PAUL GILBERT CELEBRATES 35TH ANNIVERSARY OF TRIBUTE TO JIMI HENDRIX
- OUT ON JUNE 12 ON MUSIC THEORIES RECORDINGS -
Hot on the heels of his latest studio album WROC, released last February, we're announcing ANOTHER album from the guitarist extraordinaire.
Paul Gilbert will re-release his 1991 album Tribute to Jimi Hendrix to celebrate its 35th Anniversary on 12 June via Music Theories Recordings, marking the album’s first official digital release.
It’s the album that almost never was, or never should have been. Picture the scene: It's June 2, 1991 and Paul Gilbert was invited to the Frankfurt Jazz Festival in Germany to trade a few solos with Albert Collins, who was headlining the festival. However, shortly after arriving at the venue, Gilbert learned that Collins had suffered a sudden health issue and would be unable to perform.
The promoter of the festival quickly assembled a backing band using the bassist and drummer from Ten Years After, the group led by Alvin Lee, who were also appearing at the festival. It was only hours before showtime. The only thing Paul could think to do was to quickly rehearse some Jimi Hendrix songs, and make the solos long enough to fill up a whole set. So the band and Paul jumped into rehearsal, and a couple hours later, did the show with scorching renditions of ‘Red House.’ ‘Hey Joe,’ ‘Highway Chile,’ ‘Midnight’ and ‘Purple Haze’.
The Vinyl and CD have been out of print form many years, and are now available to pre-order again!
Click to pre-order Tribute To Jimi Hendrix from the Mascot Webstore:
