Fact #100885
When:
Short story:
Jimi Hendrix is rehearsing for Woodstock with his new band at his house in Traver Hollow Road, Shokan, New York State, USA.
Full article:
Billy Cox (bassist) : It was a while before I was accepted. A lot of guys would say 'Well, there's Jimi's bass player. Finally, Jimi had completed most of the obligations he had with the Experience and we wound up with a place in upstate New York outside of Woodstock where we had a lot of time to rehearse. It was spent creating.
I think Jimi basically wanted to get away from the city and the hangers-on and concentrate, because he knew that the stuff we were doing was really serious. We worked hard at trying to put together new music. I also think they were pushing him to put another album out because the only thing that they had left was Smash Hits, so he needed some new, fresh material and the only way to do that was to just buckle down and get it done. Woodstock became the place, since the house was out in the country and we weren't distracted. We had everything we needed and were very productive in that house.
Juma Sultan (percussionist) : 'Why don't you come up to the house and jam?' said Jimi. And so I did, and he asked me to play with his group.
Jerry Velez (drummer) : We would set up a circle in the round and play a lot. Upstairs, across from these two bedrooms, was a large living room, where we did a lot of acoustic jamming. Then downstairs, we had all of our heavy gear in a big room.
There was a lot of pressure from the management. 'Jimi, don't get rid of the Experience'. But Jimi wanted to stretch out and that's where I got involved. He brought up Larry Lee, Billy Cox and Juma Sultan. Juma looked like an African prince - he was introducing Jimi to a lot of avant-garde music.
Billy Cox : I preached to Larry about getting a different guitar but he preferred to play that (Gibson) 335 which was not compatible with where we were at musically. Consequently it did not blend properly. I would tell him that he needed a Stratocaster, but he just didn't listen.
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I think Jimi basically wanted to get away from the city and the hangers-on and concentrate, because he knew that the stuff we were doing was really serious. We worked hard at trying to put together new music. I also think they were pushing him to put another album out because the only thing that they had left was Smash Hits, so he needed some new, fresh material and the only way to do that was to just buckle down and get it done. Woodstock became the place, since the house was out in the country and we weren't distracted. We had everything we needed and were very productive in that house.
Juma Sultan (percussionist) : 'Why don't you come up to the house and jam?' said Jimi. And so I did, and he asked me to play with his group.
Jerry Velez (drummer) : We would set up a circle in the round and play a lot. Upstairs, across from these two bedrooms, was a large living room, where we did a lot of acoustic jamming. Then downstairs, we had all of our heavy gear in a big room.
There was a lot of pressure from the management. 'Jimi, don't get rid of the Experience'. But Jimi wanted to stretch out and that's where I got involved. He brought up Larry Lee, Billy Cox and Juma Sultan. Juma looked like an African prince - he was introducing Jimi to a lot of avant-garde music.
Billy Cox : I preached to Larry about getting a different guitar but he preferred to play that (Gibson) 335 which was not compatible with where we were at musically. Consequently it did not blend properly. I would tell him that he needed a Stratocaster, but he just didn't listen.
?(Source : not known)