Now we featured Jimi Hendrix before in our newsletter for the 29th of January 2022 (scroll down to the 3rd of February) so this time we will talk about his Woodstock performance. He was actually top of the bill, and so was to perform last of all. However with the festival stretching on and on, due to a variety of reasons, and also the arrival of most inclement weather, the organisers gave him the option of going on at his original time, and letting people play after him, or to stick where he was and go last. He chose to go last. Unfortunately many of his fans were not made of such tough stuff and had left already.
When he hit the stage, ten hours later than he was originally meant to do, he played a medley of tunes, that lasted for over half an hour. This included his best sellers, as well as an improv that he made up as he went along. In the middle he stopped, and played The Star Spangled Banner, which he had played and recorded many times, but never with such feeling. And after the time was up he kept playing, an encore, of his first ever song "Hey Joe". Then Woodstock was all over. There is a fun little story though, that says that originally the show was to close with Roy Rogers singing Happy Trails, and not Jimi Hendrix. However Roy Rogers chose not to attend.
This card was not easy to scan, it has a heavy linen finish and came out horrendously blurry. However it does say "Woodstock", and though not named, it is definitely modelled on Jimi Hendrix. I have no idea how it was issued though, and it may not even be truly cartophilic, because one side has a date and the other does not I imagine it is some kind of knowledge game, that one player holds up the undated side, and another has to guess. Maybe you know? If so do please tell us.