I can count the times on one hand when I heard something that made me say WTF? Smokin at the Halfnote was one. 1967 the first time I heard  Hendrix. And this in 1972. Amazing even today. It started my love of fusion
 
 

Get that guy a tuner.....

Groundbreaking.
 
Out of tune guitars.
 
Boaf uvvum.
 
To my ears at least.

bapu
Get that guy a tuner.....

That was before those were invented and it had to be done manually plus being deaf helps listening pleasure

Amazing, seeing a big time act make the audience wait while they tune. Strobe tuners were around in 1972. So were roadies. 
 
The music's pleasant enough, though, if a little pretentious. The facial expressions of the keyboardist cracked me up, looked like he had gas. I know, not funny. I've had gas on stage before - you have to time its release to the beat. During the quiet parts all you can do is make that face and hope it's interpreted as emotional immersion.

Strobe tuners were those big things with the squiggly lines on the screen that set your guitar's harmonics at the music store. None of the pickers I knew could afford one to buy one. I couldn't afford to bring my guitar to a music store.   

bitflipper
The facial expressions of the keyboardist cracked me up, looked like he had gas.

I don't think he had gas.
 
I think he was hammered. 

I think he was hammered
Jon he was.. party animal

bitflipper
The music's pleasant enough, though, if a little pretentious. The facial expressions of the keyboardist cracked me up, looked like he had gas. I know, not funny. I've had gas on stage before - you have to time its release to the beat. During the quiet parts all you can do is make that face and hope it's interpreted as emotional immersion.

This cracked me up. Funniest thing I have read in awhile.

 
I remember getting "Inner Mounting Flame" and "Birds Of Fire"albums when they released and still have them in A condition.
 
Saw him live at the Pope Joy Hall in Albq. NM in 1978. Stanley Clark opened for him.
(my wife was 8 months pregnant with our first...she was miserable and hated both groups lol....and wasn't real happy with me for talking her into going.)
 
It was an amazing concert.
 
I remember during the concert that John broke into a few minutes of solo...it was amazing as if he was just jamming by himself...then he stepped up to the mic and said, "bass player broke a string" and the group kicked in again. Jaw dropping performances that night.