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Before their gig at Tad Gormley Stadium, City Park, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, the Jimi Hendrix Experience attends a Love-In in Beauregard Square.Full article:
Jimi Hendrix (diary entry) : Weather's beautiful here in New Orleans. Food's OK. Everybody's on fire - but a groovy fire. We could change America - not from white to black, but from old to young. The park scene was great. Can you imagine Southern Police protecting me? The gig was actually great. Turned them on to physical music.
Bunny Matthews (audience) : The audience of several hundred sat in the end zone. Soft Machine opened, and as usual, Hendrix incinerated a guitar with lighter fluid and destroyed an amp or two. I shot a Super-8 film of the concert, now located somewhere in my attic.
Jimi Hendrix (diary entry) : Came back to hotel and got stoned and made love to Bootsy - a tall Southern blond.
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Bunny Matthews (audience) : The audience of several hundred sat in the end zone. Soft Machine opened, and as usual, Hendrix incinerated a guitar with lighter fluid and destroyed an amp or two. I shot a Super-8 film of the concert, now located somewhere in my attic.
Jimi Hendrix (diary entry) : Came back to hotel and got stoned and made love to Bootsy - a tall Southern blond.