Fades in Slowly

Christmas is a comin’ and it seems like as good a time as any for a bit of sacred cow slaughtering. Hendrix, without doubt, was an unparalleled talent. However, I agree with Peel’s opinion that he would have ended up making dreadful new age twaddle had he lived longer. Not that I’m advocating ridiculous-circumstanced early death, but it really was the making of the legend.

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Anyway, it’s Christmas and I’m in a chipper mood, so no more badmouthing of a rock great. What the hell is that picture on the right, I hear you not bother to ask? That, my dear friends, is the Troutbeck Hotel in Ilkley, the town I grew up in. In March of 1967, this poky little hotel on a backstreet of this small provincial Yorkshire town played host to the Jimi Hendrix Experience, the reason why lost forever in the mists of time. If you’re interested, here are more details of the strangest event in the history of the town.

Apparently, Hendrix, the picture of whom above was apparently taken in Ilkley, and the boys got over this and indeed returned to england frequently, putting in a decent shift at the BBC.

The Jimi Hendrix Experience: December, 1967

-Day Tripper
-Spanish Castle Magic
-Radio One Jingle
-Wait Until Tomorrow

Line Up

Jimi Hendrix (Guitar, Vocals)
Mitch Mitchell (Drums)
Noel Redding (Bass, Vocals)

Listen now…

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