There is a catalyst in every meeting, every connection - Linda happened to be the intermediary that introduced Jimi to those people who were to be instrumental to his career. Whether or not Jimi would have been discovered otherwise was never up for debate. As it happened, and is fact, Linda Keith helped Jimi. Jimi's talent obviously would have provided for his discovery had Linda not intervened, but historically, she did. Perhaps I don't understand the point that you are trying to make.

"those people" were already aware!

LA FORUM Wrote:
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> Jimi often thanked her for helping him have a
> career. She pulled stings introduced him to people
> etc. etc. He didecated a song to her, can't
> remember which one.


Are you talking about "Send My Love To Linda"? I think it's the third song on this link:



Jimi frequently mentioned Linda in his songs. "Red House" is said to be about her too. In concert he would occasionally replace the word "baby" with "Linda".

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> "those people" were already aware!

Perhaps, but there was still no movement in his career.

I may have got this wrong but I read an item the other day that inferred that Linda Keith's dad was one Alan Keith. He was a BBC Radio 2 (formerly Light programme)broadcaster and had a career lasting over 60 years. He died in 2003 aged 94 and was still doing broadcasts which made him probably the oldest regular broadcaster at the time.
His brother was one David Kossaf- who did quite a lot of TV and was also well known as the father of Paul Kossaf - remember FREE?
Presumably Alan changed his name for career purposes.

Talking of funny names - it always make me laugh to read that Mick said he had to rescue Jerry Hall from marrying Bryan Ferry otherwise she'd have been known as Jerry Ferry.

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Silver Dagger
Talking of funny names - it always make me laugh to read that Mick said he had to rescue Jerry Hall from marrying Bryan Ferry otherwise she'd have been known as Jerry Ferry.

Because Jerry Jagger sounds sooo much better!

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I may have got this wrong but I read an item the other day that inferred that Linda Keith's dad was one Alan Keith. He was a BBC Radio 2 (formerly Light programme)broadcaster and had a career lasting over 60 years. He died in 2003 aged 94 and was still doing broadcasts which made him probably the oldest regular broadcaster at the time.
His brother was one David Kossaf- who did quite a lot of TV and was also well known as the father of Paul Kossaf - remember FREE?
Presumably Alan changed his name for career purposes.

He was born Alexander Kossaff; don't think he was David Kossoff's brother Alec, though, who was said to still be alive when DK died in '05.

Linda, his daughter, not only brought Jimi to Chas's attention--as well as some others, including Andrew Oldham, who all passed on him---she was in fact the one who finally talked him into breaking out and starting a band of his own (the Blue Flames).

Yeah, Les Paul & a handful of others were aware of him, but the difference going to England made in how we know & think of Jimi today is incalculable in a range of ways, from his fashion palette to his cosmic collection of song lyrics, and more.


(edits for spelling, add info)



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am i the only one who thinks linda keith is not that hot?

no you're not the only one with mixed emotions

I 1st saw and heard of her on a Hendrix documentary.
I thought she was beautiful! I'd like to see some pics of her now a days, out of curiosity. I've just looked at some google pics, and none of them seem as hot as the ones in the documentary, although as some one else has noted, there seem to be precious few pics of her, considering she was a model. Hope she is doing well.

Since she was featured in the site www.thebeautifulandthedamned.com I'd assumed she met a tragic fate long ago. Also, this site has images of her >

http://anitapallenberg.multiply.com/photos/album/17/Anita_Pallenberg_and_Keith_Richards_Circle

I could see why she would be a successful model as she looks different in every photo.

Hmmm...I'm sure this was discussed here before



Vivid, a large maker of pornographic movies that is releasing the film this week, has created a 45-minute DVD, called “Jimi Hendrix the Sex Tape,” that combines 11 minutes of sex footage with a retrospective of Hendrix’s career in the 1960s (but with none of his music included).
The film shows a naked man who resembles Hendrix, the guitar legend who died in 1970, wearing a bandanna in his Afro, having sex with two brunettes in a dimly lighted bedroom. His full face appears on screen for only a few seconds, with his eyes closed. In other portions there are flashes of his profile. But his hands, bedecked with rings, roam large on the screen at times. The film has no audio.

Bizarrly you can buy a replica plaster cast of Hendrix's penis (something quite different to give the mother in law at Christmas).
Click on link to see it in high resolution.
It looks a bit like an elephants foot...........


[www.cynthiapcaster.org]

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am i the only one who thinks linda keith is not that hot?

Don´t know,but what about us in....2048 ?

I don't know how accurate this is. You be the judge.

This site has a mini-biography of L.K. with a pic that is more recent than the 60's pics we usually see.
It also features an even more recent Youtube interview with a woman who looks a lot like the woman in the pic.
The woman in the interview, though, does not have any trace of a British accent, but for what it's worth, I once dated a woman who was raised in Surrey but lost her accent during the time I knew her.

Tell me what you think: [people.famouswhy.com]

Are you talking about the video clip where a lady talks about corporate pizza making?? her name do be Linda keith

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Palace Revolution 2000
Are you talking about the video clip where a lady talks about corporate pizza making?? her name do be Linda keith

Yeah, that's the one I'm talking about. Sounds like she has a southern U.S. accent.

"Written by Keith and Brian Jones in January 1967, "Ruby Tuesday""

Where do they get off writing this? Several times Keith has noted it was mainly him and Brian working oin the track in the studio but never has there been a statement - by anyone of the Stones that Brian co wrote it.

I know Mick had nothing to do with its composition but neither did Brian.

In his own handwriting, a letter of apology from Brian to Linda Keith. Linda Keith, as we know and stated previously in this thread, being Keith's girlfriend 1963-66, as well as girlfriend and early fan/advocate of Jimi Hendrix, about whom he wrote several songs etc etc.

The letter is on the Hardrock Cafe web site, which may make you download a crap Microsoft product (if you want to see Brian's own gentle lyrical handwriting).

Here's my transcription:

Dearest Linda,

I'm so sorry that a tragic thing seems to have severed our relationship. Let me please say darling that I'm deeply aware of your problems. Please do everything you can to sort out everything. I'm sure you can shake off the devils that haunt you. That you could so often forget your troubles to help me so lovingly fills me with such deep emotion. I longed to help you Linda -- really I did, but a kind of self-preservation instinct erected a barrier every time the longing to help arose in me. This produced the conflicts inside me which resulted in violence, insults, and other hurts I caused you.

..................

So sweet and sad (and self-incriminating)!

What do we know about Brian's and Linda Keith's relationship? Here's them together in Spain on holiday (Oct 29, 1967) -- a photo and a Daily Mail clipping



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I've always thought that his break-up with Linda Keith is what led him to eventually become the person/persona he is famous for. If what I have read is true, it was quite heart-breaking, and he went from being somewhat naive and innocent (please note I said SOMEWHAT) to being determined to never let such a strong, emotionally painful experience happen to him again. In doing this, he pretty much became an ass-hole. A nice guy on the surface, and maybe still that way deep down inside, but in the layer between the two, a self-serving prick whose only concern was feeding his self-destructive needs.

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I've always thought that his break-up with Linda Keith is what led him to eventually become the person/persona he is famous for. If what I have read is true, it was quite heart-breaking, and he went from being somewhat naive and innocent (please note I said SOMEWHAT) to being determined to never let such a strong, emotionally painful experience happen to him again. In doing this, he pretty much became an ass-hole. A nice guy on the surface, and maybe still that way deep down inside, but in the layer between the two, a self-serving prick whose only concern was feeding his self-destructive needs.

Boogie69, you referring to the letter (transcribed above) that I posted from Brian Jones to Linda Keith, apologizing for his violence and insults and wishing he could have been kinder to her, in the way she was kind to him?

If so, do you mean (above) Keith's becoming a self-serving prick, or Brian? (I imagine you mean Keith)



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Hi Swiss,

If you read the clipping, it states that Brian is with model Suki Potier so that's Suki in the picture with Brian.

hi DGA35,

yup, I read the clipping, and I believe it's wrong.

After all, this is the same paper that just published the sensationalism about Mick Taylor. Not exactly known for its scrupulous fact-checking department.

So I don't believe that's Suki Potier. It's Linda Keith. Take a peek.

Linda Keith

Brian and Linda

Suki

Brian and Suki
Brian and Suki
Brian and Suki
Brian and Suki

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Additionally, the photos were a sidenote to the interesting letter to Linda Keith from Brian, in Brian's handwriting. At least I think it's interesting!

reminds me of a girl I once fancied who had Lorenz as her last name. I could have been Lorenz Lorenz if I had taken her name...

hi,

As you may have noticed, I'm interested in Linda Keith and her relationships with Keith, Hendrix, and to a lesser degree Brian Jones.

