Post 49: New and old
Did Jimi swim in this pool?
My in box is overloaded with a variety of references to Jimi Hendrix at the moment and it is hard to select which is most interesting to share. But I think this one wins the prize for novelty value. One of my colleagues went to stay with friends at the weekend who live in a house where Hendrix’s drummer, Mitch Mitchell, used to live. Apparently when Mitchell lived there the pool in the garden was built complete with this amazing and supposedly drug related dragon mosaic. Now that is not a story you hear every day.
On stories that you do hear every day, the Daily Mail featured an article yesterday about Hendrix. It was hung (somewhat loosely) on the new film and featured some pictures of Hendrix in the Brook Street flat. They are normally black and white photos but they seem to have been touched up in colour – I think they look a bit strange but perhaps it adds something?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2704979/Jimi-Hendrix-English-lover-fighting-honour-Kathy-Etchingham-loyal-40-years-on.html
Comments
That film looks like a pile of shite – how appropriate for the Daily Mail. That paper has always had a bizarre fascination with Hendrix. I can only assume it was because he represented their readers’ worst nightmare.
Hello! My father was part of the team who built the dragon-tiled swimming pool. He has a few photographs of its completion in his study.
There’s quite a remarkable story associated with his work on the pool, due to the fact that Hendrix passed away during its construction and the funding fell through. I have one item of memorabilia connected with this event–an Indian temple pole–though there’s no real way of proving that it belonged to Hendrix’s band, unfortunately. I’d be happy to relate the story in full if interested.
Cheers,
Ross