Tuesday 20 March 2018

🚀 March, 20

🚀 1967.
🔼 On the morning, the JHE goes shopping in Hamburg.
Jimi buys a Fender Stratocaster.
🔼 The Experience complete a final photo session in Hamburg before flying to Luxembourg.
🔼 The Experience fly from Hamburg to Luxembourg.
🔼 The Jimi Hendrix Experience are interviewed live on Radio Luxembourg.

🚀 1968.
Jimi writes in his journal today: “We left Ottawa City today – I kissed Joni goodbye, slept in the car awhile. Stopped at a highway diner. I mean a Real one like in the movies. Mitch and I discuss our plans for movie. Slight disagreement here and there but it will be soon straightened out. Nothing happened in Rochester tonight. Went to a very bad bad (illegible) bad tasting restaurant. Thugs follow us. They probably was sacred. Couldn’t figure us out. Me with my Indian hat and Mexican mustache, Mitch with his fairy tale jacket and Noel with his leopard band hat and glasses and hair. And accent. G’nite all.”

🚀 1969.
No news...

🚀 1970.
Now a solo artist, Noel begins recording the album Nervous Breakdown at New York’s Sound Center Studios.



🚀 Born on this day
Frank Edwards (March 20, 1909 – March 22, 2002). 
An American blues guitarist, harmonica player and singer. Also known as Mr. Frank, Black Frank and Mr. Cleanhead.