Category: Hendrix at Barbecue 67
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Summer of love revisited in the shadow of Brexit
Ah, the summer of love. From this long distance it seems an age of rosy innocence. Then the 1967 timeline recollects the startling reality. What a year it was! To a soundtrack of the Beatles, a newsfeed of race riots across the US, death dropped daily on Vietnam. Somehow I just lost fifty years. Where did…
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In memory of the man who brought Hendrix to Spalding
A brief tribute to Brian Thompson, the man who had the vision and courage to create the legendary Barbecue 67 rock festival.
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Hiding from Hendrix Part 3
Would I have the nerve to go? My only claim to fame is turning down the chance to interview one of the world’s greatest rock stars.
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Hendrix rides again down memory lane
A couple of comments on the blog have got me rummaging about in my dressing up box. Where on earth is that other shoe and whatever did I do with the kaftan I made for the gig of the 60s? The clothes are falling to pieces but the memories are made of stronger stuff.
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Hiding from Hendrix
There were no helicopters to drop stars from the sky. Hendrix arrived in a Vauxhall Velux driven by the lead guitarist of a local band – the promoter had booked them to be sure of a crowd.