The most famous of the original three Isle of Wight Festivals ended on this date in 1970. Over the course of three days a crazily diverse who's who of that era's best bands played, including Leonard Cohen, Miles Davis, The Doors, Emerson Lake & Palmer, Free, Gilberto Gil, Hawkwind, Jethro Tull, Kris Kristofferson, Moody Blues, Supertramp (!), Sly & the Family Stone, The Who and of course Jimi Hendrix. And probably double that number of acts...The Who are largely considered to be the highlight of the festival but I couldn't pass up posting this segment of Hendrix, Mitch Mitchell and Billy Cox wailing on "Machine Gun", one of my favorite late-period Hendrix pieces...
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