"Listen, we got you this wonderful gig that you just can't turn down.
It's the hottest tour in America - the tour of a lifetime!!" exclaimed
Mike Jeffery on the phone to Chas Chanlder, "The Monkees!!" Take an
inside look at this fabeled pairing of two superstar music groups who
set out to conquer America in the summer of 1967.
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It was, though no one could have known it at the time, the last of the
Summer Of Love; the end of an era in concert; and quite possibly, the
single greatest touring ever assembled on one bill. Take a behind-the-
scenes tour as we join the tour for three weeks in December 1967, aboard
a fleet of buses which combed the roads, leaving no major town unturned,
The Jimi Hendrix Experience, The Move, Amen Corner, The Pink Floyd, The
Nice, The Limits, and Eire Apparent set out to bring a taste of London
to the provinces.
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Hendrix used a staggering array of new effects pedals, many of which
were custom designed specifically for him to test out and ultimately
push them to their limits. Despite the growing availability of various
effects, Hendrix often returned to a small collection of pedals for the
majority of his work. For this article, we will take a closer look at
the more frequently used pieces of equipment such as the Uni-Vibe,
Fuzz-Face, Wah-Wah, and others.
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