has anyone ever heard Eire Apparent?

[Rabs]

So this is something I only recently learned from a friend of mine whos a music nut case.. Hes like a walking encyclopaedia when it comes to music..

 

Anyway.. So there was this band and apparently Hendrix was producing their stuff and played the odd bit here and there.. thought it was interesting enough for the Hendrix fans to share (if you didn't already know :)).

 

Heres the blurb

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eire_Apparent

 

Eire Apparent

 

In 1967 the band moved to London and were signed by ex-Animal Chas Chandler and Mike Jeffery, who changed the band's name to 'Eire Apparent'[7] - Jeffery wanted to exploit the Irish dimension and his wife came up with the new name.

 

Eire Apparent were briefly signed to Track Records, who also handled Chandler and Jeffery's protégé Jimi Hendrix, and recorded one single, "Follow Me" / "Here I Go Again," released in January 1968, before they left Track.[7] Despite only having released the one single, Chandler and Jeffery sent them on tour to North America with headliners The Animals during February and March 1968. Things went well until, in Vancouver, Canada in mid February, McCullough was busted for possession of marijuana and sent back to Ireland, so guitarist Mick Cox (born Michael Charles Cox, 1943, Gillingham, Kent, died August 2008; formerly of The Alleykatz and The End) flew out to take his place in the band.[9] By May McCullough had joined Sweeney's Men in Ireland.[10]

 

The new line-up continued to tour North America with the Jimi Hendrix Experience and Soft Machine, and held recording sessions in New York's Record Plant studio with Hendrix in May (probably taping their next single "Let Me Stay" / "Yes I Need Someone").[11] The album Sunrise was mostly cut in late October 1968 in Los Angeles, with Jimi Hendrix producing. Hendrix also played on a number of tracks (including "Yes I Need Someone" and "The Clown"), whilst Noel Redding, Mitch Mitchell and Robert Wyatt are also credited (Redding and Wyatt singing on "1026" and/or "The Clown").[1][5][10] The album was released on Buddah Records in the US and the UK in May 1969.[7]

 

Cox was replaced by guitarist David "Tiger" Taylor in November 1968, shortly after the album was recorded.[5] Taylor had already been a member of The People during 1965, and he co-wrote their "Rock 'N' Roll Band" single recorded in London in January 1969, again featuring Jimi Hendrix. This line up of Taylor, Graham, Stewart and Lutton then toured Europe with Hendrix and in April 1969 recorded the band's only Peel Session.[12] Guitarist Peter Tolson is also cited as having replaced Taylor on this session.[13] Guitarist Steve Jolly formerly of Sam Apple Pie later joined the band.[citation needed]

 

In May 1969, Beat Instrumental reported that they were recording tracks for a second Eire Apparent album (reportedly produced by Soft Machine drummer Robert Wyatt) but it never saw the light of day. In May 1970, hardly noticed by the public, the band broke up.

 

 

So lets play.. spot the Hendrix bits ;) ( I think they are quite apparent :))

 

[cjsinla]

Heard of them only. Also, Hendrix produced a band called Cat Mother and the All Night Newsboys. I did see them open for Hendrix at the Forum in Los Angeles but never heard another peep out of them. You can find them on Wikipedia also.

 

Cat Mother

 

[Rabs]

Heard of them only. Also, Hendrix produced a band called Cat Mother and the All Night Newsboys. I did see them open for Hendrix at the Forum in Los Angeles but never heard another peep out of them. You can find them on Wikipedia also.

 

Cat Mother

Cool. Cheers for that I will look into it.

 

Im a huge Hendrix fan so am not sure how I missed this lol :)

[Rabs]

Heard of them only. Also, Hendrix produced a band called Cat Mother and the All Night Newsboys. I did see them open for Hendrix at the Forum in Los Angeles but never heard another peep out of them. You can find them on Wikipedia also.

 

Cat Mother

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_Mother_%26_the_All_Night_Newsboys

The single and the band's first album, The Street Giveth and the Street Taketh Away, were produced by Jimi Hendrix.[4] The association with Hendrix came through the band meeting him in New York City. Cat Mother was initially managed by Michael Jeffrey, who also managed Hendrix.[5] Cat Mother opened for Hendrix on several occasions, as a result. Other notable early appearances included playing at the Toronto Rock and Roll Revival, the historic concert headlined by The Doors, where John Lennon and The Plastic Ono Band appeared in a surprise performance.