On 2021-03-21 8:00 p.m., dsi1 wrote:
> On Sunday, March 21, 2021 at 1:42:13 PM UTC-10, Dave Smith wrote:

>> 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.

You understand it correctly. Things had been quite normal throughout the
King Curtis portion of the concert. As soon as the Beatles came out more
than 10,000 teenaged girls started screaming at the top of their lungs.
I never heard a note. Every once in a while McCartney or Lennon would
dance a couple steps and the girls were able to scream even louder. I
lost interest in every going to another major rock concert.



>Hendrix opened up for that Monkees in 67.
> That would have been amazing on several different levels.
>
I just can't imagine him doing his psychodelic music as a prelude to
the Monkees. I can't imagine them drawing the same crowd.