Jimi Hendrix at Isle of Wight Festival 1970

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Jimi Hendrix at Isle of Wight Festival 1970 is a famed live performance by the legendary guitarist during one of his final major concerts, captured at the historic Isle of Wight rock festival in England.

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instanceOf live concert performance
music festival appearance
associatedAct The Jimi Hendrix Experience NERFINISHED
associatedGenre blues rock
psychedelic rock
associatedMusician Billy Cox NERFINISHED
Mitch Mitchell NERFINISHED
audienceSize large rock festival crowd
chronologicalContext one of Jimi Hendrix’s final major concerts
performed weeks before Jimi Hendrix’s death in 1970
country England
United Kingdom
culturalSignificance iconic posthumous representation of Hendrix’s live playing
important document of late-1960s and early-1970s rock festival culture
date 1970-08-31
directorOfFilm Murray Lerner NERFINISHED
documentedIn Blue Wild Angel: Jimi Hendrix Live at the Isle of Wight NERFINISHED
Isle of Wight (Jimi Hendrix live album) NERFINISHED
era late 1960s rock era
festivalEdition Isle of Wight Festival 1970 NERFINISHED
genre rock music performance
hasRecordingType concert film
live album
instrumentFeatured electric guitar
languageOfPerformance English
location Afton Down NERFINISHED
Isle of Wight NERFINISHED
Isle of Wight Festival NERFINISHED
notableFor appearance at a major British rock festival
historic late-career performance by Jimi Hendrix
partOf Isle of Wight Festival 1970 lineup NERFINISHED
performer Jimi Hendrix NERFINISHED
producer Alan Douglas NERFINISHED
recordLabel MCA Records
Polydor Records
setlistIncludes All Along the Watchtower NERFINISHED
Foxy Lady NERFINISHED
God Save the Queen NERFINISHED
In from the Storm NERFINISHED
Machine Gun NERFINISHED
Red House NERFINISHED
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band NERFINISHED
Spanish Castle Magic NERFINISHED
Voodoo Child (Slight Return) NERFINISHED
soundCharacteristics extended guitar improvisations
use of feedback and distortion

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Voodoo Child (Slight Return) hasLivePerformance Jimi Hendrix at Isle of Wight Festival 1970
Murray Lerner notableWork Jimi Hendrix at Isle of Wight Festival 1970
this entity surface form: Jimi Hendrix: Live at the Isle of Wight