The Jamie Neverts Story

The Jamie Neverts Story

Legendary Television guitarist Richard Lloyd puts his own imprint on the works of Jimi Hendrix. “No more than three guitars on any track. No effect pedals; no fuzz box, no Octavia, no Wa-wa (sic) pedal, no feedback, nothing backwards. Just Stratocaster guitars into Supro and Magnatone amplifiers” state the album credits. With those limits, Lloyd goes to town. Lloyd met Hendrix briefly years ago through the help of friend Velvert Turner, to whom the album is dedicated (along with Hendrix). “Jamie Neverts” was the pseudonym they devised for Hendrix when speaking of him around their other friends. Lloyd throws in “Purple Haze” and “Are You Experienced?” but mostly settles on lesser known tunes from the Hendrix catalog: “Spanish Castle Magic,” “Little Miss Lover,” “Castles Made of Sand” and “Wait Until Tomorrow” retain Hendrix’s compositional strengths as well as many of his most compelling guitar lines. Lloyd may not be Hendrix, but he’s similarly infused with the same manic and intense firepower branding his guitar work.

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