Chris McCausland & Lee Mack Set For Sky Festive Special
British comedians Chris McCausland and Lee Mack will front Sky festive special Bad Tidings, about two perpetually feuding neighbors in Northern England who become unlikely heroes after saving their street from notorious burglars with wacky booby traps and British banter. Laurence Rickard & Martha Howe-Douglas are writing, with production commencing this month at Sky Studios Elstree. Also cast are Rebekah Staton, Sarah Alexander, Ben Crompton, Emily Coates, Josiah Eloi, Millie Kiss, Tupele Dorgu, Sunil Patel, Susan Kyd and Donna Preston. Sky Studios is producing, with Tim Kirkby directing. Adnan Ahmed from Sky Studios is the producer and Ail Gupta exec produces. Sky’s Comcast stablemate NBCUniversal Global TV Distribution will handle international sales. Bad Tidings is the latest Sky original festive special, following last year’s The Heist Before Christmas, 2022’s Christmas Carole and 2021’s The Amazing Mr Blunden.
British comedians Chris McCausland and Lee Mack will front Sky festive special Bad Tidings, about two perpetually feuding neighbors in Northern England who become unlikely heroes after saving their street from notorious burglars with wacky booby traps and British banter. Laurence Rickard & Martha Howe-Douglas are writing, with production commencing this month at Sky Studios Elstree. Also cast are Rebekah Staton, Sarah Alexander, Ben Crompton, Emily Coates, Josiah Eloi, Millie Kiss, Tupele Dorgu, Sunil Patel, Susan Kyd and Donna Preston. Sky Studios is producing, with Tim Kirkby directing. Adnan Ahmed from Sky Studios is the producer and Ail Gupta exec produces. Sky’s Comcast stablemate NBCUniversal Global TV Distribution will handle international sales. Bad Tidings is the latest Sky original festive special, following last year’s The Heist Before Christmas, 2022’s Christmas Carole and 2021’s The Amazing Mr Blunden.
- 4/8/2024
- by Jesse Whittock, Hannah Abraham and Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
The Beatles‘ “Baby, You’re a Rich Man” is one of their more psychedelic songs. A specific instrument helped make the tune stand out from the pack. An engineer revealed how the track came together in the studio. “Baby, You’re a Rich Man” became the fitting B-side of a more famous Fab Four song.
Why The Beatles worked a synthesize into ‘Baby, You’re a Rich Man’
Engineer Eddie Kramer worked at Olympic Road Studios. He had collaborated with The Beatles during the recording of the album Magical Mystery Tour. During a 2013 interview with Guitar World, Kramer said his boss, Keith Grant, had wanted Kramer to impress the Fab Four. “Keith said to me, ‘Look, we’ve got to really prove it to these guys that we are not only as good as but probably better than Emi Abbey Road,'” he recalled. “And that was the mantra for the night.
Why The Beatles worked a synthesize into ‘Baby, You’re a Rich Man’
Engineer Eddie Kramer worked at Olympic Road Studios. He had collaborated with The Beatles during the recording of the album Magical Mystery Tour. During a 2013 interview with Guitar World, Kramer said his boss, Keith Grant, had wanted Kramer to impress the Fab Four. “Keith said to me, ‘Look, we’ve got to really prove it to these guys that we are not only as good as but probably better than Emi Abbey Road,'” he recalled. “And that was the mantra for the night.
- 1/30/2024
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
John Lennon‘s son, Sean Ono Lennon, has a hard time picking a definitive favorite Beatles song. However, he’s a big fan of The Beatles’ “All You Need Is Love.” He said a line from that song captures the feel of the 1960s really well. The track was so much more popular in the United States than it was in the United Kingdom.
John Lennon’s son connected The Beatles’ ‘All You Need Is Love’ to ‘enlightenment’
During a 2015 interview with NME, Sean picked “All You Need Is Love” as his favorite Beatles track. However, he said fans should take that with a grain of salt. “My list of favorite things changes from day to day,” he said.
Sean lied an optimistic line from “All You Need Is Love.” “I like when my dad said: ‘There’s nothing you can know that isn’t known / Nothing you can see...
John Lennon’s son connected The Beatles’ ‘All You Need Is Love’ to ‘enlightenment’
During a 2015 interview with NME, Sean picked “All You Need Is Love” as his favorite Beatles track. However, he said fans should take that with a grain of salt. “My list of favorite things changes from day to day,” he said.
Sean lied an optimistic line from “All You Need Is Love.” “I like when my dad said: ‘There’s nothing you can know that isn’t known / Nothing you can see...
- 1/29/2024
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Led Zeppelin was Jimmy Page’s baby. The guitarist assembled the band. He dictated the creative vision. He had a hand in writing nearly all of Zeppelin’s songs. Page played guitar and other instruments. Just as crucially, he produced all the band’s albums. It was a lot of extra work, but Page never considered giving up the role as Led Zeppelin’s producer, and when an outsider tried to muscle his way into the title, the guitarist told him off with a very frank response.
