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Eric Barrett, the man who spent two years at Jimi Hendrix's side as his roadie and confidant, has broken decades of silence in a new memoir, and the rock legend's final words to him had nothing to do with music. Barrett's book, Experienced: On the Road with Jimi Hendrix and Beyond, recounts the harrowing scene […] The post Jimi Hendrix's roadie recalls guitarist's last words after Hells Angels turned a festival into chaos appeared first on American Almanac .
Eric Barrett, the man who spent two years at Jimi Hendrix's side as his roadie and confidant, has broken decades of silence in a new memoir, and the rock legend's final words to him had nothing to do with music. Barrett's book, Experienced: On the Road with Jimi Hendrix and Beyond, recounts the harrowing scene at Hendrix's last official concert on the Isle of Fehmarn, a German island where hundreds of Hells Angels overran the festival, chased off security, and, by Barrett's account, beat and robbed fans who had been camping out. Hendrix took one look at the mayhem and retreated to his room alone and sober before taking the stage. In an interview with Fox News Digital , Barrett described the concert and the minutes after it as the most…Open