The official trailer for the forthcoming documentary “Electric Lady Studios: A Jimi Hendrix Vision,” the history of the iconic New York City recording studio designed by the legendary musician, has been unveiled.
Featuring interviews with Hendrix’s longtime engineer Eddie Kramer (who helped design and build Electric Lady), singer-keyboardist Steve Winwood (who joined Hendrix on the first night of recording at the new studio), bassist Billy Cox and many of the people involved in its construction, the doc tells the story of the studio’s conceptualization and construction, which opened less than a month before Hendrix’s tragic death in September of 1970.
Electric Lady quickly became one of New York’s premiere recording studios and remains one to this day. A small selection of artists who have recorded there includes John Lennon, The Clash, AC/DC, Chic, David Bowie, Stevie Wonder, Lady Gaga, Beyoncé and Taylor Swift, whose collaborator Jack Antonoff has recorded there with many other artists.
“The construction of Electric Lady [Studios] was a nightmare,” recalls Kramer in the trailer. “We were always running out of money. Poor Jimi had to go back out on the road, make some money, come back, then we could pay the crew.
“Late in ’69 we just hit a wall financially and the place just shut down,” he continues. “[Hendrix] borrows against his future royalties, and we’re off to the races. [Jimi] would say to me, ‘Hey man, I want some of that purple on the wall, and green over there!’ We would start laughing about it. It was fun. We could make an atmosphere that he felt comfortable in.”
Abramorama has recently acquired global theatrical distribution rights for the film, which was directed by longtime Hendrix historian John McDermott and produced by Janie Hendrix, George Scott and McDermott,
from Experience Hendrix, L.L.C., and will be premiering it on August 9 at Quad Cinema, less than a half mile from the still-thriving Electric Lady Studios.
Screenings of Electric Lady Studios: A Jimi Hendrix Vision
August 9 New York, NY Quad Cinema
August 13 Natick, MA Center for the Arts in Natick
August 15 Arlington, MA Regent Theatre
August 15 Natick, MA Center for the Arts in Natick
August 19 North Hollywood, CA Laemmle NoHo 7
August 19 Durham, NC Carolina Theatre
August 20 Santa Monica, CA Laemmlie Monica Film Center
August 20 Natick, MA Cener for the Arts inNatick
August 21 Santa Clarita, CA Laemmle NewHall
August 23 Sedona, AZ Mary D. Fisher Theater
August 25 Avonca Beach, AUS Avonca Beach Theatre
August 26 Cincinnati, OH Woodward Theater
August 28 Avonca Beach, AUS Avonca Beach Theatre
August 29 Beverly, MA The Cabot
August 30 Columbus, OH Gateway Film Center
September 2 Columbus, OH Gateway Film Center
September 8 Jersey City, NJ WFMU
September 9 Ashville, NC Grail Moviehouse
September 13 Boise, ID The Flicks
September 16 Seattle, WA The Grand Illusion Cinema
September 17 Portland, OR The Hollywood Theatre
September 18 Addlestone, UK The Light Addlestone
September 18 Bolton, UK The Light Bolton
September 18 Bradford, UK The Light Bradford
September 18 Cambridge, UK The Light Cambridge
September 18 New Birghton, UK The Light New Brighton
September 18 Oxfordshire, UK The Light Banbury
September 18 Redhill, UK The Light Redhill
September 18 Sheffield, UK The Light Sheffield
September 18 Sittingbourne, UK The Light Sittingbourne
September 18 Stockport, UK The Light Stockport
September 18 Thetford, UK The Light Thetford
September 18 Walsall, UK The Light Walsall
September 18 Wisbech, UK The Light Wisbech
October 7 Cottonwood, AZ Old Town Center for the Arts
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