Jimmy Page told Glyn Johns he ‘didn’t have a hope in hell’ of producing Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin was nearly a self-contained entity. Aside from tabla player Viram Jasani contributing to “Black Mountain Side” on the debut and Robert Plant sharing vocals with Sandy Denny on “The Battle of Evermore,” they never used outside performers. Sound engineers were the only outsiders to crack the inner circle.
Jimmy Page told Glyn Johns he ‘didn’t have a hope in hell’ of producing Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin was nearly a self-contained entity. Aside from tabla player Viram Jasani contributing to “Black Mountain Side” on the debut and Robert Plant sharing vocals with Sandy Denny on “The Battle of Evermore,” they never used outside performers. Sound engineers were the only outsiders to crack the inner circle.
- 7/28/2023
- by Jason Rossi
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
A song from The Beatles‘ Magical Mystery Tour was originally two different songs, one by John Lennon and the other by Paul McCartney. Subsequently, a sound engineer who worked on the song was enthralled with it. The tune complements some other Fab Four songs very well.
The Beatles | John Pratt / Stringer John Lennon said a song from The Beatles’ ‘Magical Mystery Tour’ was based on a riff
The book All We Are Saying: The Last Major Interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono features an interview from 1980. In it, he was asked about “Baby, You’re a Rich Man.” “That’s a combination of two separate pieces, Paul’s and mine, put together and forced into one song,” he said.
John gave fans insight into how the song came together. “One half was all mine,” he recalled. “‘How does it feel to be one of the beautiful people, now that you know who you are,...
The Beatles | John Pratt / Stringer John Lennon said a song from The Beatles’ ‘Magical Mystery Tour’ was based on a riff
The book All We Are Saying: The Last Major Interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono features an interview from 1980. In it, he was asked about “Baby, You’re a Rich Man.” “That’s a combination of two separate pieces, Paul’s and mine, put together and forced into one song,” he said.
John gave fans insight into how the song came together. “One half was all mine,” he recalled. “‘How does it feel to be one of the beautiful people, now that you know who you are,...
- 5/15/2023
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Tl;Dr:
A song from The Beatles’ Magical Mystery Tour was originally two different songs, one by John Lennon and the other by Paul McCartney. Subsequently, a sound engineer who worked on the song was enthralled with it. The tune complements some other Fab Four songs very well.
The book All We Are Saying: The Last Major Interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono features an interview from 1980. In it, he was asked about “Baby, You’re a Rich Man.” “That’s a combination of two separate pieces, Paul’s and mine, put together and forced into one song,” he said.
John gave fans insight into how the song came together. “One half was all mine,” he recalled. “‘How does it feel to be one of the beautiful people, now that you know who you are, da da da da.’ Then Paul comes in with [sings] ‘Baby, you’re a rich man,...
A song from The Beatles’ Magical Mystery Tour was originally two different songs, one by John Lennon and the other by Paul McCartney. Subsequently, a sound engineer who worked on the song was enthralled with it. The tune complements some other Fab Four songs very well.
The book All We Are Saying: The Last Major Interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono features an interview from 1980. In it, he was asked about “Baby, You’re a Rich Man.” “That’s a combination of two separate pieces, Paul’s and mine, put together and forced into one song,” he said.
John gave fans insight into how the song came together. “One half was all mine,” he recalled. “‘How does it feel to be one of the beautiful people, now that you know who you are, da da da da.’ Then Paul comes in with [sings] ‘Baby, you’re a rich man,...
- 5/15/2023
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Led Zeppelin created some top-tier songs, but “Whole Lotta Love” has to be one of the best. It’s one of the band’s most experimental songs, one of it’s most-streamed, and it still packs a punch decades later. “Whole Lotta Love” is also one of Jimmy Page’s crowning achievements. The guitarist worked hard on the psychedelic midsection, and it was so worth the effort.
Led Zeppelin Jimmy Page playing the theremin, which he did on the studio version of ‘Whole Lotta Love’ | Richard E. Aaron/Redferns ‘Studio brat’ Jimmy Page rehearsed the ‘Whole Lotta Love’ psychedelic midsection
The lead track on 1969’s Led Zeppelin II, “Whole Lotta Love” starts with a straightforward Page riff and Robert Plant’s lustful lyrics. Led Zeppelin gives the listener a glimpse of the looming sonic weirdness just past the 30-second mark. That’s when a backtracked guitar that pans from left...
Led Zeppelin Jimmy Page playing the theremin, which he did on the studio version of ‘Whole Lotta Love’ | Richard E. Aaron/Redferns ‘Studio brat’ Jimmy Page rehearsed the ‘Whole Lotta Love’ psychedelic midsection
The lead track on 1969’s Led Zeppelin II, “Whole Lotta Love” starts with a straightforward Page riff and Robert Plant’s lustful lyrics. Led Zeppelin gives the listener a glimpse of the looming sonic weirdness just past the 30-second mark. That’s when a backtracked guitar that pans from left...
