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Berkeley, California
Berkeley ( ) is a city on the east shore of the San Francisco Bay in Northern California, United States. Its neighbors to the south are the cities of Oakland and Emeryville. To the north is the city of Albany and the unincorporated community of Kensington. The eastern city limits coincide with the county line (bordering Contra Costa County), which generally follows the ridge line of the Berkeley Hills. Berkeley is located in northern Alameda County.
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British Columbia
British Columbia (B.C.) (, C.-B.) is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu ("Splendour without Diminishment"). Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858. In 1871, it became the sixth province of Canada.
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Brook Street
Brook Street is one of the principal streets on the Grosvenor Estate in the exclusive central London district of Mayfair. It was developed in the first half of the 18th century and runs from Hanover Square to Grosvenor Square. The continuation from Grosvenor Square to Park Lane is called Upper Brook Street. Both sections originally consisted of typical London terraced houses, mostly built to individual designs. Some of them are quite grand and were designed by well known architects for aristocratic clients, especially near Grosvenor Square, while others are more modest. Some of the original houses survive while others have been replaced by buildings from a variety of periods.
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Cafe Wha?
Cafe Wha? is a club in Greenwich Village in Manhattan, New York City that has been home to various musicians and comedians. Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, Bruce Springsteen, The Velvet Underground, Cat Mother & the All Night Newsboys, Kool and the Gang, Peter, Paul & Mary, Woody Allen, Lenny Bruce, Joan Rivers, Bill Cosby, Richard Pryor, and many others all began their careers at the Wha?, according to the official Cafe Wha? web page. However, as New York magazine reports, "While Cafe Wha? claims to be the birthplace of legends like Jimi Hendrix and Bob Dylan, the truth is that they actually got their starts at the original location next door. . . .Manny Roth, owner of the original Cafe Wha? and uncle to David Lee Roth, sold the bar in 1988. The original Cafe Wha? is now a comedy club [Comedy Cellar]."New York Nightlife Profile: Cafe Wha?[http://nymag.com/listings/bar/cafe_wha/]
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Denver
The City and County of Denver (pronounced ) is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Denver is a consolidated city-county, located in the South Platte River Valley on the High Plains, just east of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. The Denver downtown district is located immediately east of the confluence of Cherry Creek with the South Platte River, approximately east of the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. Denver is nicknamed the "Mile-High City" because its elevation is one mile, or above sea level. The 105th meridian west of Greenwich passes through Union Station and is the temporal reference for the Mountain Time Zone.
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Fiji
Fiji (; ), officially the Republic of the Fiji Islands (; ), is an island nation in Melanesia in the South Pacific Ocean about 2000 km northeast of New Zealand's North Island. Its more immediate neighbours are Vanuatu to the west, France's New Caledonia to the southwest, New Zealand's Kermadec to the southeast, Tonga to the east, the Samoas and France's Wallis and Futuna to the northeast and Tuvalu to the north. Fiji has had inhabitants since the second millennium B.C. In the 17th and 18th centuries, the Dutch and the British explored Fiji.Fiji was a British colony up until 1970; British occupation lasted almost a century. Because of the abundance of forest, mineral, and fish resources, Fiji is one of the most developed economies in the Pacific island realm. Today, the main sources of foreign exchange are its tourist industry and sugar exports. The country's currency is the Fijian dollar.
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Fort Sill
Fort Sill is a United States Army post near Lawton, Oklahoma, about 85 miles southwest of Oklahoma City.
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Granny Takes a Trip
Granny Takes a Trip was a boutique opened in February 1966 at 488 Kings Road, Chelsea, London, by Nigel Waymouth, his girlfriend Sheila Cohen and John Pearse . The shop, which was acquired by Freddie Hornik in 1969, remained open until the mid-70s and has been called the "first psychedelic boutique in the 'Swinging London' in the 1960s."
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Handel House Museum
The Handel House Museum is a museum in Mayfair, London dedicated to the life and works of the German born baroque composer George Frideric Handel, who made his home in London in 1712 and eventually became a British citizen in 1727. Handel was the first occupant of 25 Brook Street, which he rented from 1723 until his death there in 1759. Almost all his works after 1723, amongst them many of his best-known operas, oratorios and ceremonial music, were composed and partially rehearsed in the house, which contained a variety of keyboard instruments, including harpsichords, a clavichord and a small chamber organ.
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Harlem
Harlem is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan, which since the 1920s has been a major African-American residential, cultural, and business center. Originally a Dutch village, formally organized in 1658, it is named after the city of Haarlem in the Netherlands. Harlem was annexed to New York City in 1873.
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Hawaii
: For geographic details see Geography and environment or Hawaiian Islands.
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Honolulu
Honolulu () is the capital of and the most populous census-designated place (CDP) in the U.S. state of Hawaii. Although Honolulu refers to the urban area on the southeastern shore of the island of Oahu, the city and the county are consolidated, known as the City and County of Honolulu, and the city and county is designated as the entire island. The City and County of Honolulu is the only incorporated city in Hawaii, as all other local government entities are administered at the county level. The population of the CDP was 371,657 at the 2000 census, while the population of the City and County was 909,863, making it the 57th-largest metropolitan area in the United States. Honolulu is also the most populous state capital relative to state population. In the Hawaiian language, Honolulu means "sheltered bay" or "place of shelter".
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Hotel Theresa
The Hotel Theresa was a vibrant center of black life in Harlem, New York City, in the mid-20th century. The hotel sits at the intersection of Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard and Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard (formerly known as 7th Avenue and 125th Street). The hotel was built by German-born stockbroker Gustavus Sidenberg (1843-1915), and designed by the firm of Buchman and Fox in a neo-renaissance style. It opened in 1913 and was from then, until the construction of the Adam Clayton Powell Jr. State Office Building across the street in 1973, the tallest building in Harlem. It has a striking white brick facade and was known as the "Waldorf Astoria of Harlem." From the time it opened until 1940, the hotel accepted only white guests plus a few black celebrities. This changed when the hotel passed to new management.
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Kensington
Kensington is a district of west London, England within the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. An affluent and densely-populated area, its commercial heart is Kensington High Street and it contains the well-known museum district of South Kensington.
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Kentucky
The Commonwealth of Kentucky () is a state located in the East Central United States of America. As classified by the United States Census Bureau, Kentucky is a Southern state. Kentucky is one of four U.S. states constituted as a commonwealth (the others being Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts). Originally a part of Virginia, in 1792 it became the 15th state to join the Union. Kentucky is the 37th largest state in terms of total area, the 36th largest in land area, and ranks 26th in population.
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Maui
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Memphis, Tennessee
Memphis is a city in the southwest corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee, and the county seat of Shelby County. The city is located on the 4th Chickasaw Bluff, south of the confluence of the Wolf and Mississippi rivers.
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Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, music, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home to a large number of colleges and universities.
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Notting Hill
Notting Hill is an area in west London, England, close to the north-western corner of Kensington Gardens, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. It is a cosmopolitan district known as the location for the annual Notting Hill Carnival, the setting for the 1999 film Notting Hill starring Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant, and for being home to the Portobello Road Market.
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Renton, Washington
Renton is a city in King County, Washington, United States. Situated 13 miles (21 km) southeast of Seattle, Washington, Renton straddles the southeast shore of Lake Washington. Founded in the 1860s, Renton became a supply town for the Newcastle coal fields. The city is now a center of manufacturing and technology companies, such as Boeing, Paccar, and several dot-commers. The State of Washington Office of Financial Management estimates the City of Renton's population to be 86,230 as of April 2010. According to the data from the Office of Financial Management, Renton currently contains the 11th largest population in the state, and 5th largest in King County.
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Samarkand
Samarkand (; ; ; ; from Sogdian: "Stone Fort" or "Rock Town") is the second-largest city in Uzbekistan and the capital of Samarqand Province. The city is most noted for its central position on the Silk Road between China and the West, and for being an Islamic centre for scholarly study. In the 14th century, it became the capital of the empire of Timur (Tamerlane), and is the site of his mausoleum (the Gur-e Amir). The Bibi-Khanym Mosque remains one of the city's most notable landmarks. The Registan was the ancient centre of the city.
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Sky News
Sky News is a 24-hour based domestic and international satellite television news broadcaster with an emphasis on UK and international news stories.
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Soho
Soho is an area of the City of Westminster and part of the West End of London, the capital of the UK. Long established as an entertainment district, for much of the 20th century Soho had a reputation for sex shops as well as night life and film industry. Since the early 1980s, the area has undergone considerable transformation. It now is predominantly a fashionable district of upmarket restaurants and media offices, with only a small remnant of "sex industry" venues in the west.
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The Bag O'Nails
'''The Bag O'Nails''' club at 8 Kingly Street in Soho, London, was a meeting point for musicians in the 1960s, as well as being a venue for concerts.
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The Fillmore
The Fillmore Auditorium is an historic music venue in San Francisco, California, made famous by Bill Graham. Named for its original location at the intersection of Fillmore Street and Geary Boulevard, it lies on the boundary of the Western Addition and the Pacific Heights neighborhoods.
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Urbana, Ohio
Urbana is a city in and the county seat of Champaign County, Ohio, United States, 47 miles (76 km) west of Columbus. Urbana was laid out in 1805, and for a time in 1812 was the headquarters of the Northwestern army. Urbana was named after the town of Urbanna, Virginia. It is the burial-place of the Indian fighter Simon Kenton. In 1900, 6,808 people lived in Urbana; in 1910, 7,739; and in 1940, 8,335. The population was 11,613 at the 2000 census. It is the home of Urbana University.
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Vancouver
Vancouver () is a coastal city located in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is named for British Captain George Vancouver, who explored the area in the 1790s. The name Vancouver itself originates from the Dutch "van Coevorden", denoting somebody from Coevorden, a city in the Netherlands.
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Washington (state)
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Woodstock
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Woodstock Festival
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African American
African Americans (also referred to as Black Americans or Afro-Americans, and formerly as American Negroes) are citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in any of the black populations of Africa. In the United States, the terms are generally used for Americans with at least partial Sub-Saharan African ancestry.
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Albert King
Albert King (April 25, 1923 – December 21, 1992) was an American blues guitarist and singer.
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Andrew Loog Oldham
Andrew Loog Oldham (born 29 January 1944 in Paddington, West London) is an English producer, impresario and author. He was manager of The Rolling Stones in the 1960s, and was noted for his flamboyant style.
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Arlo Guthrie
Arlo Davy Guthrie (born July 10, 1947) is an American folk singer. Like his father, Woody Guthrie, Arlo often sings songs of protest against social injustice. One of Guthrie's works is "Alice's Restaurant Massacree", a satirical talking blues song of about 18 minutes in length.
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Artie Kornfeld
Artie Kornfeld (born Arthur Lawrence Kornfeld, 9 September 1942, Brooklyn, New York) is an American musician, record producer and music executive. He is perhaps best known as the music promoter for the Woodstock Festival held in 1969.
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B.B. King
Riley B. King (born September 16, 1925), known by the stage name B.B. King, is an American blues guitarist and singer-songwriter acclaimed for his expressive singing and guitar playing.
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Billy Cox
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Billy Sheehan
'''William "Billy' Sheehan"''' (born on March 19, 1953, in Buffalo, New York) is an American bassist known for his work with Talas, Steve Vai, David Lee Roth, Mr. Big, and Niacin. Sheehan has won the "Best Rock Bass Player" readers' poll from Guitar Player Magazine five times for his "lead bass" playing style. Sheehan's repertoire includes the use of chording, two-handed tapping, right hand "three finger picking" technique and controlled feedback. However, Sheehan is also noted as a steady "true" bassist, fulfilling the traditional supportive role of the electric bass in the rock rhythm section. He has been a member of the Church of Scientology since 1971 and appeared on the street offering to defend it during Project Chanology.
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Bo Hansson
Bo Hansson (April 10, 1943 – April 24, 2010) was a Swedish musician best known for his four instrumental albums released in the 1970s.
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Bob Dylan
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Brian Auger
Brian Auger (born 18 July 1939, London, England) is a jazz and rock keyboardist, who has specialized in playing the Hammond organ.
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Brian Epstein
Brian Samuel Epstein () (19 September 1934 – 27 August 1967) was a British music entrepreneur, and the manager of The Beatles. He also managed several other musical artists such as Gerry & the Pacemakers, Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas, Cilla Black, The Remo Four & The Cyrkle. His management company was named NEMS Enterprises, after his family's music stores, called NEMS (North End Music Stores).
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Brian Jones
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Buddy Miles
George Allen Miles, Jr. (September 5, 1947 – February 26, 2008), known as Buddy Miles, was an American rock and funk drummer, most known as a member of Jimi Hendrix's Band of Gypsys from 1969 through to January 1970.
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Carlos Santana
Carlos Augusto Alves Santana (born July 20, 1947) is a Mexican American rock guitarist. Santana became famous in the late 1960s and early 1970s with his band, Santana, which pioneered rock, salsa and jazz fusion. The band's sound featured his melodic, blues-based guitar lines set against Latin and African rhythms featuring percussion instruments such as timbales and congas not generally heard in rock music. Santana continued to work in these forms over the following decades. He experienced a resurgence of popularity and critical acclaim in the late 1990s. Rolling Stone named Santana number 15 on their list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time in 2003. He has won 10 Grammy Awards and 3 Latin Grammy Awards.
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Cherokee
The Cherokee () are a Native American people historically settled in the Southeastern United States (principally Georgia, the Carolinas and Eastern Tennessee). Linguistically, they are part of the Iroquoian-language family. In the 19th century, historians and ethnographers recorded their oral tradition that told of the tribe having migrated south in ancient times from the Great Lakes region, where other Iroquoian-speaking peoples were located.
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Chip Monck
Chip Monck (born Edward Herbert Beresford Monck on March 5, 1939 in Wellesley, MA) became famous to the public as the MC (master of ceremonies) of the 1969 Woodstock Festival and other events. He can be heard (and seen) in recordings of Woodstock making the stage announcements. But he had long been a well-regarded industry figure.
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Chuck Berry
Charles Edward Anderson "Chuck" Berry (born October 18, 1926) is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter, and one of the pioneers of rock and roll music. With songs such as "Maybellene" (1955), "Roll Over Beethoven" (1956), "Rock and Roll Music" (1957) and "Johnny B. Goode" (1958), Chuck Berry refined and developed rhythm and blues into the major elements that made rock and roll distinctive, with lyrics focusing on teen life and consumerism and utilizing guitar solos and showmanship that would be a major influence on subsequent rock music.
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Chuck D
Carlton Douglas Ridenhour (born August 1, 1960), better known by his stage name, Chuck D, is an American rapper, author, and producer. He helped create politically and socially conscious rap music in the mid-1980s as the leader of the rap group Public Enemy.
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Chuck Jackson
Chuck Jackson (born July 22, 1937) is an R&B; singer who was one of the first artists to successfully record material by Burt Bacharach and Hal David. He has performed with moderate success since 1961. His hits include "I Don't Want to Cry," "Any Day Now," "I Keep Forgettin'" and "All Over the World".
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Country Joe McDonald
Country Joe McDonald (born Joseph Allen McDonald; January 1, 1942) was the lead singer of the 1960s psychedelic rock group Country Joe & the Fish.
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Curtis Knight
Curtis Knight (b. Mont Curtis McNear, Fort Scott, Kansas, May 9, 1929 - November 29, 1999) was an American music artist and band leader who is known for his connection to Jimi Hendrix. Knight was an artist in the 1960s Harlem music scene, usually fronting his own band "the Squires". This band gigged in clubs in New York City, and other surrounding areas. It was through Knight that Hendrix got involved with Ed Chalpin, a record producer who signed the future superstar to a contract which Hendrix soon forgot about and left for England to form "The Jimi Hendrix Experience".
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D. A. Pennebaker
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Dave Mason
David Thomas "Dave" Mason (born 10 May 1946) is an English musician, singer, songwriter, and guitarist from Worcester, who first found fame with the rock band Traffic. In his long career, Mason has played and recorded with many of the era's most notable musicians, including Jimi Hendrix, Michael Jackson, The Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton, George Harrison, Fleetwood Mac and Cass Elliot. Mason's best known song is "Feelin' Alright", recorded by Traffic in 1968 and covered by dozens of artists, including Joe Cocker, who had a major hit with the song in 1969. For Traffic, he also wrote "Hole in My Shoe", a kind of psychedelic satire that became a classic in its own right. "We Just Disagree", Mason's 1977 solo hit written by Jim Krueger, has become a staple of Oldies and Adult Contemporary radio playlists.
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David Bowie
David Bowie ( ; born David Robert Jones, 8 January 1947) is an English rock musician, who has also worked as an actor, record producer and arranger. A major figure for five decades in the world of popular music, Bowie is widely regarded as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s, and is known for his distinctive voice and the intellectual depth of his work.
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Dick Cavett
Richard Alva "Dick" Cavett (born November 19, 1936) is a former American television talk show host known for his conversational style and in-depth discussion of issues. Cavett appeared regularly on nationally broadcast television in the United States in five consecutive decades, the 1960s through the 2000s.
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Donald Verrilli
http://wn.com/Donald_Verrilli -
Ed Cassidy
Ed "Cass" Cassidy (Born May 4, 1923) is an American drummer who was one of the founders of the rock group Spirit in 1967.
http://wn.com/Ed_Cassidy -
Eddie Hazel
http://wn.com/Eddie_Hazel -
Eddie Kramer
Edwin H. (Eddie) Kramer (born 1942 in Cape Town, South Africa) is an audio engineer and producer who has worked with, among others, Led Zeppelin, Triumph, Kiss (and solo Ace Frehley), Jimi Hendrix, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, David Bowie, Spooky Tooth, Peter Frampton, Curtis Mayfield, Santana, Anthrax, Carly Simon, Loudness, and Robin Trower.
http://wn.com/Eddie_Kramer -
Edgar Winter
Edgar Holland Winter (born December 28, 1947), is an American musician. Edgar is a multi-instrumentalist, performing on the keyboards, and as a vocalist, saxophonist and percussionist, well-versed in jazz, blues and rock. He was most successful in the 1970s with his band, The Edgar Winter Group. He is easily recognized by his albinism.
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Eire Apparent
Eire Apparent was a band from Northern Ireland.
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El-P
Jaime Meline, better known by his stage name El-P aka El-Producto (born on March 2, 1975), is an American hip hop artist and entrepreneur from Brooklyn, New York City. Originally a member of Company Flow, El-P has been a major driving force in alternative hip hop for over a decade. He is the co-founder, owner and CEO of the Definitive Jux record label. El-P is also a member of the Weathermen and art collective Cardboard City.
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Ellen McIlwaine
Ellen McIlwaine (born October 1, 1945, Nashville, Tennessee) is an American singer-songwriter and musician best known for her career as a slide guitarist.
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Elvis Presley
http://wn.com/Elvis_Presley -
Eric Burdon
Eric Victor Burdon (born 11 May 1941) is best known as a founding member and vocalist of The Animals, a rock band formed in Newcastle, England, his funk rock band War and his aggressive stage performance. He was ranked 57th in Rolling Stone's list - The 100 Greatest Singers of All Time.
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Eric Clapton
Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE (born 30 March 1945) is an English blues-rock guitarist and singer-songwriter. Clapton is the only person who has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame three times; as a solo performer, as well as a member of rock bands the Yardbirds and Cream. Throughout his career, Clapton has been viewed by critics and fans alike as one of the most important and influential guitarists of all time, Clapton was ranked fourth in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" and #53 on their list of the "Immortals: 100 Greatest Artists of All Time". In 2010, Clapton was ranked #4 on ''Gibson's'' Top 50 Guitarists of All Time.
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Francis Scott Key
http://wn.com/Francis_Scott_Key -
Frank Zappa
http://wn.com/Frank_Zappa -
George Harrison
http://wn.com/George_Harrison -
Gerardo Velez
Gerardo "Jerry" Velez (born August 15, 1947) is a Puerto Rican musician. Best known for performing with American psychedelic rock musician Jimi Hendrix at Woodstock Festival in August 1969, Velez is a veteran percussionist and drummer who has performed with many artists covering a number of different genres of music. He is also a common member of jazz fusion band Spyro Gyra.
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Ice-T
Tracy Marrow (born February 16, 1958), better known by his stage name Ice-T, is an American rapper and actor. He was born in Newark, New Jersey and moved to Los Angeles, California when he was in the 7th grade. After graduating from high school he served in the United States Army for four years. He began his career as a rapper in the 1980s and was signed to Sire Records in 1987, when he released his debut album Rhyme Pays. The next year, he founded the record label Rhyme Syndicate Records (named after his collective of fellow Hip-Hop artists called the Rhyme Syndicate) and released another album, Power. He became the lead vocalist in heavy metal band Body Count, which he introduced in his 1991 album . Body Count released its self-titled debut album in 1992. Ice-T encountered controversy over his track "Cop Killer", which was perceived to glamorize killing police officers. In the following year, pressure upon Time Warner, the parent company of Warner Bros. Records, to censor or hold back any music or form of content that was deemed too dangerous for public consumption -- including Ice-T's next Hip-Hop album, Home Invasion which was supposed to be released early in 1993 and was under scrutiny for its album cover artwork -- ultimately prompted a severance of the relationship between them and Ice-T. Home Invasion was released later in the Fall of 1993 directly on his Rhyme Syndicate label through a new distribution deal with Priority Records instead. Body Count's next album was released in 1994, and Ice-T released two more albums in the late 1990s.
http://wn.com/Ice-T -
Ike & Tina Turner
Ike & Tina Turner were an American rock & roll and soul duo, made of the husband-and-wife team of Ike Turner and Tina Turner in the 1960s and 1970s. Spanning sixteen years together as a recording group, the duo played among its repertoire, rock & roll, soul, blues and funk. They are known for their wild and entertaining dance shows and especially for their scintillating cover of "Proud Mary", for which they won a Grammy Award. The duo were inducted to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1991.
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Jackie Wilson
http://wn.com/Jackie_Wilson -
Jaco Pastorius
http://wn.com/Jaco_Pastorius -
James R. Hendrix
http://wn.com/James_R_Hendrix -
Janis Joplin
Janis Lyn Joplin (January 19, 1943 - October 4, 1970) was an American singer, songwriter and music arranger. She rose to prominence in the late 1960s as the lead singer of Big Brother and the Holding Company and later as a solo artist. Rolling Stone magazine ranked Joplin number 46 on its list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time in 2004, and number 28 on its 2008 list of 100 Greatest Singers of All Time.
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Jeff Baxter
Jeff "Skunk" Baxter (born December 13, 1948 in Washington, D.C.) is an American guitarist, known for his stints in the rock bands Steely Dan and The Doobie Brothers during the 1970s. More recently, he has been working as a defense consultant and chairs a Congressional Advisory Board on missile defense.
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Jeff Beck
Geoffrey Arnold "Jeff" Beck (born 24 June 1944) is an English rock guitarist. He is one of the three noted guitarists, along with Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page, to have played with The Yardbirds. Beck also formed The Jeff Beck Group, and Beck, Bogert & Appice, besides his successful solo career.
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Jim Morrison
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Jimi Hendrix
http://wn.com/Jimi_Hendrix -
Joan Baez
Joan Chandos Baez (born January 9, 1941) is an American folk singer, songwriter and activist. Baez has a distinctive vocal style, with a strong vibrato. Her recordings include many topical songs and material dealing with social issues.
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Joe Cocker
John Robert "Joe" Cocker, OBE (born 20 May 1944, Sheffield, England) is an English rock/blues musician, composer and actor who came to popularity in the 1960s, and is most known for his gritty voice, his idiosyncratic arm movements while performing, and his cover versions of popular songs, particularly those of The Beatles. He is the recipient of several awards, including a 1983 Grammy Award for his song "Up Where We Belong", a duet which he performed with Jennifer Warnes. He was ranked #97 on Rolling Stone's 100 greatest singers list.
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Joel Rosenman
Joel Rosenman (born 1942), conceived and co-created the Woodstock Festival in 1969. Rosenman thought of the idea for the three-day concert when he and business partner John Roberts evaluated a recording studio proposal brought forward by Michael Lang and Artie Kornfeld. The four went on to create the event; Rosenman and Roberts are the co-authors of Young Men with Unlimited Capital, a non-fiction account of their exploits as producers of Woodstock.
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John Coltrane
http://wn.com/John_Coltrane -
John Gilliland
[[Image:Ksfojohn.gif|frame|"John Gilliland at KSFO, c. 1971" Courtesy of [http://www.library.unt.edu/resolveuid/2778cba10090c91e58ce2854519b940a The John Gilliland Collection].]]
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John Hammond Jr.
http://wn.com/John_Hammond_Jr -
John Sebastian
John Benson Sebastian, Jr. (March 17, 1944, in Greenwich Village, New York City) is an American songwriter and harmonica player. He is best known as a founder of The Lovin' Spoonful, a band inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000. His tie-dyed denim jacket is prominently displayed there.
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John Stafford Smith
http://wn.com/John_Stafford_Smith -
John Storyk
http://wn.com/John_Storyk -
Johnny Hallyday
http://wn.com/Johnny_Hallyday -
Johnny Winter
John Dawson "Johnny" Winter III (born 23 February 1944) is an American blues guitarist, singer and producer.
http://wn.com/Johnny_Winter -
Juma Sultan
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http://wn.com/Juma_Sultan -
Karl Ferris
http://wn.com/Karl_Ferris -
Keef Hartley
Keef Hartley (born Keith Hartley, 8 April 1944, Preston, Lancashire, England) is a British drummer and bandleader.
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Keith Richards
Keith Richards (born 18 December 1943) is an English guitarist, songwriter, singer, record producer and a founding member of The Rolling Stones. As a guitarist, Richards is known for his innovative rhythm playing. In 2003 he ranked 10th on Rolling Stone magazine's "Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time". With songwriting partner and Rolling Stones lead vocalist Mick Jagger, Richards has written and recorded hundreds of songs, fourteen of which are listed by Rolling Stone magazine among the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time".
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King Curtis
http://wn.com/King_Curtis -
Kirk Hammett
Kirk Lee Hammett (born November 18, 1962) is the lead guitarist and a songwriter in the band Metallica and has been a member of the band since 1983. Before joining Metallica he formed and named the band Exodus. In 2003 Kirk Hammett was ranked 11th in Rolling Stone's list - The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time.
http://wn.com/Kirk_Hammett -
Larry Lee
Lawrence H. "Larry" Lee, Jr. (March 7, 1943 – October 30, 2007) was an American singer, songwriter and guitarist from Memphis, Tennessee, best known for his work with Al Green and Jimi Hendrix.
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Les Claypool
Leslie Edward "Les" Claypool (born September 29, 1963 in Richmond, California, U.S.) is a musician, best known as the lead vocalist and bassist in the band Primus. Claypool's funky, creative playing style on the electric bass mixes finger-tapping, flamenco-like strumming, whammy bar bends (unusual on a bass guitar), a Larry Graham-like slap technique, and Geddy Lee influences.
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Little Richard
Richard Wayne Penniman (born December 5, 1932), known by the stage name Little Richard, is an American singer, songwriter, pianist, bandleader and recording artist, considered key in the transition from rhythm and blues to rock and roll in the 1950s. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame web site entry on Penniman states that:
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Lonnie Youngblood
Lonnie "Youngblood" (born Lonnie Thomas August 3, 1941 in Augusta, Georgia) is an American saxophonist and bandleader best remembered for playing with Jimi Hendrix. Youngblood's main influence is King Curtis, although his earliest influence was his mother's favorite artist Louis Jordan.
