Posted on: July 17th, 2008 Hendrix Still Burning
On September 4th The Fame Bureau and Idea Generation will conduct an auction featuring Jimi Hendrix’s legendary guitar that he lit on fire while performing on stage in London in 1967. Experts are predicting the guitar may fetch as much as $1 million. Looking to make a name for himself, while living and playing in London, Hendrix lit the Fender Strat on fire, only to burn himself while performing the stunt. Hendrix was taken to the hospital, but not before he told the venue’s roadies to retrieve the guitar. The rest is rock history. The guitar was initially given to both Jimi Hendrix Experience bassist Noel Redding and press officer Tony Garland, who held onto it for 40 years before his nephew put it up in this auction. Some other items up for sale include John Bonham’s last-surviving drum-kit, Jim Morrison’s final book of poetry and a “We Are the World” song sheet autographed by Bruce Springsteen, Stevie Wonder and Bob Dylan.