At times during the recording a second lead guitar (at a lower volume than Hendrix's) can be heard playing in an electric blues style. Winter himself has denied that he took part in the jam, saying he never met Jim Morrison. It has been rumored that guitarist Johnny Winter and Hendrix's bassist Noel Redding both appeared on the album. Other personnel were bassist Randy Hobbs and drummer Warren "Bugs" Pemberton of Liverpool band the Undertakers who was living in Greenwich Village at the time. The album is notable for guest vocals from Jim Morrison (improvised lyrics with a strong sexual theme, and showing signs of drunkenness). After being extensively bootlegged, the album was released officially in 1994 by Castle Communications. The album documents Hendrix's jam session at the Scene club, 301 West 46th Street, New York City, in March 1968. Later Releases of the Jam Session: Bleeding Heart is a posthumous live album by American singer/guitarist Jimi Hendrix. Nothing on this LP can be considered essential, but these performances are exciting if you're seriously into Hendrix, and should interest many collectors and historians. Obviously, Morrison's drunken hollering was never meant to be released commercially, and it's important to stress that this bootleg should be taken for what it is - a group of rockers getting together for an informal jam session and having some wild, raucous, obnoxious fun.
The Hendrix estate eventually acquired the master in an effort to prevent further releases.
It has since been released under various other bootleg titles over the years. The recording was later obtained by Eire Apparent's Michael Cox and first released on a bootleg LP in 1972. The same master tape also includes a show by Eire Apparent at The Scene, further connecting it to their run of shows there. All of these tapes were stolen when Jimi died.Īt one point in the Jam, Jimi suggests to Morrison to sing into the recording microphone. He had recently started carrying around with him a tape recorder for these occasions so he wouldn’t lose any musical ideas that would occur while he played. Fortunately Hendrix had his Sony 7" reel-to-reel recorder running and captured this unusual jam on tape. Eire Apparent did not play The Scene until the 18th making a date prior to this rather unlikely. The band was in the studio from late February through early March and had no reason to be on the east coast until March 15th for a show in upstate New York. For some reason, this jam has long been dated to Mabut there is very little to substantiate that date in The Doors' chronology. Neither did Noel Redding or Rick Derringer. It's often claimed that Johnny Winter was present, likely due to his connection with The McCoys, but Winter has said he never met Jim Morrison and did not remember playing that night. Suffice it to say, it's likely more than one set of performers joined Hendrix that night. As this was an informal jam and the known recording contains several cuts, almost anyone could have joined in so it's difficult to know for sure who played on which songs. Many sources claim members of The Scene's house band The McCoy's played, including bassist Randy Jo Hobbs and drummer Warren 'Bugs' Pemberton. Buddy Miles is also thought to perform on some songs. Their line-up at the time featured Michael 'Mick' Cox on guitar, Ernie Graham on guitar, Chris Stewart on bass, and Dave Lutton on drums. Other players that night are believed to include members of the band Eire Apparent, a group from Northern Ireland that toured and shared management with Hendrix and were playing at The Scene from March 18-30. In addition to Hendrix and Morrison, Lester Chambers plays the harmonica and likely supplies some vocals during this jam. Morrison continually moans into the microphone, screaming obscenities, falling to the floor, knocking over microphones, and grabbing at Hendrix who manages to keep jamming throughout his crazed antics. Morrison starts shouting from the audience and soon jumps on stage and begins an encounter between two rock icons. Jimi Hendrix is jamming there with the band Eire Apparent. On his first night back in town, Jim Morrison visits Steve Paul's The Scene with his friend Paul Ferrara. The Album: After performing in Boston, The Doors arrive in New York a few days before their scheduled shows at the Fillmore East.
Recorded in 301 West 46th Street, New York, New York Vinyl 1972 Bootleg LP of March 1968 Jam Session recorded at The Scene, Jimi Hendrix/Jim Morrison/Johnny Winter "Jam" Rare Vinyl LP