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Kathy Etchingham:
This is a photo of Jimi outside 34 Montagu Square.
The flat belonged to Ringo Starr and we stayed there with Chas and Lotta after we had to move out of the Hyde Park Towers Hotel. I jumped on the bed at the Hyde Park Towers and the floor collapsed because the floorboards were rotten. They had to close the hotel to repair the rot.
To read about Montagu Square click on the link below.
www.kathyetchingham.com/34-montagu-square/
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Variety | COLUMNS | MUSIC
03.07.13 | 04:00AM PT
The Jimi Hendrix Biopic Experience: Perpetual Haze
'All Is By My Side' treads careful path on rights issues, real-life personalities
By Noë Gold
The road to mounting a Jimi Hendrix biopic has been long and winding, frequently stalled by the roadblock that stood in the way — Experience Hendrix LLC, the estate’s tightly controlled rights and marketing organization, whose CEO is Janie Hendrix, the adopted daughter of Hendrix’s late father — without whose cooperation no Hendrix-penned music can be used in a film.
As the saying goes, be careful what you wish for.
“All Is By My Side,” shot last summer in Ireland and current in post, is doing exactly that. With Andre Benjamin (aka Andre 3000) starring as Hendrix, Hayley Atwell as his live-in London love Kathy Etchingham and Imogen Poots as Linda Keith, the film focuses on Hendrix’s pre-stardom period in swinging London. The biopic has not received permission from the Hendrix estate to use any of his music, and some of the guitarist’s associates are fuming that they were left out of the loop.
With the help of music supervisor Danny Bramson, who is also a producer, the film is using its cover as an origins story to feature music not written by Hendrix but rather songs by artists including the Beatles, Muddy Waters and Chip Taylor (“Wild Thing”), which Benjamin has recorded for the soundtrack.
You won’t be hearing “The Wind Cries Mary” in this film, and the woman for whom that song was written, Etchingham, is not pleased by the prospect of the film’s release or about how she is portrayed in it. She said she was not consulted about the storyline.
Etchingham said she contacted the filmmakers and offered help but did not get a reply. “I later read in the Independent that Hayley Atwell was playing my character and that I would be portrayed as a ‘wild child’ who swore in every line. I felt that it would not be an accurate portrayal.”
The article she cites describes Atwell’s account of the movie, in which she commented on playing Etchingham as a working-class Mancunian who was a “chain-smoking wild child” with a “tempestuous relationship with Jimi.”
Etchingham’s reaction: “Firstly, I am not from Manchester. I am actually Irish … my father’s family were prosperous Irish landowners and owned property in Dublin and Wexford. They could not be described as working-class. I am not prone to swear all the time. I was not a ‘wild child’ like other ‘rock chicks.’ My friends used to tell me how sensible I was.
“I don’t know where the screenwriter got this misinformation from. I’m sure a good film could be done about his London days, but it would probably be better in collaboration with people who actually knew Jimi personally, like me and Roger Mayer, Madeline Bell, etc.”
Mayer, the former British Navy engineer and close Hendrix personal friend who has been credited with co-creating the guitarist’s signature sound, noted that scenes in the film seem to depict Hendrix as a domestic abuser. “It seems these naughty filmmakers haven’t researched anything properly,” he said.
It has been 43 years since Jimi Hendrix died at the age of 27. To date, only documentaries, such as 1973’s “Jimi Hendrix,” which features the real personalities and live performances of the people in Hendrix’s life, including his father, Al Hendrix, Mick Jagger, bassist Billy Cox and Eric Clapton, have been produced.
Laurence Fishburne was close to mounting a biopic in 1993 based on the David Henderson biography, “‘Scuse Me While I Kiss the Sky” with himself in the title role. But since he could not use Hendrix’s music, the pic never got made. Since then, prospective projects featuring Eddie Murphy, Will Smith and even Prince have failed to cohere.
The most recent project to have tried and failed was a Legendary Pictures effort in 2011 with director Paul Greengrass (“The Bourne Ultimatum”) attached. But because the estate would not give Legendary topper Thomas Tull its blessing to use Hendrix songs such as “Foxy Lady,” “Voodoo Child” and “Purple Haze,” Tull opted not to proceed.
Janie Hendrix had this to say at the time: “When we do the Jimi Hendrix feature film bio, we will be involved and in control from the beginning.”
Representatives from Experience Hendrix did not respond to requests for comment.
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HAYLEY ATWELL
JIMI HENDRIX
KATHY ETCHINGHAM
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What's new:
* Lovepedal Eternity
* Lovepedal Black Beauty Balance
* Lovepedal Toxic II
* Lovepedal COT50
* Subdecay Blackstar
Already sold, but pictured in this photo:
* Lovepedal Black Magic
* Subdecay Blackstar
Just about every brand of guitar effect pedal has been through my hands in the 25 years I have been doing this. Vintage Guitar effect pedals. Classic EFFECTORS! MXR VOX EH Mu-tron Tycobrahe guild Foxx Jax Colorsound Dallas-Arbiter Roland Boss Ibanez Maestro Univox Mosrite Ludwig Mica
1960s-1970s vintage VOX wahs, Cry Baby, Tone Bender, Dallas Arbiter Fuzz Face and other guitar effect pedals.
