The first recruit to the band was classically trained Hammond organ player Jon Lord , Curtis’ flatmate, who had most notably played with the Artwoods (led by Art Wood , brother of future Faces and Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood , and including Keef Hartley ). Lord had most recently…
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While Hendrix was playing as Jimmy James and the Blue Flames, Keith recommended him to Stones manager Andrew Loog Oldham and producer Seymour Stein . They failed to see Hendrix’s musical potential and rejected him. Keith referred him to Chas Chandler , who was leaving the Animals and was interested…
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Blackmore had seen an 18-year-old Paice on tour with the Maze in Germany in 1966 and had been impressed by his drumming.
On October 1, 1966, Chandler brought Hendrix to the London Polytechnic at Regent Street, where Cream was scheduled to perform, and where Hendrix and guitarist Eric Clapton met. Clapton later said: “He asked if he could play a couple of numbers. I said, ‘Of course’, but I had a funny…
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The band originally formed in 1966 as Pesky Gee! with Kay Garrett (lead vocals), Kip Trevor (lead vocals, guitar and harmonica), Chris Dredge (guitar), Bob Bond (bass guitar), Clive Box (drums and piano), Gerry “Zoot” Taylor ( organ ), Clive Jones (aka Clive Beer-Jones; saxophone and flute ). Jim Gannon…
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From November 8 to 11, 1966, the Jimi Hendrix Experience had a short residency at the Big Apple club in Munich , their first gigs in Germany. At this occasion Hendrix had a show experience that would define him from then on: when trying to escape in panic from a…
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Billy Gibbons had formed the band the Moving Sidewalks in Houston in 1966 with Dan Mitchell on drums, Tom Moore on keyboards, and Don Summers on bass.
In 1966, the Spiders graduated from Cortez High School and, after North High School football player Michael Bruce replaced John Tatum on rhythm guitar, the band released their second single, “Don’t Blow Your Mind”, an original composition which became a local No. 1 hit, backed by “No Price Tag”.
A legal dispute arose in 1966 regarding a record contract that Hendrix had entered into the previous year with producer Ed Chalpin. After two years of litigation, the parties agreed to a resolution that granted Chalpin the distribution rights to an album of original Hendrix material. Hendrix decided that they…
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