{"id":555,"date":"2008-10-26T00:01:17","date_gmt":"2008-10-26T04:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/guitar\/?p=555"},"modified":"2013-10-16T14:18:57","modified_gmt":"2013-10-16T18:18:57","slug":"electric-hendrix-vodka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/guitar\/2008\/10\/26\/electric-hendrix-vodka\/","title":{"rendered":"Electric Hendrix Vodka"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--CusAds--><p>There is a new tribute to the greatest guitar player of our time Mr. Jimi Hendrix. The tribute is called Electric Hendrix Vodka. The story now is taking a turn for the worst, just like the unfortunate one that it was named for.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c354d1e329b235f1862b41000f5a4d18\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"float: right; margin:10px 0 10px 10px;\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-3375789278566919\";\r\n\/* Guitar_inpost_300x250 *\/\r\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"3631424768\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>A company, with the help of the House of Hendrix, started to pay homage to the great Jimi, with out thinking about one very important thing &#8230; they forgot to tell Experience Hendrix, the company that runs Hendrix\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s estate what they were doing. Now, according to a local radio station Q-107, the product is being pulled from shelves due to licensing issues.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been searching online for a while now and there isn&#8217;t a straight forward answer as to what the reason was that brought on this ruling. The only thing I found was something about the family being broken into 2 camps. They seem to be fighting for whatever piece of the pie they can get? One big happy dysfunctional family I guess? If you can shed some more light on this one for us then please bring us into the loop! I for one can&#8217;t follow the bouncing ball.<\/p><!--CusAds-->\n<p>Here is an overview, in point form, of how it started nice, then somewhere along the way it turned ugly<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2005 &#8211; Craig Dieffenbach begins Electric Hendrix LLC with the blessing and involvement of the Jimi Hendrix family.<br \/>\n&#8211; Owners of Parent Co. 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