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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Ben Beaumont-Thomas

Estates of Jimi Hendrix bandmates can sue over royalties dispute

Noel Redding, Jimi Hendrix and Mitch Mitchell.
Noel Redding, Jimi Hendrix and Mitch Mitchell. Photograph: Dezo Hoffman/Shutterstock

The estates of two British musicians who laid down the rhythms on Jimi Hendrix’s greatest hits are able to sue Sony Music Entertainment, in the hope that they can secure a share of the songs’ royalties.

Bassist Noel Redding and drummer Mitch Mitchell joined the Jimi Hendrix Experience in 1966 and played on the group’s three studio albums: Are You Experienced, Axis: Bold as Love and Electric Ladyland, landmarks in psychedelic rock which contain classics such as Purple Haze, Little Wing, Hey Joe and Foxey Lady.

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