Re: OT: why no love for noel redding?

[Miko Biffle <biffoz@gmail.com>]

This has nothing to do with my personal feelings for Noel—it's
impersonal.  It doesn't matter who played the parts (but I guess
the player had to have a name, so I used it.)  Realize that I LOVE
the entire band and have unbelieveable, life-changing
memories surrounding my first-hand witness of the music.  (Meaning
I was there to see it—first tour, second tour) But when I
sit down in front of the monitors and listen, I have perceptions I'm
not going to ignore due to personal bias.

There are always considerations regarding how one ended up with xyz
(whatever results followed)—but the resulting document still has
specific sonic qualities.  Just my humble, honest opinion. 
Would it be safe to say Hendrix was sometimes a very sloppy
player?  *-)  (Ducking NOW!)

To cleanse any sullifying damage my sacriligous statements may have
caused, I command you all to go home and watch "Jimi Plays Berkeley"
tonight and revel in absolutely amazing, skronky, beautific, Hendrix
bliss.  Be sure to add plenty of your favorite beverage or
potion.  -m

On 3/17/09, scott hansen <evanpeewee@yahoo.com> wrote:

wow-i read this and thought "why no love for noel?" he was a young kid (early 20's if?) who thought he was auditioning for the new animals (house of the rising son), and got thrown in the world of JHE. i thought he was a good bass player for the experience. yes, i know there are arguments on the 2nd & 3rd albums that jimi played a lot of the bass stuff (i'm not up on my everything jimi did history in the last 10 yrs or so), but give the guy a break. he was just playing the bass in the band, he wasn't responsible for the recording and mixing. WHEN I LISTEN TO MY TAPES THAT ARE OVER 20 yrs old, IT ALL SOUNDS GOOD TO ME. when i still listen to this now that i've hit mid 40s-i'm amazed at the maturity of the writing and the adventurous nature of the music-all done by 3 guys who were still in their early 20s (and remember the lead singer/composer-was a HS dropout, and a product of 50's era education-& he was african american-a lot of the odds were against him!). that, and the fact that the guy got shafted for his part of what he contributed, and he died a few yrs ago at such a young age (wasn't he in he mid-late 50's?) cut him some slack please!

end of my rant...

s---

 

Maybe my beef is with Noel Redding specifically? I can listen to Zep,
> Sabbath and many others on vinyl and feel the bass is adequate (for
> the day)—I just don't find Redding's bass that satisfying. Mitch
> Mitchell OTOH ranks right up there with Bonham in my book! -m

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