1966.
🐩 Chas telephoned Noel to confirm that he has the job as bass player. Noel went to London by train, got there at 1 o’clock, and went to the Birdland. After that he went to the office, had a chat with the manager, and was told he was definitely in.
↪ Mitch: “...I was sacked from Georgie Fame’s Blue Flames on the Monday because George decided something, I don’t know what. I still don’t know what. Then on the Tuesday John Gunnell (Fame’s manager) mentioned to me that Chas Chandler and Jimi Hendrix, a friend of his, were over here, and would I care to go and have a play... Jimi said, ‘Okay, I will see you around’. Chas said there was a gig in Paris the next week with Johnny Hallyday and asked if we fancied doing it. So I said okay and spent three days rehearsing. Then off we went and that was how it started...”
1967.
🐩 London, "Olympic Sound Studios".
Studio recordings for 'You've Got Me Floating' and 'Little Miss Lover'.
Noel: "Trevor Burton and Ace Kefford sang on one of our numbers."
1968.
🐩 Mitch and Noel arrive from Los Angeles and land at Honolulu Airport.
1969.
🐩 Life magazine publishes an article on Jimi. Photos: Raymundo De Larrain.
↪ Jimi dissolves the Gypsy Sun and Rainbows.
↪ Interview with Mitch conducted by June Harris for the New Musical Express.
🐩 Born on this day
♡ Edward Raymond Cochran (Oct 3, 1938 – Apr 17, 1960)
Summertime Blues (Town Hall Party - 1959): https://youtu.be/Ti38LFY7x1Y
Gene Vincent & Eddie Cochran In Concert: https://youtu.be/pRo0wSHMKXE
♡ Stephen Ray Vaughan (Oct 3, 1954 – Aug 27, 1990)
Look at Little Sister: https://youtu.be/3woPVQExDsQ
🐩 Gone to Rock ‘n’ Roll Heaven
♡ Woodrow Wilson Guthrie (Jul 14, 1912 – Oct 3, 1967)
All You Fascists Bound To Lose: https://youtu.be/VwcKwGS7OSQ
♡ Nehemiah Curtis "Skip" James (Jun 9, 1902 – Oct 3, 1969)
Crow Jane: https://youtu.be/ytVww5r4Nk0
