Did you see Jimi Hendrix in concert? Did you meet Jimi Hendrix or have the opportunity to interview him or have some other unique, first-person encounter with Jimi Hendrix? If so, Experience Hendrix wants to hear from you.
Did you see Jimi Hendrix in concert? Did you meet Jimi Hendrix or have the opportunity to interview him or have some other unique, first-person encounter with Jimi Hendrix? If so, Experience Hendrix wants to hear from you.
The Experience play Paul Sauve Arena, supported by Soft Machine and Olivus. During the 46-minute performance, the band performs âKilling Floor,â âHey Joe,â âFire,â âThe Wind Cries Mary,â âFoxey Lady,â âI Donât Live Today,â âManic Depression,â âPurple Haze,â and âWild Thing.â
On the day Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated, The Experience play two shows at The Civic Dome in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Upon hearing of the black leaderâs death, Hendrix and the band return immediately to New York. Hendrix is interviewed by Joseph V. Phillips for an April 6 story in The Virginia Pilot. Noel Redding is photographed on stage during The Jimi Hendrix Experienceâs April 4, 1968 performance at the Civic Dome in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Photo: Lorette Geary / © Authentic Hendrix, LLC
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The Jimi Hendrix Experience are scheduled to play at the Symphony Hall in Newark, New Jersey. After playing one improvisation that he dedicated to the slain activist, Hendrix left the stage. He later jammed with Buddy Guy at Generation in New York City.
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The Experience play Westchester County Center in White Plains, New York.
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Hendrix jams with Roy Buchanan at the Generation Club (52 West 8th Street) in New York. Although not performing with Hendrix, other bands performing tonight include Buddy Guy and Janis Joplin and Big Brother. Monterey Pop filmmaker, D.A. Pennebaker filmed the jam sessions and later released the short documentary, Wake At Generation which includes one of the jam numbers by Hendrix.
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At New Yorkâs Drake Hotel (East 56th Street), Hendrix records 36-minutes of demos in his room, including: âLong Hot Summer Night,â â1983âŠ(A Merman I Should Turn To Be),â âMoon Turn The Tides ⊠Gently, Gently Away,â âAngel,â âCherokee Mist,â âHear My Train A Cominâ,â âVoodoo Chile,â and âGypsy Eyes.â Eleven minutes of recordings including âAngel,â â1983âŠ(A Merman I Should Turn To Be),â and âMoon Turn The Tides ⊠Gently, Gently Awayâ are broadcast on the Bob Harris Show on BBC Radio 1 on November 13, 1992.
Hendrix jams at The Generation with Elvin Bishop (guitar), Buzzy Feiton (bass), Phillip Wilson (drums), Don Martin (guitar), Al Kooper (organ), and Paul Butterfield (harmonica).
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Chris Welch interviews Mitch Mitchell for Melody Maker. The piece is published on April 20.
Smash Hits is released in the United Kingdom (Track, 613 400). The album includes: âPurple Haze,â âFire,â âThe Wind Cries Mary,â âCan You See Me,â â51st Anniversary,â âHey Joe,â âStone Free,â âThe Stars That Play With Laughing Samâs Dice,â âManic Depression,â âHighway Chile,â âBurning Of The Midnight Lamp,â and âFoxy Lady.â
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Peter Goodman of Beat Instrumental conducts a phone interview with Hendrix. The interview is published in May.
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Derek Boltwood interviews Hendrix for Record Mirror. The story is published the following month.
The Experience record âLong Hot Summer Nightâ at The Record Plant (321 West 44th Street) in New York. Al Kooper later overdubs piano on the track. It was during this session that Hendrix gave Kooper his Stratocaster, (See Issue #5, page 6, âNone Take Hendrix Stratâ for details on recent Auction featuring this guitar).
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For three days, the band rehearses and records âLittle Miss Strangeâ at The Record Plant. The track is first recorded under the title, âLilacs For Captain Curryâs Coffinâ (or âLittle Miss Strange Test Sessionâ). On the second day of recordings, the song takes itâs final naming incarnation, âLittle Miss Strange.â
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In addition to the final recordings for Reddingâs âLittle Miss Strange,â five recordings of â1983⊠(A Merman I Should Turn To Be)â were laid to tape. Overdubs a rough mixes were also developed for âThree Little Bearsâ and âGypsy Eyes.â
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Reddingâs four-hour sessions at The Record Plant resulted in the addition of additional acoustic guitars to âLittle Miss Strange.â
Back at The Record Plant, this emotionally trying session for the group resulted in several takes of âGypsy Eyesâ for which little progress was seen.
The debut of Peter Greenâs film, See My Music Talking (aka Experience) is shown at the Montreaux International Film Festival in Switzerland.
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Hendrix and Mitchell record 41 takes of âGypsys Eyesâ at The Record Plant. Later that night Redding prepares a rough mix of âLittle Miss Strangeâ and also additional rhythm parts onto the April 20th master tape of âLittle Miss Strange.â
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