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A unique event often overlooked.
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... and for good reason.Comment
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Okay now...
Rainbow Bridge may refer to:
Bridges (man-made and natural):
Rainbow Bridge National Monument, a natural rock formation located in Utah, USA
Rainbow Bridge (Kansas), in Kansas
Rainbow Bridge (Niagara Falls), on the United States – Canada border
Rainbow Bridge, Oxford, in Oxford, England
Rainbow Bridge (Texas), in southeast Texas, USA, the highest bridge in the state
Rainbow Bridge (Tokyo), in Tokyo, Japan
Rainbow Bridge (La Conner, Washington)
Medley Footbridge, sometimes called Rainbow Bridge
A 12th century Chinese camelback bridge depicted in the Qingming Scroll
I also saw something about grieving pet owners connected to "Rainbow Bridge".
Or what 'event' are you referring too?Life is either an adventure... or you're not doing it right!!!
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Maybe the oft-quoted dead-pets poem? Perhaps set to music?
After all - this post is in "The Jukebox" section, no?Comment
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Maybe the main choice that you failed to even mention... Jimi Hendrix' Maui concert film!Originally posted by Menehune Man View PostComment
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How did I miss that! Of course I was 10 at the time, but don't even remember hearing of it. Gotta see it now for sure!!!Originally posted by Ron Whitfield View Post
"Rainbow Bridge is a 1972 film directed by Chuck Wein that features footage from a Jimi Hendrix concert, and a short piece of conversation between Pat Hartley, Wein and Hendrix. It was mainly financed by Hendrix manager Mike Jeffery, hence his appearance. The film is about Pat Hartley's "spiritual awakening" via a visit to the 'Rainbow Bridge' planetary meditation cult on Maui, where, as part of the proceedings Jimi Hendrix visits to play a concert during a 'Rainbow Bridge' mass meditation/colour/sound "experiment". The "Rainbow Bridge" concert was a free concert by Jimi Hendrix that was held on July 30, 1970, in a horse pasture above Seabury Hall, on the "Upcountry" slopes of Haleakala, the volcano that makes up 75% of the island of Maui, Hawaii, although it probably last erupted in the 17th century, it is officially considered as being active.
A modest audience of a few hundred island hippies, surfers, and students turned up following announcements that Hendrix would play a free concert for a film. Hendrix was also in Hawaii to play the last concert on his 'Cry of Love' tour with his reformed 'Jimi Hendrix Experience' (with Billy Cox replacing Noel Redding on bass & backing vocals. Mitch Mitchell & Cox were also previously members of Gypsy Sun and Rainbows). The director Chuck Wein introduced Hendrix' performance (no mention of a group name) as the driving force of this 'Rainbow Bridge' "experiment", (this title is often mistaken as being the name of the site of this concert rather than the name of this "Planetary meditation" cult, an extension of the Gaia hypothesis into spiritual realms). The original cut, not surprisingly used very little of the concert footage, as this was not intended to be a concert film and no music from the performance was released on the official Reprise LP "Rainbow Bridge- Original Motion Picture Soundtrack" for contractual reasons and due to the original music soundtrack being unreleasable due to its very substandard sonic quality on account of strong winds that day. The album does include, however, the studio tracks featured in the film. However, the music from the concert was distributed as a bootleg recording for three decades, before Radioactive Records released this same bootleg recording on the 2003 album, The Rainbow Bridge Concert: The Early Show until it was withdrawn due to a court action by 'Experience Hendrix' which makes this officially a 'bootleg' CD release. The 'Rainbow Bridge' concert was the penultimate performance by Hendrix in the United States, his last was two days later on August 1, 1970, in Honolulu, Hawaii. Hendrix died less than two months later on September 18, 1970 in London, England."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow_Bridge_%28film%29Life is either an adventure... or you're not doing it right!!!Comment
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The movie is hogwash, just track down the music, two shows, turn it up and strap on your wild thing!Originally posted by Menehune Man View Post
Jimi's last American concert was on Oahu, a Saturday, at the HIC soon after the film's recording, and to all accounts was much better than the so-called "penultimate" Maui shows. But all the film and recording equipment had been shipped back to the mainland, leaving the Honolulu gig to fade into the ether of history as a footnote.
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