"He said he did these big gigs to make money, but what he enjoyed best was playing in churches and castles with his missus." Russ Ballard's wild tales of Ritchie Blackmore, The Beatles, Robert Plant, Ozzy Osbourne and more

Russ Ballard.

I honestly can’t remember having met Lemmy, though I may have "done when he was a roadie for Hendrix,” Russ Ballard says with a laugh, sounding embarrassed. “Wasn’t he also the guy that Jimi sent out for his drugs?”

So the story goes. Allegedly, part of Lemmy’s job description was trying out Jimi’s narcotics before passing them over to his boss.