on Nov 28th, 2006Jimi Hendrix Foxy Auction Booty
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
A rare colour illustrated concert poster The 1968 Pop Festival, The Jimi Hendrix Experience Gulfstream Park, Hallandale, Miami, Florida, 18-19 May, 1968 — 18½x14½in. (47×36.8cm.)
The Miami Pop Festival was organised by Michael Lang, who later went on to organise Woodstock. The event was scheduled to be a three-day event including bands such as Frank Zappa And The Mothers Of Invention, John Lee Hooker, Arthur Brown and Chuck Berry as well as The Jimi Hendrix Experience. The first day was a success but the next two days were washed out by rainstorms, inspriring Hendrix to pen the song Rainy Day, Dream Away.
Few copies of this poster are known to be in existence and they rarely surface on the auction market.
Lot Notes: A black and white mugshot photograph of Jimi Hendrix from the Toronto Police Department, the two shots of Hendrix showing front and side profiles, the photograph inscribed Metro/Toronto/2199/29 MAY 3/69/Hendrix — 3¼x4¼in. (8.3×10.8cm.)
Jimi Hendrix was arrested at Toronto Airport on 3 May, 1969 after customs inspectors found a small quantity of drugs in his luggage; he was released on $10,000 bail.
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