BAND of GYPSYS [NY]

Homebase: NYC, NY.
Misc Notes: Band of Gypsys was the name of the rock group formed by Jimi Hendrix in the wake of the demise of his earlier group, the Jimi Hendrix Experience. Band of Gypsys also the name of their 1970 live album. It was recorded on January 1, 1970, at the Fillmore East theater in New York City with Billy Cox on bass and Buddy Miles on drums. The album mixes funk and rhythm and blues elements with hard rock and jamming, an approach which later became the basis of funk rock. It contains previously unreleased songs and was the last full-length Hendrix album released before his death in 1970.