It’s an image that has become synonymous with the explosion of 1960s counter-culture; guitar demigod Jimi Hendrix lighting his guitar on fire at the Monterey Pop Festival in June 1967.
Hendrix's spellbinding act seemed to perfectly convey the spirit of an era where post-war rigidity was being ripped down - set ablaze you might say - by a new generation, with new ideas, fuelled by the spirit of revolution.
