September 1966 - September 1970
Here’s a useful little page which charts the four years of incredible creativity of Jimi Hendrix
through the various stages of his music, showing all known sessions and live performances.
All data gathered from “Ultimate Hendrix” (McDermot/Kramer/Cox), Tony Brown’s “Concert Files”,
Crosstown Torrents, Forum Jimi Hendrix, brumepourpre...
Formal concert performances are in blue,
studio recordings in black
and Sundays in purple.
♦ = Recording released officially
◊ = Recording streamed officially
♠ = Bootleg recording exists
You could also start here: Timeline Before Fame
1966
24 Sept – Jimi arrives in London – Scotch Of St. James, London (brief evening solo performance)
25 Sept –
26 Sept – Auditions for backing group at Birdland, London. Scotch Of St. James, London – jam with The VIPs (who were once managed by Mike Jeffery!)
27 Sept –
28 Sept – Scotch Of St. James (or The Cromwelain?), London: Jimi is introduced to Brian Auger & The Trinity who let Jimi come on and jam.
29 Sept – In the early hours of this day, Jimi jammed with AL
lexis Korner at the club Les Cousins. Auditions at Birdland (Jimi meets Noel) + Blaises, London (jam with Brian Auger & The Trinity) – Chas meets Johnny Hallyday and arranges brief tour of France (Jimi as support act).
30 Sept –
1 Oct – Polythechnic Of Central London – Guest appearance with Cream
2 Oct –
3 Oct – Noel Redding recruited
4 Oct – Rehearsals
5 Oct – Rehearsals with Noel and now Mitch who is recruited after a coin toss (with Aynsly Dunbar). Evening jam with Roosevelt Sykes and others at the club Les Cousins, London .
6 Oct – Aberback House, London – rehearsals
7 Oct – Aberback House, London – rehearsals
8 Oct – The band visit the Marshall Amplification factory.
9 Oct –
10 Oct – Aberback House, London – rehearsals
11 Oct – The band sign contracts with Chandler and Jeffrey
12 Oct – Flight to France + rehearsal at the Olympia
13 Oct – Cinéma Novelty, Evreux, France – 1st concert of The Jimi Hendrix Experience,supporting Johnny Hallyday.
14 Oct – Cinéma Rio, Salle Poirel, Nancy, France supporting Johnny Hallyday.
15 Oct – Salle Des Fetes, Villerupt, France supporting Johnny Hallyday.
16 Oct – Tchoo Tchoo Club, Plessis-Robinson, Hauts-de-Seine, Paris. An improvised performance with Hallyday was mentioned in a 2018 French newspaper and on many French websites and forums. Unconfirmed for now.
17 Oct – L’Olympia, Paris – rehearsals
18 Oct – L’Olympia, Paris ♦ France supporting Johnny Hallyday.
19 Oct – Return to London
20 Oct – Jimi and Chas see The New Animals, Geno Washington and Georgie Fame at The Astoria, London
21 Oct –
22 Oct – Rehearsals, London
23 Oct – Delane Lea Studios, London – Hey Joe
24 Oct – Jam with Deep Feeling
25 Oct – Scotch of St James London
26 Oct –
27 Oct –
28 Oct –
29 Oct –
30 Oct –
31 Oct – Knuckles Club, London – rehearsals
1 Nov –
2 Nov – Delane Lea Studios, London – Stone Free, Can You See Me + Aberback House, London – rehearsals
3 Nov – Aberback House, London – rehearsals
4 Nov –
5 Nov –
6 Nov –
7 Nov –
8 Nov – Big Apple Club, Munich, Germany (2 shows) + photo session
9 Nov – Big Apple Club, Munich, Germany (2 shows)
10 Nov – Big Apple Club, Munich, Germany(2 shows)
11 Nov – Big Apple Club, Munich, Germany (2 shows)
12 Nov –
13 Nov –
14 Nov –
15 Nov –
16 Nov –
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18 Nov –
19 Nov –
20 Nov –
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23 Nov –
24 Nov –
25 Nov – Bag O’ Nails, London (press reception performance – Chas sold four of his five guitars to pay for this important reception)
26 Nov – Ricky Tick, Hounslow (supporting The Animals)
27 Nov – 24th Birthday
28 Nov –
29 Nov –
30 Nov – Jimi sees The Young Rascals at Blaises
1 Dec –
2 Dec –
3 Dec –
4 Dec –
5 Dec –
6 Dec – Jimi moves into a spare room at Chas’s flat at 24, Montagu Square, London
7 Dec –
8 Dec –
9 Dec –
10 Dec – The Ram Jam Club, London
11 Dec – Jimi meets his old employer Little Richard at a London hotel
12 Dec – .
13 Dec – Rediffusion TV Studios, London for “Ready Steady Go” – Hey Joe + CBS Studios – Foxy Lady, Can You See Me, Love Or Confusion, 3rd Stone From The Sun, Red House 1
14 Dec –
15 Dec – CBS Studios – Foxy Lady, Can You See Me, 3rd Stone From The Sun
16 Dec – Chislehurst Caves Bromley Kent – UK release of Hey Joe/Stone Free – + photo session in London
17 Dec –
18 Dec –
19 Dec –
20 Dec –
21 Dec – Delane Lea Studios, London – Red House 2, Remember + Blaises, London
22 Dec – Guildhall, Southampton
23 Dec – Ricky Tick, Hownslow ?
24 Dec –
25 Dec –
26 Dec – The Upper Cut, London
27 Dec –
28 Dec
29 Dec – BBC TV, Lime Grove Studios, London for “Top Of The Pops” – Hey Joe
30 Dec –
31 Dec – Hillside Social Club, Folkestone
1967
1 Jan –
2 Jan –
3 Jan –
4 Jan – Bromel Club, Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley
5 Jan – Interview with Rave Magazine
6 Jan – Photo session for Fabulous 208 magazine
7 Jan – New Century Hall, Manchester + Twisted Wheel Manchester – Jimi sees The Spellbinders in concert
8 Jan – Tollbar, Mojo A Go-Go, Sheffield
9 Jan – Interview with Keith Altham + photo session at the 7½ Club London
10 Jan – Interview with Nick Jones for Melody Maker
11 Jan – Delane Lea Studios, London – Purple Haze, Third Stone From The Sun, 51st Anniversary, Fire, Wind Cries Mary + Bag O’ Nails London
12 Jan – 7½ Club London
13 Jan – 7½ Club London
14 Jan – Beachcomber Club, Nottingham
15 Jan – The Country Club, Kirklevington
16 Jan – 7½ Club London
17 Jan – 7½ Club London
18 Jan – BBC, Lime Grove, London for “Top Of The Pops” – Hey Joe + 7½ Club London
19 Jan – Speakeasy, London
20 Jan – Haverstock Hill Country Club, London
21 Jan – Refectory, London
22 Jan – Astoria, Oldham
23 Jan –
24 Jan – Marquee Club, London
25 Jan – The Orford Cellar, Norwich
26 Jan –
27 Jan – Chislehurst Caves, Bromley
28 Jan – The Upper Cut, London
29 Jan – Saville Theatre, London (parts of gig and rehearsal filmed for Hey Joe promotional film)
30 Jan – BBC Broadcasting House, London for “Pop North” – Hey Joe, Rock Me Baby, Foxy Lady
31 Jan – Saville Theatre, London ◊ – mimed film session for a “Hey Joe” promotional film by Peter Clifton.
1 Feb – New Cellar Club, South Shields
2 Feb – Imperial Hotel, Darlington + photo session
3 Feb – Olympic Studios, London – Purple Haze + Ricky Tick, Hounslow
4 Feb – Flamingo Club, London ♠ + The Ram Jam Club
5 Feb – The Ram Jam Club London + Jimi sees Cream at The Saville Theatre, London
6 Feb – Star Hotel, Croydon
7 Feb – Olympic Studios, London – Purple Haze
8 Feb – Olympic Studios, London – Purple Haze, Fire, Foxy Lady + Bromel Club, Bromley Court Hotel, Bromley
9 Feb – Locarno, Bristol
10 Feb – Plaza, Newbury
11 Feb – Blue Moon, Cheltenham
12 Feb – Sinking Ship Clubland, Stockport
13 Feb – BBC studios, London for “Saturday Club” ♦ – Foxy Lady, Stone Free, Hey Joe, Love Or Confusion
14 Feb – The Civic Hall, Grays
15 Feb – Dorothy Ballroom, Cambridge
16 Feb –
17 Feb – Ricky Tick, Thames Hotel, Windsor
18 Feb – York University, York
19 Feb – Blarney Club, London
20 Feb – Delane Lea Studios, London – I Don’t Live Today + The Pavillion, Bath
21 Feb –
22 Feb – The Roundhouse, London + BBC Playhouse Theatre for Top Of The Pops – Hey Joe + Speakeasy visit to meet Soft Machine.
23 Feb – The Pavilion, Worthing
24 Feb – Leicester University, Leicester
25 Feb – Corn Exchange, Chelmsford ♦
26 Feb – Cliffs Pavilion, Southend-On-Sea
27 Feb –
28 Feb –
1 Mar – Delane Lea Studios, London – Like A Rolling Stone + Orchid Ballroom Purley Surrey
2 Mar – The Marquee Club, London for “Beat Club” (German TV) ♠ – Hey Joe, Purple Haze
3 Mar –
4 Mar – Le Cadran, Colombe + Faculte De Droit D’Assas, Paris
5 Mar – Twenty Club, Loison-sous-Lens, France + Twenty Club, Mouscron, Hainaut, Belgium
6 Mar – RTB Studios, Waterloo for “Vibrato” (Belgian TV) – Hey Joe mimed
7 Mar – Universal Studio, Waterloo for “Tienerklanken” (Belgian TV) – Hey Joe, Stone Free mimed
8 Mar –
9 Mar – Skyline Ballroom, Hull + London photo session for Jimi in London ? – to be confirmed)
10 Mar – Club A Go-Go, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
11 Mar – International Club, Leeds
12 Mar – Gyro Club, Troutbeck Hotel, Ilkley
13 Mar – Flight to Amsterdam
14 Mar – Bellevue Studio, Amsterdam – Fan Club TV show (Hey Joe/Stone Free mimed) + informal photo session
15 Mar –
16 Mar – (approx date) – Speakeasy, Margaret Street, London – launch party for Track Records.
17 Mar – Star-Club, Hamburg Germany + interview at Danny’s Pan Club – Purple Haze/51st Anniversary released in the UK
18 Mar – Studio 1, NDR Funkhaus, Hamburg, Germany ♠ (2 shows) + Star-Club Hamburg Germany (2 shows)
19 Mar – Star-Club, Hamburg Germany + interview for Bravo at The Antenna + photo session in the gardens of Hotel St. Paul.
