Audio CD review:
Jimi Hendrix - Band of Gypsys

Jimi Hendrix - Band of Gypsys

Band: Jimi Hendrix Title: Band of Gypsys Rating: Release Date: 13 January, 1998 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Who Knows 2: Machine Gun 3: Changes 4: Power To Love 5: Message of Love 6: We Gotta Live Together

Editoral Review On New Year's Eve, Hendrix, his old Army buddy bassist Billy Cox, and ex-Electric Flag drummer Buddy Miles performed a loose, jam-filled set at New York's Fillmore East (completists will want the panoramic though uneven Live at the Fillmore East). Tired of the showboating image that his early live performances had saddled him with--and that his black audience viewed as demeaning and degrading to his musical talent--Hendrix dissolved his Experience in 1969 in search of a more terra-firma-grounded, blues-oriented persona. Released a few months after his New Year's Eve 1970 concert, Band of Gypsys underscored Hendrix's desired return to basics--even if his basic was at a level most guitarists could never attain in a lifetime of playing. --Billy Altman .. You can see a complete list of all Jimi Hendrix discography, or go back to the Jimi Hendrix tabs