"The feeling
remains... 
Even after 
the glitter fades"

Stevie Nicks

 

 

         Phtos

                 Click to enlarge

This a a photo taken at the Classic Cat of L-R: an unknown
English roadie, my sister, Dixie, myself, and Michael Weakley
(Quint) of the Electric Prunes.
(Someone has written to me saying that the 'unknown English roadie' 
looks like someone named Spike, who roadied for the Rolling Stones.)

 This photo of Francine Brockey (with unknown) 
was taken in the kitchen of the Plantation 
("Shootout On The Plantation") 
 I was living there 
when this this photo 
was taken.

   The photo of Jimi Hendrix 
was taken backstage at the Hollywood Bowl, 1967. 
I had originally stated that he was changing a string,
but received the letters below stating otherwise. 
The photo was taken by a roommate at the time who 
was seeing Noel Redding and wants to remain anonymous. 

Around mid July of 2002 I received this email 
regarding the above photo of Hendrix:

Regarding the photograph of Jimi Hendrix, He is
actually screwing in his tremelo arm (whammy bar) not 
changing a string, The guitar he is holding already has 6 
strings on it, any adjustments he would be making would 
be on the "headstock" at the top of the fret board. since
this is a right handed fender stratocaster strung "lefty"
the threading for the tremelo arm is at the top of the 
bridge, and he is clearly holding the tremelo arm in his hand ready for screwing! Thanks! (I'm a big Hendrix fan) keep up the good work!

Marc Blackburn
Director of Avid Services
Pivotal Post
mblackburn@pivotalpost.com

Another comment on the Hendrix photo:
With all due respect, I just peeked at the hollywoodhangover site, and noticed your comments regarding the Hendrix snapshot; I contend that he is indeed finishing up the process of changing at least one string. As a guitarist (I own four Stratocasters, three righties and a lefty), I can tell you that screwing in a trem arm is a one-handed affair - you simply insert the threaded end and twirl the arm with a fingertip. In the photo, one can see that the top E string is not in the saddle slot (common with a string not fully tensioned, note the incorrect spacing), and Mr. Hendrix is seating it with his left hand index fingernail and right hand fingertips. My lefty Strat is a form of tribute, and I assure you that the trem arm protruding out of the high end of the tailpiece most definitely gets in the way of your hand, hence the rearward pointing arm, as I have seen it regularly in Hendrix photos and as I maintain my own.

Sincerely,
Mark Mercer

Noel Redding, 
same night, same roll of film

I found the photo below on the internet.
Jimi is wearing the same clothes and jewelry,
so I am now assured of the photo's time and place.

Backstage, Hollywood Bowl, l967
Photo credit: Henry Diltz

 

This photo is from left to right, 
John Deverian, Cooker's manager,
Clive Fox, record executive,
  Dick Monda, (Daddy Dewdrop 
in the early seventies)  and 
  Cooker is playing 
the piano

That is the Plantation in the background 
        of Taj Mahal's album cover. I was standing 
behind the front door during the photo shoot in 1968.

This is the Classic Cat brochure  
that contains photos of several friends

The inside of the brochure. In the bottom right, 
the "litter of kittens" is from left to right--Jan, Wendy, Dixie,  
Brandy, Unknown, and Kay Poorboy

This is a wedding photo 
L to R-Dixie, Dick Monda, Cooker, 
me, and little Lisa Manley

*I wish I'd taken more photos, but we didn't walk around Hollywood with cameras dangling around our necks for fear of looking like tourists, fans, or the 
media--we just wouldn't chance looking 
straight, or like any member
of the Establishment.