1-have it on the Wrocław market square 6346 the musicians broke the Guinness record for playing the song simultaneously “Hey, Joe” during the ninth edition of Thanks Jimi Festival. Last year's record was almost two thousand people. Steve Morse from the Deep Purple group took part in breaking the record, which performed in Wrocław in the evening. As the initiator of the project said, Leszek Cichonski, nobody expected, that the record will be broken in such a spectacular way. “To, what happened today, is amazing. Our previous record was broken in 2008 R. by Americans, who managed to collect 2052 guitarists. This year, three times more guitar lovers came to the Wrocław market” – said Cichoński. The guitarists came to Wrocław from all over the country and from Friday morning they practiced before performing a well-known piece by Hendrix.. The market square resembled a great rehearsal room. The participants of the project emphasized, they like the idea of playing together very much. – This is a celebration for guitar lovers. Good, that he can meet so many guitarists in one place and give a concert together – said Piotr from Wrocław. Many participants once again came to the Wrocław Market Square, to help break the record. I am here for the third time. It really is an amazing party, and this year it is accompanied by an additional attraction in the form of an evening concert of Deep Purple, said one of the musicians. Joint performance over 6 thousand. guitarists took place at. 16.00.
Previously, participants gathered on the market, together with Leszek Cichoński and the stars of this year's edition of the event, practiced playing rock hits. From the stage came, among others. track “Smoke on the water”, which the guitarist Deep Purple played with a crowd of 6,000, Steve Morse. A guitarist and vocalist from Chicago also appeared on stage, Stan Skibby, who played and sang Hendrix songs.
