I was watching a PBS special called "American Masters" last night and the 2 hour documentary was all about Jimi Hendrix. Around the middle of the show they were discussing how the Experience went from the 1st US show at the Monterey festival to becoming the #1 live concert draw in the US in one year. They played a bunch of radio promo's from '68 announcing The Experience concerts and one of them specifically called them prog, like:
"Come see the Jimi Hendrix Experience, the first progressive rock band!"
I thought the term came into existence in the 70's but here was some radio promo guy using it back in '68
What do you think?
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