Friday, 5. September 2008
Topic: MUSIK - on September 5, 2008 at 12:13:00 PM CEST
'Torched' Jimi Hendrix Guitar
On a warm March night back then in 1967, Jimi Hendrix displayed awesome showmanship playing his Fender Stratocaster at Finsbury Park in London. He wowed the audiences with classics such as “The Wind Cries Mary” and “Purple Haze.” The acclaimed guitarist and rock god did not stop at just enthralling the audience, but also did the shocking act of burning a guitar the first time in his life. The incident itself was notorious enough to make the guitar an object of great value. Collectors and rock pilgrims have waited and hunted for the Fender Stratocaster for years and finally, it was found in a garage last year.
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