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Love (band)
Love was an American rock group of the late 1960s and early 1970s. They were led by singer, songwriter and guitarist Arthur Lee and the group's second songwriter, guitarist Bryan MacLean. One of the first racially diverse American pop bands, their music reflected different influences, combining elements of rock and roll, garage rock, folk and psychedelia.
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Max Yasgur
Max B. Yasgur (December 15, 1919—February 9, 1973) was an American farmer, best known as the owner of the dairy farm in Bethel, New York at which the Woodstock Music and Art Fair was held between August 15 and August 18, 1969.
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Melanie Safka
Melanie Anne Safka-Schekeryk (born February 3, 1947) is an American singer-songwriter.
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Mick Jagger
Sir Michael Philip "Mick" Jagger (born 26 July 1943) is an English musician, singer-songwriter and record producer, best known as the lead vocalist of rock band, The Rolling Stones. Jagger has also acted in and produced several films.
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Miles Davis
http://wn.com/Miles_Davis -
Mitch Mitchell
John "Mitch" Mitchell (9 July 1947 – 12 November 2008) was an English drummer, best known for his work in The Jimi Hendrix Experience.
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Monika Dannemann
Monika Dannemann (24 June 1945 - 5 April 1996) was a German figure skater and painter and the last girlfriend of US rock guitarist/singer Jimi Hendrix.
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Muddy Waters
McKinley Morganfield (April 4, 1915April 30, 1983), known as Muddy Waters, was an American blues musician, generally considered "the Father of blues". Blues musicians Big Bill Morganfield and Larry "Mud Morganfield" Williams are his sons. A major inspiration for the British blues explosion in the 1960s, Muddy was ranked #17 in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.
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Noel Redding
http://wn.com/Noel_Redding -
Paul McCartney
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Pete Townshend
Peter Dennis Blandford "Pete" Townshend (; born 19 May 1945) is an English rock guitarist, vocalist, songwriter and author, known principally as the guitarist and songwriter for The Who, as well as for his own solo career. His career with The Who spans more than forty years, during which time the band grew to be considered one of the most influential bands of the 60s and 70s, and, according to Eddie Vedder, "possibly the greatest live band ever."
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Prince (musician)
Prince (born Prince Rogers Nelson, June 7, 1958) is a singer, songwriter, musician, and actor. He has been known under the unpronounceable symbol , which he used between 1993 and 2000. During that period he was frequently referred to in the media as "The Artist Formerly Known as Prince", often abbreviated to "TAFKAP", or simply "The Artist"
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Questlove
Ahmir Khalib Thompson (born on January 20, 1971), known professionally as ?uestlove or Questlove (also known as BROther ?uestion, Questo or Brother Question), is an American drummer, DJ, music journalist and record producer. He is best known as the drummer for the Grammy Award-winning band The Roots, which is now the in-house band for Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. He has produced for artists such as Common, D'Angelo, and more recently, Al Green and Nikka Costa. He is a member of the production teams the Soulquarians, the Grand Negaz, and The Grand Wizzards.
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Randy California
Randy California (born Randy Craig Wolfe; February 20, 1951 – January 2, 1997) was a guitarist, singer and songwriter and one of the original members of the rock group Spirit, formed in 1967.
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Ravi Shankar
Ravi Shankar (; born 7 April 1920), often referred to by the title Pandit, is an Indian musician and composer who plays the plucked string instrument sitar. He has been described as the best known contemporary Indian musician by Hans Neuhoff in Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart.
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Ray Sharpe
Ray Sharpe (born February 8, 1938, Fort Worth, Texas) is an American R&B; and rockabilly singer, guitarist and songwriter.
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Richie Havens
Richard P. "Richie" Havens (born January 21, 1941) is an American folk singer and guitarist. He is best known for his intense rhythmic guitar style (in open tuning), soulful covers of pop and folk songs, and his opening performance at the 1969 Woodstock Festival.
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Rory Gallagher
http://wn.com/Rory_Gallagher -
Sam Cooke
Samuel Cook (January 22, 1931 – December 11, 1964), known professionally as Sam Cooke, was an American gospel, R&B;, soul, and pop singer, songwriter, and entrepreneur. He is considered to be one of the pioneers and founders of soul music. He is commonly known as The King of Soul for his unmatched vocal abilities and impact and influence on the modern world of music. His contribution in pioneering Soul music led to the rise of Aretha Franklin, Bobby Womack, Curtis Mayfield, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, and popularizing the likes of Otis Redding and James Brown.
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Seymour Stein
Seymour Stein (born 1942 in Brooklyn, New York) is an entrepreneur in the music industry who has been a part of the business since getting his first job as a clerk for Billboard Magazine in 1958. Stein is a vice president of Warner Bros. Records and a co-founder of Sire Records.
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Slim Harpo
http://wn.com/Slim_Harpo -
Spencer Davis
Spencer David Nelson Davis (born 17 July 1939) is a Welsh musician and multi-instrumentalist, and the founder of the 1960s rock band, the Spencer Davis Group.
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Spirit (band)
Spirit was an American jazz/hard rock/progressive rock/psychedelic band founded in 1967, based in Los Angeles, California.
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Stanley Clarke
Stanley Clarke (born June 30, 1951 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American jazz musician and composer known for his innovative and influential work on double bass and electric bass guitar as well as for his numerous film and television scores. He is best known for his work with the fusion band Return to Forever, and his role as a bandleader in several trios and ensembles.
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Steve Cropper
Steven Lee Cropper (born October 21, 1941 in Willow Springs, Missouri), also known as Steve "The Colonel" Cropper is an American guitarist, songwriter and producer. He is best known as the guitarist of the Stax Records house band Booker T. & The MG's and backed artists such as Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, Carla, Rufus Thomas and Johnnie Taylor, also acting as producer on many of these records. He later gained fame as a member of The Blues Brothers band. Cropper is generally regarded as the most well known and influential soul guitarist..
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Steve Winwood
Steve Winwood (born 12 May 1948 in Birmingham) is an English international recording artist whose career spans more than 40 years. He is a songwriter and a musician whose genres include soul music (blue-eyed soul), R&B;, rock, blues-rock, pop-rock, and jazz. Winwood is a multi-instrumentalist who plays the electric organ, synthesizers, bass, drums, guitar, mandolin, violin and other stringed instruments. His trademark style is singing in a tenor voice and playing the Hammond organ. In addition to his solo career, he was a member of the bands the Spencer Davis Group, Traffic, Blind Faith and Go. Winwood has won numerous Grammy Awards in the United States of America.
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Tim Hardin
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Tim Rose
Timothy Alan Patrick Rose (September 23, 1940 – September 24, 2002), best known professionally as Tim Rose, was an American singer-songwriter, who spent much of his life in London, England and had more success in Europe than in his native country. Known for his gruff voice, Rose was often compared to Ray Charles, Rod Stewart and Joe Cocker.
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Tommy Chong
Tommy Chong (born May 24, 1938 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada) is a Canadian - American comedian, actor and musician who is well-known for his stereotypical portrayals of hippie-era stoners. He is most widely known for his involvement in the marijuana-themed Cheech & Chong comedy movies with Cheech Marin, as well as playing the character Leo on Fox's ''That '70s Show''.
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Vietnam War
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Wes Montgomery
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Wyclef Jean
Nel Ust Wyclef Jean (, ; born October 17, 1969)[http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2012369,00.html Wyclef Dumped From Haiti's Presidential Ballot] - TIME, 21 Aug 2010. "Before he announced on August 5 that he was running for President of Haiti, Wyclef Jean was still listing his age as only 37 years old. But after declaring himself a presidential candidate, the Haitian-American hip-hop star also decided to come clean and confirm that he was really 40." is a Haitian musician, record producer and politician. At age nine, Jean moved to the United States with his family and has spent much of his life in the country. He first received fame as a member of the acclaimed New Jersey hip hop group, the Fugees.
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RELEASE
ALBUMS
- The Queen [8/30/70 Isle of Wight]
- Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band [8/30/70 Isle of Wight]
- Little Wing [10/12/68 Winterland]
- Fire [5/25/69 San Diego Sports Arena]
- I Don't Live Today [5/25/69 San Diego Sports Arena]
- Spanish Castle Magic [5/25/69 San Diego Sports Arena]
- Red House [5/25/69 San Diego Sports Arena]
- Johnny B. Goode [5/30/70 Berkeley Community Center]
- Lover Man [5/30/70 Berkeley Community Center]
- Blue Suede Shoes [5/30/70 Berkeley Community Center]
- Voodoo Child (Slight Return) [5/25/69 San Diego Sports Arena]
- Testify
- Mercy, Mercy
- Can't Stay Away
- My Diary
- Utee
- I Don't Know What You Got but It's Got Me
- Dancing All Around the World
- I'm So Glad
- Move Over and Let Me Dance
- Have You Ever Been Disappointed
- Help Me (Get the Feeling), Part I
- (My Girl) She's a Fox
- That Little Old Groovemaker
- Sweet Thang
- Instant Groove
- Purple Haze
- Hey Joe
- Fire
- All Along the Watchtower
- Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
- Crosstown Traffic
- Foxy Lady
- Valleys of Neptune
- Are You Experienced
- The Wind Cries Mary
- Freedom
- Red House
- Burning of the Midnight Lamp
- Wait Until Tomorrow
- Little Wing
- Sunshine of Your Love
- Castles Made of Sand
- Angel
- Bleeding Heart
- Hey Baby (New Rising Sun)
- Stone Free
- Valleys of Neptune
- Bleeding Heart
- Hear My Train a Comin'
- Mr. Bad Luck
- Sunshine of Your Love
- Lover Man
- Ships Passing Through the Night
- Fire
- Red House
- Lullaby for the Summer
- Crying Blue Rain
- Introduction
- Message to Love
- Hear My Train a Comin'
- Spanish Castle Magic
- Red House
- Lover Man
- Foxy Lady
- Jam Back at the House
- Hear My Train a Comin' (acoustic)
- Born Under a Bad Sign
- Red House
- Catfish Blues
- Voodoo Chile Blues
- Mannish Boy
- Once I Had a Woman
- Bleeding Heart
- Jelly 292
- Electric Church Red House
- Hear My Train a Comin' (electric)
- Killing Floor
- Experience the Blues (Catfish Blues)
- Foxy Lady
- Red House
- Driving South
- The Wind Cries Mary
- Fire
- Little Wing
- Purple Haze
- Introduction
- Killin' Floor
- Foxy Lady
- Like a Rolling Stone
- Rock Me Baby
- Hey Joe
- Can You See Me
- The Wind Cries Mary
- Purple Haze
- Wild Thing
- Red House (live)
- Voodoo Chile (Slight Return) (live)
- Little Wing (live)
- Wild Thing (live)
- Bleeding Heart (short version) (live)
- Night Life (live) (feat. Jimi Hendrix)
- Fire (live)
- Room Full of Mirrors (short version) (live)
- Psycho (live) (feat. Jimi Hendrix)
- Hot Trigger (live) (feat. Jimi Hendrix)
- Free Spirit (feat. Jimi Hendrix)
- She's a Fox (feat. Jimi Hendrix)
- Little Wing
- Voodoo Chile (slight return)
- Purple Haze
- The Sunshine of Your Love
- Bleeding Heart (edited version)
- Woke Up This Morning and Found Yourself Dead (feat. Jim Morrison)
- Tomorrow Never Knows (feat. Jim Morrison)
- Fire
- Wild Thing
- Morrison's Lament (feat. Jim Morrison)
- Voodoo Chile (live)
- Purple Haze
- Sunshine of Your Love
- Bleeding Heart
- Foxy Lady
- Little Wing
- Fire
- Wild Thing
- Hey Joe
- Soul Sacrifice
- Persuasion
- Acapulco Sunrise
- Jingo
- With a Little Help From My Friends
- Let's Get Ourselves Together
- Everyday I Have the Blues
- La puesta del sol
- Fried Neckbones and Home Fries
- Latin Tropical
- Jam in E
- Hey Joe
- Purple Haze
- Red House
- Crosstown Traffic
- Takin' Care of Business
- I Don't Live Today
- The Wind Cries Mary
- One Rainy Wish (alternate mix)
- La poupee qui fait non
- 51st Anniversary (take 1)
- 51st Anniversary (takes 2-3)
- Can You See Me (take 1)
- Can You See Me (take 2)
- Fire (take 1)
- Fire (take 2)
- Angel
- 1983 (A Merman I Should Turn to Be)
- Astro Man / Valleys of Neptune
- Gypsy Eyes
- Cherokee Mist
- Cherokee Mist / Gypsy Eyes
- Power of Soul
- Long Hot Summer (take 1)
- Long Hot Summer (take 2)
- Hear My Train a Comin' (take 1)
- Hear My Train a Comin' (take 2)
- Gypsy Eyes (take 3)
- Gypsy Eyes (riff)
- South Saturn Delta
- Three Little Bears
- 1983 (A Merman I Should Turn to Be) (instrumental)
- Acoustic Jam
- Electric Church
- Hear My Freedom
- Honey Bed
- Room Full of Mirrors
- All Along the Watchtower
- Ezy Rider
- Dolly Dagger
- South Saturn Delta
- Shame Shame Shame
- Gypsy Blood (Crying Blue Rain)
- Sunshine of Your Love
- Jam (incl. Stepping Stone / Sending My Love to Linda / Freedom / Here Comes the Sun / Cherokee Mist / All Devil's Children)
- Closer to the Truth (Room Full of Mirrors recital)
- Jam Back at the House
- Midnight / Valleys of Neptune Arising
- Pride of Man (Bolero) (take 1)
- Pride of Man (Bolero) (take 2)
- Bleeding Heart
- Rainy Day, Dream Away (false start)
- Rainy Day, Dream Away (practice session)
- Rainy Day, Dream Away / Still Raining, Still Dreaming
- Send My Love to Linda / Live and Let Live
- Mannish Boy / I'm a Man
- Lover Man
- Message to Love
- Izabella (take 2)
- Bleeding Heart (blues in C sharp)
- Izabella (take 1)
- Blue Suede Shoes
- Power of Soul (takes 1-16)
- Drifting (try out)
- Keep on Groovin' (try out)
- Midnight Lightnin' (try out)
- Freedom (alternate take)
- Cherokee Mist / In From the Storm
- Valleys of Neptune (instrumental)
- Lil' Dog of Mine / Heaven Has No Sorrow (session)
- Valleys of Neptune (session)
- Improvisation / Drifting (try Out)
- Had to Cry Today
- Angel (intro instrumental #1)
- Angel (complete instrumental)
- Angel (intro instrumental #2)
- Drifting (alternate take)
- Angel (alternate version complete with vocals)
- Belly Button Window (instrumental)
- Valleys of Neptune
- Lover Man
- Machine Gun
- Trying to Be (Stepping Stone) / Earth Blues
- Stepping Stone
- [untitled guitar improvisation]
- Keep on Grooving (Midnight Lightning)
- Come Down Hard on Me Baby
- Drifter's Escape
- Belly Button Window
- Bolero
- Wait Until Tomorrow
- Spanish Castle Magic
- Golden Rose (One Rainy Wish)
- Ain't No Telling #1
- South Saturn Delta
- Little One #1
- Little One #2
- Castles Made of Sand
- Ain't No Telling #2
- She's So Fine
- Up From the Skies
- Bold as Love
- Little Miss Lover
- Waterfall (May This Be Love)
- Have You Ever Heard
- Dream
- Dance
- Izabella
- Ezy Rider / MLK Jam
- Cherokee Mist / Astro Man
- Record Plant ZX
- Villanova Junction Blues
- Burning Desire
- Stepping Stone / Villanova Junction Blues
- Slow Time Blues
- Little Wing
- Voodoo Chile
- Room Full of Mirrors
- Fire
- Purple Haze
- Wild Thing
- Bleeding Heart
- Sunshine of Your Love
- Hey Joe
- Foxey Lady
- Nine to the Universe
- Jimi/Jimmy Jam
- Young/Hendrix Jam
- Easy Blues
- Drone Blues
- Midnight Lightning Jam
- Highway of Broken Dreams
- Lonely Avenue Jam
- Lover Man
- Trying to Be
- Message to Love
- Somewhere Over the Rainbow
- Crash Landing
- Come Down Hard on Me
- Peace in Mississippi
- With the Power
- Stone Free Again
- Captain Coconut
- Introduction
- Killing Floor
- Spanish Castle Magic
- All Along The Watchtower
- Hey Joe
- Hey Baby (New Rising Sun)
- Message To Love
- Foxey Lady
- Red House
- Ezy Ryder
- Freedom
- Room Full Of Mirrors
- Purple Haze
- Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
- EXP
- Up From the Skies
- Spanish Castle Magic
- Wait Until Tomorrow
- Ain't No Tellin'
- Little Wing
- If 6 Was 9
- You Got Me Floating
- Castles Made of Sand
- She's So Fine
- One Rainy Wish
- Little Miss Lover
- Bold as Love
20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of Jimi Hendrix
(Released 2005)
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- Purple Haze
- Fire
- The Wind Cries Mary
- Can You See Me
- Hey Joe
- All Along the Watchtower
- Stone Free
- Crosstown Traffic
- Manic Depression
- Remember
- Red House
- Foxey Lady
- Morrison's Lament - (feat. Jim Morrison)
- Tomorrow Never Knows - (feat. Jim Morrison)
- Uranus Rock
- Goodbye Bessie Mae
- Soul Food
- Red House
- Woke Up This Morning and Found Myself Dead - (feat. Lonnie Youngblood)
- Bleeding Heart
- Sunshine of Your Love
- Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On - (feat. Little Richard)
- It Ain't Watcha Do - (feat. Little Richard)
- Flower of Peace - The Jimi Hendrix Revival Band
- Voodoo Chile (slight return)
- Purple Haze (take 1)
- La poupée qui fait non (No No No No)
- Come On, Part 1
- One Rainy Wish
- Angel
- Look Over Yonder
- 51st Anniversary
- Can You See Me
- Cat Talkin' to Me
- Red House (takes 1-4)
- Fire
- Purple Haze (take 2)
- I Don't Live Today (takes 1-4)
- Ezy Rider
- Room Full of Mirrors
- Earth Blues
- Valleys of Neptune
- Straight Ahead
- Cherokee Mist
- Freedom
- Stepping Stone
- Izabella
- Astro Man
- Intro
- Tax Free
- Foxy Lady
- Red House
- Spanish Castle Magic
- Star Spangled Banner
- Purple Haze
- I Don't Live Today
- Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)
- Sunshine of Your Love
- Voodoo Chile (Slight reprise)
- Red House
- Voodoo Chile
- Little Wing
- Wild Thing
- Bleeding Heart
- Night Life
- Fire
- Room Full of Mirrors
- Psycho
- Hot Trigger
- Free Spirit
- Groove Maker
- Voice in the Wind
- Suspicious
- She's a Fox
- Two and One Goes
- Go Go Shoes
- Uranus Rock
- Win Your Love
- Slow Version
- Drone Blues / Driving South
- Ezy Ryder / Star Spangled Banner
- Jimi/Jimmy Jam / Villanova Junction
- Jam 292
- Trash Man
- Message to Love
- Gypsy Blood
- Valleys of Neptune (guitar)
- Blues Jam at Olympic
- Valleys of Neptune (piano)
- Belly Button Window
- Hear My Train a Comin'
- Villanova Junction Blues Jam
- 3 Little Bears
- Things I Used to Do
- New Rising Sun
- Country Blues (straight mix) / Astro Man
- Midnight
- Midnight Lightning
- Hear My Train A-Comin'
- Gypsy Boy (New Rising Sun)
- Blue Suede Shoes
- Machine Gun
- Once I Had a Woman
- Beginning
- Midnight Lightning (alternate take)
- Blue Suede Shoes
- Once I Had a Woman
- Spanish Castle Magic
- Little Wing
- You've Got Me Floating
- She's So Fine
- Little Miss Lover
- Bold as Love
- Takin' Care of No Business
- South Saturn Delta
- Cat Talkin' to Me
- The Stars That Play With Laughing Sam's Dice
- Takin' Care of No Business
- Mother, Mother (Georgia Blues)
- Under the Table (take 1)
- Under the Table (take 2)
- Wipe the Sweat (take 1)
- Wipe the Sweat (take 2)
- Wipe the Sweat (take 2)
- Go Go Shoes (take 1)
- Go Go Place (take 2)
- Soul Food (That's What I Like) (take 1)
- Goodbye Bessie Mae (take 1)
- Sweet Thang
- Groove Maker (That Little Old Groovemaker) (take 1)
- Groove Maker (That Little Old Groovemaker) (take 2)
- (My Girl) She's a Fox
- Go Go Shoes (take 2)
- Go Go Place (take 2)
- Soul Food (That's What I Like) (take 2)
- Goodbye Bessie Mae (take 2)
- Red House
- Voodoo Chile
- Come On (Let the Good Times Roll)
- Georgia Blues
- Country Blues
- Hear My Train a Comin'
- It's Too Bad
- My Friend
- Blue Window
- Midnight Lightning
- Red House
- Woke Up This Morning
- Bleeding Heart
- Morrison's Lament / Tomorrow Never Comes / Uranus Rock / Outside Woman Blues (feat. Jim Morrison)
- Sunshine of Your Love
- Goodbye, Bessie Mae
- Soul Food
- Whole Lotta Shakin Going (feat. Little Richard)
- Lawdy Miss Clawdy (feat. Little Richard)
- Hound Dog (feat. Little Richard)
- Go Go Shoes
- Wipe the Sweat
- Lover Man
- Hey Baby (New Rising Sun)
- In From the Storm
- Message to Love
- Foxey Lady
- Hear My Train A Comin'
- Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)
- Fire
- Purple Haze
- All Along the Watchtower
- Ain't Nothing Wrong With That
- Come On, Part 1
- Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
- Room Full of Mirrors
- Gypsy Eyes (rehearsal)
- Gypsy Eyes (rough mix)
- House Burning Down (rough mix)
- Cat Talkin' to Me (backing track)
- Cat Talkin' to Me (alternate take)
- Taking Care of No Business
- Angel (demo version)
- 1983... (A Merman I Should Turn to Be)
- Valleys of Neptune... Arising
- Freedom (rehearsal)
- Purple Haze
- Hey Joe
- The Wind Cries Mary
- Fire
- Highway Chile
- Are You Experienced?
- Burning of the Midnight Lamp
- Little Wing
- All Along the Watchtower
- Crosstown Traffic
- Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
- Spanish Castle Magic
- Stone Free
- Izabella
- Stepping Stone
- Angel
- Dolly Dagger
- Hey Baby (New Rising Sun)
- 3rd Stone From the Sun
- God Save the Queen
- Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
- Spanish Castle Magic
- All Along the Watchtower
- Machine Gun
- Lover Man
- Freedom
- Red House
- Dolly Dagger
- Midnight Lightning
- Stone Free
- Are You Experienced
- Villanova Junction
- Stone Free (part two)
- Sunshine Of Your Love
- Fire
- Hear My Train A Comin'
- Red House
- Foxy Lady
- Like A Rolling Stone
- Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)
- Purple Haze
- The Sunshine of Your Love
- Bleeding Heart
- Fire
- Little Wing
- Voodoo Chile (slight return)
- Room Full of Mirrors
- Purple Haze
- Wild Thing
- Wake Up This Morning and Found Yourself Dead
- Uranus Rock
- Red House
- Little Wing
- Bleeding Heart
- Wake Up This Morning and Found Yourself Dead
- Red House
- Voices
- Let Me Go
- Outside Woman Blues
- Voice of the Wind
- Blues Blues
- Red House
- Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)
- Little Wing
- Wild Thing
- Bleeding Heart (Short Version)
- Night Life (feat. Lonnie Youngblood)
- Fire
- Room Full of Mirrors (Short Version)
- Psycho (feat. Lonnie Youngblood)
- Hot Trigger (feat. Lonnie Youngblood)
- Free Spirit (feat. Lonnie Youngblood)
- Groove Maker
- Voice in the Wind
- Suspicious (feat. Lonnie Youngblood)
- She's a Fox
- Two and One Goes
- Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On
- Goodnight Irene
- Keep a Knockin'
- Going Home Tomorrow
- Belle Star
- Long Tall Sally
- Lawdy Miss Clawdy
- Why Don't You Love Me (Like You Used to Do)?
- Lucille
- Hound Dog
- Money Honey
- Funky Dish Rag
- Stone Free
- Getting My Heart Back Together Again (Aka Hear My Train A Comin')
- I Don't Live Today
- Red House
- Foxy Lady
- Sunshine of Your Love
- Bleeding Heart
- Love (instrumental)
- Hush Now (instrumental)
- Gloomy Monday
- Happy Birthday
- Ballad of Jimi
- Level (instrumental)
- Love Love
- Get That Feeling
- Future Trip
- No Business
- Odd Ball (instrumental)
- Flashing (instrumental)
- Day Tripper
- U.F.O.
