Bass part for "Purple Haze".

I read somewhere that Jimi had a hard time teaching Noel Redding that part. It seems pretty easy to me. Do you think Jimi made up part or did Chas Chandler?

I reckon noel was being stubborn as he always wanted to be the guitar player.

Duh!!

Don't get me wrong- I think the Experience were better than the later bands he had. JMHO
I'm reading "Are You Experienced" by Noel Redding and recommend it for any Jimi fans. Detailed info on the early Experience days. It sounds like he didn't let anything bother him and just took everything in stride. He realized that contracts really screwed all of them out of a lot of money.

Well, Noel WAS a Guitar player, he had actually auditioned for another one of Chandlers bands but didnt get the job
He always reckoned Chas Chandler offered him the job with Hendrix because of the natty strides he was wearing!

As an aside: The drummers stool in the experience was between Mitch Mitchell and Ainsley Dunbar....they could'nt decide who was best and flicked a coin for it.

Don't get me wrong- I think the Experience were better than the later bands he had. JMHO
I'm reading "Are You Experienced" by Noel Redding and recommend it for any Jimi fans. Detailed info on the early Experience days. It sounds like he didn't let anything bother him and just took everything in stride. He realized that contracts really screwed all of them out of a lot of money.

i think that may be the only Jimi book I havent read!

My personal favorite is Charles Schaar Murrays 'Crosstown Traffic'

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I wanted to hear the story "straight from the horses mouth", so to speak. I also like the Mitch Mitchell autobiography.