- 3/27/2023
- by Jason Rossi
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
When Dave Mustaine looks back on making Countdown to Extinction, the 1992 album that propelled Megadeth into the mainstream, he’s thankful for his clarity of mind at the time. After years of alcohol and drug abuse, the eternally redheaded singer, guitarist, and songwriter had gotten sober before the making of the group’s previous album — the 1990 thrash masterpiece Rust in Peace — and that new state led to him exploring more of a simplified and streamlined approach to speed metal on Countdown singles like “Symphony of Destruction” and “Sweating Bullets.”
“When we did Rust in Peace,...
“When we did Rust in Peace,...
- 7/14/2022
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
Bittersweet endings are anything but rare on television. Likewise, finding Kiss on television -- especially for the aging rockers amongst us -- has been like discovering bubbles in water for the last five decades.
Gene Simmons' proud stagger and Paul Stanley's powerful pursed lips have frequented screens large and small -- just gravy atop the half century's worth of music the inspiring heavy metal musicians have bestowed throughout Kiss' legacy.
But with Biography: KISStory, a two-night event on A&e, Kiss fans will get to see something they might not be used to.
Paul and Gene spend much of their mini-series interviews inside Electric Lady Studios, where they laid down their first 1973 demo with recording maven Eddie Kramer. The studio was created and opened by Jimi Hendrix in New York.
While fans are used to seeing the musical superheroes playing their roles onstage and in interviews, KISStory provides them a...
Gene Simmons' proud stagger and Paul Stanley's powerful pursed lips have frequented screens large and small -- just gravy atop the half century's worth of music the inspiring heavy metal musicians have bestowed throughout Kiss' legacy.
But with Biography: KISStory, a two-night event on A&e, Kiss fans will get to see something they might not be used to.
Paul and Gene spend much of their mini-series interviews inside Electric Lady Studios, where they laid down their first 1973 demo with recording maven Eddie Kramer. The studio was created and opened by Jimi Hendrix in New York.
While fans are used to seeing the musical superheroes playing their roles onstage and in interviews, KISStory provides them a...
- 6/26/2021
- by Kerr Lordygan
- TVfanatic
The Tribeca Festival is bringing back in-person events for its 2021 lineup, and that includes programming typically seen at home. The Tribeca TV lineup will feature nine shows total, consisting of eight series premieres and a season premiere, as well as panel appearances by featured guests Tina Fey, Robert Carlock, Joshua Jackson, Helen Hunt, and more.
Oh, and to kick things off, Kiss will be performing. Yes, Kiss the band. At a film and television festival. Just go with it.
“When we launched Tribeca TV five years ago, we created space within the film festival to recognize the incredible, boundary-pushing work being done by filmmakers in the episodic format as official festival selections,” Cara Cusumano, Festival Director and VP of Programming, said in a statement. “In a year defined by at-home entertainment, we are proud to continue that tradition with an exciting Tribeca TV lineup of new series from today’s...
Oh, and to kick things off, Kiss will be performing. Yes, Kiss the band. At a film and television festival. Just go with it.
“When we launched Tribeca TV five years ago, we created space within the film festival to recognize the incredible, boundary-pushing work being done by filmmakers in the episodic format as official festival selections,” Cara Cusumano, Festival Director and VP of Programming, said in a statement. “In a year defined by at-home entertainment, we are proud to continue that tradition with an exciting Tribeca TV lineup of new series from today’s...
- 4/29/2021
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
World premieres from Disney+, AMC, Startz, Peacock, A&e, OWN, FX and National Geographic are among the highlights of the 2021 Tribeca Festival’s 20th anniversary celebration, announced today.
The events will take place in New York City June 9-20 and claim to be the first major film festival to host in-person events since the worldwide pandemic began.
The Tribeca Festival was founded by Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal, and Craig Hatkoff in 2001 to spur the economic and cultural revitalization of lower Manhattan following the attacks on the World Trade Center.
The festival focus is on new and returning TV series, new indie episodic storytelling, and an industry-facing Creators Market. The Tribeca TV lineup will include nine shows made up of six series premieres, one season premiere, two docuseries, and speaking appearances by Tina Fey, Christian Slater, Joshua Jackson, Jasmine Cephas Jones, and Helen Hunt.
The Tribeca Festival will also feature a performance by rock icons Kiss.
The events will take place in New York City June 9-20 and claim to be the first major film festival to host in-person events since the worldwide pandemic began.
The Tribeca Festival was founded by Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal, and Craig Hatkoff in 2001 to spur the economic and cultural revitalization of lower Manhattan following the attacks on the World Trade Center.
The festival focus is on new and returning TV series, new indie episodic storytelling, and an industry-facing Creators Market. The Tribeca TV lineup will include nine shows made up of six series premieres, one season premiere, two docuseries, and speaking appearances by Tina Fey, Christian Slater, Joshua Jackson, Jasmine Cephas Jones, and Helen Hunt.
The Tribeca Festival will also feature a performance by rock icons Kiss.
- 4/29/2021
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Jimi Hendrix rips through “Foxey Lady” in a new clip from the upcoming documentary, Music, Money, Madness … Jimi Hendrix in Maui, set to arrive November 20th.
