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27 August 1970
Hendrix flies to England.

30 August 1970
Jimi, Mitch and Billy perform an erratic show at the Isle Of Wight festival in England.

2 September 1970
Three songs into his performance in Aarhus, Denmark, Jimi has to leave the stage, suffering from too heavy a dose of sleeping pills.

6 September 1970
At the Fenham festival in Germany, Hendrix's last full live performance is greeted with sporadic booing by an ill-tempered crowd. Jimi the flies to London.

10 September 1970
Journalist Keith Altham conduct Jimi's last interview.

16/17 September 1970
Jimi makes his last appearance on stage at Ronnie Scott's club in London, jamming with Eric Burdon and War.

18 September 1970
Ambulances are called to the Samarkand Hotel in London, where Jimi is found unconscious, having vomited in his sleep. The ambulance-men are unable to revive him. He is taken to St. Mary Abbot's Hospital, where he is officially pronounced dead just after midday.

28 September 1970
At a London inquest, the coroner instructs the jury to return an open verdict on Hendrix's death, which is blamed on "inhalation of vomit due to barbiturate intoxication".

1 October 1970
James Marshall Hendrix is buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Renton, Seattle.

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What you're about to hear is an audio recording of the very last time that the world would ever hear Jimi Hendrix play. This man has about 24 hours or so to live. R.I.P.



Eric Burdon & War with Jimi Hendrix - Tobacco Road (9-16-70)
6.75MB / 5:53