On Sunday, March 21, 2021 at 1:42:13 PM UTC-10, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2021-03-21 7:29 p.m., dsi1 wrote:
> > On Sunday, March 21, 2021 at 1:22:02 PM UTC-10, Boron Elgar wrote:
>
> > I disobeyed my parents to see Hendrix on a Sunday night. I always
> > listened to my parents except for this one time. I thought I was
> > going to catch hell. My parents never said a word. I've always
> > wondered about that. It took me many decades to figure out what
> > happened. It was because they supported me in my learning to play the
> > guitar - they always did. That was an awesome thing to realize.
> >
> I saw Hendrix and never realized it until more than 30 years later. When
> I was 14 I went to a Beatles concert in Toronto. The opening act for
> the Beatles was King Curtis. Curtis was killed a few years later. His
> guitarist on that tour was Jimi Hendrix.

My understanding is that you couldn't hear the Beatles at a Beatles concerts. That's a shame. Hendrix opened up for that Monkees in 67. That would have been amazing on several different levels.