adorshki
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2 for Brian. He never was very patient.Given the approximate date of the photo, both would be gone in 3 years...
walrus
(Monterey Pop was June '67)
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2 for Brian. He never was very patient.Given the approximate date of the photo, both would be gone in 3 years...
walrus
Drugs, alcohol, car wrecks and plane crashes -- the four horsemen of the apocalypse with respect to famous musicians.Given the approximate date of the photo, both would be gone in 3 years...
walrus
Hey that’s pretty clever, I think I’ll hold on to that one.Drugs, alcohol, car wrecks and plane crashes -- the four horsemen of the apocalypse with respect to famous musicians.
I think he also (as noted above) knew what Pete Townsend was going to do later. I remember reading somewhere that the Who were quite adamant that they were the biggest stars and had to finish the show. Supposedly Townsend watched Hendrix’s finale in horror knowing there was no way they were going to top that.This, 100%. Hendrix was a great showman with years of experience backing up great Soul singers on the Chitlin circuit. He knew very well what he was doing.
I did read somewhere that, for Pete Townshend, it started as an accident. Apparently The Who were playing a venue with a very low suspended ceiling and he unintentionally pushed the headstock of his guitar through the ceiling, breaking the headstock off. In frustration, he further smashed the guitar and got a reaction from the crowd!Probably just the shock and attention getting element like Pete Townshend of The Who smashing Rickenbackers on stage
I once saw the 1970s southern rock band Black Oak Arkansas who would end their show with a song called "The Big One's Still Comin'" about California earthquakes. Two of the band's three guitarists, Harvey Jett and Stanley Knight, would swing what looked to be Gibson 335 semi-hollow bodies over their heads and smash them together at center stage for a huge rumbling to come forth from the amplifiers and the spectacle of guitar smashing. I later read that they were smart enough not to smash their 335s and had swapped in some inexpensive look-alike semi-hollow bodies for the smash-up. They were the guitarists at far left and far right in this photo.
Why burn or break a perfectly good guitar when some kid could have their life inspired by having it given to them?Why burn a guitar?
Except that they preceded Hendrix, he came on after them. There's a legend that neither wanted to follow the other and it came down to a coin toss. Jimi won, getting to follow 'em.I think he also (as noted above) knew what Pete Townsend was going to do later. I remember reading somewhere that the Who were quite adamant that they were the biggest stars and had to finish the show. Supposedly Townsend watched Hendrix’s finale in horror knowing there was no way they were going to top that.
That's how I remember it.I did read somewhere that, for Pete Townshend, it started as an accident. Apparently The Who were playing a venue with a very low suspended ceiling and he unintentionally pushed the headstock of his guitar through the ceiling, breaking the headstock off. In frustration, he further smashed the guitar and got a reaction from the crowd!
I guess I heard that story wrong. As far as Hendrix ripping off The Who, much as I like them there’s just no way Townsend was in Jimi’s league as a guitarist.Except that they preceded Hendrix, he cam on after them. There's a legend that neither wanted to follow the other and it came down to a coin toss. Jimi won, getting to follow 'em.
Nonetheless Townshend had been on Hendrix in London from the get-go as having ripped off the Who's act. And the Who btw were no where near as big as they were after "Tommy", they were barely a blip on American pop charts, although they'd at least charted there whereas Hendrix hadn't yet, his first US single was released the day after Monterey Pop.
Hendrix had already charted 3 UK top-10's between late December '66 and mid-May '67, which the Who took 3 years to achieve.
Pete discussing Jimi in 1973:Except that they preceded Hendrix, he cam on after them. There's a legend that neither wanted to follow the other and it came down to a coin toss. Jimi won, getting to follow 'em.
Nonetheless Townshend had been on Hendrix in London from the get-go as having ripped off the Who's act. And the Who btw were no where near as big as they were after "Tommy", they were barely a blip on American pop charts, although they'd at least charted there whereas Hendrix hadn't yet, his first US single was released the day after Monterey Pop.
Hendrix had already charted 3 UK top-10's between late December '66 and mid-May '67, which the Who took 3 years to achieve.
It was about the feedback and stage antics, the first burned Strat at the Astoria was only a couple of months prior. As a kid btw the first Who single I heard was "I Can See for Miles" and I loved it to death. And still think "Live At Leeds" is one of if not the single best live rock album of all time. Bought it within 2 weeks of its release.I guess I heard that story wrong. As far as Hendrix ripping off The Who, much as I like them there’s just no way Townsend was in Jimi’s league as a guitarist.
Yeah I figured feedback was probably part of it. Jimi’s use of feedback was light years ahead of Pete’s.It was about the feedback and stage antics, the first burned Strat at the Astoria was only a couple of months prior. As a kid btw the first Who single I heard was "I Can See for Miles" and I loved it to death. And still think "Live At Leeds" is one of if not the single best live rock album of all time. Bought it within 2 weeks of its release.
Didn't really "get" Jimi until I was already a soph in high school.
Except that they preceded Hendrix, he came on after them. There's a legend that neither wanted to follow the other and it came down to a coin toss. Jimi won, getting to follow 'em.
Why did Jimi Hendrix and The Who’s Pete Townshend battle it out at Monterey Pop Festival? - Far Out Magazine
Jimi Hendrix and The Who's Pete Townshend once nearly came to blows when they were discussing who would go on first at the Monterey Pop Festivalfaroutmagazine.co.uk
Yeah, was about 99% certain of the story but didn't feel like searching it. (I did search the Monterey set list to confirm that my memory of the sequence was correct, since if it hadn't been then the legend obviously would have been false as well. )If you'd lite to cite the previously mentioned article I don't think you have to say "legend".
Is the photograph shot in such a way that it makes think that the amps are about to fall (when they are not), or are the amps actually bent in a very dangerous way ? If Jimmy is 'grinding' the guitar against the amp to get some sonic effect, he doesn't need to push the amps down the way they looked to me (unlesss he is angry, drunk, getting wild or loosing his balance...).It's how they kept the stack from tipping over when he'd grind the Strat against the cabinets. (I assumed you were serious)
The '68 predecessor to the "stack of empty 'show' cabinets hiding a mic'd Deluxe Reverb or AC30": guys hiding behind the amps to make sure they didn't fall over.
Also they could set off smoke bombs back there to make it look like the amps were about to explode. That fell off after an amp exploded because they couldn't tell it really was about to explode.
They're top heavy, so any slight displacement from vertical tipped 'em easily. I mentioned to Chaz: "The grinding was for the sound effect of strings rubbing on cabinet edge and simultaneous feedback."Is the photograph shot in such a way that it makes think that the amps are about to fall (when they are not), or are the amps actually bent in a very dangerous way ? If Jimmy is 'grinding' the guitar against the amp to get some sonic effect, he doesn't need to push the amps down the way they looked to me (unlesss he is angry, drunk, getting wild or loosing his balance...).