Death Watch '03: Noel Redding
By Paul Shrug, Section News Posted on Tue May 13th, 2003 at 08:05:44 AM PDT
Warmest greetings! More death! Noel Redding, bassist for the Jimi Hendrix Experience, provided me with the difficult and ultimately failed task of finding another euphemism for death rather than "kissed the sky" at age 57.

Redding was overshadowed by the guy who played guitar in the Jimi Hendrix Experience, but played several classic basslines. The one that pops into my head first is "Manic Depression," but in looking back that bassline just mirrored the guitar line, didn't it? Well, Redding was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992 and squabbled with the Hendrix estate for his entire life. In 1995 he played a Jimi Hendrix guitar tribute in Seattle. The rest of the time he spent at his home in Ireland. As a cold-hearted Rolling Stone letter-writer said, I guess this puts the kibosh on a JHE reunion. Your Hall Monitor of Death says this item is nowhere half as interesting as the news that Elvis Costello is marrying Diana Krall.

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