On this day in 1970, The Jimi Hendrix Experience headline an all-star outdoor event at Temple University Stadium in Philadelphia with Steve Miller Band, The Grateful Dead, Jam Factory and the debut performance of Cactus. Although a mere 10,000 fans were in attendance, Hendrix put on a blazing show featuring stalwarts "Purple Haze" and "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" amongst others, but these show-opening cover songs "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" and "Johnny B. Goode" really sparked the

"I Was There!" Billy F Gibbons recounts his experience witnessing The Jimi Hendrix Experience performing at the Los Angeles Forum on April 26, 1969. #HendrixLA69 #Jimi80 #JimiHendrix #Hendrix #Jimi #BillyGibbons | Jimi Hendrix

A newly formed The Jimi Hendrix Experience debuted today, April 25, 1970 at the Los Angeles Forum featuring Jimi Hendrix, Mitchell Mitchell and Billy Cox on bass, replacing Noel Redding. #JimiHendrix #TheJimiHendrixExperience | Jimi Hendrix