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Former Roadie Claims Jimi Hendrix Was Murdered
Was Jimi Hendrix murdered? That’s the assertion laid out in a new book by a former roadie for the legendary guitarist.
As reported by the U.K.’s Daily Mail, James “Tappy” Wright maintains in his book, Rock Roadie, that Hendrix was killed as part of an insurance scam.
According to Wright, Hendrix’s manager, Michael Jeffrey, drunkenly confessed to murdering the guitarist by filling him full with pills and several bottles of red wine. Wright says Jeffrey made the confession in 1971, one year after Hendrix’s death, saying he had taken out a life insurance policy on the guitarist that was worth approximately $2 million, naming himself as beneficiary.
“I had to do it, Tappy,” Wright quotes Jeffrey as saying. “You understand, don’t you? I had to do it. You know damn well what I’m talking about.”
Wright further quotes Jeffrey: “I was in London the night of Jimi’s death and together with some old friends … we went round to Monika’s hotel room, got a handful of pills and stuffed them into his mouth … then poured a few bottles of red wine deep into his windpipe.”
Wright goes on to say Jeffrey was fearful that Hendrix was preparing to strike a deal with a new manager, when the contract between Hendrix and himself expired in December 1970.
“That son of a bitch was going to leave me,” Jeffrey is quoted as saying. “If I lost him, I’d lose everything.” [source]
can you believe that?
Good morning, starshine, the earth says hello!
Whatup twt fans old and new, this is your friendly neighborhood Nicky P here. Thought I’d kick off my posting record with something a little different!
Now, to be clear, thatwasthenmusic.com is your number 1 place to go for all info regarding the band–live videos, streaming music, kickass pictures, show dates and ticket availibility, etc.–but it’s also for your entertainment-thirsty blog-reading pleasure. So strap yourselves in commandos, you’re about to enter a dangerous mind!
I was just cruising the interwebs as we are all apt to do (especially when your roommate took the Xbox 360 home and you stupidly left the Wii in the hands of your siblings) when I came upon a video of Mr. Hendrix. If you’re not aware of this person on a purely last name basis, go ahead and hit yourself in the head roughly three times. If you’re feeling like some light corporal punishment, the back of the hand doesn’t leave any marks. You may also be wondering how I discovered said video in a sea of otherwise useless footage such as dramatic prairie dogs and drugged out Davids-after-dentists.
The power of stumble, my friend.
Stumbleupon is probably the greatest thing that happened to the internet since Rick Rolling. No longer must you spend hours piggybacking from facebook profile to profile, eventually looking at pictures of people you don’t even know (don’t lie, you know you do it)…now, with one click of a button you hold the key to a world of content–the difference being you truly enjoy or are interested in almost every single page you view! All you have to do is register an account and click what kind of media you want to see with every click. It gets ridiculously in-depth too, so you’re virtually guaranteed to find something you love every time. For more info, click the little page turn animation in the top-right corner of the home page!
Anyway, without further ado, here is the video in question. Hot damn, was this guy a genius or what? I think the best part about watching him play is that he was clearly stoned as all hell. ”Here’s another song we did, in about the year of eighteen hundred and thirty three. I think it’s still true today.” Haha…he also plays kinda sloppy and forgets the words…but it doesn’t even matter. He puts so much passion and soul into it that it’s forgiven. Besides it’s a live show, back in the days before auto-tuners when people could actually listen to real live music as it should be played…by talented musicians who can sound reasonably like their records in person. Enjoy!
–nicky p of tee dub tee–