20 Mar –
21 Mar –
22 Mar –
23 Mar – Guild Hall, Southampton
24 Mar
25 Mar – Starlight Room, Gliderdrome, Boston (England)
26 Mar – Tabernacle Club, Stockport
27 Mar – BBC Studios, Manchester for “Dee Time” – Purple Haze
28 Mar – BBC studios, London for “Saturday Club” ♦ + Assembly Hall, Aylesbury
29 Mar – Delane Lea Studios, London – Manic Depression,
30 Mar – ‘BBC studios, London for “Top Of The Pops” – Purple Haze (live vocal)
31 Mar – The Astoria, London (1st guitar burned) – (start of Walker Brothers package tour)
1 Apr – Gaumont, Ipswich (2 shows)
2 Apr – Gaumont, Worcester (2 shows)
3 Apr – Olympic Studios, London – Highway Chile, May This Be Love, Title #3, Are You Experienced, I Don’t Live Today and on April 3rd or 10th) finalising of Red House 2
4 Apr – Olympic Studios, London – Are You Experienced, Third Stone From The Sun, Highway Chile, Wind Cries Mary, Love Or Confusion, Here He Comes
5 Apr – Odeon, Leeds
6 Apr – Odeon, Glasgow (2 shows)
7 Apr – ABC, Carlisle (2 shows)
8 Apr – ABC, Chesterfield (2 shows)
9 Apr – The Empire, Liverpool (2 shows)
10 Apr – Olympic Studios, London – Third Stone From The Sun + BBC Playhouse Theatre, London for “Monday, Monday” – Purple Haze, Foxy Lady
11 Apr – Granada, Bedford (2 shows)
12 Apr – Gaumont, Southampton (2 shows)
13 Apr – Gaumont, Wolverhampton (2 shows)
14 Apr – Odeon, Bolton (2 shows)
15 Apr – Odeon, Blackpool (2 shows)
16 Apr – De Montfort Hall, Leicester (2 shows)
17 Apr – BBC TV Studios, London – for “Late Night Line Up” ♠ – Purple Haze, Manic Depression + Speakeasy – jam with Georgie Fame and Ben E. King
18 Apr –
19 Apr – Odeon, Birmingham (2 shows)
20 Apr – ABC, Lincoln (2 shows) + photo session in hotel gardens
21 Apr – City Hall, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne (2 shows)
22 Apr – Odeon, Manchester (2 shows)
23 Apr – Gaumont, Hanley (2 shows)
24 Apr – Jimi attends a Donovan concert at the Saville Theatre
25 Apr – Olympic Studios, London – mixing + Colston Hall, Bristol (2 shows)
26 Apr – Capitol, Cardiff (2 shows)
27 Apr – ABC, Aldershot (2 shows)
28 Apr – Adelphi, Slough (2 shows) + UFO club, London (jam with Tomorrow)
29 Apr – Winter Gardens, Bournemouth (2 shows)
30 Apr – Granada, London (2 shows) (end of Walker Brothers package tour)
1 May –
2 May –
3 May –
4 May – BBC TV Lime Grove studios, London for “Top Of The Pops” – Purple Haze + Olympic Studios – She’s So Fine, Takin Care Of No Business, If 6 Was Nine
5 May – Olympic Studios, London – If 6 Was 9, Mr Bad Luck – The Wind Cries Mary/Highway Chile released in the UK
6 May – The Imperial Ballroom, Nelson
7 May – Saville Theatre, London ♠
8 May – Speakeasy, London – jam with Brian Auger & Trinity
9 May – Olympic Studios, London – Burning Of The Midnight Lamp + Variety Club Of Great Britain luncheon (+ photo session for Rave/Jackie magazine ?)
10 May – BBC TV Lime Grove studios, London for “Top Of The Pops” – Wind Cries Mary
11 May – Theatre d’Issy Les Moulineaux (TV studio) ♠, Paris for “‘Music Hall de Paris”/”Tilt Magazine” – Stone Free, Hey Joe, Purple haze, Wild Thing
12 May – The Manor House, London – “Are You Experienced” – UK release
13 May – Imperial College, London
14 May – Belle Vue, New Elizabethan, Manchester
15 May – Neue Welt, Berlin, Germany
16 May – Big Apple, Munich Bayern, Germany (2 shows)
17 May – Interview at the Hotel Intercontinental Frankfurt, Germany + club jam in Frankfurt avec Dave Dee, John’ Beaky’ Dymond, Noel Redding
18 May – Stadthalle, Offenbach, Hessen Germany
19 May – Konserthallen, Liseberg Nojespark, Gothenburg, Sweden
20 May – Mariebergsskogen, Karlstad, Sweden
21 May – Falkoner Centret, Copenhagen, Denmark
22 May – Kulttuuritalo, Helsinki, Finland
23 May – Klubb Bongo, Malmo, Sweden
24 May – TV Huset studios, Stockholm for “Popside”♠ + Stora Scenen ♠ + Dans In, Grona Lund, Tivoli Gardens Stockholm, Sweden + after-show jam at the One More Club.
25 May – Interview for Swedish radio, Stockholm. Broadcast on ‘Pop’67 Special’, 28/05/1967 Stockholm Sweden
26 May –
27 May – Star Palace, Kiel, Germany (2 shows)
28 May – Jaguar-Club, Herford, Germany
29 May – Tulip Bulb Auction Hall, “Barbeque 67”, Spalding
30 May –
31 May – Speakeasy, London – jam with Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce, José Feliciano and Edge
1 Jun –
2 Jun
3 Jun –
4 Jun – Saville Theatre, London – the group open with Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (released July 1st) as a tribute to The (stunned) Beatles who were present.
5 Jun – Olympic Studios, London – Cat Talkin’ To Me
6 Jun –
7 Jun –
8 Jun –
9 Jun –
10 Jun –
11 Jun –
12 Jun –
13 Jun –
14 Jun – Jimi sees The Doors at The Scene Club, NYC
15 Jun – Flight to San Francisco
16 Jun –
17 Jun –
18 Jun – Monterey International Pop Festival, Monterey ♦
19 Jun –
20 Jun – Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco (2 shows)
21 Jun – Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco (2 shows)
22 Jun – Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco (2 shows)
23 Jun – Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco (2 shows)
24 Jun – Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco (2 shows)
25 Jun – The Panhandle, Golden Gate Park + Fillmore Auditorium, San Francisco (2 shows)
26 Jun – (approx date) Interview at an unknown radio station, LA + Jimi sees Sam & Dave in concert at the Whiskey A Go Go, LA
27 Jun –
28 Jun – Houston Studios, LA – Burning Of The Midnight Lamp, Stars That Play With Laughing Sam’s Dice + Jimi sees a tribute concert for Martin Luther King at Madison Square Garden, NY
29 Jun – Houston Studios, LA – Stars That Play With Laughing Sam’s Dice
30 Jun – Houston Studios, LA – Stars That Play With Laughing Sam’s Dice
1 Jul – Earl Warren Showgrounds, Santa Barbara
2 Jul – Whiskey A Go GO, Los Angeles
3 Jul – Scene Club, NYC + interview at The Drake Hotel, New York City (approx date for interview)
4 Jul – Scene Club, NYC
5 Jul – Rheingold Festival, Central Park, NYC
6 Jul – Mayfair Studios, NYC – Burning Of The Midnight Lamp
7 Jul – Mayfair Studios, NYC – Burning Of The Midnight Lamp + Jimi sees Frank Zappa at the Garrick Theatre, NYC
8 Jul – Coliseum, Jacksonville
9 Jul – Convention Hall, Miami (supporting The Monkees)
10 Jul –
11 Jul – Coliseum, Charlotte (supporting The Monkees)
12 Jul – Coliseum, Greensboro (supporting The Monkees)
13 Jul – Forest Hills Stadium, NYC (supporting The Monkees)
14 Jul – Forest Hills Stadium, NYC (supporting The Monkees)
15 Jul – Forest Hills Stadium, NYC (supporting The Monkees)
16 Jul – Forest Hills Stadium, NYC (supporting The Monkees)
17 Jul – Studio 76, New York City – 1st session with Curtis Knight – bass on Get That Feeling, No Business, Odd Ball, Day Tripper/Future Trip/Flashing + Jimi sees The Seeds at The Electric Circus, NYC
18 Jul – Gaslight Club, NYC +Mayfair Studios, New York City – Stars That Play With Laughing Sam’s Dice
19 Jul – Mayfair Studios, New York City – Stars That Play With Laughing Sam’s Dice
20 Jul – Salvation Club, NYC + Mayfair Studios, New York City – Stars That Play With Laughing Sam’s Dice
21 Jul – Cafe A Go Go, NYC (2 shows)
22 Jul – Cafe A Go Go, NYC (2 shows)
23 Jul – Cafe A Go Go, NYC(2 shows)
24 Jul –
25 Jul – Jam at The Generation Club with B.B King, Al Kooper and Ted Nugent
26 Jul – Jam at The Gaslight with John Hammond Jr and Eric Clapton
27 Jul – Jam at The Gaslight with John Hammond Jr and Eric Clapton
28 Jul – Jam at The Gaslight with John Hammond Jr
29 Jul – Session at Mayfair Studios and jam at The Gaslight with John Hammond Jr
30 Jul –
31 Jul –
1 Aug –
2 Aug –
3 Aug – Salvation Club, NYC
4 Aug – Salvation Club, NYC
5 Aug –Salvation Club, NYC
6 Aug –
7 Aug – Salvation Club, NYC
8 Aug –Salvation Club, NYC + 2nd session with Curtis Knight, Studio 76, New York City – Gloomy Monday, Love, Hush Now, Ballad of Jimi
9 Aug – Ambassador Theatre, Washington
10 Aug –Ambassador Theatre, Washington – Cancelled (Mitch had appendix trouble)
11 Aug – Ambassador Theatre, Washington
12 Aug – Ambassador Theatre, Washington (2 shows)
13 Aug – Ambassador Theatre, Washington (2 shows) – benefit for “Keep The Faith For Washington Youth Fund”
14 Aug –
15 Aug – Fifth Dimension Club Ann Arbor Michigan (2 shows)
16 Aug –
17 Aug – Promo film made at Falcon’s Lair (Rudy Valentino’s mansion)
18 Aug – Hollywood Bowl, Hollywood ♦ (supporting The Mamas & The Papas)
