Jimi Hendrix - 1970-07-04 - Atlanta Pop Festival, GA (SBD)

Jimi Hendrix

1970-07-04

2nd Atlanta International Pop Festival

Gainesville, GA

Soundboard Recording

320 kbps

Artwork Included

01. Intro

02. Fire

03. Lover Man

04. Spanish Castle Magic

05. Red House

06. Room Full Of Mirrors

07. Getting My Heart Back Together

08. Message To Love

09. All Along The Watchtower

10. Freedom

11. Purple Haze

12. Hey Joe

13. Voodoo Child (Slight Return)

14. Stone Free

15. Star Spangled Banner

16, Straight Ahead

17. Hey Baby

 

Jimi Hendrix - 1970-07-04 - Atlanta Pop Festival, GA (SBD)

Originally scheduled for July 3 to July 5, 1970, the second AtLanta International Pop Festival, held near Middle Georgia Raceway in Byron, Georgia, did not finish until near dawn on the 6th. Like the Woodstock festival the previous summer, the event was promoted as "three days of peace, love and music." Also like Woodstock, it became an "open event" when the promoters admitted hordes of folks without tickets once the crowds outside began to tear down the plywood fence that had been erected around the concert site. As a result, no accurate count is available for attendance at the festival, with estimates ranging from between 300,000 and 600,000. Jimi Hendrix headlined the festival, as captured in this soundboard recording from July 4, 1970, 55 years ago today, playing to the largest American audience of his career. He launched into his rendition of the Star Spangled Banner as a fireworks display began around midnight.