Posted on 09/18/2020 3:43:19 PM PDT by Rummyfan
Fifty years ago, on Sept. 18, 1970, guitar legend Jimi Hendrix died of asphyxia while intoxicated. He was only 27 years old, and his stint as a superstar lasted less than five years, but he obviously made his indelible mark — being declared by the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as “arguably the greatest instrumentalist in the history of rock music” and by Rolling Stone as the greatest guitarist of all time.
And one of the first mainstream rock acts to recognize Hendrix’s greatness was the Monkees. Unfortunately, the Monkees’ young fans weren’t quite as enthusiastic when that TV band’s Micky Dolenz came up with the seemingly bizarre idea to hire Hendrix as the opening act for the Monkees’ first U.S. tour in 1967.
Hendrix ended up playing only seven of that tour’s 29 dates, dropping out after having to contend nightly with thousands of nasty, impatient, jeering teenyboppers. “Yeah, it was kind of embarrassing,” Dolenz admits to Yahoo Entertainment. “Jimi would go, ‘Purple haze!’ and the kids would be like, ‘We want Davy!’ He’d go, ‘Foxy lady!’ and they’d yell, ‘We. Want. The. Monkees! We. Want. The. Monkees!’ He was coming up against that very typical opening-act dilemma for anyone touring with a big headliner, really.”
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Right, Les Paul for sure. Absolutely terrific
Yet Carlos continues to sell new albums while Neal Schon replays Journey’s greatest hits.
Him? Who him?
They did reunite a few years ago.
Probably the same guy running the Biden campaign....
I guess these a$$holes never heard of Andrés Segovia.
ML/NJ
I think Showtime did a documentary on Hendrix. The had film of Hendrix opening for the Monkees. It was hilarious to see the little boy dressed in their best accompanied by their mothers to a Monkees concert listening to Hendrix. To say they were dumbfounded is to put it mildly.
AKA the feral apostrophe.
I saw Led Zeppelin twice.
They absolutely sucked both times.
Saw GFR once and they blew the roof off the place and burned it down.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJCeH7EuU_M
Also, if I remember correctly, according to the same documentary, it was Hendrix’s manager’s idea for him to tour with the Monkees, not Dolan’s.
Don was rockin that ‘fro.
It's the crux of the biscuit.
One of the truly great rock drummers.
Malmsteen also
Yeah, there are stories of Clapton seeing Jimi as some pub or small venue in the UK, and basically saying “OMG that was incredible, and we’re really behind the curve.”
Here for instance:
Just something I DGEed quickly.
Paul McCartney went to see Jimi play, and he played Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club band, a few days before the album’s release.
I think you’re right. He was heading in that direction with Band of Gypsy’s
I saw “Derek and the Dominoes” and Eric’s opening act was Santana.
When Clapton, came out on stage, he strapped on his guitar, did a minor tuning...then wailed into the opening licks of “Layla”. Incredible moment!
At the end, Santana came out and did a duet with Clapton, the song from “Tommy” (”Acid Queen”).
IMO, Santana was MUCH better than Clapton that night.
The opening act that was almost booed off the stage?
Red Hot Chili Peppers
...and yes I was one of the people booing the loudest!
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