Buddy Guy to cap 2025 Experience Hendrix Tour

 

Buddy Guy performing live at the
Coach House in San Juan Capistrano,
CA on August 9, 2018.
Photo credit: Bob Steshetz

Beloved living blues rock legend Buddy Guy has just been added to the final stop on the Experience Hendrix Tour. The tour itself starts on March 11 with a date in Cincinnati, Ohio and will make its final stop in Atlanta, GA on April 12. I have been able to catch the Experience Hendrix event several times in the past and it's fantastic. In October 2014, Guy headlined the memorable date I caught at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles. Read my review of that 2014 concert HERE...Robert Kinsler

BUDDY GUY TO CAP 2025 EXPERIENCE HENDRIX TOUR

DAVID HIDALGO AND CESAR ROSAS (LOS LOBOS), ERIC SCHENKMAN (SPIN DOCTORS), DWEEZIL ZAPPA, JOANNE SHAW TAYLOR AMONG ADDITIONS TO CELEBRATION OF JIMI HENDRIX’S LEGACY THAT INCLUDES ZAKK WYLDE, KENNY WAYNE SHEPHERD, CHRISTONE ‘KINGFISH’ INGRAM, SAMANTHA FISH, ERIC JOHNSON, MANY MORE

Buddy Guy, who announced his retirement from touring last year at the age of 88, will be performing on the final date of the 2025 Experience Hendrix Tour at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta on April 12. The blues legend is a veteran of the only official multi-artist celebration of Jimi Hendrix’s musical genius, which made a triumphant return last year after a half-decade pandemic-caused hiatus. Also recently added to the lineup are David Hidalgo and Cesar Rosas of Grammy Award winners Los Lobos, Spin Doctors co-founder Eric Schenkman, Dweezil Zappa, drummer Tony Beard (Peter Frampton, Jeff Beck, Stephen Stills), drummer Sam Bryant (Kenny Wayne Shepherd), Buddy Guy bassist Orlando Wright and chart-topping British blues singer/guitarist Joanne Shaw Taylor.

