<P> When the European leg of the Cry of Love tour began, Hendrix was longing for his new studio and creative outlet, and was not eager to fulfill the commitment . On September 2, 1970, he abandoned a performance in Aarhus after three songs, stating: "I've been dead a long time". Four days later, he gave his final concert appearance, at the Isle of Fehmarn Festival in Germany . He was met with booing and jeering from fans in response to his cancellation of a show slated for the end of the previous night's bill due to torrential rain and risk of electrocution . Immediately following the festival, Hendrix, Mitchell, and Cox travelled to London . </P> <P> Three days after the performance, Cox, who was suffering from severe paranoia after either taking LSD or being given it unknowingly, quit the tour and went to stay with his parents in Pennsylvania . Within days of Hendrix's arrival in England, he had spoken with Chas Chandler, Alan Douglas, and others about leaving his manager, Michael Jeffery . On September 16, Hendrix performed in public for the last time during an informal jam at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club in Soho with Eric Burdon and his latest band, War . They began by playing a few of their recent hits, and after a brief intermission Hendrix joined them during "Mother Earth" and "Tobacco Road". His performance was uncharacteristically subdued; he quietly played backing guitar, and refrained from the histrionics that people had come to expect from him . He died less than 48 hours later . </P> <P> In July 1962, after Hendrix was discharged from the U.S. Army, he entered a small club in Clarksville, Tennessee . Drawn in by live music, he stopped for a drink and ended up spending most of the $400 he had saved . He explained: "I went in this jazz joint and had a drink . I liked it and I stayed . People tell me I get foolish, good - natured sometimes . Anyway, I guess I felt real benevolent that day . I must have been handing out bills to anyone that asked me . I came out of that place with sixteen dollars left ." According to the authors Steven Roby and Brad Schreiber: "Alcohol would later be the scourge of his existence, driving him to fits of pique, even rare bursts of atypical, physical violence ." </P> <P>--Kathy Etchingham </P>

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