Experience Hendrix

Experience Hendrix, fourth edition, biennial concert tour featuring an all-star line up of music greats paying homage to the music and legacy of Jimi Hendrix launches March 2010 with special performances across the country including DPAC, Durham Performing Arts Center on Sunday, March 28, 2010.

’The competition among America’s best theaters was fierce for dates on this very special and limited tour,” said Bob Klaus, GM DPAC. ’We’re thrilled that DPAC was once again selected to host what we think is a unique and one of a kind live entertainment experience.”

Featured artists who will be performing music written and inspired by Jimi Hendrix at DPAC. Include some of the best known and most respected artists in contemporary rock and blues including Billy Cox, Joe Satriani, Sacred Steel featuring Robert Randolph, Jonny Lang, Eric Johnson, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Ernie Isley, Brad Whitford (of Aerosmith), Doyle Bramhall II, Living Colour, and Double Trouble’s Chris Layton.

Cox first befriended Hendrix when the two were in the 101st Airborne division of the US Army. Cox played in both the Jimi Hendrix Experience and Band of Gypsys and performed with Hendrix at such landmark festivals as Woodstock and the Isle of Wight. Cox commented, "It’s a thrill for me to play Jimi’s music for audiences now as it was in the 1960s. The Experience Hendrix tours have shown how timeless this music really is." Joe Satriani remarked, "I finally get to pay tribute to my hero the right way, on stage with an amazing, once in a lifetime line up of musicians!"

Kenny Wayne Shepherd, a veteran of several Experience Hendrix tours remarked "Jimi Hendrix’s music has really inspired to push the limits of my own music. He didn’t observe any boundaries musically. He was an amazing player and a tremendous showman so I incorporated some of his showmanship in what I do." As far as having been part of the Experience Hendrix touring phenomenon, Shepherd noted, "It touches you on the inside and gets you fired up."

The Experience Hendrix Tour is presented by Experience Hendrix, LLC, the Hendrix family-owned company founded by James A. "Al" Hendrix, Jimi’s father, entrusted with preserving and protecting the legacy of Jimi Hendrix.
 

Related Links

• Experience Hendrix Website