carraand000/9peux0a2anpg/wish/429633209 In the summer of 1965, he offered himself to many bands as a season players. He had begun writing songs and gave a demo tape to Juggy Murray at Sue Records. Jimi's song came to no interest go Murray and offered him a position as a guitar player. He quickly signed a two year agreement without reading the contract. He might have had second thoughts for he did not talk to Murray again for months. Instead he did some studio work with R&B bandleader Mr. Wiggles. Mr. Wiggles hired Jimi to play on some singles for the Golden Triangle label. ]]> 2020-01-09 18:23:56 UTC https://padlet.com/carraand000/9peux0a2anpg/wish/429633209 carraand000 https://padlet.com/carraand000/9peux0a2anpg/wish/429633305 In may of 1966, Jimi was playing a gig in New York when he met Linda Keith and Rolling Stones Keith Richards. They took him to their apartment where they talked about music, politics, and drugs. Eventually, the question arrived to Jimi if he wanted to take acid. He said no but said he wanted to try some LSD. The only problem was that he didn't know that acid was the 'street name' for LSD. He soon became addict and wrote any song or any of his works while being 'stoned'. Jimi also stated that being 'stoned' while writing helped him visualize in his head and could see all the notes or riffs in his head. ]]> 2020-01-09 18:24:06 UTC https://padlet.com/carraand000/9peux0a2anpg/wish/429633305 carraand000 https://padlet.com/carraand000/9peux0a2anpg/wish/429633408 During his first time in Britain, he had a gig where everyone was amazed by him. People introduced his and recognized him as 'wild man of borneo'. The name might have been racist but Jimi didn't care for he thought it gave him the idea that it made him sound interesting and foreign which is what he had hoped to achieve. Not only did he get that nickname but he also recieved a nickname from the newspaper. ' Mau Mau' was the nickname he recieved which could have created controversy but a godd thing to include to get and artist attention in media. ]]> 2020-01-09 18:24:14 UTC https://padlet.com/carraand000/9peux0a2anpg/wish/429633408 carraand000 https://padlet.com/carraand000/9peux0a2anpg/wish/429633589 It was while checking a recording studio where he met 'The Who'. The band was unimpressed with the way Jimi dressed but he didn't mind at all. The band later went to listen to Jimi and the band, 'The Experience", play. They immediately became fans. Eric Clapton decided to invite Jimi to his flat. Jimi decided to not go alone and took his girlfriend Kathy Etchingham along. Jimi and Eric did not converse much for as their girlfriends did to break the awkwardness. Later on Jimi stated he did not converse for he was in such awe for Eric. ]]> 2020-01-09 18:24:22 UTC https://padlet.com/carraand000/9peux0a2anpg/wish/429633589 carraand000 https://padlet.com/carraand000/9peux0a2anpg/wish/429633711 Venue sounds were a thing Jimi had to start dealing with for they were malfunctioning and tipping Jimi off. The system would normally go out of tune or his gear would break. As soon as Jimi started to get man, he would throw temper tantrums that would amaze the crowd and later become the reason to go to a Jimi Hendrix concert. Stories of the occured would go on in papers and would persuade people to go just for the show. When everything would function correctly, people would be disappointed because they didn't get want they read on the paper. On the other hand, people who got the show, would cheer on Jimi to do the unspeakable with his guitar. ]]> 2020-01-09 18:24:35 UTC https://padlet.com/carraand000/9peux0a2anpg/wish/429633711 carraand000 https://padlet.com/carraand000/9peux0a2anpg/wish/429633779 It was during a tour in Scandinavia where the band became exhausted and asked for a month's break. The band had become extremely exhausted especially for the excessive use of drugs that they were using at the time. One night before a gig, Jimi became extremely drunk and trashed his hotel room he was using for the night. Jimi ended up being arrested and only got to be released with a fine that took a third of the band's earnings they got from the tour. This was a major setback for the bank especially economically and reputation wise majorly for Jimi Hendrix.]]