05 Oct
650: Jimi Hendrix opens for the Monkees
Fresh from the Monterey Pop Festival in June of 1967, Hendrix paired up with the Monkees on their American tour. At the time, Hendrix was not widely known in the US, but had developed a strong following in England. After a couple of shows in the south, which weren’t that well received — given his psychedelic performance and the play of his guitar with his teeth, the white teeny-bopper fans of the Monkees, drowned out Henrdix’s riffs with screams of “We Want Davy (Jones)!” Frustrated with the audience, Hendrix gives them the bird, mouthes the words accordingly and stomps offstage, going down as one of the most bizarre pairings in pop music history.
Official Estate release of the art and lyrics of Jimi Hendrix