Yeah, Morrison got under there and was waving people to come on up. The cops were just off stage and were real quick to grab him and hustle him off. I had forgotten about Spirit and the Doobs. Did you go to the Iron Butterfly & Vanilla Fudge concert. Not great bands, but enjoyed the concert alot. My favorite concert at Music Hall was Fleetwood Mac. I mentioned this to Bob Finn* the other day. Do you remember a local band called Magic Ring? I'm sure you do. I think most or all of them and the Sidewalks went to Memorial. Ever see a concert at Theatre in the Round? I saw Steppenwolf there.
Holy crap, I thought I was the only person who loved this song. Definitely my favorite Jimi Hendrix song!
Did Canned Heat open that concert? I remember Canned Heat, followed by Vanilla Fudge, but I thought Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac closed that show, not Iron Butterfly. I may have the Heat/Fudge mixed up with the Peter Green concert, but it could be because it was two different occasions. They were excellent, regardless, when I saw them. You used to have 3, or even 4 acts at a concert in those days. Not always, but often. And for a few bucks. Going to concerts with girls and my friends (frequently, they were both) was what I did. That, and go to parties in town, and at Lake Travis and Austin, and at the beach. Nothing like watching a psychedelic sunrise on West Beach at Galveston, unless it was a psychedelic sunrise on a cove at Paleface on Travis, naked, and fixing to dive into the water with a lovely companion. Always tried to go to the Vulcan Gas Company when I went to Austin. Man, I wish more people knew what Austin, and Houston, for that matter, were like in those days.
Voodoo Chile from his movie soundtrack. It's his bluesiest, rawest, most atmospheric live studio performance. Machine Gun, House of the Rising Sun and Johnny B. Goode are freaking fantastic, too. The soundtrack seems hard to find, though -- I've never seen it on CD. I had to buy it on vinyl after completely wearing out the cassette.
There was a great documentary on one of my Encore channels yesterday morning about Band of Gypsies...made me realize how much of Hendrix's catalog I need to re-familiarize myself with.
He plays on the single "Testify" by the Isley Brothers, I think. The book "Electric Gypsy" lists all of the tracks he played on for other artists. Little Richard, King Curtis, Lonnie Youngblood. I've heard that he is the one playing guitar on Don Covay's "Have Mercy", but I have never seen it verified. I've also read that he played with Joe Tex during a Harlem street fair in the 1960's. Man, I would love to get my hands on a recording of that.
Man, if I could remember the '60's as well as I would wish, I would have a much better memory of who played, and when. Some things stand out a bit more than others, obviously, because they were just so freakin' cool. I remember visiting a fellow who was a good friend of a buddy of mine, in Austin, in '67. The two of us had driven up on Friday from Houston, getting there about 11pm. The guy lived in a woodframe house close to Mount Bonnel, up on a hill, and opened the door wearing nothing but a Robin Hood hat with a feather in it. Needless to say, I grinned, glanced at my buddy, and started to ask if any chicks were there, because if there weren't, I'd have other questions, lol! Just then, two long haired babes, in their birthday suits, walked up to the door smiling, wondering who had come to visit. It turned out that there were about 6 girls, Robin Hood, another guy, and my friend and I. We took off our clothes to be hospitable, went into a room with Indian sheets hanging from the walls (you know the kind I'm talking about, rhester... we all used them. the ones from Madras), and Eastern carpets on the floor, with a hooka going full steam in the middle of the room. After a couple of hours of listening to music, talking, and relaxation, we took off for Laguna Gloria, a canal off of Lake Austin, where they knew of a rope swing. After hours of playing in the lake, naked as jaybirds, we returned to Robin Hood's pad for the really fun part of the evening. Those were good times!
Here is an awesome recording (Good Quality) of Jimi and the Band of Gypsies rehearsing. http://tela.sugarmegs.org/_asxtela/jimihendrix-bandofgypsiesrehersals.asx (opens windows media and shows the songs on the recording)
Your killing me! My cousin went to UT and had a small shack on Town Lake (1971)- Me and my friends were up there too often. And my problem with concerts was that I was stoned before we left the house, more stoned at the concert and whatever til the next morning. I remember though my first concert in '67 or '68 it was the Byrds at the Col. Austin was trip, hippy hollow, you know the rest for me it was '71-'74, didn't make the trip as much once I got married. Don't get me started telling stories - they have all grown to epic proportions - My life was a cross of "Endless Summer" and "Up in Smoke"
It came out in 1973 and it was simply called "Jimi Hendrix." I have no idea if it was widely distributed or not. The LP cover is white with only Hendrix sitting on a barstool strumming the guitar. I bought it on ebay a few years ago. I got the cassette 15 years ago, but have no idea where. I haven't seen it sold anywhere since. I'd make you a copy, but my original is worn out. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070242/maindetails I'm sure there are live Hendrix albums just as good as this one. But this is the one that just completely and utterly blew me away.
