“Live at Fillmore East, 1969” (Rhino)—a newly released ... in August 1969 were a harrowing coda to a hopeful decade. On stage ...
A metal plaque commemorating the Fillmore East — one of the most storied venues in music history — vanished from the site of the long-shuttered Lower East Side concert hall about a week ago.
Given the importance of live shows to the Jimi Hendrix story, it seems fitting that he should have spent the last night of the 1960s on stage blowing a hole through the Fillmore East, before ...