On October 21, 1995 Shannon Hoon, the singer for Blind Melon died in the band’s tour bus in a parking lot next to the InterContinental Hotel. The probable cause of death was a drug overdose.
Shannon is buried at the Dayton Cemetery in Dayton, Indiana.
InterContinental Hotel
440 St Charles Ave
New Orleans, LA 70130
the “hippie” waitin to talk to him (not the dad glen was referring to in letters from a porcupine) before he left #’s
shannon and the rest of blind melon come to me in my sleep. shannon is the only one who speaks. the band has helped me finish…”write” songs from playing them in my dreams. gave brad and chris my demo when they left houston. i was 17. always in my thoughts.
forever a really happy and sad devoted fan,
joshua rose
ps. im busking in new orleans the week of july 4th 2012. almost afraid of the energy. thank you shannon and the rest of blind melon for impacting my life in such a major encouraging way