Oct 16, 2011

Nikos Deja Vu - Jimi Hendrix & The Band of Gypsys - The Fillmore performances (1-1-1970)




Nikos Deja Vu - Jimi Hendrix & The Band of Gypsys - The Fillmore performances (1-1-1970)

The complete historical documentary.

Band of Gypsys was a blues rock band led by Jimi Hendrix and backed by Billy Cox and Buddy Miles. Hendrix formed the band after the dissolution of The Jimi Hendrix Experience. Band of Gypsys is also the band's eponymous live album recorded on two separate nights, 31 December 1969 and 1 January 1970, at the Fillmore East. Released just six months before his death in 1970, it was the last album Hendrix himself authorized, and the only Hendrix-authorized album to be released on Capitol Records (in the US). Produced by Hendrix, Band of Gypsys reached #5 in the US and #6 in the UK...

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