Only some 80,000 people remained from an overwhelming 400,000 that Monday, August 18, 1969 at Max Yasgur' s dairy farm in Bethel, New York (Piccoli 112). ... Due to this hindrance, it is nothing short of remarkable that his meteoric rise in the music took place in just four short years (Pesant 1). ... In the summer of 1966, bassist Chas Chandler of the Animals caught Hendrix playing with his own group, Jimmy James and the Blue Flames, at Cafe Wha? ... During his short career he learned more about rock and roll and the story it feeds it, the struggle over American Identity, than mos...

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Only some 80,000 people remained from an overwhelming 400,000 that Monday, August 18, 1969 at Max Yasgur' s dairy farm in Bethel, New York (Piccoli 112). ... Due to this hindrance, it is nothing short of remarkable that his meteoric rise in the music took place in just four short years (Pesant 1). ... In the summer of 1966, bassist Chas Chandler of the Animals caught Hendrix playing with his own group, Jimmy James and the Blue Flames, at Cafe Wha? ... During his short career he learned more about rock and roll and the story it feeds it, the struggle over American Identity, than mos...

• Word Count: 2522
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School