Roger Mayer with a a pair of his flying fuzz boxes. For an article entitled "Mr. Wah-Wah" in Guitar World September 1985 "The Unpublished Hendrix" special issue.
"I first met Jimi Hendrix at a club in London called the Bag O'Nails [in January 1967]. He gave a performance there for a lot of people in the music business. Townshend,Clapton, McCartney, The Animals, the Stones. It was like a Who's Who. Of course, I was extreme;y impressed with his playing, to put it mildly. I never, ever, heard a guitar player like that. So when I met him we just got to talking, and I told him I'd been designing sounds; before that I'd done some guitar effects for people like Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page. I happened to grow up in the same neighborhood with all them so I knew them from when we were all young.
"So Jimi said to me: 'Why don't you come down next week, I'm playing a place called Chislehurst Caves.' They're actual caves where people hold rock concerts, famous historical caves in Kent. I went down there and took some of the Octavia pedals I'd been working on. Jimi loved the pedals and we got on like a house afire.
We went into the studio [a bit later] for a recording session. That night we began recording two tunes. One was 'Purple Haze' and the other was 'Fire.' So he was using the stuff two weeks after I met him."
The follow-up single, 'The Wind Cries Mary' – `written for Jimi's girlfriend Kathy Etchingham – was a cool breeze by comparison. When Roger entered their lives, Jimi and Kathy were sharing a flat with Chas Chandler and his girlfriend at 34 Montagu Square in Marleybone near Marble Arch. Roger would regularly visit Jimi and also accompany him to studio sessions, concerts and jams in the coming months. As a trusted and highly skilled accomplice he had considerable influence on the way Jimi's stuff was recorded, and the sounds that came from his guitar.
As he had been for Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck before, and as he would become with Stevie Wonder, the Isley Brothers, George Clinton and Bob Marley, Roger was the "secret sauce," the mystery man behind the scenes of The Sound.
Right, another pedal shot. What's changed since the last shot:
Gone:
* Boss CE-2
* Arion SCH-1
* Yamaha FL-01
New:
* Zoom Tri-Metal
* DOD 201
On the way:
This is one of the most over looked keys to getting that early Brian May tone. This was later replaced by the Boss Chorus Ensemble.
Obligatory gut shot. Basically it's just the first two stages of the Octavia, with a few minor tweaks
Another gear shot.
Gone:
* Colorsound Supa Tonebender.
* HAO Rust Driver.
* Two of my Vox Tone Benders.
* Nobels ODR-1 (nice, but noisy).
New:
* Hermida Mosferatu.
* Roger Mayer Mongoose.
* Boss VF-1 (not pictured because not a pedal).
Roger Mayer and Ernie Isley at a club in Woodstock, NY 12498 celebrate Jimi's Birthday Nov. 27, 1987.
Photo by © Noe Gold
Do not distribute on pain of death.
by: Noe Gold
I just talked to Roger and he is doing well, still being a guru to countless tone-freaks far and wide. Big hugs from him and Connie!
Watch this space for further deets. I'll email you some stuff.
Mark Bosch: got to admit, I miss the ole boy and u too G-whiz! where is he living these days?
He sez he's in Kingston, the posh-ier part north of London. Worcester Park, Surrey KT4 7DF, to be exact. Still salty as ever and Celebrated far and wide as a "FOJ" (Friend of Jimi):
www.roger-mayer.co.uk/history.htm
Guitar Effects Pedals by Roger Mayer - History
10-20-11:
Hey Rog,
It was ever so charming talking with you this a.m.
I think I'm gonna do up a blog entry just about you for old times' sake.
PS, Karin sez we have a couple of plane tickets for London, so we may be seeing you around Christmas time! Big hugs to Connie.
Attached are a couple-a pics I dug up from my "bin" I also have one of the Rocket done up as Eddie Van Halen's paint job and some more I'll be sending you. This one on Flickr can be accessed by this link:
www.flickr.com/photos/doctor_noe/2568560928/in/set-721576...
Here's what it says on my Flickr page:
JimiGalaxyAd#2.jpg
P. 165 "Do You Know This Face? Then you know THIS Face. ... You know Roger Mayer's Classic Fuzz, the very same fuzz distortion circuit that Roger designed for Jimi Hendrix during his tenure as the master's sound technician ..." This is one of the ads I published in numerous music magazines of the mid-'80s in which I touted my Guitar Galaxy mail-order company. Guitar Galaxy continues to flourish today!
