The first time Hendrix lit his guitar on fire 54 years ago

Originally published at: The first time Hendrix lit his guitar on fire 54 years ago | Boing Boing

whoa. imagine finding that guitar in your uncle’s garage and putting two and two together and thinking “…wait… no… NO… could it be??”

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Well, that must have been quite a shock ending even before the fire.

dying to hit up Yusuf Islam’s twitter account to see if he remembers this night and see if he would be willing to share his memories.

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A lot of lineups in the 60s were that way because they were done as a package. That was the same lineup when they played in Carlisle IIRC.

ETA: It was just a week later

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Scott Walker in later years…

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“Wild Man of Borneo”

hip hop squares wow GIF by VH1

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Holy mother of something!!

That was pretty special and now I have to go down the Scott Walker rabbit hole via 'The Walker Brothers" or not… the modern stuff sounds great!

Thanks for sharing

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