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The Jimi Hendrix Memorial Concerts
''The Jimi Hendrix Memorial Concerts: 1995'' is a live, double CD composed entirely of Jimi Hendrix covers. It is The Hamsters fifth CD release. The tour the album ultimately derived from was performed as a tribute to Jimi Hendrix as a celebration of 25 years since his death. The band's first album, ''Electric Hamsterland'', also a compilation of Hendrix covers, was released in 1990, 20 years after the death of Hendrix. For the 25th anniversary the band decided to do a full UK tour playing predominantly Hendrix covers. This album was recorded during that tour, as was a concert film, ''Band of Gerbils'' which was initially released on VHS with a subsequent release on DVD ten years later. Track listing Disk 1 (Red CD) # "Foxy Lady" – 4:20 # "Fire" – 3:53 # "Little Wing" – 6:39 # "Izabella" – 5:05 # "Up From The Skies" – 4:51 # "Power of Soul" – 1:10 # "Spanish Castle Magic" – 3:54 # "Rock Me, Baby" – 2:49 # "Voodoo Chile" – 6:49 # "Hey, Baby (Land of the New Risi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hamsters
The Hamsters were a British band from Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England. They performed their first live show at the Cliffs Pavilion, Southend-on-Sea, on 1 April 1987, and their last at The Half Moon, Putney on 1 April 2012, exactly 25 years later. They initially played in local pubs with no ambitions to take themselves seriously or to turn professional. As the band ethos was to combine humour with musicShane Homan, ''Access All Eras: Tribute Bands and Global Pop Culture'', McGraw-Hill International, 2006, , p.112. "Elements of self-mockery in he Hamsters'presentation ..are persistent, strongly marking their distance from what they typically refer to as 'muso' culture." two members of the original band (and later all three) used light-hearted and parodying pseudonyms as stage names. The original line-up was Snail's-Pace Slim on vocals and guitar, Rev Otis Elevator on drums and Andy Farrell on bass. Andy Billups, aka Ms Zsa Zsa Poltergeist, replaced Farrell on bass in 1988. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |