Legendary guitarist and songwriter Jimi Hendrix was honored on Thursday, April 5, 2007 with "Jimi Hendrix Day" by the Office of the Mayor in the City of San Francisco. The official Proclamation took place at the Argonaut Hotel to coincide with the opening of the exhibit "1967," featuring celebrity artwork by the likes of Jimi Hendrix, Grace Slick, Ron Wood, Janis Joplin and Sebastian Kruger.

No other year defines the spirit of rock and roll more than 1967. Monterey Pop was the Camelot like beginning to all the festivals that would follow. Monterey Pop drew everyone to witness the likes of Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix for the first time. It was at this festival that the die was cast for the unfolding of the most important cultural moment in the history of our country.

Bands like the Grateful Dead and the Jefferson Airplane were thrust into sudden rock stardom along with their comrades from the San Francisco music scene. It was at Monterey Pop when Jimi Hendrix cast his spell forever on the counter culture world that existed and etched forever in stone his place as the guitar God of all time. A young girl from Texas with a big heart and a bigger mouth belted out "Piece of My Heart" and really meant it.

This window was only left open briefly. Within three short years after Monterey Pop Jimi, Janis, and Jim Morrison were all gone. As they passed a dark cloud began to cover the scene and signaled the beginning of the end to the summer of love, which ended forever at Altamont.

We are now celebrating the forty year anniversary of that wonderful time and are pleased to offer you an unbelievable visual concert by the most beloved musicians of the day. The art work has transcended life as well as the music and now joins the historical legacy as a testament to the unbelievable power of these people and the time we lived in.

In organizing "1967" the curator's goal has been to recreate the best of times through the visual artwork of Grace Slick, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Ronnie Wood to and other influential people of the time.

For more information on "1967" and their series of limited edition artwork, lithographs, lyrics and more; please visit http://www.art1967.com.

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