- Get That Feeling
- How Would You Feel
- Hush Now
- I Ain't Taking Care of No Business
- Simon Says
- Gotta Have a New Dress
- Strange Things
- Welcome Home
- Red House
- Voices
- Blues, Blues
- Uranus Rock
- Peoples, Peoples
- Woke Up This Morning and Found Myself Dead
- Wow Eeh (Tomorrow Never Knows)
- Gonna Take a Lot
- Lime Lime
- Driving South
- Travellin' to California
- I'm a Man
- I've Got a Sweet Little Angel
- Killing Floor
- Bleeding Heart
- Bright Lights Big City
- Get Out My Life, Woman
- Last Night
- Baby What You Want Me to Do
- What'd I Say
- Good Feeling
- Go Go Shoes
- Bring My Baby Back
- Psycho
- Come on Baby
- Blues Blues
- Sweet Thang
- Lime Lime
- Peoples Peoples
- Whoa' Eeh
- Night Life
- Nobody Can Change Me
- You Got It
- Day Tripper
- Good Times
- Don't Accuse Me
- Voices
- Bring My Baby Back
- Psycho
- Odd Ball
- Fool for You Baby
- Strange Things
- Voice in the Wind
- Hush Now
- She's So Fine
- Simon Says
- Love, Love
- Stone Free
- Message to Love
- Lover Man
- Foxy Lady
- Ezy Ryder
- Star Spangled Banner
- Purple Haze
- Voodoo Chile
- The Wind Cries Mary
- Wild Thing
- Hear My Train A-Comin'
- Hear My Train A-Comin'
- Little Drummer Boy
- Freedom
- My Friend
- Drifting
- Ezy Ryder
- Stone Free
- Power of Soul
- Hear My Train a Comin'
- Izabella
- Machine Gun
- Voodoo Child (slight return)
- We Gotta Live Together
- Red House
- Wake Up This Morning And You Find Yourself Dead
- Bleeding Heart
- Morisson's Lament
- Tomorrow Never Knows
- Uranus Rock
- Outside Woman Blues
- Sunshine of Your Love
- Get That Feeling
- How Would You Feel
- Hush Now
- No Business
- Gotta Have a New Dress
- Welcome Home
- Love, Love
- Fool for Your Baby
- Don't Accuse Me
- Better Times Ahead
- Wah Wah (instrumental)
- The Ballad of Jimi
- Introduction
- Fire
- Hey Joe
- Spanish Castle Magic
- Hear My Train a Comin'
- Sunshine of Your Love
- Red House
- Bleeding Heart
- Red House
- Wake Up This Morning and Find Yourself Dead
- Tomorrow Never Knows
- Uranus Rock
- Outside Woman Blues
- Sunshine of Your Love
- Red House
- Woke Up This Morning and Found Myself Dead
- Bleeding Heart
- Morrison's Lament
- Tomorrow Never Knows
- Uranus Rock
- Outside Woman Blues
- Sunshine of Your Love
- Purple Haze
- Little Wing
- Uranus Rock
- Bleeding Heart (short version)
- Wake Up This Morning And Found Yourself Dead
- Tomorrow Never Knows (feat. Jim Morrison)
- She's A Fox
- Room Full Of Mirrors (short version)
- Blues Blues
- Psycho
- Free Spirit
- Night Life
- Wake Up This Morning and You Find Yourself Dead
- Outside Woman Blues
- Sunshine of Your Love
- Morrison's Lament
- Tomorrow Never Knows / Uranus Rock
- Red House
- Bleeding Heart (Blues in C Sharp)
- All Along the Watchtower
- Hey Joe
- Purple Haze
- Crosstown Traffic
- The Wind Cries Mary
- Voodoo Chile
- Angel
- Foxy Lady
- Manic Depression
- Fire
- Wild Thing
- Red House
- Gypsy Eyes
- House of the Rising Sun
The Authentic PPX Studio Recordings, Volume 5: Something on Your Mind
(Released 1997)
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- Travelin' to California
- Hush Now (take 1, aka Level)
- I Feel Good (I Got You)
- Bleeding Heart
- Knock Yourself Out
- There Is Something on Your Mind
- Killing Floor
- Come On, Part 1
- I'm a Man
- Odd Ball
- Red House
- Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)
- Wild Thing
- Outside Woman Blues
- Sweet Thing
- She's So Fine
- Freedom and You
- The Sunshine of Your Love
- Good Times
- Two and One Goes
- Goodbye Bessie Mae
- Fire
The Authentic PPX Studio Recordings, Volume 6: On the Killing Floor
(Released 1997)
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- Killing Floor
- Money (That's What I Want)
- Travelin' to California (a.k.a. Nobody Loves Me)
- Love, Love (a.k.a. Mercy Lady Day)
- Baby, What You Want Me to Do
- Mr. Pitiful
- Hush Now (take 2, a.k.a. Torture Me Honey)
- I Ain't Taking Care of No Business (instrumental, a.k.a. Sleepy Fate)
- Satisfaction
- Freedom
- Izabella
- Night Bird Flying
- Angel
- Room Full of Mirrors
- Dolly Dagger
- Ezy Ryder
- Drifting
- Beginnings
- Stepping Stone
- My Friend
- Straight Ahead
- Hey Baby (New Rising Sun)
- Earth Blues
- Astro Man
- In From the Storm
- Belly Button Window
- Look Over Yonder
- Little Wing
- Here He Comes (Lover Man)
- South Saturn Delta
- Power of Soul
- Message to the Universe (Message to Love)
- Tax Free
- All Along the Watchtower
- The Stars That Play With Laughing Sam's Dice
- Midnight
- Sweet Angel (Angel)
- Bleeding Heart
- Pali Gap
- Drifter's Escape
- Midnight Lightning
- Purple Haze
- Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)
- Little Wing
- Wild Thing
- Red House
- The Sunshine of Your Love (short version)
- Voices
- Gangster of Love
- She's So Fine
- Soul Food
- Win Your Love
- Voice in the Wind
- Psycho
- Good Times
- (My Girl) She's a Fox
- Voice in the Wind
- Good Times
- Bring My Baby Back
- Suspicious
- Hot Trigger
- Wipe the Sweat (take 1)
- Wipe the Sweat (take 2)
- Wipe the Sweat (take 3)
- Goodbye Bessie Mae
- Red House
- Groove Maker
- Woke Up This Morning and Find Myself Dead
- Good Feeling
- Voodoo Chile (The Blues session, Takes 1-5)
- Instrumental Jam: Stepping Stone / Sending My Love to Linda / Freedom / Here Comes the Sun / Cherokee Mist / All Devil's Children
- Three Little Bears
- Gypsy Eyes
- 1983... (A Merman I Should Turn to Be)
- Untitled Instrumental
- Red House
- Woke Up This Morning and Found Myself Dead
- Peoples Peoples a.k.a. Bleeding Heart
- Morrison's Lament
- Tomorrow Never Knows
- Uranus Rock
- Outside Woman Blues
- Sunshine of Your Love
- Goodbye Bessie Mae
- Soul food (That's a What I Like)
- All Along the Watchtower
- Hey Joe
- Purple Haze
- Crosstown Traffic
- The Wind Cries Mary
- Voodoo Chile
- Angel
- Foxy Lady
- Wait Until Tomorrow
- Little Wing
- Manic Depression
- Fire
- Castle Made of Sand
- Wild Thing
The Authentic PPX Studio Recordings, Volumes 5 & 6: Something on Your Mind / On the Killing Floor
(Released 1996)
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- California Night (live)
- Level (studio, Instrumental)
- I Feel Good (live)
- Left Alone (live)
- Knock Yourself Out (studio, instrumental)
- Something on Your Mind (live)
- I Should've Quit You (live)
- Hard Night (live, instrumental)
- I'm a Man (live)
- On the Killing Floor (live)
- Money (live)
- Nobody Loves Me (live)
- Love (studio, instrumental)
- You Got Me Running (live)
- Mr. Pitiful (live)
- Torture Me Honey (studio, instrumental)
- Sleepy Fate (studio, instrumental)
- Satisfaction (live)
- Hear My Freedom (Had to Cry Today)
- Paper Airplanes
- Blue Suede Shoes
- Izabella [Overdub Session: Take 2]
- Izabella
- Honey Bed
- Ain't Too Proud to Beg
- Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)
- Long Hot Summer Night
- 1983... (A Merman I Should Turn to Be)
- Moon Turn the Tides... Gently, Gently Away
- Angel
- Cherokee Mist
- Getting My Heart Back Together Again
- Voodoo Chile
- Gypsy Eyes
- Gypsy Eyes
- Honeybed (take one)
- Honeybed (take two)
- Honeybed (take three)
- Honeybed (take four)
- Three Little Bears (vocal reference)
- Piano Roll 1
- Piano Roll 2
- Piano Roll 3
- Everything's Gonna Be Alright
- Messenger
- Message to Love
- Power of Soul (take one)
- Power of Soul (take two)
- Power of Soul (take three)
- Power of Soul (take four)
- Power of Soul (take five)
- Power of Soul (take six)
- Electric Church Jam
- Hear My Freedom
- Hear My Freedom
- Izabella (instrumental)
- Instrumental Jam #3 (feat. Larry Young)
- Sending My Love to Linda / Live and Let Live (takes 3, 4, 5)
- Ezy Rider Jam - M.L.K.
- Rainy Day Dream Away / Still Raining Still Dreaming (alternate version)
- Voodoo Child (slight return) (outtake)
The Authentic PPX Studio Recordings, Volume 4: Live at George's Club
(Released 1996)
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- Drivin' South
- Ain't That Peculiar
- I'll Be Doggone
- Sweet Little Angel
- Bright Lights, Big City
- Get Out of My Life Woman
- Last Night
- I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)
- What'd I Say
- Shotgun
The Authentic PPX Studio Recordings, Volume 3: Ballad of Jimi
(Released 1996)
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- UFO
- You Don't Want Me (instrumental)
- Better Times Ahead
- Future Trip
- Wah Wah (instrumental)
- Everybody Knew but Me
- Mercy Lady Day (instrumental)
- If You Gotta Make a Fool of Somebody
- My Best Friend (instrumental)
- The Ballad of Jimi
- Second Time Around (instrumental)
- Love, Love
- Day Tripper
- Gloomy Monday
- Fool for You Baby
- Don't Accuse Me
- Hornet's Nest
- Flashing
- Oddball
- Happy Birthday
The Authentic PPX Studio Recordings, Volume 1: Get That Feeling
(Released 1996)
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- Get That Feeling
- How Would You Feel
- Hush Now
- I Ain't Taking Care of No Business
- Simon Says
- Gotta Have a New Dress
- Strange Things
- Welcome Home
- Fire
- Johnny B. Goode
- Hear My Train A Comin'
- Foxy Lady
- Machine Gun
- Freedom
- Red House
- Message of Love
- Easy Rider
- Voodoo Chile
- Good Feeling
- Hot Trigger
- (I Wonder) What It Takes
- Come On Baby, Part 1
- Come On Baby, Part 2
- Night Life
- You Got It
- Woke Up This Morning and Found Yourself Dead (live)
- Lime Lime (edited from Tomorrow Never Knows, live)
- Peoples Peoples (Bleeding Heart, live)
- Whoa 'Eeh (edited from Tomorrow Never Knows, live)
- Jungle / Beginning
- Drivin' South
- Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band
- Cherokee Mist
- Pride of Man
- Ezy Rider
- Drivin' South
- Highway of Desire
- Send My Love to Linda
- Cryin' Blue Rain
- Red House
- Good Times
- Voices
- Voice in the Wind
- Two and One Goes
- Let Me Go
- Uranus Rock
- Outside Woman Blues
- Room Full of Mirrors (extended version)
1968-03-17: Blues at Midnight: Cafe au Go-Go, New York, NY, USA
(Released 1995)
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- Little Wing
- Everything's Gonna Be Alright
- Three Little Bears, Part 1
- Three Little Bears, Part 2
- Instrumental Jam
- Stormy Monday
- Blues in C
- 1983... (A Merman I Should Turn to Be)
- Angel
- Cherokee Jam
- Hear My Train a'Comin'
- Voodoo Chile / Cherokee Mist
- Gypsy Eyes
- Hey Joe
- Purple Haze
- The Wind Cries Mary
- Foxy Lady
- Remember
- Gypsy Eyes
- All Along the Watchtower
- Voodoo Chile
- Burning of the Midnight Lamp
- Stone Free
- Highway Chile
- Manic Depression
- Long Hot Summer Night
- Crosstown Traffic
- 51st Anniversary
- Let Me Light Your Fire
- The New Rising Sun
- Belly Button Window
- Stepping Stone
- Freedom
- Angel
- Room Full of Mirrors
- Midnight
- Night Bird Flying
- Drifting
- Ezy Ryder
- Pali Gap
- Message to Love
- Peace in Mississippi
- In from the Storm
- Purple Haze
- Voodoo Chile
- Sunshine of Your Love
- Voodoo Chile (reprise)
- Catfish Blues
- Killing Floor
- Can You Please Crawl Out Your
- Hey Joe
- Burning of the Midnight Lamp
- Fire
- Tax Free
- Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
- Drivin' South
- Little Wing
- Little Miss Lover
- Wild Thing
- Spanish Castle Magic
- Star-Spangled Banner
- The Wind Cries Mary
- Foxy Lady
- Midnight Lightning
- Voovoo Chile
- Rainy Day Tryout
- Red House
- Bleeding Heart
- Blue Window Jam
- Villanova Junction Blues
- Funky Blues Jam
- Once I Had A Woman
- Police Blues
- Country Blues
- Freedom Jam
- Acoustic Medley
- Drivin' South
- Catfish Blues
- Wait Till Tomorrow
- Burning of the Midnight Lamp
- Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
- Hound Dog
- Electric Church Red House
- Are You Experienced?
- Look Over Yonder
- Earth Blues
- The Wind Cries Mary
- Little Wing
- 1983... (A Merman I Should Turn to Be)
- Angel
- God Save the Queen
- Cherokee Mist
- Introduction / Midnight Lightning
- Voodoo Chile
- Rainy Day (try out)
- Red House
- Bleeding Heart
- Blue Window Jam
- Villanova Junction Blues (Nov.69 - Jam edit)
- Funky Blues Jam (Strato Strut)
- Once I Had a Woman
- Police Blues
- Country Blues
- Freedom Jam
- Acoustic Jam (Dance on the Desert, Part 2)
- Red House
- Sweet Thing
- Blues Blues
- Groove Maker
- People's Peoples
- She's a Fox
- Woah Eeh
- Gonna Take the Lot
- Lime Lime
- Backward Experiment
- Freedom
- Lover Man
- Jungle Beginning
- Bleeding Heart
- Bleeding Heart
- Earth Blues
- Astro Man Jam
- Ezy Rider
- Room Full of Mirrors
- Captain Coconut
- Arriving
- Once I Had a Woman
- Dolly Dagger
- Good Times
- Voices
- Suspicious
- Whipper
- Goodbye, Bessie Mae
- Soul food (That's a What I Like)
- Voice in the Wind
- Free Spirit
- Introduction
- Fire
- Izabella
- Hear My Train a Comin' (Get My Heart Back Together)
- Red House
- Jam Back at the House (Beginnings)
- Voodoo Child (Slight Return) / Stepping Stone
- The Star Spangled Banner
- Purple Haze
- Woodstock Improvisation
- Villanova Junction
- Farewell
- Collage
- Hey Joe
- Jimi Interview
- How Would You Feel
- Love or Confusion
- Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
- All Along the Watchtower
- Little Wing
- Electric Church Red House
- Spanish Castle Magic
- Hear My Train a Comin'
- Rock'n'Roll Band
- Stepping Stone Band of Gypsies
- Gloria
- My Diary
- Utee
- The Burning of the Midnight Lamp
- Little Miss Lover
- Foxy Lady
- Catfish Blues
- Slow Walkin' Talk
- Drone Blues
- Lord I Sing the Blues for Me and You
- Traffic Jam
- Once I Had I Woman
- B.B. King Jam
- Country Blues
- Everything's Gonna Be All Right
- Further on Up the Road
- Hey Joe
- Purple Haze
- The Wind Cries Mary
- Stone Free
- Remember
- Burning of the Midnight Lamp
- Angel
- May This Be Love
- And the Gods Made Love
- Manic Depression
- Come On
- House Burning Down
- Long Hot Summer Night
- Can You See Me
- Red House
- Voodoo Chile
- Takin' Care of Business
- Cryin' Blue Rain
- Lover Man
- There Ain't Nothin' Wrong
- Room Full of Mirrors
- Look Over Yonder
- Sunshine of Your Love
- Shame, Shame, Shame
- Cat Talkin' to to Me
- Freedom
- Lover Man
- Untitled Instrumental 1
- Untitled Instrumental 2
- Dolly Dagger
- Bleeding Heart
- Earth Blues
- Ezy Rider
- Izabella
- Ezy Rider
- Room Full of Mirrors
- Come On
- Takin' Care of Business
- Cryin' Blue Rain
- Lover Man
- There Ain't Nothin' Wrong
- Room Full of Mirrors
- Look Over Yonder
- Sunshine of Your Love
- Cat Talkin' to Me
- Freedom
- Lover Man
- [untitled instrumental #1]
- [untitled instrumental #2]
- Dolly Dagger
- Bleeding Heart
- Earth Blues
- Ezy Ryder
- Izabella
- Ezy Ryder
- Room Full of Mirrors
- Izabella
- Machine Gun
- I'm a Man (So I'm Trying to Be)
- Lord I Can See the Blues (For Me and You)
- I'm a Man (So I'm Trying to Be)
- Beginnings
- Valleys of Neptune
- Earth Blues
- Dolly Dagger
- Room Full of Mirrors
- Stepping Stone
- Bleeding Heart
- Drifter's Escape
- Midnight
- 3 Little Bears
- Jam Back at the House
- Freedom
- Lover Man
- My Friend
- Astro Man
- Straight Ahead
- 1983... (A Merman I Should Turn to Be)
- Maui Sunset
- Trying to Be Jam
- Crash Landing
- Drifters Escape
- Power of Soul (no vocal, first part)
- Highway of Desire, Part 2
- Captain Coconut
- Crash Landing (with organ track)
- Somewhere Over the Rainbow
- Lover Man
- Message to Love
- Cherokee Mist
- Unknown Jam
- All Along the Watchtower
- Purple Haze
- Hey Joe
- The Wind Cries Mary
- Angel
- Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
- Foxy Lady
- Burning of the Midnight Lamp
- Highway Chile
- Crosstown Traffic
- Castles Made of Sand
- Long Hot Summer Night
- Red House
- Manic Depression
- Gypsy Eyes
- Little Wing
- Fire
- Wait Until Tomorrow
- Star Spangled Banner (live)
- Wild Thing (live)
- Dolly Dagger
- Earth Blues
- Pali Gap
- Room Full of Mirrors
- Star Spangled Banner
- Look Over Yonder
- Hear My Train a Comin'
- Hey Baby
- Izabella
- Stepping Stone
- Little Drummer Boy / Silent Night / Auld Lang Syne
- Let Me Light Your Fire
- Highway Chile
- Hey Joe
- Voodoo Chile
- Purple Haze
- Long Hot Summer Night
- The Wind Cries Mary
- Foxy Lady
- Remember
- Gypsy Eyes
- All Along the Watchtower
- Burning of the Midnight Lamp
- Stone Free
- Manic Depression
- Cross Town Traffic
- 51st Anniversary
- Country Blues (with harmonica)
- Calling All Devil's Children
- Valleys of Neptune (complete version)
- Cherokee Mist
- Ships Passing In The Night
- Easy Blues (complete version)
- Little Drummer Boy/Silent Night
- Danny Boy
- Drone Blues (complete version)
- [untitled guitar improvisation] (guitar & bass)
- Stepping Stone (demo version)
- Send My Love to Linda (very rare demo version)
- Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
- Fire
- The Wind Cries Mary
- Foxy Lady
- Hey Joe
- I Don't Live Today
- Burning of the Midnight Lamp
- Purple Haze
- Intro / God Save the Queen
- Message to Love
- Voodoo Chile
- Lover Man
- Machine Gun
- Dolly Dagger
- Red House
- In From the Storm
- New Rising Sun
- No Business
- Hush Now
- Voodoo Chile
- Voice in the Wind
- She's a Fox
- Hey LeRoy
- Goodbye Bessie Mae
- Red House
- Free Spirit
- Something You Got
- Bleeding Heart
- Highway Chile
- Tax Free
- Peter Gunn Catastrophe
- Stepping Stone
- Midnight
- 3 Little Bears
- Beginning
- Izabella
- Spanish Castle Magic
- Star Spangled Banner
- Purple Haze
- Foxy Lady
- I Don't Live Today
- Voodoo Chile
- Sunshine of Your Love
- Voodoo Chile (A Slight Reprise)
- Red House
- Lover Man
- Hey Baby (Land of the New Rising Sun)
- In From the Storm
- Message to Love
- Foxy Lady
- Hear My Train A-Comin'
- Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)
- Fire
- Purple Haze
- Third Stone From the Sun
- Rock Me Baby
- Look Over Yonder / Mister Bad Luck
- Burning of the Midnight Lamp
- Spanish Castle Magic
- Bold as Love
- One Rainy Wish
- Little Wing
- Drivin' South
- The Things That I Used to Do
- All Along the Watchtower
- Drifter's Escape
- Cherokee Mist
- Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
- 1983... (A Merman I Should Turn to Be)
- Hey Joe
- Purple Haze
- The Wind Cries Mary
- Foxy Lady
- Crosstown Traffic
- All Along the Watchtower
- Voodoo Child (slight return)
- Have You Ever Been (to Electric Ladyland)
- Star Spangled Banner
- Stepping Stone
- Room Full of Mirrors
- Ezy Ryder
- Freedom
- Drifting
- In From the Storm
- Angel
- Fire (live)
- Stone Free (live)
- Freedom
- Drifting
- Ezy Ryder
- Night Bird Flying
- My Friend
- Straight Ahead
- Astro Man
- Angel
- In From the Storm
- Belly Button Window
- Little Ivey
- Voodoo Chile
- Room Full of Mirrors
- Fire
- Purple Haze
- Wild Thing
- Bleeding Heart
- The Sunshine of Your Love
- Room Full of Mirrors (extended version)
- Bleeding Heart (extended version)
- Smashing of the Amps
- C# Blues (People, People, People)
- Stone Free
- Hey Joe
- Purple Haze
- Catfish Blues
- Foxy Lady
- Purple Haze
- Voodoo Chile
- Hey Joe
- Sunshine of Your Love
- Angel
- Like a Rolling Stone
- Fire
- Hear My Train A Comin'
- Red House
- Stone Free
- Are You Experienced / Stone Free
- Sunshine of Your Love
- Foxy Lady
- Like a Rolling Stone
- Voodoo Chile (slight return)
- Purple Haze
- Voices
- Let Me Go
- Gangster of Love
- Win Your Love
- You're Only Hurting Yourself (aka Two in One Goes)
- You Say You Love Me (aka Freedom and You)
- Good Times
- Voice in the Wind
- She's So Fine
- Soul food (That's a What I Like)
- Come Down Hard on Me Baby
- Blue Suede Shoes
- Jam 292
- The Stars That Play With Laughing Sam's Dice
- Drifters Escape
- Burning Desire
- Born a Hootchie Kootchie Man
- Electric Ladyland
- Fool for You Baby
- Happy Birthday
- Don't Accuse Me
- Hornet's Nest
- Flashing
- Odd Ball
- Strange Things
- Welcome Home
- Day Tripper
- Simon Says
- Good Times
- Voices
- Soul Food
- Voice in the Wind
- She's So Fine
- Hush Now
- No Business
- Love, Love
- Bring My Baby Back
- Psycho
- Suspicious
- Voodoo Chile
- Purple Haze
- Something You Got
- Red House
- She's So Fine
- Fire
- Wild Thing
- The Sunshine of Your Love
- Bleeding Heart
- Room Full of Mirrors
- Smashing the Amps
- Are You Experienced
- Third Stone From the Sun
- Purple Haze
- Hey Joe
- Fire
- Foxy Lady
- The Wind Cries Mary
- I Don't Live Today
- Little Wing
- If 6 Was 9
- Bold as Love
- Little Miss Lover
- Castles Made of Sand
- Gypsy Eyes
- Burning of the Midnight Lamp
- Voodoo Chile (slight return)
- Crosstown Traffic
- Still Raining, Still Dreaming
- Fire
- I Don't Live Today
- Red House
- Stone Free
- Are You Experienced?
- Little Wing
- Voodoo Child (slight return)
- Bleeding Heart (Blues in C-sharp)
- Hey Joe
- Wild Thing
- Hear My Train a Comin'
- Foxy Lady
1968-03-19: Live From Ottawa: Capitol Theatre, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Get That Feeling
- How Would You Feel
- Hush Now (instrumental)
- No Business
- Gotta Have a New Dress
- Strange Things
- Welcome Home
- Love, Love
- Day Tripper
- Gloomy Monday
- Happy Birthday
- Don't Accuse Me
- Flashing
- Odd Ball
- Strange Things
- Welcome Home
- Day Tripper
- Simon Says
- Fool For You Baby
- Don't Accuse Me
- Flashing
- Voice in the Wind
- Odd Ball
- Bring My Baby Back
- WhoaEeh
- Good Times
- Psycho
- Sweet Thang
- Hornet's Nest
- Happy Birthday
- Suspicious
- Room Full of Mirrors
- Purple Haze
- The Sunshine of Your Love
- Fire
- Bleeding Heart
- Smashing of Amps
- She's So Fine
- Wild Thing
- Voodoo Chile
- Red House
- Something You Got
- Killing Floor
- Foxy Lady
- Like a Rolling Stone
- Rock Me Baby
- Hey Joe
- Can You See Me
- The Wind Cries Mary
- Purple Haze
- Wild Thing
- Are You Experienced?
- I Don't Live Today
- Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
- Stepping Stone
- Castles Made of Sand
- Killing Floor
- Purple Haze
- Red House
- Crosstown Traffic
- Third Stone From the Sun
- All Along the Watchtower
- Jazz Jimi Jazz
- Electric Ladyland Blues
- She's So Fine
- Castles Made of Sand
- Spanish Castle Magic (instrumental)
- South Saturn Delta
- Electric Ladyland Drums
- Wait Until Tomorrow
- Ain't No Telling
- Little One (1)
- Little One (2)
- Golden Rose
- Bold as Love
- EXP
- Up From the Skies
- Purple Haze
- Love or Confusion
- Message to Love
- Gypsy Boy
- Little Miss Lover
- I Don't Live Today
- And the Gods Made Love
- She's So Fine
- Hey Joe
- Remember
- Are You Experienced
- Third Stone From the Sun
- The Wind Cries Mary
- All Along the Watchtower
- Manic Depression
- If Six Was Nine
- Bold as Love
- Little Wing
- Foxy Lady
- Burning of the Midnight Lamp
- Trashman
- Castles Made of Sand
- Voodoo Chile
- Stone Free Again
- Knock Yourself Out
- How Would You Feel
- Hush Now
- Hornets Nest
- No Business
- My Best Friend
- Strange Things
- Driving South
- I'm a Man
- Killing Floor
- California Night
- Ain't That Peculiar
- What'd I Say
- Bright Lights Big City
- Sunshine of Your Love
- Bleeding Heart
- Fire
- Little Wing
- Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)
- Room Full of Mirrors
- Purple Haze
- Wild Thing
- Smashing of the Amps
- Introduction by Rosalie Peters
- Foxy Lady
- Introduction & story bij Jimi Hendrix
- Catfish Blues
- Purple Haze (false start)
- Purple Haze (1)
- Purple Haze - 2
- Stone Free
- Day Tripper
- Killing Floor
- Love or Confusion
- Driving South
- Catfish Blues
- Wait Until Tomorrow
- Burning of the Midnight Lamp
- Hound Dog
- Fire
- Hoochie Coochie Man
- Purple Haze
- Spanish Castle Magic
- Hey Joe
- Foxy Lady
- Hear My Train a Comin'
- Purple Haze
- Voodoo Chile (slight return)
- Sunshine of Your Love
- Voodoo Chile (reprise)
- Catfish Blues
- Killing Floor
- Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window
- Hey Joe
- Power of Soul 1
- Power of Soul 2
- Power of Soul 3
- Power of Noodling
- Power of Soul 4
- Message of Love 1
- Message of Love 2
- Little Dog of Mine / Tune Up
- Heaven Has No Sorrow (Playback)
- Heaven Has No Sorrow 1
- Heaven Has No Sorrow 2
- Valleys of Neptune 1
- Valleys of Neptune 2
- Valleys of Neptune 3
- Valleys of Neptune 4
- Valleys of Neptune 5
- Valleys of Neptune 6
- Valleys of Neptune 7
- Stepping Stone
- Come Down Hard on Me Baby 1
- Come Down Hard on Me Baby 2
- Come Down Hard on Me Baby 3
- Crash Landing 1
- Crash Landing 2
- Crash Landing 3
- Somewhere 1
- Somewhere 2
- Somewhere 3
- Peace in Mississippi 1
- Peace in Mississippi 2
- Peace In Mississippi 3
- With the Power 1
- With The Power 2
- Stone Free Again
- Message to Love
- M.L.K.
