1966.
📬 Jimmy arrives in Texas with Little Richard and books into the San Ann Motel, 4910 2nd Avenue, Dallas where he writes the following postcard to Al Hendrix. Hendrix: “Dear Dad, Well we just left Houston and we’re now in Dallas. We’ll play around here and Ft. Worth, Tulsa, Oklahoma and Louisiana for a while, and then we’ll head for California. Little Richard left Seattle not long ago- I wish I could have been there with him then. But we’ll make it up there again soon. Tell Ben and Ernie that Houston’s swinging. Jimmy”.
1967.
📬 The Experience perform at The Upper Cut in Forest Gate, Newham, London.
Concert.
Support: The Fantastic Freddie Mack Show.
Noel was probably using a 4-string Fender Telecaster bass
Sponsored by Radio Britain & Radio London
Audience: Noel: “5,000 tonight!”
Songs: unknown
1968.
📬 “Mushy Name” and “Tax Free” are recorded at Olympic Sound Studios, London.
Studio recordings (from 17.30 to 01.00 the next morning).
Producer: Chas Chandler
Engineers: Eddie Kramer
Tax Free overdubs.
Neville Chesters (roadie): “Set off for recording studio for 5:30. Finished sorting gear out for States while boys were recording. Group left studio at 1:00. Stayed there mending leads, finally left 4:00 in the morning… Left for Paris 6:15.”
1970.
Winter Festival For Peace.
📬 Madison Square Garden, N.Y. The concert was a non profit benefit to raise money for the Moratorium Fund, an anti war effort.
📬 Backstage, Jimi meets Johnny Winter.
Johnny Winter: “When he had to stop playing I really cried because I could see it happening to me, I could see it happening to him, and I loved Jimi, respected him as a person and musician more than anybody. They forced him into working, keeping him all fucked up on dope where he couldn't really figure things out for himself. They didn't care about him as a person, they wanted him as a commodity, he was to be bought and sold...”
2005.
📬 Gone to Rock & Roll Heaven: Jim Capaldi, drummer for Traffic.
2016.
📬 Gone to Rock & Roll Heaven: Paul Kantner, a founding member of Jefferson Airplane and Starship.
Photo Gallery for January 28
📬 Jimmy arrives in Texas with Little Richard and books into the San Ann Motel, 4910 2nd Avenue, Dallas where he writes the following postcard to Al Hendrix. Hendrix: “Dear Dad, Well we just left Houston and we’re now in Dallas. We’ll play around here and Ft. Worth, Tulsa, Oklahoma and Louisiana for a while, and then we’ll head for California. Little Richard left Seattle not long ago- I wish I could have been there with him then. But we’ll make it up there again soon. Tell Ben and Ernie that Houston’s swinging. Jimmy”.
1967.
📬 The Experience perform at The Upper Cut in Forest Gate, Newham, London.
Concert.
Support: The Fantastic Freddie Mack Show.
Noel was probably using a 4-string Fender Telecaster bass
Sponsored by Radio Britain & Radio London
Audience: Noel: “5,000 tonight!”
Songs: unknown
1968.
📬 “Mushy Name” and “Tax Free” are recorded at Olympic Sound Studios, London.
Studio recordings (from 17.30 to 01.00 the next morning).
Producer: Chas Chandler
Engineers: Eddie Kramer
Tax Free overdubs.
Neville Chesters (roadie): “Set off for recording studio for 5:30. Finished sorting gear out for States while boys were recording. Group left studio at 1:00. Stayed there mending leads, finally left 4:00 in the morning… Left for Paris 6:15.”
1970.
Winter Festival For Peace.
📬 Madison Square Garden, N.Y. The concert was a non profit benefit to raise money for the Moratorium Fund, an anti war effort.
📬 Backstage, Jimi meets Johnny Winter.
Johnny Winter: “When he had to stop playing I really cried because I could see it happening to me, I could see it happening to him, and I loved Jimi, respected him as a person and musician more than anybody. They forced him into working, keeping him all fucked up on dope where he couldn't really figure things out for himself. They didn't care about him as a person, they wanted him as a commodity, he was to be bought and sold...”
2005.
📬 Gone to Rock & Roll Heaven: Jim Capaldi, drummer for Traffic.
2016.
📬 Gone to Rock & Roll Heaven: Paul Kantner, a founding member of Jefferson Airplane and Starship.
Photo Gallery for January 28