The 2025 edition of the Experience Tour starts at Taft Theatre in Cincinnati and winds its way through the Midwest with a stop at Toronto’s famed Massey Hall and continues down the East Coast and through the South. The tour once again features a diverse, star-studded lineup of mainstays such as Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Zakk Wylde (Pantera, Black Label Society, Ozzy Osbourne) and Eric Johnson, as well as Devon Allman (Allman Betts Family Revival), Samantha Fish, and Christone ‘Kingfish’ Ingram. Marcus King is a first-timer for 2025 and brings fresh, new energy to Hendrix’s timeless repertoire.    Kenny Wayne Shepherd’s soulful and pitch-perfect guitar playing has been a key component of the Experience Hendrix Tour for many years. The five-time Grammy nominee and recipient of two Billboard Music Awards commented, “I’m excited to be a part of the Experience Hendrix Tour again. This tour always offers fans a unique opportunity to see artists from multiple genres of music all honoring the great Jimi Hendrix. The diversity of the artists that take part every year only goes to show the vast reach of Jimi Hendrix’s influence.” Tour co-founder and President/CEO of family company Experience Hendrix Janie Hendrix added that there is a special significance to the line-up of guest performers: “The real tribute is in the beautiful array of incredible artists who so graciously join us each year. Every one of them is an acclaimed musician in their own right, so to have them break from their performance schedules to be a part of this celebration of Jimi and his music shows the ultimate love and respect. It’s overwhelming!”   The tribute tour is an opportunity for many of its artists to memorialize the impactful contributions of Hendrix. “Jimi has long been a big influence in my musical journey,” said Mississippi-born blues guitar phenomenon Christone ‘Kingfish’ Ingram, who is both a Grammy Award winner and was named Contemporary Blues Male Artist of the Year at 2023’s Blues Music Awards. “The opportunity to join the Experience Hendrix Tour in fall 2024 was fantastic, so I look forward to hitting the stage with the Hendrix crew this spring as we bring this exciting show to more North American cities.”   Grammy-nominated world-class guitarist and songwriter Samantha Fish effortlessly blends blues, rock, and soul to create a unique sound, with live performances that testify to her status as a true musical powerhouse. Fish is on  non-stop roll: Eric Clapton invited her to perform at his Crossroads LA Festival, she appeared on the cover of Guitar World with Slash, then toured with him as part of his highly anticipated S.E.R.P.E.N.T Tour, opened for the Rolling Stones on their last North American dates, headlined Jazzfest, was honored by SheRocks at NAMM 2025 and managed to also crisscross the globe playing 250 shows. Her previous album, 2023s Death Wish Blues (Rounder Records), was a collaboration with renegade rocker Jesse Dayton, topped the Billboard Blues Chart for three consecutive weeks. About Experience Hendrix, Fish stated, “2024 was my first year with the event. It’s cool to see so many stellar musicians celebrating Jimi Hendrix’s legacy and music catalog. It’s amazing that one musician can impact artists for generations, and it’s awesome to hear how everyone interprets his music. I’m really looking forward to what’s coming next year.” Samantha’s latest album, Paper Doll, will be released by Rounder Records on April 25, 2025. She will be re-joining Kingfish on the Gone Fishin’ Tour in May.   Buddy Guy has the distinction of being the only performer this year who Jimi Hendrix himself acknowledged as a significant influence on his own work. Six years Hendrix’s senior, Guy’s brand of electrified blues helped create a template on which he expanded. He commented, “Thank you to the Hendrix Tour family for bringing me back to perform at The Fox Theatre in Atlanta on April 12. I'll never forget meeting Jimi at that club in New York in 1968, and I'm so grateful we had the chance to become friends. It's an honor to help keep his legacy alive.” Further commenting on the planned appearance of Buddy Guy, Janie Hendrix stated, “Having Buddy come out of retirement to play with us in the Atlanta show is an amazing finale. It’s a true act of friendship and mutual admiration. I can’t think of a better way to close out such an epic event. We are beyond thrilled to be able to bring this kind of energy to the stage and to our audiences.”   Among the other artists featured on the 2025 Experience Hendrix Tour are Texas blues sensation Ally Venable, vocalist Noah Hunt and bassist Kevin McCormick (both of Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band), Mato Nanji (Indigenous), blues guitar prodigy Mathias Lattin, Brazilian guitarist Artur Menezes, and vocalists Dylan Triplett and Henri Brown.    The 2025 Experience Hendrix Tour is sponsored by Marshall, Fender Musical Instruments, Epiphone and Dunlop. Marshall amps have long been associated with Jimi Hendrix and were his amplifiers of choice during his career. Fender is now celebrating the 70thanniversary of the Fender Stratocaster, the guitar most often associated with Jimi Hendrix. Dunlop makers of gear and accessories, recently launched line of Authentic Hendrix ‘68 Shrine Series of stomp boxes/effects pedals.   Visit www.experiencehendrixtour.com for artist lineups by date.   2025 Experience Hendrix Tour dates: March 11 – Cincinnati, OH – Taft Theatre 12 – Columbus, OH – Palace Theatre            13 – Greensburg, PA – Palace Theatre            14 – Northfield, OH – MGM Northfield Park             15 – Toronto, ON – Massey Hall            18 – Waukee, IA – Vibrant Music Hall            19 – Milwaukee, WI – Riverside Theater            20 – Indianapolis, IN – Murat Theatre            21 – Chicago, IL – Chicago Theatre            22 – Detroit, MI – Fox Theatre            23 – Buffalo, NY – Kleinhans Music Hall             25 – Syracuse, NY – Landmark Theatre             27 – Lynn, MA – Lynn Memorial Auditorium             28 – Westbury, NY – Flagstar at Westbury Music Fair 29 – Wallingford, CT – Toyota Oakdale Theatre              30 – Wilkes-Barre, PA – F.M. Kirby Center for the Peforming Arts   April    1 – Red Bank, NJ – Count Basie Center for the Arts            2 – Morristown, NJ – Mayo Performing Arts Center            3 – Hampton Beach, NH – Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom            4 – Atlantic City, NJ – Ovation Hall at Ocean Casino Resort            5 – Washington, DC – Warner Theatre            6 – Durham, NC – Durham Performing Arts Center            8 – North Charleston, SC – North Charleston Performing Arts Center            9 – Charlotte, NC – Ovens Auditorium            10 – Knoxville, TN – Tennessee Theatre            11 – Greenville, SC – Peace Center Concert Hall            12 – Atlanta, GA – Fox Theatre

