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Hendrix’s Band of Gypsys Fillmore East Concert Review (1970)

SKF NOTE: I was barely sixteen years old when the first Jimi Hendrix Experience album was released. Jimi Hendrix on guitar/vocals, Mitch Mitchell on drums, and Noel Redding on bass. Theirs was such a great unique sound that stretched across … Continue reading

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Jimi Hendrix Guitar String Ad 1968

SKF NOTE: Is it hard to believe in 2016 that guitar legend Jimi Hendrix was once almost an afterthought for a guitar string company? This tiny ad is from the September 5, 1968 Down Beat magazine. — end —

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Mitch Mitchell Brought Elvin Jones Style Into Hendrix

John McLaughlin on Miles Davis, Mahavishnu and More by Dean Budnick on January 23, 2015 If you really listen to The Jimi Hendrix Experience, of course, Jimi is killing. He turned the guitar world on its ear. But Mitch [Mitchell], … Continue reading

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