WASHINGTON -- Purple haze may cloak a U.S. Post Office southeast of Seattle if the House passes new legislation to name the location after a local music legend.
Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.) today introduced a bill to rename the post office at 4301 NE 4th Street in Renton, Wash., the James Marshall “Jimi” Hendrix Post Office. The great electric guitarist, who passed away in 1970 at age 27, is buried a few blocks away at Greenwood Memorial Park. He also grew up in a home on the same street.
“Renaming the Renton Highlands Post Office the ‘Jimi Hendrix Post Office Building’ is one more way we can celebrate the legacy of one of the greatest musicians of our time and the importance of the south Seattle and Renton areas in his enduring legacy," Smith said in a statement today. "The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame calls Hendrix ‘the most gifted instrumentalist of all time, a self-taught electric guitarist whose fluid, immersive style was perfectly suited to embrace – and then revolutionize – the late '60s psychedelic rock movement.’"
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Good to hear. I lived in Renton for a bit some years back, gorgeous little town. If you're ever there, grab a drink and a bite to eat at the Apogee Pub. Check the daily dinner special sign, it'll be delicious whatever it is. Especially the beef stroganoff.
ReplyDeleteJust like a stupid Democrat wanting to pass legislation to name a Federal building after a friggin Crackhead that died of an overdose. It’s this mentality that is the reason we have so many heroin OD deaths.
ReplyDeleteRock and Roll Hall of Fame has what to do with a Post Office?
ReplyDeleteI am a old burnt out rocker and would be offended if rock were associated with a dysfunctional government entity.
What say yooou?
732-Jimi didn't do heroin or crack, or any heavy drugs in fact...
ReplyDeleteLSD is the heaviest of all drugs.
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