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Hendrix" Magazine

Guitarist Bruce Cameron in the studio.

Billy Cox and Buddy Miles Reunited

Buddy Miles and Billy Cox, the other two original members of Jimi Hendrix's Band of Gypsys, will reunite to record with guitarist/songwriter Bruce Cameron on his forthcoming album, Midnight Daydream This is the first time that Miles and Cox have recorded original music together with an artist since playing with Slash and Paul Rodgers on the 1993 release Stone Free: A Tribute to Jimi Hendrix (Warner/Reprise).
   "I was trying to decide who I wanted to record with and tracked down the Band of Gypsys," says Cameron, "it's a great honor to play with these guys."
   According to Cameron, Miles will sing and Cox will play bass on the three tracks the trio plan to record together: "Midnight Daydream", (title track), "Born to Lose", (a blues song), and "A Thousand Moons"
   Ironically, this historic recording will take place on September 17th, the eve of the 28th anniversary of Hendrix's

death. "I first found out about it when they wrote up the press release," Cameron said, "I don't think it's distasteful, but it was certainly unintentional." Plans for a video of the historic recording session are in the works as well.
Although Cameron cites Hendrix as his major influence over the years-- "I had all of his records from the first album on; Electric Ladyland was my favorite, but they're all great" --he doesn't want fans to think he is trying to be a "Hendrix clone". "Many guitarists try to sound exactly like Hendrix" Cameron explains, "but I want to play in the spirit of Jimi instead. If I sound like him, it's just because the spirit of his music is floating through my music."
Other guest musicians contributing to the project include ANT-BEE, Bunk Gardner of the Mothers of Invention, Ken Hensley from Uriah Heep, Harvey Dalton Arnold from the Outlaws, and Michael Bruce and Neal Smith of the Alice Cooper Group. Midnight Daydream is scheduled for release in September 1999 on Brain Cell Records.

-- Tiffany Owens