Jimi Hendrix at the 1968 Miami Pop Festival by Linda McCartney
On Friday September 18, 1970, Frank Reynolds announced:
“The Jimi Hendrix Experience is over. The acid rock musician died today in a London hospital, apparently from an overdose of drugs. During his short career, Hendrix flailed his electric guitar into some of the most unusual sounds of an unusual music. A report now from ABC’s Gregory Jackson.”
Interesting to note that the footage shot by ABC of The Jimi Hendrix Experience onstage at the Miami Pop Festival in May of 1968, seen here, apparently only shows up in this news report. It’s considered one of the “holy grails” by Hendrix bootleg collectors.
According to a fan who diligently tried to track the footage down, it’s been listed as “lost” in the ABC archives since 1973, along with a host of other unseen footage that the network shot of Hendrix, perhaps even some of the legendary Electric Ladyland sessions. Tragic!