“I remember walking around London in a fog. It was a stupid, tragic accident. He took too many of [girlfriend] Monika Dannemann's sleeping pills. She supposedly had these incredibly powerful German tranquilizers. And she said he took nine of them. She couldn't wake him. She called Eric Burdon of The Animals, who was a good friend of Jimi's. He screamed at her, 'Call the f-----g ambulance!'”

Eric Barrett · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-30

Eric Barrett recalled his reaction to Jimi Hendrix's death and what he was told about the circumstances.