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19-year-old Jimi Hendrix during his time in the 101st airborne, US Army, 1961.

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This date in 1968 saw the release of 'The Jimi Hendrix Experience: Smash Hits', a compilation album that included all four of the group's singles (both A and B ...sides) released up to that time, plus four additional songs from the UK edition of Are You Experienced (April 12th 1968). The video here features Hendrix at Woodstock performing Voodoo Child (Slight Return), The Star Spangled Banner and Purple Haze. I've upscaled the original clip and improved the colour saturation. On August 18th 1969, legendary guitarist Jimi Hendrix stepped onto the stage at the Woodstock, N.Y., Music Festival and embarked upon an uninterrupted set lasting nearly two hours - one of the longest performances of his career. ----------------------------------------- Hello, and a warm welcome to COLOURING THE PAST. Running the page is a one-man operation. I write and research the articles, and edit the videos which involves several hours of work - upscaling, colourising and tweaking in various software. If you could see fit to make a small donation then it would help me to keep the page running. Thank you and best wishes, Paul Just visit one of the links to donate (all secure connections): PAYPAL: https://www.paypal.me/decade7787 JUSTGIVING: https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/ctp ----------------------------------------- Technical and weather delays caused the festival to stretch into Monday morning. The organizers had given Hendrix the opportunity to go on at midnight, but he opted to be the closer. However, he was not supposed to close Woodstock. Steeped in childhood memories of the song, Woodstock organizer Michael Lang wanted Roy Rogers to come on after Hendrix and play Happy Trails. The cowboy crooner declined, and Hendrix stepped in. By the time he took to the stage at 9 a.m., the crowd, which once numbered 500,000, had dwindled to fewer than 200,000. With the demands of work and school weighing on them, many fans waited just long enough to see Hendrix begin his set, and then departed. Hendrix performed with a temporary band. The Jimi Hendrix Experience, with which he had recorded three smash albums, had broken up. Hendrix assembled a group he called Gypsy Suns and Rainbows. One of his largest bands, it included two musicians he played with at the start of his career (bassist Billy Cox and guitarist Larry Lee), drummer Mitch Mitchell (who was part of the Experience), and two percussionists. The group performed just twice more before disbanding. The band's set concluded with a long medley that included the solo performance of the Star Spangled Banner that would become emblematic not only of Woodstock, but of the 1960s themselves. When most people think of Hendrix and Woodstock, it is that performance of the national anthem that comes to mind. However, The Star Spangled Banner was not played on its own. It was part of a medley lasting over half an hour that included hits like Voodoo Child (Slight Return) and Purple Haze, and an unaccompanied improvisation lasting nearly five minutes.

There are things known and things unknown and in between are the doors. -Jim

shaman's dream / visions of night

Jai Lakshmi Maa!

It was 53 years ago on August 23, 1967 that "Are You Experienced?" was released in the United States. The album ended up spending over two years 106 weeks ...on the Billboard charts 77 weeks in the Top 40. The album was official presented Gold status by the RIAA 3/19/68, Platinum 10/13/86, 2X Multi-Platinum 10/13/86 and 4X Multi-Platinum 6/16/98. Here's a VERY Special copy of it! .... Professor Poster

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Robby Krieger (guitarist THE DOORS) gets an early birthday cake from Tequila TV at Beyond Baroque in Venice. His real birthday is on Tuesday, January 8. (Elvis ...& David Bowie were also born Jan 8) Robert Krieger played with the band "Dig the Kid" and did a couple of THE DOORS songs with everyone joining in.

Pretty much...jd

The master in action. One of two known clips of Jimi Hendrix playing the acoustic.