It was 50 years ago when Sha Na Na opened for Jimi Hendrix at a music festival called Woodstock during the summer of 1969 — you might have heard of it. Sha Na Na co-founder and drummer Jocko ...

Jimi Hendrix got his start as a professional musician playing backing guitar for big-name acts like Little Richard, Ike and Tina Turner, and The Isley Brothers. In the mid-1960s, Hendrix began to form ...

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When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Kristen Forbes Last week saw the commencement of the 2024 Experience Hendrix tour, which ...

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Billy Cox held down low-end at two of rock's all-time dimension-melting gigs: Jimi Hendrix's 1969 Woodstock set and Hendrix's New Year's 1970 concert, the latter released as live album "Band of Gypsys ...

Jimi Hendrix and Woodstock have become synonymous with each other. During the famous 1969 festival, the musician’s set was one of the most memorable performances. However, it almost didn’t happen.

Of all the acts that graced the Woodstock stage that weekend in August 50 years ago, perhaps the most unlikely was Sha Na Na, a group of Columbia University students who previously sang together in ...

While celebrating America’s birthday week, a recent story from PBS’s American Experience shines a patriotic light and history lesson on Jimi Hendrix’s version of the “Star-Spangled Banner,” which he ...

“Kiss The Sky-The Jimi Hendrix Re-experience” with special guest Juma Sultan of Hendrix’s Woodstock band takes place on Saturday, May 13, at 8 p.m. at the Bearsville Theater, 291 Tinker St., Woodstock ...