128 - Jimi Hendrix with Jimi's roadie Eric Barrett

Our first episode about Jimi Hendrix & we are joined by Jimi’s former roadie Eric Barrett.  Eric ran into Mitch Mitchell & Noel Redding, bassist & drummer in The Jimi Hendrix Experience in a club & received a phone call shortly after asking him to fly to Milan to work his first gig with Jimi.  Eric had met them on a previous tour working for a band named The Koobas who had opened for The Jimi Hendrix Experience.  It proves a baptism of fire as Eric is expected to learn how to work with Jimi during a gig almost instantly.  Eric attended the famous Saville Theatre show where Hendrix opened with Sgt. Pepper with several Beatles in the audience.  The band live in a house together with Eric in Benedict Canyon in Los Angeles, where they race sports cars, survive drug busts & more.  Electric Lady Studios opens in New York & Jimi’s focus turns to recording, but not before his most iconic gig takes place at Woodstock in August of 1969. Eric tells us about this legendary gig & his role in it along with Jimi’s performance at the Isle of Wight festival the following year.  **It takes anything from 5 to 40 hours to prepare each episode of Music Maps - if you’d like to make a contribution to help us cover the costs & time of producing these episodes for you, you can do so at this link:** ko-fi.com/musicmaps **It is hugely important for us to get positive reviews & star ratings - if you have enjoyed Music Maps & can spare the time to do either we would hugely appreciate it.**  **You can see our upcoming live events here:** https://rocknrollbookclub.co.uk/events Instagram: @rocknrollbookclube17 X: @simonmusicmaps Facebook: E17rockbookclub **Hosted, Produced & Edited by Simon Cardwell** **Music by Andy Maxwell** * * * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.