It would be easy to say that Ivan Julian was inspired the day he saw Jimi Hendrix play but his story is not that simple. Although this day did change him it had nothing to do with Hendrix’s style of playing that influenced him, but what he represented and exuded in his performance- a freedom of expression. Ivan went home and burnt his Chuck Taylor shoes in his backyard- a symbolic gesture that conformity would not be a part of his life anymore.
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