1800 guitarists performed a song by Hendrix
1876 guitarists gathered on the Wrocław market broke the Guinness record set a year ago in the simultaneous playing of this instrument. A year ago, almost 300 less instrumentalists. The musicians played, just like last year, a piece by Jimi Hendrix “Hey Joe”. The initiator of the project was Leszek Cichoński, guitarist, game teacher and lover of Hendrix's work. Guitarists led by Cichoński have been trying for years to break the Guinness record set by the Americans, but it was only possible in 2006 year. This year, several thousand people gathered in the central square of Wrocław. Just before the record attempt, the organizers reported, that it has come forward 1500 guitarists. However, the admission points for volunteers operated until the last moment. Apart from Cichoński, many famous professional musicians appeared on the stage, m. in. Mietek Jurecki, Marek Raduli and Ryszard Sygitowicz.
Not only professionals were involved in breaking the record – also the Lower Silesian Voivode Krzysztof Grzelczyk and the vice-president of Wrocław city council Marek Mutor came to the Market Square with guitars. Performance of the piece “Hey Joe” musicians started on stage. Earlier, Leszek Cichoński instructed the audience, that after the verse and guitar solo – on his mark – acoustic guitarists will join us, after them electric and finally there will be a grand finale. Hendrix's theme was played for several minutes, finally announced, that it played him 1.876 musicians. The record breaking was organized under “Thanks Jimi Festival”, an event dedicated to Hendrix's music. In addition to improving the Guinness record, concerts are held in the market square throughout the day. They will end with a star performance, that is, the TSA group. Source: PAP, PU