August 26

1970 Jimi Hendrix opens a recording studio


The Electric Lady recording studio, conceived and built by guitar hero Jimi Hendrix, opens in New York. Hendrix, one of the most innovative guitar players of the rock era, had sought to build an advanced recording studio for years, but contracting problems delayed its opening until the summer of 1970, just a month before Hendrix died. However, the studio's high-tech 36-track recording technology attracted many musicians after Hendrix's death.

Hendrix was born in Seattle in 1942. He grew up playing guitar, imitating blues greats like Muddy Waters as well as early rockers. He joined the army in 1959 and became a paratrooper but was honorably discharged in 1961 after an injury that exempted him from duty in Vietnam. In the early 1960s, Hendrix worked as a pickup guitarist, playing back up for musicians such as Little Richard, B.B. King, Ike and Tina Turner, and Sam Cooke. He moved to New York in 1964, where he played in coffeehouses. One night, bassist Bryan Chandler of the British group the Animals heard Hendrix and was very impressed. Chandler arranged to manage Hendrix and brought him to London in 1966, where they created a new band, the Jimi Hendrix Experience, with bassist Noel Redding and drummer Mitch Mitchell. The band's first single, "Hey Joe," hit No. 6 on the British pop charts, and the band became an instant sensation.

In 1967, the Jimi Hendrix Experience made its first U.S. appearance, at the Monterey Pop Festival. Hendrix, who made a splash by burning his guitar, was quickly established as a rock superstar. In the next two years, before the band broke up in 1969, it released a string of classic songs, including "Purple Haze," "Foxy Lady," and "The Wind Cries Mary." The band's albums included Are You Experienced? (1967), Bold as Love(1969), and Electric Ladyland (1969).

After the band dissolved over creative tensions, Hendrix made his famous appearance at Woodstock, playing a masterful heavy-metal version of "The Star Spangled Banner." Later that year, he put together a new group called the Band of Gypsies, which debuted on New Year's Eve, 1969. The band put out only one album, Band of Gypsies (1969). (A second album of unused material, Band of Gypsies II, was released in 1986.) Hendrix then recorded another album, without the band, called The Cry of Love, which was released in 1971.

Hendrix played his last concert in August 1970, at the Isle of Wight Festival in Britian. He died in London in September 1970, having choked on his own vomit following a drug overdose. He was 27 years old when he died.

 

Good morning PSAR! It's time to change the sliding glass door out for a new french door. I did help the ex do that once when we lived in California - hopefully it will go well today. It's the inexperienced leading the inept [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif[/img]
but things usually work out ok.

Have a great day - we'll try to celebrate TP 'getting better with age'.

 

The new dishwasher and stove should be here soon and we get to put it in too (hooray!)

And this all started when I went to buy some paint for my classroom [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-confused.gif[/img][img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-frown.gif[/img][img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-cool.gif[/img][img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif[/img]

Ok, gots to go to work now - I think we should have TP have 54,000 since it's his b-day.

Happy Birthday, Joel!

 

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happy bithday Joel