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True, false or still a mystery? Great rock music myths
Jimi Hendrix wore an acid-laced bandana
The colours may not have matched, but many fans still believe the secret behind Purple Haze came from behind Jimi's red bandanas.
Rumours abound that Hendrix brought his stage performances to dizzying, psychedelic heights by placing LSD litmus papers underneath his trademark bandana. The drug would be absorbed into cuts he had made in his skin and roll down as sweat into his eyes.
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