19 Aug – Earl Warren Showgrounds, Santa Barbara
20 Aug –
21 Aug – Back to the UK – Heathrow Airport
22 Aug – BBC TV Lime Grove Studios for “Dee Time” – Burning Of The Midnight Lamp
23 Aug – “Are You Experienced” – US release
24 Aug – BBC TV Lime Grove Studios for “Top Of The Pops” – Burning Of The Midnight Lamp
25 Aug –
26 Aug – Jimi sees Zoot Money’s new band Dantalion’s Chariot at The Spreakeasy
27 Aug – Saville Theatre, London
28 Aug – Photo session in Hyde Park
29 Aug – Nottingham Blues Festival, Sherwood Rooms, Nottingham
30 Aug – Jimi visits The Inn Club, London
31 Aug – Arrival in Berlin – live radio show and photo session in funfair
1 Sept – Jimi goes to Barry Gibb’s 21st birthday party than on to The PLayboy Club
2 Sept – ZDF TV studios, Berlin – Can You See Me, Burning Of The Midnight Lamp
3 Sep – Konserthallen, Lisebergs Nojespark, Gothenburg, Sweden (2 shows) + visit to The Roastery Club
4 Sep – Stora Scenen + Dans In, Grona Lund, Tivoli Gardens, Stockholm, Sweden
5 Sep – Radiohuset (Studio 4), Stockholm, Sweden for “Tonarskvall” – full concert performance ♦
6 Sep – Idrottshall, Vasteras, Sweden (2 shows)
7 Sep – Club Filips, Stockholm – jam with Hansson and Karlsson + En Till Club, Stockholm, Sweden
8 Sep – TV studio, Sandviken + Popladen, Hogbo, Sweden (2 shows)
9 Sep – Mariebergsskogen, Karlstad, Sweden (2 shows)
10 Sep – Stora Salen, Akademiska Foreningen, Lund, Sweden
11 Sep – Stora Scenen + Dans In, Grona Lund, Tivoli Gardens, Stockholm Sweden
12 Sep – Stjaarnscenen, Lisebergs Nojespark, Gothenburg, Sweden
13 Sep – Return to London
14 Sep – Top Of The Pops appearance
15 Sep – Bluesville Club 67, The Manor House, London – jam with Eric Burdon & The New Animals
16 Sep – Europa Hotel, London – Jimi receives the trophy for “World’s Best Musician” (Melody Maker Awards)
17 Sep –
18 Sep – Monday Monday radio show, London
19 Sep –
20 Sep –
21 Sep – Interview for Intro magazine
22 Sep –
23 Sep – Jimi sees Frank Zappa and The Mothers Of Invention at the Royal Albert Hall
24 Sep – Jimi sees Traffic at The Saville Theatre
25 Sep – “Guitar-In”, Royal Festival Hall, London – photos with Jeremy Thorpe MP (Liberal Party)
26 Sep – Interview for Newsweek. Chandler and Jeffrey fly to New York for a meeting with Ed Chalpin
27 Sep –
28 Sep –
29 Sep –
30 Sep –
1 Oct – Olympic Studios, London – Little Miss Lover, One Rainy Wish
2 Oct – Olympic Studios, London – Little Miss Lover, One Rainy Wish, You Got Me Floatin
3 Oct – Olympic Studios, London – Little Miss Lover, You Got Me Floatin
4 Oct – Olympic Studios, London – Untitled Jimi Demo #1, Ain’t No Tellin’, Bold As Love
5 Oct – Olympic Studios, London – Bold As Love, Castles Made Of Sand, Little One
6 Oct – Playhouse Theatre, London for BBC Radio’s “Top Gear” – Jammin’, I Was Made To Love Her, Little Miss Lover, Drivin’ South, Catfish Blues, Burning Of The Midnight Lamp, Hound Dog
7 Oct – The Wellington Club, Dereham
8 Oct – Saville Theatre, London
9 Oct – L’Olympia, Paris ♦
10 Oct – Paris: “Portrait de Marie Laforêt” (ORTF) – Burning Of The Midnight Lamp (mimed – with cityscape background)
11 Oct – Paris: filmed miming at a building/demolition site and fooling around on rue Daguerre for “Au Petit Dimanche Illustré – Wind Cries Mary, Burning Of The Midnight Lamp (both mimed)
12 Oct – Paris: filmed for TV shows “Dim, Dam Dom” and “Discorama”- Hey Joe, Burning Of The Midnight Lamp (mimed)
13 Oct – ATV Elstree Studios, Herefordshire for “Good Evening” – Little Miss Lover + Interview with Jonathan King
14 Oct – Olympic Studios, London – Little Wing, South Saturn Delta (riff) + Interview with Melody Maker
15 Oct – Starlight Ballroom Crawley Sussex
16 Oct –
17 Oct – Playhouse Theatre, London for BBC Radio’s “Rhythm And Blues” – Hoochie Coochie Man, Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window, Drivin South
18 Oct – Jimi goes to the premire of the film “How I Won The War” (featuring John Lennon)
19 Oct – Interview with Fabulous 208 magazine – Burning Of The Midnight Lamp/The Sats That Play With Laughing Sam’s Dice released in the UK
20 Oct –
21 Oct –
22 Oct – Hastings Pier, Hastings
23 Oct – Delane Lea Studios rehearsal session
24 Oct – Marquee Club London
25 Oct – Olympic Studios, London – Wait Until Tomorrow, Little Wing, Electric Ladyland, South Saturn Delta
26 Oct – Olympic Studios, London – Ain’t No Tellin
27 Oct – Olympic Studios, London – EXP, Castles Made Of Sand, Spanish Castle Magic
28 Oct – Olympic Studios, London – Spanish Castle Magic, Little Wing + California Ballroom, Dunstable, Bedfordshire
29 Oct – Olympic Studios, London – Up From The Skies, Bold As Love
30 Oct – Olympic Studios, London – Wait Until Tomorrow, She’s So Fine, Spanish Castle Magic
31 Oct – Olympic Studios, London – mixing session
1 Nov – Olympic Studios, London – mixing session
2 Nov – Olympic Studios, London – mixing session
3 Nov –
4 Nov –
5 Nov –
6 Nov –
7 Nov – Meeting at Chas Chandler’s appartment to asses a test pressing of “Axis: Bold As Love” + photo session with David Montgomery
8 Nov – The Union (student’s union hall), Manchester
9 Nov –
10 Nov – Vitus TV Studios, Bussum for “Hoepla” – Foxy Lady, Catfish Blues, Purple Haze + Ahoy Hallen, Rotterdam
11 Nov – New Refectory, Sussex University, Brighton
12 Nov – Regent Sound Studio, London. Photo session at The Sweeny Todd Barber Shop, London
13 Nov – Olympic Studios, London – Sweet Angel + photos at hairdresser
14 Nov – Royal Albert Hall, London (2 shows) – beginning of “package” tour with Pink Floyd, The Move, The Nice, Amen Corner, Outer Limits and Eire Apparent
15 Nov – Winter Gardens, Bournemouth (2 shows) + interview with Jonathan King for Good Evening (ATV).
16 Nov – Photo session with David Montgomery for The Sunday Times at The Roundhouse – used for UK ELectric Ladyland inner gatefold sleeve
17 Nov – City Hall, Sheffield (2 shows)
18 Nov – The Empire, Liverpool (2 shows)
19 Nov – The Coventry Theatre, Coventry (2 shows)
20 Nov –
21 Nov –
22 Nov – Guild Hall, Portsmouth (2 shows)
23 Nov – Sophia Gardens Pavillion, Cardiff (2 shows)
24 Nov – Colston Hall, Bristol (2 shows)
25 Nov – Opera House, Blackpool (2 shows) – some songs filmed
26 Nov – Palace Theatre, Manchester (2 shows)
27 Nov – Queen’s College, Belfast (2 shows) – Jimi’s 25th birthday
28 Nov –
29 Nov –
30 Nov –
1 Dec – Central Hall, Chatham (2 shows) “Axis Bold As Love” – UK release
2 Dec – The Dome, Brighton (2 shows)
3 Dec – Theatre Royal, Nottingham (2 shows)
4 Dec – City Hall, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne (2 shows)
5 Dec – Green’s Playhouse, Glasgow (2 shows) – last date of “package” tour.
6 Dec – Jimi goes to a party for The Foundations
7 Dec – Jimi as Santa photo session (or 14th) + Jam with Noel Redding and Aynsly Dunbar at The Speakeasy (back in 1966, Mitch had won the toss against Aynsly to be in The Experience)
8 Dec – ATV Studios, Elstree for “Good Evening” – Spanish Castle Magic
9 Dec – Interview with Tom Lopez (a.k.a. Meatball Fulton)
10 Dec – Jimi sees The Moody Blues at The Speakeasy
11 Dec – Interview with Disc & Music Echo
12 Dec – Jimi jams with Fairport Convention at the Speakeasy
13 Dec –
14 Dec – Photo session with Dezo Hoffman (used for the Smash Hits album cover)
15 Dec – The Playhouse Theatre, London for BBC Radio’s “Top Gear” – Wait Until Tomorrow, Day Tripper, Radio One, Hear My Train A Comin, Spanish Castle Magic
16 Dec – Filming for Top Of The Pops
17 Dec –
18 Dec – Interview for Melody Maker
19 Dec – Bruce Fleming’s studio, London (acoustic Hear My Train A Comin’)
20 Dec – Olympic Studios, London – Crosstown Traffic, Dream, Touch You/Dance, Dream
21 Dec – Olympic Studios, London – Crosstown Traffic, And The Gods Made Love + interview by Linda Eastman
22 Dec – ‘Christmas On Earth Continued’, London Olympia, Kensington ♠
23 Dec – Jimi attends a Christmas party for children at The Roundhouse (where he dresses up as Father Christmas)
24 Dec –
25 Dec – Jimi goes to Noel’s birthday party
26 Dec – Jimi spends Christmas with Bruce Fleming and his family
27 Dec –
28 Dec – Olympic Studios, London – Little One, Sweet Angel
29 Dec – Olympic Studios, London – Little One
30 Dec – Olympic Studios, London – Dream
31 Dec – Speakeasy, London – New year’s Eve party – Jimi plays a 30 minute Auld Lang Syne with other musicians (Eric Burdon, Ginger Baker, …)
