Jimi Hendrix

Aynsley Dunbar

Drummer, Hendrix decided between Dunbar and Mitchell with a coin flip, Mitchell won

Mitch Mitchell

drums on the Jimi Hendrix Experience

King Kasuals

1962 band was formed by Cox and Hendrix after both were discharged

Monkees

1967 Hendrix is asked to open for the Monkees (thought their music was "dishwater), Hendrix only played 8/29 shows before flipping the audience off and leaving the stage

yameta

CDs and vinyls, first partnered w Chas Chandler and Mike Jeffrey

Capitol Records

Ed Chalpin promised Hendrix's product, signed Chalpin, Get That Feeling (Jimi Hendrix plays Curtis Knight sings) wasn't an actual record

Eddie Kramer

Engineer on the Hendrix Experience, oversees Jimi's state-of-the-art studio

"Gorgeous" George Odell

Hendrix goes out w George, in december joins Little Richard

Little Richard

Hendrix joins Little Richard's band for 6 months, called himself Maurice Jones

Isley Brothers

Hendrix played lead guitar for the brothers in NJ

Octavia

Hendrix preferred to call it the Octavio

Track Records

Hendrix signed to this record label in 1967 to Lambert and Stamp

Johnny Allen Hendrix

Jimi Hendrix birthname

Army/ Screaming Eagles

Jimi got in trouble w the law- had the option to go to jail or enlist, is awarded the screaming eagles badge

Polydor Records

Jimi recorded many albums with this U.k. record label

Henry "Juggy" Murray, Jr. / Sue Records

Jimi signed an Exclusive Recording Artist Contract in July 1965

Curtis Knight and the Squires

Peppermint Twist- Jimmy James 1965 joins Curtis Knight and the squires

Bold as Love

Second studio album by Hendrix- Track Records had 2 album contract, top hit

Are you Experienced

U.K.- original U.S.- has 3 U.K. singles specific to U.S. version

Jerry Simon/ RSVP Records

all Curtis and the Knights recordings were originally done for simon at RSVP Records

Gary Kellgren/ Mayfair Studios

audio engineer, worked at Mayfair (Best in NYC) Kellgren was called the King of the advanced 8 track board

The Sweet Inspirations

backing vocals for Hendrix's Burning the Midnight Lamp on Electric Ladyland

Bryan "Chas" Chandler

bass player for the animals, Jimi asks to meet Eric Clapton, producer

billy cox

bass player in the band Jimi creates while in the army

Noel Redding

bass player on Jimi hendrix Experience

The Breakaways

british female vocal trio, sang on the back of Hey Joe

Daughters of the American Revolution

complained about Hendrix's performance w the monkees saying it was "too erotic"

Bill Graham/ Fillmore West

concert promoter, created Fillmore East and West, Hendrix played in unusual ways upsetting Graham

Roger Mayer

electrical engineer, developed the octavia, an effects pedal (fuzz) which was popularized by Hendrix (Purple Haze)

Chris Stamp

established record label with Lambert, signed Hendrix

Al Hendrix

father of Jimi, enlisted and sent away, returned to "johnny" when he was 2 who he later renamed James Marshall.

Monterey Pop Festival

first major American appearance, Jimi shocked the crowd by setting his guitar on fire, smashing it, and throwing it into the crowd

Paul McCartney

first saw the Experience in 1967 at a club in London, hendrix opened with Lonely Hearts Club (had just been released) huge compliment

Warner/ Reprise

founded by Frank Sinatra, reprise owned by Warner Bros. Records, former home to Hendrix catalog

Linda Keith

girlfriend of Keith Richards, Linda loves Jimi's music and finds him auditions

Phasing in stereo

isolates or removes certain components, waves cancel each other out. ex: Electric Ladyland U.K. vs. U.S. (U.S. was better)

The Animals

member Chas Chandler managed Jimi Hendrix, the band didn't work well together

Joey Dee and the starlighters

member in late 1965

Lucille Jeter Hendrix

mother of Jimi, absent mother, could not take care of her children-gave many up for adoption, died when Jimi was young.

Michael Jeffrey

music manager, helped Jimi financially w/ the Hendrix Experience

Jimmy James and the Blue Flames

played in Greenwich Village, audition with the rolling stones manager goes poorly

Kit Lambert

record label owner and producer for the who, signed Jimi to track Record

King Curtis

recorded w/ King Curtis and hired to play on sessions

Kathy Etchingham

romantic relationship w Hendrix ended in 1969, several songs about her

Ed Chalpin/ PPX Enterprises

signed Hendrix to a 3 year contract w PPX

Johnny Hallyday

supported on the Jimi Hendrix Experience