An Australian doctor who tried to resuscitate Jimi Hendrix the morning he died believes it’s possible the iconic guitarist was murdered.
Mystery has always surrounded the death of Hendrix, who drowned in his own vomit after a drug overdose on September 18, 1970, at the age of 27.
Conspiracy theorists have traditionally laid the blame at the feet of Hendrix’s manager Mike Jeffery, claiming he hired a gang of thugs to kill his star client who was considering a change of management.
Now Hendrix roadie, James ‘Tappy’ Wright, claims in a new book that Jeffery confessed the murder to him just weeks before he died in an air crash.
Writing in Rock Roadie, Wright claims Jeffery hired a gang of thugs to break into Hendrix’s apartment and force sleeping pills and wine down his throat.
John Bannister has lived in Australia since 1972, but was on-call at the St Mary Abbotts Hospital in Kensington the morning Hendrix was brought in.
Deregistered in NSW for fraudulent conduct in 1992, the former doctor remembers the unusual amount of wine of red wine pumped from Hendrix’s stomach, even though he didn’t realise who his patient was.
“It was just extraordinary,” he told The Times.
“Not only was it saturated right through his hair and shirt but his lungs and stomach were absolutely full of wine. I have never seen so much wine.
“We kept sucking him out and it kept surging and surging. He had already vomited up masses of red wine and I would have thought there was half a bottle of wine in his hair.
“He had really drowned in a massive amount of red wine.”
Source:The Herald Sun
By: KabirT - 24th July 2009 at 20:13
I also see Hendrix from a musicians point of view, and a sound engineers point of view. He doesn’t even come close to the list of people I consider to be genius! Just because what he did was different didn’t make it good either then or now. Whether you choose to like it, however, is entirely up to you. 🙂
fair enough Paul…this world would be boring without opinions anyway.
Not that its very interesting at the moment. 😎
By: old shape - 24th July 2009 at 18:49
I also see Hendrix from a musicians point of view, and a sound engineers point of view. He doesn’t even come close to the list of people I consider to be genius! Just because what he did was different didn’t make it good either then or now. Whether you choose to like it, however, is entirely up to you. 🙂
You’ve only just noticed a bit of attitude creeping in to Shape of Old’s posts?! :diablo:
Paul
Ta PMN.
I used to know a man called Victor Brox (Heard of him? Whatever happened to him?). Anyway, he played with Hendrix as a session man. Victor was a genious, he also thought Hendrix was “mildly” talented.
As for “Pioneering” music in the 60’s, you can go down the Floyd route for that, or…if you study the note playing combo’s you can never dismiss the Beatles. As said, Hendrix made a lot of Spang noises, with a voice which sounded like a dying cat sliding down a blackboard.
Attitude? Me?
Well, if one sits on a fence about stuff, one does and says nowt IMO.
By: PMN - 24th July 2009 at 10:33
fair enough…my bad for over reacting.
I just see Hendrix as a musicians point of view, and the man was nothing short of a genius.
I also see Hendrix from a musicians point of view, and a sound engineers point of view. He doesn’t even come close to the list of people I consider to be genius! Just because what he did was different didn’t make it good either then or now. Whether you choose to like it, however, is entirely up to you. 🙂
…however i’ve noticed quite a bit of attitude creeping in lately…
You’ve only just noticed a bit of attitude creeping in to Shape of Old’s posts?! :diablo:
Paul
By: steve rowell - 24th July 2009 at 03:11
no not at all , like you said you reacted has a musician ,dont see anything wrong with that.
I …along with most others of that era …thought Hendrix was genius …maybe his music is a little dated now …but in the sixties he was a superstar
By: pauldyson1uk - 23rd July 2009 at 18:26
fair enough…my bad for over reacting.
I just see Hendrix as a musicians point of view, and the man was nothing short of a genius.
no not at all , like you said you reacted has a musician ,dont see anything wrong with that.
By: KabirT - 23rd July 2009 at 17:26
fair enough…my bad for over reacting.
I just see Hendrix as a musicians point of view, and the man was nothing short of a genius.
By: pauldyson1uk - 23rd July 2009 at 09:02
what utter rubbish!
Hendrix pioneered electric guitar with many different styles of playing. For example the intro of Little Wing with the arpeggio chords or the iconic use of the wah pedal on Voodoo Child. Not to mention his use of tube amps with gain based over drive created a very signature tone.
Why is it rubbish?
Hendrix is not to everybodys taste and he has an opinion has to his music.
I happen to think that Hendirx was vastly over rated and was only good for letting his guitar produce lots of feedback.
Yes he might of been good at used peddles and tube amps , but because I have no idea what they are or what they are used for , it means nothing to me , I can only comment on his music and that I found boring and really not very good.
This will shock the musician on here and for that Iam sorry ,but thats what I think.
By: KabirT - 23rd July 2009 at 05:42
Hendrix murdered every song he tried to play or sing. Famous due to a couple of gigs in England (To an audience of frizzed out anti-war pinkos) and then died young. He was perhaps the only black guy playing rock at the time, so it was “Cool man” to say he was good.
what utter rubbish!
Hendrix pioneered electric guitar with many different styles of playing. For example the intro of Little Wing with the arpeggio chords or the iconic use of the wah pedal on Voodoo Child. Not to mention his use of tube amps with gain based over drive created a very signature tone.
By: steve rowell - 23rd July 2009 at 00:53
…it’s that Herald sun again isn’t it?
Self inflicted murder.Hendrix murdered every song he tried to play or sing. Famous due to a couple of gigs in England (To an audience of frizzed out anti-war pinkos) and then died young. He was perhaps the only black guy playing rock at the time, so it was “Cool man” to say he was good.
Oh dear!!!…i used to enjoy reading your forum comments…however i’ve noticed quite a bit of attitude creeping in lately…are you under some sort of stress???
By: old shape - 23rd July 2009 at 00:35
…it’s that Herald sun again isn’t it?
Self inflicted murder.
Hendrix murdered every song he tried to play or sing. Famous due to a couple of gigs in England (To an audience of frizzed out anti-war pinkos) and then died young. He was perhaps the only black guy playing rock at the time, so it was “Cool man” to say he was good.
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