Bryan “Chas” Chandler, after hearing “Jimmy James” (Hendrix!!) play in a small club in Greenwich Village, New York, thought to himself, ^I can do something with this kid^. He was convinced he had to get the ‘kid’ to come to London, Read More …
An abusive mother and an absent father ripped Nancy’s childhood out from under her. But what about adolescence? One might think that a close friendship with a wildly creative rock star super-hero and co-conspirator while she was still in her Read More …
Like a lot of other things that rankle feminists (women’s veils, female genital mutilation, just to name a few), insult compounds injury when the participants themselves claim empowerment, satisfaction and gain (not loss). (The feminists are usually the ones insulted.) None Read More …
‘I think of him rather like Genghis Khan,’ Mike said to me on several occasions. And he was referring to Jimi. I couldn’t understand why Mike was comparing Jimi to a warrior. Since I never asked, I’ll never know. But Read More …
If Jimi Hendrix, his most famous client, was a preeminent symbol of the foreground of 60s art, culture and creativity, Mike Jeffery as his manager and monetizer, full-time womanizer and man-child, symbolized the ever-present background. Actually, Jeffery represented the more Read More …
Mike Jeffery was perhaps Nancy’s first real heart throb…..if that’s not an oxymoron….. “real heart throb!” Haha. The wagging tail of a particularly cute dog can have the same effect! So yes, the story was all too commonplace, even if the Read More …
He, Jimi and I had this deep thirst for life, which we came to from different places, and with different boundaries. Having a deep thirst for life…well…it may be a sufficient condition to bring a group of people together, but Read More …
Nancy had her own way of saying — ‘I was speechless’ — when people told her things that she just wasn’t quite prepared to hear. It seems as if my mind takes notes as it experiences certain things. Instead of Read More …
Nancy, readers may have surmised, was not a terribly good match for Mike. Notwithstanding her traumatic fatherless coming of age, and her cruel arrogant mother with a man for every season, Nancy emerged into adulthood surprisingly lucid and mentally sharp, Read More …
Fame and rumor are frequently joined at the hip. Indeed the rumors about Michael Jeffery, Jimi Hendrix’ business manager, are not flattering. But Jeffery, by nearly ALL accounts, was a calculating and conniving deal-maker and a shrewd businessman who could Read More …