1968
1 Jan – Rehearsal at the Hillside Club. Interview with the BBC at Broadcasting House, London.
2 Jan – Railway Hotel, West Hampstead – jam with John Mayall and Al Sykes
3 Jan – Flight to Gothenberg, Sweden
4 Jan – Lorensberg Cirkus, Gothenburg (2 shows) – Jimi arrested for smashing up a Hotel Opalon room.
5 Jan – Jernvallen Sports Hall, Sandviken, Sweden
6 Jan – Interview with Casten Grolin for Ekstra Bladet.
7 Jan – Tivolis Konsertsal, Copenhagen Zealand ♠ Denmark (2 shows)
8 Jan – Stora Salen, Konserthuset, Stockholm ♠ Sweden (2 shows)
9 Jan – Return to Gothenburg
10 Jan –
11 Jan – Interview with Expressen
12 Jan –
13 Jan –
14 Jan –
15 Jan – Axis Bold As Love released in the USA
16 Jan – Municipal Court, Gothenburg – Jimi is fined 8918 crowns for the Hotel Opalon incident
17 Jan – Flight back to London
18 Jan –
19 Jan – Reception for the release of “Dear Delilah” by the Apple managed band Grapefruit
20 Jan – Photo session for Top Pop magazine. Jimi records with McGeough & McGear with Paul McCartney producing
21 Jan – Olympic Studios, London – All Along The Watchtower
22 Jan – Jimi jams with Sam Gopal’s Dream at the Speakeasy, London
23 Jan – Interview with Richard Robinson for Hullabaloo at Upper Brook Street
24 Jan –
25 Jan – band rehearsal at Middle Earth, Covent Garden, London
26 Jan – Olympic Studios, London – Tax Free, All Along The Watchtower
27 Jan – Interview with Disc & Music Echo
28 Jan – Olympic Studios, London – Mushy Name, Tax Free
29 Jan – L’Olympia, Paris (2 shows) ♦ (2nd show)
30 Jan – Flight to New York
31 Jan – Interview at The Copter Lounge, Pan Am Building Manhattan New York
1 Feb – Fillmore Auditorium San Francisco (2 shows)
2 Feb – Winterland Ballroom, San Francisco (2 shows) + club jam with Mick Taylor and Jack Casady
3 Feb – Winterland Ballroom, San Francisco ♠ (2 shows)
4 Feb – Winterland Ballroom, San Francisco (2 shows) ♦ (stated as The Fillmore West for this date)
5 Feb – Sun Devil’s Gym, Arizona State University, Tempe
6 Feb – V.I.P. Club, Tucson
7 Feb –
8 Feb – Sacramento State College, Sacramento
9 Feb – Anaheim Convention Center, Anaheim (2 shows)
10 Feb – Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles + afternoon jam with Mike Bloomfield, David Crosby, Harvey Brooks and Buddy Miles at The Shrine
11 Feb – Robertson Gym, Santa Barbara
12 Feb – Seattle Center Arena, Seattle
13 Feb – Ackerman Union Grand Ballroom, UCLA Los Angeles + earlier in the day, Jimi meets family and visits old school in Seattle
14 Feb – Regis College, Fieldhouse, Denver ◊ ♠
15 Feb – Municipal Auditorium, San Antonio
16 Feb – State Fair Music Hall, Dallas ◊ ♠
17 Feb – Will Rogers Auditorium, Fort Worth ♠
18 Feb – Music Hall, Houston, Texas (2 shows) ◊ ♠
19 Feb –
20 Feb – Scene Club, NYC – jam with members of Electric Flag, Soft Machine and The Tremelos
21 Feb – Electric Factory Philadelphia (2 shows)
22 Feb – Electric Factory Philadelphia (2 shows)
23 Feb – Masonic Temple, Detroit
24 Feb – CNE Coliseum Arena, Toronto
25 Feb – Chicago Civic Opera House, Chicago ♠ (2 shows)
26 Feb
27 Feb – The Factory Madison (2 shows)
28 Feb – The Scene Milwaukee (2 shows)
29 Feb – The Scene Milwaukee ♠ (2 shows)
1 Mar – Jimi and Noel visit the Scene Club
2 Mar – Hunter College, NYC ♠ (2 shows)
3 Mar – Vets Memorial Auditorium, Columbus
4 Mar – Jam with Eric Clapton at The Scene Club
5 Mar – Interview with Melody Maker
6 Mar – Recording of 1983 and Somewhere + jam with The Hollies at The Scene Club
7 Mar – (approx date) The Scene, NYC – jam session with Jim Morrison
8 Mar – Marvel Gym, Brown University, Providence
9 Mar – State University of New York, Stony Brook, Long Island, New York
10 Mar – International Ballroom, Washington Hilton Hotel ♠ (2 shows)
11 Mar –
12 Mar – (approx date) The Scene, NYC – jam session with Jim Morrison, Buddy Miles and members of The McCoys
13 Mar – New York Sound Center, New York City – My Friend, 1983, Little Miss Strange, Somewhere
14 Mar – New York Sound Center, New York City – My Friend
15 Mar – Attwood Hall, Clark University (2 shows) ♦
16 Mar – Lewiston Armory, Lewiston
17 Mar – Cafe Au Go Go, New York City ♠ – jam with Elvin Bishop, Herbie Rich, Harvey Brooks and Paul Butterfield
18 Mar – Jam with Steve Stills at Sound Centeré
19 Mar – Capitol Theatre, Ottawa (2 shows) ♦
20 Mar –
21 Mar – Community War Memorial, Rochester
22 Mar – Bushnell Memorial Hall, Hartford
23 Mar – Buffalo Memorial Auditorium, Buffalo
24 Mar – IMA Auditorium, Flint
25 Mar – Otto’s Grotto, Cleveland – jam with Good earth
26 Mar – Public Music Hall Cleveland ♠
27 Mar – Teen America Building, Lion’s Delware Co. Fairgrounds, Muncie
28 Mar – Xavier University Fieldhouse, Cincinnati (2 shows)
29 Mar – Chicago University, Chicago + jam with Paul Butterfield Blues Band at The Cheetah Club
30 Mar – University of Toledo, Fieldhouse, Toledo
31 Mar – Arena, Philadelphia
1 Apr – Flight to Montreal. Jimi goes to see Chubby Checker play.
2 Apr – Paul Sauve Arena, Montreal ♠
3 Apr –
4 Apr – Civic Dome, Virginia Beach – assassination of Martin Luther King
5 Apr – Symphony Hall, Newark, NJ + jam with Buddy Guy at The Generation Club
6 Apr – Westchester County Center, White Plains
7 Apr – Generation Club, New York City ♠ – Jimi attends a Buddy Guy concert and later jams with Roy buchanan
8 Apr – Generation Club, New York City – Jimi attends a second Buddy Guy concert and jams with Guy.
9 Apr – Generation Club, New York City – jam with BB King, Al Kooper, Paul Butterfield and Elvin Bishop among others
10 Apr –
11 Apr –
12 Apr –
13 Apr – Interview with Beat Instrumental
14 Apr –
15 Apr – Jimi sees B.B.King at the Generation Club ♠ and jams with him and Elvin Bishop, Paul Butterfield and Al Kooper
16 Apr –
17 Apr – Interview with Life Magaine
18 Apr – Record Plant, NY – Long Hot Summer Night
19 Apr – Troy Armory, Troy
20 Apr – Record Plant, New York City – Little Miss Strange (Noel alone)
21 Apr – Record Plant, NY – Little Miss Strange, South Saturn Delta, Three Little Bears
22 Apr – Record Plant, NY – 1983
23 Apr –
24 Apr – Record Plant, NY – Little Miss Strange
25 Apr –
26 Apr –
27 Apr –
28 Apr – Record Plant, NY – Little Miss Strange
29 Apr – Record Plant, NY – Gypsy Eyes, Tax Free, Little Miss Strange (Noel)
30 Apr – Record Plant, NY – Gypsy Eyes
1 May – Record Plant, NY – Gypsy Eyes, House Burning Down, Tax Free,
2 May – Record Plant, NY – Three Little Bears, Cherokee Mist (feedback/electric sitar version), South Saturn Delta, Voodoo Chile
3 May – Record Plant, NY – Voodoo Chile (Slight Return) – filmed + Town Hall, NYC – jam with Joe Tex
4 May –
5 May – Record Plant, NY – House Burning Down, Voodoo Chile (Slight Return), Walking Through The Garden
6 May –
7 May –
8 May – Record Plant, NY – Voodoo Chile, Three Little Bears, Long Hot Summer Night, 1983
9 May –
10 May – The Fillmore East Auditorium, NYC ♠ (2 shows)
11 May –
12 May –
13 May –
14 May –
15 May –
16 May –
17 May – Record Plant, NY – Gypsy Eyes
18 May – Miami Pop Festival, Gulf Stream Race Track, Hallandale, Miami ♦ (2 shows)
19 May – Thee Image Club, Miami – jam with The Blues Image
20 May – The Wreck Bar – jam with Noel, Frank Zappa, Arthur Brown and Jimmy Carl Black
21 May –
22 May – Record Plant, NY – 1983
23 May – Piper Club Milano Lombardia Italy
24 May – Teatro Brancaccio Rome/Roma Lazio Italy (2 shows)
25 May – Teatro Brancaccio Rome/Roma Lazio Italy ♠ (2 shows)
26 May – Palasport Bologna Emilia Romagna Italy ♠ (2 shows)
27 May –
28 May –
29 May – Flight to Zurich
30 May – ‘Monsterkonzert’, Hallenstadion Zurich Switzerland
31 May – ‘Monsterkonzert’, Hallenstadion Zurich ♠ Switzerland
1 Jun –
2 Jun –
3 Jun –
4 Jun –
5 Jun – ‘It Must Be Dusty’. ITV, Elstree Studios, Studio D, Borehamwood ♠ – Voodoo Chile (Slight Return) , Mocking Bird
6 Jun –
7 Jun – Flight to New York
8 Jun – Guest at Fillmore East, NY with Electric Flag – (South Saturn Delta, Hey Joe with Buddy Miles vocal)
9 Jun –
10 Jun – Record Plant, NY – Rainy Day session, Voodoo Chile, 1983, House Burning Down
11 Jun – Record Plant, NY – Inside Out (proto Ezy Ryder riff)
12 Jun –
13 Jun – Record Plant, NY – House Burning Down, Gypsy Eyes + jam with Jeff Beck at the Reality House Rehabilitation Center
14 Jun – Record Plant, NY – South Saturn Delta (with horns), Electric Ladyland, Have You Ever Been (To Electric Ladyland), And The Gods Made Love
