It was the only recording artist-owned studio at the time, and it provided Hendrix with affordable studio space that would also meet his personal technical and aesthetic specifications. On August 26th, 1970, Hendrix opened his Electric Lady Studios at 52 West 8th Street. McDarrah and the Village Preservation Historic Image Archive. Jimi Hendrix with producer/engineer Eddie Kramer (l.) and studio manager Jim Marron in Hendrix’s still under construction Electric Lady Studio., June 17, 1970. In many ways it came to exemplify and embody the conflict and turmoil that defined American society in the late 1960s, especially as it grappled with the growing unpopularity and brutality of the Vietnam War, as well as increasing conflict in our streets around race, poverty, sex, and politics, and the violent assassination of beloved but controversial figures like Martin Luther King Jr. Just one of many performers who adapted the song in their own style, Hendrix’s performance was considered offensive by some, but Hendrix believed his version was beautiful, as did many others. Hendrix was at the peak of his career when he unleashed his iconic version of the song to a sparse, mud-soaked audience at Woodstock on the morning of August 18, 1969. The Star Spangled Banner had been a fixture on the concert setlist of Villager Jimi Hendrix since August 1968. The Village has several connections to Key and his poem that would become our national anthem as well as the flag that inspired it. You can see the preserved 30×42′ flag that flew above Fort McHenry at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C.
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