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Noel Redding
Noel David Redding

Born July 9, 1945
Flag of England Folkstone, England
Died May 11, 2003 (aged 57)
Flag of Ireland County Cork, Ireland
Genre(s) Rock
Psychedelic Rock
Hard Rock
Affiliation(s) The Jimi Hendrix Experience
The Noel Redding Band
Years active 1966 - 2003

Noel David Redding (December 25, 1945 – May 11, 2003) was a rock and roll guitarist best known as the bassist for The Jimi Hendrix Experience.

Biography

Born in Folkestone, England, he was selected by Chas Chandler to join Hendrix's band in 1966, and left in 1969. Although he appeared in other bands before and after Hendrix's death, he never achieved a similar level of success, and retired to Clonakilty, Ireland in 1972.

At nine, Noel played violin at school and then mandolin at about 12 and guitar at 14 years old. His first public appearances were at the Hythe Youth Club then at Harvey Grammar School where he was a student due to take his GCEs.

His first local bands were:

At 17 Noel went professional and toured in Scotland and Germany, in the clubs with Neil Landon and the Burnettes formed in Autumn 1962 and The Loving Kind formed in November 1965.

Noel was the first person to join the Experience and that was by accident. He thought he was going to be auditioned for the Animals because Chas Chandler was setting up the audition. When he got there it was explained that it was an audition for a "fantastic" black American guitarist that Chas had found and he got the job as Jimi's bassist.

Noel went on to form Fat Mattress with another Kent musician Neil Landon (the former Burnettes-singer) (born Neil Cahil, 27 July 1941, in Kindford, Sussex on vocals, Jim Leverton (born James Leverton, in 1946, in Dover, Kent) and Eric Dillon, the drummer, (born in 1950, in Swindon). Later, Martin Barre played for a short time before he joined Jethro Tull.

One more contrived effort by Hendrix manager, Michael Jeffery was attempted to reunite the Jimi Hendrix Experience months after the Woodstock event in an attempt to revive Jimi's diminishing (compared to his peak popularity) status on the charts. This basically consisted of an interview with Hendrix, Redding and Mitchell by Rolling Stone magazine. No shows or recordings resulted. He soon left the Jimi Hendrix Experience for the last time and went on to other projects.

While living in Los Angeles. Noel joined Road, a heavy metal outfit. They released one album, Road (1972).

Noel moved to Ireland in 1972. He formed The Noel Redding Band with Eric Bell from Thin Lizzy, Dave Clark and Les Sampson. They did two albums for RCA, three tours of the Netherlands, two tours of England, one tour of Ireland and a 10-week tour in America. The band dissolved after a dispute with their management company.

In his book Are You Experienced? (co-authored with Carol Appleby) and publicly he spoke openly about his disappointment in his being cut off from the profits of the continued sale of the Hendrix recordings. He was forced to sign away his royalties in 1974, and later had to sell the bass guitar he used during that time.

Noel Redding recorded and toured sporadically through the years, occasionally doing session work on other artists' albums. He performed with the rock band Phish in 1993.

Redding was found dead in his home in Ireland on May 12th 2003. He was 57 years old. In the local of village of Ardfield, local people have erected a plaque to his memory.

A compilation CD and record entitled The Experience Sessions was released by Experience Hendrix, LCC in 2004. Along with the released tracks ("She's So Fine" and "Little Miss Strange") the collection contains rare and unreleased Redding-penned songs recorded by The Jimi Hendrix Experience. Most of the tracks are outtakes from Axis: Bold As Love and Electric Ladyland, and interestingly feature Redding predominantly on guitar (with Hendrix on bass). It also features a live version of Hendrix's "Red House" with Noel on rhythm guitar.

Discography

Noel has featured in many recordings over the years including:

External links

 v • d • e Jimi Hendrix
Bands
The Jimi Hendrix Experience • Gypsy Sun and Rainbows • Band of Gypsys • The Cry of Love
Related bands: The Dirty Mac • The Noel Redding Band • Ramatam • The Gypsy Sun Experience
Personnel
Noel Redding • Mitch Mitchell • Billy Cox • Buddy Miles • Larry Lee • Juma Sultan • Jerry Velez
Discography
Original releases
Studio albums: Are You Experienced (1967) • Axis: Bold as Love (1967) • Electric Ladyland (1968)
Live albums: Band of Gypsys (1970)
Compilations: Smash Hits (1969)
Posthumous releases
Studio albums: The Cry of Love (1971) • Rainbow Bridge (1971) • War Heroes (1972) • Loose Ends (1973) • Crash Landing (1975) • Midnight Lightning (1975) • Nine to the Universe (1980) • First Rays of the New Rising Sun (1997)
Live albums: Monterey International Pop Festival (1970) • Isle of Wight (1971) • Experience Vol. 1 (1971) • Experience Vol. 2 (1972) • Hendrix in the West (1972) • Live at Winterland (1972) • Jimi Hendrix (1973) • The Jimi Hendrix Concerts (1982) • Jimi Plays Monterey (1986) • The Last Experience Concert: Live at the Royal Albert Hall (1990) • Jimi Hendrix: Woodstock (1994) • Live at the Fillmore East (1999) • Live at Woodstock (1999) • Blue Wild Angel: Live at the Isle of Wight (2002) • Jimi Hendrix: Live at Berkeley (2003)
Compilations and box sets: Jimi Hendrix (1972) • The Essential Jimi Hendrix (Vol. 1) (1978) • The Essential Jimi Hendrix (Vol. 2) (1979) • The Singles Album (1983) • Kiss the Sky (1984) • Radio One (1988) • Cornerstones (1990) • Lifelines: The Jimi Hendrix Story (1991) • Sessions (1991) • Footlights (1991) • Stages (1991) • The Ultimate Experience (1993) • Bleeding Heart (1994) • Blues (1994) • Voodoo Soup (1995) • South Saturn Delta (1997) • BBC Sessions (1998) • Experience Hendrix: The Best of Jimi Hendrix (1998) • The Jimi Hendrix Experience (2000) • Voodoo Child: The Jimi Hendrix Collection (2001) • Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues: Jimi Hendrix (2003) • 20th Century Masters Millenium Collection: Best of Jimi Hendrix (2005) • Rainy Day Dream Away (2006) • Jimi Hendrix His Greatest Hits (2006)
Anticipated releases
The Royal Albert Hall film • Jimi and Noel's 8mm films • Black Gold
Songs
"All Along the Watchtower" • "Angel" • "Burning of the Midnight Lamp" • "Castles Made of Sand" • "Fire" • "Foxy Lady" • "Gypsy Eyes" • "Hey Joe" • "I Don't Live Today" • "Little Wing" • "Machine Gun" • "Manic Depression" • "My Friend" • "Purple Haze" • "Red House" • "Spanish Castle Magic" • "Stone Free" • "Third Stone From the Sun" • "Up From the Skies" • "Voodoo Chile" • "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" • The Wind Cries Mary"
Related articles
Early life of Jimi Hendrix • Electric Lady Studios • Jimi Hendrix's musical equipment • Monika Dannemann • Stone Free: A Tribute to Jimi Hendrix

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