- Driving South
- Everything's Gonna Be Alright / Jam
- Instrumental Jam
- Earth Blues Jam
- Instrumental Jam
- The Things I Used to Do (take 1)
- Ships Passing in the Night
- The Things I Used to Do (take 2)
- Straight Ahead
- Spanish Castle Magic
- Sunshine of Your Love
- Hey Baby (New Rising Sun)
- Message of Love
- Machine Gun
- Purple Haze
- Red House
- Foxy Lady
- Ezy Rider
- Hey Joe
- Power of Soul
- Lover Man
- Power of Soul/Lover Man (Different Source)
- Little Wing
- Purple Haze
- Bleeding Heart (with Jim Morrison)
- Fire
- Wild Thing
- Morrison's Lament (with Jim Morrison)
- Uranus Rock
- The Sunshine Of Your Love
- Young/Hendrix
- Fuzzy Guitar Jam, Part 1
- Fuzzy Guitar Jam, Part 2
- Fuzzy Guitar Jam, Part 3
- Duane Hitchings Jam, Part 1
- Duane Hitchings Jam, Part 2
- World Traveler
- World Traveler
- It's Too Bad
- Young/Hendrix
- Purple Haze
- Hey Joe
- All Along the Watchtower
- Foxy Lady
- Voodoo Chile
- Johnny B. Goode
- Gypsy Eyes
- Stone Free
- Fire
- Highway Chile
- Little Wing
- Gloria
- Back on the Desert / (acoustic medley)
- Izabella / The Rumble
- Izabella / Machine Gun Jam (JA6)
- Univibe Jam (JA7)
- Message to Love
- Mannish Boy
- Mannish Boy / Izabella / You Make Me Feel
- Ain't Got Nobody
- The Dance
- Sundance
- Free Form Jam (JA2)
- Like a Rolling Stone
- Blues Jam No. 1, Part I
- Blues Jam No. 1, Part I
- [Band Introduction by B.B. King]
- Blues Jam No. 2, Part I
- Blues Jam No. 2, Part I
- Blues Jam No. 3
- It's My Own Fault
- Little Wing
- Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)
- Purple Haze
- The Sunshine of Your Love
- Bleeding Heart (feat. Jim Morrison)
- Make Up His Morning and Found Yourself Dead
- Tomorrow Never Knows (feat. Jim Morrison)
- Fire
- Wild Thing
- Morrison's Lament (feat. Jim Morrison)
- Announcement NDR2 28.11.1992
- Foxey Lady
- Hey Joe
- Stone Free
- Fire
- Purple Haze
- Announcement NDR2 28.11.1992
- Hey Joe
- Foxy Lady
- Still Raining, Still Dreaming
- Little Miss Strange
- 3rd Stone From the Sun
- Can You See Me
- Night Bird Flying
- Love or Confusion
- Have You Ever Been (To Electric Ladyland)
- Red House
- Are You Experienced
- May This Be Love
- Angel
- Voodoo Chile
- Purple Haze
- Gypsy Eyes
- No Such Animal (Part 1)
- Tomorrow
- No Such Animal (Part 2)
- Come On Baby I
- Come On Baby II
- I Love My Baby
- Down Now
- Louisville
- Intro
- Killing Floor
- Spanish Castle Magic
- All Along The Watchtower
- Hey Joe
- Hey Baby
- Message to Love
- Foxy Lady
- Red House
- Ezy Rider
- Freedom
- Billy-Mitch Solo
- Room Full Of Mirrors
- Purple Haze
- Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
- Little Ivey (Little Wing)
- Voodoo Chile
- Room Full of Mirrors
- Fire
- Purple Haze
- Wild Thing
- Bleeding Heart
- The Sunshine of Your Love
- Room Full of Mirrors
- Bleeding Heart
- Smashing of the Amps
- Hey Joe
- Foxey Lady
- Purple Haze
- The Wind Cries Mary
- Wild Thing
- Stone Free
- All Along the Watchtower
- Gipsey Eyes
- Highway Chile
- Voodoo Chile
- Fire
- Let Me Light Your Fire
- Crosstown Traffic
- Free Spirit
- Burning of the Midnight Lamp
- House of the Rising Sun
- Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)
- Foxy Lady
- Red House
- Sunshine of Your Love
- I Don't Live Today
- Hear My Train a Comin'
- Intro
- Hear My Train A-Comin'
- Spanish Castle Magic
- Red House
- Mastermind
- Lover Man
- Foxey Lady
- Jamming Back at the House (Beginnings)
- Rock Me Baby
- All the Stops Wild Thing
- Army Days
- Machine Gun
- A Star Player
- Johnny B. Goode
- An Admirer of Dylan
- Off to England
- Hey Joe
- London Fame
- Purple Haze
- Drugs Sex and Rock 'n' Roll
- The Wind Cries Mary (2)
- Angel
- Voodoo Child
- Foxey Lady (2)
- Burning of the Midnight Lamp (2)
- Highway Chile (2)
- Crosstown Traffic (2)
- Castles Made of Sand (2)
- Long Hot Summer Night (2)
- Red House (2)
- Manic Depression (2)
- Gypsy Eyes (2)
- Little Wing (2)
- Fire (2)
- Wait Until Tomorrow (2)
- Star Spangled Banner
- Wild Thing
- Stone Free
- Fire
- Message to Love
- Lover Man
- Foxey Lady
- Ezy Ryder
- Star Spangled Banner
- Purple Haze
- Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
- Tax Free
- I Don't Live Today
- Foxey Lady
- Little Wing
- This Is America
- Purple Haze
- Earth Versus Space
- Power of Soul
- Lover Man
- Lonesome Train
- Them Changes
- Hey Joe
- Purple Haze
- Wild Thing
- Intro
- Lover Man
- Experience the Blues
- Ezy Ryder
- Come On
- Room Full of Mirrors
- Land of the New Rising Sun / Hey Baby
- Message to Love
- Machine Gun
- Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)
- In From the Storm
- Purple Haze
- Foxey Lady
- Purple Haze
- Voodoo Chile (slight return)
- Sunshine of Your Love
- Voodoo Chile (reprise)
- Catfish Blues
- Killing Floor
- Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window
- Hey Joe
- Message of Love
- Highway Chile
- Angel
- Gipsy Boy (New Rising Sun)
- Burning of the Midnight Lamp
- Purple Haze
- Love or Confusion
- Bold as Love
- 51st Anniversary
- The Wind Cries Mary
- Voodoo Chile
- Castles Made of Sand
- Are You Experienced
- All Along the Watchtower
- Foxey Lady
- Hey Joe
- Fire
- The Star Spangled Banner (video track)
- Little Wing (live)
- Purple Haze
- Voodoo Child (Slight Return) (live)
- Red House (live)
- Wild Thing (live)
- Fire (live)
- Bleeding Heart (short version) (live)
- Freedom and You
- Good Times
- She's So Fine
- The Sunshine of Your Love (short version) (live)
- Voice in the Wind
- Voices
- Uranus Rock
- Tomorrow Never Knows (live)
- Morrison's Lament (live)
- Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
- We Gotta Live Together
- Wild Thing
- Hey Joe
- Purple Haze
- Intro (1970-01-28)
- Who Knows (1970-01-28)
- Earth Blues (1970-01-28)
- Introduction - Fire
- Lover Man
- Spanish Castle Magic
- Red House
- Room Full of Mirrors
- Hear My Train A-Comin'
- Message to Love
- All Along the Watchtower
- Freedom
- Foxey Lady
- Purple Haze
- Hey Joe
- Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
- Stone Free
- Star-Spangled Banner
- Strate Ahead
- Hey Baby (New Rising Sun)
- Fire
- Manic Depression
- Sunshine of Your Love
- Spanish Castle Magic
- Are You Experienced
- Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)
- Like a Rolling Stone
- Red House
- Voodoo Chile
- Little Wing
- Wild Thing
- Bleeding Heart
- Night Life
- Fire
- Room Full of Mirrors
- Pyscho
- Hot Trigger
- Free Spirit
- Groove Maker
- Voice in the Wind
- Suspicious
- She's a Fox
- Two and One Goes
- Go Go Shoes
- Uranus Rock
- Win Your Love
- Introduction
- Killing Floor
- Spanish Castle Magic
- Fire
- Hey Joe
- Voodoo Chile
- Red House
- Sunshine of Your Love
- Killing Floor
- Experience the Blues
- Foxey Lady
- Red House
- Driving South
- The Wind Cries Mary
- Fire
- Little Wing
- Purple Haze
- Catfish Blues
- Tax Free
- Master James & Co.
- Fire
- Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
- Foxey Lady
- Spanish Castle Magic
- Freedom
- Red House
- Woke Up This Morning and You Find Yourself Dead
- Bleeding Heart
- Morrison's Lament
- Tomorrow Never Knows
- Uranus Rock
- Outside Woman Blues
- Sunshine of Your Love
- Hey Joe (rehearsal)
- Hound Dog (rehearsal)
- Hound Dog (rehearsal)
- Hound Dog (rehearsal)
- Voodoo Chile (Slight Return) (rehearsal)
- Lonesome Train (rehearsal)
- Tax Free
- Let Me Stand Next to Your Fire
- Getting My Heart Back Together Again
- Foxey Lady
- Hey Joe
- Foxey Lady
- Stone Free
- Love or Confusion
- Purple Haze
- Killing Floor
- Fire
- The Wind Cries Mary
- Wild Thing
- Burning of the Midnight Lamp
- Jam #1
- Jam #2
- Little Miss Lover
- Drivin' South
- Experiencing The Blues
- Hound Dog
- All Along the Watchtower
- Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window
- Spanish Castle Magic
- Day Tripper
- Getting My Heart Back Together
- Wait Until Tomorrow
- Jimi Raps With the Audience
- Lover Man
- Stone Free
- Hear My Train a Comin'
- I Don't Live Today
- Red House
- Foxey Lady
- Free Spirit
- You Got It
- Psycho
- People Peoples (Bleeding Heart)
- Come on Baby, Part I
- Good Feeling
- Whipper (Whipe the Sweat, take 3)
- Night Life
- Soul Food (That's What I Like)
- Voices
- Come on Baby, Part II
- Woke Up This Morning and Found Myself Dead
- Hot Trigger
- Voice in the Wind
- Good Times
- Suspicious
- Outside Woman Blues
- Goodbye Bessie Mae
- Had to Cry Today
- Paper Aeroplanes
- Blue Suede Shoes (Jam)
- Izabella (Overdub session: take 2)
- Izabella
- Honey Bed (Takes 1-5)
- Get That Feeling
- How Would You Feel
- Hush Now
- No Business
- Simon Says
- Gotta Have a New Dress
- Strange Things
- Welcome Home
- Love, Love
- Day Tripper
- Gloomy Monday
- Fool for You Baby
- Don't Accuse Me
- Hornet's Nest
- Flashing
- Odd Ball
- Happy Birthday
- Mushy Name
- Crying Blue Rain Jam (Fade In)
- Alcatrazz
- Country Blues
- Villanova Junction Blues
- Hey Gypsy Boy
- Come Along (Slow)
- 3 Little Bears (Studio Fun)
- M.L.K. & Cherokee Mist
- Morrison's Lament
- Go-Go Place
- Outside Woman Blues
- Under The Table
- Goodbye Bessie May
- Two In One Goes
- Good Times
- You Got It
- Free Spirit
- Hey Joe
- Purple Haze
- Foxy Lady
- Red House
- Manic Depression
- Burning of the Midnight Lamp
- Highway Chile
- Free Spirit
- Star Spangled Banner
- Blues, Blues
- Sweet Thing
- Stone Free
- Fire
- Message to Love
- Lover Man
- Foxy Lady
- Ezy Rider
- Star Spangled Banner
- Purple Haze
- Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)
- Opening Jan
- Room Full of Mirrors
- C. Blues
- Smashing of Amps
- Little Evey
- Woodoo Chile
- Room Full of Mirrors
- Fire
- Purple Haze
- Wild Thing / Bleeding Heart
- Long Hot Summer Night I
- Long Hot Summer Night II
- Long Hot Summer Night III
- 1983... (A Merman I Should Turn to Be) I
- 1983... (A Merman I Should Turn to Be) II
- Angel
- Cherokee Mist
- Astro Man
- Money (That's What I Want)
- Voodoo Child (Slight Return) / Keep On Groovin'
- Come On (Let the Good Times Roll)
- Hear My Train A Comin'
- Voodoo Child
- Gypsy Eyes
- Beginnings
- I'm a Man (takes 2-5)
- Gypsy Sunset (Lonely Avenue Jam, Part 2)
- Astro Man (Astro Man Jam)
- Eazy Rider Jam
- Izabella
- Stepping Stone
- Valleys of Neptune... Arising
- Killing Floor
- Have Mercy
- Can You See Me
- Like a Rolling Stone
- Rock Me Baby
- Catfish Blues
- Stone Free
- Hey Joe
- Wild Thing
- I Don't Live Today
- Hear My Train a Coming
- Spanish Castle Magic
- Castles Made of Sand 1
- Spanish Castle Magic 1 (instrumental)
- Jam 1
- Electric Ladyland 1
- Wait Until Tomorrow 1
- Ain't No Telling 1
- Instrumental 1 (feat. Brian Jones)
- Instrumental 2 (feat. Brian Jones)
- All Along the Watchtower
- One Rainy Wish 1
- She's So Fine
- Axis / Bold as Love
- EXP
- Up From the Skies
- Calling All Devil's Children
- Electric Ladyland 2
- Good Feeling
- Hot Tigger
- Psycho
- Come on Baby, Part 1
- Come on Baby, Part 2
- Night Life
- You Got It
- Woke Up in the Morning
- Lime Lime
- Peoples People
- Whoa'eeh
- Fire
- Lover Man
- Spanish Castle Magic
- Red House
- Message to Love
- Hear My Train A Comin'
- Stone Free
- All Along the Watchtower
- Freedom
- Foxy Lady
- Purple Haze
- Hey Joe
- Star Spangled Banner
- Straight Ahead
- Room Full of Mirrors
- Voodoo Chile
- Intro
- Fire
- Getting My Heart Back Together Again
- Spanish Castle Magic
- Red House
- Foxy Lady
- Room Full of Mirrors
- Purple Haze
- Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
- The Wind Cries Mary
- I Don't Live Today
- La Poupee Qui Fait Non
- Taking Care of No Business
- One Rainy Wish
- Electric Ladyland
- South Saturn Delta
- Rainy Day Shiffle Jam / Still Raining, Still Dreaming
- Cat Talking to Me (take 1)
- Cat Talking to Me (take 2)
- Room Full of Mirrors
- Sunshine of Your Love
- Jah H290
- Ships Passing in the Night
- Trying to Be (A Man)
- Stone Free
- Day Tripper
- Killing Floor
- Love or Confusion
- Driving South
- Catfish Blues
- Wait Until Tomorrow
- Burning of the Midnight Lamp
- Hound Dog
- Fire
- Hoochie Coochie Man
- Purple Haze
- Spanish Castle Magic
- Hey Joe
- Foxy Lady
- Hear My Train A Comin'
- Little Wing
- Purple Haze
- Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)
- Red House
- Wild Thing
- The Sunshine of Your Love
- Bleeding Heart
- Soul Food
- Fire
- Room Full of Mirrors
- Psycho
- Let Me Go
- Freedom and You
- Good Feeling
- Go Go Shoes
- She's So Fine
- Sweet Thang
- Win Your Love
- Two + One Goes
- Voice in the Wind
- Hey Joe
- Foxy Lady
- Voodoo Chile (Slide Return)
- Purple Haze
- All Along the Watchtower
- Crosstown Traffic
- The Wind Cries Mary
- Angel
- Wait Until Tomorrow
- Little Wing
- Manic Depression
- Fire
- Castle Made of Sand
- Wild Thing
- Red House
- Little Drummer Boy / Silent Night
- Auld Lang Syne
- Burning Desire
- Hootchie Kootchie Man
- Interviews
- Power of Soul (No Voice)
- Lover Man
- Hear My Train
- Changes
- Machine Gun
- Happy New Year
- Hey Joe
- Purple Haze
- Foxy Lady
- Wild Thing
- Burning of the Midnight Lamp
- Highway Chile
- House of the Rising Sun
- The Wind Cries Mary
- Voodoo Chile
- Little Wing
- Fire
- Red House
- Impromptu No. 2 Baroque I
- Impromptu No. 2 Baroque II
- Impromptu No. 3 Virtuoso Part 1. Berceuse
- Impromptu No. 3 Virtuoso Part 2. Flying
- Impromptu No. 3 Virtuoso Part 3. Perpetuum Mobile
- Izabella
- Instrumental
- Beginnings, If 6 Was 9
- Shokan Sunrise
- Izabella (2nd Version)
- Flute Instrumental
- Jimi's March
- African Instrumental
- Message of Love
- Beginnings (2nd Version)
- Jimi's March (Live Version)
- UFO
- You Don't Want Me (instrumental)
- Better Times Ahead
- Future Trip Ahead
- Wah Wah (instrumental)
- Everybody Knew but Me
- Mercy Lady Day (instrumental)
- If You Gonna Make a Fool of Somebody
- My Best Friend (instrumental)
- The Ballad of Jimi
- Second Time Around (instrumental)
- Drivin' South (instrumental)
- Ain't That Peculiar
- I'll Be Doggone
- I've Got a Sweet Little Angel
- Bright Light, Big City
- Get Out of My Life Woman
- Last Night (instrumental)
- Sugar Pie, Honey Pie
- What'd I Say
- Shotgun
- Purple Haze
- Fire
- The Wind Cries Mary
- Hey Joe
- All Along the Watchtower
- Stone Free
- Crosstown Traffic
- Manic Depression
- Little Wing
- If 6 Was 9
- Foxy Lady
- Bold as Love
- Castles Made of Sand
- Red House
- Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
- Freedom
- Night Bird Flying
- Angel
- Dolly Dagger
- Star Spangled Banner
- Prologue
- Fire
- Manic Depression
- Sunshine of Your Love
- Spanish Castle Magic
- Red House
- Killing Floor
- Tax Free
- Foxy Lady
- Hey Joe
- Purple Haze
- Wild Thing
- Epilogue
- Purple Haze
- The Sunshine of Your Love
- Uranus Rock
- Wake Up This Morning and Found Yourself Dead
- Blues Blues
- Tomorrow Never Knows (feat. Jim Morrison)
- Outside Woman Blues
- You Got It
- Goodbye Bessie Mae
- Morrison's Lament (feat. Jim Morrison)
- Good Times
- Voices
- Wipe the Sweat (2)
- She's So Fine
- Sweet Thing
- Freedom and You
- Let Me Go
- House Burning Down
- Voodoo Chile
- Gypsy Eyes
- Crosstown Traffic
- Johnny B. Goode
- Still Raining, Still Dreamng
- Burning the Midnight Oil
- Red House
- All Along the Watchtower
- Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
- Go-Go Shoes
- Go-Go Place
- Soul Food (That's What I Like)
- Under the Table 1
- Under the Table 2
- Goodbye, Bessie May
- Two in One Goes
- Wipe the Sweat 1
- Wipe the Sweat 2
- Wipe the Sweat 3
- Hey Joe
- Stone Free
- Purple Haze
- 51st Anniversary
- The Wind Cries Mary
- Highway Chile
- Burning of the Midnight Lamp
- The Stars That Play With Laughing Sam's Dice
- All Along the Watchtower
- Long Hot Summer Night
- Crosstown Traffic
- Let Me Light Your Fire
- Foxy Lady
- I Don't Live Today
- Red House
- Spanish Castle Magic
- Star-Spangled Banner
- The Wind Cries Mary
- Burning of the Midnight Lamp
- Fire
Born: 1942-11-27
Died: 1970-09-18
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Jimi Hendrix - Hey Joe
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- Duration: 3:29
- Published: 19 Apr 2008
- Updated: 20 Jul 2012
The man who influanced SRV, Joe Satriani, Yngwie Malmsteen & many more - Jimi Hendrix! (I highly recommend you to watch at the high quality mode). Remember to check out my channel for more cool stuff!
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All Along the Watchtower - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
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- Duration: 4:01
- Published: 21 Jan 2008
- Updated: 20 Jul 2012
A video set to photos of Jimi ~
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voodoo child jimi hendrix live
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- Duration: 6:54
- Published: 12 Mar 2011
- Updated: 20 Jul 2012
voodoo child (slight return) jimi hendrix live
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Jimi Hendrix - Valleys Of Neptune
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- Duration: 4:05
- Published: 23 Feb 2010
- Updated: 20 Jul 2012
Music video by Jimi Hendrix performing Valleys Of Neptune. (C) 2009 Experience Hendrix LLC, under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment
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Jimi Hendrix - Foxy Lady
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- Duration: 2:20
- Published: 31 Aug 2007
- Updated: 20 Jul 2012
~!CLIP!~ The Great Jimi Hendrix with Foxey Lady
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Jimi Hendrix - The Star Spangled Banner (Live at Woodstock 1969)
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- Duration: 4:04
- Published: 25 Nov 2011
- Updated: 20 Jul 2012
Another video for people to watch. I will be uploading a cover video soon, but here's a video for you to watch. Please comment and subcribe
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Purple Haze-Jimi Hendrix Live in colour
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- Duration: 4:22
- Published: 20 Feb 2009
- Updated: 20 Jul 2012
Purple Haze all in my Brain...
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Jimi Hendrix - Rock Me Baby (Live) HQ
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- Duration: 3:24
- Published: 16 Nov 2009
- Updated: 20 Jul 2012
Jimi Hendrix plays Monterey 67 - Rock Me Baby
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jimi hendrix - hey joe @woodstock
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- Duration: 5:01
- Published: 06 Mar 2012
- Updated: 20 Jul 2012
jimi hendrix @woodstock 1969
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House of rising sun - Jimi Hendrix
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- Duration: 5:35
- Published: 03 Nov 2009
- Updated: 20 Jul 2012
House of rising sun - Jimi Hendrix
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Jimi Hendrix - Voodoo Child (Slight Return) | Lyrics Video
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- Duration: 5:12
- Published: 25 Jul 2011
- Updated: 20 Jul 2012
"Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" is the last track on Electric Ladyland, the third and final album by the Jimi Hendrix Experience. The song is known for its wah-wah-heavy guitar work. It is #101 on Rolling Stone's list of 500 greatest songs of all time. The song was recorded in 1968, and was re-released as a single after Hendrix's death in 1970. It reached Number 1 in the UK, making it the band's only single to top the charts. It was catalogued as "Voodoo Chile" (Track 2095 001), and that is the title which appears on the single and is the title referred to officially. This obviously confuses it with the 15-minute song "Voodoo Chile" also on Electric Ladyland. The B-side of the single featured two of his previous hits: "Hey Joe" and "All Along the Watchtower". --- You can download the song or the album here: itunes.apple.com ---
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Jimi Hendrix - Angel
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- Duration: 4:30
- Published: 15 Dec 2009
- Updated: 20 Jul 2012
Excellent song by the master of the guitar and showmanship.
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Jimi Hendrix - Death Announcement
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- Duration: 1:46
- Published: 18 Aug 2007
- Updated: 18 Jul 2012
Jimi Hendrix's death announcement, September 18th, 1970 on ABC News. Some inaccuracies of the clip.. alexrimsrydr57 "he didnt die of an overdose either...the official cause was "inhalation of vommit... he took 20 sleeping pills with wine, threw up in his sleep, inhaled it and died...and he was 27 not 28" I particularly like that the reporter says "During his short career Hendrix Flailed his -clears throat to read his notes/written material?- Some of the most unusual sounds of an unusual music" to describe his music. This man was a fucking genius. He is my favorite musician of all time. Never mind being Way ahead of his time. He Invented the Intense-Space-Exploring Guitar Solo. If you ever want to see space without a rocket, listen to Voodoo Child off of Electric Ladyland. If you want to go to the beach and chill listen to Pali Gap off of Rainbow bridge. And finally, if you want to feel absolutely free and love life, Listen to the Live recording of Stone free off of Live at the Fillmore East. Those are my 3 favorite Hendrix tunes :]
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Jimi Hendrix Maui 1970 Rainbow Bridge Concert
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- Duration: 81:07
- Published: 26 Oct 2011
- Updated: 20 Jul 2012
Jimi Hendrix - Freedom
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- Duration: 3:41
- Published: 19 Dec 2007
- Updated: 20 Jul 2012
One of the Greatest songs ever. This song was first released on Jimi's first posthumous album "The Cry of love" and was later featured on the 1997 album "First Rays of the New Rising Sun"
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Little Richard on Jimi Hendrix
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- Duration: 1:46
- Published: 31 Aug 2006
- Updated: 14 Jul 2012
Little Richard discussing Jimi Hendrix from a 1973 documentary about the late guitarist.
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Gypsy Eyes by. Jimi Hendrix
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- Duration: 3:45
- Published: 12 Apr 2007
- Updated: 19 Jul 2012
From Electric Ladyland
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Jimi Hendrix - Purple Haze HQ
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- Duration: 2:57
- Published: 31 Jul 2010
- Updated: 22 Jul 2012
Enjoy ! Thank you guys for watching ! Note : Sorry if this Video is Blocked in some countries, IT'S NOT MY FAULT ! My first video :D 700k views haha !!
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Hoochie Coochie Man-Jimi Hendrix
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- Duration: 5:33
- Published: 20 Aug 2008
- Updated: 21 Jul 2012
The Jimi Hendrix Experience performing Hoochie Coochie Man by Muddy Waters
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The Star Spangled Banner - Jimi Hendrix
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- Duration: 3:47
- Published: 13 Oct 2007
- Updated: 22 Jul 2012
The Star Spangled Banner
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Jimi Hendrix-Born Under a Bad Sign
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- Duration: 7:38
- Published: 21 Dec 2010
- Updated: 21 Jul 2012
Outstanding Blues instrumental from Hendrix.
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Jimi Hendrix By Michael Winslow
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- Duration: 2:03
- Published: 09 Dec 2006
- Updated: 21 Jul 2012
Sounds effects that sound like Jimi on an electric guitar........the guy is just talented.
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Amazing Jimi Hendrix Tribute / Impression by Michael Winslow
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- Duration: 3:43
- Published: 08 May 2007
- Updated: 21 Jul 2012
The opening act of the legendary Michael Winslow's hilarious performance in Michael Winslow Live at the Improv. Known universally as the sound-effects ninja guy from Police Academy, he continued to refine his noises and impersonations long after the movies disappeared from public view. He now returns with his amazing signature Jimi Hendrix impersonation along side other incredible acts later in the show including a Led Zeppelin performance and a host of other sound-effect related gags.
