SEPTEMBER 1, 1957 – A 14 year-old Jimi Hendrix attended Elvis Presley’s performance at Seattle, Washington’s Sicks Stadium. The venue was a baseball stadium located in Washington’s Rainier Valley, but since the 1950s had hosted some rock concerts. Elvis, Scotty, Bill, DJ and the Jordanaires performed to a crowd of over 16,000 fans, 90% of them teenage girls. Tickets sold for $1.50, $2.50, and $3.50 and the show was supposed to begin at 8:30 p.m. but it was well past 10 p.m. before a cordon of policemen appeared around the stage and Elvis walked out from the dugout as the crowd began to scream in earnest.
On July26, 1970, Hendrix played the same venue with his father Al and his little sister Janie in attendance. It was to be the last time he would perform in the city (he would die less than two months later on September 18th, 1970). The Stadium was demolished in 1979.
