Jimi Hendrix Düsseldorf Show January 12, 1969
American guitarist Jimi Hendrix and his band the Experience came to Germany in January for European tour. Vintage Rock Posters is searching for original concert posters and tour blanks produced by Gunther Kieser for the shows listed below. The promoter was Lippmann + Rau whose name is printed just below Hendrix's on the top of each poster.
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Jan 11 Germany Hamburg Musikhalle
Jan 12 Germany Düsseldorf Rheinhalle
Jan 13 Germany Cologne The Sporthalle
Jan 14 Germany Münster Halle Münsterland
Jan 15 Germany Munich Kongressaal
Jan 16 Germany Nuremberg Meistersingerhalle
Jan 17 Germany Frankfurt Jahrhunderthalle
Jan 19 Germany Stuttgart Liederhalle
Jan 21 France Strasbourg Hall du Wacken 9
Jan 22 Austria Vienna Wiener Konzerthaus
Jan 23 Germany Berlin Sportpalast
Jimi Hendrix and the Experience arrive in Düsseldorf on January 12. He plays two shows at the Rheinhalle that night with the Düsseldorf audience was quite appreciative and courteous. There was no encore. The song list from the second show is a follows:
Spanish Castle Magic
Foxy Lady
Fire
Red House
Sunshine of Your Love (Cream cover)
Come On (Part I) (Earl King cover)
Purple Haze
After the concert, the group visits the Düsseldorf club named the Le Pirate. The party moves to Club 66 late that night, where rumor has it that Jimi plays acoustic guitar . Even today, 50 years later, there are ongoing blogs and conversations about this acoustic session's existence. The next morning, Baron Reiner von der Osten-Sacken invites Hendrix to meet at a winter garden. A picture exists with Hendrix with this flamboyant young aristocrat sporting sideburns, side-whiskers, and a top hat. In the image is Monika Dannemann. Dannemann is a pretty 23-year-old blond. She is athletic and a championship level skater but had to stop competing because of injury. Monika did follow Hendrix to Cologne for his next concert, but they parted ways.
Monika and Jimi come back together in London 19 months later. At her Notting Hill flat Hendrix is found dead on September 18, 1970. Tragically, Jimi Hendrix becomes part of the 27 Club, a list of musicians who died when they were 27 years old.
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