Red House~Jimi Hendrix~ Woodstock 1969

It's amazing that Hendrix' very short career produced so much wonderful music.  Imagine what would have come to us had his life not been cut short.

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Yes, both Jimi and Janis, 26 only!

It was all a stupid mistake with his pills one dark morning in London that did him in!

another great one thank you for the smiles

yes so many just said od to a lot that didn't easy to say to make our genorations music have that bad image!

Another keeper.

Hide and seek with life

what I wouldn't give to travel back in time!

oooo to be able to see it and it all over...

ah woodstock, I was too young in 69 for it, and it didn't happen in my country even if I was old enough I would never have been able to go

Here's some Hendrix Woodstock trivia; as it were. I was just reading about Hendrix at Woodstock in Guitar Player magazine. Apparently, the helicopters weren't working so the band drove from Jimi's house upstate to the gig in an old Rambler station wagon. The band didn't know what they would be playing; no set list, Hendrix just called out the tunes. Hendrix started to play Star Spangled Banner and Billy Cox starts to follow him, and Hendrix waves him off. There are two conga players onstage because Jimi hired one and forgot about it and hired the other. Larry Lee was the second guitar; Hendrix friend from youth. He and Jimi visited an Indian stall and bought the mocassins they were wearing onstage. It had been raining and there was a carpet onstage. When Lee would go to take a solo he'd have to step off the carpet due to feedback where he was positioned, so everytime he would solo he'd get shocked. After the show, no limosines. They piled back into the Rambler stationwagon and went home.

Like the Isle of Wight, pissing down with rain, I went there with The Who in the helicopter from the mainland, Portsmouth I think, any way, we were all crammed into this equipment caravan keeping dry and sitting arond the walls, passing a telephone directory piled high with cocaine around, when they called Jimi to get onstage, he had one assistant with an umbrella oer him to walk to the stage, and another two guys, one holding the phone book, the other, another umbrella ove it, he was sniffing as he walked!

Well Georgiana, you've had a fascinating life, and what a perspective on what I think certainly must be the golden age of rock. What was your impression the first time you saw Jimi Hendrix onstage. It seems like a lot of people were surprised by this visceral guy who seemed to be from another planet, and played like it too. What did you think?

Well, the first time, at the Corral, here in Topanga Canyon, before he went to England, I don't quite recall what I thought, it was a long ago time and we kids were just merging with everything that came along. Later on,  at the Bag o' Nails and at Blaises in London he was attracting some attention, by the time Monterey came around he was just this amazing 'being' who took us all on flights beyond what any psychedelics could do! He wrenched emotion from the most cynical, I can tell you that!

Fascinating reminiscences Georgiana, thanks. I've watched the Hendrix documentary a few times, and I'm always struck by Pete Townsend and Eric Clapton describing their going to see him for the first time when he first came on the scene. They both smile while their eyes roll back in their head as they describe what a mind blowing experience it was. Like a million others, Hendrix was a main reason I started playing guitar 35+ years ago, but aside from that there are few people I've observed in life who were so "larger than life."

Yes, and Jimi was certainly one of them, I have come across a few other, Moonie was one, it is such a thrill of sorts to have been amongst them, i wish I had paid even more attention!