'Electric Lady Studios: A Jimi Hendrix Vision' out today

Today marks the release of "Electric Lady Studios: A Jimi Hendrix Vision," a release that expands the legacy of Jimi Hendrix.. Get details via the official media release and official artwork below...Robert Kinsler

ELECTRIC LADY STUDIOS: A JIMI HENDRIX VISION OUT TODAY COMPANION SHORT FILM JIMI HENDRIX’S NEW YORK VIEWABLE NOW

Friday, October 4 – Today marks the release of Electric Lady Studios: A Jimi Hendrix Vision by Experience Hendrix, L.L.C. in partnership with Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment. This deluxe box set available on 3CD/1 Blu-ray, or 5LP/1 Blu-ray includes the feature-length documentary of the same name, plus 39 tracks (38 previously unreleased) that were recorded by the new-look Jimi Hendrix Experience (Billy Cox on bass, Mitch Mitchell on drums) at Electric Lady Studios between June and August of 1970. The project also contains 20 newly created 5.1 surround sound mixes of the entire First Rays Of The New Rising Sun album plus three bonus tracks [“Valleys Of Neptune,” “Pali Gap,” and “Lover Man”]. Jimi Hendrix’s New York is a brand-new short film that serves as a companion to this massive project and has been made public today.

View Jimi Hendrix’s New York

Hosted, by Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Steven Van Zandt (E Street Band, The Sopranos, Little Steven’s Underground Garage), Jimi Hendrix’s New York tells the story of the Seattle-born musician’s meteoric rise in the 1960s and move to Manhattan towards the end of the decade. Interspersed with live footage and photos, the short documentary contains exclusive interviews with engineer/producer Eddie Kramer and Hendrix’s friend/clothier Colette Harron. The former shares personal anecdotes of going to see live music (specifically the band NRBQ) and working in the studio with Hendrix (“There was this wonderful communication where we understood each other”); the latter talks about selling Hendrix the jacket he wore at Woodstock from her East Village clothing shop and going to local clubs like Max’s Kansas City. “When you saw him, it was magic . . . his music was everything,” says Harron of Jimi Hendrix.

