BBC News informs:

Almost 2,000 musicians have gathered in the Polish city of Wroclaw to play a rock anthem by Jimi Hendrix. The guitarists were aiming to set a new Guinness World Record by gathering 1,881 guitarists in the city's market square to play Hey…

„Thanks Jimi Festival” 1st of May – WORLD GUITAR DAY !!!

"With the power of soul, anything is possible" - J. Hendrix GUITARISTS OF ALL COUNTRIES UNITE!!!         Founded in 2003 by Polish guitarist Leszek Cichonski, the "Thanks Jimi Festival" has taken…
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Leszek Cichonski at the Monterey Bay Blues Festival

After good reviews that the latest album "Come Together - Live" that Leszek Cichonski recorded with John "Broadway" Tucker and Wojciech Karolak received across the Ocean, the Polish musicians got a preliminary proposition followed by an official…

Thanks Jimi Festival – a tribute to Hendrix

  1581 guitars played Jimi Hendrix's blues-rock hit 'Hey Joe' at the Old Town Square in Wroclaw, Poland, on the 1st of may 2006, last week. This event sets a new Guinness' World Record for the largest number of guitars simultaneously playing…
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The First of May – Guitar Day

In May 2005, 1201 guitarists gathered in Wroclaw's historic Old Town Square to play Hendrix's songs together, with an estimated 15.000 additional observers in the audience. This time we're meeting each other on May 1st 2006 on Wroclaw's…

Concerts – France, Netherlands, Germany !!!

Leszek Cichoński will play eleven concerts during his european tour. Besides the "Jimi & Rory" festival in Lens, our blues-rock quartet will play at the Blues Sur le Zinc Festival in Beauvais - the biggest blues show in France. Mfa…
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Jesteśmy w Guitar Player Magazine !!!

The World's biggest guitar magazine "Guitar Player Magazine", in its October issue, printed an extensive article about Thanks Jimi Festival! <- Click the picture to see and read it! (pdf) Then, all the record holders who are in…

New Tour in France

{rokbox}images/stories/news/francjakoncert_big.jpg{/rokbox} Leszek Cichonski will play in France in March - see: http://perso.numericable.fr/~blues/intro_company.html. It will be a special concert on 4th of March in a club where Jimi Hendrix…

Leszek Cichoński SINGS!!!

Those who were at Thanks Jimi Festival'05 may not be surprised, but the rest will be for sure! After all it's hardly possible for someone who has only played the guitar for nearly 25 years to suddenly start singing!!! AND YET HE DID IT :-)…

Leszek Cichoński will play as a guest on a part of a tour with Bulldog Gravy…

Bulldog Gravy is a post industrial jug band playing country blues of the 21st century. Their music proves that blues - even nearly acoustic blues - can be still played in an innovative and exciting way. What's interesting is the instrumentation…

New album of John Tucker and Leszek Cichoński is on sale now!

  "Come Together - Live" is a live record of Tucker and Cichoński featuring Wojciech Karolak. It is a feast for fans of Hammond, the sound of Leszek's guitar and the brilliant voice of John Tucker. The album includes blues standards,…

1201 guitarists played together – the Thanks Jimi Festival ’05

In May 2005, 1201 guitarists gathered together in Wroclaw's historic Old Town Square to play Hendrix songs together, with an estimated 15.000 additional observers in the audience. The Thanks Jimi Festival was organized by master guitarist…