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The Experience, Soft Machine, Glass Calendar, and Mark Boyle’s Sense Laboratory play the Teen America Building, Lion’s Delaware County Fairgrounds, in Muncie, Indiana.
Hendrix and Redding are interviewed on-air by Chuck Dunaway at WKYC in Cleveland. They also answer questions from callers. Hendrix, known for his love of fast cars, buys a blue Corvette Stingray at Blaushild’s Chevrolet in Cleveland. In an interview with John McDermott, Leon Dicker (attorney & US representative for Yameta, the Animals’ parent company), recalls “I knew he [Jimi] didn’t have a driver’s license… He drove it once – down a one-way street.
Hendrix jams with a band named Good Earth at Otto’s Grotto in Cleveland, Ohio. He is interviewed by Jane Scott of The Plain Dealer. The interview is published on March 29.
The Experience play the IMA Auditorium in Flint, Michigan. They are joined on the bill by Soft Machine, The Rationals, and Fruit of the Loom.
The Experience, Soft Machine, Jesse First Carnival, and Mark Boyle’s Sense Laboratory perform at Memorial Auditorium in Buffalo, New York.
The Experience appear at The Bushnell Memorial Hall, accompanied by The Bowl and Soft Machine. The March 23, 1968 edition of The Hartford Courant indicates that “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band,” “Fire,” “I Don’t Live Today,” and “Little Wing” are performed on this evening.
The Experience, Soft Machine, Jesse First Carnival, and Mark Boyle’s Sense Laboratory play the Community War Memorial in Rochester, New York. The performance includes: “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band,” “Spanish Castle Magic,” “Hey Joe,” “Foxey Lady,” “The Wind Cries Mary,” “Red House,” “I Don’t Live Today,” “Purple Haze,” and “Wild Thing.”
Hendrix writes in his journal today: “We left Ottawa City today – I kissed Joni goodbye, slept in the car awhile. Stopped at a highway diner. I mean a Real one like in the movies. Mitch and I discuss our plans for movie.
The Experience, along with Soft Machine, play two shows at the Capitol Theatre in Ottawa, Canada. The first show includes: “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band,” “Fire,” “Foxey Lady,” “Red House,” and “I Don’t Live Today.” The second show features: “Killing Floor,” “Tax Free,” “Red House,” “Foxey Lady,” “Hey Joe,” “Spanish Castle Magic,” “Purple Haze,” and “Wild Thing.”