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Re: If You Got To See Jimi Hendrix

I, too, saw Jimi in 1970 at Boston Garden.  It was quite the night.  We had seats to the side of the stage so we weren't that far away [my brother was with me - he was only 11-he still talks about that show], and I think I actually have some very bad pictures of him somewhere.  I would love to hear him do whatever that song was he played at the end of the Woodstock movie.  Voodoo Chile was and still is probably one of my favorites of all time.

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Wow!
These short stories are really great! smile

21 Reply by JohnTB (edited by JohnTB 2008-10-20 17:36:46)

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samjp4 wrote:

I, too, saw Jimi in 1970 at Boston Garden.  It was quite the night.  We had seats to the side of the stage so we weren't that far away [my brother was with me - he was only 11-he still talks about that show], and I think I actually have some very bad pictures of him somewhere.  I would love to hear him do whatever that song was he played at the end of the Woodstock movie.  Voodoo Chile was and still is probably one of my favorites of all time.

Ah, memories -

Sandy

I believe he finished with a improvised solo, Star Spangled, Purple Haze then the encore was Hey Joe and he just carried on jamming whilst people was leaving got the dvd somewhere tbh the performance wasnt that great but it was essentially a new band :x

I agree Simon wish I was born back then would loved to of seen him and a few others too :x

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"All Along The Watchtower".... even though it is not Jimi's tune, it IS Jimi's tune(and Dylan agrees) and I just love that tune to death....... Spanish Castle Magic is a close second for me.......

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I had tickets to see Band of Gypsy's in 1970 at the OU fieldhouse in Norman. I was 12 years old and my mother refused to let me go on a school night. I had only recently gotten into Hendrix when Band of Gypsy's came out. Loved Power of Soul. That is what I would of wanted to see live. When Hendrix died I of course let my mother know how she had stood in the way of me seeing him.

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Hi All,
Haven't posted in awhile, but just had too when I started reading this thread.

I was fortunate enough to see Jimi live twice in 1966 and 1968 in Seattle. The first show was in the round at the Seattle Center Colisium with a rotating center stage and had Vanilla Fudge as the opening act.

The second show was also at the Colisium and as I recall there was no opening act or at least my poor brain doesn't remember one.

At any rate, I think Voodoo Chile (slight return) was one of the standouts. He stood in front of a wall of Marshall amps (Sunn at the first show) and prior to launching into Purple Haze just ran a few licks up and down the fretboard as a warmup. Unbelievable. He wasn't touching the guitar with a pick and it was so loud!

He had come out on stage and at the start of the show had told the audience to relax and just forget about everything else happening in the world, because we were going to build our own world tonight and he meant it.

As the last strains of the sound echoed off the walls around 11:00PM, what had been a beautiful clear sun filled day errupted in lightning flashing visible through the windows around the top of the building. Inside there was dead silence. After a few moments a lone person in the crowd of about 12,000 said "Did he do that?".

Then the lights came on and the audience exited out into a lightning storm, which had not been forcast at all.

I can still picture Hendrix on stage making that guitar do things that seemed to be almost magical.

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Wow, awsome story.

I have also noticed how Hendrix does these "hammer on-pull offs" licks and its so loud.
I can't do that tongue

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Eva´s Dad wrote:

Red House, maybe together with John Lee.

DEFINITELY Red House!!!!

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Simon94 wrote:

Wow, awsome story.

I have also noticed how Hendrix does these "hammer on-pull offs" licks and its so loud.
I can't do that tongue

Partly cuz his amps are so loud m8y smile

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Yeah probably.
Could also be a lil bit since his hands were HUGE. guess he had just really strong fingers.

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Little wing!!!! My favourite Jimi's song!!!

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http://www.jimi-hendrix.com/magazine/60 … ltham.html

Bit bored today stumbled on this read it before but thought some of you peeps might appreciate it. Touches on ticket prices back then too which is kinda ppropriate considering all the debate atm about it. $1.50 to get in to see Hendrix?!?! lol