🎸✊ THIS DAY IN MUSIC HISTORY
19 August, 1969
WOODSTOCK'S FINAL DAY ENDS WITH HENDRIX
On August 19, 1969, Jimi Hendrix closed Woodstock as the festival's final act, delivering a legendary 2-hour set to a crowd of around 200,000 remaining fans. His feedback-soaked rendition of 'The Star-Spangled Banner' became one of rock history's most powerful political statements — guitar as protest, pure and electric.
""And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air..." 🎸"
— Jimi Hendrix
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