Hendrix tribute DVD to be released

Thirty-four years after his death, Jimi Hendrix continues to enthrall his fans and attract new ones.

In a control room at Electric Lady Studios, the facility Hendrix was building at the time of his death, John McDermott and Janie Hendrix of Experience Hendrix recently worked on two Hendrix-related projects with Eddie Kramer, who engineered all of the guitarist's studio recordings. Experience Hendrix, established by the artist's late father, gained control of his master recordings in 1995.

Like titles involving his contemporaries the Beatles and Bob Dylan, releases by Hendrix or tributes to him are enthusiastically met by a sizable audience. The November 1998 release "Experience Hendrix: The Best of Jimi Hendrix," for example, has sold 1.6 million units, according to Nielsen SoundScan. The two-disc "BBC Sessions," released the same year, has sold 323,000 copies, while the 1999 "Live at Woodstock" and "Live at the Fillmore East" have sold 192,000 and 173,000, respectively. All are on Universal's Experience Hendrix imprint.

The Experience Hendrix team's most recent work involves mixing of recent tribute concerts featuring Hubert Sumlin, Buddy Guy, Jerry Cantrell, Living Color, Kenny Wayne Shepherd and Eric Gales. A DVD release is expected, though no formal plans have been announced.

Source: Reuters