New Jersey 101.5 » Jimi Hendrix http://nj1015.com New Jersey News Sat, 25 May 2013 02:40:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 This Weekend in Music History http://nj1015.com/this-weekend-in-music-history-4/ http://nj1015.com/this-weekend-in-music-history-4/#comments Sat, 01 Dec 2012 00:37:48 +0000 Big Joe Henry http://nj1015.com/?p=197545 December 2nd, 1969 - Cindy Birdsong of the Supremes was kidnapped at knife-point by a man who worked maintenance in the building she lived in. She later escaped unharmed by jumping out of his car

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]]> http://nj1015.com/this-weekend-in-music-history-4/feed/ 0 Top Motown soul pop group Diana Ross and the Supremes, left to right, Mary Wilson, Diana Ross and Cindy Birdsong, 1968. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images) This Day In Music History http://nj1015.com/this-day-in-music-history-131/ http://nj1015.com/this-day-in-music-history-131/#comments Sat, 15 Sep 2012 00:31:43 +0000 Big Joe Henry http://nj1015.com/?p=166279 September 14th
1968 - While on tour in the UK, Roy Orbison's house in Nashville burns down, and he losses his two oldest sons to the fire. An official from the scene of the fire later said that "from what we've been able to piece together

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1967 - Mick Jagger and The Beatles meet up in Bangor North Wales to seek guidance from Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. They were interested in learning about Transcendental Meditation and attended an introductory seminar given by Yogi

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July 8th
1967 - The Monkees kick off their 29-date tour with The Jimi Hendrix Experience as an opening act. However, Hendrix was eventually dropped after just six shows

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]]> http://nj1015.com/this-day-in-music-history-105/feed/ 0 The Monkees - Photo by Express / Getty Images