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- This article is about the guitarist. For the band, see The Jimi Hendrix Experience. "James Hendrix" redirects here. For the American soldier, see James R. Hendrix.
| Jimi Hendrix | |
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 Jimi Hendrix performing for Dutch television in 1967 |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Johnny Allen Hendrix |
| Born | (1942-11-27)November 27, 1942 Seattle, Washington, US |
| Died | September 18, 1970(1970-09-18) (aged 27) Kensington, London, England |
| Genres | Psychedelic rock, hard rock, heavy metal, blues rock, acid rock |
| Occupations | Singer-songwriter, musician, producer, recording studio entrepreneur |
| Instruments | Guitar, vocals, bass, keyboards, percussion |
| Years active | 1963–1970 |
| Labels | RSVP, Track, Barclay, Polydor, Reprise, Capitol, MCA |
| Associated acts | Little Richard, The Isley Brothers, The Blue Flame, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Gypsy Sun and Rainbows, Band of Gypsys, Curtis Knight |
| Website | www.jimihendrix.com |
| Notable instruments | |
 Jimi Hendrix's Signature |
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James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix; November 27, 1942[1][2] – September 18, 1970) was an American musician and singer-songwriter. He is widely considered to be the greatest electric guitarist in music history,[3][4][5] and one of the most influential musicians of his era despite mainstream exposure limited to just three years.[6][7][8] After initial success in Europe with his group The Jimi Hendrix Experience, he achieved fame in the United States following his 1967 performance at the Monterey Pop Festival. Later, he headlined the iconic 1969 Woodstock Festival and the 1970 Isle of Wight Festival. He often favored raw overdriven amplifiers with high gain and treble and helped develop the previously undesirable technique of guitar amplifier feedback.[9]
Hendrix helped to popularize use of the wah-wah pedal in mainstream rock, which he often used to deliver tonal exaggerations in his solos, particularly with high bends, complex guitar playing, and use of legato. As a record producer, he also broke new ground in using the recording studio as an extension of his musical ideas. He was one of the first to experiment with stereophonic phasing effects for rock recording.[citation needed] He was influenced by blues artists such as B.B. King, Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Albert King and Elmore James,[10][11][12][13] rhythm and blues and soul guitarists Curtis Mayfield and Steve Cropper, and the jazz guitarist Wes Montgomery. Hendrix began dressing and wearing a moustache like Little Richard when he performed and recorded in his band from March 1, 1964 through to the spring of 1965.[14][15][16] In 1966, he stated, "I want to do with my guitar what Little Richard does with his voice".[17]
Hendrix won several prestigious rock music awards during his lifetime, and many more posthumously. He was inducted into the US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992 and the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2005. An English Heritage blue plaque was erected in his name on his former residence at Brook Street, London, in September 1997. A star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame was dedicated in 1994. In 2006, his debut US album, Are You Experienced, was inducted into the United States National Recording Registry, and Rolling Stone named Hendrix the top guitarist on its list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all-time in 2003.[18]
Early life[link]
He was born Johnny Allen Hendrix on November 27, 1942, in Seattle, Washington, the first of five children to James Allen "Al" Hendrix[19] (June 10, 1919, Vancouver, British Columbia – April 17, 2002, Renton, Washington) and Lucille Jeter (October 12, 1925, Seattle, Washington – February 2, 1958, Renton, Washington).[20]
Hendrix's ancestry was of mixed African American, European, and Native American origin. His paternal great grandfather was Bertran Philander Ross, a wealthy white grain dealer from Urbana, Ohio, who was of Irish, German, and English descent. Out of wedlock, Bertran Philander Ross and his slave Fanny Hendricks produced Jimi's paternal grandfather Ross Hendricks (Hendrix).[21] Jimi Hendrix was part Cherokee,[22] his paternal great-great grandmother being a Cherokee from Georgia.[23] His parents met at a dance in Seattle in 1941 when Lucille Jeter was 16. When she married Al Hendrix the next year, on March 13, 1942, she was pregnant. Since Al had been drafted into the United States Army due to World War II, he was shipped out three days later.[24][25] Al Hendrix completed his basic training at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, but was stationed in Alabama when his son was born. Because the commanding officer believed that he would go AWOL to Seattle in order to visit his new son, he was locked up in the stockade as a preventative measure, where he remained to receive the telegram informing him of his son's birth.[26] The baby that would grow up to become the guitarist Jimi Hendrix was born to a father who had six fingers on each hand.[27] Al Hendrix spent the war in the South Pacific Theater mostly in Fiji.[28] During the three years that he was away, Lucille struggled with raising her infant son who was neglected in favor of the nightlife scene.[29] Thus Hendrix was mostly cared for by family members and others during this period.
His father received an honorable discharge from the U.S. Army on September 1, 1945, and retrieved his son from a woman who was caring for him in Berkeley. Al legally changed his son's name to James Marshall Hendrix in memory of his late brother, Leon Marshall Hendrix.[30][31] He was known as "Buster" to friends and family, from birth.[32] After his return, Al reunited with Lucille. He found it difficult to gain steady employment after the Second World War, and the family was impoverished. Like Lucille, Al also struggled with alcohol and the couple had frequent fights. At one point a pimp named John Page who had a history with Lucille even tried to commandeer her out of a movie theater while she was with Al. Al objected and a fight ensued, spilling out into the street. Al had been an amateur boxer and stunned the pimp with a first punch, eventually winning the brawl and they never saw the pimp again.[33]
During the early years of Hendrix's life, the turmoil caused by his parent's fighting would sometimes cause him to withdraw and hide in a closet in their home.[33] They moved often, staying in cheap hotels and apartments around Seattle. Throughout his childhood Hendrix would periodically be dropped off to be cared for by relatives. This all left an imprint on him as a small child which would remain with him the rest of his life.[34] In addition to the instability of his home life, Hendrix in later years confided to two different girlfriends that he had been the victim of sexual abuse, although he never elaborated. In one instance while he was living in Harlem, Hendrix broke down crying as his girlfriend related the sexual abuse she had suffered as a child, telling her that the same thing had happened to him.[35]
Hendrix had two brothers, Leon and Joseph, and two sisters, Kathy and Pamela. Joseph was born with physical difficulties and was placed in foster care at age three. His two sisters were also both placed in foster care at a young age. Kathy was born blind and Pamela suffered lesser physical difficulties.
On December 17, 1951, when Hendrix was nine years old, his parents divorced. His mother developed cirrhosis of the liver and died on February 2, 1958, when the state of her liver caused her spleen to rupture.[36] On occasion, he was placed in the care of his paternal grandmother in Vancouver, British Columbia because of the unstable household, and his brother Leon was placed in foster care temporarily.[37] Hendrix was a shy and sensitive boy, deeply affected by the poverty and family disruption he experienced at a young age. Unusual for his era, Hendrix's high school had a relatively even ethnic mix of African, European, and Asian Americans.[38]
First guitar[link]
At age 15, around the time his mother died, he acquired his first acoustic guitar for US$5 from an acquaintance of his father. This guitar replaced both the broomstick he had been strumming in imitation, and a ukulele which his father had found while cleaning a garage.[39][40][41] Hendrix learned to play by practicing for several hours a day, watching others play, getting tips from more experienced players, and listening to records. In mid-1959, his father bought Hendrix a white Supro Ozark, his first electric guitar, but there was no available amplifier. According to fellow Seattle bandmates, he learned most of his acrobatic stage moves, a major part of the blues/R&B tradition, including playing with his teeth and behind his back, from a fellow young musician, Raleigh "Butch" Snipes, guitarist with local band The Sharps. Hendrix himself performed Chuck Berry's trademark "duck walk" on occasion.[42] Hendrix played in a couple of local bands, occasionally playing outlying gigs in Washington State and at least once over the border in Vancouver, British Columbia.[43]
Hendrix was particularly fond of Elvis Presley, whom he saw perform in Seattle in 1957.[44] Leon Hendrix claimed in an early interview that Little Richard appeared in his Central District neighborhood and shook hands with his brother, Jimi. This is unattested elsewhere and vehemently denied by his father.[30] He also claimed that Richard was visiting his mother there at the time, when Richard's mother actually lived in Los Angeles. Hendrix's early exposure to blues music came from listening to records by Muddy Waters and B.B. King which his father owned.[45] Another early impression came from the 1954 western Johnny Guitar, in which the hero carries no gun but instead wears a guitar slung behind his back.
Hendrix's first gig was with an unnamed band in the basement of a synagogue, Seattle's Temple De Hirsch. After too much wild playing and showing off, he was fired between sets. The first formal band he played in was The Velvetones, who performed regularly at the Yesler Terrace Neighborhood House without pay. He later joined the Rocking Kings, who played professionally at such venues as the Birdland. When his guitar was stolen (after he left it backstage overnight), Al bought him a white Silvertone Danelectro. He painted it red and had "Betty Jean" emblazoned on it—the name of his high school girlfriend.
Hendrix completed junior high at Washington Junior High School with little trouble but did not graduate from Garfield High School. Later he was awarded an honorary diploma, and in the 1990s a bust of him was placed in the school library. After he became famous in the late 1960s, Hendrix told reporters that he had been expelled from Garfield by racist faculty for holding hands with a white girlfriend in study hall. Principal Frank Hanawalt says that it was due to poor grades and attendance problems.[46]
In the Army[link]
Hendrix got into trouble with the law twice for riding in stolen cars. He was given a choice between spending two years in prison or joining the Army. Hendrix chose the latter and enlisted on May 31, 1961. After completing basic training at Fort Ord near Monterey in California, he was assigned to the 101st Airborne Division and stationed in Fort Campbell, Kentucky. His commanding officers and fellow soldiers considered him to be a subpar soldier: he slept while on duty, had little regard for regulations, required constant supervision, and showed no skill as a marksman. For these reasons, his commanding officers submitted a request that Hendrix be discharged from the military after he had served only one year. Hendrix did not object when the opportunity to leave arose.[47] He would later tell reporters that he received a medical discharge after breaking his ankle during his 26th parachute jump. The rock music journalist Charles Cross contended in his biography of Hendrix, Room Full of Mirrors (2005) that Hendrix feigned being homosexual—claiming to have fallen in love with a fellow soldier—in order to be discharged, but did not produce credible evidence to support this contention.
At the base recreation center, Hendrix met fellow soldier and bass player Billy Cox, and the two forged a loyal friendship that Hendrix would call upon from April 1969 until Billy's breakdown shortly before Hendrix's death. The two would often perform with other musicians at venues both on and off the base as a loosely organized band named the Casuals. As a celebrity in the UK, Hendrix mentioned his military service in three published interviews; one in 1967 for the film See My Music Talking (much later released under the title Experience), which was intended for TV to promote his recently released Axis: Bold as Love LP, in which he spoke very briefly of his first parachuting experience: "...once you get out there everything is so quiet, all you hear is the breezes-s-s-s..." This comment has later been used to claim that he was saying that this was one of the sources of his "spacy" guitar sound. The second and third mentions of his military experience were in interviews for Melody Maker in 1967 and 1969, where he spoke of his dislike of the army.[48] In interviews in the US, Hendrix almost never mentioned it, and when Dick Cavett brought it up in his TV interview, Hendrix's only response was to verify that he had been based at Fort Campbell.[49]
Career[link]
Early career[link]
After his Army discharge, Hendrix and Army friend Billy Cox moved to nearby Clarksville, Tennessee and undertook in earnest to earn a living with their existing band. Hendrix had already seen Butch Snipes play with his teeth in Seattle and now Alphonso 'Baby Boo' Young the other guitarist in the band, was featuring this gimmick.[50] Not to be upstaged, it was then that Hendrix learned to play with his teeth properly, according to Hendrix himself: "... the idea of doing that came to me in a town in Tennessee. Down there you have to play with your teeth or else you get shot. There's a trail of broken teeth all over the stage..."[51] They played mainly in low-paying gigs at obscure venues. The band eventually moved to Nashville's Jefferson Street, the traditional heart of Nashville's black community and home to a lively rhythm and blues scene.[52] After they moved to Nashville, upon learning there was already an established band by the name "The Casuals", they amended their name to the "King Kasuals".[53] While in Nashville, according to Cox and Larry Lee—who replaced Alphonso Young on guitar—they were basically the house band at Club del Morocco.[54] Hendrix and Cox shared a flat above Joyce's House of Glamor.[55] Hendrix's girlfriend at this time was Joyce Lucas. Bill 'Hoss' Allen's memory of Hendrix's supposed participation in a session with Billy Cox in November 1962, in which he cut Hendrix's contribution due to his over-the-top playing, has now been called into question; a suggestion has been made that he may have confused this with a later 1965 session by Frank Howard and the Commanders in which Hendrix participated.[56]
In December 1962, Hendrix visited his relatives in Vancouver, Canada, where as a child he had sometimes lived with his grandmother. It has been claimed that while there, he performed with future members of the Motown band Bobby Taylor & the Vancouvers, including Tommy Chong (of later Cheech & Chong fame).[57] Chong, however, disputes this ever happened and that any such appearance is a product of Taylor's "imagination".[58] In early 1963, Hendrix returned to the South. For the next two years, Hendrix made a living performing on a circuit of venues throughout the South catering to black audiences. These were venues affiliated with the Theater Owners' Booking Association (TOBA), sarcastically known as "Tough on Black Asses" because the audiences were very demanding. The TOBA circuit was also widely known as the Chitlin' Circuit. In addition to performing in his own band, Hendrix performed with Bob Fisher and the Bonnevilles,[59] and in backing bands for various soul, R&B, and blues musicians, including Chuck Jackson, Slim Harpo, Tommy Tucker, Sam Cooke, and Jackie Wilson. The Chitlin' Circuit was where Hendrix refined his style.
Feeling he had artistically outgrown the circuit and frustrated at following the rules of bandleaders, Hendrix decided to try his luck in New York City and in January 1964 moved into the Hotel Theresa in Harlem,[60] where he soon befriended Lithofayne Pridgeon (known as "Faye",[61] who became his girlfriend) and the Allen twins, Arthur and Albert (now known as Taharqa and Tunde-Ra Aleem). The Allen twins became friends and kept Hendrix out of trouble in New York. The twins also performed as backup singers (under the name Ghetto Fighters) on some of his recordings, most notably the song "Freedom". Pridgeon, a Harlem native with connections throughout the area's music scene, provided Hendrix with shelter, support, and encouragement. In February 1964, Hendrix won first prize in the Apollo Theater amateur contest. Hoping to land a gig, Hendrix made the club circuit and sat in with various bands. Eventually, Hendrix was offered the guitarist position with The Isley Brothers' back-up band and he readily accepted.
First recordings[link]
Hendrix' first studio recording occurred in March 1964, when the Isley Brothers, with Hendrix as a member of the band, recorded the two-part single "Testify". Hendrix then went on tour with the Isley Brothers. "Testify" was released in June 1964, but did not make an impact on the charts. After touring as a member of the Isley Brothers until mid-late 1964,[62][63][64][65][66][67] Hendrix grew dissatisfied and left the band in Nashville. There, he found work with the tour's MC "Gorgeous" George Odell.
On March 1, 1964, Hendrix (then calling himself Maurice James) began recording and performing with Little Richard.[16] Hendrix would later (1966) say, "I want to do with my guitar what Little Richard does with his voice".[68] During a stop in Los Angeles while touring with Little Richard in 1965, Hendrix played a session for Rosa Lee Brooks on her single "My Diary". This was his first recorded involvement with Arthur Lee of the band Love.[69][70] While in L.A., he also played on the session for Little Richard's final single for Vee-Jay, "I Don't Know What You've Got, But It's Got Me".[71] He later made his first recorded TV appearance on Nashville's Channel 5 Night Train with "The Royal Company" backing up "Buddy and Stacy" on "Shotgun".[72] Hendrix clashed with Richard, over tardiness, wardrobe, and, above all, Hendrix's stage antics.[71] On tour they shared billing a couple of times with Ike & Tina Turner. It has been suggested that Hendrix left Richard and played with the Turners briefly before returning to Richard, but there is no firm evidence to support this. Hendrix mentioned playing with them, and Ike Turner shortly before his death claimed that he did, but this is emphatically denied by Tina. Months later, he was either fired or he left after missing the tour bus in Washington, D.C.[73] He then rejoined the Isley Brothers in the summer of 1965 and recorded a second single with them, "Move Over and Let Me Dance" backed with "Have You Ever Been Disappointed" (1965 Atlantic 45-2303).
Later in 1965, Hendrix joined a New York–based R&B band, Curtis Knight and the Squires, after meeting Knight in the lobby of the Hotel America, off Times Square, where both men were living at the time.[74] He performed on and off with them for eight months.[75] In October 1965, Hendrix recorded a single with Curtis Knight, "How Would You Feel" backed with "Welcome Home" (1966 RSVP 1120) and on October 15 he signed a three-year recording contract with entrepreneur Ed Chalpin, receiving 1% royalty. While the relationship with Chalpin was short-lived, his contract remained in force, which caused considerable problems for Hendrix later on in his career. The legal dispute has continued to the present day.[76] (Several songs (and demos) from the 1965–1966 Curtis Knight recording sessions, deemed not worth releasing at the time, were marketed as "Jimi Hendrix" recordings after he became famous.)[77] Aside from Curtis Knight and the Squires, Hendrix then toured for two months with Joey Dee and the Starliters.
In between performing with Curtis Knight in 1966, Hendrix toured and recorded with King Curtis. Hendrix recorded the two-part single "Help Me (Get the Feeling)" with Ray Sharpe and the King Curtis Orchestra (1966 Atco 45-6402) (the backing track was subsequently overdubbed by other vocalists with different lyrics and released as new songs).[78] Later in 1966, Hendrix also recorded with Lonnie Youngblood, a saxophone player who occasionally performed with Curtis Knight. The sessions produced two singles for Youngblood: "Go Go Shoes"/"Go Go Place" (Fairmount F-1002) and "Soul Food (That's What I Like)"/"Goodbye Bessie Mae" (Fairmount F-1022). Additionally, singles for other artists came out of the sessions: The Icemen's "(My Girl) She's a Fox"/ "(I Wonder) What It Takes" (1966 SAMAR S-111) and Jimmy Norman's "You're Only Hurting Yourself"/"That Little Old Groove Maker" (1966 SAMAR S-112). As with the King Curtis recordings, backing tracks and alternate takes for the Youngblood sessions would be overdubbed and otherwise manipulated to create many "new" tracks.[79] (Many Youngblood tracks without any Hendrix involvement would later be marketed as "Jimi Hendrix" recordings).[80] Also around this time in 1966, Hendrix got his first composer credits for two instrumentals "Hornets Nest" and "Knock Yourself Out", released as a Curtis Knight and the Squires single (1966 RSVP 1124).[81]
Hendrix, now going by the name Jimmy James, formed his own band, The Blue Flame, composed of Randy Palmer (bass), Danny Casey (drums), and a 15-year-old guitarist who played slide and rhythm named Randy Wolfe in June 1966.[82]
Since there were two musicians named "Randy" in the group, Hendrix dubbed Wolfe "Randy California" (as he had recently moved from there to New York City) and Palmer (a Tejano) "Randy Texas". Randy California would later co-found the band Spirit with his stepfather, drummer Ed Cassidy. It was around this time that Hendrix's only daughter Tamika was conceived with Diana Carpenter (also known as Regina Jackson), a teenage runaway and prostitute that he briefly stayed with. Her claim has not been recognized by the US courts where, after death, she may not have a claim on his estate even if she could legally prove he was her father, unless recognized previously as such by him or the courts.[83]
Hendrix and his new band played at several places in New York, but their primary venue was a residency at the Cafe Wha? on MacDougal Street in Greenwich Village. The street runs along "Washington (Square) Park" which appeared in at least two of Hendrix's songs. Their last concerts were at the Cafe au Go Go, as John Hammond Jr.'s backing group, billed as "The Blue Flame". Singer-guitarist Ellen McIlwaine and guitarist Jeff Baxter also claim to have briefly worked with Hendrix in this period.[84]
The Jimi Hendrix Experience[link]
Main article: The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Early in 1966 at the Cheetah Club on Broadway at 53rd Street, Linda Keith, the girlfriend of Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards, befriended Hendrix and recommended him to Stones' manager Andrew Loog Oldham and later, producer Seymour Stein. Neither man took a liking to Hendrix's music, and they both passed. She then referred Hendrix to Chas Chandler, who was ending his tenure as bassist in The Animals and looking for talent to manage and produce. Chandler liked the song "Hey Joe" and was convinced he could create a hit single with the right artist.
Impressed with Hendrix's version, Chandler brought him to London in September 1966 and signed him to a management and production contract with himself and ex-Animals manager Michael Jeffery. It was Chandler who came up with the spelling change of "Jimmy" to "Jimi".[85] Chandler then helped Hendrix form a new band, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, with guitarist-turned-bassist Noel Redding and drummer Mitch Mitchell, both English musicians.[86] Shortly before the Experience was formed, Chandler introduced Hendrix to Brian Auger, Eric Burdon, Pete Townshend and to Eric Clapton, who had only recently helped put together Cream. At Chandler's request, Cream let Hendrix join them on stage for a jam. Hendrix performed two songs, one of which was the song "Killing Floor". Hendrix and Clapton remained friends up until Hendrix's death. The first night Hendrix arrived in London, he began a relationship with Kathy Etchingham that lasted until February 1969. She later wrote an autobiographical book about their relationship and the sixties London scene in general.[87]
Hendrix sometimes had a camp sense of humour, specifically with the song "Purple Haze". A mondegreen had appeared, in which the line "'Scuse me while I kiss the sky" was misheard as "'Scuse me while I kiss this guy". In a few performances, Hendrix humorously used this, deliberately singing "kiss this guy" while pointing to Mitch or Noel, as he did at Monterey.[88] In the Woodstock DVD he deliberately points to the sky at this point,[89] to make it clear. A volume of misheard lyrics has been published, using this mondegreen itself as the title, with Hendrix on the cover.
UK success[link]
After his enthusiastically received performance at France's No. 1 venue, the Olympia theatre in Paris on the Johnny Hallyday tour, an on-stage jam with Cream, a showcase gig at the newly opened, pop-celebrity oriented nightclub Bag O'Nails and the all important appearances on the top UK TV pop shows Ready Steady Go! and the BBC's Top of the Pops, word of Hendrix spread throughout the London music community in late 1966. His showmanship and virtuosity made instant fans of reigning guitar heroes Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck, as well as Brian Jones and members of The Beatles and The Who, whose managers signed Hendrix to their new record label, Track Records.
Hendrix's first single was a cover of "Hey Joe", using Tim Rose's slower arrangement of the song including his addition of a female backing chorus. Backing this first 1966 "Experience" single was Hendrix's first songwriting effort, "Stone Free". Further success came in early 1967 with "Purple Haze" which featured the "Hendrix chord" and "The Wind Cries Mary". The three singles were all UK Top 10 hits and were also popular internationally including Europe, Australia, New Zealand and Japan (though failed to sell when released later in the US).
Onstage, Hendrix was also making an impression with sped up renderings of the B.B. King hit "Rock Me Baby" and Howlin' Wolf's hit "Killing Floor".
[edit] Are You Experienced
Main article: Are You Experienced
The first Jimi Hendrix Experience album, Are You Experienced, was released in the United Kingdom on May 12, 1967, and shortly thereafter internationally, outside of the United States and Canada. It contained none of the previously released (outside the United States and Canada) singles or their B sides ("Hey Joe"/"Stone Free", "Purple Haze"/"51st Anniversary" and "The Wind Cries Mary"/"Highway Chile"). Only The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band prevented Are You Experienced from reaching No. 1 on the UK charts.
At this time, the Experience extensively toured the United Kingdom and parts of Europe. This allowed Hendrix to develop his stage presence, which reached a high point on March 31, 1967, when, booked to appear as one of the opening acts on the Walker Brothers farewell tour, he set his guitar on fire at the end of his first performance, as a publicity stunt. This guitar has now been identified as the "Zappa guitar" (previously thought to have been from Miami), which has been partly refurbished.[clarification needed] Later, as part of this press promotion campaign, there were articles about Rank Theatre management warning him to "tone down" his "suggestive" stage act, with Chandler stating that the group would not compromise regardless.[90] On June 4, 1967, the Experience played their last show in England, at London's Saville Theatre, before heading off to America. The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper album had just been released on June 1 and two Beatles (Paul McCartney and George Harrison) were in attendance, along with a roll call of other UK rock stardom, including: Brian Epstein, Eric Clapton, Spencer Davis, Jack Bruce, and pop singer Lulu. Hendrix opened the show with his own rendering of "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band", rehearsed only minutes before taking the stage, much to McCartney's astonishment and delight.[91]
While on tour in Sweden in 1967, Hendrix jammed with the duo Hansson & Karlsson, and later opened several concerts with their song "Tax Free", also recording a cover of it during the Electric Ladyland sessions.[92] He played there frequently throughout his career, and his only son James Daniel Sundquist was born there in 1969 to a Swede, Eva Sundquist, recognized as such by the Swedish courts and paid a settlement by Experience Hendrix LLC.[93] He wrote a poem to a woman there (probably Sundquist). Sundquist had sent Hendrix roses on each of his opening nights in Stockholm, and began – according to the Swedish courts – a sexual relationship from then until conceiving Daniel with him, after his third visit in January 1969. Hendrix also dedicated songs to the Swedish-based Vietnam deserters organization in 1969.[94]
Months later, Reprise Records released the US and Canadian version of Are You Experienced with a new cover by Karl Ferris, removing "Red House", "Remember" and "Can You See Me" to make room for the first three single A-sides. Where the (Rest of the World) album kicked off with "Foxy Lady", the US and Canadian one started with "Purple Haze". Both versions offered a startling introduction to the Jimi Hendrix Experience, and the album was a blueprint for what had become possible on an electric guitar, basically recorded on four tracks, mixed into mono and only modified at this point by a "fuzz" pedal, reverb and a small bit of the experimental "Octavia" pedal on "Purple Haze", produced by Roger Mayer in consultation with Hendrix. A remix using the mostly mono backing tracks with the guitar and vocal overdubs separated and occasionally panned to create a stereo mix was also released, only in the US and Canada.
US success[link]
Although very popular in Europe at this time, The Jimi Hendrix Experience had yet to crack the United States.c Their first single there, "Hey Joe" c/w "51st Anniversary" (Reprise 0572, released May 1, 1967), failed to reach the Billboard chart.
Their chance came when Paul McCartney recommended the group to the organizers of the Monterey International Pop Festival. This proved to be a great opportunity for Hendrix, not only because of the large audience present at the event, but also because of the many journalists covering the event who wrote about him. The performances were filmed by D. A. Pennebaker and later shown in some movie theaters around the country in early 1969 as the concert documentary Monterey Pop, which immortalized Hendrix's iconic burning and smashing of his guitar at the finale of his performance.
The opening song was Hendrix's very fast arrangement of Howlin' Wolf's 1965 R&B hit "Killing Floor". He played this frequently from late 1965 through 1968, usually as the opener to his shows. The Monterey performance included an equally lively rendering of B.B. King's 1964 R&B hit "Rock Me Baby", Tim Rose's arrangement of "Hey Joe" and Bob Dylan's 1965 pop hit "Like a Rolling Stone". The set ended with The Troggs' "Wild Thing" and Hendrix repeating the act that had boosted his profile in the UK (and internationally) with him burning his guitar on stage,[95] then smashing it to bits and tossing pieces out to the audience. This show finally brought Hendrix to the notice of the US public. A large chunk of this guitar was on display at the Experience Music Project in Seattle, along with the other psychedelically painted Stratocaster that Hendrix smashed (but did not burn) at his farewell concert in England before he left for the US and Monterey.
At the time Hendrix was playing sets in the Scene club in NYC in July 1967, he met Frank Zappa, whose Mothers of Invention were playing the adjacent Garrick Theater, and he was reportedly fascinated by Zappa's recently purchased wah-wah pedal.[96] Hendrix immediately bought one from Manny's and starting using it right away on the sessions for both sides of his new single, and slightly later, on several jams recorded at Ed Chalpin's studio.[97]
Following the festival, the Experience played a series of concerts at Bill Graham's Fillmore replacing the original headliners Jefferson Airplane at the top of the bill. It was at this time that Hendrix became acquainted with future musical collaborator Stephen Stills, and reacquainted himself with Buddy Miles who introduced Hendrix to his future partner, Devon Wilson. She had a turbulent on/off relationship with him, right up to the night of his death, and was the only one of his partners to record with him. She died only six months after Hendrix under mysterious circumstances, apparently falling from an upper window in the Chelsea Hotel.
Following this very successful West Coast introduction, which also included two open air concerts (one of them a free concert in the "panhandle" of Golden Gate Park) and a concert at the Whisky a Go Go, they were booked as one of the opening acts for pop group The Monkees on their first American tour. The Monkees asked for Hendrix because they were fans,[98] but their (mostly early teens) audience sometimes did not warm to their act, and he quit the tour after a few dates. Chas Chandler later admitted that being thrown off the Monkees tour was engineered to gain maximum media impact and publicity for Hendrix,[99] similar to that gained from the manufactured Rank Theatre's indecency dispute on the earlier UK Walker Brothers tour. At the time, a story circulated claiming that Hendrix was removed from the tour because of complaints made by the Daughters of the American Revolution that his stage conduct was "lewd and indecent". This report was concocted by a journalist accompanying the tour, the Australian Lillian Roxon.
