"Baggys, what baggys, officer? ...Oh those, I use 'em for my lunch sandwiches. Keeps 'em fresh." Is this what Baggys are all about? Not really.
Baggys was a rehearsal hall (converted warehouse), in New York City, where artists could hone their craft before going public with it. Jimi and his friends, Buddy Miles and Billy Cox formed a trio to perform concerts to be recorded to get Jimi out of a contractual dispute he had lost in court. The group took the name Band Of Gypsys and started rehearsals, at Baggys, in late November 1969. The concerts were to be New Years Eve and New Years Night at Bill Graham's Fillmore East on the Lower East Side of New York. Two concerts per night were scheduled and all four were to be professionally recorded.
The Baggys Rehearsal Sessions documents that time period like a time capsule. Included in this Dagger release are Burning Desire and Hoochie Coochie Man, originally released on the forgotten import album, LOOSE ENDS. Early run-thrus of Earth Blues and Ezy Ryder are included in this cd. The quality is sub-standard for a recording studio but just fine for what Jimi needed. Practice did help and the official studio releases of these song validates the usage of Baggys as a working lab for the Band Of Gypsys.
An album that shows Jimi having fun and working towards a specific goal, this album is a triple in my book.
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