Do we get some sort of weird premonition, some uncanny sense of impending doom, when our death approaches? Sometimes, yeah.
What were Jimi Hendrix last words?
Jimi Hendrix, one of the most influential guitarists of the 1960s, died at Samarkand Hotel in London on September 18. 1970. He was 27 years old.Cause of death: Asphyxia due to aspiration to vomit, contributed to by barbiturate intoxication.
His last words were “I need help bad, man”.
Aside from that, a poem he wrote was found at his deathbed. This was the last sentence of the poem:
Thank you.
Kinda creepy, no? Also beautifully poetic, and all too true. But still. Calls for another Hendrix embed, I do believe.
Man, dig that crazy wad o’ homemade pop filter on his mic! As the video shows, it was awfully windy in Howaya that afternoon, which explains it.
Also, note ye well at :29 in the vid, how deftly Jimi steps off the Vox 846 wah pedal and onto the trusty ol’ Fuzz Face, to call forth the legendary Hendrix crunchiness from that pretty white Strat. Then, at around :36 seconds in, watch in humbled awe as he swats the pickup selector switch to fastly transition from the fat, throaty sound of the neck-pickup position to the twangy squall of the wrong-way-tilted (since he was playing a right-handed axe upside down, see) bridge p/u, swapping one trademark Hendrix sound™ for the other in a lightning flash of truly inspired playing.
It’s Billy Cox and Mitch Mitchell for backup, alas, nary a Buddy Miles or Noel Redding in sight. But DAMN, that stage-full of Marshall DSL Pro full-stacks makes me drool.
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Sped up version, no less.
His final US performance was right here in Seattle a one off visit if you will. July 26 1970 at Sick’s Stadium which is now a Lowe’s hardware store property. Among the attendees was a young (taken there by his mother) Randy Hansen an incredible Hendrix impresario for the past 45 years. Jimi is buried at Greenwood Cemetery in Renton. Attendees at his funeral included Johnny Winter Buddy Miles Noel Redding Mitch Mitchell Miles Davis. An impromptu jam was held later that day, including the above musicians, at the Seattle Center at what was known as the Food Circus. The jam was broadcast on local radio.