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The 'Jimi Hendrix Experience' was a highly influential, though short lived English/American rock band famous for the guitar work, original songs, outrageous style and performance of its eponymous frontman Jimi Hendrix on songs such as 'Hey Joe', 'Purple Haze', 'Foxy Lady', 'Fire', 'Little Wing', 'Spanish Castle Magic', 'All Along the Watchtower' and 'Voodoo Child (Slight Return)'. This title was used again in 1970 for the group that replaced Noel Redding with Billy Cox, it is now referred to by fans as the "Cry of Love" band, after the name of the tour they played. Image File history File links Question_book-3. ... Image File history File links Broom_icon. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Blues music redirects here. ... Hard Rock redirects here. ... Blues Rock or Blues-rock is a fusion genre of music which combines elements of the blues with rock and roll. ... Psychedelic soul is a concept used to categorize music that featured elements of psychedelic rock and soul/funk music. ... Psychedelic rock is a style of rock music that attempts to replicate the mind-altering experiences of hallucinogenic drugs. ... Acid rock is a form of psychedelic music and was the first form of it to achieve popular acclaim. ... Proto-metal is a term used to describe music from the late 1960s and early 1970s that helped pioneer the genre of heavy metal. ... Year 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. ... Track Records is a record label founded by The Who to distribute artists and projects they wanted to support. ... Barcaly Records is a subsidiary of Universal Music Group. ... Reprise Records is an American record label, owned by Warner Music Group, operated through Warner Bros. ... Polydor Records is a record label once headquartered in Germany. ... MCA Records was an American-based record company owned by MCA Inc. ... Curtis Knight (b. ... Gypsy Sun and Rainbows was a band formed by Jimi Hendrix after the break-up of The Jimi Hendrix Experience in June 1969. ... Band of Gypsys is a live album and a project by Jimi Hendrix, backed by Billy Cox and Buddy Miles, that followed Hendrixs Experience project. ... Noel David Redding (25 December 1945 – 11 May 2003) was a rock & roll guitarist best known as the bassist for The Jimi Hendrix Experience. ... The Dirty Mac were an English supergroup consisting of John Lennon, Eric Clapton, Keith Richards and Mitch Mitchell that Lennon put together for The Rolling Stones ill-fated TV special entitled The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus. ... Noel David Redding (25 December 1945 – 11 May 2003) was a rock & roll guitarist best known as the bassist for The Jimi Hendrix Experience. ... Ramatams 1st Album Ramatams second album Tom Dowd produced 1972s self-titled debut from Ramatam, featuring co-author and guitar player of The Blues Image hit Ride Captain Ride Mike Pinera (later of Iron Butterfly) on guitar and vocals, Mitch Mitchell (late of The Jimi Hendrix Experience... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... This article is about the genre. ... Jimi Hendrix (November 27, 1942 – September 18, 1970) was an American guitar virtuoso, singer and songwriter. ... Hey Joe is an American popular song from the 1960s that has become a rock standard, and as such has been performed in a multitude of musical styles. ... For other meanings of Purple Haze, see Purple Haze (disambiguation). ... Foxey Lady is a song by Jimi Hendrix from his 1967 album Are You Experienced, featured as the lead track on the official UK edition. ... Fire is a song written and originally recorded by Jimi Hendrix. ... Little Wing is a song written by Jimi Hendrix. ... Spanish Castle Magic is a song composed and performed by Jimi Hendrix. ... For the Scottish TV comedy series, see All Along the Watchtower (TV series) All Along the Watchtower is a song written by folk-rock singer-songwriter Bob Dylan. ... Voodoo Child (Slight Return) is the last track on the third and final album by the Jimi Hendrix Experience, Electric Ladyland. ...

