Photo by Original photographer unknown – e24.se, attributed to Scanpixtrelleborgsallehanda.se, Public Domain, Link The notorious J. Edgar Hoover served as the first Director of the FBI until his death in 1972 – a whopping 37 years. Scandals, for example, shielding mob interests from FBI enforcement, creating COINTELPRO and its mass surveillance, and hounding the alleged …
I’ve been nominated by my brilliant pal Chris Estey to post 25 albums in 25 days that have had a major CREATIVE impact on me—just album covers without any explanation—and to nominate a different person each day to do the same. Today I nominate: Leslie Woodward Day 15: The Jimi Hendrix Experience: ELECTRIC LADYLAND (Track …
This photo was taken at Jimi’s statue on Capitol Hill in Seattle, in February 2019. after an unusually heavy snowstorm.
Here’s a viral photo that purports to be Jimi Hendrix backing Ronnie Spector and the Ronettes in Schenectady, New York at the Memorial Chapel of Union College in 1965 or 1966. Is it? You decide. Photo by Jeffrey Hedquist.
i remember holding this record in my hands and almost buying it when it first came out. now it’s rare as hell. it’s a bootleg record of jimi hendrix playing with johnny winter and buddy miles in a french (?) club, jamming. a totally sloshed jim morrison steps up and sings a few songs. the …
over the decades, there has been an enormous amount of debate over “what is the greatest gigposter of all time?” some talk about elvis or the beatles (like the greatness of the band had anything to do with the greatness of the poster). The Who had amazing posters (try to belittle that infamous “maximum R&B” …
http://www.mstarz.com/articles/12655/20130510/jimi-hendrix-miles-davis-collaboration-included-paul-mccartney-memo-requesting.htm Would’ve made an interesting rip in the Rock/Time Continuum, needless to say! If only Mark Shipper had known about this…. Imagine The Seventies if….Jimi, Paul, Miles, and Tony HAD formed "Sky Church" in late-1969 and (inevitably) sold MILLIONS of records— 1. The Beatles might not have had to break up permanently, thereby stanching the FLOOD of questionable “solo” product …
I must admit, this is my current idea of “The horror….the HORROR!” (per J. Conrad, via F.F. Coppola) Courtesy of my weekly EMP member e-mail alert— TEATRO ZINZANNI DISCOUNT RETURN TO PARADISE See Jimi Hendrix come to life in Return to Paradise, Teatro ZinZanni’s tribute to the swinging sixties. Adding to the local musical flavor of …
I’m going to try to live today, as I do every day, according to the principles set forth by Jimi Hendrix in Axis: Bold as Love. – John Roderick [John Roderick will be performing with friends at the Showbox in Seattle on Oct. 29. Follow him as he tweets his wisdom @johnroderick.] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xTcLrTabS4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6kicCnvPC4
One of his very best covers. – Christian Fulghum http://youtu.be/Mcq9lHlpoqc
Thanks to Charles R. Cross:
It was the Spring of 1967. I was having lunch with Buddy Guy and his band at Stanford. Buddy was on his first West Coast tour, picking up gigs on an ad hoc basis. At that time, Buddy was almost unknown outside the blues scene, but he was determined to change that. He had left …