Archive for November 27th, 2023

JIMI HENDRIX ~ BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1942

Inside Jimi Hendrix’s New Album ‘Both Sides of the Sky’ – Rolling Stone


Guitar legend Jimi Hendrix was born in Seattle. Hendrix grew up
playing guitar, imitating blues greats like Muddy Waters as well
as early rockers.

He joined the army in 1959 and became a paratrooper but was
honorably discharged in 1961 after an injury that exempted him
from duty in Vietnam.

In the early 1960s, Hendrix worked as a pickup guitarist, backing musicians including Little Richard, B.B. King, Ike and Tina Turner,
and Sam Cooke.

In 1964, he moved to New York and played in coffeehouses, where bassist Chas Chandler of the British group the Animals heard
him. Chandler arranged to manage Hendrix and brought him to
London in 1966, where they created the Jimi Hendrix Experience
with bassist Noel Redding and drummer Mitch Mitchell.

The band’s first single, “Hey Joe,” hit No. 6 on the British pop

In 1967, the Jimi Hendrix Experience made its first U.S. appearance,
at the
Monterey Pop Festival.

Pin on CELEBRITIES WHO SERVED
Hendrix in the Army in 1961

Experience Hendrix: The Best Of Jimi Hendrix | The Official Jimi Hendrix Site


posted by Bob Karm in Album,BIRTHDAY,Guitar,HISTORY,Musician,Rock & Roll,Singers and have No Comments

HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY

today in history

MikeGracia1
MIKE GRACIA

Nov. 27: Gerald Ford Confirmed as Vice President - ABC News
On this day in 1973, a Senate vote confirmed Gerald Ford as
vice president after Spiro Agnew resigned to avoid being indicted for allegedly accepting bribes. Ford was the first
vice president to be selected under the terms of the 25th Amendment.

1973 NEWSPAPER - THE OREGONIAN

WENDELL MEREDITH STANLEY Nedwcomb Cleveland Prize Virus Studies 1937 Newspaper | eBay

List of One-Term U.S. Presidents
Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr.
(born Leslie Lynch King Jr.)
(July 14, 1913 – December 26, 2006)

posted by Bob Karm in ANNIVERSARY,DEATH,Gay,HISTORY,Murder,NEWSPAPER,Playwright,President,Transplant,VP and have No Comments