JIMI HENDRIX – RAINBOW BRIDGE (HAWAII PERFORMANCE)

Tuesday, July 20th, 2010 by Justice Equality Supreme


Jimi Hendrix live at the Rainbow Bridge Vibratory Color Sound Experiment, Haleakala Crater,Maui, Hawaii, 30 July 1970. Photo credit: rising70

Rainbow Bridge is marketed as a Jimi Hendrix film, however Jimi apparently shows up only during the end of the film – the rest of the subject matter revolves around actress Pat Hartley and her enigmatic “spiritual awakening” via a visit to the ‘Rainbow Bridge’ planetary meditation cult on Maui. The actual concert, which was dubbed the Rainbow Bridge show was free to the public and held in a horse pasture on the interior of the slopes of Maui’s Haleakala, July 30, 1970. Two days later, Hendrix performed another show in Honolulu (Waikiki Shell), which was also the last leg of his Cry of Love tour with a refined Jimi Hendrix Experience ensemble, in turn, performing two entirely separate shows in Hawai’i. Hit the jump beneath the surface for videos of three performances of his Maui concert.

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EXPERIENCED

Thursday, February 11th, 2010 by Justice Equality Supreme

ELECTRIC (LADYLAND)

Tuesday, April 7th, 2009 by FITTED

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Aloha. (TUES 4.6.09)

In any conversation that pops up about classic rock-n-roll and / or guitarists, Jimi Hendrix’s name should always pop up, in some shape or form. Hendrix was not just a superior guitarist, but an excellent singer and songwriter. He played a significant role in popularizing the wah-wah pedal in mainstream rock “which he often used to deliver an exaggerated pitch in his solos, particularly with high bends and use of legato based around the pentatonic scale.” (google that for the definition of this technical jargon). Hendrix was influenced by heavy hitters in music, such as Muddy Waters, BB King, Curtis Mayfield and Albert King, thus giving him his unique blend of jazz, R&B, blues and classic rock-n-roll. Besides being inducted into the Rock N Roll Hall Of Fame, famed music publication Rolling Stone named him #1 in their Top 100 Guitarists Of All Time.

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