The film chronicles the Jimi Hendrix Experience’s 1970 trip to Hawaii, which coincided with the filming of the infamous hippie film flop, Rainbow Bridge, produced by the Experience’s manager, Michael Jeffrey. The Experience was already set to play a show in Honolulu during the trip, but because Rainbow Bridge director Chuck Wein wanted to feature Hendrix in the movie, he cooked up a...
The film chronicles the Jimi Hendrix Experience’s 1970 trip to Hawaii, which coincided with the filming of the infamous hippie film flop, Rainbow Bridge, produced by the Experience’s manager, Michael Jeffrey. The Experience was already set to play a show in Honolulu during the trip, but because Rainbow Bridge director Chuck Wein wanted to feature Hendrix in the movie, he cooked up a...
- 10/2/2020
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Jimi Hendrix’s participation in the 1971 box office flop Rainbow Bridge — which included an outdoor Hawaiian concert with the Jimi Hendrix Hendrix on July 30th, 1970 — will be chronicled in the new documentary Music, Money, Madness . . . Jimi Hendrix In Maui. It will come out on November 20th along with the accompanying album Live in Maui.
The Blu-ray edition of the movie will include all of the available concert footage from the film shoot. Check out a preview of “Voodoo Child (Slight Return)” from the show.
Rainbow Bridge was an Easy Rider-inspired...
The Blu-ray edition of the movie will include all of the available concert footage from the film shoot. Check out a preview of “Voodoo Child (Slight Return)” from the show.
Rainbow Bridge was an Easy Rider-inspired...
- 9/10/2020
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
Rock engineer Eddie Kramer — who worked with the Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, the Rolling Stones and more — will be the subject of a new documentary, From the Other Side of the Glass. Rolling Stone will team up with Paradise Lost documentarian Joe Berlinger and Spencer Proffer to produce the film.
Directed by John Dorsey, the documentary will trace Kramer’s career, which started in London in the Sixties; he moved there from his hometown of Cape Town, South Africa. It will also examine the era’s cultural and political landscape.
Directed by John Dorsey, the documentary will trace Kramer’s career, which started in London in the Sixties; he moved there from his hometown of Cape Town, South Africa. It will also examine the era’s cultural and political landscape.
- 4/7/2020
- by Angie Martoccio
- Rollingstone.com
Eddie Kramer, an engineer famous to rock fans for his work with Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, Kiss and the Beatles, will be the subject of a feature documentary, “From the Other Side of the Glass,” with Joe Berlinger (“Metallica: Some Kind of Monster”) and Spencer Proffer (“Chasing Trane”) among those on board as producers, and Rolling Stone magazine taking a key role in the project as well.
Directing will be John Dorsey, whose credits include “Year of the Scab,” an acclaimed 2017 documentary for ESPN that told the story of the replacement players called to fill in during the 1987 NFL strike.
Kramer is one of those names that everyone who ever scoured liner notes during rock’s golden age knows, but few know much about. The 77-year-old, Cape Town-born music industry veteran was an engineer on five Led Zeppelin albums (starting with “Led Zeppelin II”), five Rolling Stones albums, two essential...
Directing will be John Dorsey, whose credits include “Year of the Scab,” an acclaimed 2017 documentary for ESPN that told the story of the replacement players called to fill in during the 1987 NFL strike.
Kramer is one of those names that everyone who ever scoured liner notes during rock’s golden age knows, but few know much about. The 77-year-old, Cape Town-born music industry veteran was an engineer on five Led Zeppelin albums (starting with “Led Zeppelin II”), five Rolling Stones albums, two essential...
- 4/7/2020
- by Chris Willman
- Variety Film + TV
“On the second LP, you can really hear the group identity coming together,” Jimmy Page recalled years after the release of Led Zeppelin’s second LP. While the group recorded its first album in three weeks after a single, two-week Scandinavian tour, Led Zeppelin II was cut over six months on tour in London, New York, Vancouver and Los Angeles, with the band carrying the master tapes along the way in a steamer trunk.
“It was quite insane, really,” Page said. “We had no time, and we had to write numbers in hotel rooms.
“It was quite insane, really,” Page said. “We had no time, and we had to write numbers in hotel rooms.
- 10/22/2019
- by Patrick Doyle
- Rollingstone.com
Jimi Hendrix: Electric Church, which documents the legendary guitarist’s July 4th, 1970 performance at the Atlanta International Pop Festival, will be screened in select movie theaters around the world starting January 31st.
The film premiered on Showtime in 2015, and was accompanied by a live album, Freedom: Atlanta Pop Festival, which contained Hendrix’s 16-song set. John McDermott directed Electric Church, which features color 16mm footage shot by Steve Rash, who later directed The Buddy Holly Story and Can’t Buy Me Love.
The limited theatrical run for Electric Church will...
The film premiered on Showtime in 2015, and was accompanied by a live album, Freedom: Atlanta Pop Festival, which contained Hendrix’s 16-song set. John McDermott directed Electric Church, which features color 16mm footage shot by Steve Rash, who later directed The Buddy Holly Story and Can’t Buy Me Love.
The limited theatrical run for Electric Church will...
