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In the 1960s, “Owsley” acid was moved under a variety of colorful names, like White Lightning, Monterey Purple (the inspiration for Jimi Hendrix’s wailing hit “Purple Haze”), and Blue ...
Jimi Hendrix was surprisingly connected to Fleetwood Mac, even the lineup that formed after Hendrix's death in 1970.
Toronto has seen its fair share of music stars roll through Pearson Airport over the decades, but no one has made an entrance quite like rock and roll legend Jimi Hendrix. Landing at Toronto ...
The classic rocker on golf, the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame and being inducted in 2011, his battle with alcoholism and his status as a born-again Christian. ByJim Clash, Contributor. Forbes ...
As Donovan explains in a newly resurfaced interview with Classic Rock, when he initially wrote Hurdy Gurdy Man, he actually had Jimi Hendrix in mind, and even went as far as to sound out the ...
The property at the centre of this suit once housed Vancouver’s Jimi Hendrix Shrine and was the site for a restaurant where that famed guitarist’s grandmother, Norah Moore, worked. Justice ...
No windows. There was nothing there." And yet, on Monday 29 May 1967, history was made when the likes of Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Pink Floyd and The Move performed there to eager fans.
Jimi Hendrix wasn’t just a great guitarist—he completely redefined how the instrument was played. From his iconic Hendrix chord to his wild, expressive bends, he pushed the boundaries of what ...
A celebration of the ultimate guitarist’s guitar hero, Christie’s will auction Jeff Beck: The Guitar Collection, on 22 January 2025, in London. Jeff Beck (1944-2023), who is missed globally to this ...
When Jimi Hendrix landed in Holland for his first appearance in the country in March 1967 for two mimed performances on the TV show Fanclub, he was a much bigger deal in Europe than he was back home ...
And while Jimi Hendrix may have been the poster child for that Flower Generation in many respects, that didn’t mean that he had to enjoy every moment he had onstage. Then again, anyone who didn’t get ...
In 1965 Lonnie Youngblood (aka The Prince Of Harlem) met Jimi Hendrix when the pair were serving it up for Curtis Knight's various R&B ensembles. The two men hit it off sufficiently well to try ...