BRINGING THE GOSPEL

 Out on 15 February as a pre-order.

JIMI DOES TOOTING GRANADA

A couple of years ago I published my research results on the Lifelines website, regarding the backstage photos Alec Byrne took at an unknown location.

I had a strong suspicion that the photos might have been taken at the Tooting Granada venue on 30 April 1967, the last night of the Walker Brothers UK tour.

I contacted Byrne’s representative Drew Evans and told him about my thoughts. Evans didn’t know where the photos were taken, but possibly because of my suggestion, he replied: “That shot of the Experience was taken prior to the Tooting gig (we think).”

(Byrne seems to have been a regular at the Granada in Tooting, as he also photographed Roy Orbison at the same venue in March 1967.)

A couple of months ago my dear friend Luigi Garuti was able to confirm my intuition. He found photos of the Walker Brothers backstage at the Tooting Granada, taken a year earlier on 27 April 1966. The walls in the dressing room are the same as the walls in the Byrne photos. We even see the same dressing room sink in both photos.

There is another photo, taken by Colin Neville Purvor, which I also attribute to the same date and location. It is the photo of Jimi reading Bob Dylan's Blonde on Blonde songbook. It seems this was also taken at the Tooting Granada on the same date, although I have not been able to convince Luigi yet.

With special thanks to Luigi Garuti for his excellent research job.

(Don’t forget where you read all the above first…)

FIVE STAR RATING!

Record Collector, July 2024.

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OUT NOW!

Hendrix 1967: Day By Day Part 2 is the latest project by leading authority Ben Valkhoff, in collaboration with Italian researcher and collector Luigi Garuti.

Previous books by the Valkhoff/Garuti team won them a 5-star rating in UK magazines Classic Rock and Record Collector: “Meticulously-detailed, forensically-checked,” “The new gold standard for Hendrix books.”

Valkhoff’s book One Last Experience – The Jimi Hendrix Experience Live At The Royal Albert Hall won him a 4-star rating in UK music magazines Mojo and Record Collector: “Forensic account of the day’s events”, “beautifully presented labour-of-love.”

Hendrix 1967: Day By Day Part 2 is a 392-pages accounting of Jimi’s life during this tumultuous year. The Valkhoff/Garuti team has documented in detail the concerts of The Jimi Hendrix Experience, studio recordings, after-midnight jam sessions, and interviews. Performance details include: setlists, support acts, eyewitness accounts, and anecdotes by fans. This book also gives us a behind-the-scenes look at Jimi’s love life, leisure time, and his encounters with fans.

Updated with new information, thoroughly researched and highly detailed, Hendrix 1967: Day By Day Part 2 sets the benchmark for all publications to come, indispensable to all future Hendrix scholars.

★ Pages: 392
★ Size: 170 x 240 mm

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OUT NOW!

Foxy Papers #11 is now available.

Please note this is the last of the Foxy Papers series.

★ Softcover edition
★ Pages: 180
★ Size: 210 x 297 mm [A4]
★ Full color cover
★ Printed in black and white and color
★ Number color pages: 39.

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FASTIDIOUSLY-STUDIED ACCOUNT

Record Collector magazine, July 2023.

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EXTRAORDINARY STUFF

Classic Rock magazine, June 2023.

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