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TIL Paul McCartney agreed to join the board of organizers of the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival on the condition that the Jimi Hendrix Experience be invited to perform. They were invited and Jimi ended his performance by lighting his guitar on fire, immediately making him a rock legend.

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