Jimi Hendrix

[Conor Dary]

I just remembered that it was 40 years ago today that Hendrix died. I still remember hearing the news that Friday in high school. Hard to believe he would only be 67.

[kuha]

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Scary how fast the years go by. I graduated from HS in 1970, so I was very well aware of this... And Janis Joplin died just before or after Hendrix did...

[SQUACKEE]

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a very dark day or me. felt sick about, same with Pre. Luckily i did see Jimi play and Pre run..

[gh]

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I'll be more impressed w hen somebody says they saw Pre play and Jimi run :-)

[Marlow]

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I'll be more impressed w hen somebody says they saw Pre play and Jimi run :-)

What do I get if I'm the idiot that turned down chances to see
a. the New Haven, CT, Doors concert where Jim Morrison got arrested right on stage
AND
b. Woodstock!!

[lonewolf]

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You did not miss anything at Woodstock. I was there. Nothing going on. Of course, I was there in 1988.

[Walt Murphy]

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Saw Hendrix a few tmes--the most memorable show was when he opened for the Monkees at Forest Hills Stadium!

[Marlow]

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Saw Hendrix a few tmes--the most memorable show was when he opened for the Monkees at Forest Hills Stadium!

Talk about contrasting the ridiculous and the sublime!!
[not that I didn't have several Monkee albums and watch every episode of the show!]

[bambam]

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You did not miss anything at Woodstock. I was there. Nothing going on. Of course, I was there in 1988.

Great commercial for Pepsi on the 25th anniversary of Woodstock in 1994. All the now yuppies getting off the buses with golf clubs, and Bermuda shorts, and suits on. Then John Sebastian and Joe (of Country Joe & the Fish) get off the bus. Sebastian looks around, and says, "Jeez, Joe, remember when we did this 25 years ago."

Joe looks around, and in a spaced-out, drugged-out voice, "No. I don't remember."

[Marlow]

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Joe (of Country Joe & the Fish)

Anthem of a generation (along with Alice's Restaurant!):

And it's one, two, three,
What are we fighting for ?
Don't ask me, I don't give a damn,
Next stop is Vietnam;
And it's five, six, seven,
Open up the pearly gates,
Well there ain't no time to wonder why,
Whoopee! we're all gonna die.