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LOST 45 * 1966
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1968: WKNR PRESENTS ‘THE JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE’!
IN ANN ARBOR: JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE IS EXCITING EXPERIENCE . . . SEPTEMBER 16, 1967
A MCRFB news brief: 1967
Hendrix Wows Crowd In Ann Arbor
DETROIT — Playing at the Fifth Dimension in Ann Arbor recently, the Jimi Hendrix Experience, a Reprise Records group, proved themselves to be a tremendously exciting act both in the recording studio and, possibly more so while on stage.
Onstage, Hendrix with hair a la Dylan puts on a show with his brilliant guitar work and electric stage presence. While performing, his swings his guitar in back of him and plays it resting on his back. He also zings the strings with his teeth and falls to the floor seemingly playing each chord seductively while on his knees and on his back.
In Ann Arbor, when his amplifier blew, he flung the amp to the floor at the end of his last set and jumped up and down on top of it. Paradoxically, he never blows his cool. While he’s frantic, he’s casual. As he’s hurling the instrument around, a gleam of humor comes through. He’s hip without being a hippie — that is, he’s without the pretentiousness and pomposity which afflicts too many hippies. Amazingly they did “Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” with just three pieces in a way that would have made the Beatles glad.
While all this wild movement is taking place, the music Hendrix produces, along with guitarist band members Noel Redding and drummer Mitch Michell become beautifully entrancing in its invention and execution. Most of the numbers performed were Hendrix originals like “Hey Joe,“ “The Wind Cries Mary” and “Foxey Lady.”
Hendrix voice has that tough soulful quality that reflects his roots in the blues. The group is tight and musically disciplined while their music is freed from traditional constraints.
Hendrix is scheduled to return to play the Grande Ballroom in Detroit sometime in February 1968. END.
(Information and news source: Billboard; September 16, 1967)
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IN DETROIT: THE CHAMBERS BROTHERS CAPTIVATE SHOWS . . . SEPTEMBER 16, 1967
A MCRFB NEWS brief: 1967
The Grande Ballroom Site Center Stage
DETROIT — Presented by “Uncle Russ,” the Chambers Brothers played to good-sized crowds at the Grande Ballroom here on Friday and Saturday, September 1 and 2.
Throughout their two shows on Saturday night the brothers, who record for Columbia, completely captivated the audience with their powerful harmonizing and fine musicianship.
The four brothers, with drummer Brian Keenan, play and sing with a fervor that comes from their gospel music background. Their sound combines rhythm and blues and psychedelic in a unique style that comes with tremendous impact on record and more so performing live on stage.
Whether the Chambers Brothers played “People Get Ready,” “Mustang Sally,” or their own composition like “Time Has Come Today,” the excitement they create has few equals in the present pop/rock music scene. END
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(Information and news source: Billboard; September 16, 1967)
The Chambers Brothers: The band’s rendition of “People Get Ready.” And what it might have sounded like when they sang it live on stage at the Grande Ballroom in Detroit, September 1 and 2, 1967.
