Billy Cox´s

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Produced by International Artists supremo Lelan Rogers in 1972, and sporting an early Roger Dean cover, this is a tribute to Jimi Hendrix, from his old army pal & Band Of Gypsies bassist. Featuring lashing's of great Hendrixy guitar from Char Vinnedge, with bass & drums backing ala The Experience.This is mindblowing stuff! Reissue of one and only album by Nitro Function, a post Hendrix project by Billy Cox (the gypsy) who used to play in Hendrix's Band Of Gypsy's. Musically obviousely very very Hendrix influenced especially the guitar parts. by Greg Prato Noel Redding was the better known of the 2 bassists that appeared alongside Jimi Hendrix during his brief recording career of 1967-1970 (due to the fact that he played on Hendrix's most acclaimed recordings), but Billy Cox had known and played alongside Hendrix longer. Cox originally met Hendrix back in 1961, when both were serving in the U.S. Army, and stationed in Fort Campbell, Kentucky. Cox was taken by guitar playing he heard coming from inside a 'Service Club' on the military base one day, which turned out to be Hendrix, and soonafter led to the pair holding jam sessions. Both left the military at around the same time, which led to the duo forming the R&B outfit the King Kasuals, and subsequent steady gigs on the 'Chitlin' Circuit' (the black club scene in the south). Hendrix had decided by the mid '60s to try his luck elsewhere, and relocated to New York City, where he was discovered by ex-Animals bassist Chas Chan

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