Jimi Hendrix bassist Noel Redding dies

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Jimi Hendrix bassist Noel Redding dies


Noel Redding, the former bass guitarist with the Jimi Hendrix Experience, has died, aged 57.

Redding had been living in West Cork for a number of years.

"Noel passed away. Noel Redding Born 25th December 1945, Died 11th May 2003," manager Ian Grant said on his website, www.trackrecords.co.uk.

"Noel reunites with Jimi and his mother Margaret who died only a few weeks ago," he wrote. He gave no details of the circumstances of Redding's death.

Experience Hendrix, the company that looks after the guitarist's catalogue, also confirmed his death on its website, www.jimi-hendrix.com.

Redding, along with drummer Mitch Mitchell, backed Hendrix on the 1967 debut album Are You Experienced, an instant classic which introduced Hendrix as a singer, composer and above all virtuoso of the electric guitar.

With songs like Purple Haze, Hey Joe and The Wind Cries Mary, and a sound that mixed hard rock with blues and soul, it was one of the most influential albums in a year that saw such classics as the Beatles' Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.

The trio recorded several more landmark albums until Hendrix dissolved it shortly before his death in 1970.

In recent years, Redding was said to have complained about difficulties winning royalties for some of his recordings.

mike65

The Experience were royally ripped off by thier management and others to the tune of tens of millions...Redding and his late partner wrtote a great book about the whole Experience thing and beyond in a book called "Are You Experienced?" which I picked up second hand and its worth getting hold of.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0306806819/qid=1052867216/sr=1-3/ref=sr_1_3/002-4764082-5140814?v=glance&s=books

http://www.me.umn.edu/~kgeisler/noelint.html

Mike.

cournioni

Huge loss to the rock and roll world. Great bassist (although he wanted to be a guitarist) too.

R.I.P. Noel Redding.