I guess that was probably the beginning of what later became known as power-trios. Keep in mind that not only was there Jimi Hendrix and the Soft Machine, there was some other pretty stalwart trios, like Cream, which were very hard and edgy blues. But the good news is the drummer and I elected to stay on the point and we thought that maybe the trio would do us well. The Sidewalks’ drummer Dan Mitchell and I found ourselves alone, looking for a direction to turn to having the former keyboard player and the bass player off to the military. Quite a lot had transpired and in no small part favoured the Jimi Hendrix and the Soft Machine trio line-up. We had quite the psychedelic go-around prior to leaning toward something quite a bit different – the Sidewalks morphed into the trio format, coming off of a four piece band doing this psychedelic routine. Having launched that bit of business we had a fairly decent regional round of recordings that landed us an opening spot with the Jimi Hendrix tour of 1968, also featuring Robert Wyatt’s band the Soft Machine. We were fresh off the psychedelic plane, having worked the Moving Sidewalks act which was kind of inspired as an offshoot of some of our heroes – the 13th Floor Elevators. This interview first appeared in Uncut’s February 2009 issue (Take 141), where Gibbons’ reflects on Southern boogie, Hendrix, the blues, Soft Machine, cars, girls and MTV…įrom supporting Hendrix with the psychedelic Moving Sidewalks, Gibbons returns to the blues, with a nod to the British power trios
With the passing of Top bassist Dusty Hill this week, we revisit the band’s formidable discography in the company of his compatriot, Billy Gibbons.
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