The three surviving members of Jimi Hendrix’s Woodstock band, Gypsy Sun & Rainbows, recently reunited for the first time since 1988. Bassist Billy Cox and percussionists Gerardo Velez and Juma Sultan, ...
Forty years ago, several hundred thousand people (an exact number will never be known) gathered in Bethel, N.Y., for the Woodstock Music and Art Fair. Nearly everyone who was anyone in rock—Jefferson ...
Forty years later, it's easy to take Jimi Hendrix's interpretation of TheStar-Spangled Banner for granted. It was a performance many Woodstock attendees didn't hear since half, maybe more, had flown ...
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Kristen Forbes Last week saw the commencement of the 2024 Experience Hendrix tour, which ...
In mid-August 1969, an estimated 500,000 people made the trek to Bethel, New York for the Woodstock Music & Art Fair. Starting on a Friday and continuing on through the morning of August 18, the ...
One of the most powerful, searing renditions of the national anthem ever recorded, Jimi Hendrix’s iconic Woodstock anthem, almost never happened. In his memoir ...
Experience Hendrix went back to all the raw film stock and completely re-edited the footage to focus more on Hendrix's playing. "When I first did Woodstock many, many years ago, my initial impression ...
Jimi Hendrix and Woodstock have become synonymous with each other. During the famous 1969 festival, the musician’s set was one of the most memorable performances. However, it almost didn’t happen.
It was 50 years ago when Sha Na Na opened for Jimi Hendrix at a music festival called Woodstock during the summer of 1969 — you might have heard of it. Sha Na Na co-founder and drummer Jocko ...
On Nov. 26, the day before what would have been Jimi Hendrix's 70th birthday, select movie theaters around the globe will show 'Hendrix 70: Live at Woodstock.' This marks the first time the guitar ...
Jimi Hendrix was born Johnny Hendrix (aka James Marshall Hendrix) on November 27, 1942, in Seattle, Washington. The child of ...
As the rare active rock critic who attended the 1969 Woodstock Music and Art Fair, I spent two weeks in July touring upstate New York with my wife, hoping no one would try to interview me about it. It ...