1. Jimi Hendrix
... ). Plagued by a bad sound system, due to rain and electrical storms, a sunken stage, and adverse weather conditions, Hendrix could not quite win the crowd over. That was until he stepped away from his microphone, looking like a cowboy gypsie and cosmic hitchhiker, sounded out the first notes of the song everyone knew so well: "The Star Spangled Banner." Hendrix's guitar seemed to ... trio in a historic performance at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967. It was the ultimate mind-blowing rock and roll spectacle for the people and he showed his affection and gratitude to them by saying: I cou...
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