NOVEMBER 25
TODAY IN 1966 THE JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE MAKE THEIR UK LIVE DEBUT AT THE BAG O’NAILS CLUB IN LONDON. IT WAS A POPULAR HANGOUT FOR ERIC CLAPTON, PETE TOWNSHEND, THE BEATLES, MICK JAGGER, JIMMY PAGE, AND OTHER UK ARTISTS.
TODAY IN 1976 THE BAND PERFORM THEIR FAREWELL CONCERT AT SAN FRANCISCO’S WINTERLAND. THE SHOW IS FILMED BY MARTIN SCORCESE AND LATER RELEASED AS ‘THE LAST WALTZ’. THE SHOW FEATURES SPECIAL GUESTS BOB DYLAN, ERIC CLAPTON, JONI MITCHELL, NEIL YOUNG, VAN MORRISON, RINGO STARR AND RONNIE WOOD.
AND IN 1984. “DO THEY KNOW IT’S CHRISTMAS?” IS RECORDED IN LONDON BY AN ALL-STAR CAST OF ARTISTS THAT INCLUDES STING, BONO, PHIL COLLINS, DURAN DURAN AND MANY OTHERS. THE SONG RAISES OVER $9 MILLION FOR FAMINE RELIEF IN ETHIOPIA.