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Jimi Hendrix Woodstock Music Festival August 1969

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See Jimi Hendrix play 'The Star-Spangled Banner' live at Woodstock on August 18, 1969 - and what he thought of his own performance.

The Wildey Theatre, built as an opera house in 1909 by the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, has been extensively renovated and reopened in April 2011 as a center of the performing arts, entertainment and movies.

On Aug. 18, 1969, legendary guitarist Jimi Hendrix stepped onto the stage at the Woodstock, N.Y., Music Festival and embarked upon an uninterrupted set lasting nearly two hours--one of the longest performances of his career. It concluded with a long medley that included the solo performance of the Star Spangled Banner that would become emblematic not only of Woodstock, but of the 1960s themselves. When most people think of Hendrix and Woodstock, it is that performance of the national anthem…

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Jimi Hendrix, American rock guitarist, singer, and composer who fused American traditions of blues, jazz, rock, and soul with British avant-garde rock to redefine the electric guitar. His best-known songs included ‘Purple Haze’ and ‘The Wind Cries Mary.’ Learn more about his life, artistry, and influence.

Jimi Hendrix, 29 April 1969.

Jimi Hendrix closed the event on Monday morning, performing a two-hour set. By then there were only 30,000 attendees because of the rain.