Jimi Hendrix - Drifting

Today 51 years ago Jimi Hendrix past away.James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix; November 27, 1942 – September 18, 1970) Jimi R.I.P.

From the album The Cry of Love

 This album is Jimi,s fourth studio album , released in February 1971. It was the first Hendrix album released after his death and was engineered, mixed and compiled by Eddie Kramer and Mitch Mitchell.

Pink Floyd - Astronomy Domine (1967)

"Astronomy Domine" is a song by the English rock band Pink Floyd. The song, written and composed by the original vocalist/guitarist Syd Barrett, was the first track on their first album, The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (1967). The lead vocal was sung by Barrett and the keyboard player Richard Wright. Its working title was "Astronomy Domine (An Astral Chant)". "Domine" (the vocative of "Lord" in Latin) is a word frequently used in Gregorian chants.

                          Roger Waters - Rick Wright - Nick Mason - Syd Barret

The O'Jays - Emotionally Yours (Bob Dylan)

                                         The Genuine Bob Dylan  30th Anniversary Celebration

                                              One of the highlights of this beautiful party....

                            Emotionally Yours (Bob Dylan) - album Empire Burlesque

 The O'Jays are an American R&B group from Canton, Ohio, formed in 1958 and originally consisting of Eddie Levert (born June 16, 1942), Walter Lee Williams (born August 25, 1943), William Powell (January 20, 1942 – May 26, 1977), Bobby Massey (born 1942, Canton) and Bill Isles (January 4, 1941 – March 28, 2019). The O'Jays made their first chart appearance with the minor hit "Lonely Drifter" in 1963, but reached their greatest level of success once Gamble & Huff, a team of producers and songwriters, signed them to their Philadelphia International label in 1972. With Gamble & Huff, the O'Jays (now a trio after the departure of Isles and Massey) emerged at the forefront of Philadelphia soul with "Back Stabbers" (1972), and topped the US Billboard Hot 100 the following year with "Love Train." Several other US R&B hits followed, and The O'Jays were inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 2004, and The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2005, and in 2013 they were inducted into National Rhythm and Blues Hall of Fame.

Free

Paul Francis Kossoff (14 September 1950 – 19 March 1976)

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                               Andrew McLan "Andy" Fraser (3 July 1952 – 16 March 2015

FREE van Links naar Rechts:Paul Rogers, Simon Kirk,Andy Frazer,Paul Kossoff. Misschien toch een wat onderschatte band Free,waarschijnlijk te wijten aan hun relatief korte bestaan.(1968-1973).Naar mijn mening onterecht,de prachtige stem van Paul Rogers,het gedegen drumwerk van Simon Kirk,de schitterende baslijnen van Andy Frazer en natuurlijk de lange intensieve solo,s van Paul Kossoff maken deze band een van de belangrijkste uit de jaren 70. 

 

 

 

Mr Big ---- Het waren nog zeer jonge gastjes tijden hun eerst optreden in the Nag's Head pub in Battersea, London, op 19 April 1968.Andy Frazer 15 jaar,Paul Kossoff 17, en Paul Rogers en Simon Kirk waren beide 18 jaar.In het najaar van 1968 namen ze hun eerste album op ,de naam Free werd bedacht door bluesveteraan Alexis Corner 

 

The Stealer---- Waren hun eerste twee albums Tons of Sobs en Free niet erg succesvol met, Fire and Water uitgebracht in 1970 - kwam daar verandering in.De single van dit album, "All Right Now",kwam op no1 UK rock music charts, op no2 UK singles chart, en op no4 in de US Billboard Hot 100 chart.Het betekende de definitieve doorbraak van de band.

  

Be My Friend opgedragen aan Paul Kossoff(bedankt voor de tip Gerrit) Free ging in 1973 defintief uit elkaar. Rodgers en Kirk richten in datzelfde jaar Bad Company op.Andy formeerde de band Sharks en later The Andy Fraser Band,en Paul Kossoff begon een band onder de naam Back Street Crawler.

Het ging beter met Paul Kossoff in 1975, en was zeer vereerd dat zijn twee ex collega,Rodgers en Kirk hem vroegen twee avonden samen op te treden.In 1976 zouden Back Street Crawler met Bad Company gaan toeren maar de gezondheid van Kossoff liet dat toch niet toe.Op een vlucht van Los Angeles naar New York City op 19 Maart 1976,overleed aan een drugsgerelateerd hartprobleem

Tedeschi Trucks Band - Eleanor Rigby

                                                           Chicago, June 20 - 2014

                                                Eleanor Rigby (Lennon–McCartney)