Jimi Hendrix
July 4, 1970, Atlanta International Pop Festival
Photography by Joe Sia

What better way to celebrate Independence Day than with Jimi Hendrix tuning up onstage at the Atlanta International Pop Festival thirty eight years ago? We think spending some time with this sepia-toned photograph, captured by prolific east coast photography Joe Sia, is an appropriately nostalgic way to pay homage to the US of A. The explosive guitar work of Hendrix is the sonic equivalent of 4th of July fireworks anyway, right? So grab your guitar, tune it upside down, and revel in the genius that was Hendrix over this mid-summer holiday season.

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