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Noel Redding- say what?

#101
Guys, I attended the historical Band Of Gypsy's at The Fillmore East, New Years Eve 1969 so I'm partial to Cox.

BTW, even at 16 years old after the first few notes me and my pals knew we were witnessing history.

Blue
 
#102
JimmyM said:
I was there at the time and perceived the phenomenon as it occurred. I knew who Mitch and Noel were and what they did, but there was no question who drove the bus.

The circumstances of his death ruled that out for me, but I did think he was an awesome guitarist and writer.


I'd say more of a real band than a solo act who only puts himself on the cover, I'll give you that. But take away Jimi and there's no band.
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I really think this is all about semantics. I know Jimi was the reason any of this happened. That isn't the issue. My problem is more with people who aren't even musicians who try to give me lectures on this sort of thing, not someone like you who is an actual musician. Believe me, there is quite a difference in perspective.
 
#104
Rocker949 said:
That must have been incredible. I've never been to any concert which could even come close to comparing to something like that.
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I felt like that on the bus home to Edinburgh back in 1970 returning from the Isle of Wight after seeing Hendrix Chicago, The Doors, The Who, Miles Davis, Joan Baez, Joni Mitchell, Jethro Tull, Sly & the Family Stone, Ten Years After, Emerson, Lake & Palmer and Free.
Hendrix, free and ten years after where the three I loved seeing. really glad I had the chance to see hendrix live even tho i was so far back you could only just see him but you could hear him fine.
even now thinking about it makes my hair stand up on the back of my neck.
 
#105
bill reed said:
I felt like that on the bus home to Edinburgh back in 1970 returning from the Isle of Wight after seeing Hendrix Chicago, The Doors, The Who, Miles Davis, Joan Baez, Joni Mitchell, Jethro Tull, Sly & the Family Stone, Ten Years After, Emerson, Lake & Palmer and Free.
Hendrix, free and ten years after where the three I loved seeing. really glad I had the chance to see hendrix live even tho i was so far back you could only just see him but you could hear him fine.
even now thinking about it makes my hair stand up on the back of my neck.
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I'm pretty sure Noel's mother was at that concert. She and Jimi always got along very well; in fact, Jimi got along with her better than he did with Noel. He got the idea of writing "Fire" while standing in front of her fireplace. But what a concert that was, another one for the history books.
 
#107
I'm a huge fan of all of Jimi's output. I can't say I prefer Billy or Noel over one another, but I love their bass playing for different reasons. Billy was obviously more rooted in R&B and Soul, and combine that with Buddy Miles, I've always regarded The Band of Gypsys more of a heavy R&B Band. I really love Billy's deep and driving groove on the Fillmore performances. Starkly different than the Mitch & Noel section, which was way more psych and at the time contemporary rock in its style. There's also Mitch's jazz influence, which I really think made them standout from other rhythm sections of the period.

Either way, I love Noel's playing. I thought it was creative, not really rooted in any traditional methods of playing, if you know what I mean. Not necessarily melodic, but certainly not just chugging along either.

Plus, he's the reason I use Sunn amps, which to me are pretty much the best amps ever. Of all time.
 
#110
D.M.N. said:
I'm a huge fan of all of Jimi's output. I can't say I prefer Billy or Noel over one another, but I love their bass playing for different reasons. Billy was obviously more rooted in R&B and Soul, and combine that with Buddy Miles, I've always regarded The Band of Gypsys more of a heavy R&B Band. I really love Billy's deep and driving groove on the Fillmore performances. Starkly different than the Mitch & Noel section, which was way more psych and at the time contemporary rock in its style. There's also Mitch's jazz influence, which I really think made them standout from other rhythm sections of the period.

Either way, I love Noel's playing. I thought it was creative, not really rooted in any traditional methods of playing, if you know what I mean. Not necessarily melodic, but certainly not just chugging along either.

Plus, he's the reason I use Sunn amps, which to me are pretty much the best amps ever. Of all time.
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Agreed. I find both players playing to be very fitting for what they were doing
 
#113
Been listening to a lot of Hendrix lately probably due to the release of "People, Hell and Angles". Two of my favorite Hendrix songs are "Up from the skies" and "Third Stone From the Sun" from the "Bold as Love: album. Listening today I really appreaciated Noel's playing. I agree with everyone here who mentioned his time keeping. The dude is an anchor allowing Mitch Mitchell and Jimi to go off. There are lots of different styles of bass but if your looking for someone who kept a band connected and churning Noel is a great example.
 

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