Meanwhile in Western Europe, where Hendrix was appreciated for his authentic blues as well as his hit singles and recognized for his avant-garde musical ideas, his wild-man image and musical gimmickry (such as playing the guitar with his teeth and behind his back) had faded; but they later plagued him in the US following Monterey. He became frustrated by the US media and audience when they concentrated on his stage tricks and best known songs.
[edit] Axis: Bold as Love
Main article: Axis: Bold as Love
The Jimi Hendrix Experience's second 1967 album, Axis: Bold as Love was his first recording made for stereo release and used panning and other stereo effects. It continued the style established by Are You Experienced. The opening track, "EXP", featured a stereo effect in which a sound emanating from Hendrix's guitar appeared to revolve around the listener, fading out into the distance from the right channel, then returning in on the left. This album marked the first time Hendrix recorded the whole album with his guitar tuned down one half-step, to E♭, which he used exclusively thereafter and was his first to feature the wah-wah pedal. A mishap almost delayed the album's pre-Christmas release: Hendrix lost the master tape of side one of the LP, leaving it in the back seat of a London taxi. With the release deadline looming, Hendrix, Chas Chandler and engineer Eddie Kramer had to remix most of side one in an overnight session, but they could not match the lost mix of "If 6 Was 9". They soon learned that bassist Noel Redding had a tape recording of this mix. The tape had to be smoothed out as it had gotten wrinkled.[100] Hendrix was disappointed that the album had to be finished so quickly and felt it could have been better, given more time. He was also somewhat disappointed in the album cover art work, which depicts Hendrix and his Experience bandmates as the various forms of Vishnu, incorporating a painting of them by Roger Law (from a photo-portrait by Karl Ferris). Hendrix remarked that it would have been more appropriate if the cover had highlighted his American Indian heritage.[101]
The album was released in the UK near the end of their first headlining tour there, after which the pace slowed briefly during the Christmas holidays. In January 1968 the group went to Sweden for a short tour, and after the first show Hendrix, reportedly after drinking and according to Hendrix his drink being spiked, went berserk and smashed up his hotel room in a rage, injuring his hand and culminating in his arrest. Then on the 6th in Denmark his famous hat was stolen.[102] The rest of the tour was uneventful, though Hendrix had to spend some time in Sweden waiting for his trial and eventual large fine.[103]
[edit] Electric Ladyland
Main article: Electric Ladyland
Hendrix's third recording, the double album Electric Ladyland (1968), was a departure from previous efforts. Following his third and penultimate French concert at the Paris Olympia, Hendrix flew to the US to start his first tour there, and after two months returned to his Electric Ladyland project at the newly opened Record Plant Studios with engineers Eddie Kramer and Gary Kellgren and initially Chas Chandler as producer.
As the album's recording progressed, Chas Chandler became so frustrated with Hendrix's perfectionism and with various friends and guests milling about the studio that he decided to sever his professional relationship with Hendrix. Chandler's departure had a clear impact on the artistic direction that the recording took.
Hendrix began experimenting with different combinations of musicians and instruments, and modern electronic effects. For example, Dave Mason, Chris Wood, and Steve Winwood from the band Traffic, drummer Buddy Miles and former Bob Dylan organist Al Kooper, among others, were involved in the recording sessions. He described how Hendrix went from a disciplined recording regimen to an erratic schedule, which often saw him beginning recording sessions in the middle of the night and with any number of guests.
Chandler also expressed exasperation at the number of times Hendrix would insist on rerecording particular tracks; the song "Gypsy Eyes" was reportedly recorded 43 times. This was also frustrating for bassist Noel Redding, who would often leave the studio to calm himself, only to return and find that Hendrix had recorded the bass parts himself during Redding's absence.
Electric Ladyland includes "Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)" as well as Hendrix's rendering of Bob Dylan's "All Along the Watchtower".[86]
Throughout the four years of his fame, Hendrix often appeared at impromptu jams with various musicians, such as B.B. King.[104] In March 1968, Jim Morrison of The Doors joined Hendrix onstage at New York's Scene Club. Albums of this Electric Ladyland-era bootleg recording were released under various titles, some falsely claiming the presence of Johnny Winter, who has denied, several times, being a participant at that jam session, and to ever having met Morrison.[105]
Breakup of Jimi Hendrix Experience[link]
After a year based in the US, Hendrix temporarily moved back to London and into his girlfriend Kathy Etchingham's rented Brook Street flat, next door to the Handel House Museum, in the West End of London. During this time The Jimi Hendrix Experience toured Scandinavia, Germany, and included a final French concert. They later performed two sold-out concerts at London's Royal Albert Hall on February 18 and 24, 1969, which were the last European appearances of this line-up of the Jimi Hendrix Experience. A Gold and Goldstein-produced film titled Experience was also recorded at these two shows, which, according to Experience Hendrix LLC, "Elements of these recordings are sure to be utilized when the official release of this material is finally made".[106]
Noel Redding felt increasingly frustrated by the fact that he was not playing his original and favored instrument, the guitar. In 1968, he decided to form his own band, Fat Mattress, which would sometimes open for the Experience (Hendrix would jokingly refer to them as "Thin Pillow").[citation needed] Redding and Hendrix would begin seeing less and less of each other, which also had an effect in the studio, with Hendrix playing many of the bass parts on Electric Ladyland.
Fruitless recording sessions at Olympic in London; Olmstead and the Record Plant in New York that ended on April 9, which only produced a remake of "Stone Free" for a possible single release, were the last to feature Redding. Hendrix then flew Billy Cox to New York and started recording and rehearsing with him on April 21 as a replacement for Noel.[107]
In a recorded interview by Nancy Carter on June 15 at his hotel in Los Angeles, Hendrix announced that he had been recording with Cox and that he would be replacing Noel as bass player in The Jimi Hendrix Experience.[108]
The last Experience concert took place on June 29, 1969 at Barry Fey's Denver Pop Festival, a three-day event held at Denver's Mile High Stadium that was marked by police firing tear gas into the audience as they played "Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)". The band escaped from the venue in the back of a rental truck which was partly crushed by fans trying to escape the tear gas. The next day, Noel Redding announced that he had quit the Experience.[109]
Gypsy Sun and Rainbows[link]
After the departure of Noel Redding from the group, Hendrix rented the eight-bedroom 'Ashokan House' in the hamlet of Boiceville[110] near Woodstock in upstate New York, where he spent some time in mid-1969. Manager Michael Jeffery, who had a house in Woodstock, arranged the stay, with hopes that the respite would produce a new album. To replace Redding as bassist, Hendrix had been rehearsing and recording with Billy Cox, his old and trusted Army buddy, since at least April 21.[111] Mitchell was unavailable to help fulfill Hendrix's commitments at this time, which include his first appearance on US TV – on the Dick Cavett show – where he was backed by the studio orchestra, and an appearance on The Tonight Show where he appeared with his new bass player Billy Cox, and session drummer Ed Shaughnessy sitting in for Mitchell.[112]
Woodstock[link]
Main article: Woodstock
Hendrix was advertised to play the Woodstock Music Festival, along with many of the other biggest rock groups of the time. It was to take place on rented farmland in Upper State New York from August 15–18, 1969. Although Hendrix's music had been written for a power trio of guitar, bass, and drums, he wanted to expand his sound so he added rhythm guitarist Larry Lee (another old friend from his R&B days), and Juma Sultan and Jerry Velez to play congas. After drummer Mitch Mitchell arrived, this new lineup rehearsed for less than two weeks before the festival and according to Mitchell never really meshed. In addition, although Woodstock would become famous and mythologized through the documentary film of the same name, by the time of his performance, Hendrix had been up for three days, and his band was short on sleep as well, contributing a rawness to their filmed performance.[113][114]
Before Hendrix even arrived at the festival he started to hear media reports that the crowds of kids showing up for the festival were swelling to biblical proportions, in addition to the emerging logistical problems being reported at the site. This gave Hendrix pause for concern since he did not like performing in front of very large crowds.[115] Since he was considered an important draw for the festival, and because of his manager's negotiations, Hendrix was getting paid more than the other performers, (US$18,000, plus US$12,000 for rights to film him). As the scheduled time slot of Sunday night at midnight drew closer, Hendrix indicated that he would rather wait and close the show. A substantial rainstorm that day had delayed the schedule of performers, so when Hendrix insisted on being the closing headliner, it pushed back the time when they finally hit the stage – which ended up being 8:30 am Monday morning. The audience which had peaked at an estimated 400,000 people during the festival, was now reduced to about 30–40,000 by that point; many of whom merely waited to catch a glimpse of Hendrix before leaving during his show.[115] This reflected the reality that by the third day attendees had been sleeping in muddy conditions with limited food.
Hendrix and his band were introduced by the festival MC, Chip Monck, as "The Jimi Hendrix Experience", but once on stage Hendrix clarified saying, "We decided to change the whole thing around and call it 'Gypsy Sun and Rainbows'. For short, it's nothin but a 'Band of Gypsys'"[116] He then launched into a two hour set, the longest of his career. Hendrix started off with a new song, "Message to Love". (His Woodstock set consisting of new material, along with his well-known hits).
Hendrix's psychedelic rendition of the U.S. national anthem, "The Star-Spangled Banner" occurred about 3/4 into their set (after which he morphed into "Purple Haze"). The song had actually been part of his set for a year and he had already performed it on at least three different occasions. During the number, Hendrix used feedback and sustain on his guitar to recreate the sound of wails and falling rockets. Although pundits quickly branded the song as a political manifesto against the Vietnam War, Hendrix himself never explained its meaning other than to say at a press conference three weeks later, "We're all Americans. . .it was like 'Go America!'. . .We play it the way the air is in America today. The air is slightly static, see".[117] The song would become "part of the sixties Zeitgeist" as it was captured forever in the Woodstock film;[118] Hendrix's image performing this number during the day wearing a blue-beaded white leather jacket with fringe and a red head scarf, has since been regarded as a defining moment of the 1960s.[115][119][120]
Hendrix performed "Hey Joe" as the encore to finish off their set which concluded the 3½ day Woodstock Music Festival. Upon leaving the stage, Hendrix collapsed from exhaustion.[121]
After Woodstock, this particular lineup of the band appeared on only two more occasions. The first was a street benefit in Harlem where, in a scenario similar to the festival, most of the audience had left and only a fraction remained by the time Hendrix took the stage. Within seconds of Hendrix arriving at the site two youths had stolen his guitar from the back seat of his car, although it was later recovered. The band's only other appearance was at the Salvation club in Greenwich Village, New York. After some studio recordings, Hendrix disbanded the group. Some of this band's recordings can be heard on the MCA Records box set The Jimi Hendrix Experience and on South Saturn Delta. Their final work together was a session on September 6.[122] Hendrix's September 9 appearance on TV's The Dick Cavett Show, backed by Cox, Mitchell and Juma Sultan, was credited as the "Jimi Hendrix Experience".[123]
Band of Gypsys[link]
In 1967, a contractual dispute arose in relation to an agreement Hendrix had entered into with producer Ed Chalpin in 1965.[124] The resolution for the dispute included Hendrix having to record an LP of new material for Chalpin company, which would not feature the Experience band, and would not be associated with the Experience band name. In addition, Chalpin was granted 2% of profits from Hendrix's back catalog sold in US. For the agreed upon album, Hendrix chose to record Band of Gypsys, a live album.[125]
Along with Billy Cox and drummer Buddy Miles (formerly with Wilson Pickett and The Electric Flag) with whom he had been jamming together since September, Hendrix wrote and rehearsed material which they then performed at a series of four concerts over two nights, New Year's Eve and New Year's Day at Fillmore East. The second night produced the material for the Band Of Gypsys LP, which was produced by Hendrix (under the name "Heaven Research").[citation needed]
The Band of Gypsys LP was the only official completely live LP released in Hendrix's lifetime. The band also released a single "Stepping Stone" which failed to sell, and recorded several studio songs slated for Hendrix's future LP. In 1999, the tapes from the four Fillmore concerts were remastered and additional tracks and edits were released as Live at the Fillmore East. Litigation with Chalpin ended in 2007 after the "singularly uncredible witness" was fined nearly US$900,000 for failure to abide by contractual limitations and failure to pay Experience Hendrix L.L.C. its court ordered royalties.
On January 26 and 27, 1970, Mitch Mitchell and Noel Redding flew into New York and signed contracts with Jeffery for the upcoming Jimi Hendrix Experience tour. The next day, a second and final Band of Gypsys appearance occurred at a twelve-act show in Madison Square Garden which was a benefit for the anti-Vietnam War Moratorium Committee, titled the "Winter Festival for Peace". Similar to Woodstock, set delays forced Hendrix to take the stage at an inopportune 3 am, only this time he was obviously in no shape to play. He played "Who Knows" before snapping a vulgar response at a woman who shouted a request for "Foxy Lady". He played a second song, "Earth Blues", he then told the audience: "That's what happens when earth fucks with space—never forget that".[126] He then sat down on the drum riser for a minute and then walked off stage. Various unverifiable assertions have been proffered to explain this bizarre scene. Buddy Miles claimed that manager Michael Jeffery dosed Hendrix with LSD in an effort to sabotage the current band and bring about the return of the Experience lineup,[127] but none of Hendrix's other close associates verifies his statement.
Cry of Love tour[link]
A week after the botched Band of Gypsys show, Hendrix, Mitch Mitchell and Noel Redding gave an interview to Rolling Stone for the upcoming tour dates as a reunited Jimi Hendrix Experience. But Redding never even got to rehearse, as Hendrix just continued to work with Billy Cox. Noel was not told he was not going to be playing until the pretour rehearsals. Fans refer to this final "Jimi Hendrix Experience" lineup as the "Cry of Love" band, named after The Cry of Love Tour to distinguish it from the original. Billy Cox has countered on several occasions that this lineup considered themselves "The Jimi Hendrix Experience" before they even went on tour and that any other title is bogus. All billing, adverts, tickets etc. on the tour used "Jimi Hendrix Experience" or occasionally, as previously, just "Jimi Hendrix".
Two of Hendrix's later recordings were the lead guitar parts on "Old Times Good Times" from Stephen Stills hit eponymous album (1970), and on "The Everlasting First" from Arthur Lee's new incarnation of Love, not so successful and aptly named LP False Start both tracks were recorded with these old friends on a fleeting and unexplained visit to London in March 1970, following Kathy Etchingham's marriage.[128]
He spent the next four months of 1970 working on his next LP tentatively titled First Rays of the New Rising Sun, recording during the week and playing live on the weekends. The Cry of Love tour, launched that April at the L.A. Forum, was partly undertaken to earn money to repay the Warner Bros. loan for completing his Electric Lady Studios. Performances on this tour featured Hendrix, Cox, and Mitchell playing new material alongside older audience favorites. The American leg of the tour included 30 performances and ended at Honolulu, Hawaii on August 1, 1970. A number of these shows were recorded and produced some of Hendrix's most memorable live performances. At one of them, the Second Atlanta International Pop Festival (1970), on July 4, Hendrix played to the largest American audience of his career.[129]
Electric Lady Studios[link]
In 1968, Hendrix and Jeffery had invested jointly in the purchase of the Generation Club in Greenwich Village. Their initial plans to reopen the club were scrapped when the pair decided that the investment would serve them much better as a recording studio. The studio fees for the lengthy Electric Ladyland sessions were astronomical, and Hendrix was constantly in search of a recording environment that suited him. In August 1970, Electric Lady Studios was opened in New York.
Designed by architect and acoustician John Storyk, the studio was made specifically for Hendrix, with round windows and a machine capable of generating ambient lighting in a myriad of colors. It was designed to have a relaxing feel to encourage Hendrix's creativity, but at the same time provide a professional recording atmosphere. Engineer Eddie Kramer upheld this by refusing to allow any drug use during session work.
Hendrix spent only two and a half months recording in Electric Lady, most of which took place while the final phases of construction were still ongoing. Following a recording/dubbing session on August 26, an opening party was held later that day.[130] He then boarded an Air India flight for London with Billy Cox, joining Mitch Mitchell to perform at the Isle of Wight Festival.
European tour[link]
The group then commenced the European leg of the tour. Longing for his new studio and creative outlets, the tour was a commitment that Hendrix was not eager to perform. In Aarhus, Hendrix abandoned his show after only two songs, remarking: "I've been dead a long time". In the months before Hendrix's death, a British music paper alleged that Hendrix had plans to join the band Emerson, Lake & Palmer.[131] On September 6, 1970, his final concert performance, Hendrix was greeted with some booing and jeering by fans at the Isle of Fehmarn Festival in Germany, due to his non-appearance at the end of the previous night's bill (due to the torrential rain and risk of electrocution). Several acts played after he left the stage; later, part of the stage was burnt during the first stage appearance of Ton Steine Scherben. Billy Cox quit the tour and headed home to Memphis, Tennessee, reportedly suffering paranoia after taking LSD or being given it unknowingly, earlier in the tour.[132] A live recording of the concert was later released as Live at the Isle of Fehmarn.
Hendrix returned to London, where he reportedly spoke to Chas Chandler, Eric Burdon, and others about leaving his manager, Michael Jeffery. Hendrix's last public performance was an informal jam at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club in Soho with Burdon and his latest band, War. Much of this was recorded on a Sony cassette recorder by Bill Baker, of Shepherds Bush, London, then aged 20, who was present throughout the entire performance. Two Hendrix tracks from this recording, "Mother Earth" and "Tobacco Road", were later included, without permission from Baker, on a bootleg LP, Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window?, produced in the mid-to-late 1970s, and on an audio tape of poor quality that went into circulation some years later. It was not until 2009, however, that the entire recording entered general circulation within the collecting community. This was remastered in California in December 2010 and includes tracks from the same night's performance by Eric Burdon's War. This is the last known recording of Jimi Hendrix, who died approximately 24 hours later.[133]
Death[link]
Early on September 18, 1970, Jimi Hendrix died in London. He had spent the latter part of the previous evening at a party and was picked up at close to 3:00 by girlfriend Monika Dannemann and driven to her flat at the Samarkand Hotel, 22 Lansdowne Crescent, Notting Hill. From autopsy data and statements by friends about the evening of September 17, it has been estimated that he died sometime after 3:00, possibly before 4:00, but also possibly later, though no estimate was made at the autopsy, or inquest.[134]
Dannemann claimed in her original testimony that after they returned to her lodgings the evening before, Hendrix, unknown to her, had taken nine of her prescribed Vesparax sleeping pills. The normal medical dose was a half to one tablet as stated in the literature, but Hendrix was unfamiliar with this very strong Belgian brand. According to surgeon John Bannister, the doctor who initially attended to him, Hendrix had asphyxiated in his own vomit, mainly red wine which had filled his airways.[135] Bannister's statement was made in January 1992 to Harry Shapiro, co-author of Electric Gypsy, a book which also featured accusations of malpractice by Monika Dannemann in regards to Bannister's not performing a tracheotomy on Hendrix. He appears to have been using the amount of wine in his system as a reason for not performing a tracheotomy. He was reprimanded for two counts of medical malpractice, and struck off the medical register on April 28, 1992 for fraud.[136] No one else at the time, the other two doctors, the ambulance men, or the police mentioned wine. The only mention of wine was by Monika much earlier, in Electric Gypsy (which Bannister had read), and that Hendrix had drunk some with food earlier that evening and also by Harvey at his, again, much earlier party, which were both several hours prior to death. The autopsy found very little alcohol in his system. The autopsy never mentioned wine, only vomited matter.[137]
Until her death, Dannemann publicly claimed that she had only discovered that her lover had been sick at 11:00 am, but he was breathing, though unconscious and unresponsive (The ambulance was called at 11:18 and arrived 11:27). And that Hendrix was alive when placed in the back of the ambulance at approximately 11:30, and that she rode with him on the way to the hospital.[138]
The ambulance crew later denied she was even there; additionally, Dannemann's comments about the timing of some events that morning often differed in places, varying from interview to interview.[139]
Police and ambulance statements reveal that there was no one but Hendrix in the flat when they arrived at 11:27 am, and not only was he dead when they arrived on the scene, but was fully clothed and had been dead for some time.[140]
Later, Dannemann claimed that former road managers Gerry Stickels and Eric Barrett had been present before the ambulance was called.[citation needed] and had removed some of Hendrix's possessions, including some of his most recent messages. Lyrics written by Hendrix, which were found in the apartment, led Eric Burdon to make a premature announcement on the BBC-TV program 24 Hours that he believed Hendrix had committed suicide. Burdon often claimed he had been telephoned by Dannemann after she discovered that Hendrix failed to wake up.[141]
In 1996, Monika Dannemann committed suicide shortly after being found guilty of contempt of court for repeating a libel against Kathy Etchingham, who had been a girlfriend of Hendrix in the 1960s.[142]
Allegations of murder[link]
A former Animals "roadie", James "Tappy" Wright, published a book in May 2009 claiming Hendrix's manager, Mike Jeffery, admitted to him that he had Hendrix killed because the rock star wanted to end his management contract.[143] John Bannister, one of the doctors who attended to him in 1970 stated in 2009 that it "sounded plausible".[144] Bannister was struck off the Medical register in 1992 for fraud.[144] In 2011 Bob Levine, Wright's long term business associate and Mike Jeffery's assistant manager in N.Y., said he knows that Wright made up these stories to sell his book, that Jeffery didn't have insurance on Hendrix, but that he merely countersigned the Warner Bros. policy that Warner's had taken out as standard practice.[145]
"There was a freak storm across Mallorca and all the phone lines were down. Somebody told Mike that Jimi had been trying to phone him. The first call that got through was to say Jimi was dead. Mike was terribly upset at the thought of Jimi not being able to get through to him." – Trixie Sullivan, secretary/assistant for Mike Jeffery[146]
Fashion[link]
Hendrix was well known for his unique sense of fashion and wardrobe and his Dylan-esque (c. 1966) hairstyle. A set of hair curlers was one of the few possessions that traveled with him to England when he was first discovered in 1966. When his first advance check arrived, Hendrix immediately took to the streets of London in search of clothing at famous boutiques like I Was Lord Kitchener's Valet and Granny Takes a Trip, both of which specialized in vintage fashion. He purchased at least two army dress uniform jackets including a (possibly antique) jacket styled in imitation of a Hussar's pelisse, adorned with tasseled ropes. A group of policemen once ordered him to remove the other, a Royal Veterinary Corps dress jacket, saying it was an offense to the men who had worn it.[147]
Many photographs of Hendrix show him wearing various scarves, rings, medallions, and brooches, and in the early days occasionally badges (pins or buttons) that professed his support for the hippie movement or his fascination with Bob Dylan. He initially wore a dark suit and plain silk shirts that progressively became "louder" and more psychedelically patterned. He later favored a bright blue velvet suit, then a bright red one, antique military dress jackets, a very broadly striped suit, psychedelically patterned silk jackets, various exotic waistcoats and brightly colored flared trousers. At Monterey, he wore a hand-painted silk jacket by Chris Jagger (Mick Jagger's brother) and a bright pink feather boa. In late 1967 he started to wear a wide-brimmed Western style hat (brand name "The Westerner").[148] It was adorned with a narrow purple band and various brooches, as shown in the original Jimi Plays Monterey film. This hat was stolen in 1968, and replaced later with another, crowned variously with a longer purple scarf, a star-like brooch in front and a set of silver bangles, sometimes with an angled feather, though he went hatless for protracted periods after this.
From late 1968 he began tying scarves to one leg and one arm, and in mid-1969 he gave up the hat for bandanas. He started wearing increasingly fantastic custom-made stage costume with long trailing sleeves, culminating in his African-styled "Fire Angel" outfit that he wore throughout most of his final "Cry Of Love" tour, until it began to come apart during the Isle of Wight concert. He appeared in this outfit only once more (in just the jacket) at the disastrous concert in Aarhus, Denmark. His only non-work-related vacation was a two-week trip to Morocco in July 1969 with friends Colette Mimram, Stella Benabou (the then-wife of producer Alan Douglas), and Deering Howe. Upon his return Hendrix decorated his Greenwich Village apartment with Moroccan objets d'art and fabrics. Mimram and Benabou created some of Hendrix's most memorable later attire, the shortened blue kimono-style jacket that he wore in three TV appearances and the white fringed jacket, ornamented with blue glass beads, he wore at the Woodstock Festival.[149]
Drug use and women[link]
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His arrest photo in Canada. He was subsequently acquitted of the drug possession charges.
Hendrix is widely known for and associated with the use of psychedelic drugs, most notably lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), as were many other famous musicians and celebrities of that time. He supposedly had never taken psychedelic drugs until the night he met Linda Keith, but had smoked cannabis and drank alcohol previously. Amphetamines are also recorded as being used by Hendrix during tours. Hendrix was notorious among friends and bandmates for sometimes becoming angry and violent when he drank too much alcohol.[150] Kathy Etchingham spoke of an incident that took place in a London pub in which an intoxicated Hendrix beat her with a public telephone handset because he thought she was calling another man on the pay phone.[151] Carmen Borrero, another girlfriend, says she required stitches after he hit her with a bottle after drinking and becoming jealous.[152] Alcohol was also cited as the cause of Hendrix's 1968 rampage that badly damaged a Stockholm hotel room and led to his arrest. Paul Caruso's friendship with Hendrix ended in 1970 when Hendrix, while under the influence, punched him and accused him of stealing from him.[153]
On May 3, 1969, while checking through Canadian customs at Toronto Pearson International Airport, Hendrix was arrested when small amounts of heroin and hashish were found in his luggage. After being released on a CAN$10,000 cash bail the same day, only four hours before his show was to begin, (and being required to appear in court at a later date), the Experience were able to play their concert at Maple Leaf Gardens. In his trial defense, Hendrix claimed that the drugs were slipped into his bag by a fan without his knowledge. He was acquitted.[154]
By all accounts he had casual sex with many women.[155]
Gravesite[link]
The original gravestone of Jimi Hendrix, incorporated into the granite base of his memorial on which it is intended that a large brass statue will be installed.
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The memorial gravesite of Jimi Hendrix in Renton, Washington
Hendrix's body was returned to Seattle and he was interred in Greenwood Memorial Park, Renton, Washington. As the popularity of Hendrix and his music grew over the decades following his death, concerns began to mount over fans damaging the adjoining graves at Greenwood, and the growing, extended Hendrix family further prompted his father to create an expanded memorial site separate from other burial sites in the park. The memorial was announced in late 1999, but Al Hendrix's deteriorating health led to delays and he died two months before its scheduled completion in 2002. Later that year, the remains of Jimi Hendrix, his father Al Hendrix, and grandmother Nora Rose Moore Hendrix were moved to the new site. The headstone contains a depiction of a Fender Stratocaster guitar, the instrument he was most famous for using —– although the guitar is shown right-side up, rather than the way Hendrix played it, upside down (left-handed).
The memorial is a granite dome supported by three pillars under which Jimi Hendrix and other family members are interred. Hendrix's autograph is inscribed at the base of each pillar, while two stepped entrances and one ramped entrance provide access to the dome's center where the original Stratocaster adorned headstone has been incorporated into a statue pedestal. A granite sundial complete with brass gnomon adjoins the dome, along with over 50 family plots that surround the central structure, half of which are currently adorned with raised granite headstones.
To date,[when?] the memorial remains incomplete: brass accents for the dome and a large brass statue of Hendrix were announced as being under construction in Italy, but since 2002 no information as to the status of the project has been revealed to the public. A memorial statue of Jimi playing a Stratocaster stands near the corner of Broadway and Pine Streets in Seattle.
