Bibliography and Footnotes
Cavafy, C. P. – Waiting for the Barbarians – Classic
literature – As archived by the Onassis Foundation http://www.cavafy.com/poems/content.asp?id=119&cat=1
Dylan, Bob – Chronicles Part One (Simon &
Schuster, NY 2004) p. 292
Thompson, Hunter, S. – The article from The Nation
(August 1965) and book Hell’s Angels (1965)
VanDevanter, Lynda – Home By Morning – The Story of
an Army Nurse in Vietnam (Beaufort Boks, 1983. Chapter 4. Dunes’till Dawn.
Henderson, David -‘’Escuse Me While I Kiss the Sky – The Life
of Jimi Hendrix (Doubleday, NY, 1978 ) p. 71
“Jimmy Hendrix toured with Joe Dee and the
Starliters near the end of 1965….This was the first time he had toured with a
predominately white band. He had played with a few white bands in Seattle, but
with Joey Dee he got to savor the ‘Twist’ craze right up close. The hysteria
that the augmented rockabilly bat drove the myriad crowds to was amazing. It
was like Joey Dee was a high priest, a messenger, bringing a sacred message to
all. Right there he witnessed the power of word and music, specially as promoted
by big-town machinery, but more so, as ordained by the people’s need for
release. The Twist included all ages and all kinds of people, and it was not
necessarily youth-oriented. The Beatle’s in ’65 were still kings of the English
sound, but they were essentially a listening experience, a pleasant experience
compared to the uncouth Twist parties.”
Author’s Note: I’ve seen undated Tony Marts
advertisements that mention Joey Dee and the Starliters and Carmen Marotta has
listed Joey Dee and the Starliters and the Pepperment Twist on their list of
the music that made Tony Marts famous under 1964-65, and there are two photos
of Jimi Hendrix with Joey Dee and the Starliters and a video of Hendrix in the
band behind Joey Dee in a recorded live performance. So if Hendrix played with
Joey De e and the Starliters for four months in the late summer and fall of
1965 he was with them if they played Tony Marts at that time.
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