ON THIS DAY: 1967
On This Day in 1967… Did You Know? The Jimi Hendrix Experience began its first U-K tour, opening for the Walker Brothers in London on a bill with Cat Stevens…
1st October 1967: Influential rock guitarist, singer and songwriter Jimi Hendrix (1942 – 1970) holds an award which he has just received from Radio One DJ Jimmy Savile. (Photo by Express/Express/Getty Images)
Photo by Express/Express/Getty ImagesOn This Day in 1967...
Did You Know?
The Jimi Hendrix Experience began its first U-K tour, opening for the Walker Brothers in London on a bill with Cat Stevens and Engelbert Humperdinck. After the show, Hendrix was taken to the hospital for minor burns to his hands that he suffered setting his guitar on fire with lighter fluid.
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