Wednesday 24 October 2018

🌳 October, 24


1966.
🌳 London, Rehearsals. Jimi jams with Deep Feeling (managed by Viv Prince, who also owned the Knuckles Club) at the Knuckles Club, London.
A very small club, in the basement of a Greek restaurant, owned by (Vivian) ‘Viv’ Prince, ex-drummer of the Pretty Things.

1967.
🌳 London
↪ Unknown hair salon - JHE photo call.
↪ "Marquee," 90 Wardour Street - Concert
(40 minutes between 19:30 and 23:00). Sold out.
Songs: unknown.
Support: The Nice - Keith Emerson (keyboards); David O'List (guitar); Lee Jackson (bass); Brian Davison (drums).

Noel: “New amps, record crowd.”

Chas: "Keith Emerson was a guy Jimi should have done some work with. Jimi often sat in with The Nice, and Keith really played well with him. They could have really put something together, but I was under the gun to finish up the album and we couldn’t spare the time.”

1968.
🌳 TTG Studios, Hollywood, California, USA.
Song: Peace in Mississippi
Musicians/Engineers: Jimi Hendrix // Mitch Mitchell // Noel Redding // Angel Balestier // Mark Kauffman

With all work on Peace (now called Peace in Mississippi) scrapped from the previous night, 15 new takes were recorded with take 15 becoming the master.

1969.
🌳 NYC - Sound Center - Recordings for Organisms.

🌳 Born on this day
Sonny Terry
(October 24, 1911 – March 11, 1986)
Whoopin' The Blues: https://youtu.be/u_4xQ20tM5g

Willie James Mabon
(October 24, 1925 – April 19, 1985)
Poison Ivy: https://youtu.be/f5F9TaaZTfk

James Henry Dawkins
(October 24, 1936 – April 10, 2013)
Rock Me: https://youtu.be/tEIc-3_QJ8M

♡ 1936, Bill Wyman
Monkey Grip Glue: https://youtu.be/mwLuFRsxUD0