Saturday, June 25, 2016

Sick's Stadium/Seattle,WA/July 26,1970

introduction
"Fire"
"Message to Love"
"Lover Man" (incomplete)
"Freedom" (incomplete)
"Red House"
"Foxy Lady" (very end cuts out)
"Machine Gun"
"Star Spangled Banner"/"Purple Haze"
"Hear My Train A Comin'" (incomplete)
"Voodoo Child (Slight Return)"
"Hey Baby (New Rising Sun)" (incomplete)

time-71:41

After about a minutes' worth of tuning,Jimi starts "Fire". Billy and Mitch are introduced before the band dives into "Message to Love". About 2:30 into the song Mitch jumps in with a quick solo.

"Lover Man" and "Freedom" precede an almost 10 minute "Red House".  Jimi then dedicates "Foxy Lady" to "that girl over there in the yellow underwear". "Machine Gun" features some manic soloing. The end of "Machine Gun" leads directly into the "Star Spangled Banner"/"Purple Haze" duo.

The tape then fades into a 30 second drum solo (already in progress) which ends when Jimi starts playing "Hear My Train A Comin'". This version features bits of "Midnight Lightning" a.k.a. "Keep On Groovin'".

The show ends with the band winding down "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" into a quiet bit which morphs into "Hey Baby (New Rising Sun)". The tape then cuts off after about 3 minutes.

This is a distant,below-average audience recording. There are also a few minutes of audience-shot video available from this show. This concert may interest Hendrix completists as it is the last time he played in his hometown of Seattle.








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