As Luck Would Have It

As Luck Would Have It

Take One, Part 6

And still they come - another piece as it read prior to molestation.

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Richard Luck
Sep 17, 2025
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Jimi Hendrix
November 27, 1942 - September 18, 1970

Before he became famous for wielding a guitar, Jimi Hendrix spent a year carrying a gun.

Like so many things in his short but extraordinary life, there's some dispute about how Johnny Allen Hendrix enlisted in the US Army. According to a 1967 interview with Rave magazine, Jimi signed up bec…

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