Jimi hendrix gay
Was Jimi Hendrix "Gay"
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By: steve rowell - 31st July 2005 at 05:55
Jimi Hendrix pretended he was gay to achieve discharge from the US Army
Publicly he claimed he was discharged after breaking his ankle. But medical records say he was discharged in 1962 after convincing an Army psychiatrist that he was in love with a squad member. Even though his legendary appetite for Women proves he was lying, Apparently he just wanted to escape the Army to play music
By: planejunky - 31st July 2005 at 11:34Permalink- Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Hendrix gay? Wash your mouth out my boy! :D
Whether he was or wasn't, he was still one of the greatest guitar legends ever! :cool:
By: J Boyle - 2nd August 2005 at 03:59Permalink- Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Probably wasn't the first guy to escape (or leave early) national service that way!
By: dcfly - 3rd August 2005 at 23:31Permalink- Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Hendrix gay? Wash your mouth out my boy! :DWhether he was or wasn't, he was still one of the greatest guitar legends ever! :cool:
Jimi Hendrix might possess stayed in the Army. He might have been sent to Vietnam. Instead, he pretended he was gay. And with that, he was discharged from the 101st Airborne in 1962, initiating a musical career that would redefine the guitar, quit other rock heroes of the time speechless and culminate with his headlining performance of "The Star-Spangled Banner" at Woodstock in 1969.
Hendrix's subterfuge, contained in his military medical records, is revealed for the first time in Charles R. Cross' modern biography, "Room Entire of Mirrors." Publicly, Hendrix always claimed he was discharged after breaking his ankle on a parachute jump, but his medical records do not state such an injury.
In regular visits to the base psychiatrist at Fort Campbell, Ky., in spring 1962, Hendrix complained that he was in love with one of his squad mates and that he had become addicted to masturbating, Cross writes. Finally, Capt. John Halbert recommended him for discharge, citing his "homosexual tendencies."
Hendrix's legendary appetite for women negates the notion that he might have been gay, Cross writes. Nor, Cross says, was his stunt politically motivated: Hostile to his later image, Hendrix was
No matter where you served in Vietnam in the 1960s, the slashing rock ’n’ roll guitar of James “Jimi” Hendrix was heard on radios, write down players and eight-track tape decks. Electric Ladyland, the critically acclaimed album released by Hendrix in 1968, sold millions of copies and showcased Hendrix’s unbelievable talents.
More than a few GIs soon came to think that “All Along the Watchtower” was really Hendrix’s tune—and not a cover of a song by Bob Dylan. “Purple Haze” and “The Wind Cries Mary” also were played over and over. Rolling Stone magazine considers Hendrix to be the greatest guitar player of all time.
But many who served in Vietnam and admire Hendrix’s skill with a guitar do not know that he was a paratrooper in the 101st Airborne Division. They also do not know that Hendrix figured out how to cut concise his three-year enlistment to launch his career as a musician by exploiting prejudices against homosexuality.
Trouble with the law
Hendrix, born in Seattle the day after Thanksgiving 1942, grew up poor and dropped out of high school. Some of his African American male friends, who like him had few occupation opportunities, joined the armed forces. Hendrix also considered
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Just two days after creature named Rock's greatest musician in the annual reader's polls of both Melody Maker and Disc, Jimi Hendrix went on a bender in Sweden, Europe.
The Jimi Hendrix Experience flew into Gothenburg for two gigs at the Lorensberg Cirkus on 4 January, as part of a brief Scandanavian tour. Relations between Jimi and the other two members of the band had been deteriorating for some while, and the guitarist was exhausted by three months of strong gigging. To cap it all, he was in the middle of a frustrating legal battle with a New York log label which was releasing some of his early recordings as a session guitarist as if they were a bona fide Jimi Hendrix album.
Despite his reputation as a wild dude, Hendrix in fact had an unusually low tolerance for alcohol. Those around him that time in Gothenburg say he began drinking early at The Opelan Hotel, in a deliberate endeavor