Monday 10 December 2018

🍀 December, 10

1966.
🍀 Publication of the first interview with Jimi in Record Mirror.
↪ London, “The Ram Jam Club”, Brixton Road, Brixton concert (40 minutes).
Supporting John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers. The club had a small podium on one side, while gambling was going on at the other side of the club.

1967.
🍀 London, “Speakeasy”
“Moody Blues played to packed, enrapt audience... Among the celebrities: Brian Jones and Jimi Hendrix.” (Disc and Music Echo, 16 December 1967).

↪ Still from the "Nights In White Satin" film clip, likely shot on the afternoon of 10 December 1967 (without an audience), for French TV programme "Bouton Rouge", broadcast 23 December 1967.

1968.
🍀 Mitch joins John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Eric Clapton, The Who, Jethro Tull, Taj Mahall, Marianne Faithfull and several others for the Rolling Stones’ “Rock & Roll Circus” at the BBC’s Wembley Studios in London. Mitchell joins The Dirty Mac on their performance of “Yer Blues.”

1969.
🍀 Jimi’s trial for drug possession entered its third day. Both the Counsel for the Defense and the Counsel for the Prosecution made their final address before the jury. The Defense rested the case on the law that to be charged with the possession of a narcotic there has to be knowledge of its existence. Jimi’s attorney John O’Driscoll reminded the jury that a conviction cannot be handed down if there is any doubt. After a brief address by the Counsel for the Prosecution the jury left the courtroom and deliberated for eight hours before returning with a verdict of not guilty.

🍀 Born on this day
Guitar Slim (Dec 10, 1926 - Feb 7, 1959)
I'm Guitar Slim: https://youtu.be/etZmdNgtRTk

🍀 Gone to Rock ‘n’ Roll Heaven
Otis Redding (Sep 9, 1941 - Dec 10, 1967)
Tell The Truth: https://youtu.be/2ACNL6WUzqA

Rick Danko (Dec 29, 1943 - Dec 10, 1999)
Janis Joplin, Rick Danko, Jerry Garcia & Friends: https://youtu.be/janHO9ps7Ck