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Tearon:
Technicaly it's past midnight, but if you go back to yesterday (half an hour ago) for a moment, this is still valid.

35 years ago today, at 6:00 (am), Jimi Hendrix died of a drug overdose.

Three and a half decades later, no single has matched him in terms of skill or memorability.


My apologies if this has already been mentioned.

Amsterdarn:
I'd debate the skill bit out of principle (the joys of arguing about guitar/music being the only real principle at hand), but that would be a wanker move.  Hendrix blew the doors open on what was possible with the electric guitar; no one before or since has played like he could.  R.I.P.

Burninated Peasant:
Jimi Hendix died September 18th, 1970. A lot of people seem to have connected his death to 4/20. There's also claim that 4-20 is a police code for a cannabis offence, but I don't think that's true either. There seem to be a lot of misconceptions about this, so:

4:20 is seen internationally as the best time of day to burn a spliff. so on April 20th (4/20), many people who're into pot make a point to get high for the whole day.

Amsterdarn:
Well, I feel a bit dumb now.

Burninated Peasant:
I think it's a fairly common bit of incorrect knowledge. Kinda like Charles Manson trying out for the Monkees (he was in prison at the time).

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