Victory The Sheriff V44

It’s interesting how much difference a few months makes, at least when it comes to Hendrix albums.

- Jamie Dickson

A few months ago Mick Taylor of That Pedal Show, renowned jazz guitarist Denny Ilett and I took on the challenge of performing Jimi’s second album on its 50th anniversary. We’d already performed Are You Experienced at Bristol’s Colston Hall a few months previously at the excellent International Jazz & Blues Festival, so we dived into Jimi’s follow-up with relish. We were quickly reminded, however, that Axis: Bold As Love is quite a different animal, sonically, than ...Experienced. It’s a true studio album and, Spanish Castle Magic aside, not many of its tracks were staples of Jimi’s live performances. It’s easy to see why. There are lots of overdubs and spacey interludes that don’t lend themselves to performance in a power trio. With three of us available on guitar and a raft of effects to hand, though, the task of emulating the album’s fantastic soundscapes gets a bit easier.