Rainbow Bridge concert

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Rainbow Bridge was a free unpromoted Jimi Hendrix concert in a horse pasture, 3000 feet up the slope of Mt. Haleakala on the island of Maui in Hawaii. A modest audience of a few hundred island hippies, surfers, and students showed up because it was rumored that Hendrix might play a free concert for a movie that Chuck Wein was directing. It was also rumored that flying saucers were predicted to arrive and hover over the concert to meet Jimi. The saucers failed to show.

This show on Maui was the last recorded Hendrix concert in the U.S. Some people mistakenly claim that this was the last live show Hendrix did in the U.S.; Hendrix actually did one more show in Honolulu, August 1, 1970, before his death on September 18, 1970 in London, England.

Jimi Hendrix, guitar
Billy Cox, bass guitar
Mitch Mitchell, drums
July 30, 1970
Near Seabury Hall in Olinda, Maui, Hawaii

[edit] 1st show

  • Chuck Wein Introduction
  • Spanish Castle Magic
  • Lover Man
  • Hey Baby
  • In From the Storm
  • Message of Love (Message to the Universe)
  • Foxy Lady
  • Hear My Train A Comin'
  • Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
  • Fire
  • Purple Haze

[edit] 2nd show

  • Dolly Dagger - Instrumental
  • Villanova Junction
  • Ezy Rider
  • Red House
  • Freedom
  • Beginning
  • Straight Ahead
  • Hey Baby -> Midnight Lightning
  • Drum Solo -> Stone Free -> Hey Joe -> Stone Free

[edit] Bootleg Recording

A bootleg recording of the concert (mostly songs from the second show) was made, which was called "Incident at Rainbow Bridge." This phrase was stamped in blue on a white record jacket, and the record itself was made of transparent yellow vinyl. It was one of the better-selling bootleg recordings of the early 1970s. Another bootleg record (black vinyl and white label) appeared in Europe as "J.H. IN HAWAII-1970" printed in green along an old photo of Hendrix and five titles without connection to the real titles.


There is also another underground movie that was shot of Jimi Hendrix at the Rainbow Bridge Maui location. Duff Hendrickson shot his own "experimental psychedelic" art film in color 16mm. title: Strange Day on Maui.

Rainbow Bridge director, Chuck Wein, did not allow Duff to record audio of the show, so Hendrickson edited his film to three songs from what was Jimi's only live album, Band of Gypsys.

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