EXPERIENCE HENDRIX TOUR
TOUR NEWS & PRESS RELEASES
Last Updated:
March 8, 2010
The Experience Hendrix Tour News Room includes access to the
current tour press releases
plus an archive of previously issued press releases from past tours (See the "Experience Hendrix Tour
Press Releases & News Coverage" to the right). We also provide access to links to
recent press and media reports
that we gather from various newspapers and websites from around world, and include an archive of clips
gathered from past Experience Hendrix Tour events.
Silverlake Conservatory of Music Receives Fender Package
Monday, March 8, 2010
The March 5th stop on the Experience Hendrix 2010 Tour was before a packed house at the Universal Amphitheater
in Los Angeles. Just prior to the set of blazing performances by Billy Cox, Ernie Isley, Eric Johnson,
Doyle Bramhall II, Los Lobos' David Hidalgo and Cesar Rosas, Aerosmith's Brad Whitford, Living Colour,
Joe Satriani, Hubert Sumlin, Jonny Lang, Kenny Wayne Shepherd and Double Trouble's Chris Layton a special
ceremony took place on stage that additionally underscored the connection between the legacy of Jimi Hendrix
and generations of players who have come since his passing. Janie Hendrix, Experience Hendrix LLC CEO, along
with Fender Musical Instruments Corporation Jason Padgitt VP - PR and Corporate Cummincations, presented a
brand new Fender Stratocaster guitar, matching amp and a set of Dulop Jimi Hendrix model foot pedals to
Silverlake Conservatory of Music Director of Development Bill White. The Conservatory, founded by Red Hot
Chili Peppers' Flea, has a special relationship with EH in light of past bequeathals in support of its work
in providing music education to inner city kids. Janie Hendrix noted, "We were delighted to use the occasion
to continue our support of SCM's efforts to provide afforadable music education to the community; their work
is vital in light of the abdication in providing arts eduction by so many public school systems these days.
It's something that we can say, without any doubt, that Jimi would have been especially pleased about."
Pictured: Silverlake Conservatory's Bill White, Experience Hendrix LLC's Janie Hendrix, Fender's Jason Padgitt
and KLOS' air personality Joe Benson and host of Westwood One's nationally syndicated Off the Record.
Aspring music student and Jimi Hendrix fan Jeremy Benson, Joe's son, is in front testing out the Fender
Stratocaster that was presented to SCM by Janie and Jason.
ABC Radio Interview with Joe Satriani
Friday, February 12, 2010
Latest Press Release:
EXPERIENCE HENDRIX TOUR LAUNCHES IN MARCH
JIMI'S MUSIC PERFORMED IN CONCERT BY ALL-STAR LINE-UP
Posted:
March 8, 2010
Experience Hendrix, fourth edition, biennial concert tour featuring an all-star line up of music greats
paying homage to the music and legacy of Jimi Hendrix launches March 2010 with special performances across
the country.
Featured artists who will be performing music written and inspired by Jimi Hendrix. Include some of the
best known and most respected artists in contemporary rock and blues including Joe Satriani, Jonny Lang,
Eric Johnson, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Brad Whitford (of Aerosmith), Doyle Bramhall II, Ernie Isley,
Living Colour, Double Trouble's Chris Layton, along with bassist Billy Cox. Cox, who first befriended
Hendrix when the two were in the 101st Airborne division of the US Army. Cox played in both the Jimi
Hendrix Experience and Band of Gypsys and performed with Hendrix at such landmark festivals as Woodstock
and the Isle of Wight. Cox commented, "It's a thrill for me to play Jimi's music for audiences now as it
was in the 1960s. The Experience Hendrix tours have shown how timeless this music really is." Joe Satriani
remarked, "I finally get to pay tribute to my hero the right way, on stage with an amazing, once in a
lifetime, line up of musicians!" Sacred Steel featuring Robert Randolph, Susan Tedeschi and David Hidalgo
and Cesar Rosas of Los Lobos are also performing on selected Experience Tour dates.
Various combinations of these music greats will be performing Jimi's signature songs including "Purple
Haze," "Voodoo Child (Slight Return), "The Wind Cries Mary," "Little Wing" and "Red House." As has been
the case with previous Experience Hendrix tour incarnations, special guests are expected to sit in at many
of the dates making the concerts all that much more memorable for both new and veteran Hendrix fans. Past
special guests have included Paul Rodgers, Buddy Guy and Carlos Santana.
Kenny Wayne Shepherd, a veteran of several Experience Hendrix tours remarked, "Jimi Hendrix's music has
really inspired to push the limits of my own music. He didn't observe any boundaries musically. He was an
amazing player and a tremendous showman so I incorporated some of his showmanship in what I do." As far
as having been part of the Experience Hendrix touring phenomenon, Shepherd noted, "It touches you on the
inside and gets you fired up."
The Experience Hendrix Tour is presented by Experience Hendrix, LLC, the Hendrix family-owned company
founded by James A. "Al" Hendrix, Jimi's father, entrusted with preserving and protecting the legacy of
Jimi Hendrix. Earlier this year, Sony Music Entertainment's Legacy Division and Experience Hendrix entered
into a worldwide catalog licensing venture to make all of Jimi's extraordinary music, including classic
albums, never before heard archive recordings, and filmed concerts available through all forms of media.
Launching on the west coast, the month-long tour will bring the troupe of players, each a headliner in
his or her own right, to concert venues in major U.S. markets including Los Angeles, San Francisco,
Denver, Minneapolis, Chicago, St. Louis and Atlanta.
Notes Experience Hendrix Tour producer John McDermott, "The line-up for this tour reflects the breadth of
Jimi's ongoing influence that reaches down through the generations. The guests that have been attracted to
participate are enthusiastic about the proposition of performing with their counterparts. That mindset
underscores the fact that the Experience Hendrix tour is all about musical camaraderie and the recognition
that Jimi Hendrix, undeniably, casts the longest shadow in the realm of great music and great musicians."
Janie Hendrix, CEO of Experience Hendrix noted, "Everyday, we see how Jimi's musical legacy continues to
transcend generational and cultural boundaries. This tour is our way to give a live concert experience
that reflects the genius of his unifying spirit. Part of our mission is to share Jimi's music with
audiences of all ages and these tours continue to play a key role in fulfilling that vision. As my brother
Jimi would say, "We want our sound to go into the soul of the audience, and see if it can awaken some
little thing in their minds... Cause there are so many sleeping people.."
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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
