On October 1, 1970, Jimi Hendrix was buried in Renton, Washington. Among the attendees were Miles Davis, Eddie Kramer, Johnny Winter, John Hammond Jr., Buddy Miles, Mitch Mitchell and Noel Redding.
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Monthly Archives: September 2014
On September 25, 1980.
On September 25, 1980, John Henry Bonham died aged 32. He was musician and songwriter, best known as Led Zeppelin drummer. in 2016, “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked Bonham the greatest drummer of all time in a list of “100 Greatest Drummers of All Time”.
George Harrison: The Apple Years 1968 – 1975
“George Harrison – The Apple Years 1968-1975” is deluxe CD box with some of the most popular George Harrison solo albums. The seven CD’s plus an 40-minute DVD box contains the following albums:
“Wonderwall Music”
“Electronic Sound”
“All Things Must Pass”
“Living in the Material World”
“Dark Horse”
“Extra Texture
The DVD contains a short music movie named “The Apple Years” and videos and short documentaries about Harrison’s albums featured in the CD box.
Dhani Harrison (George Harrison’s son) is the executive producer and together with the engineer Paul Hicks have remastered the sound from the original analogue tapes.
Label: Universal Music Group
Release date: September 23, 2014
On September 19, 2008.
On September 19, 2008, Earl Palmer died aged 84.The American drummer worked with The Beach Boys, Little Richard, Frank Sinatra, Ike And Tina Turner,The Monkees, Fats Domino, Neil Young, Elvis Costello, Tom Waits, The Righteous Brothers, Randy Newman, Bonnie Raitt, Tim Buckley, Little Feat and Elvis Costello.
On September 19, 1973.
On September 19, 1973, Gram Parsons, former “The Byrds” and “The Flying Burrito Brothers” member, died in Joshua Tree, California, aged 26. His death was attributed to heart failure but later was officially announced as a drug overdose. His coffin was stolen by his manager Phil Kaufman and “The Byrds” roadie Michael Martin and was taken to Cap Rock in the California desert. There, in accordance to Parson’s wish they set it alight. Later, Kaufman and Martin were arrested by the police.
On September 18, 1970.
On September 18, 1970, at St. Mary Abbot’s Hospital in London, at 12: 45 p.m., Dr.John Bannister pronounced Jimi Hendrix dead. He was 27.
On September 18, 2002.
On September 18, 2002, Margita Stefanovic died aged 43. Being musician and song-writer, she was best known as keyboardist and founding member of Ekaterina Velika.
