May-13th-2003, 01:16 PM
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Noel Redding - RIP
Noel Redding Dies
Hendrix bassist was fifty-seven
Noel Redding, the English bassist best known for playing in the Jimi Hendrix Experience between 1966 and 1969, died yesterday of unknown causes; he was fifty-seven.
Redding was born Christmas Day 1945 in Kent, England. Along with drummer Mitch Mitchell, he was recruited by Hendrix's manager, Chas Chandler, to form the Experience, and one year after the band started, it charted in the U.K. with "Hey Joe," which reached Number Six. The band's debut album, Are You Experienced?, reached Number Five, and the Experience reached legendary status in the U.S. after an appearance at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967. The band continued its successful ways with the release of two albums in 1968, Axis: Bold as Love and Electric Ladyland, which charted at Number Three and Number One respectively.
Amid creative and personal squabbling, Redding left the Experience in 1969 and started Fat Mattress, who released a self-titled album that year and Fat Mattress 2 in 1970. Redding then formed the Noel Redding Band, which issued a pair of recordings, Clonakilty Cowboys in 1975 and Blowin' in 1976.
Redding then moved to Ireland where he spent the remainder of his life. Relations between the bassist and the Hendrix estate were strained from the time of his departure from the band until his death. Redding maintained that he was underpaid for his services in the band, and that he had received no royalties from those three years.
As a member of the Jimi Hendrix Experience, Redding was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992.
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May-13th-2003, 03:13 PM
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Sic transit gloria mundi. RIP, Noel Redding.
"Clonakilty Cowboys"? Wow. My wife's mother's family is from Clonakilty!
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May-13th-2003, 03:17 PM
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Hartsell Cash, 1924-2006
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I spun Electric Ladyland this AM...
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May-13th-2003, 03:18 PM
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Unflappable
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She walks with a bell-clock 'round her neck
So the hippies think she's in with time.
RIP, Mr. Redding.
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May-13th-2003, 03:59 PM
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Six decades
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The guy had great hair.
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May-13th-2003, 07:05 PM
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I was watching the psychedelic episode of PBS's Rock & Roll series on video just the other night, and Noel was interviewed. Apparently, he was a guitarist who had the good fortune of being selected by Chas Chandler to complete the trio. I guess he just decided to drop out of the scene.
Wonder what the cause of death was. Whatever, he's back with his jammin' partner.
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May-13th-2003, 10:20 PM
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Noel Redding was a lousy bassist and Fat Mattress was a great name.
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May-14th-2003, 01:28 AM
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Next year....
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And the wind cries for Redding...
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May-14th-2003, 02:03 AM
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Just be frank
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jammin'
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May-14th-2003, 02:04 AM
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Just be frank
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more jammin'
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May-14th-2003, 05:41 AM
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Happy 50th, Alaska!
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Since I didn't have the pleasure or distinction of hearing either Jimi or Noel in-person, I'm not gonna pass judgement ... on Noel.
RIP, Noel Redding~
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May-14th-2003, 06:06 PM
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Noel was a member of a band that moved me at the time the way music alone can't
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