> 2020-01-09 18:24:41 UTC https://padlet.com/carraand000/9peux0a2anpg/wish/429633779 carraand000 https://padlet.com/carraand000/9peux0a2anpg/wish/429633915 Jimi had to home for a concert he was doing in Seattle. Much had changed since the last time he went. Before, he was a common guy who lived a normal life whereas now, he is a 'star' and famous among many. Not only did his life change but so did his family's life change. His dad was now re-married and the rest of his family had grown up. Expecting to receive the same brusque dad he had grown up with. To his surprise, his re-marriage helped for the better of everyone for he is now kind and loving compared to the way he was when Jimi was a small child. ]]> 2020-01-09 18:24:50 UTC https://padlet.com/carraand000/9peux0a2anpg/wish/429633915 carraand000 https://padlet.com/carraand000/9peux0a2anpg/wish/432234782 It was on January 4, 1969 when 'The Experience' went live on BBC. The plan for them was to play two songs and they would end with Jimi singing a song with the host Lulu. The band proceeded to play the two songs but refused to stop and sing with Lulu. Instead of doing what they were supposed to do, Jimi announced that the upcoming song was dedicated to his friends and proceeded with a lengthy version of  'Sunshine of your love'. The stage director became furious and began to signal Jimi to stop. Jimi refuses to do so and continues to do so as he pleases. The band did not stop until their time was over, and got the news that they will never appear on BBC again. ]]> 2020-01-16 03:33:14 UTC https://padlet.com/carraand000/9peux0a2anpg/wish/432234782 carraand000 https://padlet.com/carraand000/9peux0a2anpg/wish/432234812 After playing in Detroit, the band began its way to Toronto. It was during bag searching they found the drugs. What was found in his bags were six cellophane packages of white powder and a small dark residue of resin. After calling a mobile drug testing lab, Jimi was immediately arrested for the possession of heroin and hashish. Jimi was surprised by how little press his arrest causes. Jimi could have been the biggest rock start in America at this time, but his arrest barely made a few Toronto papers. The major U.S. source that spread the word was 'Rolling Stone', which then became to being sympathetic to Jimi implying that he had been framed. ]]> 2020-01-16 03:33:26 UTC https://padlet.com/carraand000/9peux0a2anpg/wish/432234812 carraand000 https://padlet.com/carraand000/9peux0a2anpg/wish/432234854 On December 8, 1969, Jimi had to go to trial for his arrest of drug possession from his was to Toronto. Jimi had no other option but to state that someone must have put the drugs, and he wasn't aware of them being in his bags. Jimi was the first to testify with saying that fans would often give him gifts of drugs like hashish cookie. He had admitted using hashish but said he had never used heroin. According to Jimi, a girl with a yellow top had given him a vial which he thought was Bromo-Seltzer, after he had complained to her about a headache. He had stuck it into his bag and completely forgotten about it and would have never thought it was heroin. ]]> 2020-01-16 03:33:43 UTC https://padlet.com/carraand000/9peux0a2anpg/wish/432234854 carraand000 https://padlet.com/carraand000/9peux0a2anpg/wish/432234879 It was only a week into a tour and Jimi was already becoming hard to work with and struggling with the habits of performing. In Madison, Wisconsin he had gone on stage drunk and stated that the Vietnam war was the end of America. He then proceeded to say the 'Room Full of Mirrors' was about getting so high that all you can see is you and your reflection here and there. His personality was so bad that his bandmates believe that it was something much more than alcohol to act that way. During his performance, his stage rap was described as a tone of desperation. ]]> 2020-01-16 03:33:51 UTC https://padlet.com/carraand000/9peux0a2anpg/wish/432234879 carraand000 https://padlet.com/carraand000/9peux0a2anpg/wish/432234892 Jimi arrived on Maui on July 28, 1970 to film the movie 'Rainbow Bridge' . The film released in 1972 and was described as 'acid trip memorabilia' by 'Rolling Stones'. The film helped Jimi with restoration and much-needed respite. Melinda Merryweather , part of the cast and befriended him, said he lived maui and it seemed to be he was really happy to be there. Jimi also told her that he wanted to retire to live in the island and grow grapes on the side of the volcano. The trip was also a physical cleansing for Jimi from drugs. Jimi didn't stop using drugs in the time he was in Maui, but it really helped him to use less, and refused the idea of taking heroin. ]]> 2020-01-16 03:33:58 UTC https://padlet.com/carraand000/9peux0a2anpg/wish/432234892 carraand000 https://padlet.com/carraand000/9peux0a2anpg/wish/432234927 It was Friday, September 10, 1970, when Jimi Hendrix was found dead in his hotel room. He had had vast