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U2 Working at Jimi's Place

Crash — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 12:41:04 +0000

U2 have been in New York this past week working on their upcoming album at Electric Lady Studios, which was built opened in Greenwich Village by Jimi Hendrix in 1968.

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Top Festival Appearances Ever

Crash — Thu, 30 May 2013 12:12:34 +0000

When it comes to performances at festivals, Queen's set at 1985's Live Aid tops a Toronto Sun list of the Top Music Festival Performances of All-Time.

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Hendrix Asked McCartney to Play Bass on Record With Miles Davis

Dave Lifton — Fri, 10 May 2013 17:52:36 +0000

One of the great "what-ifs" in rock history just got even greater. A newly uncovered telegram shows that Jimi Hendrix had asked Paul McCartney to play bass in a proposed recording session with legendary jazz trumpeter Miles Davis and drummer Tony Williams.

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Best Cover Songs

Crash — Wed, 08 May 2013 13:12:13 +0000

When it comes to the best cover tunes of all-time, the listeners of the U.K. online station Planet Rock says that distinction belongs to Jimi Hendrix and his version of Bob Dylan’s "All Along the Watchtower." It was followed by:

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Blues Fix at 6 April 17, 2013

Crash — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 23:00:55 +0000

Jimi Hendrix-Bleeding Heart from Jimi Hendrix Blues (1968)

Robert Cray-Back Door Slam from Time Will Tell (2003)

Albert Cummings-Where Did I Go Wrong from True To Yourself (2004)

Hendrix, Zep, Stones Engineer Passes

Crash — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 02:13:11 +0000

Legendary engineer Andy Johns, who was behind the Rolling Stones classic 'Exile On Main Street' and Led Zeppelin 'IV' among many others, has passed at 61.

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45 Years Ago: Hendrix, Mitchell Hold MLK Tribute Jam Session

Dave Swanson — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 15:00:41 +0000

On the evening of April 4, 1968, the great Martin Luther King was shot down in Memphis, Tenn. The news shocked and angered the world as it tore people apart, and in other cases, brought them together via music.

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Hendrix's 'Voodoo Child' Performed on a Gayageum

Nick DeRiso — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 18:14:25 +0000

Worn the grooves out on your copy of Jimi Hendrix's 'Electric Ladyland?' Here's a new way to experience one of that album's key cuts, as Luna Lee reimagines 'Voodoo Child (Slight Return)' on a traditional Korean instrument called the gayageum.

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Aerosmith, Jimi Hendrix Announce Record Store Day Exclusives

Sterling Whitaker — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 15:43:30 +0000

Record Store Day is coming up fast, and two of classic rock's finest have been added to the list of artists who will have exclusives available for the annual event. Legacy Recordings will be offering up vinyl exclusives on Aerosmith and Jimi Hendrix for this year's celebration of independent record stores.

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New Hendrix Album Debuts at #2

Crash — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 18:25:09 +0000

The latest Jimi Hendrix vault release, People, Hell And Angels, debuted this week at Number Two on the Billboard 200 album charts.

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