tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1839314986102287901.post5903938718305085909..comments2017-03-16T23:33:02.515+00:00Comments on Journeys Through the Past: Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (1969)Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11201695135976342725noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1839314986102287901.post-86272994118728256932013-02-18T09:42:10.885+00:002013-02-18T09:42:10.885+00:00It's all in "Shakey":
On the fli...It's all in "Shakey":<br /> <br />On the flight back to Los Angeles, Whitten reportedly became inebriated and had to be restrained. Later that same day—November 18, 1972—he wound up at a friend’s house at 143 North Manhattan Place. That evening, Whitten called up Nitzsche. “Danny asked, ‘Would you be there for me? No matter what?’ I said, ‘Sure,’ and he said, ‘That’s all I wanna know,’ and hung up.” At some point, Whitten went into the bathroom and never came out. A female companion found him dead on the floor. An autopsy revealed that he had died of “acute diazepam and ethanol intoxication”—an overdose of alcohol and Valium.<br /><br />“I always thought that was kind of ironic, ’cause Danny more or less taught me about drugs, and he’d always tell me not to take depressants when you’re drinkin’,” recalled childhood friend Larry Lear. “He was real explicit with that.” Some say Danny’s death was just one of those unfortunate accidents, while others, like Jack Nitzsche, believe it was suicide: “The third day Danny was up at the ranch, he said, ‘I got a feeling Neil’s gonna fire me. Man, if that happens, it’s all over for me. That’s just the end of the line.’ The poor fucker.”Babbo B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02501068414460911834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1839314986102287901.post-86506810720295405912013-01-19T20:05:25.763+00:002013-01-19T20:05:25.763+00:00Hmmm, interesting. I wonder how the other principl...Hmmm, interesting. I wonder how the other principles in Danny's life view this version, given their seeming unanimous acceptance of the heroin story. It would be interesting to get a comment from the remaining CH members, given the liner note you cite. In any event, your Valium and alcohol assertion made me wonder about those last few hours of Danny's life, how he got himself together enough to even make the flight back to LA, how he must have appeared to the other people on the flight given the state he must have been in, whether or not anyone is on record as having interacted with him back in LA just before his death. Very sad to think of, the pain and misery he must have been in.Greg Manthohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04857593692744871486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1839314986102287901.post-11486219445478343272013-01-19T15:10:47.079+00:002013-01-19T15:10:47.079+00:00Hi Greg. I had heard the story about heroin too fr...Hi Greg. I had heard the story about heroin too from multiple sources but in the liner notes to The Rockets CD reissue, Whitten's sister states that the coroner's report did not report high levels of heroin in his blood but that there was enough Valium and alcohol to have caused an overdose. It could be Whitten's sister trying to save face but considering his heroin addiction was well known and documented, I find that idea unlikely.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11201695135976342725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1839314986102287901.post-21466586550372619352013-01-19T00:54:01.823+00:002013-01-19T00:54:01.823+00:00I have never heard that Danny Whitten died from a ...I have never heard that Danny Whitten died from a mixture of Valium and alcohol, what is your source for this? I have only ever read that his death was due to heroin. Greg Manthohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04857593692744871486noreply@blogger.com