Noel Redding

35

Noel Redding : biography

25 December 1945 – 2003-5-11

Noel Redding moved to Ireland in 1972. He formed The Noel Redding Band with Eric Bell from Thin Lizzy, Dave Clarke, Les Sampson, and Robbie Walsh. Despite the band’s name, Redding shared songwriting and lead vocal duties equally with Clarke. They released two albums for RCA, three tours of the Netherlands, two tours of England, one tour of Ireland, and a 10 week tour in the US. The band dissolved after a dispute with their management company. Tracks recorded for a third unreleased album were later released as The Missing Album on Mouse Records.

In his book Are You Experienced? (co-authored with Carol Appleby) he spoke openly about his disappointment in his being cut off from the profits of the continued sale of the Hendrix recordings. He was forced to sign away his royalties in 1974 and later had to sell the bass guitar he used during that time. Redding had received $100,000 (equivalent to about $ in today’s funds) as a one-off payment after he had been told that there would be no more releases of Jimi Hendrix Experience material. (This was before the advent of CDs and DVDs.) Right up until his death, Redding had been planning legal action against the Hendrix estate for payment estimated at £3.26 million for his part in Hendrix’s recording and for ongoing royalties.

Redding was married to Danish schoolteacher Susanne Redding.

Redding recorded and toured sporadically through the years, occasionally doing session work for other artists, including Thin Lizzy and Traffic. He performed with the rock band Phish in 1993. He also formed Shut Up Frank with Dave Clarke, Mick Avory of The Kinks and Dave Rowberry of The Animals. They toured extensively and recorded several albums. Frankie_LaRocka was back playing drums for a New York band Hot Monkey Love and with Noel Redding on a 2002 live album recorded at Prague.

Discography

With The Loving Kind
  • "Accidental Love"/"Nothing Can Change This Love" (Piccadilly 7N 35299) 1966.
  • "Love The Things You Do"/"Treat Me Nice" (Piccadilly 7N 35318) 1966.
  • "Ain’t That Peculiar"/"With Rhyme And Reason" (Piccadilly 7N 35342) 1966.
With The Jimi Hendrix Experience
  • Are You Experienced (1967) Polydor.
  • Axis: Bold as Love (1967) Track.
  • Electric Ladyland (1968) Track.
  • Smash Hits (1968) Track.
  • Radio One (1989) Castle Communications.
  • BBC Sessions (1998) MCA.
  • The Experience Sessions (2004) Image Entertainment.
  • Valleys of Neptune (2010) Sony Legacy.
With Fat Mattress
  • Fat Mattress (1969) Polydor.
  • Fat Mattress II (1970) Polydor.
  • "Naturally"/"Iridescent Butterfly" (Polydor 56352) 1969.
  • "Magic Lanterns"/"Bright New Way" (Polydor 56367) 1969.
  • "Highway"/"Black Sheep Of The Family" (Polydor 2058 053) 1970. (Does not perform on either track, but co-wrote the a-side)
With Road
  • Road (1972) Natural Resources (a division of Motown); not to be confused with another band named The Road that had 2 LPs on Kama Sutra
With Noel Redding Band (aka The Clonakilty Cowboys)
  • Clonakilty Cowboys (1975) RCA.
  • Blowin’ (1976) RCA.
  • "Roller Coaster Kids"/"Snowstorm" (RCA 2662).
  • "Take It Easy"/"Back On The Road Again" (RCA PB 9026).
With Lord Sutch and Heavy Friends
  • Lord Sutch and Heavy Friends (1970) Atlantic.

Sources

  • Lord Sutch and Heavy Friends

Category:1945 births Category:2003 deaths Category:Deaths from cirrhosis Category:Disease-related deaths in Ireland Category:English expatriates in Ireland Category:English male singers Category:English rock bass guitarists Category:English songwriters Category:People from Folkestone Category:The Jimi Hendrix Experience members Category:British rhythm and blues boom musicians Category:People educated at The Harvey Grammar School

Death

Redding was found dead in his home in Clonakilty on 11 May 2003. A post mortem was carried out on 13 May at Cork University Hospital in Wilton, Cork. The report concluded that Redding died from "shock haemorrhage due to oesophageal varices in reaction to cirrhosis of the liver".UniVibes, Issue 46, December 2003 He was 57 years old. In the village of Ardfield, local people erected a plaque to his memory.

A compilation CD and record entitled The Experience Sessions was released by Experience Hendrix, LLC in 2004. Along with the released tracks ("She’s So Fine" and "Little Miss Strange") the collection contains rare and unreleased Redding-penned songs recorded by The Jimi Hendrix Experience. Most of the tracks are outtakes from Axis: Bold As Love and Electric Ladyland, and feature Redding predominantly on guitar (with Hendrix on bass). It also features a live version of Hendrix’s "Red House" with Redding on rhythm guitar.