In May 2006, the city of Seattle honored Hendrix with the renaming of a park near Seattle's Colman School in the Central District.[156]
Recordings[link]
Hendrix's recordings were originally released in North America on Reprise Records (a division of Warner Communications) from 1967 until 1993 and were released internationally (outside of US and Canada) on Polydor Records. (Because it was recorded to settle a legal dispute, the Band of Gypsys album was released on Capitol Records in US and Canada.) British releases of all his albums up to and including The Cry Of Love were first issued on the independent label Track Records, which was originally created by the managers of The Who. The label was later absorbed by Polydor.
In 1994, the Hendrix family prevailed in its long standing legal attempt to gain control of Jimi's music, and subsequently licensed the recordings to MCA Records (later Universal Music) through the family-run company Experience Hendrix. In August 2009, Experience Hendrix announced that it had entered a new licensing agreement with Sony Music Entertainment's Legacy Recordings division which would take effect in 2010.
Unfinished work and posthumous releases[link]
Reports that Hendrix's tapes for a concept album Black Gold had been stolen and lost from the London flat, are incorrect. Hendrix gave those tapes to Mitch Mitchell at the Isle of Wight Festival three weeks prior to his death.[157] They are now in the possession of Experience Hendrix LLC.
Hendrix's unfinished album was partly released as the 1971 title The Cry of Love. The album was well received and charted in several countries. However, the album's producers, Mitchell and Kramer, would later complain that they were unable to make use of all the tracks they wanted. This was due to some tracks being used for 1971's Rainbow Bridge and 1972's War Heroes for contractual reasons.
Material from The Cry of Love was rereleased in 1997 as First Rays of the New Rising Sun, along with the rest of the tracks that Mitchell and Kramer wanted to include.
Many of Hendrix's personal items, tapes, and many pages of lyrics and poems are now in the hands of private collectors and have attracted considerable sums at the occasional auctions.[158] These materials surfaced after two employees, under the instructions of Mike Jeffery, removed items from Hendrix's Greenwich Village apartment following his death.
In 2010, Legacy Recordings and Experience Hendrix LLC launched the 2010 Jimi Hendrix Catalog Project, starting with the release of Valleys of Neptune in March.[159] Legacy has also released deluxe CD/DVD editions of the Hendrix albums Are You Experienced, Axis: Bold As Love, Electric Ladyland and First Rays of the New Rising Sun, as well as the 1968 compilation album Smash Hits.[159]
Legacy[link]
Musical[link]
Hendrix synthesized many styles in creating his musical voice and his guitar style was unique, later to be abundantly imitated by others. Despite his hectic touring schedule and notorious perfectionism, he was a prolific recording artist and left behind more than 300 unreleased recordings.
His career and death grouped him with Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison and Brian Jones as one of the 27 Club, a group including iconic 1960s rock stars who suffered drug-related deaths at the age of 27 within a two year period, leaving legacies in death that have eclipsed the popularity and influence they experienced during their lifetimes.
Musically, Hendrix did much to further the development of the electric guitar's repertoire, establishing it as a unique sonic source, rather than merely an amplified version of the acoustic guitar. Likewise, his feedback, wah-wah and fuzz-laden soloing moved guitar distortion well beyond mere novelty, incorporating other effects pedals and units specifically designed for him by his sound technician Roger Mayer (such as the Octavia and Uni-Vibe) with dramatic results.
Hendrix affected popular music with similar profundity; along with earlier bands such as The Who and Cream, he established a sonically heavy yet technically proficient bent to rock music as a whole, significantly furthering the development of hard rock and paving the way for heavy metal. He took blues to another level. His music has also had a great influence on funk and the development of funk rock especially through the guitarists Ernie Isley of The Isley Brothers and Eddie Hazel of Funkadelic, Prince, John Frusciante former member of the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Jesse Johnson of The Time. His influence even extends to many hip hop artists, including Questlove, Chuck D of Public Enemy, Ice-T (who covered "Hey Joe" with his heavy metal band Body Count), El-P and Wyclef Jean. Miles Davis was also deeply impressed by Hendrix and compared his improvisational skills with those of saxophonist John Coltrane,[160] and Davis would later want guitarists in his bands to emulate Hendrix.[161] Hendrix was ranked number 3 on VH1's 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock behind Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin.
Hendrix's guitar style also had significant influence upon ZZ Top guitarist Billy Gibbons,[162] fellow Texas guitar legend Stevie Ray Vaughan,[163] and later on Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett and Pearl Jam's Mike McCready, among others. Hendrix's influence is also evident in the musical styles of many prominent bassists such as Stanley Clarke,[164] Jaco Pastorius,[165] Billy Sheehan,[166] and Les Claypool.[167]
Hendrix was ranked number 3 on VH1's list of the 100 Greatest Artists of Rock N' Roll, behind the Rolling Stones and the Beatles. He has been voted by Rolling Stone, Guitar World, and a number of other magazines and polls as the best electric guitarist of all time. Conversely and with some modesty, Hendrix when asked in a Rolling Stone interview, "How does it feel to be the greatest guitarist in the world?", Hendrix replied, "I don't know, go ask Rory Gallagher."[168][169]
In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked him number 6 on their list of the 100 greatest artists of all time.
Guitar World's readers voted six of Hendrix's solos among the top "100 Greatest" of all time: "Purple Haze" (70), "The Star-Spangled Banner" (52), "Machine Gun" (32), "Little Wing" (18), "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" (11) and "All Along the Watchtower" (5).[170]
In 1992, Hendrix was posthumously awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
Financial and legal[link]
When Al Hendrix died of congestive heart failure in 2002, his will stipulated that Experience Hendrix, LLC was to exist as a trust designed to distribute profits to a list of Hendrix family beneficiaries. Upon his death, it was revealed that Al had signed a revision to his will which removed Hendrix's brother Leon Hendrix as a beneficiary. A 2004 probate lawsuit merged Leon's challenge to the will with charges from other Hendrix family beneficiaries that Janie Hendrix, Al's adopted daughter, was improperly handling the company finances. The suit argued that Janie and a cousin of Jimi Hendrix (Robert Hendrix) paid themselves exorbitant salaries and covered their own mortgages and personal expenses from the company's coffers while the beneficiaries went without payment and the Hendrix gravesite in Renton went uncompleted.
Janie and Robert's defense was that the company was not profitable yet, and that their salary and benefits were justified given the work that they put into running the company. Leon charged that Janie bilked Al Hendrix, then old and frail, into signing the revised will, and sought to have the previous will reinstated.[171] The defense argued that Al willingly removed Leon from his will because of Leon's problems with alcohol and gambling. In early 2005, presiding judge Jeffrey Ramsdell handed down a ruling that left the final will intact, but replaced Janie and Robert's role at the financial helm of Experience Hendrix with an independent trustee.
On October 5, 2011 the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in a case Golan v. Holder concerning the 1994 U.S. federal law that protected foreign copyrights. At stake in the outcome of this case is whether previously unprotected foreign works could be suddenly copyrighted and withdrawn from public domain. In a hypothetical argument Justice John Roberts asked "what about Jimi Hendrix?" and if Hendrix's rendition of the "Star Spangled Banner" at Woodstock violated copyright protection or was protected under public domain. Solicitor General Donald Verrilli, who defended the 1994 law, stated "maybe Jimi Hendrix could claim fair use".[172] The music of the "Star Spangled Banner" was composed by an English musician, John Stafford Smith in the mid 1760s. The lyrics of the "Star Spangled Banner" were written by American Francis Scott Key in 1814 and the song became America's National anthem in 1931.[173]
The Jimi Hendrix Foundation[link]
In 1987, Leon Hendrix commissioned the James (Jimi) Marshall Hendrix Foundation. This foundation is based in Renton, Washington. Though run for some time by Jimi's brother Leon Hendrix, in August 2006 Leon asked a childhood friend of Jimi Hendrix – James (Jimmy) Williams, to take control of the Foundation.[174]
Guitar[link]
Fender Stratocaster[link]
Hendrix owned and used a variety of guitars during his career. However, his guitar of choice (and the instrument that became most associated with him), was the Fender Stratocaster. He started playing the model in 1966 and thereafter used it prevalently in his stage performances and recordings.
Hendrix bought many Stratocasters and gave some away as gifts. The original sunburst Stratocaster that Hendrix burnt at the Astoria in 1967, and that he kept as a souvenir, was given to Frank Zappa by a Hendrix roadie at the 1968 Miami Pop Festival; Zappa assumed it was the one Hendrix had played there.[175]
Hendrix used right-handed guitars, turned upside down and restrung for left-hand playing.[176] This had an important effect on his guitar sound: because of the slant of the Strat's bridge pickup, his lowest string had a bright sound while his highest string had a mellow sound, the opposite of the Stratocaster's intended design.[177] Heavy use of the tremolo bar necessitated frequent tuning; Hendrix often asked the audience for a "minute to tune up", as heard on many live bootlegs of his performances.
In addition to Stratocasters, Hendrix was also photographed playing Fender Jazzmasters, Duosonics, two different Gibson Flying Vs, a Gibson Les Paul, three Gibson SGs, a Gretsch Corvette he used at the 1967 Curtis Knight sessions and miming with a right-strung Fender Jaguar on the Top of the Pops TV show, as well as several other brands.[178] Hendrix borrowed a Fender Telecaster from Noel Redding to record "Hey Joe" and "Purple Haze",[179] used a white Gibson SG Custom for his performances on The Dick Cavett Show in the summer of 1969, and the Isle of Wight film shows him playing his second Gibson Flying V. While Jimi had previously owned a Flying V that he had painted with a psychedelic design, the Flying V used at the Isle of Wight was a unique custom left-handed guitar with gold plated hardware, a bound fingerboard and "split-diamond" fret markers that were not found on other 1960s-era Flying Vs.
On December 4, 2006, one of Hendrix's 1968 Fender Stratocaster guitars with a sunburst design was sold at a Christie's auction for US$168,000.[180]
Other instruments[link]
Hendrix owned a Coral electric sitar that later wound up in the possession of Peter Frampton, who used it on tour during David Bowie's 1987 world tour.[181]
Amplifiers and effects[link]
Hendrix was a catalyst in the development of modern guitar effects pedals. His high volume and use of feedback required robust and powerful amplifiers. For the first few rehearsals he used Vox and Fender amplifiers. Sitting in with Cream, Hendrix played through a new range of high-powered guitar amps being made by London drummer turned audio engineer Jim Marshall, and they proved perfect for his needs. Along with the Stratocaster, the Marshall stack and amplifiers were crucial in shaping his heavily overdriven sound, enabling him to master the use of feedback as a musical effect, and he created a "definitive vocabulary for rock guitar".[182]
While his mainstays were the Arbiter Fuzz Face and a Vox wah-wah pedal,[182] Hendrix experimented with guitar effects as well. He had a fruitful association with engineer Roger Mayer who later went on to make the Axis fuzz unit, the Octavia octave doubler and several other devices based on units Mayer had created or tweaked for Hendrix. The Japanese-made Uni-Vibe, designed to simulate the modulation effects of the rotating Leslie speaker, provided a rich phasing sound with a speed control pedal, and is heard on the Band of Gypsys track "Machine Gun", which highlights use of the Uni-Vibe, Octavia and Fuzz Face.
The Hendrix sound combined high volume and high power, feedback manipulation, and a range of cutting-edge guitar effects. He was also known for his trick playing, which included playing with only his right (fretting) hand and using his teeth or playing behind his back and between his legs. Hendrix had large hands and characteristically used his thumb to fret bass notes, leaving his fingers free to play melodic lines on top. A clear demonstration of this thumb technique can be witnessed in the Woodstock video; during the song "Red House" there are closeups of Hendrix's fretting hand.
Electric church[link]
"Electric Church" was a quasi-spiritual belief that electric music brings out emotions and creative ideas in people, and encourages spirituality. It was popularized by Jimi Hendrix.
On the Dick Cavett Show in 1969, Hendrix said that he designed his music so that it would be able to go "inside the soul of the person, and awaken some kind of thing inside, because there are so many sleeping people". Promoting his third album Electric Ladyland, Jimi Hendrix said "the influence the psychedelics have on one is truly amazing, and I only wish more people appreciated this belief and genre". When asked why he didn't name the album "Electric Church" instead of "Electric Ladyland", Hendrix said some ladies were "electric too".[183]
Hendrix made numerous allusions to the concept in his music, most famously in the song "Red House", in which he introduces his band by saying that he is about to present them all to the "Electric Church".
Discography[link]
Main articles: Jimi Hendrix discography and Jimi Hendrix posthumous discography
The Jimi Hendrix Experience[link]
Jimi Hendrix/Band of Gypsys[link]
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Posthumous studio albums[link]
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References[link]
- Notes
- ^ Shapiro, Harry; Glebbeek, Caesar (1990). Jimi Hendrix: Electric Gypsy. St. Martin's Press. p. 7. ISBN 0-312-13062-7.
- ^ Jimi Hendrix, electric gypsy. Google Books. 1995. ISBN 978-0-312-13062-6. http://books.google.com/?id=JB1W2dn31rwC&pg=PA693&lpg=PA693&dq=jimi+hendrix+%22birth+certificate%22#v=onepage&q=jimi%20hendrix%20%22birth%20certificate%22&f=false. Retrieved September 18, 2010.
- ^ "Hendrix Voted World's Best Guitarist". Sky News. August 7, 2002. http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Sky-News-Archive/Article/200806412071472. Retrieved April 11, 2009.
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- Further reading
- Shapiro, Harry; Glebbeek, Cesar (1991). Jimi Hendrix – Electric Gypsy. St. Martin's Press. p. 722. ISBN 0-312-05861-6.
- Brown, Tony (1992). Jimi Hendrix – A Visual Documentary. Omnibus Press. p. 128. ISBN 0-7119-2761-8.
- Black, Johnny (1999). Jimi Hendrix – The Ultimate Experience. Thunder's Mouth Press. p. 256. ISBN 1-56025-240-5.
- Roby, Steven (2002). Black Gold – The Lost Archives of Jimi Hendrix. Billboard Books. p. 278. ISBN 0-8230-7854-X.
- Shadwick, Keith (2003). Jimi Hendrix, Musician. Backbeat Books. p. 256. ISBN 0-87930-764-1.
- McDermott, John; Kramer, Eddie (1992). Hendrix, Setting The Record Straight. Grand Central Publishing. p. 364. ISBN 0-446-39431-9.
- McDermott, John; Kramer, Eddie; Cox, Billy (2009). Ultimate Hendrix. Backbeat Books. p. 256. ISBN 0-87930-938-5.
- McDermott, John; Kramer, Eddie; Cox, Billy (1995). Jimi Hendrix, Sessions. Little, Brown & Co.. p. 196. ISBN 0-316-87666-6.
- Whitburn, Joel (1988). Top R&B Singles 1942–1988. Record Research, Inc. p. 613. ISBN 0-89820-068-7.
- Charles R. Cross, Room Full Of Mirrors: A Biography Of Jimi Hendrix, 2005: ISBN 1-4013-0028-6
- Gary Geldeart & Steve Rodham, "From The Benjamin Franklin Studios 3rd Edition Parts 1, 2 & 3" 2008
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 Little Richard performing, in Austin, Texas, in March 2007 |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Richard Wayne Penniman |
| Also known as | Little Richard, The Real King of Rock ‘n’ Roll, The King of Rockin ‘n’ Rollin' Rhythm & Blues Soulin’.[1] |
| Born | (1932-12-05) December 5, 1932 (age 79) |
| Origin | Macon, Georgia, U.S. |
| Genres | Rock and roll, rhythm and blues, soul, funk, gospel |
| Occupations | Musician, songwriter, recording artist, actor |
| Instruments | Vocals, piano, keyboards. saxophone |
| Years active | 1945[2]–present |
| Labels | RCA Camden, Peacock, Specialty, Gone, Atlantic, Bell, Brunswick, Coral, Critique, Elektra, End, Guest Star, Kent, Lost-Nite, Mainstream, Manticore, MCA, Mercury, Modern, Vee Jay, Okeh, Reprise, K-Tel, Black Label, Warner Bros., WTG |
Richard Wayne Penniman (born December 5, 1932), known by the stage name Little Richard, is an American singer, songwriter, musician, recording artist, and actor, considered key in the transition from rhythm and blues to rock and roll in the mid-1950s. He was also the first artist to put the funk in the rock and roll beat[3][4] and contributed significantly to the early development of soul music.[5][6] The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame website entry on Penniman states that:
He claims to be "the architect of rock and roll", and history would seem to bear out Little Richard’s boast. More than any other performer – save, perhaps, Elvis Presley, Little Richard blew the lid off the Fifties, laying the foundation for rock and roll with his explosive music and charismatic persona. On record, he made spine-tingling rock and roll. His frantically charged piano playing and raspy, shouted vocals on such classics as "Tutti Frutti", "Long Tall Sally" and "Good Golly, Miss Molly" defined the dynamic sound of rock and roll.[7]
Penniman began performing on stage and on the road in 1945, when he was in his early teens.[2] He began his recording career on October 16, 1951[8] by imitating the gospel-influenced style of late-1940s jump blues artist Billy Wright,[9] who was a friend and also helped arrange his first sessions. He recorded for RCA Records from 1951-52 and for Peacock Records beginning in 1953. Dissatissfied with his lack of commercial success during this time, Penniman formed a new "hard-driving" R&B road band in 1953. By early 1955, a demo tape of his music caught the attention of Specialty Records president Art Rupe, who bought out his contract from Peacock and arranged for him to record for Specialty in September 1955. Under the guidance of Robert "Bumps" Blackwell, Penniman began recording in a style he had been performing onstage for years,[10] featuring varied rhythm (derived from everything from drum beats he would hear in his voice to the sounds of trains he would hear thundering by him as a child), a heavy backbeat, funky saxophone grooves, over-the-top gospel-style singing, moans, screams, and other emotive inflections, accompanied by a combination of boogie-woogie and rhythm and blues music.[2] This new music,[11][12] which included an original injection of funk into the rock and roll beat,[4][7] inspired many of the greatest recording artists of the twentieth century and beyond, including James Brown,[13] Elvis Presley,[14] Otis Redding,[5] Bob Dylan,[15] Jimi Hendrix,[5][16] The Beatles,[17][18] Rolling Stones,[19][20] Led Zeppelin,[21] Michael Jackson,[22] and generations of other rhythm & blues, rock, soul, as well as funk and rap artists.[23][24][25][26]
On October 12, 1957, while at the height of stardom, Penniman abruptly quit rock and roll music and became a born-again Christian.[27] He had charted seventeen original hits in less than three years.[28] In January 1958, he enrolled in and attended Bible college[29] to become a preacher and evangelist and began recording and performing only gospel music for a number of years. He then moved back and forth from rock and roll to the ministry, until he was able to reconcile the two roles in later life.[30]
Penniman was among the first group of inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986 and one of only four of those artists (along with Ray Charles, James Brown, and Fats Domino) to also receive the Rhythm and Blues Foundation's Pioneer Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2003, Penniman was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.[31] In 2007, his 1955 original hit "Tutti Frutti" was voted Number 1 by an eclectic panel of renowned recording artists on Mojo's The Top 100 Records That Changed The World, hailing the recording as "the sound of the birth of rock and roll."[32][33] In 2010, The United States of America's Library of Congress National Recording Registry added the groundbreaking recording to its registry, claiming that the hit, with its original “A-wop-bop-a-loo-mop-a-lop-bam-boom!” a cappella introduction, heralded a new era in music.[34]
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Biography[link]
Early life and early career: 1932–1951[link]
Richard Wayne Penniman was born in Macon, Georgia, the third of 12 children born to Charlie "Bud" Penniman, Sr. (10 April 1910 – 12 January 1952[35]), a bootlegger[36] and his wife Leva Mae (née Stewart). He grew up in a religious family in which singing was an integral part of their lives; they performed in local churches as The Penniman Singers, and entered contests with other singing families. His family called him "War Hawk" because of his loud, screaming singing voice. His grandfather, Walter Penniman, was a preacher, and his father's family were members of the Foundation Templar African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church in Macon. His maternal grandmother was a member of Macon's Holiness Temple Baptist Church. Penniman attended the New Hope Baptist Church in Macon, where his mother was a member. Penniman's favorites were the Pentecostal churches because of the music and the fun he would have doing the holy dance and speaking in tongues with members of the congregation. When he was 10, he became a faith healer, singing gospel songs and touching people, who would testify that they felt better afterwards. Inspired by Brother Joe May, a singing evangelist known as "The Thunderbolt of the West", Penniman wanted to become a preacher.[37]
Almost all of Penniman's dramatic phrasing and swift vocal turns are derived from black gospel artists of the 1930s and '40s. He said gospel star Sister Rosetta Tharpe was his favorite singer when he was a child. She had invited him to sing a song with her onstage at the Macon City Auditorium in 1945, after hearing him sing "Two Fishes and Five Loaves" before the concert.[38] The crowd cheered, and she paid him more money than he had ever seen after the show.[39] It was there that he decided that he wanted to do with his life.[40] He was also influenced by Marion Williams, from whom he got the trademark "whoooo" in his vocal, Mahalia Jackson and Brother Joe May.[41] He was influenced in appearance (hair, clothing, shoes, makeup, etc.) and sound by late 1940s gospel-style, jump blues shouter Billy Wright, a friend of his who was known as the "Prince of the Blues".[42] Wright set Penniman up with DJ Zenas Sears, who scored the newcomer his first recording contract in 1951.[43] One of Penniman's main influences in piano-playing was Esquerita (Eskew Reeder, Jr.), who showed him how to play high notes without compromising bass. Penniman met Esquerita when he traveled through Macon with a preacher named Sister Rosa.
Penniman lived in a black neighborhood; he had some contact with whites but, due to racial segregation, he could not cross the line where the whites lived.[44] While in high school, Penniman played alto saxophone in the marching band. He began losing interest in school and began performing in a variety of travelling shows in his mid-teens.[35]
Early recordings: 1951–1955[link]
In October 1951, Penniman began recording jump blues records for RCA Camden. His father was shot to death while he was recording in a studio on January 12, 1952.[35] In October 1953, he began recording with Peacock Records.[45] Records were released each year during 1951–54, but none were significant hits.
Following two recording sessions with Peacock in 1953,[46] Penniman, dissatisfied with his solo career, began to form a new R&B road band that he called "The Upsetters." The band began with New Orleans drummer Charles "Chuck" Connors and two saxophonists, including Wilbert "Lee Diamond" Smith.[47] By 1955, the band was joined by saxophonists Clifford "Gene" Burks and Grady Gaines, who became its leader,[48] along with Olsie "Baysee" Robinson on bass, and Nathaniel "Buster" Douglas on guitar.[49]
At Lloyd Price's suggestion, Penniman recorded a demo for gospel/R&B label Specialty Records on February 9, 1955.[50] Specialty's owner, Art Rupe, loaned him money to buy out his contract from Peacock Records and placed his career in the hands of Specialty's A&R man Robert "Bumps" Blackwell.[51]
Rupe and Blackwell originally pictured Penniman as a commercial rival to Ray Charles, who was experiencing success with Atlantic Records by taking gospel songs and developing them in a bluesy setting with a beat.[52] Penniman told Rupe he liked Fats Domino's sound, so Rupe and Blackwell booked Cosimo Matassa's J & M Recording Studio in New Orleans,[53] and hired studio musicians who had worked with Domino (including Earl Palmer on drums and Lee Allen on sax) rather than members of Penniman's road band on many[46][54] of the mid-1950s Specialty tracks.[55]
Following some recordings that did not satisfy Blackwell, they took a break. Penniman began pounding out a boogie woogie rhythm on piano and hollering out impromptu recital of "Tutti Frutti", a song he had written freestyle (the way rappers began to do decades later) while performing in the boogie-woogie blues clubs.[56] Blackwell was so impressed with the sound that he had Penniman record the song. However, in order to make it commercially acceptable, Penniman's lyrics were rewritten. Blackwell recognized that the lyrics, with their “minstrel modes and homosexuality humor” needed to be cleaned up.[57] For example “Tutti Frutti, good booty",[58] were replaced with “Tutti Frutti, aw-rooty”. The song featured the a cappella intro "A-wop-bop-a-loo-mop-a-lop-bam-boom!", which Penniman first belted out years before onstage based on a drum beat he heard in his voice, that had also been altered slightly to make it commercially acceptable.[59] The recording was released on Specialty in October 1955.[2][60]
Initial success: 1955–1957[link]
"Tutti Frutti" reached #2 on Billboard's R&B chart. Seventeen more hit singles followed in less than three years, three of which reached number 1.[28] While most of these hits were characterized by a driving piano, boogie-woogie bass line, a variety of rhythmic drumbeats, and wild screams before Lee Allen's sax solos, such as "Rip It Up", "Lucille", "Jenny, Jenny", "Good Golly, Miss Molly" and "Keep A-Knockin'", a few of them were slower in tempo and more soulful, such as "True Fine Mama".[28] During this period, Penniman's "electrifying movie-star looks"[61] were featured as he performed his hit songs in three films, including The Girl Can't Help It (1956), in which he sang the hit title track, Don't Knock the Rock (1956), and Mister Rock and Roll (1957).
"Tutti Frutti" was quickly covered by both Elvis Presley and Pat Boone.[62] While Presley's version of this and three other Penniman singles[63][64] only appeared as album tracks, Boone's covers were released as singles and his "Tutti Frutti" single outsold the source record[65] and "outdid Richard's on the hit parade".[66] Boone also released a version of "Long Tall Sally"[65] with slightly bowdlerized lyrics, but this time, the original version outperformed the cover on the Billboard pop chart.[66] Presley and Bill Haley tackled Penniman's fourth R&B chart topper, "Rip It Up", but his single was the hit.[citation needed]
Penniman, along with his road band, performed his hits in sports stadiums and concert venues across the United States through 1956 and 1957.[67] He brought the races together at his concerts, at a time in the United States when laws still dictated that public facilities (including concert venues) be divided into separate "white" and "colored" domains. His audiences would start out segregated in the building, usually with one race on the floor and the other on the balcony, but most of the time, by the end of the night they were mixed together.[68] Racists in the south, such as the North Alabama White Citizens Council, responded by putting out statements on television, warning the public that "Rock n Roll is part of a test to undermine the morals of the youth of our nation. It is sexualistic, unmoralistic and ... brings people of both races together."[69] The demand for him was so great, however, that even in the south where segregation was most rampant, the taboos against black artists appearing in white venues were being shattered.[70]
Penniman was an innovative and charismatic performer, appearing in sequined capes under flicker lights that he brought from show business into the music world. He would run off and on the stage, jumping, yelling, and whipping the audience into a frenzy.[71] At a concert in Baltimore, Maryland, US concert history was made[72] when excited people had to be restrained from jumping off the balconies, and the police had to stop the show twice to remove dozens of girls that had climbed onstage to try to rip souvenirs from Penniman. Later in the show, girls began to throw their undergarments onto the stage.[72]
While on the road in the mid-50s, Penniman would have notorious parties,[73] replete with orgies, in hotel rooms wherever they appeared. In late 1956, he met a voluptuous high school graduate in Savannah, Georgia, by the name of Lee Angel (née Audrey Robinson). She became his girlfriend and started traveling on the road with him. Penniman would invite attractive men to his parties and would enjoy watching them having sex with his girlfriend.[74]
Conversion to Christianity: 1957–1962[link]
In early October 1957, on the fifth date of a two-week tour of Australia, Penniman was flying from Melbourne to appear in front of 40,000 fans in concert in Sydney. Shocked by the red hot appearance of the engines against the night sky, he envisioned angels holding up the plane. Then, while he performed at the stadium, he was shaken by the sight of a ball of fire that he watched streak across the sky overhead. He took what was actually the launching of Sputnik 1, which he later learned was the first human-made object to orbit the earth, as another sign to quit show business and follow God. The following day he departed Sydney on a ferry and threw his $8,000 ring in the water to show his band members that he was serious about quitting. The plane that he was originally scheduled to fly back home on ended up crashing in the Pacific Ocean, which he took as confirmation that he was doing what God wanted him to do.[75]
The news of his quitting at the height of his career had broken all over the world by the time he returned to the United States.[76] He attended one more recording session for Specialty on October 18, 1957,[77] and, at the request of DJ Alan Freed, performed a farewell concert at the Apollo Theatre in New York. He then had his roadies drive his Cadillacs across the United States to a property he bought for his mother in California and gave her the keys.[78] He formed the Little Richard Evangelistic Team, travelling across the country preaching, and helped people locally through a ministry on skid row in Los Angeles.[79]
In November 1957, he met Ernestine Campbell at an evangelistic meeting in Washington, D.C..[80] They were married on July 11, 1959.[81]
In 1958,[82] he enrolled in the Seventh-day Adventist[7][29] Oakwood College (now Oakwood University), in Huntsville, Alabama, where he planned to take a three-year course which was to culminate in ordination.[80][clarification needed] He eventually went on to earn a BA in Theological Studies from the college in 1970, becoming an ordained minister.[83][84][85]
From October 1957 to 1962, Penniman recorded gospel music for End, Mercury, and Atlantic.[86] Following release of his gospel album for Mercury titled The King of the Gospel Singers, Little Richard met Mahalia Jackson, one of his childhood heroes. She was appearing in Los Angeles and he stopped her on the street to invite her to hear him sing at the Mount Moriah Baptist Church. She attended and indicated that she was delighted with his singing, stating that "he was singing gospel songs the way they should be sung" and "he had that primitive beat and sound that came so naturally."[87] Three of his gospel songs recorded during this period hit the pop charts - "He's Not Just a Soldier" (1961) and "He Got What He Wanted" (1962) (UK) for Mercury and "Crying In The Chapel" (1963) for Atlantic.[88]
Return to secular music and personal decline: 1962–1976[link]
Penniman continued in the ministry but was experiencing marital problems and some difficulty living his ideal of a disciplined Christian life.[89] Although rock and roll sales were in a slump in America in 1962, Penniman's records were still selling well in England. From April to May of that year, The Beatles, then still an obscure English band, co-resided with Penniman at the Star Club in Hamburg, Germany, during which time he advised them on the proper technique for performing his songs.[90] Included in this instruction was teaching Paul McCartney his "woo holler."[91] British promoter Don Arden then booked Penniman for an October 1962 tour of Great Britain, with the Beatles as an opening act.[92] Penniman thought he was going to perform gospel music, but Arden had promoted the concert as a rock and roll show. On the first night of the tour he began performing gospel music, but gave in to the pressure and began performing his secular hits. He walked off to a wildly excited, standing ovation. The frenzied crowd reaction was to be repeated wherever he appeared.[93]
Penniman returned to Specialty Records in March 1964, following a Don Arden headlining deal, to record one secular track. At this time he decided not to disclose his reactivated Rock and Roll activity to the church community because he was convinced that rock and roll was evil and still wanted to keep his options open in the ministry.[94]
He had successfully toured England and Wales in October and November 1963,[67] with Bo Diddley, The Everly Brothers and the then little-known Rolling Stones.[95][96] Mick Jagger would later state, "I heard so much about the audience reaction, I thought there must be some exaggeration. But it was all true. He drove the whole house into a complete frenzy... I couldn't believe the power of Little Richard onstage. He was amazing."[97] Near the end of the tour, Penniman recorded a television show, The Little Richard Spectacular, with Sounds Incorporated as the backing band and The Shirelles performing backing vocals, for Britain's largest independent television company at the time, Granada. After the show was first aired in May 1964, Granada received over 60,000 letters from fans, which prompted the company to two repeat broadcasts of the show. Much of the footage was used for a TV special, highlighting the frenzy and excitement associated with rock and roll, that was seen all over the world.[98]
Penniman recorded four more secular tracks for Specialty in April 1964.[99] One of these recordings, "Bama Lama, Bama Loo" was released as a single and was a minor hit on the Billboard charts[citation needed] but a Top Twenty in the UK.
In the Spring of 1964, Penniman and Robert Blackwell brought a fledgling Jimi Hendrix (who up until then was a "fill-in" Upsetter and wanted to be known as 'Maurice James') into his band, full-time.[7][100] Hendrix began dressing and growing a mustache like Penniman's.[101][102] He toured with Penniman and played on at least a dozen tracks for Vee Jay Records between the spring of 1964 and spring of 1965.[103] Of these, "I Don't Know What You Got But It's Got Me" and covers of "Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On" and "Goodnight, Irene" hit the pop and/or R&B charts with moderate success.[104]
Penniman continued to record and perform only secular music in the mid-60s, during which time he began drinking heavily.[105] He has stated that he could have had more commercial success during this period, but southern preachers displeased with his backslide from the ministry pressured R&B radio stations throughout the southern U.S. not to play his music, while on the West Coast, particularly in Los Angeles following the Watts Riots, some black DJs were not playing his music because he was drawing both races to his concerts.[106]
In 1966 and 1967, Penniman recorded two soul albums for Okeh Records, with his old friend from the mid-'50s, Larry Williams, as producer, and Johnny Guitar Watson on guitar.[107] The first album included two modest hits, "Poor Dog" and "Commandments Of Love"[108] In August 1967, the second album, which was an "Okeh Club" concert performance, returned Penniman to Billboard's Top 200 Albums chart for the first time in 10 years,[3] and reached the Billboard Black Albums Top 30. Williams also acted as the musical director for Penniman's live performances used for the album, and Penniman's bookings during this period skyrocketed.[108]
With the emergence of the Black Power movement in the latter part of the decade, Penniman was invited to perform for strictly black crowds. He refused because he did not want to exclude any races from attending his shows.[109] He remained a popular concert attraction, travelling extensively in the United States and Europe, as well as in Mexico and Canada, throughout the remainder of the decade.[67]
In 1969, he was invited to perform at the Toronto Rock and Roll Revival. The event was filmed by director D.A. Pennebaker and also featured Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Jerry Lee Lewis and Gene Vincent.[110][111]
Penniman continued to tour, appear in an occasional film, and record secular music into the 1970s. The Rock and Roll Revival period of the late sixties resulted in another comeback opportunity for Penniman in the early seventies. However, instead of recording only the expected high-energy rock & roll, he recorded a series of eclectic, wide-ranging albums that touched on country, acoustic blues, hard-driving funk, soul, gospel, melodic pop, as well as rock & roll. The range and accomplishment of the music, which included stunning covers of recordings by artists that he inspired as well as powerful, memorable new songs written by Penniman himself, was staggering.[112] These albums resulted in two Top 100 hits ("Freedom Blues" making Top 50 Pop and 30 Soul charts) and a Top 200 album for Reprise Records between 1970 and 1972. In '72 he had a short stay on the charts as guest on Canned Heat's "Rockin' With The King". The following year, Richard did fairly well with the soul ballad, "In The Middle Of The Night", profits to go to charity, and a single charted briefly for Manticore in 1975.[113] That same year, he played piano on the Top 40 single "Take It Like a Man" from the Bachman–Turner Overdrive hit album Head On and recorded a gospel song entitled, "Try To Help Your Brother". In 1976, he re-recorded twenty of his biggest Specialty hits in Nashville for a K-Tel Records album.[114]
Penniman also continued his wild partying through the first half of the seventies[115] and, reportedly, by late 1971, developed a dependency on a variety of drugs and alcohol.[116] He and his brothers started their own management company, Bud Hole Incorporated.[117]
Return to Christianity: 1977–1984[link]
In 1977, Penniman reached a crossroad in his life. Two close friends, a brother and a nephew that he loved as a son, died, and he came close to being shot by his long-time friend, Larry Williams, over a drug debt. Even though he and Williams were very close friends, cocaine addiction fueled a rage in Williams when Penniman failed to repay him because he was high. In what he referred to as the most fearful moment of his life, Penniman happened to have the money and Williams spared him.[118]
Penniman repented for his wayward living and returned to evangelism.[3] He also represented Memorial Bibles International and sold their Black Heritage Bible, which highlighted the many black people in the Bible.[3] In 1979, he recorded a gospel album entitled God's Beautiful City,[3] and embarked upon an evangelical campaign across the U.S.[119] During this period, he proclaimed that it was not possible to perform rock and roll music and serve God at the same time.[120] That same year, a small budget label, Koala, issued "Goin' All The Way With Rock and Roll", spotty, technically challenged live session from earlier in the decade, to add to the confusion for newer fans, not familiar with Richard's Gospel proclivities.
Penniman evangelized to crowds of as few as 250 in small churches to packed auditoriums of 21,000 through the remainder of the 1970s and the first half of the 1980s. His preaching focused on bringing the races together and lost souls to repentance through God's love, as well as the rejection of his former lifestyle of alcoholism, drug addiction and bisexuality.[121][122]
Show business comeback and recognition: 1984–2000[link]
In 1984, Charles White's authorized biography of Penniman (The Life and Times of Little Richard) was published, featuring extensive first-person input from its subject, testimonials of Penniman's influence on many legendary recording artists, and attracting attention for its "juicy anecdotes".[123] The publication catapulted Penniman into the limelight again with a number of the world's largest newspapers and magazines featuring major reviews.
Shortly before the publication of the biography, Penniman's mother died. Not long before she died he promised her that he would remain a Christian. He thereafter reconciled his role as an evangelist and as a rock and roll artist, stating that he believed that rock and roll music could be used for good or evil.[30]
In an effort to merge his faith with his music, Penniman enlisted his old friend Billy Preston to help write a song with religious lyrics that sounded like rock and roll. The result, "Great Gosh A'Mighty (It's a Matter of Time)," was produced by Dan Hartman for the soundtrack of a new motion picture entitled Down and Out in Beverly Hills. The hit theme song appeared in a different version on an album of faith-based material entitled Lifetime Friend, recorded (primarily in England) from late 1985 into early 1986. Penniman referred to his new style of music as "message music" and "messages in rhythm"[124][125], which included a track that was an innovative blend of rap and funky rock music. Penniman also acted in the hit motion picture and received critical acclaim for his performance.[30]
Near the end of the recording process for Lifetime Friend, Penniman flew back to the United States to appear in an episode of the television show Miami Vice. Following the filming he broke his leg in an automobile accident[126], which prevented him from attending the first Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony on January 23, 1986, at which he was honored as one of the first inductees.[3]
In 1987, Penniman recorded a track for the 1988 tribute album Folkways: A Vision Shared ("The Rock Island Line," backed by Fishbone).[127] He also recorded the theme song for the Twins motion picture soundtrack with Philip Bailey and appeared in a promotional music video of the recording for the movie with Bailey, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito.
The pressure to return to singing his classic secular hits seemed to mount as the spotlight on Penniman continued. On November 11, 1988,[128] Penniman was filmed as he appeared at "The Legends of Rock and Roll Concert" in Rome, Italy, along with Jerry Lee Lewis, Bo Diddley, Fats Domino, B.B. King, Ray Charles, and James Brown.[129][130] Penniman sang three songs; two faith-based ("Great Gosh a'Mighty" and "Joy, Joy, Joy") and the third family-themed ("No Place Like Home"). While others sang the lyrics of one of his secular hits ("Tutti Frutti"), introduced by Jerry Lee Lewis during the all-star jam session finale involving all of the artists, Penniman refused to sing the lyric, instead passing the microphone to Bo Diddley, who seemed to support him by changing the song. However, at an AIDS benefit concert hosted by Cher in March 1989, Penniman performed his classic, "Lucille" for the first time in 13 years. This event marked Penniman's second return to performing his classic brand of rock 'n' roll, though not to the hedonistic lifestyle he had ventured into after his first return to secular music in the sixties.
Penniman would go on to continue to perform some of his faith-based brand of rock 'n' roll music at his concerts, as well. In April 1989, he preached, rapped in funky rhyme style, and sang background vocals on the live, extended version of the 1989 U2/B.B. King hit "When Love Comes to Town".[131] He also recorded on a gospel music track with John P. Kee.
Penniman remained active throughout the 1990s on television, in music videos, commercials, movies, in concert and as a guest recording artist.[132] In 1990, he recorded a rap segment for Living Colour's "Elvis Is Dead" (featuring Maceo Parker on saxophone) and then performed it with the band live on television.[133][134][135] He appeared in "Mother Goose Rock N Rhyme" (as Ol' King Cole) in 1990. He appeared (as a preacher) in music videos for Cinderella's "Shelter Me" and in a new recording of "Good Golly Miss Molly" for the motion picture King Ralph (1991).[132][136] He recorded an album of classic children's songs in his original rocking style for Disney, as well as the opening theme song for the science mystery cartoon The Magic School Bus. He has also voiced an animated version of himself in an episode of Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventures. He recorded duets with Jon Bon Jovi, Hank Williams, Jr., Elton John, Tanya Tucker and Solomon Burke on his Definition of Soul album. He also recorded new tracks for two motion picture soundtracks: Casper (1995) and Why Do Fools Fall in Love (1998).
Penniman appeared (as himself) in Why Do Fools Fall in Love, as well as in the 1999 film Mystery, Alaska, in which he sang "The Star-Spangled Banner" and "O Canada". He also guest starred as himself in television shows including Columbo (in an episode entitled "The Murder of a Rock Star"),[137] Full House (in the episode entitled "Too Little Richard Too Late"), Muppets Tonight (in an episode full of cameo appearances), Martin (in the episode entitled "Three Men and a Mouse")[132] and The Fresh Prince of Bel Air.[132] On June 2, 1995, he appeared on the ABC daytime soap opera One Life to Live.[138] He portrayed a fictionalized version of himself, officiating the wedding of supercouple Bo Buchanan and Nora Gannon,[139] who were huge fans of 1950s rock and roll music.
Current work: 2000–present[link]
In 2000, Robert Townsend directed a television biopic entitled Little Richard about the artist's life from childhood to his early 30s (circa 1962). Leon Robinson received an Emmy Award nomination for his performance in the starring role.[140]
Penniman has continued to record, tour, and appear on television throughout the decade.[67][132] He wrote and recorded a song for the 2001 film The Trumpet of the Swan. In 2002, he recorded a rocking version of Johnny Cash's "Get Rhythm" for Kindred Spirits: A Tribute to Johnny Cash. In 2005, he and Jerry Lee Lewis recorded a duet of the Beatles' hit "I Saw Her Standing There" for Lewis' 2006 album Last Man Standing. In 2006, he was featured in a hit Geico television advertisement.[141] Later that year, he was retained by Simon Cowell to be a judge in the Fox television series Celebrity Duets.[142] On March 24, 2007, Penniman performed and lectured students at the University of Texas event "40 Acres Fest", featuring 1,200 bands.[143][144][145] He also performed that year at the Capitol Fourth, a July 4 celebration in front of the White House. On July 25, 2007, he made an appearance on the ABC show The Next Best Thing.[146] On November 22, 2007, he headlined the half-time show for a Thanksgiving football game at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona.[147] In 2007, to help raise funds to benefit sick and dying children, as well as to debunk the notion that Don Imus was a racist, he recorded a guest track for The Imus Ranch Record (2008).[148] In June 2008, Penniman also made a cameo appearance on The Young and the Restless as an ordained piano-playing minister.[149]
Reverend Richard Penniman, who had performed wedding ceremonies for celebrities including Cyndi Lauper, Bruce Willis and Demi Moore, Tom Petty, Bruce Springsteen, Steve van Zandt and Michael Jackson's former lawyer John Branca (for whom Jackson was best man),[150] spoke a message with a heavy spiritual emphasis at his old friend Wilson Pickett's January 2006 funeral,[151] officiated at a wedding of 20 couples in December 2006,[152] and preached at Ike Turner's December 2007 funeral.[153][unreliable source?] On May 30, 2009, following a performance in honor of Fats Domino to raise funds to help rebuild children's playgrounds devastated by Hurricane Katrina, Penniman led Domino and others present in prayer.[154][155] On June 12, 2009, prior to performing for the grand finale of 29th annual Riverbend Music Festival in Chattanooga, Tennessee[156] he said, "although I sing rock 'n' roll, God still loves me. I'm a rock 'n' roll singer, but I'm still a Christian."[157] In late November 2009, Penniman asked for fans to pray for his quick and full recovery from a recent surgery on a hip, which had been causing him pain in his left leg for some time.[158]
Little Richard continued to recover from the operation on his left hip in the first part of 2010. On June 5–6, 2010, he spent time at The Rock House in Franklin, Tennessee to record a new track — a cover of Dottie Rambo's "He Ain't Never Done Me Nothing But Good", as part of a star-studded tribute to the late gospel songwriting legend which was slated for release in 2011.
In January 2011, Penniman appeared for an interview on the set of Charles Wright's "Express Yourself Show." Interviewed by Mr. Duran, Penniman preached a brief message to his Latino fans, spoke of his ongoing recovery from the operation on his hip, and introduced his rap recording artist nephew, RR112, who performed a partial rhyme at the end of the interview.[159] Penniman performed at "A Capital Fourth" celebration in Washington, D.C. on July 4, 2011. His performance included several of his most well known hits, including Long Tall Sally and Good Golly Miss Molly.[160] Penniman agreed to replace an ill Jerry Lee Lewis at the Beale Street Music Festival in Memphis, Tennessee on Sunday, May 6, 2012.[161][162] Despite still suffering from a problem with his left hip and asking the audience for prayer support, Penniman's invigorating stage performance kept the crowd jubilant and drew the loudest applause of the music festival. [163][164] Penniman was was booked to perform at BB King Blues Club & Grill in New York, NY on June 14, 2012 as part of The Blue Note Jazz Festival[165] and the Howard Theatre in Washingotn, DC. on June 16, 2012.
Penniman marked his 67th year of public performing in 2012.
Personal life[link]
Born the third of twelve siblings, Penniman was raised in a family with deep evangelical Christian roots. He was put out of the home by his father, who told him that he had spoiled his wish to have seven sons because of his effeminate mannerisms. After Penniman began making records, his father began opening up to him. But his father was fatally shot by Penniman's best friend James LeRoy outside a local bar. At the time, Penniman was 19 years old.[2]
Penniman became actively involved in orgies in the mid-1950s. In June 1956, Penniman met what has been described as his life-long soulmate, a young woman by the name of Audrey Robinson, who also went by the name Lee Angel. Robinson, who was 16 years of age when they first met, had graduated from high school early and was a college student.[2] Penniman committed his life to Christianity in October 1957, and met Ernestine Campbell at an evangelical church rally. They were wed in 1959. Penniman had some difficulty living a disciplined Christian life and was so drawn to show business that he ended up divorcing his wife in 1963. The marriage did not produce any children. However, Penniman did adopt the son of a deceased church associate in the early 1960s.[2]
Penniman's sexuality has long been a topic of debate, with the singer himself admitting that he had homosexual experiences as a young adult. But later in life, after becoming born again, he told a biographer that homosexuality was "contagious." In the same breath, he told the same biographer that he was "omnisexual" and in an interview with Penthouse magazine in 1995, said that he knew he was homosexual.[2] Richard has had affairs with both men and women.
Following more than a decade of wild living, Penniman encountered a series of devastating personal experiences, including a near-fatal, drug-fueled clash with his long-time friend Larry Williams in 1977. He returned to evangelical ministry and walked away again from rock and roll music, stating that it was not possible to serve God and perform that style of music simultaneously. Prior to the death of his mother in 1984, Penniman promised her that he would remain a Christian. He proceeded to use rock and roll to produce gospel recordings that he referred to as "messages in rhythm," changing his stance by stating that rock and roll could be used for good or evil.
Penniman has remained single for many years, is deeply spiritual, and now lives in Moore County, Tennessee . In recent years, he has occasionally been in the company of his former girlfriend from the mid-1950s, Audrey Robinson.[166][167]
Influence[link]
Known widely as "the architect of rock and roll,"[168][169] Penniman was an innovative[170] artist whose influence on the development of a variety of major musical genres and artists in the twentieth century was immense.[171] James Brown, who called Penniman his idol,[13] stated that Penniman was the first to put the funk in the rock and roll beat while working with his mid-1950s road band.[3][4] Otis Redding, who entered the music business because of Penniman, indicated that Penniman contributed significantly to the early development of soul music.[5] Richie Unterberger of allmusic.com stated that "Little Richard merged the fire of gospel with New Orleans R&B, pounding the piano and wailing with gleeful abandon. While numerous other R&B greats of the early '50s had been moving in a similar direction, none of them matched the sheer electricity of Richard's vocals. With his bullet-speed deliveries, ecstatic trills, and the overjoyed force of personality in his singing, he was crucial in upping the voltage from high-powered R&B into the similar, yet different, guise of rock & roll. Although he was only a hitmaker for a couple of years or so, his influence upon both the soul and British Invasion stars of the 1960s was vast, and his early hits remain core classics of the rock repertoire."[172] Little Richard's influence can be felt in virtually every top rock and rap act since 1955—from Elvis and Jerry Lee Lewis to Tina Turner and Prince, and many of today's rappers.[173][174][175]
Penniman has been recognized for his outstanding musical contributions by many other high-profile artists. In November 1988, Ray Charles introduced him at the Legends of Rock n Roll concert in Rome, as "a man that started a kind of music that set the pace for a lot of what's happening today."[11] Bo Diddley stated that "Little Richard was a one-of-a-kind show business genius. He influenced so many people in the business."[176] Elvis Presley, who covered four Little Richard singles in 1956[177], once told Penniman, "your music has inspired me—you are the greatest."[14] Paul McCartney said that he idolized Penniman when he was in school and always wanted to sing like him,[178] and Mick Jagger called Penniman "the originator" and "my first idol."[179] Bob Dylan performed Little Richard songs on piano as a schoolboy in his first band, and declared in his high school yearbook in 1959 that his ambition was "to join Little Richard,"[15][16] and in 1966, Jimi Hendrix, who recorded and performed with Penniman from 1964 to 1965[176] and began to emulate him in appearance, like Prince[180][181] (mustache, clothing, etc.) during that time,[176] was quoted as saying, "I want to do with my guitar what Little Richard does with his voice."[182] Cliff Richard,[183] George Harrison,[184][185] Keith Richards,[186][187] Bob Seger,[188] John Fogerty (Creedance Clearwater Revival),[189][190] David Bowie,[191] Elton John,[106] Freddie Mercury (Queen),[192][193] Rod Stewart,[194] Lemmy Kilmister,[195] and AC/DC band members Bon Scott,[196] Angus Young,[197] and Brian Johnson[198][199] are among the many other top-selling recording artists of the twentieth century who indicated that Penniman was a first and/or primary rock 'n' roll influence. In 1979, as he began to develop his solo career, Michael Jackson was quoted as saying that Penniman was a huge influence on him.[200] Considering his major influence on both Jackson and James Brown, People magazine declared, "There could not have been a Michael Jackson if there had not been a Little Richard."[201]
Music stars of the 21st century, such as rapper Mystikal paying homage to Penniman's sound[202] and Bruno Mars stating that Little Richard had a major impact on his early development as an artist,[203] demonstrates that Penniman continues to influence musicians worldwide.[204] A 2012 cross-generational audience of fans was yet another indication of Penniman's enduring influence. [205]
Awards and honors[link]
- In 1956, Cashbox awarded Penniman the Cashbox Triple Crown Award for his second hit single "Long Tall Sally".
- In 1984, "Little Richard" Penniman was inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame.
- In 1986, Penniman was one of the first group of recording artists inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.[3]
- In 1990, he was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.[206]
- In 1993, he then received an Honorary Lifetime Achievement Grammy Award from the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.[207]
- In 1994, he was the fourth recording artist (the others being Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin and James Brown) to be recognized with the Lifetime Achievement Pioneer Award by the Rhythm and Blues Foundation.[208]
- In 1995, he received two Keys to the City of Providence, Rhode Island; one was awarded spontaneously, on stage, by Mayor Vincent "Buddy" Cianci
- In 1997, he received the American Music Award of Merit.
- On May 14, 2002, Little Richard was honored as one of the first three BMI Icons at the 50th annual BMI Pop Awards. He was presented the award along with BMI affiliates Bo Diddley and Chuck Berry.[209]
- In 2002, he received the NAACP Image Award - Hall of Fame Award for having "distinguished himself as not only an unparalleled musical genius, but also as a unique and innovative performing artist—fusing pure vocal talent with exhilarating showmanship."[210]
- In 2003, he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.[31]
- In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked him #8 on their list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.[211]
- In 2006, he was inducted into the Apollo Theater Legends Hall of Fame, at the same time as Ella Fitzgerald (who was one of the first winners of 'Amateur Night at the Apollo' in 1934) and Gladys Knight & the Pips.
- In 2007, his 1955 original hit "Tutti Frutti" topped Mojo's The Top 100 Records That Changed The World.[32]
- In 2008, Penniman was inducted into the Music City Walk of Fame.[212]
- In 2009, he was formally inducted into the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame.[213]
- In 2009, he was inducted into the Hit Parade Hall of Fame.
- In 2010, The Library Of Congress National Recording Registry added Penniman's original 1955 hit “Tutti Frutti” to its registry, claiming that the hit announced a new era in music: “A-wop-bop-a-loo-bop-a-lop-bam-boom!”[34]
- In September 2010, Little Richard was named GQ's Man of the Year (Legend).[2]
- In April 2012 Rolling Stone Magazine declared that Penniman's "Tutti Frutti" still has the most inspired rock lyric on record: "A wop bop alu bop, a wop bam boom!"[214]
Discography[link]
Main article: Little Richard discography
Filmography[link]
- The Girl Can't Help It (1956), lip-syncing the title number, "Ready Teddy" and "She's Got It"
- Don't Knock the Rock (1956), lip-syncing "Long Tall Sally" and "Tutti Frutti"
- Mister Rock and Roll (1957), lip-syncing "Lucille" and "Keep A-Knockin'", on original prints
- Catalina Caper (aka Never Steal Anything Wet, 1967), Richard lip-syncs an original tune, "Scuba Party" still unreleased on record in 2011.
- Little Richard: Live at the Toronto Peace Festival (1969) - released on DVD in 2009 by Shout! Factory
- The London Rock & Roll Show (1972), performing "Lucille", "Rip It Up", "Good Golly Miss Molly", "Tutti Frutti", "I Believe" [a capella, a few lines], and "Jenny Jenny"
- Jimi Hendrix (1973)
- Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986), production number of hit version of "Great Gosh A-Mighty"
- Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll (1987)
- Goddess of Love (1988)
- Purple People Eater (1988)
- Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills (1989) (uncredited)
- Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures (1990) (voice)
- Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme (1990)
- The Naked Truth (1992)
- Sunset Heat (1992)
- The Pickle (1993)
- Why Do Fools Fall In Love (1998)
- Mystery Alaska (1999)
- The Trumpet of the Swan (2001) (voice)
- James Brown: The Man, The Music, & The Message (2008)
Quotation[link]
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- White, Charles, The Life And Times Of Little Richard: The Authorized Biography, Omnibus Press, 2003, reprint of 1984.
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| Name | Little Richard |
| Alternative names | Penniman, Richard Wayne |
| Short description | Singer-songwriter, musician |
| Date of birth | December 5, 1932 |
| Place of birth | Macon, Georgia, US |
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