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Today in Music History: Jimi Hendrix

By daveb514, March 30, 2011 at 10:38 pm

On this date forty-four years ago, Jimi Hendrix sets his guitar on fire for the first time at the Finnsbury Park Astoria in north London. He was billed below the Walker Brothers, Cat Stevens, and Engelbert Humperdinck (!) and this got him some desired attention. He doesn't set his guitar on fire in this clip, but he is performing Fire:

Filed under: Jimi Hendrix

Tags: acid rock, blues-rock, Chas Chandler, hard rock, Mitch Mitchell, Monterey, psychedelic rock, psychedelic soul, Woodstock

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