- 1/22/2019
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
It’s hard to imagine now, but it wasn’t until Electric Ladyland that Jimi Henwas officially in charge of how his music would sound. His first two LPs had come out in 1967, a year in which he played more than 200 concerts with his trio, the Jimi Hendrix Experience. He’d quickly become a guitar-wielding megastar, so with his third album he decided to slow down a little and make a statement. He lost his producer in the process and his band fell apart, but by the time Electric Ladyland was complete,...
- 11/13/2018
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
“We’ve been doing new tracks that are really fantastic and we’ve just been getting into them,” Jimi Hendrix told Rolling Stone in February 1968, right after he and the Experience had played San Francisco’s Fillmore West. “You have these songs in your mind. You want to hurry up and get back to the things you were doing in the studio, because that’s the way you gear your mind….We wanted to play [the Fillmore], quite naturally, but you’re thinking about all these tracks, which is completely different from what you’re doing now.
- 10/16/2018
- by Dan Epstein
- Rollingstone.com
Half a century ago, when Jimi Hendrix began work on what would become his the final album to come out in his lifetime, Electric Ladyland, he was finding inspiration everywhere. “Jimi was very much in the realm of experimentation,” says one of the album’s recording engineers, Eddie Kramer. Kramer is seated in the control room of Electric Lady Studios, the New York studio Hendrix opened shortly before his death in 1970. “When I first started working with him, [Hendrix manager] Chas Chandler told me, ‘The rules are, “There are no rules.’ We...
- 9/13/2018
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
Criterion lavishes a major upgrade to its older box set celebrating the first major rock concert event, the ‘California Dreamin’ idyll that some say marked the beginning of the Summer of Love. Get ready to hear and see some history-making performances from Big Brother and the Holding Company, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, and The Who. Plus two more features and a bundle of ‘extra’ music sets . . . including Tiny Tim.
The Complete Monterey Pop Festival
Blu-ray
The Criterion Collection 167
1968 / Color / 1:33 flat / 79 min. / available through The Criterion Collection / Street Date December 12, 2017 / 69.95
Cinematography: James Desmond, Barry Feinstein, Richard Leacock, Albert Maysles, Roger Murphy, D.A. Pennebaker
Film Editor: Nina Schulman
Original Music: The Animals, The Association, Big Brother and the Holding Company, The Byrds, Canned Heat, Country Joe and the Fish, Jimi Hendrix Experience, Al Kooper, Hugh Masekela, Jefferson Airplane, The Mamas and the Papas, Laura Nyro, Otis Redding, The Quicksilver Messenger Service,...
The Complete Monterey Pop Festival
Blu-ray
The Criterion Collection 167
1968 / Color / 1:33 flat / 79 min. / available through The Criterion Collection / Street Date December 12, 2017 / 69.95
Cinematography: James Desmond, Barry Feinstein, Richard Leacock, Albert Maysles, Roger Murphy, D.A. Pennebaker
Film Editor: Nina Schulman
Original Music: The Animals, The Association, Big Brother and the Holding Company, The Byrds, Canned Heat, Country Joe and the Fish, Jimi Hendrix Experience, Al Kooper, Hugh Masekela, Jefferson Airplane, The Mamas and the Papas, Laura Nyro, Otis Redding, The Quicksilver Messenger Service,...
- 12/9/2017
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
After profiling its first-ever sports figure, Billie Jean King, tonight at 8pm, PBS doc series "American Masters" will turn to Jimi Hendrix with "Jimi Hendrix - Hear My Train A Comin'," slated to premiere Tuesday, November 5, 2013 at 9pm. The two-hour doc is directed by Bob Smeaton of "Festival Express" and "Jimi Hendrix: Voodoo Child," and an expanded home video edition will be released on the same day the film airs on PBS, as well as a CD and limited edition vinyl set for "Jimi Hendrix Experience: Miami Pop Festival," the first-ever release of one of the guitar virtuoso's most sought-after performances. "Hear My Train A Comin'" will include previously unseen performance footage and home movies taken by Hendrix and drummer Mitch Mitchell as well as interviews with Paul McCartney, Noel Redding, Mitch Mitchell, Billy Cox, Eddie Kramer, Steve Winwood, Vernon Reid, Billy Gibbons, Dweezil Zappa and Dave Mason. Check...
- 9/10/2013
- by Alison Willmore
- Indiewire
London -- Miles and Jimi. Jimi and Miles. Fans of the late trumpet and guitar masters have long known that Miles Davis and Jimi Hendrix had been making plans to record together in the year before Hendrix's sudden death in 1970.
But less attention has been paid to the bass player they were trying to recruit: Paul McCartney, who was busy with another band at the time.
This tantalizing detail about the super group that never was – jazz standout Tony Williams would have been on drums – is contained in an oft-overlooked telegram that Hendrix sent to McCartney at The Beatles' Apple Records in London on Oct. 21, 1969.
"We are recording and LP together this weekend in NewYork," it says, complete with typographical errors. "How about coming in to play bass stop call Alvan Douglas 212-5812212. Peace Jimi Hendrix Miles Davis Tony Williams."
The telegram has been part of the Hard Rock Cafe...
