Fans of Jimi Hendrix often don’t know what to make of the rock legend’s Band of Gypsys period. On the one hand, it made perfect sense for Hendrix to team up with longtime friends and ...

Where was Jimi Hendrix ... with Davis.) But Hendrix did get his ideas for a fusion of rock and funk on record in the final LP release in his lifetime, 1970’s Band of Gypsys.

Jimi Hendrix’s professional life took ... "We’re calling it the Band of Gypsys," Hendrix said at the time, "because that’s what we are. That’s what all musicians are.

So we went at the project in a joyous, creative posture and ultimately developed the repertoire of the Band of Gypsys ... what it was like to see Jimi Hendrix live and his new LP.

Rounding out Hendrix’s rhythm section in Band of Gypsys was drummer Buddy Miles and bassist Billy Cox. “After we did the first set, Jimi, Buddy and I were going back to the dressing rooms ...

When Jimi Hendrix and his Band of Gypsys decided to cover the R&B song “Stop” at their debut concerts, they wanted to completely reinvent it, late drummer Buddy Miles said in a previously ...

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Given the latter years of guitarist Jimi Hendrix's life were fouled by business disputes, it comes as no surprise that the Band of Gypsys, perhaps the foulest such entanglement of them all, was not ...

Billy Cox held down low-end at two of rock's all-time dimension-melting gigs: Jimi Hendrix's 1969 Woodstock set and Hendrix's New Year's 1970 concert, the latter released as live album "Band of ...

On December 31, 1969, Jimi Hendrix played his debut performance with his new band, Band of Gypsies, at the Fillmore East in New York. Music from that show has been available for years but ...

We were out most of the time trying to get more work while Jimi was out with Chas working on getting their band together.” Speaking in 2011, Hendrix’s former girlfriend Kathy Etchingham ...

If you asked those fortunate enough to see Jimi Hendrix perform live at ... original drummer Mitch Mitchell and featured Hendrix’s army pal, and Band of Gypsy’s bassist, Billy Cox.