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Fact #171319

When:

Short story:

The Jimi Hendrix Experience play to an audience of 8,000 in The Coliseum, Oakland, California, USA, supported by Vanilla Fudge, Soft Machine and Eire Apparent.

Full article:

Noel Redding (bassist, Jimi Hendrix Experience) : We really got smashed (understatement) with him [Owsley] and the show was a good one, we played well and went down well.
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Judy Sims (reviewer, Disc and Music Echo) : In Oakland the crowds were calm; unlike the Bowl, which was sold out, Oakland’s Coliseum was only half full and Hendrix was late to arrive, but he gave them full value. That man certainly plays, yes indeed.