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The feature-length documentary Electric Lady Studios: A Jimi Hendrix Vision (included in the box set of its namesake) is just coming off a successful global theatrical run. The film recounts the creation of the studio, rising from the rubble of a bankrupt Manhattan nightclub to becoming a state-of-the-art recording facility inspired by Hendrix’s desire for a permanent studio. Electric Lady Studios was the first-ever artist-owned commercial recording studio. Hendrix had first envisioned creating an experiential nightclub. He was inspired by the short-lived Greenwich Village nightspot Cerebrum whose patrons donned flowing robes and were inundated by flashing lights, spectral images and swirling sound. Hendrix so enjoyed the Cerebrum experience that he asked its architect John Storyk to work with him and his manager Michael Jeffery. Hendrix and Jeffery wanted to transform what had once been the Generation Club into ‘an electric studio of participation’. Shortly after acquiring the Generation Club lease however, Hendrix was steered from building a nightclub to creating a commercial recording studio.   Directed by John McDermott and produced by Janie Hendrix, George Scott and McDermott, the film features exclusive interviews with Steve Winwood (who joined Hendrix on the first night of recording at the new studio), Experience bassist Billy Cox and original Electric Lady staff members who helped Hendrix realize his dream. The documentary includes never-before-seen footage and photos as well as track breakdowns of Hendrix classics such as “Freedom,” “Angel” and “Dolly Dagger” by Eddie Kramer.   Electric Lady Studios: A Jimi Hendrix Vision explains in depth that while Hendrix’s death robbed the public of so much potential music, the continued success of his recording studio provides a lasting legacy beyond his own music. John Lennon, The Clash, AC/DC, Chic, David Bowie, Stevie Wonder, Lady Gaga, Beyoncé and hundreds more made records at Electric Lady Studios, which speaks to one of Jimi’s lasting achievements in an industry that has radically changed over the course of the last half century.   Electric Lady Studios: A Jimi Hendrix Vision 5LP tracklist:    DISC ONE   SIDE ONE 1) Ezy Ryder [Alternate Mix]* 6/18/70                                      2) Valleys Of Neptune [Alternate Version]*  6/15/70                                                  3) Straight Ahead [Takes 1 & 2]* 6/17/70  4) Astro Man [Takes 9 & 10]* 6/24/70                                             5) Drifting [Takes 1 & 2]* 6/25/70                                                 6) Night Bird Flying [Take 25]* 6/16/70                                                     SIDE TWO 1) Earth Blues [Alternate Mix]*  6/26/70                                                               2) Drifter’s Escape [Takes 1 & 2]* 6/17/70   3) Astro Man [Take 14]* 6/24/70                                                 4) Further Up The Road* 6/24/70                                DISC TWO   SIDE ONE 1) Dolly Dagger [Takes 17 & 18]* 7/1/70                                                2) Lover Man  7/20/70                                                               3) Freedom [Take 4]* 6/25/70                                                     4) Angel [Take 7]* 7/23/70                                                          5) Beginnings [Take 5]*                                                              SIDE TWO 1) The Long Medley [Astro Man / Beginnings / Hey Baby (New Rising Sun) / Midnight Lightning (Keep On Groovin’) / Freedom]* 6/24/70                                                          DISC THREE   SIDE ONE 1) Freedom [Alternate Version]* 7/19/70   2) Valleys Of Neptune [Demo]*   6/70                                                    3) Tune X*/Just Came In [Take 6]* 7/22/70   4) Drifting [Alternate Version]*  8/20/70  5) Messing Around  [Take 17]* 6/16/70     SIDE TWO  1) Tune X* / Just Came In (Take 8)* 7/22/70    2) Dolly Dagger [Alternate Version]* 7/19/70                                                              3) Come Down Hard On Me [take 15]* 7/15/70  4) Heaven Has No Sorrow [Demo]* 6/70                                                   DISC FOUR   SIDE ONE   1) Midnight Lightning* / Beginnings* 7/1/70                                                                2) Dolly Dagger [Mix 2]* 8/20/70   3) Belly Button