Sunday 25 March 2018

💦 March, 25

💦 1967.
"Radio Luxembourg" - transmission of the (third) interview conducted on 21 March. During the interview it was announced that the JHE were performing at Boston that night...

Boston, Starlight Room, The Gliderdrome, Lincolnshire, England, JHE
Former roller rink, re-built into a very large dance hall. Many top acts have played here. 24,000 fairy lights in the ceiling gave the room its name.
Concert between 19:15 and 23:40 (40 minutes)
Support: Sons And Lovers; The Group; Charades; The Steel Band; Ray Bones
Songs: unknown

💦 1968.
Jimi is interviewed by Jane Scott of The Plain Dealer. The interview is published on March 29.

Cleveland, Otto’s Grotto (in Statler-Hilton Hotel), 1127 Euclid Avenue, USA
Jimi jammed with Good Earth, a local band from Cleveland.
Attended by Leonard Nimoy and DJ Chuck Dunaway
Songs: unknown

💦 1969.
Record Plant New York, N.Y. Jam With John McLaughlin Jam With Jim McCarty John McLaughlin, Jim McCarty, Buddy Miles, and Dave Holland join Jimi Hendrix at the Record Plant.

💦 1970.
Capitol Records released the eagerly anticipated live album, Band Of Gypsys. The album featured six tracks from the two Fillmore East performances on January 1, 1970. “Who Knows” and “Machine Gun,” were recorded during the evening’s first while all of the album’s second side was drawn from the second show. Despite the dramatic shift in sound and style - especially when compared with Electric Ladyland - Band Of Gypsys nonetheless enjoyed wide commercial approval. The album debuted on Billboard’s US Top 200 chart at 18 and climbed to its peak at 5. The album remained on the chart for sixty-one weeks. At the time of Jimi’s death, Band Of Gypsys was Hendrix’s most commercially successful album since Are You Experienced, his 1967 debut.