While Erik was here, he adored everything Jimi. He’d watch the DVD of him performing in Monterrey over and over again. He learned to play most of his songs, (but he stuck with using his fingers and not his teeth!) He even wore a Jimi Hendrix Experience t-shirt and owns one of his old LPs. So, when I called up Jimi, Erik was pretty excited. Here’s the first installment of the interview. Please note that I will not post entire interviews from here on out, because I intend to publish them in a book. I don’t want to give it all away, you know! It’s my hope that profits from the sale of these books will help me start that nonprofit organization to help those in spiritual need. I hope you understand.

Me: Can you go hunt for Jimi Hendrix, Erik? I know he was one of your favorites.

Jamie: I love it. He just kind of—it’s not a smile—he does this squinch of the nose and his upper lip raises up like, “YEAH!”

Me: Then, how about his buddy, Janis Joplin, and uh, then Chris Farley!

Jamie: Chris Farley. Is that the guy that was on SNL?

Me: Yeah. Erik and I really loved him.

(Pause)

Jamie: He’s not going to get them; he’s actually sending someone else to do it.

Me: Oh, so know you have your little slave? Who is it?

Erik: My girlfriend, Jillie!

Me: I guess she wants to be a part of this too! How are you and Jillian getting along?

Erik: We’re getting along great, Mom!

Jillian returns with the first spirit celebrity of the session, Jimi Hendrix.

Jamie: Oh, it’s Jimi. He’s thin.  I kind of thought he was a beefy sort of guy.

Me: Oh, no, he was pretty lanky. Hi Jimi!

Jimi: Hey, Baby!

Jamie and I laugh.

Me: How are you?

Jimi: I’m feelin’ it; I’m feeling good.

Me: You know what we’re doing here, right?

Jimi: Yeah, yeah, I heard all about it. We heard there’s a list.

Me: You mean the list of celebrity names?

Jimi: Yeah, yeah. That’s going around.

Me: Good, I guess there’s a grapevine there too! So Jimi, can you tell me what sort of beliefs you had about death and the afterlife before you died and whether or not those beliefs changed after you crossed over?

Jimi: I’ll tell you what changed after I crossed over; I got sober.

Me: Oh, good. That’s great, Jimi. The afterlife has to be the most supreme drug of all, right?

Jimi: You know, that’s pretty funny. I think that’s very true.

Jamie: He has kind of a mumble to his voice.

Me: Oh yeah. I remember that he did. So Jimi, did you believe in anything?

Jimi: I believed that there was a greater God. I couldn’t imagine that there was ever a white god with the long beard sitting on a throne. That always gave me the chills. But I never put an image on it. If I had to put an image to it, it’d be a fair-skinned black woman with some really nice curves. Now wouldn’t that be a great god?

Me: Sure.

Jimi: A woman who could loooovvve everybody, mama everybody and feeeed everybody. Now that’s a god.

Me: No doubt! Okay now, what was your transition like for you?

Jimi: I was on prescriptions, pills, something for sleep. And I also had a lot of drinks and other types of mellowing drugs—most considered to be illegal. Out of poor judgment, I also took the sleeping pills that I thought I needed.

Stay tuned for part two. Meanwhile, be sure to friend Erik and me on Facebook if you haven’t already!