Holy Shit, Jimi Hendrix Was Murdered

[Dusty Ayres]

The history-changing headline might actually be true. In a new book entitled Rock Roadie, an aide to Jimi Hendrix’ manager Michael Jeffrey claims that an intoxicated Jeffrey confessed to killing Hendrix, in order to cash in on a £1.2 million insurance policy, while paranoid that Hendrix was planning to fire him.

As The Independent reports, James “Tappy” Wright explains in his new book that Jeffrey confessed to the crime in 1971: “…We went ’round to Monika’s hotel room, got a handful of pills and stuffed them into his mouth,” Jeffrey is quoted as saying. “Then [we] poured a few bottles of red wine deep into his windpipe… I had to do it. Jimi was worth much more to me dead than alive. That son of a bitch was going to leave me. If I lost him, I’d lose everything.”

Holy Shit, Jimi Hendrix Was Murdered

 

[Australis]

Given the shady nature of some of the characters around Hendrix, including the fact that Jeffrey was associated with Don Arden, I'm saddened, but only a little bit surprised.

 

[Dusty Ayres]

After I read the article, me too.

 

[PKTrekGirl]

Not surprised in the slightest.

Extremely sad, because who knows what he could have accomplished if he'd lived...but not surprising.

 

[exodus]

The history-changing headline might actually be true. In a new book entitled Rock Roadie, an aide to Jimi Hendrix’ manager Michael Jeffrey claims that an intoxicated Jeffrey confessed to killing Hendrix, in order to cash in on a £1.2 million insurance policy, while paranoid that Hendrix was planning to fire him.

As The Independent reports, James “Tappy” Wright explains in his new book that Jeffrey confessed to the crime in 1971: “…We went ’round to Monika’s hotel room, got a handful of pills and stuffed them into his mouth,” Jeffrey is quoted as saying. “Then [we] poured a few bottles of red wine deep into his windpipe… I had to do it. Jimi was worth much more to me dead than alive. That son of a bitch was going to leave me. If I lost him, I’d lose everything.”

Holy Shit, Jimi Hendrix Was Murdered

Yep, I've read this report before.

They also said that they rang nearly a full bottle of wine that had soaked into his hair as well. That's a sure sign something was foul. How get he get a full bottle of wine in his HAIR!!! I don't care how drunk you are, nobody misses their mouth and gets it in their hair..............and not a whole bottles worth.

It only could lead to him being held down and forced to drink it. Plus, the lining of his throat would have scarring from his vomiting the wine back up.

 

[bigdaddy]

I killed him, I want my 15 minutes of fame now.