Noel Redding Biography

Occup.	Musician
From	England
Born	December 25, 1945
Died	May 11, 2003
Aged	57 years

Noel Redding, born on Xmas day, December 25th, 1945, in Folkestone, Kent, England, was a popular musician understood for his incredible skill as the bass guitar player for The Jimi Hendrix Experience. Noel's function in the iconic rock band catapulted him to musical stardom, with his work leaving an enduring mark on rock music background.

Growing up in a musically likely family members, Noel established his love for music at an early age. He mastered playing violin, mandolin, and guitar and also developed his very first band, The Strangers, at a young age. In his late teens, he signed up with a British band called The Loving Kind however rapidly made a decision to seek more possibilities in London.

In 1966, an unforeseen experience with Chas Chandler, a previous bassist for the Animals, transformed Noel's life around. Chandler was searching for a bass gamer for the emerging and astonishing guitarist, Jimi Hendrix. Although Noel had mainly played guitar, his capabilities safeguarded him the placement as bass guitar player for The Jimi Hendrix Experience. Alongside Hendrix as well as drummer Mitch Mitchell, Noel started a groundbreaking musical journey that solidified the band's heritage.

From 1966 to 1969, The Jimi Hendrix Experience released three seriously well-known cds: "Are You Experienced" (1967), "Axis: Bold as Love" (1967), and "Electric Ladyland" (1968). These albums showcased Noel's exceptional skills, adding dramatically to their success. The band dissolved in 1969 adhering to artistic and individual distinctions.

While Noel's work with Hendrix had actually highlighted his career, he remained to go after music past The Jimi Hendrix Experience, creating the band Fat Mattress, which released two cds without achieving terrific industrial success. In 1972, Noel and also drummer Les Sampson developed The Noel Redding Band, with 2 cds launched, "Clonakilty Cowboys" (1975) and also "Blowin'" (1976).

Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, Redding submersed himself in different musical jobs and occasional get-togethers with his past bandmates, such as a 1991 joint efficiency with Mitch Mitchell at the Seattle Center Museum. In the 1990s, Noel Redding settled in Clonakilty, Ireland, as well as began composing his autobiography labelled "Are You Experienced? The Inside Story of The Jimi Hendrix Experience," which was published in 1990.

Noel Redding died on May 11, 2003, at the age of 57, in his residence in Clonakilty. His payments to the songs world, specifically his work with Jimi Hendrix, continue to be a monumental influence on several rock artists who adhered to in his steps. Noel Redding's heritage as a cutting-edge and also gifted musician withstands, ensuring his area in the record of rock-and-roll history.

Our collection contains 19 quotes who is written / told by Noel.

Related authors: Jimi Hendrix (Musician), Lawrence Taylor (Athlete)

19 Famous quotes by Noel Redding

"The first band I was in, I think was called The Strangers. I got the sack because I was too small!"

"Well, I'd had the Fat Mattress earlier as a writing outlet for songs and that"

"We had no sleep or days off or anything like that and then, when the band became big, Hendrix became a star and looked down at us lot"

"The Fat Mattress consisted of people I'd played with before joining the 'Experience and it was put together as a song writing situation"

"My lady, Deborah McNaughton is doing a documentary on me"

"I wouldn't know how I would have coped with The Beatles' sort of fame"

"Well, the first day we went through three songs, very basically"

"It was rehearsing in the studio, at which point they were setting up the sound, and once we'd got the thing together they'd actually record it, without us knowing sometimes!"

"I'd gone professional when I was about seventeen"

"I was the first guy to join the band with Hendrix"

"I took up violin because my best mate had taken it up, so I did likewise"

"Hendrix rehearsed different drummers, before we met Mitch Mitchell"

"My personal favourite is Jeff Beck. All the others are wonderful as well"

"I suppose the old natural stuff would be ok, the old mushroom, but I wouldn't advise anyone to do it"

"I came to join the Experience by going for an audition for Eric Burdon who was just forming the New Animals at that point, after the original Animals had broken up"

"At the age of nine, playing the violin at school, and then onto the mandolin"

"On Ain't No Telling I came up with the bass solo"

"Everybody was starting to grow long hair and wear pink suits and purple glasses and stuff and then, I suppose, some people thought we were crazy, but we weren't really crazy because we're all still here!"

"But people are now realising why I was playing bass with Hendrix"