PhotoSynthesis: Jimi Hendrix, Mama Michelle & Mama Cass

Los Angeles, 1967: This was taken probably a half an hour before that picture of Hendrix standing onstage. There we are in this little green room right offstage, and there was one couch in the room and everyone is just sitting around waiting. Mama Cass is drinking a bottle of Galliano. Jimi had whispered something to Michelle, and Michelle had turned and whispered it to Mama Cass, like a game of telephone. And then Mama Cass sat up and looked at Jimi with a big look on her face like "What?" And the thing is I have no idea what they were saying, and years later I asked Michelle and she does not recall [laughs].

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Posted by Henry Diltz on Nov 14th 2007 5:00PM
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Douch McDouchieat 11-16-2007

Pssst Mama Cass! J Saw you downin a double bacon cheese burger rigth after your Gastric Bypass surgery last week.

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normanfidelat 11-16-2007

I thought there was a story here. All of this and still no idea what was said. This is a bunch of BS.

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Keith J. Mohrhoffat 11-16-2007

I'm sure she does remember....just doesn't want to say.

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Mason younGat 11-16-2007

Mama Cass is responsible for so many people coming together back in Laurel Canyon...because of her we had CSN...and Joni met Graham there as well...what a place in time,,,gives me nostalgia pangs

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