Monday 30 January 2023

🚗 January, 30



1967.
📟 The Jimi Hendrix Experience make a live appearance on the radio program Pop North on the BBC Light program. Unfortunately, with the show being aired live, the BBC did not record or preserve the performances.
Set List: Hey Joe // Rock Me Baby // Foxey Lady
Noel: "Terrible sound"

https://youtu.be/RFQtV5kHWfs
https://youtu.be/jQNjBqolIus

1968.
📟 The Experience fly to New York, where they hold a news conference at the Pan Am Building’s Copter Club. Hendrix is interviewed by Jay Ruby for Jazz and Pop (July 1968); Michael Rosenbaum for Crawdaddy (May 1968); Don Paulsen for Hit Parader (July 1968); Al Aronowitz for the New York Post (February 2); and Life magazine (April 1).

'The British Are Coming' was a multi band press conference, held at The Copter Cub at the top of the Pan Am Building.
Bands: The Jimi Hendrix Experience, the Byrds, the Soft Machine, the Alan Price Set and others.
https://goo.gl/photos/mcCrhWfZMvWTG2hCA

1969.
📟 New York City, NY.
Jimi flew back to his hometown, New York City, where he will produce four tracks for the Buddy Miles Express LP ‘Electric Church’ (Miss Lady, ’69 Freedom Special, Destructive Love and My Chant) at Mercury Sound Studios. The session notes are apparently lost, so exact dates cannot be given, but between 30 Jan & 12 Feb.

1982.
📟 Gone to Rock ‘n’ Roll Heaven: Sam Lightnin' Hopkins. Influenced Bob Dylan, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Jimi Hendrix.