Hendrix Tribute Due in Winter
May 23, 8 p.m. ET, RollingStone.com


George Clinton, Chaka Khan, Earth Wind and Fire, and
Bootsy Collins are among the first acts to sign on for
a Jimi Hendrix tribute that is slated for release by
year's end on MCA.
The project is being overseen by Hendrix's sister,
Janie Hendrix, and her husband, Sheldon Reynolds, who
plays guitar with EWF. Janie Hendrix also serves as
president of Experience Hendrix LLC, the partnership
she created with her father, Al Hendrix (who passed
away last month), in 1995 after the family took
control of the Jimi Hendrix estate.

In addition to musicians of Hendrix's generation, the
tribute will also tap several younger performers,
"because," Janie says, "Jimi was cross-generational."
As the project is still taking shape, a list of tracks
and artists has not been finalized.

The tribute is just one of a multitude of
Hendrix-related projects coming this year, which also
serves as a Hendrix anniversary -- this November he
would have turned sixty. The birthday will be marked
with a celebration at the Experience Music Project in
Seattle and a simultaneous gathering in Paris.


"We'll continue doing what we do," Janie Hendrix says.
"We have so much music in the vaults to continue to
put out. Jimi was an amazing workaholic." According to
Janie, there are still unreleased studio recordings
and demos Jimi recorded in his apartment, which will
continue to be made available through Experience
Hendrix's Dagger Records series, which offers live and
outtake recordings through www.jimihendrix.com.

And in addition to the releases, Janie says there's
the ongoing pursuit of material that has been hiding
for three decades. "We just acquired a few good video
and audio finds, but we can't tell you what that is
yet," she says. "But it'll come out next year. We're
very blessed in getting the rights back. We're one of
the few families that were able to do that, and we've
been assisting other families in helping them get
rights to their families music back. We're here for
the long haul. We just want to keep the music and the
legacy alive."

ANDREW DANSBY

Thanks.

LQ

Wasn't it announced on the Love 4 One Another website back in 1997/8 that Prince had given the Hendrix family his version of 'Machine Gun' to do with as they wished? Would be great to hear this, although I guess it would just be an extended version of 'Habibi'.

COOL!!!

Prince should feature now he's free yeah.