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Noel Redding was an English rock musician best known as the bass player for the Jimi Hendrix Experience and guitarist/singer for Fat Mattress. After leaving the Experience in 1969, he formed several other bands, including Road and the Noel Redding Band, before largely stepping away from the music industry in the 1980s.
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David Noel Reddingwas an English rock musician, best known as the bass player for the Jimi Hendrix Experience and guitarist/singer for Fat Mattress.
Following his departure from the Experience in 1969 and the dissolution of Fat Mattress in 1970, Redding formed the short-lived group Road in the United States, which released the self-titled album Road before he re-located to Clonakilty, Ireland, in 1972. There he formed the Noel Redding Band with former Thin Lizzy guitarist Eric Bell, with whom he released two albums. Although by the 1980s Redding had largely removed himself from the music business, he would later perform around his new hometown with wife Carol Appleby.
He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992 as a member of the Jimi Hendrix Experience.
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Noel Redding was an English rock musician, best known as the bass player for the Jimi Hendrix Experience and guitarist/singer for Fat Mattress.
After leaving the Jimi Hendrix Experience in 1969, Noel Redding formed the short-lived group Road in the United States, which released a self-titled album, before relocating to Clonakilty, Ireland, and forming the Noel Redding Band with former Thin Lizzy guitarist Eric Bell.
Noel Redding was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992 as a member of the Jimi Hendrix Experience.
In addition to the Jimi Hendrix Experience, Noel Redding was also the guitarist/singer for the band Fat Mattress, and later formed the groups Road and the Noel Redding Band.
In 1972, Noel Redding re-located to Clonakilty, Ireland, where he formed the Noel Redding Band with former Thin Lizzy guitarist Eric Bell.
Noel Redding was the bass player for the Jimi Hendrix Experience from the band’s formation in 1966 until his departure in 1969.
Noel Redding passed away on May 11, 2003.
19 Quotes by Noel Redding
- 1.
But people are now realising why I was playing bass with Hendrix.
Noel ReddingEnglish rock and roll guitarist (1945-2003)
- 2.
I wouldn’t know how I would have coped with The Beatles’ sort of fame.
Noel ReddingEnglish rock and roll guitarist (1945-2003)
- 3.
We had no sleep or days off or anything like that and then, when the band became big, Hendrix became a star and looked down at us lot.
Noel ReddingEnglish rock and roll guitarist (1945-2003)
- 4.
On Ain’t No Telling I came up with the bass solo.
Noel ReddingEnglish rock and roll guitarist (1945-2003)
- 5.
My personal favourite is Jeff Beck. All the others are wonderful as well.
Noel ReddingEnglish rock and roll guitarist (1945-2003)
- 6.
The Fat Mattress consisted of people I’d played with before joining the ‘Experience and it was put together as a song writing situation.
Noel ReddingEnglish rock and roll guitarist (1945-2003)
- 7.
At the age of nine, playing the violin at school, and then onto the mandolin.
Noel ReddingEnglish rock and roll guitarist (1945-2003)
- 8.
My lady, Deborah McNaughton is doing a documentary on me.
Noel ReddingEnglish rock and roll guitarist (1945-2003)
- 9.
Hendrix rehearsed different drummers, before we met Mitch Mitchell.
Noel ReddingEnglish rock and roll guitarist (1945-2003)
- 10.
I came to join the Experience by going for an audition for Eric Burdon who was just forming the New Animals at that point, after the original Animals had broken up.
Noel ReddingEnglish rock and roll guitarist (1945-2003)
- 11.
Everybody was starting to grow long hair and wear pink suits and purple glasses and stuff and then, I suppose, some people thought we were crazy, but we weren’t really crazy because we’re all still here!
Noel ReddingEnglish rock and roll guitarist (1945-2003)
- 12.
It was rehearsing in the studio, at which point they were setting up the sound, and once we’d got the thing together they’d actually record it, without us knowing sometimes!
Noel ReddingEnglish rock and roll guitarist (1945-2003)
- 13.
I suppose the old natural stuff would be ok, the old mushroom, but I wouldn’t advise anyone to do it.
Noel ReddingEnglish rock and roll guitarist (1945-2003)
- 14.
Well, the first day we went through three songs, very basically.
Noel ReddingEnglish rock and roll guitarist (1945-2003)
- 15.
I’d gone professional when I was about seventeen.
Noel ReddingEnglish rock and roll guitarist (1945-2003)
- 16.
I took up violin because my best mate had taken it up, so I did likewise.
Noel ReddingEnglish rock and roll guitarist (1945-2003)
- 17.
The first band I was in, I think was called The Strangers. I got the sack because I was too small!
Noel ReddingEnglish rock and roll guitarist (1945-2003)
- 18.
I was the first guy to join the band with Hendrix.
Noel ReddingEnglish rock and roll guitarist (1945-2003)
- 19.
Well, I’d had the Fat Mattress earlier as a writing outlet for songs and that.
Noel ReddingEnglish rock and roll guitarist (1945-2003)