http://magazine.jamsbio.com/2008/12/03/experience-67-a-closer-look-at-two-of-jimi-hendrixs-defining-statements/ Your Life Through Music Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:12:44 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://magazine.jamsbio.com/2008/12/03/experience-67-a-closer-look-at-two-of-jimi-hendrixs-defining-statements/comment-page-1/#comment-29571 Roger Cloud Tue, 30 Dec 2008 08:33:36 +0000 http://magazine.jamsbio.com/?p=7141#comment-29571 I very respectfully submit that some, and perhaps all, of the bass lines from the first two Hendrix albums were actually played by Jimi rather than by Noel Redding. This is a matter of "record" as to certain of the tunes, although I don't recall which ones at present and don't keep the authoritative tomes at hand, of course. This is in no way a disparagement of the author of these pages; indeed, I have enormous respect for anyone who studies Hendrix - and study is a progressive process, of course. It's also no disparagement of Mr. Redding - it was just a matter of Jimi's taste and particular vision. Few actually are aware that Noel Redding put out an album with his own band called "Fat Mattress" which was a truly superb album. I listened to it incessantly for months and months upon its release. (The name derives from an incident wherein a goodly amount of hashish was smuggled within a mattress; I have no knowledge of Noel's involvement or uninvolvement.) I very respectfully submit that some, and perhaps all, of the bass lines from the first two Hendrix albums were actually played by Jimi rather than by Noel Redding. This is a matter of “record” as to certain of the tunes, although I don’t recall which ones at present and don’t keep the authoritative tomes at hand, of course. This is in no way a disparagement of the author of these pages; indeed, I have enormous respect for anyone who studies Hendrix – and study is a progressive process, of course. It’s also no disparagement of Mr. Redding – it was just a matter of Jimi’s taste and particular vision. Few actually are aware that Noel Redding put out an album with his own band called “Fat Mattress” which was a truly superb album. I listened to it incessantly for months and months upon its release. (The name derives from an incident wherein a goodly amount of hashish was smuggled within a mattress; I have no knowledge of Noel’s involvement or uninvolvement.)

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