[Deathwatch] Noel Redding, Jimi Hendrix bassist, 58

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Hendrix bassist Redding dies
Tuesday, May 13, 2003 Posted: 6:52 AM EDT (1052 GMT)

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LONDON, England (Reuters) -- Noel Redding, bass player in the band of
legendary rock guitarist Jimi Hendrix, has died, his manager said. 

"Noel passed away. Noel Redding Born 25th December 1945, Died 11th May
2003,'' manager Ian Grant said on his website, www.trackrecords.co.uk. 


"Noel reunites with Jimi and his mother Margaret who died only a few
weeks ago,'' he wrote. He gave no details of the circumstances of
Redding's death. 

Experience Hendrix, the company that looks after the guitarist's
catalogue, also confirmed his death on its website,
www.jimi-hendrix.com. 

Redding, along with drummer Mitch Mitchell, backed Hendrix on the 1967
debut album "Are You Experienced,'' an instant classic which introduced
Hendrix as a singer, composer and above all virtuoso of the electric
guitar. 

With songs like "Purple Haze,'' "Hey Joe'' and "The Wind Cries Mary,''
and a sound that mixed hard rock with blues and soul, it was one of the
most influential albums in a year that saw such classics as the
Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. 

The trio recorded several more landmark albums until Hendrix dissolved
it shortly before his death in 1970. 

In recent years, Redding was said to have complained about difficulties
winning royalties for some of his recordings.