I was THE Head Usher . ​ 4/20/69 Memorial Auditorium Dallas Tx. I was THE Head Usher in charge of 20 ROTC cadets from Crozier Tech High school in downtown Dallas. I assigned them to do crowd control and went to stage center with the Dallas Police about 9 or so big unhappy dudes.We were against stage center lined up as the crowd barrier .There was a lot of racial tension that year and the cops got unhappier quick about Jimi's pelvic thrust guitar moves and long tongue with a large crowd of young White girls attending. Big cops like a pro - football front line were both sides of me taunting him with lots of cussing and the N word etc. Jimi was apparently tripping big time and having a great time. THEN Jimi started The Star Spangled Banner and they flipped out. They were listing the charges they could use to stop the show and book him on 1 inciting a riot 2 defamation bs. yadda yadda. After looking around at the crowd I told the Sgt in charge that THEY might not make it out alive if his men kept it up and stopped the show. He agreed quickly and told the other guys to quit it all and guard the stage. Slumped shoulders and sad faces and they chilled a bit. MEANWHILE Jimi has been watching and hearing the drama unfold 4 ft away. He did the machine gun guitar and mowed down the whole row of cops and me then grinned looking straight at me in front of him. I about got rubber legs from that eye lock. Rest of the show was calmer . My friend Steve shot great pics from the 2nd row (attached). Also a French videographer filmed the show and I got a CD copy of the sound track. That one concert changed me as a guitar player for life. ** As you can see on our page we attempt a few of Jimi's songs (not very well) but we had a good time doing it. **** I just put together my first guitar from parts and did a silver shiny finish on a Strat style body. It plays great and holds in tune with the whammy. :::: I got a notice that Tired Possum Blues a solo 4 track of mine went to #1 in Oklahoma for ALL GENRES this week . it's in 8,572 playlists out there too.. Surprise and shock and a smile was my feelings in order. Thanks for listening and supporting BLUTO keeping it FREE... Love hearing from you too.