On Sunday, March 21, 2021 at 2:47:55 PM UTC-10, Dave Smith wrote:
> 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.

I remember the cute 12 year old girl sitting on the table across from me describing it. 12 to 14 year old girls would have been the target audience for the Monkees. She didn't get to see Hendrix but she seemed to be really happy about the whole thing. It was a experience alright - just not that experience. I probably didn't know who Hendrix was at the time anyway.