Tuesday, July 17, 2012

July 17, 1967: Jimi Hendrix OFFICIALLY kicked off Monkees Tour...


July 17, 1967:
Jimi Hendrix either quit or was fired as the opening act for the Monkees' US tour after only five days. Mickey Dolenz later recalled…

 "Jimi would amble out onto the stage, fire up the amps and break out into 'Purple Haze'










And the kids in the audience would instantly drown him out with 'We want Daaavy!' 



“God, was it embarrassing…”


 Hendix's replacement was Vanilla Fudge 
(The pomoters really didn’t get what was happening…)


WHAT A LONG STRANGE TRIP IT'S BEEN...
 
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