Hendrix's London Pad

[sidewinder]

Interesting snippet of film from the BBC.

Hendrix's Pad

Edited August 25, 2010 by sidewinder

[A Lark Ascending]

How long before someone puts out "Hendrix and G.F. Handel: The Attic Tapes" as a bootleg?

[sidewinder]

I like the bit about the gas-powered refridgerator. Only in England !

[paul secor]

I'm surprised that Hendrix's flat hasn't been turned into a permanent museum. I would think that, at least in the present day, there'd be more interest in Hendrix than in Handel.

Edited August 25, 2010 by paul secor

[Chalupa]

Thanks for posting this.

[BruceH]

Very interesting!

[brownie]

And now fresh news from Hendrix's Electric Lady Studios'. It's still open for business:

from The New York Times.

[.:.impossible]

"Mr. Kramer is in Studio A this week. He’s mixing a new Jimi Hendrix album, he said, and he looked excited."

8/25/10

[Alexander Hawkins]

I actually did a gig - a Handel/Hendrix thing - in the Handel museum a few months ago...fun place!

[A Lark Ascending]

I actually did a gig - a Handel/Hendrix thing - in the Handel museum a few months ago...fun place!

As someone said on another thread, 'only in England'!

Music for Royal Fireworks (with Lighter Fuel) by any chance?

I suppose they have more in common than you first think - both came from abroad and established their reputations in London. Don't think Handel was at Woodstock*, though.

(* Though he might have visited another Woodstock to entertain the Churchill's at some point.)

Edited August 26, 2010 by A Lark Ascending

[umum_cypher]

They do open it up a few days every year. You can sign up on the Handel House website to get an email when they do. I've been. As you can see, it's short on atmosphere. Handel's gaff is lovely though. He was obviously a dab hand at interior decoration.

[Guest Bill Barton]

I'm surprised that Hendrix's flat hasn't been turned into a permanent museum. I would think that, at least in the present day, there'd be more interest in Hendrix than in Handel.

Let's hope that London is more attuned to history than Jimi's hometown. Sure, there's a statue of him on Broadway and an exhibit in EMP, but Seattle on the whole pretty much ignores history of any kind.

Jimi Hendrix childhood home torn down

[sidewinder]

I've got a few days off over the next week so maybe I'll head in to London and call in at the Hendrix gaff, if it is open to the public.

[mjzee]

Interesting news article on Hendrix's flat: 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3437104/The-real-Red-House-yonder-Bedroom-Mayfair-flat-Jimi-Hendrix-lived-height-fame-opens-public-2-4million-restoration-project.html

One photo highlights his record collection.  Nice to see albums from Wes Montgomery and Charles Lloyd there.