Thursday 31 May 2018

๐ŸŒด May, 31

๐ŸŒด 1967.
London W1, The Speakeasy, 48 Margaret Street, Fitzrovia, England
Jimi jams with:
Eric Clapton; Jack Bruce; Jose Feliciano and Graeme Edge (drums)
Attended by: Jonathan King, Sandie Shaw, Dick Van Dyke and others.
Songs: unknown

๐ŸŒด 1968.
Zรผrich, Hallenstadion, 45 Wallisellenstrasse, Switzerland, 2nd night.

Late afternoon jam session at 17:00 with:
❀ Jimi - playing a right-handed, TV-blonde Gibson Les Paul ‘Special’ guitar, (possibly borrowed from Animals’ guitarist Vic Briggs),
❀ Chris Wood - flute,
❀ Steve Winwood - organ,
❀ Trevor Burton - drums,
❀ Carl Wayne - congas, and
❀ Vic Briggs - playing a Gibson ‘EB-2’ bass guitar.

Chris Wood taped the jam (reported to have lasted between 1 1/2 to 2 hours, no less) on his portable Philips cassette recorder. (the one Jimi can be seen holding in a photograph).

Afterwards, Keith Altham interviews Jimi for the June 8 edition of New Musical Express.

http://www.monsterkonzert.ch/index.html

๐ŸŒด 1969.
Honolulu, Waikiki Shell, 2805 Monsarrat Avenue, O’ahu island, HI, USA. JHE


Prior to their performance that evening, the Experience sat for a radio interview in studio at KPOI FM. On stage that evening, with the technical difficulties which had plagued the group’s abbreviated performance the previous evening apparently repaired, Jimi put forth a superb effort.
Jimi is photographed on stage at the Waikiki Shell in Honolulu, on May 31, 1969

๐ŸŒด 1970.
No News...

๐ŸŒด Born on this day:
John Henry Bonham (31 May 1948 - 25 Sep 1980)





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