Saturday 16 June 2018

🎊 June, 16

🎊 1967.
Flying from San Francisco International Airport, California, to Peninsular Airport, Monterey, California.

Keith Altham: We stayed overnight in San Francisco and early next morning set out to find an 'indestructible' guitar for Jimi. 'I need a Fender.' explained Jimi. We failed to get the model Jimi wanted but somehow he later acquired one in Monterey. It was the wrong colour but he remedied that by spraying it white and drawing swirling designs all over it with a felt pen. (New Musical Express, 24 June 1967).

🎊 1968.
Staten Island, DaytopVillage, 450 Bayview Avenue, New York, USA
‘Daytop Under The Stars Music Festival’ –
Jimi jammed with The Jeff Beck Group.
Songs: unknown

Christopher Hjort (Jeff Beck researcher): “The Jeff Beck Group were added as a last-minute replacement for the Grateful Dead, who were originally booked for this four-day (outdoors) festival. However, Rod Stewart’s voice was shot so instead Jimi (guitar) filled in for initially both Beck and Stewart, backed by Ron Wood (bass) and Mickey Waller (drums)”

The Village Voice (20 June) review by Annie Fisher: “At Daytop he improvised first with Wood and Waller, then Beck wandered onstage, and they jammed long and loose, feeling each other out, bringing off a few really remarkable moments, finally breaking into ‘Foxy Lady’ to finish it off. Dynamite!”

Disc and Music Echo (20 July) interview by unknown:
Jeff Beck: “I’m not really in favour of jamming. But I heard three numbers and just stood there aghast - and then I had to play. So I leap onstage and we all jammed together. Jimi was fantastic, and it sounded as though they approved of my guitar playing!”

Discoscene (August) review by unknown: “Hendrix made a surprise appearance…in Staten Island where Daytop Village, devoted to the rehabilitation of ex-junkies, was putting on a rock festival. The Grateful Dead didn’t show so Hendrix jammed with The Jeff Beck Group, friends since London; crowd didn’t let them off stage until 2 a.m.”

Jeff Beck: “Jimi is the best jam I’ve ever had. Somebody organised the most monster jam of all, not from a status point of view. It really worked out perfectly. It was a concert for reformed drug addicts, but that was the least of it.
They were fantastic people, they just sat for two hours and Jimi played ‘Foxy Lady.’ He was playing bass and he played a couple of my things. It just went on and on, we were jumping all over the place. Hendrix came to see me at that scene... people used to come for the great battle”.

Ron Wood: “Then we played a gig in Staten Island and he used to let me take bass solos; Jimi did, ‘cause he liked the way I played bass".

🎊 1969.
🌜 No News….

🎊 1970.
Back at Electric Lady Jimi records the master takes of “Night Bird Flying” and “Straight Ahead.” Joined by percussionist Juma Sultan these sessions proved to be among his most productive in the post-Electric Ladyland days. He follows these recordings with takes of “Beginnings,” “Freedom” and a loose recording simply titled “Messing Around.”


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Born on this day
❀ 1949, Peppy Castro - guitarist for Blues Magoos
Worried Life Blues: https://youtu.be/s-EWZqRfwYY


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Gone to Rock ‘n’ Roll Heaven
❀ Travis Leonard Blaylock (Dec 21 1934 - Jun 16 1984), known as Harmonica Slim, an American blues harmonicist, singer and songwriter.
Shake Yo' Booty: https://youtu.be/9hlPFSXQkqA
Give me my Shotgun! (Full Album): https://youtu.be/iuWyE7x-I1U