15 Jun – Jam with Jeff Beck and Eric Clapton at The Scene Club
16 Jun – Jam with Jeff Beck Group at the Daytop Music Festival, Staton Island
17 Jun – Record Plant, NY – Gypsy Eyes
18 Jun – Record Plant, NY – Gypsy Eyes
19 Jun –
20 Jun –
21 Jun –
22 Jun – Jam with Larry Coryell at The Scene Club
23 Jun –
24 Jun –
25 Jun –
26 Jun –
27 Jun –
28 Jun – Record Plant, NY – Rainy Day, Dream Away/Still Raining Still Dreaming
29 Jun – Record Plant, NY – And The Gods Made Love
30 Jun –
1 Jul – Record Plant, NY – And The Gods Made Love + jam with Graham Bond Organisation
2 Jul –
3 Jul – Record Plant, NY – All Along The Watchtower
4 Jul –
5 Jul –
6 Jul – Woburn Music Festival Woburn Abbey Bedfordshire ♦
7 Jul –
8 Jul – Interview with Melody Maker
9 Jul –
10 Jul –
11 Jul –
12 Jul –
13 Jul –
14 Jul –
15 Jul – Sgt. Pepper’s, Palma Majorca, Spain
14 Jul –
15 Jul –
16 Jul –
17 Jul –
18 Jun – Sgt. Pepper’s, (Rock and Roll Set) Palma Majorca, Spain
19 Jul – Flight back to London
20 Jul –
21 Jul –
22 Jul – Interview with Black Music magazine
23 Jul –
24 Jul – Record Plant, NY – Gypsy Eyes
25 Jul –
26 Jul – Record Plant, NY – House Burning Down, Long Hot Summer Night
27 Jul – Interview with Hullabaloo magazine
28 Jul – Flight to L.A.
29 Jul – Record Plant, NY – Long Hot Summer Night
30 Jul – Independence Hall, Lakeshore Auditorium, Baton Rouge (2 shows)
31 Jul – Municipal Auditorium, Shreveport
1 Aug – City Park Stadium, New Orleans
2 Aug – Municipal Auditorium, San Antonio
3 Aug – Moody Coliseum, Southern Methodist University Dallas ♠
4 Aug – Sam Houston Coliseum, Houston ♠
5 Aug – Flight to New York
6 Aug – Jam with ALvin Lee and Larry Coryell at The Scene Club
7 Aug – Record Plant, NY – Long Hot Summer Night (+ Central Park photo shoot by Dave Sygall and Linda Eastman)
8 Aug –
9 Aug –
10 Aug – Auditorium Theatre Chicago Illinois ♠ (2 shows)
11 Aug – Colonial Ballroom Davenport ♠
12 Aug – Record Plant, NY – Room Full Of Mirrors with Paul Caruso
13 Aug –
14 Aug –
15 Aug –
16 Aug – Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia ♠
17 Aug – Atlanta Municipal Auditorium, Atlanta (2 shows)
18 Aug – Curtis Hixton Hall, Tampa
19 Aug –
20 Aug – The Mosque, Richmond (2 shows)
21 Aug – Civic Dome Virginia Beach (2 shows)
22 Aug –
23 Aug – The New York Rock Festival, Singer Bowl, Flushing Meadow Park, Queens, NY ♠
24 Aug – Bushnell Memorial, Hartford
25 Aug – Carousel Theatre, Framingham
26 Aug – Kennedy Stadium, Bridgeport
27 Aug – Record Plant, NY – Gypsy Eyes, Come On
28 Aug –
29 Aug –
30 Aug – Lagoon Opera House, Salt Lake City
31 Aug – Jimi attends an Everly Brothers concert in Salt Lake City
1 Sep – Red Rocks Park, Denver
2 Sep – All Along the Watchtower/Burning of the Midnight Lamp released in the US
3 Sep – Balboa Stadium, San Diego
4 Sep – Memorial Coliseum, Phoenix ♠
5 Sep – Swing Auditorium, San Bernardino
6 Sep – Seattle Center Coliseum, Seattle
7 Sep – Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver ♠ + interview
8 Sep – Coliseum Spokane, Washington ♠
9 Sep – Memorial Coliseum, Portland
10 Sep –
11 Sep – Photo session, Beverly Hills, for Life magazine
12 Sep –
13 Sep – Oakland Coliseum, Oakland
14 Sep – Hollywood Bowl, Hollywood ♦
15 Sep – Memorial Auditorium, Sacaramento
16 Sep –
17 Sep –
18 Sep – Jam at the Whiskey A Go Go, LA – Jimi, Mitch, Noel, Buddy Miles, Eric Burdon and Graham Bond – filmed
19 Sep –
20 Sep –
21 Sep –
22 Sep –
23 Sep –
24 Sep – Chas legally separates himself from Jimi and Jeffrey
25 Sep –
26 Sep –
27 Sep –
28 Sep –
29 Sep –
30 Sep –
1 Oct –
2 Oct –
3 Oct – Flight to Honolulu
4 Oct –
5 Oct – Honolulu International Center, Honolulu + after show jam at Thomas Square “Art-Park Festival”
6 Oct – Photo shoot with Ron Rafaelli
7 Oct – Photo shoot with Ron Rafaelli
8 Oct – Flight to L.A.
9 Oct –
10 Oct – The Winterland, San Francisco ♦ (2 shows)
11 Oct – The Winterland, San Francisco ♦ (2 shows)
12 Oct – The Winterland, San Francisco ♦ (2 shows)
13 Oct –
14 Oct – TTG Studios, LA – Eire Apparent “Sunrise” sessions
15 Oct – TTG Studios, LA – Eire Apparent “Sunrise” sessions
16 Oct – TTG Studios, LA – Eire Apparent “Sunrise” sessions, “Electric Ladyland” – US release
17 Oct – TTG Studios, LA – Eire Apparent “Sunrise” sessions
18 Oct – TTG Studios, LA – Midnight, Izabella, The Messenger – All Along the Watchtower/Burning of the Midnight Lamp released in the UK
19 Oct –
20 Oct – TTG Studios, LA – The Messenger
21 Oct – TTG Studios, LA – Calling All Devil’s Children, Hear My Freedom Call Me, Electric Church + studio jam with Zoot Money and Andy Summers
22 Oct – TTG Studios, LA – Look Over Yonder
23 Oct – TTG Studios, LA – New Rising Sun, Peace In Mississippi
24 Oct – TTG Studios, LA – Peace In Mississippi
25 Oct – TTG Studios, LA – Slow Walking Talk (session with Robert Wyatt), “Electric Ladyland” – UK release
26 Oct – Civic Auditorium Bakersfield California
27 Oct – TTG Studios, LA – Jam session
28 Oct –
29 Oct – TTG Studios, LA – Here He Comes (Lover Man), Gloria
30 Oct – Promo clip filmed in Laurel Canyon for “All Along The Watchtower”
31 Oct – Studio work with Eire Apparent
1 Nov – Municipal Auditorium, Area Kansas City
2 Nov – Minneapolis Auditorium, Minneapolis ♠
3 Nov – Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis
4 Nov – Flight to New York
5 Nov –
6 Nov – Record Plant, NY – production for Cat Mother & The All Night Newsboys
7 Nov –
8 Nov – Interview with Beat Instrumental magazine
9 Nov – In a Melody Maker interview, Jimi announces that The Experience will break up in the new year, in order to persue personnal projects
10 Nov – A planned appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show is cancelled because of a camera crew strike
11 Nov – Jam with Fleetwood Mac at The Scene Club, NY
12 Nov –
13 Nov –
14 Nov –
15 Nov – Cincinnati Gardens, Cincinnati
16 Nov – Boston Garden, Boston ♠
17 Nov – Woolsey Hall, Yale University New Haven Connecticut (2 shows)
18 Nov –
19 Nov –
20 Nov –
21 Nov –
22 Nov – Jacksonville Coliseum, Jacksonville
23 Nov – Curtis Hixon Hall, Tampa
24 Nov – Miami Beach Convention Hall, Miami
25 Nov –
26 Nov –
27 Nov – Rhode Island Auditorium, Providence, Rhode Island ♠
28 Nov – ‘An Electronic Thanksgiving’, Philharmonic Hall, NYC ♠ (2 shows)
29 Nov –
30 Nov – Cobo Arena, Detroit ♠
1 Dec – Coliseum, Chicago ◊ ♠
2 Dec –
3 Dec –
4 Dec –
5 Dec –
6 Dec –
7 Dec –
8 Dec –
9 Dec –
10 Dec –
11 Dec –
12 Dec –
13 Dec – Jam at The Scene Club, NY with Johnny Winter (this isn’t the infamous Scene Club jam with Jim Morrison, at which Winter was absent)
14 Dec –
15 Dec –
16 Dec –
17 Dec –
18 Dec – Café A Go Go, NY – jam with the James Cotton Blues Band
19 Dec –
20 Dec – Fillmore East , NY – jam with the James Cotton Blues Band
21 Dec –
22 Dec –
23 Dec –
24 Dec – Jimi attends a poetry evening at St. Mark’s Church, The Bowery, NY
25 Dec –
26 Dec –
27 Dec –
28 Dec – Utrecht pop festival in The Netherlands – cancelled by Jimi.
29 Dec –
30 Dec –
31 Dec –
1969
1 Jan – Record Plant
2 Jan – Flight to London. Jimi moves into 23, Brook Street, London with Kathy Etchingham
3 Jan – Interview at Jimi’s flat
4 Jan – BBC Television Centre, London for “A Happening For Lulu” ♦ – Voodoo Chile (Slight Return), Hey Joe, Sunshine Of Your love
5 Jan – Polydor Studios, London – Eire Apparent session for “Sunrise”
6 Jan – Interview with the Daily Mirror at Jimi’s flat
7 Jan – Interview with Hugh Curry at >Jimi’s flat for the Canadian Broadcasting COmpany
8 Jan – Lorensbergs Cirkus, Gothenburg ♠ Sweden (2 shows) – Interview for Pop 69 Special TV show
9 Jan – Konserthuset, Stockholm, Sweden (2 shows) ♦ ♠
10 Jan – Falkoner Centret, Copenhagen ♠ Denmark (2 shows) + interview for Danish radio
11 Jan – Musichalle, Hamburg ♠ Germany (2 shows)
12 Jan – Rheinhalle, Dusseldorf, Germany (2 shows)
13 Jan – Sporthalle, Cologne ♠ Germany (2 shows) + interview for Beat Club TV show ♦
14 Jan – Halle Munsterland, Munster ♠ Germany
15 Jan – Kongressaal, Deutsches Museum, Munich, Germany (2 shows)
16 Jan – Meistersingerhalle, Nuremberg ♠ Germany (2 shows)
17 Jan – Jahrhunderthalle, Frankfurt ◊♠ Germany (2 shows) + a loose jam at the K52 club with members of The Riot Sqad.
18 Jan – Interview and impromptu acoustic Hound Dog filmed
19 Jan – Beethovensaal Liederhalle, Stuttgart ♠ Germany (2 shows)
20 Jan – Flight to Strasbourg
21 Jan – Wacken Halle, Strasbourg ♠ France
22 Jan – Konzerthaus, Vienna ♠ Austria (2 shows)
23 Jan – Sportpalast, Berlin ♠ Germany (“Ultimate Hendrix” says there were 2 shows – true or false?)
24 Jan – Flight back to London
25 Jan – Jimi goes to see The Pretty Things at The Roundhouse.
26 Jan –
27 Jan –
28 Jan –
29 Jan –
30 Jan – Flight to New York to discuss converting The Generation Club into a recording studio (future Electric Lady Studios)
1 Feb –
2 Feb –
3 Feb –
4 Feb – Jam at The Scene Club with Johnny Winter (Jimi on bass).
5 Feb –
6 Feb –
7 Feb – Interview with The Sunday Mirror at Jimi’s flat.
8 Feb –
9 Feb –
10 Feb –
11 Feb – Record Plant, NY – production session with Buddy Miles’ Express. Jams with Miles and Duane Hutchings (organ) including World Traveler and It’s Too Bad.
12 Feb – Flight back to London
13 Feb – Jimi attends launch party for Mary Hopkin’s “Postcard” album and a Valentine ball thrown by Disc & Music Echo music paper at The Seymour Hall (gets an award).
14 Feb – Olympic Studios, London – Slow Version, Blues Jam, Ezy Ryder (riff)/Star Spangled Banner
15 Feb – Jimi collects World Top Musician award at the Seymour Hotel, London
16 Feb – Olympic Studios, London – Slow Version, Room Full Of Mirrors, Shame-Shame-Shame, Crying Blue Rain, Message To Love, South Saturn Delta, Lover Man, Sunshine Of Your Love
17 Feb – Olympic Studios, London – rehearsals for Royal Albert Hall concert. Interview at the Brook St. flat by Melody Maker’s Bob ‘The Raver’ Dawbarn.
18 Feb – Royal Albert Hall, London ♠ + Speakeasy – jam with Dave Mason, Jim Capaldi and Alan Price. Interview and solo acoustic Hound Dog 25 Brook Street, London
19 Feb – Interview with Richard Green for NME
20 Feb –
21 Feb –
22 Feb – Olympic Studios, London – Go My Own Way, Hound Dog Blues, Message To Love, Valleys Of Neptune, Gypsy Blood
23 Feb – Speakeasy, London – jam with Dave Mason and Jim Capaldi
24 Feb – Royal Albert Hall, London ♦ + Speakeasy – jam with The Gods.
25 Feb – Interview with Melody Maker. Band meeting with Jeffery and Chandler (at the latter’s house).
26 Feb – Olympic Studios, London – Valleys Of Neptune, 12 Bar Blues Jam With Horns, Noel’s Tune
27 Feb – Interviews with Ray Coleman (Disc & Music Echo) and Alan Smith (N.M.E.). Jimi sees Dutch singer Shirley Martin at the Bag O’Nails.