So I'm sharing the following with you-all, adding to this Linda Keith thread for anyone interested in her -- as well as interest in a slice of Brian's 1968 life, and insight into his fraught relationships.

NOTE: the descriptive language is not mine; it's from the Christie's 2007 online catalog.

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1. "A rare, emotional hand-written letter from Brian Jones to Linda Keith, circa 1968, the one-page letter written in red ballpoint pen beginning Darling Linda, Thank you for the lovely dinner last night + the groovy sandwich this morning..., the letter continues with Jones pleading with Keith Please please don't freak out in your way - it hurts me so inside (!) You must, must know I love you so much, that all I see before me is orientated toward you - my darling, my beautiful girl... the letter ends with Jones asking Don't give me a hard time + I promise not to get silly on beer or what have you. I LOVE YOU, signed Brian, 1p."

Letter #1


2. "A rare emotional hand-written letter from Brian Jones to Linda Keith circa 1968, the letter written in blue ballpoint pen on one side of a sheet of stationery, the letter beginning Dearest Linda, I'm so sorry that such a tragic thing seems to have severed our relationship... and continues ...Let me please say darling that I'm deeply aware of your problems. Please do everything you can to sort out everything. I'm sure you can shake off the devils that taunt you. That you could so often forget your troubles to help me so lovingly fills me with such deep emotion. I longed to help you Linda, really I did, but a kind of self-preservation instinct erected a barrier every time the longing to help arose in me. This produced the conflicts inside me which resulted in violence, insults and other hurts I caused you..., unsigned, 1p."
Letter #2

3. "A rare, emotional hand-written letter from Brian Jones to Linda Keith, circa 1968, the letter written in blue ballpoint pen on two sides of a piece of stationery beginning Dearest Darling Linda, I'm presently very smashed..., Jones goes on to suggest I have to tell you, we (Ossie Clark and I) were talking about people who should do the Eamon Andrews show and after suggesting a few really groovy people to @#$%& Eamon's head up, Ossie suggested "How about Linda Keith to really floor him" Wow! How people dig you..., Jones continues with telling Keith about his plans for the future I'm getting two houses together Linda, a good scene, one in town + one in the country - please be with me, I'm so lonely by myself. I need you so badly + I love you so much, please understand what @#$%& us up before, a terrible combination of events, Jones ends the letter with a proposal of marriage: Please let's start again. PLEASE MARRY ME. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE. All My love, Brian"
Letter #3

4. "A collection of seven telegrams sent from Brian Jones to Linda Keith, April - August, 1968, including: one dated 4 April, 1968 apologising to Linda Am sorry for the bad scenes earlier yesterday but maybe they were inevitable...have you thought about yesterday and the reasons for those scenes...Please forgive me...I love you so much...It has to happen Don't fight it...Right or wrong all my love is for you; one circa April, 1968, apologising again Darling I did not intend to humiliate you further...I thought you were not coming back as before...Please I have so much love to give you, Brian; one sent from Morocco, dated 5 August, 1968, Sorry phone cut, you must send cable informing when, meet me here or in Paris, here better, lots of love waiting for you, please be quick, everything alright this time, Brian; another sent from Morocco, dated 31 July, 1968, Darling, have reason to believe you tried to phone this morning, Could not hear anything, am still in Morocco but going to Mountains to record religious festival..."
Telegram #1

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hi,

As you may have noticed, I'm interested in Linda Keith and her relationships with Keith, Hendrix, and to a lesser degree Brian Jones.

So I'm sharing the following with you-all, adding to this Linda Keith thread for anyone interested in her -- as well as interest in a slice of Brian's 1968 life, and insight into his fraught relationships.

NOTE: the descriptive language is not mine; it's from the Christie's 2007 online catalog.

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1. "A rare, emotional hand-written letter from Brian Jones to Linda Keith, circa 1968, the one-page letter written in red ballpoint pen beginning Darling Linda, Thank you for the lovely dinner last night + the groovy sandwich this morning..., the letter continues with Jones pleading with Keith Please please don't freak out in your way - it hurts me so inside (!) You must, must know I love you so much, that all I see before me is orientated toward you - my darling, my beautiful girl... the letter ends with Jones asking Don't give me a hard time + I promise not to get silly on beer or what have you. I LOVE YOU, signed Brian, 1p."

