From Loudersound.
Micky Dolenz has reflected on the time that The Jimi Hendrix Experience opened for The Monkees.
The vocalist and drummer was speaking on the new episode of AXS TV’s Mixtape show, which will be broadcast on Halloween at 8.30pm ET.
In a preview clip, Dolenz explains just how the unlikely partnership came about – and it all stemmed from seeing Jimi in 1967.
Dolenz says: “At the time, we were looking for an opening act. I’m at the Monterey Pop Festival Festival and all of a sudden these three guys come on stage in all these psycho-jello clothes and stuff, and they just looked incredible. That was, of course, The Jimi Hendrix Experience.
“I suggested to the producers of our show that would be a really cool opening act because they were very theatrical and The Monkees was this theatrical act.”
Dolenz adds: “I guess they liked the idea, our producers liked the idea, so sure enough a few months later we’re opening up and Jimi is the opening act.
“He did six or eight shows with us, and he was a great guy, a great kid. We had a lot of fun.”
On Thursday night’s episode, Dolenz also reveals how he learned to play drums, chats about his musical influences, and talks about his tour It Was Fifty Years Ago Today – A Tribute to The Beatles’ White Album.
The shows see Dolenz joined onstage by various artists including Christopher Cross, Todd Rundgren, Jason Scheff and Joey Molland.
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JIMI HENDRIX Electric Ladyland (Rare 1968 UK first issue 16-track stereo double LP, with additional upside down catalogue numbers on the labels & classic fully laminated 'Ernest J Day' gatefold sleeve with blue text & large scale pictures of Mitch & Noel inside. As you will know, there are a number of significant differences between this first issue & those that followed, so a little trip to the 'More Info' section is advised...) #Top 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time
- Jimi Hendrix - Band Of Gypsys - UK - vinyl LP - £15.00, $18.75, €17.55 (New Item) (arrived 03-May-2024 12:05)on May 6, 2024 at 2:57 am
JIMI HENDRIX Band Of Gypsys (1973 UK 6-track vinyl LP on Polydor, this is Hendrix in sublime form recorded live at the Fillmore East in New York with Buddy Miles and Billy Cox on New Year's Eve '69-'70, the glossy sleeve is in Excellent condition with only minor storage wear and the vinyl shows only light signs of play )
- Jimi Hendrix - Crash Landing - UK - vinyl LP - £25.00, $31.25, €29.25 (New Item) (arrived 03-May-2024 10:21)on May 6, 2024 at 2:57 am
JIMI HENDRIX Crash Landing (1975 UK 8-track LP, the fifth posthumous album produced by Alan Douglas, including Message To Love, Stone Free Again & Captain Coconut, picture sleeve. The sleeve shows just minor shelfwear and the vinyl has a few notable surface marks caused by the poly lined inner during storage and shows only light signs of play)
- Jimi Hendrix - Jimi Hendrix - VG/EX - UK - vinyl LP - £10.00, $12.50, €11.70 (New Item) (arrived 03-May-2024 10:37)on May 6, 2024 at 2:57 am
JIMI HENDRIX Jimi Hendrix (1975 UK 12-track LP, from the label's 'Transparency' series. Features a good cross-section of Jimi's creations such as Voodoo Chile, Angel, Little Wing & Dylan's All Along The Watchtower with three adventurous guitar solos in succession. The picture sleeve is Very Good and shows some age wear, scuffing & a couple of areas of discolouration. Whilst the vinyl shows only light signs of play)
- Jimi Hendrix - Somewhere - UK - 7" vinyl - £20.00, $25.00, €23.40 (New Item) (arrived 03-May-2024 11:27)on May 6, 2024 at 2:57 am
JIMI HENDRIX Somewhere (2013 UK 7" vinyl also including Power Of Soul, the lead single from the People, Hell & Angels album. This single is a newly discovered gem from 1968, the track features Buddy Miles on drums & Stephen Stills on bass. Picture sleeve with hype-sticker. The sleeve shows little sign of wear and the vinyl has only the lightest of cosmetic storage marks)***Limited to only 1000 copies***
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