But less attention has been paid to the bass player they were trying to recruit: Paul McCartney, who was busy with another band at the time.
This tantalizing detail about the super group that never was – jazz standout Tony Williams would have been on drums – is contained in an oft-overlooked telegram that Hendrix sent to McCartney at The Beatles' Apple Records in London on Oct. 21, 1969.
"We are recording and LP together this weekend in NewYork," it says, complete with typographical errors. "How about coming in to play bass stop call Alvan Douglas 212-5812212. Peace Jimi Hendrix Miles Davis Tony Williams."
The telegram has been part of the Hard Rock Cafe...
- 5/10/2013
- by AP
- Huffington Post
Andy Johns, a veteran producer and engineer who worked on albums by Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, Van Halen, and many more, has died. He was 61. No cause of death has been announced. Johns—the younger brother of producer and engineer Glyn Johns, and uncle of producer Ethan Johns—was born in England, where he began working as a tape operator at London’s Olympic Studios, where his brother also worked. Before he was 19, he was helping Eddie Kramer produce The Jimi Hendrix Experience’s Axis Bold As Love. He would go on to produce dozens of records ...
- 4/8/2013
- avclub.com
"People, Hell and Angels," a new posthumous album from music legend Jimi Hendrix, is set to be the deceased rocker's biggest album since his 1968 smash hit, "Electric Ladyland."
While "Electric Ladyland" hit No. 1 on the Billboard 200, "People, Hell and Angels" is set to debut at No. 2.
The 12-track "People, Hell and Angels" was produced by Eddie Kramer, Hendrix's former sound manager. The album features tracks that were recorded to serve as a follow-up to "Electric Ladyland," including the recently released single, "Somewhere."
Billboard reports that "People, Hell and Angels" is on track to sell 70,000 copies. The rock album will likely come in second to Luke Bryan's latest album, "Spring Break... Here to Party," which is projected to take the No. 1 spot.
Hendrix and Bryan will be joined at the top of Billboard's chart by Josh Groban, Bruno Mars, and Tim McGraw, among others.
For more, head over to Billboard.
While "Electric Ladyland" hit No. 1 on the Billboard 200, "People, Hell and Angels" is set to debut at No. 2.
The 12-track "People, Hell and Angels" was produced by Eddie Kramer, Hendrix's former sound manager. The album features tracks that were recorded to serve as a follow-up to "Electric Ladyland," including the recently released single, "Somewhere."
Billboard reports that "People, Hell and Angels" is on track to sell 70,000 copies. The rock album will likely come in second to Luke Bryan's latest album, "Spring Break... Here to Party," which is projected to take the No. 1 spot.
Hendrix and Bryan will be joined at the top of Billboard's chart by Josh Groban, Bruno Mars, and Tim McGraw, among others.
For more, head over to Billboard.
- 3/10/2013
- by Madeline Boardman
- Huffington Post
Jimi Hendrix is back on the airwaves with new music.
Hendrix's previously unheard song "Somewhere" debuted on BBC Radio on Monday morning.
"Somewhere" is a part of the upcoming album of Hendrix music, "People, Hell, and Angels." Hendrix's former sound manager, Eddie Kramer, put together the album of unheard music that was originally planned to follow-up Hendrix's 1968 album, "Electric Ladyland."
The song, which has Stephen Stills on bass and Buddy Miles on drums, was teased in November during an interview with Kramer.
Hendrix is also the subject of an upcoming biopic starring Andre 3000. Titled "All Is by My Side," the film focuses on the beginning of Hendrix's career.
The 12-track "People, Hell, and Angels" is due out March 5. Head over to BBC to take a listen to "Somewhere."...
Hendrix's previously unheard song "Somewhere" debuted on BBC Radio on Monday morning.
"Somewhere" is a part of the upcoming album of Hendrix music, "People, Hell, and Angels." Hendrix's former sound manager, Eddie Kramer, put together the album of unheard music that was originally planned to follow-up Hendrix's 1968 album, "Electric Ladyland."
The song, which has Stephen Stills on bass and Buddy Miles on drums, was teased in November during an interview with Kramer.
Hendrix is also the subject of an upcoming biopic starring Andre 3000. Titled "All Is by My Side," the film focuses on the beginning of Hendrix's career.
The 12-track "People, Hell, and Angels" is due out March 5. Head over to BBC to take a listen to "Somewhere."...
- 1/7/2013
- by Madeline Boardman
- Huffington Post
While the new posthumous album from Jimi Hendrix doesn't come out until March 5, 2013, his former sound manager, Eddie Kramer, is teasing a single now.
In the video (available above starting on Wednesday morning), Kramer teases a track on the album, titled "Somewhere." Just in the first five seconds, the track is distinctly Hendrix.
"That's a fantastic example of Jimi's amazing control of the wah-wah, the tone of the wah-wah, how that effects the whole song," Kramer says as he fades the single out. "It projects itself right through the track."
Titled "People, Hell, and Angels," the album was originally planned to serve as a follow-up to his 1968 album, "Electric Ladyland."
