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: I like your thought process Earle (again)
:
: The reverberations of the 60's
: counterculture may well have made their way
: into to the mainstream psyche.
:
: But, that's the way of the world any which
: way you cut it.
:
: The Bible, Nostradamus, Plato, Buddah,
: Socrates, Nietzsche, Twain!
:
: Stuff gets handed down through the
: ages....old wives tales, etc.
:
:
:
:
: Here's a memory Ed KIng shared on Facebook
: about Hendrix.
:
: Ed King An old story of mine...
: Nov 29, 2009 at 9:40am
:
: Post by ekforum on Nov 29, 2009 at 9:40am
: Ed, Jimi, And The Hendrix Snickers Bar
: Incident
:
: The show was on July 1st, 1967. (The poster
: is on the website on the "Strawberry
: Alarm Clock" main page.) Strangely
: enough, we were the only band pictured on
: the official poster! Hendrix had just
: finished playing the infamous Monterrey Pop
: Festival a month earlier, so he was big
: news.
:
: We finished playing our set at the Earl
: Warren Showgrounds in Santa Barbara. Hendrix
: shared our dressing room. I took a seat in
: the corner of our dressing room and sat
: there watching Jimi change the strings on
: his white Stratocaster. He only had ONE
: roadie. This one guy set up the drums, the
: amps, drove the equipment truck and
: collected the money. ONE guy. He walks in
: with a case of Snickers bars...24 to the
: box...and starts unwrapping them and handing
: them to Hendrix, who was downing them in two
: bites each while turning the tuning keys on
: his guitar. He probably ate three quarters
: of the box in about 10 minutes. Energy.
:
: That was the only time I ever heard Hendrix
: play. His amp buzzed and crackled the whole
: show. I guess what that roadie could NOT do
: was fix amplifiers. I had never seen a
: Marshall amp up close before, but these were
: the most beat up pieces of furniture I had
: ever seen. Beautiful.
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: Hey guys!
: I was watching a rather captivating
: program about Jimi Hendrix on PBS's
: wonderful "American Masters"
: series.Every time I see one of the network's
: exciting '60's documentaries,I am always
: deeply engrossed in the socio-politico
: expressions of not only the musical
: artists,but also the decidedly
: countercultural fan base.Some say that the
: music was merely reflection of the times
: while others claim the music actually
: changed the world.From what I can tell,the
: attitudes and messages contained within the
: tunes may have affected youthful minds so
: deep in matters of perspective,some of these
: youths may have maintained these idioms in
: their minds all the way to elected public
: office or maybe all the way to teaching
: positions where they may have passed on
: these radical ideas to the next generation
: therefore quite possibly affected the course
: of human events.Do you think music actually
: CHANGED the world.Also,I saw I couple of old
: concert posters promoting shows with you and
: the masterful Mr. Mr. Hendrix.It's mind
: blowing enough watching him in old films.I
: imagine it was an absolutely earth
: shattering moment to watch him live,as you
: previously told me it was when you saw John
: Entwistle weave his bass magic....
:
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