The band first visited the US in March 1967 to play nine dates at the RKO 58th Street Theatre in New York City. Their impact was small, as impresario Murray the K placed them at the bottom of a six-act bill that performed three times per date, eventually reducing the…
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Blue Öyster Cult was formed in 1967 as Soft White Underbelly (a name the group would occasionally use in the 1970s and 1980s to play small club gigs around the United States and UK) in a communal house at Stony Brook University on Long Island when rock critic Sandy Pearlman…
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This new line-up recorded an album, Little Games , in 1967, before embarking on a tour of the United States, during which they performed several songs which would later be part of Led Zeppelin’s early repertoire, including covers of Johnny Burnette ‘s ” Train Kept A-Rollin’ ” and ” Dazed…
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On March 31, 1967, while the Experience waited to perform at the London Astoria , Hendrix and Chandler discussed ways in which they could increase the band’s media exposure. When Chandler asked journalist Keith Altham for advice, Altham suggested that they needed to do something more dramatic than the stage…
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In 1967, former Searchers drummer Chris Curtis contacted London businessman Tony Edwards , in the hope he would manage a new group he was assembling, to be called Roundabout. Curtis’ vision was a “supergroup” where the band members would ‘get on’ and ‘get off’, like a musical roundabout. Impressed with…
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Released in the UK on May 12, 1967, Are You Experienced spent 33 weeks on the charts, peaking at number two. It was prevented from reaching the top spot by the Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band . On May 29 Hendrix performed at the Barbeque 67 concert in…
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Although popular in Europe at the time, the Experience’s first US single, “Hey Joe”, failed to reach the Billboard Hot 100 chart upon its release on May 1, 1967. Their fortunes improved when McCartney recommended them to the organizers of the Monterey Pop Festival . He insisted that the event…
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On June 18, 1967, introduced by Brian Jones as “the most exciting performer [he had] ever heard”, Hendrix opened with a fast arrangement of Howlin’ Wolf’s song “Killing Floor”, wearing what Shadwick described as “clothes as exotic as any on display elsewhere”. Shadwick wrote: “[Hendrix] was not only something utterly…
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When Jimi Hendrix set his guitar on fire at the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival he created one of rock’s most perfect moments. Standing in the front row of that concert was a 17-year-old boy named Ed Caraeff . Caraeff had never seen Hendrix before nor heard his music, but he…
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The band’s origins go back to 1967 when 19-year-old guitarist Mick Box formed a band in Brentwood, Essex called Hogwash, which began playing in local clubs and pubs. When the band’s singer left, drummer Roger Penlington suggested his cousin David Garrick (who knew the band) as a replacement. Box and…
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