Pestering "Young People" To Crack The Case Of Stolen Hendrix Guitar

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A group of "young people" in Darlington, UK is hoping to solve the mystery of who stole Jimi Hendrix's guitar during a gig in the '60s.Hendrix's guitar was stolen straight after the gig at the Imperial Hotel, Darlington, on February 2, 1967, and it is thought it is still in the town.Now a council youth service project called My Generation, which is looking at music in Darlington since the 1950s, is hoping to find out what happened to the instrument.Members of the group are hoping to make a documentary and are eager to hear from anyone who has anecdotes or memorabilia.

??Hendrix initially established his stardom in Brittan. Three of his early singles were UK Top Ten Hits??A drop-in session is being held on Saturday February 23, 11am-3pm, at The Forum Music Centre, Borough Road for anyone to share their memories of local gigs, including Hendrix's performance."GazetteLive.co.uk":CH[CH]http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/local-teesside-news/darlington-news/2008/02/21/hendrix-guitar-mystery-84229-20505357/

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TylerDurden says I have it in my basement next to the strdivari, and no you cannot quote me on that, I'm telling them so they can stop wondering where it went.

Permalink posted 02/21/2008
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Sturgell says You know it's all going to come down to someone saying "and I would have got away with it if it wasn't for you pestering kids!"

Permalink posted 02/21/2008
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Bartleby says It sounds like a case for Mulder and Scully ;)

Permalink posted 02/21/2008
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Augusts1 says I'd say it's a tad late for finding it . . . .

Permalink posted 02/21/2008
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Vtshome says Tyler , what are you talking about I'm looking at it right now hanging on my wall.

Permalink posted 02/21/2008
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Sturgell says could you imagine your dad or someone came to you and said "I have a secret, don't tell your mom, deal? It started some 40 years ago. I was younger and I liked to steal shit and....."

Permalink posted 02/21/2008
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TylerDurden says Vtshome--> I bought it off some dude who wanted his secret safe, major time in the slammer for stealing future historical musical artifacts, at the time it was just Jimi's guitar, now it's like the holy grail of rock. (and yes I did say 'the slammer') Sturg--> "It started some 40 years ago. I was younger and I liked to steal shit and....." what a wicked scenario as dad pulls up a few loose boards out in the old horse barn and under the original 'moaning Lisa' is a pearl white guitar with Jimi's finger oil crusted into the strings. "I was gonna sell it for $300,000.00 next week, but these crazy kids are dredging up the past and they'll call in the FUZZ if I try to put it on the market now, did you hear me son??? THEY'RE GONNA CALL IN THE FUZZ!!"

Permalink posted 02/22/2008
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Hammerogod says After they find Jimi's Guitar they can begin to look for the Stone Angel that was taken from Jim Morrison's Headstone in Paris.

Permalink posted 02/23/2008
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Lighter Dusk says They should check out that musician's Shangri-La...you know the one where John Lennon, Jimi Hendrix, Elvis Presley, Jim Morrison and Janis Joplin are all actually still alive and secretely writing music for today's decidedly non-psychadelic generation...a hippie at a Dead concert told me about it...before he gave me a glass of tea...then turned into a dancing tree...so maybe that's not such reliable info...I guess I wouldn't trust a dancing tree disguised as a Dead-Head. -Dusk

Permalink posted 02/24/2008
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Jonh Ingham says I saw it in a pawn shop. But they wanted too much for it.

Permalink posted 02/26/2008