Hendrix's untimely death in 1970 prohibited him from releasing the tracks featured on "People, Hell and Angels." The musician would have turned 70 on Tuesday.
"He would come up with these great song ideas," Kramer continued. "During this time he is experimenting...
In the video (available above starting on Wednesday morning), Kramer teases a track on the album, titled "Somewhere." Just in the first five seconds, the track is distinctly Hendrix.
"That's a fantastic example of Jimi's amazing control of the wah-wah, the tone of the wah-wah, how that effects the whole song," Kramer says as he fades the single out. "It projects itself right through the track."
Titled "People, Hell, and Angels," the album was originally planned to serve as a follow-up to his 1968 album, "Electric Ladyland."
Hendrix's untimely death in 1970 prohibited him from releasing the tracks featured on "People, Hell and Angels." The musician would have turned 70 on Tuesday.
"He would come up with these great song ideas," Kramer continued. "During this time he is experimenting...
- 11/27/2012
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
Happy Thanksgiving. It's been a terrific month for mining new music. I caught an advance screening of Led Zeppelin's new concert movie at MoMA (and their press conference), discovered what may be my favorite album of the year, and found inspiring young musicians sharing their chops and muses with the world. With the holidays around the corner, here are some early suggestions for music very much worth sharing with friends, lovers, bosses, and family.
"You're So Great / It's All Right, Ma" Wendy James You're So Great E.P. (Cobraside)
If Brit-born/NYC-based Ms. James's claim-to-fame-band Transvision Vamp was a tad too sugar-pop coated for your New Yawk punk rawk palette, not to worry. Thanks to guitarist James Williamson (Iggy Pop Stooge) and drummer James Sclavunos (Nick Cave alumnus), she's found some downtown 'tude. The A-side is a fun retro Ramones-style punk ditty, but it's the flip-side Grinderman-grind Dylan cover where it all comes together.
"You're So Great / It's All Right, Ma" Wendy James You're So Great E.P. (Cobraside)
If Brit-born/NYC-based Ms. James's claim-to-fame-band Transvision Vamp was a tad too sugar-pop coated for your New Yawk punk rawk palette, not to worry. Thanks to guitarist James Williamson (Iggy Pop Stooge) and drummer James Sclavunos (Nick Cave alumnus), she's found some downtown 'tude. The A-side is a fun retro Ramones-style punk ditty, but it's the flip-side Grinderman-grind Dylan cover where it all comes together.
- 11/21/2012
- by Dusty Wright
- www.culturecatch.com
This October, Idw launch the second volume of Eternal Descent, the epic fantasy saga that portrays the classic battle between heaven and hell with a unique twist: rather than spandex clad superheroes, the characters in Eternal Descent originate from the world of heavy metal, and instead of web shooters or adamantium claws they wield guitars that are capable of unleashing devastating energy. Dean Threadgold got a chance to chat with series creator Llexi Leon about the book, the fusion of metal and comics and his plans to turn Eternal Descent into a multimedia property.
Eternal Descent might not have Superman and Batman in it but, in their place, it has something that is equally iconic. The series features cameos from famous metal guitarists such as Wayne Static (Static X), Gus G (Firewind, Ozzy Ozbourne), Dan Jacobs (Atreyu) and Jon Donais (Shadows Fall), with some of them appearing as brave heroes...
Eternal Descent might not have Superman and Batman in it but, in their place, it has something that is equally iconic. The series features cameos from famous metal guitarists such as Wayne Static (Static X), Gus G (Firewind, Ozzy Ozbourne), Dan Jacobs (Atreyu) and Jon Donais (Shadows Fall), with some of them appearing as brave heroes...
- 9/12/2011
- by Dean Threadgold
- Obsessed with Film
Philip Sayce
Ruby Electric
Produced by Dave Cobb and Eddie Kramer
Provogue
Released July 18, 2011 (UK) CD | MP3
Recently blues rock has seen a resurgence in quality in new, young musicians. Far from imitating their parents’ record collection, the devil’s new breed is creating blues rock that is entirely their own. Wah-wahing his way to the front of the pack is Philip Sayce with his debut album Ruby Electric. But unlike blues godfather Robert Johnson, I’m pretty sure Sayce did not consort with His Unholiness to unleash his devilish talent.
Welsh-born, Canadian-raised Sayce is a very talented guitarist with some imaginative solos. His guitar licks are a mixture of Jimmy Page and John Frusciante; lots of choppy blues funk but can pull out a rocking tune like the no-messin’ “Take You Away.” For me the very best of the young blues players is Joe Bonamassa, and Sayce has the...
Ruby Electric
Produced by Dave Cobb and Eddie Kramer
Provogue
Released July 18, 2011 (UK) CD | MP3
Recently blues rock has seen a resurgence in quality in new, young musicians. Far from imitating their parents’ record collection, the devil’s new breed is creating blues rock that is entirely their own. Wah-wahing his way to the front of the pack is Philip Sayce with his debut album Ruby Electric. But unlike blues godfather Robert Johnson, I’m pretty sure Sayce did not consort with His Unholiness to unleash his devilish talent.
