ORIGINAL HENDRIX BANDMATES REGROUP IN LONDON FOR SPECIAL ONE-NIGHT ONLY EVENT
London's Hippodrome plays host to special one-night musical extravanza celebrating the music and legacy of Jimi Hendrix
Posted: November 30, 2007
As part of 40th Anniversary celebrations marking The Jimi Hendrix Experience’s US debut at the
Monterey International Pop Festival in 1967, original Hendrix bandmates Mitch Mitchell and Billy Cox
re-united for a special one-night only event on October 25, 2007 at the Hippodrome in London, England.
This special event was sponsored in part by Gibson Guitar Corp.
In addition to the reunion of Mitchell and Cox, the evening included the showing of new documentary
American Landing: The Jimi Hendrix Experience Live At The Monterey Pop Festival on the Hippdrome's
big screen. Prior to the screening, one-time Hendrix PR associate and long-serving music journalist, Keith
Altham, was on hand to provide a little insight into The Jimi Hendrix Experience including his time
traveling with Hendrix which even included a trans-Atlantic flight to the aforementioned Monterey Pop Festival in '67.
Following the film screening, a special 75-minute concert started with the trio lead by Thin Lizzy guitarist,
Gary Moore plus Primal Scream's Darrin Mooney (drums) and Dave Bronze (bass) who kicked off the live
music portion of the night with seven of Hendrix's most popular recordings including “Purple Haze,”
“Manic Depression,” “Foxey Lady,” “The Wind Cries Mary,” “I Don’t Live Today,” “Angel,” and “Fire.”
This brief 7-song set then made way for the highlight of the night where original Jimi Hendrix Experience
drummer Mitch Mitchell took to the stage where he was joined by the original Band Of Gypsys’ bassist
Billy Cox. Reliving their original pairing from the Woodstock Festival in August 1969, Mitchell and
Cox seemed right at home on stage together once again. Joining the duo was Gary Moore, who lead the
trio through three Hendrix standards including “Red House” plus the first two cuts from The Jimi
Hendrix Experience’s debut single (this time in reverse order), “Stone Free” and “Hey Joe.”
The Moore/Mitchell/Cox trio gelled really well on this night, delivering fiery renditions of some of
Hendrix’s most beloved recordings. The fans and press who gathered for this special event were
suitably impressed with the likes of Komodo Rock acknowledging, “Perhaps nobody can ever achieve the legendary
status that Hendrix over the years has made his, but tonight, Gary Moore did justice to that legend,
perhaps in a way that nobody else could. His guitar sung alongside him, his voice clear as day ...”
The evening affair concluded with Bronze and Mooney rejoining Moore on stage for the rousing finale
“Voodoo Child (Slight Return)” with Komodo Rock concluding “... everyone in attendance knew that they
had born witness to something very special.”
Amen to that.
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Highlights from the critically acclaimed Jimi Hendrix tribute concerts now available on DVD
Posted; August 27, 2008
Special commemorative DVD featuring performance highlights from the all-star tributes from 2002 and 2004
is now available on DVD from Experience Hendrix & Image Entertainment
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