28 Feb – Speakeasy – jam with Rocky (Kwasi Dzidzournu) and others
1 Mar –
2 Mar –
3 Mar – Aborted interview with Caroline Coon for Oz magazine.
4 Mar – Interview with Jane de Mendelssohn for International TImes (part one).
5 Mar – Interview with Jane de Mendelssohn for International TImes (part two). Interview with Record Mirror too?
6 Mar – Speakeasy, London – jam with Billy preston around this date
7 Mar – Interview with John Grant for N.M.E. around this date
8 Mar – Ronnie Scott’s Club, London – over the next four or five days Jimi jams on more than one occasion with Roland Kirk and also one evening at Jimi’s flat.
9 Mar –
10 Mar –
11 Mar –
12 Mar –
13 Mar – Flight to New York
14 Mar
15 Mar – Around this date – Mercury Studios (or The Record Plant): session with the Buddy Miles Express – Blue Window Jam, Message To Love
16 Mar –
17 Mar –
18 Mar – Early morning jam at Small’s Paradise, Harlem with Lonnie Youngblood and The Blood Brothers + Record Plant, NY – Star Spangled Banner, Hey Gypsy Boy, Jimi I, Come On (Let The Good Times Roll), Let Me Move You (Lonnie Yougblood vocal), Georgia Blues (Lonnie Yougblood vocal)
19 Mar – More jams with Youngblood’s band at Small’s Paradise and The Record Plant.
20 Mar –
21 Mar –
22 Mar –
23 Mar –
24 Mar
25 Mar – Record Plant, NY – jams with Mitchell, Jim McCarty, John McLaughlin, Dave Holland, Buddy Miles
26 Mar –
27 Mar –
28 Mar – Pop Expo ’69 festival at The Palladium, Hollywood ♠ – Jimi attends a Delaney and Bonnie concert and jams with them – Room Full Of Mirrors
29 Mar – Jimi gets a Corvette Stingray in LA
30 Mar – Around this time: a jam with Slim Harpo at Thee Experience club (or The Whiskey A Go Go) in Hollywood
31 Mar –
1 Apr – Olmstead Studios, NY – Midnight, Bleeding Heart
2 Apr – Olmstead Studios, NY – Hear My Train A Comin, Midnight
3 Apr – Olmstead Studios, NY – Midnight/Trash Man, Peace In Mississippi jams
4 Apr – Olmstead Studios, NY – Trash Man, Crash Landing (proto Power Of Soul)
5 Apr – Record Plant, NY – Ships Passing Through The Night (proto Night Bird Flying)
6 Apr – Record Plant, NY – Ships Passing Through The Night, Lullaby For The Summer (proto Ezy Ryder)
7 Apr – Record Plant, NY – Hear My Train A Comin, Stone Free, Lullaby For The Summer
8 Apr – Photos session (mirrored room) with Raymundo de Larrain for Life magazine . Record Plant: Stone Free
9 Apr – Record Plant, NY – Hear My Train A Comin, Stone Free
10 Apr – Jimi perhaps sees Ten Years After and The Nice at the Fillmore East
11 Apr – Dorton Arena, Raleigh
12 Apr – Spectrum, Philadelphia ♠ + interview for Distant Drummer magazine
13 Apr – Stepping Stone/Izabella released in the US
14 Apr – Record Plant, NY – Stone Free, Ships Passing Through The Night, Solo Guitar, Sunshine Of Your Love, jam with Larry Young.
15 Apr – Band rehearsal at the Scene Club, NY
16 Apr – Band rehearsal at the Scene Club, NY
17 Apr – Record Plant, NY – Lullaby For The Summer, Jam with harmonica, Keep On Groovin’ (with Devon Wilson and Paul Caruso)
18 Apr – Ellis Auditorium Amphitheatre, Memphis ♠ (2 shows) Billy Cox meets Jimi backstage for the first time since the old days.
19 Apr – Sam Houston Coliseum, Houston ♠
20 Apr – Memorial Auditorium, Dallas ♠+ interview with Rick Vittenson
21 Apr – Record Plant, NY – jam with Billy Cox – Hello My Friend (proto Straight Ahead/Earth Blues) + jam with Cox and The Cherry People – Room Full Of Mirrors, Drone Blues, Bleeding Heart, Stone Free
22 Apr – Record Plant, NY – jam with Cox and Buddy Miles – Mannish Boy
23 Apr –
24 Apr – Record Plant, NY – jam with Cox and The Cherry People – Bleeding Heart, Hey Country Boy, Message To Love, Crash Landing Jam, Drone Blues, Night Messenger (Ships Passing Through The Night ).
25 Apr – Flight to L.A. and party for Donovan at The Factory
26 Apr – LA Forum, Los Angeles ♦
27 Apr – Oakland Coliseum, Oakland ♦
28 Apr –
29 Apr – Hollywood – cowboy/Hell’s Angels photo session with Ed Thrasher
30 Apr –
1 May – Interview with Sharon Lawrence at The Beverly Rodeo Hotel
2 May – Cobo Arena, Detroit
3 May – Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto ♠ (also that day: heroin bust at Canadian customs)
4 May – Syracuse War Memorial Auditorium, Syracuse
5 May – Court appearance in Toronto
6 May – Record Plant, NY – Mixing October 68 Winterland recordings
7 May – Record Plant, NY – jam with Johnny Winter, Steve Stills, Cox and Miles – including Earth Blues, Ships Passing Through The Night, The Things That I Used To Do.
8 May – Memorial Coliseum, Tuscaloosa
9 May – Charlotte Coliseum, Charlotte
10 May – Charleston Civic Center, Charleston
11 May – State Fairgrounds Coliseum, Indianapolis ♠
12 May – Flight to New York
13 May – Record Plant, NY – jam with unknown musicians – Keep On Groovin’
14 May – Record Plant, NY – jam with Mitchell, Cox, Sharon Layne and unknown trumpet player – Jam 292. Also, Mitch records with Betty Davis, Herbie Hancock, John McLaughlin and Wayne Shorter with Miles Davis and Ted Macero producing at Columbia’s 52nd Street Studios.
15 May – Record Plant, NY – with Cox and Layne – Power Of Soul, Crash Landing/Freedom, Ships Passing Through The Night, Jam With Piano, Stone Free, Blues Shuffle
16 May – Civic Centre, Baltimore ♠
17 May – Rhode Island Auditorium, Providence ♠ + Record Plant, NY with Cox and Mitchell – Stone Free
18 May – Madison Square Garden, NYC ◊♠
19 May – Interview with Newsweek
20 May – Record Plant, NY – jam for Timothy Leary album. Mitch’s second session with Betty Davis, Hancock, McLaughlin and Shorter.
21 May – Record Plant, NY – party/jam with Cox, Miles and others – Earth Blues, Bleeding Heart, Hear My Train A Comin, Villanova Junction Blues.
22 May – Record Plant, NY – with Cox and Miles – Message From Nine To The Universe (with Devon Wilson rap)
23 May – Seattle Center Coliseum, Seattle
24 May – Sports Arena, San Diego ♦
25 May – Santa Clara Pop Festival, Santa Clara County Fairgrounds, San Jose ♠
26 May –
27 May –
28 May –
29 May –
30 May – Waikiki Shell, Honolulu
31 May – Waikiki Shell, Honolulu
1 Jun – Waikiki Shell, Honolulu
2 Jun –
3 Jun –
4 Jun –
5 Jun –
6 Jul –
7 Jun –
8 Jun – Studio 3, Wally Heider Recording, Hollywood – Mixing session for a Jimi Hendrix Experience live album. Interview with Jerry Hopkins (Rolling Stone)
9 Jun – Studio 3, Wally Heider Recording, Hollywood – Mixing session for a Jimi Hendrix Experience live album
10 Jun – Studio 3, Wally Heider Recording, Hollywood – Mixing session for a Jimi Hendrix Experience live album – unreleased
11 Jun –
12 Jun –
13 Jun – On this day or the day after: jam with The Blues Image at Thee Experience nightclub
14 Jun –
15 Jun – Beverley Rodeo Hyatt House Hotel Beverley Hills: Interview with Nancy Carter + jam with The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band at Thee Experience club.
16 Jun –
17 Jun – Interview with Rolling Stone
18 Jun –
19 Jun – Court hearing at Toronto Court House, Canada
20 Jun – Newport ’69, Devonshire Downs, Northridge ♠
21 Jun –
22 Jun – Newport ’69, Devonshire Downs, Northridge ♠ – on stage jam with various musicians (including Eric Burdon and Buddy Miles)
23 Jun – Jam with Johnny Winter and Buddy Miles at Thee Experience club
24 Jun – Jam with Eric Burdon, Jack Casady and Noel Redding at Thee Experience club
25 Jun –
26 Jun –
27 Jun – Wichita State University, Kansas – Cancelled due to poor ticket sales
28 Jun –
29 Jun – Denver Pop Festival, Mile High Stadium, Denver ◊♠ (last performance of The Jimi Hendrix Experience).
30 Jun – Noel leaves the band
1 Jul –
2 Jul – Around this time: jams and auditions with Willie Weeks, Bill Lordon and others
at the Cafe A Go Go, New York
3 Jul – This week: Jimi and various musicians spend weeks at a house near Shokan and Boiceville (a few miles from where the Woodstock festival was held).)
4 Jul –
5 Jul –
6 Jul –
7 Jul – ABC TV Studios, NY for “The Dick Cavett Show” – Hear My Train A Comin’ with ABC house band.
8 Jul –
9 Jul –
10 Jul – NBC TV Studios, NY for “The Tonight Show” – Interview with Flip Wilson + Lover Man with Cox and Ed Shaughnessy (drums)
