Displaying items by tag: Jimi Hendrix
Tuesday, 09 February 2021 19:57
Slade in Flame
At the height of their popularity in 1974, their then manager, Chas Chandler (former bass player of The Animals and former manager of Jimi Hendrix), suggested Slade do a film.
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Film
Wednesday, 19 August 2020 10:47
Lulu – A Brief Profile on ZANI
Marie McDonald McLaughlin Lawrie was born in 1948 in Lennox Castle, Lennoxtown, Scotland, the daughter of a butcher. Marie grew up in Dennistoun, Glasgow, where she attended Thomson Street Primary School and Onslow Drive Junior School.
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Music
Monday, 06 November 2017 16:37
The Conflation of Music and Drugs
Music & narcotics have went hand in hand since the days of blues singers such as Harlem Hamfats with their partiality towards the occasional jazz cigarette.
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Culture
Thursday, 19 January 2017 15:52
Ian (Lemmy) Kilmister (1945 – 2015) Remembered
Ian Fraser Kilmister was born in 1945 in Stoke-on-Trent and grew up in North Wales.
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Music
Monday, 07 March 2016 14:51
Jimi Hendrix Documentary
Jimi Hendrix will satisfy those looking for insights and heartfelt testimonials from family, friends, music industry royalty, and fellow musicians.
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Video of the Week
Sunday, 15 January 2012 12:29
Tony Colton – A Forgotten and an Important Sixties Figure
Tony Colton isn’t a name you’d instantly think of when contemplating rock and roll history. Not like Jimi Hendrix, Paul McCartney, Eric Clapton or Robert Plant. But to say he’s not part of that history would be far from the truth. He was on a night out with Jimi Hendrix just days before he died. He had heart to hearts with his then best friend Eric Clapton at a time when the Cream guitarist was unsure of his future, and he fell out with Jimmy Page over a guitar riff. He was on the rise as a credible artist for years. He was a rock frontman himself, a songwriter to many of the big bands of the 60s,
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Music Archive