Vol. 9, No. 2 MARCH 1988 THE UNPUBLISHED HENDRIX
>"}}}}”> Noe Gold, aka Noe the G is the Founding Editor of Guitar World magazine. Among his most cherished achievements is the creation, with partner Bill Nitopi,curator of the Hendrix Collection Archives and an editor-at-large of Guitar World, of two humongous Special Issues: Vol. 6, No. 5 SEPTEMBER, 1985 SPECIAL JIMI HENDRIX TRIBUTE! and Vol. 9, No. 2 MARCH 1988 THE UNPUBLISHED HENDRIX. Noe Gold blogs at Doctor Noe's Smooth Gadgetdoctornoemedia.blogspot.com.
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• Andre Benjamin w Hayley Atwell (who plays Kathy Etchingham) x 2 in stills from "All Is By My Side."
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Jimi's Birthday Nov. 27, 1986 w/ Roger Mayer, Richie Havens, Ernie Isley, Bill Perry and Noe the G. celebrate Jimi's birthday.
"Do You Know This Face? Then you know THIS Face. ... You know Roger Mayer's Classic Fuzz, the very same fuzz distortion circuit that Roger designed for Jimi Hendrix during his tenure as the master's sound technician ..." This is one of the ads I published in numerous music magazines...
It was actually Billy Perry's birthday / Jimi's birthday in Piermont NY. Not only were Ernie Isley and Roger there, but Richie Havens, and -- get this -- Noe the G played harp. Watch this space.
Gary Serkin: Roger introduced me to you and Ernie that night in Woodstock and we sat at the same table together during the show. I also remember you and I went out to Roger's car and he gave us both a blue classic Fuzz Face.
I remember the gig at Joyous Lake, just don't remember specifics. Looking at the snapshots from this session, on the back (dated January 1987) in Nitopi's handwriting everybody I just mentioned – Roger Mayer, Ernie, Richie, Billy Perry, Noe the G are at the gig in Piermont, which I also remember going to. I remember performing in Piermont but not at Joyous Lake. When you see the other pics (scanner is resting right now), you will see same tie-dye backdrop, lighting, wardrobe in all pics. Only thing different in shot of Richie Havens with Billy Perry Band is drum kit not Ludwig w "Rainbow Bridge" festooned, but TAMA. So maybe changed personnel.
Starting At Zero
@hendrix_saz
The secret of my sound is largely the electronic genius of our tame boffin, who's known to us as Roger the Valve (Roger Mayer).
- JIMI HENDRIX
Jimi's Birthday Nov. 27, 1986 w/ Roger Mayer, Richie Havens, Ernie Isley, Bill Perry and Noe the G. celebrate Jimi's birthday.
"Do You Know This Face? Then you know THIS Face. ... You know Roger Mayer's Classic Fuzz, the very same fuzz distortion circuit that Roger designed for Jimi Hendrix during his tenure as the master's sound technician ..." This is one of the ads I published in numerous music magazines...
It was actually Billy Perry's birthday / Jimi's birthday in Piermont NY. Not only were Ernie Isley and Roger there, but Richie Havens, and -- get this -- Noe the G played harp. Watch this space.
Gary Serkin: Roger introduced me to you and Ernie that night in Woodstock and we sat at the same table together during the show. I also remember you and I went out to Roger's car and he gave us both a blue classic Fuzz Face.
I remember the gig at Joyous Lake, just don't remember specifics. Looking at the snapshots from this session, on the back (dated January 1987) in Nitopi's handwriting everybody I just mentioned – Roger Mayer, Ernie, Richie, Billy Perry, Noe the G are at the gig in Piermont, which I also remember going to. I remember performing in Piermont but not at Joyous Lake. When you see the other pics (scanner is resting right now), you will see same tie-dye backdrop, lighting, wardrobe in all pics. Only thing different in shot of Richie Havens with Billy Perry Band is drum kit not Ludwig w "Rainbow Bridge" festooned, but TAMA. So maybe changed personnel.
Starting At Zero
@hendrix_saz
The secret of my sound is largely the electronic genius of our tame boffin, who's known to us as Roger the Valve (Roger Mayer).
- JIMI HENDRIX
• Jimi & Kathy Etchingham in the flat on Brooke Street, London where they lived and which is from her book, "Through Gypsy Eyes"
Kathy Etchingham BBC interview:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-21292762
Kathy Etchingham book:
To read about Montagu Square click on the link below.
www.kathyetchingham.com/34-montagu-square/
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This is my current pedal setup for band practice. I have the Boss TU-2, running into my Roger Mayer Voodoo Vibe (which Roger may gave to me in person!), then it goes into the ever so cool, Bass Drive (man the distortion rocks on this unit)
Composer Heather Mcintosh, production designers Bobby Marinelli and Geoff Flint, producers Nate Bolotin, Christo Dimassis, and Roger Mayer, stars Dermot Mulroney and Lindsay Pulsipher