Heading east, The Jimi Hendrix Experience stop for a high-spirited performance at Temple University Stadium in Philadelphia, PA where they were supported by a stellar cast including Jam Factory, Cactus, Grateful Dead, and Steve Miller Band. The concert in front of an audience hovering around 10,000 featured performances of “Sgt.
Performing in San Antonio, TX at the Hemisfair Arena The Experience’s 65-minute performance consisted of “Fire,” “Foxey Lady,” “Machine Gun,” “Freedom,” “Red House,” “Message To Love,” “Hear My Train A Comin’,” “Ezy Ryder,” “Room Full Of Mirrors,” “Star Spangled Banner,” “Purple Haze,” and “Voodoo Child (Slight Return).”
While Hendrix and Eddie Kramer were taking a break from a mixing session for Band Of Gypsys at New York’s Juggy Sound, Jimi joins Rosicrucians, a Queens-based band that Kramer was producing, for a casual jam session.
Having just successfully completed two sold out performances at the Fillmore East, the previous night, the Band of Gypsys New Year’s Day performances were solidifying them as one of the most recognizable sounds in modern music. Just as with the two shows the preceding night Wally Heider and Eddie Kramer also recorded this performance.
London, England Jimi grants an interview to Keith Altham that will be broadcast on the January 18 BBC Radio program Seen And Heard. Jimi then leaves to fly to Gothenburg, Sweden. Lorensberg Circus Gothenburg, Sweden Two Shows with Gin House Blues and Burning Red Ivanhoe 1st Show: Voodoo Child (Slight Return) Foxey Lady Sunshine Of Your Love I Don’t Live Today Hear My Train A Comin’ Spanish Castle Magic Purple Haze Star Spangled Banner
The Experience arrive in Los Angeles for two shows at the Anaheim Convention Center. The Animals, Eire Apparent and Soft Machine are also on the bill. During the second show, Hendrix blows an amp and plays only four songs, among them “Catfish Blues” and “Purple Haze.”
The band plays at Sacramento State College, supported by Soft Machine and The Creators. A light show by Simultaneous Avalanche is also part of the show. Karen Vitlip interviews The Experience for The Sacramento Union (February 10), and Debbie Smith interviews them for Teenset (July 1968).
The Experience and Soft Machine perform at the VIP Club in Tucson. The Sunday Mirror conducts a phone interview with Hendrix, which is published February 11.
The Experience play the same venue as the previous two nights, but Big Brother and the Holding Company replace Soft Machine.