History

Hendrix arrived in England in September 1966 and, together with his new manager Chas Chandler, auditions were launched to find him a backing band. Noel Redding was chosen for the bass spot. Even though he had never played bass before auditioning (he was a guitarist), Hendrix liked his look and attitude. Mitch Mitchell was a seasoned London drummer formerly with 'Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames' who brought Jazz chops and a lead style of playing to the band. He would prove to be Hendrix's most valuable musical partner. The name 'Jimi Hendrix Experience' was coined by their business manager Mike Jeffery (according to both Noel Redding & Jeffery's assistant Trixie Sullivan) , and is ambiguous in that it can be seen as a group name, but equally as just a description of Jimi Hendrix's performance. Bryan James Chas Chandler (born 18 December 1938, died 17 July 1996) was an English musician, record producer and manager of several successful music acts. ... Noel David Redding (25 December 1945 – 11 May 2003) was a rock & roll guitarist best known as the bassist for The Jimi Hendrix Experience. ... This article does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

Though initially conceived as Hendrix's backing band, The Experience soon became much more than that. Following the lead of Cream, they were one of the first groups to popularize the "power trio" format, which essentially strips a rock band lineup down to the essentials: bass, guitar and drums. This smaller format also encourages more extrovert playing from the players involved, often at very high volumes. In the case of The Experience, Hendrix mixed lead and rhythm guitar duties into one, while also making use of guitar effects such as feedback and later wah-wah to an extent that had never been heard before. Mitchell played hard-hitting jazz-influenced grooves that often served a melodic role as much as they did timekeeping. Redding was often seen as the eye of the storm, playing deceptively simple bass lines that helped to anchor the band's sound. Visually, they set the trend in psychedelic clothes and, following the other two's Bob Dylan 1966 style hair-do's, Mitch (briefly) got himself a permed copy (as did most of the London 'Hipoisie', including Eric Clapton). The lineup only came to prominence in the USA after the Monterey Pop Festival, one of the first major rock music festivals. The band delivered a stellar performance, that ended with Hendrix famously setting his psychedelically-painted Stratocaster on fire. The performance was not well-received. The only positive reviews in the USA music press were from small circulation papers 'The Berkeley Barb' and 'Down Beat'(aimed at musicians); most were along the lines of Robert Christgau's for Esquire magazine. The Experience's appearance was also filmed for the documentary film Monterey Pop which premiered at Lincoln Center in New York on 26 December 1968 and was only seen by the general public starting in 1969. After the festival they were then asked to go on tour with The Monkees as the opening act. They left the tour after only a few dates - Chas Chandler later said that it was all a publicity stunt. Cream were a 1960s British rock band comprising guitarist Eric Clapton, bassist Jack Bruce and drummer Ginger Baker. ... The power trio is a rock and roll band format popularized in the 1960s. ... Poster promoting the festival The Monterey International Pop Music Festival took place from June 16 to June 18, 1967. ... Rock is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars, and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles, however saxophones have been omitted from newer subgenres of rock music since the 90s. ... A music festival is a festival that presents a number of musical performances usually tied together through a theme or genre. ... A Fender Stratocaster with rosewood fingerboard and three-tone sunburst finish. ... Robert Christgau (born April 18, 1942), is an American essayist, music journalist, and the self-declared Dean of American Rock Critics.[1] In print, his name is sometimes abbreviated as Xgau. ... Esquire is a magazine for men owned by the Hearst Corporation. ... Monterey Pop is a 1968 film by D.A. Pennebaker that documents the Monterey Pop Festival of 1967. ... The Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center. ... The Monkees were a pop-rock quartet created and based in Los Angeles in 1965 for an NBC American television series of the same name. ...