Letter #1


2. "A rare emotional hand-written letter from Brian Jones to Linda Keith circa 1968, the letter written in blue ballpoint pen on one side of a sheet of stationery, the letter beginning Dearest Linda, I'm so sorry that such a tragic thing seems to have severed our relationship... and continues ...Let me please say darling that I'm deeply aware of your problems. Please do everything you can to sort out everything. I'm sure you can shake off the devils that taunt you. That you could so often forget your troubles to help me so lovingly fills me with such deep emotion. I longed to help you Linda, really I did, but a kind of self-preservation instinct erected a barrier every time the longing to help arose in me. This produced the conflicts inside me which resulted in violence, insults and other hurts I caused you..., unsigned, 1p."
Letter #2

3. "A rare, emotional hand-written letter from Brian Jones to Linda Keith, circa 1968, the letter written in blue ballpoint pen on two sides of a piece of stationery beginning Dearest Darling Linda, I'm presently very smashed..., Jones goes on to suggest I have to tell you, we (Ossie Clark and I) were talking about people who should do the Eamon Andrews show and after suggesting a few really groovy people to @#$%& Eamon's head up, Ossie suggested "How about Linda Keith to really floor him" Wow! How people dig you..., Jones continues with telling Keith about his plans for the future I'm getting two houses together Linda, a good scene, one in town + one in the country - please be with me, I'm so lonely by myself. I need you so badly + I love you so much, please understand what @#$%& us up before, a terrible combination of events, Jones ends the letter with a proposal of marriage: Please let's start again. PLEASE MARRY ME. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE. All My love, Brian"
Letter #3

4. "A collection of seven telegrams sent from Brian Jones to Linda Keith, April - August, 1968, including: one dated 4 April, 1968 apologising to Linda Am sorry for the bad scenes earlier yesterday but maybe they were inevitable...have you thought about yesterday and the reasons for those scenes...Please forgive me...I love you so much...It has to happen Don't fight it...Right or wrong all my love is for you; one circa April, 1968, apologising again Darling I did not intend to humiliate you further...I thought you were not coming back as before...Please I have so much love to give you, Brian; one sent from Morocco, dated 5 August, 1968, Sorry phone cut, you must send cable informing when, meet me here or in Paris, here better, lots of love waiting for you, please be quick, everything alright this time, Brian; another sent from Morocco, dated 31 July, 1968, Darling, have reason to believe you tried to phone this morning, Could not hear anything, am still in Morocco but going to Mountains to record religious festival..."
Telegram #1

Letter number 3 is up for auction again:

Letter to Linda

If you believe in the karmic wheel, you could imagine that one of the reasons Keith got so strung out on smack was because he had blown the whistle on Linda Keith for the very same thing.

When you take on someone else's drug problems with fierce indignation as Keith obviously did you'd better beware of what going on in your own house or whats about to. peace

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Naturalust
If you believe in the karmic wheel, you could imagine that one of the reasons Keith got so strung out on smack was because he had blown the whistle on Linda Keith for the very same thing.

When you take on someone else's drug problems with fierce indignation as Keith obviously did you'd better beware of what going on in your own house or whats about to. peace

Karmic wheel? I think that's a bit of a stretch. I haven't ever read that it was indignation that drove Keith to contact Linda's parents about her drug problems, but genuine concern. He says so himself in his book and others have credited his intervention with saving Linda Keith's life. Why he got hooked later has nothing to do with it.

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Hey...I know a guy called Dick Allcock........

A good friend of mine has a neighbor whose name is Dick Wank.

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Why he got hooked later has nothing to do with it.

Don't be so sure latebloomer, certainly no one but themself can be credited with saving someone's life who is addicted to narcotics, certainly not Keith's intervention. The best info credits the individual with 70% of the work, the spirit with 20% and 10% to the healers.

I respect you opinion greatly, but if you ask Linda I'm sure she would call Keith's actions indignatious. I have learned to be careful with other peoples addictions unless your house is brick and thick. Maybe I just need to work on my teepee a bit. lol

swiss thanks for translation those letters from Brian, so sweet, would they have worked for you?

Those ones from Morocco are suspect, wasn't he with Anita, mid violent upheaval at the time? Sound to me like he was a weak man who couldn't control his violence and temper and was hedging his bets in case Anita didn't work out.

In his defense, I'll bet Brian loved as deeply as any man. It is a confusing business on the best of days. peace