11 Jul –
12 Jul – Jimi visits Manny’s Musical Instruments, NY and buys equipment
13 Jul –
14 Jul –
15 Jul –
14 Jul –
15 Jul –
16 Jul –
17 Jul –
18 Jun –
19 Jul –
20 Jul –
21 Jul –
22 Jul –
23 Jul –
24 Jul –
25 Jul –
26 Jul –
27 Jul –
28 Jul –
29 Jul –
30 Jul –
31 Jul – Holiday in Morocco
1 Aug – Holiday in Morocco
2 Aug – Holiday in Morocco
3 Aug – Holiday in Morocco
4 Aug – Holiday in Morocco
5 Aug – Holiday in Morocco
6 Aug – Holiday in Morocco
7 Aug –
8 Aug – Jams/rehearsals at Shokan House, NY
9 Aug – Jams/rehearsals at Shokan House, NY
10 Aug – Tinker Street Cinema, Woodstock – jam with several musicians
11 Aug – Jams/rehearsals at Shokan House, NY
12 Aug –
13 Aug –
14 Aug – Rehearsals at Travor Hollow Road Shokan New York with new group: Gypsy Sun & Rainbows
15 Aug –
16 Aug –
17 Aug – Woodstock Music & Art Fair, Bethel – programmed evening performance cancelled
18 Aug – Woodstock Music & Art Fair, Bethel ♦
19 Aug – Interview with Jimi for Network New York, New York City
20 Aug –
21 Aug – Jams/rehearsals at Shokan House, NY
22 Aug – Jams/rehearsals at Shokan House, NY
23 Aug – Jams/rehearsals at Shokan House, NY
24 Aug – Jams/rehearsals at Shokan House, NY
25 Aug – Jams/rehearsals at Shokan House, NY
26 Aug –
27 Aug –
28 Aug – Hit Factory, NY – Message To The Universe, Lover Man, Izabella, Jam Back At The House
29 Aug – Hit Factory, NY – Message To The Universe, Izabella, Machine Gun
30 Aug – Hit Factory, NY – Sky Blues Today, Mastermind, Jimi’s Jam
31 Aug –
1 Sept –
2 Sept –
3 Sep -Interview for United Block Association at Frank’s Restaurant, Harlem New York City New York
4 Sep – Hit Factory, NY – Jam Back At The House, Mastermind
5 Sep – Harlem, NY ♠ (benefit concert) + Hit Factory, NY – Burning Desire
6 Sep – Hit Factory, NY – Valleys Of Neptune, Blues For Me And You, Lover Man, Trying To Be
7 Sep –
8 Sep – Auditions for new musicians at The Salvation Club, NY (approximate date – perhaps many days of auditions)
9 Sep – ABC TV Studios, NY for “The Dick Cavett Show” – interview + Izabella, Machine Gun with Mitchell, Cox and Sultan.
10 Sep – Salvation Club, NY – informal jam with Cox, Mitchell, Lee and Sultan
11 Sep – Ungano’s, NYC – jam on bass with Mountain (approximate date – 9th to 11th)
12 Sep –
13 Sep – Jams at the Shokan house with Mike Ephron (on electric clavichord) and Juma Sultan
14 Sep –
15 Sep – Record Plant, NY – Sky Blues Today, Villanova Junction, Burning Desire (Larry Lee quits)
16 Sep –
17 Sep – Interview with the New Musical Express
18 Sep – Cancelled concert: ‘Summerthing’ festival on Boston common. Jams/rehearsals at Shokan House, NY with Mike Ephron
19 Sep – Around this time, Jimi is kidnapped by two young gangland wannabes
20 Sep – Cancelled concert: Municipal Auditorium, Atlanta. Interview with Rolling Stone magazine
21 Sep – Cancelled concert: Jai-Alai Fronton, Miami. Interview with Rolling Stone magazine
22 Sep – Cancelled concert: St. Bernard Civic Auditorium, Chalmette. Record Plant, NY
23 Sep – Record Plant, NY – Valleys Of Neptune, Message To Love, Jam Back At The House, Drinkin Wine, Izabella
24 Sep – Record Plant, NY – Power Of Soul, Stepping Stone
25 Sep – Record Plant, NY – Keep On Groovin’, Sky Blues Today, Room Full Of Mirrors
26 Sep – Record Plant, NY – Message To Love, Valleys Of Neptune, Night Bird Flying, Stepping Stone
27 Sep – Cancelled concert: WIll Rogers Coliseum, Fort Worth.
28 Sep – Cancelled concert: HemisFair Arena, San Antonio.
29 Sep – Cancelled concert: University Of Texas, Austin
30 Sep – Record Plant, NY – jam with Steve Stills, John Sebastien, Duane Hutchings, Miles, Mitchell (Jimi on bass) – Woodstock (one take became You Can Be Anything This Time Around on the Timothy Leary album of the same name), One More Day/$20 Dollar Fine
1 Oct – In October, Mitchell leaves for England (plans exist for him to reunite with Jimi the spring) Cox returns after having fled in September. Buddy Miles brought in to jam. Rehearsals at Juggy Sound, NY.
2 Oct – In October: Record Plant session with with Lightnin’ Rod and Buddy Miles – Doriella du Fontaine. Interview for Swedish radio. First broadcast November 2.
3 Oct –
4 Oct –
5 Oct –
6 Oct –
7 Oct –
8 Oct –
9 Oct –
10 Oct –
11 Oct –
12 Oct –
13 Oct –
14 Oct –
15 Oct –
16 Oct –
17 Oct –
18 Oct –
19 Oct –
20 Oct – Record Plant with Stephen Stills, John Sebastien and Buddy Miles (first session with Alan Douglas)
21 Oct –
22 Oct –
23 Oct –
24 Oct – Sound Center Studios – session with The Organisms
25 Oct –
26 Oct –
27 Oct –
28 Oct – Sound Center Studios – session with The Organisms
29 Oct –
30 Oct –
31 Oct –
1 Nov –
2 Nov –
3 Nov – Around this date: jam (on bass guitar) at Ungano’s with Leslie West and TIm Davis (Steve Miller Band)
4 Nov –
5 Nov –
6 Nov – Jam at Ungano’s with B.B. King, Joe Cocker, Elvin Bishop, Buddy Miles and others.
7 Nov – Record Plant, NY – Hendrix and Miles only: Stepping Stone, Ezy Ryder, Izabella, Room Full Of Mirrors, Shame/Shame/Shame
8 Nov –
9 Nov –
10 Nov – Record Plant, NY – Hendrix and Miles only: Lonely Avenue
11 Nov –
12 Nov – Record Plant, NY – Hendrix and Miles only: Look Over Yonder
13 Nov –
14 Nov – Record Plant, NY – Hendrix and Miles only: Keep On Groovin’, Power Of Soul, Stepping Stone, Jungle, Ezy Ryder, Villanova Junction
15 Nov –
16 Nov –
17 Nov – Record Plant, NY – Cox returns: Room Full Of Mirrors, Ezy Ryder, Stepping Stone
18 Nov – Record Plant, NY – I’m A Man
19 Nov –
20 Nov – Record Plant, NY – Them Changes, Burning Desire, Lover Man, Hear My Train A Comin’
21 Nov – Record Plant, NY – Izabella, Burning Desire, Machine Gun, Paper Airplanes (Power Of Soul)
22 Nov –
23 Nov –
24 Nov
25 Nov –
26 Nov – Jimi goes out on the town with Mick Jagger
27 Nov – Jimi sees The Rolling Stones at Madison Square Gardens + Jimi’s 27th birthday party (Jagger attends) + jam with Jagger at Deering Howe’s flat.
28 Nov – Mixing
29 Nov –
30 Nov –
31 Nov –
1 Dec –
2 Dec –
3 Dec –
4 Dec –
5 Dec – Jimi sees Jethro Tull, Grand Funk Railroad and Fat Mattress at The Fillmore East, New York. Meets Noel.
6 Dec –
7 Dec – Jimi is arrested at Toronto airport for possession drugs. Spends the night in jail. The drugs were found to be legal and the charges were dropped the next day.
8 Dec – Toronto Court House – drug possession trial
9 Dec – Toronto Court House – drug possession trial
10 Dec – Toronto Court House – drug possession trial – Jimi cleared of all charges
11 Dec –
12 Dec – Interview by Sue Clark
13 Dec –
14 Dec –
15 Dec – Record Plant, NY – Born Under A Bad Sign, Izabella, Earth Blues, Message To Love, Power Of Soul, Burning Desire, Lover Man, Them Changes
17 Dec –
18 Dec – Record Plant, NY – Message To Love, Ezy Ryder, Bleeding Heart + From December 18th to 23rd, the Band Of Gypsys rehearsed at Baggy’s Studios, NY
19 Dec – Record Plant, NY – Message To Love, Earth Blues, Strato Strut
20 Dec –
21 Dec –
22 Dec –
23 Dec – Record Plant, NY – Honey Bed, Come Down Hard On Me, Night Bird Flying
24 Dec –
25 Dec – Jimi spends two days at Deering Howe’s Hotel Navarro penthouse suite in New York for Christmas.
26 Dec –
27 Dec – Rehearsels at Baggy’s Studios, NY
28 Dec – Rehearsels at Baggy’s Studios, NY
29 Dec – Rehearsels at Baggy’s Studios, NY
30 Dec –
31 Dec – The Fillmore East, NY ♦ (2 shows)
1970
1 Jan – The Fillmore East, NY ♦ (2 shows) – Ungano’s, NYC – after show jam with Elvin Bishop, Buddy Miles and others
2 Jan –
3 Jan –
4 Jan –
5 Jan –
6 Jan –
7 Jan – Record Plant, NY – Cherokee Mist, Astro Man, Stepping Stone, Room Full Of Mirrors, mixing
8 Jan –
9 Jan –
10 Jan –
11 Jan –
12 Jan –
13 Jan –
14 Jan – Juggy Sound Studios, NY – reviewing Fillmore recordings
15 Jan – Juggy Sound Studios, NY – reviewing Fillmore recordings
16 Jan – Juggy Sound Studios, NY – reviewing/mixing Fillmore recordings + Record Plant – Send My Love To Linda, Power Of Soul, Burning Desire
17 Jan – Record Plant, NY – mixing
18 Jan –
19 Jan – Juggy Sound Studios, NY – mixing Fillmore recordings + Record Plant, NY – Burning Desire, mixing
20 Jan – Record Plant, NY – Message To Love, Earth Blues, Stepping Stone, Ezy Ryder, mixing
21 Jan – Juggy Sound Studios, NY – mixing Fillmore recordings + Record Plant – Power Of Soul, Astro Man, Valleys Of Neptune
22 Jan – Record Plant, NY – mixing
23 Jan – Record Plant, NY – Ezy Ryder/MLK, Villanova Junction, Record Plant 2x, Burning Desire, Blue Suede Shoes/Blues, Highways Of Desire/7 Dollars In My Pocket, Midnight Lightning, Country Blues, Once I Had A Woman, Astro Man
24 Jan –
25 Jan –
26 Jan –
27 Jan –
28 Jan – “Winter Festival For Peace”, Madison Square Garden, NY ♠ – Only two songs played. End of the Band Of Gypsys
29 Jan –
30 Jan – Jimi goes to see Jack Bruce & Friends at The Fillmore East, NY.
31 Jan –
1 Feb –
2 Feb – Juggy Sound Studios, NY – jam with The Rosicrucians + mixing Band Of Gypsys album
3 Feb – Record Plant, NY – Power Of Soul
4 Feb – Interview with John Burkes of Rolling Stone magazine with Jimi, Mitch, Noel and Mike Jeffrey at his apartment, West 44 Street, NYC
5 Feb – Juggy Sound Studios, NY – mixing Band Of Gypsys album
6 Feb –
7 Feb –
8 Feb –
9 Feb –
10 Feb –
11 Feb – Record Plant, NY – mixing
12 Feb – Record Plant, NY – mixing
13 Feb –
14 Feb – Juggy Sound Studios, NY – editing, mixing
15 Feb – Juggy Sound Studios, NY – mixing Band Of Gypsys album + Record Plant, NY – mixing
16 Feb – Juggy Sound Studios, NY – mixing Band Of Gypsys album + Record Plant with Buddy Miles – Blues Suede Shoes, Hey Baby, Summertime Blues (instrumental), Freedom (with Mitchell who dropped in), Bolero
17 Feb – Juggy Sound Studios, NY – final mixing, editing of Band Of Gypsys album
18 Feb – Sterling Sound, NY – mastering of BOG album
19 Feb – Sterling Sound, NY – mastering of BOG album
20 Feb –
21 Feb –
22 Feb –
23 Feb –
24 Feb –
25 Feb —
26 Feb –
27 Feb –
28 Feb –
1 Mar –
2 Mar –
3 Mar – Jimi sees Rubber Duck at The Revolution Club
4 Mar –
5 Mar –
6 Mar –
7 Mar –
8 Mar –
9 Mar –
10 Mar – Flight to London
11 Mar –
12 Mar –
13 Mar –
14 Mar –
15 Mar – Island Studios, London – session with Stephen Stills – Old Times, Good Times
16 Mar – Interview with Keith Altman at the Speakeasy
17 Mar – Olympic Studios, London – session wit Love – The Everlasting First, Ezy Ryder jam
18 Mar – Speakeasy, London -after hours jam with Stephen Stills
19 Mar – Flight back to New York
20 Mar –
21 Mar –
22 Mar –
23 Mar – Sound Center, NY – session with Noel Redding and his group Fat Matress – My Friend (unreleased) – not to be confused with Jimi’s song of the same name. + Record Plant – Midnight Lightning (solo),
