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Jimi Hendrix: "Western Movie For Jimi" Says The Man Himself

Interview by Val Mabbs, Record Mirror, 15 March 1969

AFTER SPENDING some time trying to track Jimi Hendrix down, I finally found myself sitting in his rooftop pad drinking tea with Jimi and girlfriend ...

Jimi Hendrix: Rainbow Bridge (Reprise. K44159, £2.15)

Review by Roy Carr, New Musical Express, 27 November 1971

THIS IS the second album of hitherto unreleased Hendrix material put out by different companies in as many weeks, three if you count the duplications ...

Booker T & The MGs, Steve Cropper, Mar-Keys, The, Blues Brothers, The: Steve Cropper: The Man Who Wrote The Book

Interview by Bill Bentley, LA Weekly, 1 May 1980

THE LATE sixties were a time for guitars, and five musicians — fifty fingers — appeared to naturally jump to the center of attention: Jimi ...

Wilson Pickett: "I'm tired — I ain't doing no TV"— but he does!

Report and Interview by Alan Smith, New Musical Express, 15 February 1969

Alan Smith welcomes to England an unhappy WILSON PICKETT ...

Beatles, The, Jimi Hendrix, Moody Blues, The: London: Beatles Clip Banned

Column by Nick Jones, Rolling Stone, 20 January 1968

  THERE ARE a few gloomy faces in England these days since our pound has devalued (what?) but it's mainly the profiteers who can't bear the ...

Joan As Police Woman: What I Like

Interview by James Medd, The Word, January 2011

Joan As Police Woman aka Joan Wasser, fearsome singer, songwriter and serial collaborator, formerly of Antony & the Johnsons and Jeff Buckley's girlfriend ...

Jimmy Page, Jack White, Edge, The: Davis Guggenheim's It Might Get Loud

Film/DVD/TV Review by Barney Hoskyns, Uncut, February 2010

Riveting doc about the magical powers of the electric guitar, starring Jack White, Jimmy Page and the Edge. ...

Monkees, The, Davy Jones: Davy Jones, 1945-2012

Obituary by Dave Laing, The Guardian, 29 February 2012

Former child actor who became a star with the '60s pop group the Monkees. ...

Monkees, The, Michael Nesmith: Mike Nesmith: No Monkee Business

Interview by Keith Altham, Record Mirror, 3 October 1970

EX-MONKEE Mike Nesmith has withdrawn from the bubble gum stakes to regain his country and western identity with the First National Band. ...

Janis Joplin: Janis: The Way She Was (dir. Howard Alk)

Film/DVD/TV Review by Graeme Thomson, Uncut, 3 September 2015

Howard Alk's intimate 1974 portrait of Janis Joplin reissued ...

Dick Dale: Pulp Dick Shone

Interview by Cathi Unsworth, Melody Maker, 25 March 1995

DICK DALE, man. Dick f***ing Dale. He's the King Of Surf Guitar. He taught Hendrix everything he knew. He breeds lions. They played his music ...

Various Artists: Woodstock (Atlantic, stereo 2663001; 150s)

Review by Richard Green, New Musical Express, 30 May 1970

Monster albums from Woodstock ...

W.A.S.P.: Penelope Spheeris: The "Mad Surgeon" of Film

Interview by Sylvie Simmons, RAW, 6 September 1989

That's American director PENELOPE SPHEERIS, whose documentary on the LA Metal scene The Decline Of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years has just opened ...

Behind the music on Vinyl: Patti Smith, more Magic Tramps and Springsteen, who's "like an approachable Dylan"

Film/DVD/TV Review by Caryn Rose, salon.com, 11 April 2016

On the ninth episode of HBO's series about the '70s music scene, ACR considers swiping the Boss from Columbia ...

Doors, The: The Doors: Out there in Golden Square, there were plenty of stars

Memoir by Geoffrey Cannon, Rock's Backpages, March 2014

ALL COUPS have a context. Here is the story of The Doors are Open, and how this Granada Television hour-long show came to be made ...

T. Rex: Marc's science fiction film

Interview by Val Mabbs, Record Mirror, 24 July 1971

WITH THE surge or phenomenal interest that has arisen for T. Rex, Marc Bolan has become infinitely aware of the difficulties facing some fans who ...

Richard Hell on Smithereens

Review and Interview by Vernon Gibbs, Creem, May 1983

Smithereens: directed by Susan Seidelman (New Line Cinema) ...

Band, The, Beatles, The, Jimmy Cliff, Bob Dylan, Diana Krall, Led Zeppelin, Elvis Presley, Rolling Stones, The, Paul Simon, Spinal Tap, Talking Heads, Who, The, Dexter Gordon: 25 Essential Music DVDs

Guide by Nicholas Jennings, Inside Entertainment, September 2004

1. The Last Waltz THE BAND'S elegant swansong is the ultimate rock concert movie. Director Martin Scorsese's discreet camerawork and superb sound captures inspired performances from ...

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Dirty Three, The, Grinderman: Howl: An interview with Warren Ellis

Interview by Mark Mordue, The Sun-Herald, 10 January 2010

WHEN THE American author Mark Twain visited a Victorian gold mining town back in 1885, he was inspired to write: "It was as if the ...

Radiohead, Jonny Greenwood: Jonny Greenwood: "What do I do? I just generally worry about things…"

Report and Interview by Rob Young, Uncut, April 2011

THE CAR PULLS into the courtyard of a small complex E of offices in the middle of a housing estate on the fringes of Didcot, ...