Welsh-born, Canadian-raised Sayce is a very talented guitarist with some imaginative solos. His guitar licks are a mixture of Jimmy Page and John Frusciante; lots of choppy blues funk but can pull out a rocking tune like the no-messin’ “Take You Away.” For me the very best of the young blues players is Joe Bonamassa, and Sayce has the...
- 7/10/2011
- by Obi-Dan
- Geeks of Doom
London, July 12 – Rock legend Jimi Hendrix is to be honoured by the company behind the guitars he used to play.
Bosses at Fender Musical Instruments Corp. have announced the late rock star will be inducted into the Fender Hall of Fame next month, reports contactmusic.com.
The Hall of Fame was created in 2007 as an annual celebration of Fender founders, artists and other historically significant figures.
Hendrix’s stepsister Janie and the rocker’s longtime producer Eddie Kramer will be among the.
Bosses at Fender Musical Instruments Corp. have announced the late rock star will be inducted into the Fender Hall of Fame next month, reports contactmusic.com.
The Hall of Fame was created in 2007 as an annual celebration of Fender founders, artists and other historically significant figures.
Hendrix’s stepsister Janie and the rocker’s longtime producer Eddie Kramer will be among the.
- 7/11/2010
- by realbollywood
- RealBollywood.com
Fender Musical Instruments Corp. (Fmic) is proud to announce that it will honor rock legend Jimi Hendrix
and founding employee George Fullerton at its fourth annual Fender Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, 4 p.
m. to 5 p.m. on Fri., Aug. 13, 2010, at the Tempe Center of the Arts in Tempe, Arizona.
The Fender Hall of Fame was created in 2007 as an annual celebration of Fender® founders, artists,
leaders, innovators and other historically significant figures, and as an institution in which their contributions
to the company’s legacy are permanently commemorated.
Special guests at the 2010 induction ceremony will include Janie Hendrix, Eddie Kramer, Geoff Fullerton,
Kenny Wayne Shepherd and Chris Layton. Janie Hendrix, CEO of Experience Hendrix LLC, is the central
figure in preserving and protecting the ongoing legacy of her legendary stepbrother, Jimi Hendrix. As the
head of the Hendrix estate for nearly a decade, she will be present at the...
and founding employee George Fullerton at its fourth annual Fender Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, 4 p.
m. to 5 p.m. on Fri., Aug. 13, 2010, at the Tempe Center of the Arts in Tempe, Arizona.
The Fender Hall of Fame was created in 2007 as an annual celebration of Fender® founders, artists,
leaders, innovators and other historically significant figures, and as an institution in which their contributions
to the company’s legacy are permanently commemorated.
Special guests at the 2010 induction ceremony will include Janie Hendrix, Eddie Kramer, Geoff Fullerton,
Kenny Wayne Shepherd and Chris Layton. Janie Hendrix, CEO of Experience Hendrix LLC, is the central
figure in preserving and protecting the ongoing legacy of her legendary stepbrother, Jimi Hendrix. As the
head of the Hendrix estate for nearly a decade, she will be present at the...
- 7/8/2010
- I Am Entertainment Magazine
An album of 'lost' Jimi Hendrix tracks has been confirmed for release. Due for arrival on March 8, the record is titled Valleys Of Neptune and has been produced by Hendrix's stepsister Janie, along with collaborators John McDermott and Eddie Kramer, NME reports. Alongside covers of Cream's 'Sunshine Of Your Love' and Elmore James's 'Bleeding Heart', the LP features The Jimi Hendrix Experience's early rendition of 'Hear My Train A Comin''. Alternate versions of 'Ships Passing Through The Night' and 'Lullaby For The Summer' also feature on the disc, which was recorded sporadically at a string of studios in London and the Us between 1968 (more)...
- 1/12/2010
- by By Oli Simpson
- Digital Spy
Chicago – The Criterion Collection recently released a timeless document of one of the most important events in music history, The Monterey Pop Festival of 1967. Not only does this legendary fest include some seminal visuals, including Jimi Hendrix lighting his guitar on fire and Pete Townshend smashing his, but it captures a nation on the cusp of something amazing, not just musically but socially.
Blu-Ray Rating: 4.5/5.0
At the height of the Summer of Love, during a June weekend in 1967, history was made at the Monterey International Pop Festival near San Francisco, arguably the epicenter of the counter-culture movement in the late ’60s. Monterey launched the careers of Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, and Otis Redding, but they were just a few of the acts who performed that weekend, one that saw The Mamas and the Papas introduce Simon and Garfunkel, and The Who, The Byrds, Hugh Masekela, Ravi Shankar, and more take the stage.
Blu-Ray Rating: 4.5/5.0
At the height of the Summer of Love, during a June weekend in 1967, history was made at the Monterey International Pop Festival near San Francisco, arguably the epicenter of the counter-culture movement in the late ’60s. Monterey launched the careers of Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, and Otis Redding, but they were just a few of the acts who performed that weekend, one that saw The Mamas and the Papas introduce Simon and Garfunkel, and The Who, The Byrds, Hugh Masekela, Ravi Shankar, and more take the stage.
- 10/7/2009
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
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