Londres ( Les Cousins) : 5 octobre 1966

Londres ( Les Cousins) : 5 octobre 1966

Jam avec Roosevelt Sykes et divers bluesmen américains.

Témoignage de Andy Matheou ( un chypriote grec) : "At that time there were a lot of American bluesmen here, and Alexis Corner thought it would be good to get everyone together for an all-nighter with him topping the gig. That was the night Hendrix came in with Chas Chandler, his manager. And nobody had ever seen him before, this pale, quiet dude, and he just paid his money and walked in with no fuss. Later they asked him to play and he plugs in his white Fender and does, all his stuff with his teeths and just blows everybody's mind. Afterwards somebody says to Alexis, "Wow, he's great, isn't he?" and Alexis just nods and says in that voice of his, " Pretty good, yeah, pretty good." i mean, imagine seeing Hendrix for the first time. PRETTY GOOD."

NOTE : Les bluesmen américains dont il est fait référence étaient venus participer au 5ème "American Folk Blues Festival" au Royal Albert Hall de Londres. Parmi eux on peut citer : Roosevelt Sykes, Otis Rush, Jack Mayers Little Brother Montgomery, Sleepy John Estes, Sippie Wallace, Robert Pete Williams et Big Joe Turner.
Source : C.Glebeek