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This appeal to American sensibilities seems to be connecting with audiences eager for spiritual experiences. At a kirtan at the Moksha Yoga Center in Chicago, musicians played mandolin and acoustic guitar. An altar was set up with candles, fruit and a picture of Jimi Hendrix, who did not practice kirtan but, according to chant leader Debi Buzil, "embodies the music and embraced God." The chants' Sanskrit lyrics were projected on the wall via Powerpoint. When Moksha held its first kirtans four years ago, 10 people would show up; today the sessions regularly draw 80. "This is the most happy-producing...
...experienced?" guitar legend Jimi Hendrix's loaded question helped define the mind-altering LSD culture of the late-1960s youth scene. In early 21st century Italy, there's a different query on the lips of young people: "Have you gotten smart?" No, they're not talking about university courses. And they're not talking about drugs, either. Well, not exactly. The D word is carefully avoided by the nine friends who recently opened the PuraVida Shop in downtown Rome, even though most customers refer to their merchandise as "smart drugs." The store, along with similar "smart shops" recently opened...
DIED. NOEL REDDING, 57, bassist with the Jimi Hendrix Experience; of natural causes; in Ireland. Redding, whose untraditional bass line provided essential support to Hendrix's revolutionary guitar playing, backed Hendrix on three of the most influential records of the late 1960s...
...DIED. NOEL REDDING, 57, bass guitarist for the Jimi Hendrix Experience from 1966 to 1969, of natural causes; in Clonakilty, Ireland. Redding, along with drummer Mitch Mitchell, accompanied Jimi Hendrix on some of the most radical songs of the 1960s, including Purple Haze and Foxey Lady. In 1974, Redding signed away future royalties for a one-off payment, losing out as Hendrix records continued to sell well over the next quarter-century. At the time of his death, Redding's lawyers were working on an action against the company that oversees the Hendrix estate to recover $5 million in lost...
...upraised coif got his stage name when a typesetter for Specialty Records accidentally garbled his moniker: King Earl. King's hundreds of songs, which included Mardi Gras staple Big Chief and R.-and-B. hits Trick Bag and Come On (Let the Good Times Roll), were recorded by Jimi Hendrix and Robert Palmer...