On 2021-03-21 7:39 p.m., Boron Elgar wrote:
> On Sun, 21 Mar 2021 17:00:50 -0700 (PDT), dsi1
> > wrote:
>
>> 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.
>
> True for both of the ones I saw and both were in relatively small
> venues...Hockey arena size and I sat pretty close for each concert.
> Concert systems were really not very good in those days and there
> actually was a lot of screaming going on.
>
My sister and her friend saw them just as they were becoming famous.
They actually met them walking in the street earlier that day.
At uni, the ents committee managed to book every top 10 group (and I
mean every) with the exception of the Beatles for our Saturday night
dances. It wasn't the money! Brian Epstein, their manager, wouldn't
allow them to play because we couldn't supply enough security.