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It was 40 years ago today that the Woodstock Festival closed it’s gates for the first time. And what a fitting end to the festival than with the King of the Stratocaster, Jimi Hendrix. Hendrix had to wait until mid-morning on Monday to play his set, the weather and technical difficulties causing delays, but if the wait got to him, it didn’t show. His performance before a dwindled audience included a guitar solo of the Star Spangled Banner, and ended with Hey Joe.

Personally, I am not a huge Hendrix fan – yes, he probably was the greatest guitar player there has ever been but I need a surrounding cast, strong vocals, and not-so-much of the narcotics to get me into a band. Hendrix was Hendrix – a soloist, a law and genre of music all to himself. Hey Joe was his first hit song (first recorded in 1966), and he played it as an encore at Woodstock – something of a rarity for him.

Jimi Hendrix: Hey Joe (Live, Woodstock 1969), 3.0 out of 5 based on 1 rating

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