Window [Take 1]* 7/23/70     SIDE TWO   1) Night Bird Flying [Alternate Version]* 8/20/70  2) Freedom [Alternate Version]* 8/20/70   3) Straight Ahead [Alternate Mix]* 8/20/70  4) In From The Storm [Alternate Mix]* 8/24/70      DISC FIVE   SIDE ONE  1) Bolero* / Hey Baby (New Rising Sun) [Alternate Mix]* 8/22/70  2) Drifter’s Escape [Alternate Mix]* 8/22/70                                                          SIDE TWO  1) Bleeding Heart [Alternate Mix]* 8/22/70                                2) Drifting [Alternate Version]* 11/20/70                                                         3) Astro Man [Alternate Version]* 8/22/70                                       4) Room Full Of Mirrors [Alternate Version]* 10/20/70                                           5) Angel [Alternate Version]* 10/19/70                         *Previously unreleased     Electric Lady Studios: A Jimi Hendrix Vision 3CD tracklist:   DISC ONE 1) Ezy Ryder [Alternate Mix]* 6/18/70                                      2) Valleys Of Neptune [Alternate Version]*  6/15/70          3) Straight Ahead [Takes 1 & 2]* 6/17/70  4) Drifter’s Escape [Takes 1 & 2]* 6/17/70            5) Astro Man [Takes 9 & 10]* 6/24/70                                             6) Astro Man [Take 14]* 6/24/70 7) Drifting [Takes 1 & 2]* 6/25/70 8) Night Bird Flying [Take 25]* 6/16/70 9) Farther Up The Road* 6/24/70 10) The Long Medley [Astro Man / Beginnings / Hey Baby (New Rising Sun) / Midnight Lightning (Keep On Groovin’) / Freedom]* 6/24/70                                                       DISC TWO 1) Earth Blues [Alternate Mix]* 6/26/70 2) Dolly Dagger [Takes 17 & 18]* 7/1/70 3) Angel [Take 7]* 7/23/70 4) Beginnings [Take 5]* 7/1/70 5) Lover Man 7/20/70 6) Tune X* / Just Came In [Take 6]* 7/22/70 7) Heaven Has No Sorry [Demo]* 6/26/70 8) Freedom [Take 4]* 6/25/70 9) Valleys Of Neptune [Demo]* 6/26/70 10) Come Down Hard On Me [Take 15]* 7/15/70 11) Dolly Dagger [Alternate Version]* 7/19/70 12) Messing Around [Take 17]* 6/16/70 13) Tune X* / Just Came In [Take 8]* 7/22/70 14) Drifting [Alternate Version]* 8/20/70 15) Freedom [Alternate Version]* 7/19/70 16) Belly Button Window [Take 1]* 7/23/70   DISC THREE 1) Dolly Dagger [Mix 2]* 8/20/70 2) Night Bird Flying [Alternate Version]* 8/20/70 3) Freedom [Alternate Version]* 8/20/70 4) Midnight Lightning* / Beginnings* 7/1/70 5) Straight Ahead [Alternate Mix]* 8/20/70 6) In From The Storm [Alternate Mix]* 8/24/70 7) Bolero* / Hey Baby (New Rising Sun) [Alternate Mix]* 8/22/70 8) Drifter’s Escape [Alternate Mix]* 8/22/70 9) Astro Man [Alternate Version]* 8/22/70 10) Bleeding Heart [Alternate Mix]* 8/22/70 11) Drifting [Alternate Version]* 11/20/70 12) Room Full Of Mirrors [Alternate Version]* 10/19/70 13) Angel [Alternate Version]* 10/19/70   *Previously unreleased                              First Rays of the New Rising Sun + Bonus Tracks 5.1 Mixes (contained on Blu-ray with both vinyl and CD versions of package)   1) Freedom 2) Izabella 3) Night Bird Flying 4) Angel 5) Room Full of Mirrors 6) Dolly Dagger 7) Ezy Ryder 8) Drifting  9) Beginnings 10) Stepping Stone 11) My Friend 12) Straight Ahead 13) Hey Baby (New Rising Sun) 14) Earth Blues 15) Astro Man 16) In From the Storm 17) Belly Button Window 18) Pali Gap (from Rainbow Bridge album) 19) Lover Man (from Jimi Hendrix Experience box set) 20) Valleys of Neptune (from Valleys of Neptune album)   All 20 tracks available in 5.1 surround sound audio for first time ever     About Legacy Recordings: Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, is home to the world's foremost library of historically significant commercial recordings, a peerless collection of works by the most important musical artists of the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries.  Across a variety of platforms, the label offers contemporary music fans access to thousands of meticulously restored archival titles representing virtually every musical genre.   About Experience Hendrix L.L.C. Founded by James 'Al' Hendrix, Jimi's father, in 1995, Experience Hendrix, has been managed since its inception by the family members handpicked by Al during his tenure as Chairman. It is the official family company charged with managing the music, name, image and likeness of Jimi Hendrix. As a part of their daily operations, Experience Hendrix and Authentic Hendrix oversee Jimi's timeless legacy on a worldwide basis.