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18th September, 1970; Jimi Hendrix dies. I'm still on the football team when I get the news. So I take my helmet off and confront the coach to tell him I'm quitting the team. In a moment of brilliance he gives me one look and says "OK".

— Joe Satriani Interviewed in Joe Satriani: The Satch Tapes (1993)

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