Jimi Hendrix sets his guitar on fire on stage for the first time on March 31, 1967

On March 31, 1967 Jimi Hendrix set his guitar on fire on stage for the first time. He was performing that night in London at the London Astoria Club.

Hendrix burned his hands during the stunt and was taken to the hospital.

You can watch & hear Hendrix set his guitar on fire on June 18, 1967 at the Monterey Pop Festival in San Francisco on the Complete Monterery Pop Festival DVD Set (or blu-ray if you've got a blu-ray player.)

This is a three disc set which features many performances from the famous festival (including those by The Who, The Mamas & the Papas, and Otis Redding.) After Woodstock, this is the most famous music festival of the 1960s.

Disc 2 of the set includes Jimi Hendrix's peformances of "Can You See Me?", "Purple Haze", "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band", "Monterey", "Killing Floor", Foxy Lady", "Like a Rolling Stone", "Rock Me Baby", "Hey Joe", "The Wind Cries Mary" and "Wild Thing." At the end of the performance he sets his guitar on fire and smashes it.

While it was the second time he performed the "setting his guitar on fire and smashing it" stunt (the first time being on March 31, 1967) It was the first time it was captured on video.



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