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Jimi Hendrix Wreaks Havoc on the Lulu Show, Gets Banned From the BBC (1969)

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Can you imagine Jimi Hendrix singing a duet with Lulu? Well, neither could Hendrix. So when the iconoclastic guitar player showed up with his band at the BBC studios in London on January 4, 1969 to appear on Happening for Lulu, he was horrified to learn that the show's producer wanted him to sing with the […]

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