tart his career (Stambler, pg. 290).
             Along with Chas, Hendrix auditioned some musicians to complete
             the new Hendrix group. They choose Mitch Mitchell, a fantastic
             drummer, and Noel Redding, one of England's best guitar and bass
             players (Stambler, pg. 290). In 1966, at the Olympia in Paris,
             the Experience debuted. One year later, the Experience was
             breaking attendance records right and left at European clubs.
             When the Monkees toured England in 1967, they heard Jimi and
             liked him. The Monkees asked Hendrix to join them on their tour
             through the U.S., and Jimi was on his way home (Stambler, pg.
             290). "Jimi's erotic stage actions, suggestive lyrics, and guitar-
             smashing antics..." did not go over well with the Monkees' fans
             or many adults. Being criticized over and over again forced the
             Experience to be dropped from the tour (Stambler, pg. 290). This
             however did not get Hendrix down. By the end of the year, the
             group was invited to the Monterey Pop Festival. Jimi won a
             standing ovation for the "...nerve-shattering sounds from the
             group's nine amplifiers and eighteen speakers, topped by Jimi
             dousing his guitar with lighter fluid and burning it..."
             ...