Looney Toons

There is a certain rage prerequisite to considering the deaths of Jimi Hendrix and Alan Wilson. Of all the people we’ve lost (death-wise, if not jail-wise) these two deaths make the least sense. One can cope with the basically organic death of John Coltrane, as disheartening as his loss was, and despite the shock of Brian Jones’ death at least there was some question there as to whether or not the cause was drugs.

October 1, 1970
Dave Marsh

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