Noel Redding 1945-2003
Phast Phreddie Patterson, Rock's Backpages, May 2003
NOEL REDDING (57) was found dead at his home in Clonakity, Ireland on May 11. No cause of death has been reported. He was the bass player for the influential Jimi Hendrix Experience from its inception in 1966 to until it broke up three years later.
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