With the band, Hendrix recorded his three of his most successful albums, Are You Experienced, Axis: Bold as Love, and Electric Ladyland and the experimental photographer Karl Ferris was commissioned to shoot their portraits for all three USA front covers. By April of 1969, Hendrix had decided to break up the group, and flew his old friend Billy Cox up to New York to begin working with him. Deteriorating relations with Redding had come to a head, and Hendrix also felt stunted by the trio format. The original group held together long enough to fulfill their existing engagements, culminating in the Denver Pop Festival on 29 June where, following the infamous announcement by Hendrix, from the stage: "This is the last gig we'll be playing together," the original Experience was dissolved. Hendrix experimented with a larger band lineup 'Gypsy Sun and Rainbows' for his Woodstock concert in August 1969, but would revert back to the trio format with the Band of Gypsys. But by 1970, Hendrix had disbanded the Band of Gypsys - it has been claimed this was due to the desire of Michael Jeffery (now Jimi's only manager) to reform the original Experience line up, but as Trixie Sullivan, Jeffery's assistant testified Jimi did exactly as he felt musically and Jeffery just handled the business side, as usual. Also, according to Billy Cox the all-black power trio was mainly a one-off to help Hendrix fulfill an outstanding obligation to Ed Chaplin. Jeffery called Redding and Mitchell about reforming the Experience. Both agreed to participate in what would seem to be a great money maker of a tour; Mitchell and Redding could use the cash, and the tour would also get Jimi out of the financial problems he was in at the time partly due to the building of Electric Lady Studios. Hendrix was open to have Mitchell rejoin, but reluctant to bring Redding back into the fold. Are You Experienced? is a 1967 album by Jimi Hendrix. ... Axis: Bold as Love is the second album by the Jimi Hendrix Experience, released in 1967 (see 1967 in music). ... Electric Ladyland is a rock album by the Jimi Hendrix Experience, released in 1968 (1968 in music). ... Billy Cox is most known for being Jimi Hendrixs bassist. ... The Denver Pop Festival was a three-day music festival June 27-29, 1969 overshadowed in history by Woodstock a few weeks later. ... Gypsy Sun and Rainbows was a band formed by Jimi Hendrix after the break-up of The Jimi Hendrix Experience in June 1969. ... Woodstock may refer to: Woodstock Music and Art Festival, a 1969 U.S. rock festival which inspired a 1970 Warner Bros. ... Band of Gypsys is a live album and a project by Jimi Hendrix, backed by Billy Cox and Buddy Miles, that followed Hendrixs Experience project. ... Bert Edgar Chaplin [born as Bert Edgar Chapman] (September 25, 1893 - August 15, 1978) was a backup catcher in Major League Baseball. ... Electric Lady Studios, at 52 West 8th Street, in New York Citys Greenwich Village, is a recording studio originally built by Jimi Hendrix and designed by John Storyk in 1970. ...

In early February of 1970, it seemed as if the original Experience was reformed after remaining inactive since the Denver show the previous June. Manager Michael Jeffery had even gone as far as setting up an interview with Rolling Stone magazine to announce the reformation of the group. This was not published until five years after Hendrix's death in the pages of Guitar Player magazine. While the interview gave the impression that the old wounds were healed and the future seemingly bright for the Experience, it was far from the truth. Redding was waiting for weeks to hear back about rehearsals for the upcoming tour when he finally spoke with Mitchell's girlfriend only to learn that he had been replaced by Billy Cox. Before it started Jimi "...called this tour The Cry Of Love, because that's what it is." in an interview, this is the only mention of that name, prior to the posthumous LP of that name (1971), and the group itself was still referred to in all ad's, articles, promo's, bookings, introductions etc. as the "Jimi Hendrix Experience" or just " Jimi Hendrix". So after a break of nearly ten months (during which he only played six dates) the "Jimi Hendrix Experience" hit the road for one last tour. Hendrix died later that year during a break in the tour. Billy Cox is most known for being Jimi Hendrixs bassist. ...

The Experience was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at sunset. ...

Personnel

• Jimi Hendrix - guitar, lead vocals (also occasional bass, keyboards, drums, harpsichord, and flute)
• Noel Redding - bass, backing vocals (also occasional lead vocals, 8 string bass, and rhythm guitar)
• Mitch Mitchell - drums, percussion, backing vocals (also occasional lead vocals, and glockenspiel)
• Billy Cox - bass, backing vocals, took over when Redding quit in 1969.

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Discography

• Are You Experienced (UK: May, 1967; US: August, 1967)- #2 UK, #5 US
• Axis: Bold as Love (UK: December, 1967; US: January, 1968) - #5 UK, #3 US
• Electric Ladyland (September, 1968) - #5 UK, #1 US
• BBC Sessions (1998)

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• The Cry of Love (1971) (most tracks)
• Live at Berkeley (2003)
• First Rays of the New Rising Sun (1997) (most tracks)

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See also

• Gypsy Sun and Rainbows
• Band of Gypsys
• Gypsy Sun Experience
• Saville Theatre, London, the last UK concert venue of the band before Monterey International Pop Festival on 4 June, 1967
• Denver Pop Festival

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External links

• The Jimi Hendrix Experience discography at MusicBrainz