This year's edition of the Experience Hendrix concert tour will launch in May with an all-star lineup paying homage to Jimi Hendrix. This year's tour will include performances by Billy Cox, Steve Vai, Robert Randolph, Jonny Lang, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Keb' Mo, Eric Johnson, North Mississippi All Stars, Brad Whitford [Aerosmith], Living Colour, Ernie Isley, Chris Layton [SRV & Double Trouble], Indigenous and many additional special guests to be announced.
Experience Hendrix bassist Billy Cox -- who first befriended Hendrix in the 101st Airborne Division of U.S. Army, played in both the Jimi Hendrix Experience and Band of Gypsys and performed with Hendrix at such landmark festivals as Woodstock and the Isle of Wight -- is delighted to play a part in the current tour saying, "It's a thrill for me to play Jimi's music for audiences now as it was in the 1960s."
Initial 2011 Experience Hendrix tour dates include:
5/20 Las Vegas, NV Hilton Theater
5/22 Dana Point, CA Doheny Festival
5/23 Mesa, AZ Mesa Arts Center
5/24 Tucson, Arizona Anselmo Valencia Amphitheatre
5/26 Santa Rosa, CA Wells Fargo Center for the Arts
5/27 Reno, NV Grand Sierra Resort
5/28 Santa Cruz, CA Santa Cruz Blues Festival
5/29 San Luis Obispo, CA Avila Beach Blues Festival