Kiss The Sky: A Tribute to The Music of Jimi Hendrix

In a single afternoon, exactly 40 years ago, Jimi Hendrix redefined music and marked his place as arguably the most influential guitarist to have ever lived. Before a crowd of 200,000 people at California’s Monterey International Music Festival he ripped his way into the pages of rock history and stunned the world. Celebrate his unrivalled legacy at this open-air concert featuring the world’s most cutting-edge guitarists in an unprecedented tribute to the music of Jimi Hendrix. As the final night extravaganza, it is a fitting closing highlight to the 2007 Adelaide International Guitar Festival.

Host: John Schaefer

Alvin Youngblood Hart - A one-man blues sensation, direct from the US.

Anne McCue - Her electric guitar playing puts most other electric guitarists to shame.

Benjamin Verdery - Composer and classical guitarist; an American original.

Cindy Cashdollar - One of the most in-demand musicians on the American roots scene & Jorma Kaukonen US Rock And Roll Hall of Fame inductee.

FourPlay Electric String Quartet - Forget everything you know about string quartets – these guys have attitude.

Jeff Lang - A true guitar great with the power of a gifted singer-songwriter.

Jim Moginie - Recent Australian Hall of Fame inductee & Adalita Srsen Australian dynamo and founding member of Magic Dirt.

John Hammond - Grammy Award-winner with 45 performance years and 31 albums.

Kaki King - Rocked Adelaide, the East Coast and Byron Bay Roots & Blues Festival in 2007.

Luther Dickinson - Named one of Rolling Stone’s 2007 Guitar Gods.

Matt Walker & Ashley Davies - This ARIA Award-winning duo is a must-see at Australian festivals.

Vernon Reid - Named one of Rolling Stone’s 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time.

Elder Park

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This event is part of the Adelaide International Guitar Festival. For full festival details, click here.