amounts of drugs and alcohol, but that wasn't enough for him. He took nine sleeping pills that would have been almost twenty times the recommended dose for a size and wight like Jimi's. All the contents he had taken in the night would soon heave up in his stomach. The combination of the contents would cause him top spit and then get aspirated into his lungs, which leads him to stop breathing. A person would normally cough out the material but Jimi was past that . His windpipe would needed to be cleared in order for him to survive, but no one was there to do so. ]]> 2020-01-16 03:34:09 UTC https://padlet.com/carraand000/9peux0a2anpg/wish/432234927 carraand000 https://padlet.com/carraand000/9peux0a2anpg/wish/432778743 "Jimi had been to that point raised exclusively by women and had lacked any father figure" P. 27.]]> 2020-01-17 03:29:54 UTC https://padlet.com/carraand000/9peux0a2anpg/wish/432778743 carraand000 https://padlet.com/carraand000/9peux0a2anpg/wish/432778863 "Jimi had always been shy, but after Lucille's death, he became more withdrawn and distant. During his adolescence, it was rare for him to initiate a conversation with anyone other than his closest friends" P. 59. ]]> 2020-01-17 03:30:36 UTC https://padlet.com/carraand000/9peux0a2anpg/wish/432778863 carraand000 https://padlet.com/carraand000/9peux0a2anpg/wish/432778895 "After the set break, the band returned to the stage without Jimi... He told Carmen that he had been fired after the first set-fired form his first band on the first night of his progessional career. Rather than going home, he sat in the alley for an hour" P.67. ]]> 2020-01-17 03:30:49 UTC https://padlet.com/carraand000/9peux0a2anpg/wish/432778895 carraand000 https://padlet.com/carraand000/9peux0a2anpg/wish/432779005 "Though Jimi's songs were of no interest to Murray, he was offered a position as guitar player. Murray suggested they first settle on a contract, and without even reading the piece of paper, Jimi signed a two-year agreement...Wiggles hired Jimi to play on a series of singles for the Golden Triangle label" P.119.]]> 2020-01-17 03:31:27 UTC https://padlet.com/carraand000/9peux0a2anpg/wish/432779005 carraand000 https://padlet.com/carraand000/9peux0a2anpg/wish/432779057 "The name was racist, of course, and the description would never have been used for a white musician. Still, Jimi enjoyed the nickname: It made him sound interesting and foreign, qualities he hoped to cultivate" P.155.]]> 2020-01-17 03:31:42 UTC https://padlet.com/carraand000/9peux0a2anpg/wish/432779057 carraand000 https://padlet.com/carraand000/9peux0a2anpg/wish/432779091 " Technology could also come back to haunt Jimi, paricularly on the concert stage when a venue's sound system was inferior. When his gear broke or went out of tune, he'd invariably become frustrated and his performance sufferes... the crowds wanted to watch a spectacle and were impatient when they didn't get the display they had read about in the papers" P. 186.]]> 2020-01-17 03:31:55 UTC https://padlet.com/carraand000/9peux0a2anpg/wish/432779091 carraand000 https://padlet.com/carraand000/9peux0a2anpg/wish/432779165 " Prior to arriving to Seattle, he had mentioned to one interviewer that he was fearful his father might grab him and cut off his hair. Instead, Al took Jimi's hand, put his other hand on his back, and said ' Welcome home, son' " P. 215.]]> 2020-01-17 03:32:20 UTC https://padlet.com/carraand000/9peux0a2anpg/wish/432779165 carraand000 https://padlet.com/carraand000/9peux0a2anpg/wish/432779230 "But underneath those items, according to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police who were doing the searching, there was a small glass vial. Inside were six cellophane packages of white powder and a small dark residue of resin. A mobile drug-testing lab was called in, and at one thirty in the afternoon Jimi was arrested for possession of heroin and hashish" P.252.

]]> 2020-01-17 03:32:33 UTC https://padlet.com/carraand000/9peux0a2anpg/wish/432779230 carraand000 https://padlet.com/carraand000/9peux0a2anpg/wish/432779303 "Only a week into the tour, Jimi was already struggling with the grind, and in Madison, Wisconsin, he came onstage drunk" P. 292.]]> 2020-01-17 03:32:53 UTC https://padlet.com/carraand000/9peux0a2anpg/wish/432779303 carraand000 https://padlet.com/carraand000/9peux0a2anpg/wish/432779360 Some time during the early morning hours, the combination of the Vesparax, the alcohol in his system, and the other drugs he'd used that night caused Jimi to heave up the contents of his stomach" P.332. 

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