Steel Notes Magazine June 2014 | Page 53

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I then later became a Whisky a go go dancer ( a member of a contracted select group of kids that danced on the Whisky dance floor during a period when it had lost it ’ s permit due to selling alcohol to a minor ). This of course led to non-stop partying in the Whisky dressing rooms upstairs and in the homes of some of the world ’ s biggest rock personalities and stars - Phil Spector , the Rolling Stones , Led Zepplin etc .
My Hollywood high-profile lifestyle brought many more opportunities . I was approached by the concert promoter to dance forty feet above an endless crowd at the Newport Pop Festival at Devonshire Downs . It was completely unbelievable to find myself backstage with Janis Joplin . Actually , the mind boggling mob of spaced-out , super-loaded hippies that sprawled out into the horizon before me , along with the roster of super stars , for this three day outdoor rock concert , appeared as though the entire rock population showed up that weekend .
My gorgeous redheaded cousin , Marquise , soon followed me from New York City , where she worked as a disc jockey at Ungano ’ s uptown Manhattan . She sent ahead a bundle of cash for me to get a house . I found a place on Franklin and La Brea , in the heart of
We were in the midddle of living La Vida Loca ( Rock and Roll style ) in Hollywood , California , USA , late in September 1970 , when Devon Wilson showed up at our house . She was Jimi Hendrix ’ s girlfriend . She stayed a few days and gave the Marquis de la Lillibridge this jacket in return . It belongs to Jimi . The story is very colorful and entertaining , evidently . The characters and events are factual , as they have all been derived from my own personal journal .

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