Room Full of Mirrors: A Biography of Jimi Hendrix by Charles R. Cross

Author:Charles R. Cross [Cross, Charles R.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780786888412
Amazon: 0786888415
Publisher: Hyperion
Published: 2005-01-01T04:00:00+00:00

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Jimi’s love of playing did little to improve his mood, however; opening for a teen sensation felt to him like backsliding, and other than the fact that the Monkees had an unceasing supply of powerful marijuana, he saw little in favor of the tour. Chandler convinced the promoters to drop the Experience after only eight shows. Yet in the spirit of controversy that surrounded Jimi, Chandler issued a bogus press release stating that the Experience had been kicked off the tour because

“the Daughters of the American Revolution” had complained that his show was “too erotic.” The members of the DAR probably weren’t Hendrix fans, but the press release was completely fabricated. Still, getting kicked off a tour for being too erotic was great publicity and a headline in the N.M.E. further fueled the controversy: HENDRIX: DID

HE QUIT OR WAS HE PUSHED?

The tour cancelation left a major void in the Experience’s schedule. They filled it by going back into the studio in New York and by scheduling a handful of club shows. One of the only venues that would book them at the last minute was the Café Au Go Go in the Village. It had been less than a year since Jimi had played the Au Go Go as Jimi James, an unknown. Now he was back in the same club where he’d been snubbed by Junior Wells and where he’d backed up John Hammond.

The hall was small enough that the gig paid only a fraction of what the Experience could make in the U.K., but nonetheless it must have felt victorious to see lines around the block every night. One of the first things Jimi did in New York was to track down Charles Otis and pay back the forty dollars he’d borrowed prior to leaving for England. Finally being able to pay back a loan felt vindicating, but better than that was the fact that he had accomplished exactly what he had told everyone in the Village he would do: As improbable as it was, he had gone to London and returned a star.

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