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Jimi Hendrix Electric Church (2015)
I was there
As producer of the Electric Collage Visual Music light show I was there for the entire event. A 3 day music festival with many well know headliner bands. Over 500,000 people in attendance. Georgia summper heat of near 100 degrees. Fun, music, peace and love.
The first half of the dvd is interviews and commentary about the era. The last half is the Jimi Hendrix performance at Atlanta Pop Festival 2 July 1970.
The first half sets the stage of the era for the concert. A historical event indeed. At that time Jimi described his set as "Electric Church" hence the name of the DVD.
It is also July 4th. To top it off he does a rendition if "The Start Spangled Banner" at midnight complete with fireworks. This version is without the insertion of the military "Taps" song (Woodstock version) as he plays the song straight through as only Jimi can do.
This was the one time Jimi worked with visual music artists. The Electric Collage visual music, unique to this pop festival, can be seen occasionally in Jimi's set. In the DVD the film clip of Jimi 1969 in Atlanta was from the Electric Collage film library.
It's a piece of history you don't want to miss.