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Jim Morrison & Jimi Hendrix

The two rock legends, Jim Morrison and Jimi Hendrix, whose fate meant that they both left at the age of 27, have in fact already met several times...

...Hendrix and Morrison first met at an open scene held in March 1968 at a New York nightclub called "The Scene". (Also note the presence of the singer Janis Joplin.) The purpose of these events lies in the fact that several artists can go on the same stage in order to improvise together. The least we can say is that this collaboration will remain famous because of the mediocrity of the service. Indeed, Morrison, quite drunk and very agitated caused a real chaos, shouting all kinds of obscenities into the microphone before collapsing clinging to the knees of a bewildered and genuinely carried away Jimi Hendrix on the table at which Janis Joplin was.

The paths of the two men crossed again, on April 2, 1968 at the "Paul Sauvé Arena" in Montreal. Much like the month before, Morrison burst onto the stage holding a bottle and exclaimed, "Hey Jimi! Jimi! Let me sing with you, and let's do this thing together man!"
Hendrix then retorted, "It's okay mate, I can handle this on my own."
Morrison's answer was not long in coming: "Do you know who I am? I'm Jim Morrison of the Doors!"
"Oei!" then exclaimed his interlocutor, "And I am Jimi Hendrix!"