Jimi Hendrix Experience Denver Pop Festival 1969

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Jimi Hendrix Experience
Denver Pop Festival 1969 [ATM 207]
Live at Mile High Stadium, Colorado, June 29, 1969

This was the last concert by The Jimi Hendrix Experience and it was marred by a riot just after the performance as fans rushed the stage and the band was whisked away to a waiting van to be taken to safety. Police fired tear gas to disperse the crowd.
According to the Jimi Hendrix website, "immediately afterwards, Noel Redding elected to leave the group and returned to London. Redding cited Hendrix's stated desire to expand the group without consulting him as one of the factors influencing his decision."
A month later, Hendrix would appear at Woodstock with his large Gypsy Sun and Rainbows band with Billy Cox replacing Redding on bass. Who knows what might have been had Redding not thrown a rock star tantrum.
By this time, The Experience were a major attraction and in the same constellation as the other artists at the Denver Festival including Johnny Winter, Joe Cocker, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Poco, Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention, Iron Butterfly, Tim Buckley, and Big Mama Thornton.
This audience recording is taken from a first generation copy of the master tape and has been speed-corrected by the ATM collective.