This is the first of 3 posts. You can find the second and third sets of shots from this show here and here.

legendary guitarist Jimi Hendrix

was arrested at Toronto International Airport

on May 3, 1969 at 9:30 a.m.

after customs found small amounts

of heroin and hashish

in his luggage.

He claimed they were planted there.

He was acquitted later at trial

and that night he made his gig,

playing Maple Leaf Gardens.

Lionel was there, he got some excellent shots.

These are the first 15 shots i’ve scanned of the show, more to come soon. Anyone interested in prints or publishing rights let me know.

A few folks have written about if they could get one so I’m going to look into curating a few posters. I won’t be selling negatives yet. I need them for my own plans. But I will look into making photo sets available, seems like the most interest from collectors is in this.

And I am working on publishing a ‘pin up’ magazine collecting the best of this set of shots and selling a limited run of them through Magcloud. On the right is a possible cover for this Hendrix collection.