Worcester (Gaumont) : 2 avril 1967

Worcester (Gaumont) : 2 avril 1967


Concert de dimanche.
Pas de set-list connu.


TEMOIGNAGES

Ian Perks saw the gig, and met Hendrix while out shopping
"He was absolutely sensational - it was one of those 'once in a lifetime' experiences."

"The way that guitar was played was just phenomenal, and the atmosphere.
I'd seen other shows at the Gaumont - what I'd class a teenybopper type shows - but to experience the whole (Hendrix) thing was unreal.
He was my idol, and what actually happened was on the afternoon of the concert I went to buy the album "Are Your Experienced", and then while we were walking through Boots, Hendrix actually tapped me on the shoulder and signed his autograph on the album cover. In those days about a third of the Boots store was dedicated to selling records. I'm told the signed album is worth a couple of hundred pounds now."


Chris from Worcester :
"He was absolutely fantastic, but I don't think he was top of the bill - that was Englebert Humpidinck.
What makes me think it was Englebert Humperdinck was that there were some ladies in front of us and they were moaning about Hendrix, because they wanted to see Englebert.
We wanted to see Hendrix and there was a bit of a battle going on.
We were in about the fifth or sixth row from the front, and he was very good. I think he was a lot before his time really, I just think he was brilliant.He was a bit more outrageous than the normal people we used to see."


Source :
http://www.bbc.co.uk/herefordandworcester/content/articles/2008/02/21/music_map_hendrix_gaunmont_feature.shtml

Citation :

Ayler a dit : Le premier témoignage pose problème : "Are You Experienced" n'était pas encore sorti début avril 1967. Confusion avec une autre date ?

‘Frenzied Fans At Pop Show’
“[…]Most people had not really come to see Jimi Hendrix, but he left the audience breathless with the sheer force and volume that his three man group pounded out. His left hand heavily bandaged from a burn he received doing his act on Friday. He opened with his hit ‘Hey Joe’ and then went into the similar ‘Purple Haze’. A lengthy version of ‘Like A Rolling Stone’ followed before his act ended with the Troggs’ ‘Wild Thing’. Jimi battered his guitar against his amplifiers, and the drums fell down to close an act that is better suited to the clubs than the barrenness of a package show.”

Source : Evening News