f you’ve never watched Jimi Hendrix on The Dick Cavett Show from September 9, 1969, now is the time. The legendary guitarist appeared just weeks after his historic “Star-Spangled Banner” performance at Woodstock and brought his signature calm confidence to the conversation. When Cavett asked about the backlash, Hendrix simply said, “I don’t know, man. All I do is play it. I’m American so I play it. They made us sing it in school so it’s a flashback.”
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Eric Alper is a 6-time nominee for Publicist of the Year during Canadian Music Week and has overseen the publicity campaigns for over 183 JUNO Award-nominated albums (and 16 in 2025), 45 Grammy-nominated albums, including 47 JUNO Award, 58 Canadian Folk Music Award, 126 Maple Blues Award-winning albums and is also truly honoured to work with some of the biggest and most important artists of our time.
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