24 Mar – Record Plant, NY – Bleeding Heart (with drummer Steve Angel), Midnight Lightning, Earth Blues
25 Mar – BAND OF GYPSYS released
26 Mar –
27 Mar –
28 Mar –
29 Mar –
30 Mar
31 Mar
1 Apr –
2 Apr –
3 Apr –
4 Apr –
5 Apr –
6 Apr –
7 Apr –
8 Apr –
9 Apr –
10 Apr –
11 Apr –
12 Apr –
13 Apr –
14 Apr –
15 Apr – Interview with Keith Altman at Jimi’s New York flat
16 Apr –
17 Apr –
18 Apr – Flight to L.A.
19 Apr –
20 Apr –
21 Apr –
22 Apr –
23 Apr –
24 Apr –
25 Apr – LA Forum, LA ◊♠ – start of the “Cry Of Love” tour by Hendrix, Mitchell and Cox (billed as The Jimi Hendrix Experience)
26 Apr – Cal Expo’, Sacramento ♠
27 Apr –
28 Apr –
29 Apr –
30 Apr –
1 May – Milwaukee Auditorium, Milwaukee ♠
2 May – Dane County Memorial Coliseum, Madison ♠
3 May – St Paul’s Civic Centre, St Paul ♠
4 May – Benefit for Timothy Leary (“Holding Together”), Village Gate, NY – three songs played (Johnny Winter and Noel Redding also performed).
5 May –
6 May –
7 May –
8 May – University Of Oklahoma Field House, Norman ♠ (2 shows)
9 May – Will Rogers Coliseum, Fort Worth ♠
10 May – San Antonio Hemisfair Arena, San Antonio ♠
11 May – Woodstock: Music from the Original Soundtrack and More released
12 May –
13 May –
14 May – Record Plant, NY – Come Down Hard On Me, Straight Ahead, Night Bird Flying, “LA” jam, Freedom, Catastrophe, Hey Baby
15 May – Record Plant, NY – Freedom, Valleys Of Neptune, Peter Gunne, Catastrophe, Hey Baby, Lover Man
16 May – Temple University Stadium, Philadelphia ♠
17 May –
18 May –
19 May –
20 May –
21 May –
22 May – Cincinnati – Jimi is ill so show is cancelled
23 May – St. Louis – Jimi is ill so show is cancelled
24 May – Evansville – Jimi is ill so show is cancelled
25 May –
26 May –
27 May –
28 May –
29 May –
30 May – Berkeley Community Theatre, Berkeley ♦ (2 shows)
31 May –
1 Jun – Early June: Jimi checks out his (and Jeffrey’s) new Electric lady Studios and on one occasion jams with Richie Havens
2 Jun –
3 Jun –
4 Jun –
5 Jun – Memorial Auditorium, Dallas
6 Jun – Sam Houston Coliseum, Houston
7 Jun – Assembly Center Arena, Tulsa ◊♠
8 Jun –
9 Jun – Mid-South Coliseum, Memphis
10 Jun – Roberts Municipal Stadium, Evansville ♠
11 Jun –
12 Jun – Band Of Gypsys album released in the UK
13 Jun – Civic Centre, Baltimore ◊♠
14 Jun –
15 Jun – Electric Lady Studios, NY – All God’s Children, + with Steve Winwood and Chris Wood: Ezy Ryder, Pearly Queen, Valleys Of Neptune, jams
16 Jun – Electric Lady Studios, NY – Night Bird Flying, Straight Ahead, Messing Around, Beginning, Freedom
17 Jun – Electric Lady Studios, NY – Straight Ahead, Astro Man, Drifter’s Escape
18 Jun – Electric Lady Studios, NY – Ezy Ryder
19 Jun – Civic Auditorium, Albuquerque (2 shows)
20 Jun – Swing Auditorium, San Bernardino ♠
21 Jun – Ventura County Fairgrounds, Ventura ♠
22 Jun –
23 Jun – Mammoth Gardens, Denver – CANCELLED
24 Jun – Electric Lady Studios, NY – Astro Man, Rollin’ Stone, Cherokee Mist/In From The Storm (riff), Beginnings, Hey Baby, Keep On Movin
25 Jun – Stanley Theatre, Pittsburgh – CANCELLED – Electric Lady Studios: Astro Man, Valleys Of Neptune, Drifting, Freedom
26 Jun – Electric Lady Studios, NY – Earth Blues, Stepping Stone, Valleys Of Neptune, Heaven Has No Sorrow
27 Jun – Boston Garden, Boston ♠
28 Jun –
29 Jun – Electric Lady Studios, NY – Drifting
30 Jun – Electric Lady Studios, NY – mixing, overdubs of Freedom, Drifter’s Escape and other tracks
1 Jul – Electric Lady Studios, NY – Dolly Dagger, Bolero, Hey Baby, Drifting, Slow Part (Pali Gap), Midnight Lightning, Beginnings
2 Jul – Electric Lady Studios, NY – Ezy Ryder, Belly Button Window
3 Jul –
4 Jul – Atlanta International Pop Festival, Middle Georgia Raceway, Byron ♦
5 Jul – Miami Jai Alai Fronton, Miami
6 Jul – Jam with local musicians at The Blue Room, St. Petersburg, Florida (approximate date)
7 Jul –
8 Jul –
9 Jul –
10 Jul –
11 Jul – Jam with local musicians at Tampa Men’s Garden Club Tampa, Florida (approximate date)
12 Jul – Jam with local musicians at Club 300, Treasure Island, Tampa, Florida
13 Jul –
14 Jul – Electric Lady Studios, NY – Come Down Hard On Me, Bolero, Midnight Lightning
15 Jul – Electric Lady Studios, NY – Dolly Dagger
16 Jul –
17 Jul – New York Pop, Downing Stadium, Randall’s Island, NY ♦
18 Jul –
19 Jul – Electric Lady Studios, NY – Lover Man, Midnight Lightning, Dolly Dagger, Angel
21 Jul – Electric Lady Studios, NY – In From The Storm, Hear My Train A Comin
22 Jul – Electric Lady Studios, NY – In From The Storm and mixing
23 Jul – Electric Lady Studios, NY –
24 Jul –
25 Jul – Sports Arena, San Diego
26 Jul – Sicks Stadium, Seattle ♠
27 Jul – Electric Lady Studios, NY – Drifting, Angel, Belly Button Window
28 Jul –
29 Jul –
30 Jul – Haleakala Crater, Maui ♦
31 Jul –
1 Aug – Honolulu International Center, Honolulu ♠
2 Aug – Jimi goes back to Maui for a 10 day holiday
3 Aug – Holiday on Maui
4 Aug – Holiday on Maui
5 Aug – Holiday on Maui
6 Aug – Holiday on Maui
7 Aug – Holiday on Maui
8 Aug – Holiday on Maui
9 Aug – Holiday on Maui
10 Aug – Holiday on Maui
11 Aug – Holiday on Maui
12 Aug – Holiday on Maui
13 Aug –
14 Aug – Electric Lady Studios – mixing, planning
15 Aug –
16 Aug –
17 Aug –
18 Aug – Electric Lady Studios – Dolly Dagger with The Ghetto Fighters
19 Aug –
20 Aug – Electric Lady Studios – In From The Storm, Slow Blues, mixing
21 Aug –
22 Aug – Electric Lady Studios – mixing, overdubs
23 Aug –
24 Aug – Electric Lady Studios – mixing, overdubs
25 Aug – Electric Lady Studios – mixing, overdubs
26 Aug – Sterling Sound, NY – mastering of single Dolly Dagger/Night Bird Flying + opening party of Electric Lady Studios + Historic Performances Recorded at the Monterey International Pop Festival (Hendrix/Otis Redding) released
27 Aug – Flight to London. Jimi rests at The Londonderry Hotel.
28 Aug – Interviews with numerous newspapers and music journals. Jimi goes to The Speakeasy in the evening with Billy Cox, Steve Stills and friends.
29 Aug – Press interviews at The Londonderry Hotel
30 Aug – Isle Of Wight – Jimi is billed for this date but doesn’t come on until the early hours of the following morning.
31 Aug – Isle Of Wight Festival, Afton, Isle Of Wight ♦ + Stora Scenen, Grona Lund, Tivoli Gardens, Stockholm ♠
1 Sep – Stora Scenen, Liseburg, Gothenburg ♠ Sweden – Billy Cox gets spiked with a acid at a party after the concert
2 Sep – Vejlby Risskov Hallen, Arhus, Denmark ♠ – aborted after two songs (Jimi ill)
3 Sep – K.B. Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark ♠
4 Sep – Superconcert ’70, Deutschlandhalle, Berlin ♠ Germany
5 Sep – Fehmarn Island – programmed performance cancelled
6 Sep – Fehmarn Love And Peace Festival, Mecklenburg Bay, Isle Of Fehmarn, ♦ ♠ Germany – Jimi’s last concert. Returns to London to stay at The Cumberland Hotel, Marble Arch.
7 Sep –
8 Sep – Jimi looks after Billy Cox. They go to a restaurant on Fulham Road.
9 Sep – Either on this day or the next, a distraught Billy Cox flew back to the U.S.A. Jimi goes to Tramp discotheque with Kirsten Nefer.
10 Sep – Jimi goes to a party held by Mike Nesmith at the Park Hotel, Mayfair.
11 Sep – Dinner at Ginger Baker’s house. BBC interview with Keith Altham at The Cumberland Hotel. The search for a stand-in bassist continues. Noel Redding is messaged but there’s no answer.
12 Sep – Jimi goes to see the Antonio movie “The Red Desert” in the West End of London.
13 Sep – Rotterdam concert cancelled. Jimi meets friend at his Cumberland Hotel suite in the afternoon..
14 Sep – Nefer leaves and Jimi starts seeing Monika Dannemann and meets up with his other girlfriend Devon Wilson and Alan Douglas. Visit to Roger Daltry’s house in Berkshire with Devon. Daltry absent.
15 Sep – Jimi goes to see Eric Burdon and War at Ronnie Scott’s, London. They decline his offer to jam with them because of the state he is in.
16 Sep – A party for Judy Wong’s birthday at Elvaston Place. Evening – some say Jimi popped into the Lyceum to see Sly Stone play + a jam with Eric Burdon and War at Ronnie Scott’s Club. ♠
17 Sep – Photos in garden behind Samarkand Hotel. Jimi meets up with various friends around London. Partying until the early hours of the next morning.
18 Sep – Jimi dies in the ambulance on the way to St. Mary Abbot’s Hospital, London (as stated by the hospital on the day and at the inquest).
For finer details about the recording chronology,
check out this page at the excellent Rockmine site:
Jimi Hendrix Recording Chronolgy