简介：LiveatWoodstock,JimiHendrix’sheadliningappearanceatthemostfamousfestivalinrockmusichistory,isrivaledonlybyhissetatMontereyPopforsheerlegendarystatus.Butthetwoareverydifferent.TherockguitaristwasavirtualunknowninAmericawhenhedeliveredhisliterallyincendiaryperformanceatMontereyin1967.Alittlemorethantwoyearslaterhewasanestablishedstar,pickedtoclosethismammoththree-dayshow.IntroducedastheJimiHendrixExperience,HendrixquicklycorrectsthattoGypsySunandRainbows,withoriginaldrummerMitchMitchellandnewbassistBillyCoxaugmentedbytwopercussionistsandasecondguitarist.Themusichadchanged,too.Hendrixhadstartedmovingawayfromtheformatofshort,poppysongswiththeElectricLadylandalbum,andwhilehestillplays"PurpleHaze,""FoxeyLady,"and"Fire,"muchoftheemphasisinthislengthysetisonextendedjamming.Notallofitworks,butwhenitdoes--ason"SpanishCastleMagic"andasped-up"VoodooChild,"whichleadsintothefeedback-drenchedre-imaginingof"TheStar-SpangledBanner"--theperformancetakesoff.Littlemorethanayearlater,JimiHendrix,stillregardedasthegreatestrockguitaristever,wouldbedead.--SamGraham…