Janie Hendrix shares memories of her brother Jimi, what's in the Hendrix archives, stories of stolen memorabilia, hunting down rare recordings, her new book "Jimi" and more.
Topics include:
- What are in the Jimi Hendrix archives?
- The early days of pulling together Jimi’s recordings and items
- Paul Allen of Microsoft funded the family to get the rights for Jimi’s work
- What happened to Jimi’s records?
- Lots of Jimi material was stolen
- Counterfeit Jimi Hendrix memorabilia
- People coming to visit the Hendrix family after Jimi’s passing
- Jimi’s gold albums were stolen from the family in 1986
- There are many other recordings still unaccounted for
- Is there a recording of Jimi’s early appearance at the Apollo
- Jimi communications while on the road
- When “Jimmy” became “Jimi”
- Any recordings from the Sue Records period?
- Any recordings from his Café Wha? gigs?
- How the family learned of Jimi’s popularity in the UK
- The partnership with Jimi and Eddie Kramer
- Jimi and Zappa / Mothers Cover
- Working w Dweezil Zappa on Atmos mixes
- Recordings in the archive
- Finding & restoring the tapes and video for the Miami Pop festival
- Unique items in the archive
- Janie’s memories of Jimi in 1970
- Janie and Jimi’s Cosmic Promise
- The next projects of the Hendrix Estate
- The Jimi Hendrix Experience Live at the Los Angeles Forum
- The various international covers of Hendrix LPs
- Paul McCartney and Jimi Hendrix covering one another
- Any lost recordings and collaborations with Jimi
- Interview wrap up
The new book "Jimi"
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