But Hendrix was also doing gigs with his own band.Īnd at a show in New York City, Chas Chandler, the bassist for the British group The Animals, heard Hendrix play. Back in 1966, Hendrix was in the States, making his way as the guitarist for acts like the Isley Brothers, Little Richard, and King Curtis. Now, you might be asking: how did one of America's great rock musicians end up there? Here's how that happened.
Hendrix himself is living in London in 1969. It's February 18th, 1969, and The Jimi Hendrix Experience is arguably one of the biggest rock acts on the planet. To tell you the story of this recording – which involves a rock god from Seattle, a literature professor from Massachusetts, and a soundboard in London – we have to go back exactly 44 years.
But none quite like the one I had the privilege of listening to recently. New tapes of Hendrix seem to surface all the time. What's also amazing is that while Hendrix's career was brief, he left behind a wealth of recorded material.
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