Buddy Miles Interview on Jimi Hendrix (1973)

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George Allen "Buddy" Miles Jr. (September 5, 1947 – February 26, 2008) was an American composer, drummer, guitarist, vocalist and producer. He was a founding member of the Electric Flag (1967), a member of Jimi Hendrix's Band of Gypsys (1969–1970), founder and leader of the Buddy Miles Express and later, the Buddy Miles Band. Miles also played and recorded with Carlos Santana and others. Additionally, he sang lead vocals on the critically and commercially acclaimed California Raisins claymation TV commercials and recorded two California Raisins R&B albums.

Biography and career
Early life
Miles was born in Omaha, Nebraska, United States,[1] on September 5, 1947. Buddy's father played upright bass for Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Charlie Parker, Dexter Gordon, and others. By age twelve, Miles had begun touring with his father's band, the Bebops. He played with his father's band for several years.[2] Given the nickname "Buddy" by his aunt after the drummer Buddy Rich, he was often seen as a teenager hanging out and recording at Universal Promotions Corporation recording studios, which later became Rainbow Recording Studios.[3]

Miles did not finish high school. In order to become a professional musician, he dropped out of Omaha North High in 1965. Omaha North High awarded him an honorary degree in 1998.[4]

1960s: Early career
Miles played with a variety of rhythm and blues and soul acts as a teenager, including Ruby & the Romantics, the Delfonics, and Wilson Pickett.[1] In 1964, at the age of 16, Miles met Jimi Hendrix at a show in Montreal, where both were performing as sidemen for other artists.[5]

In 1967, Miles joined Hendrix in a jam session at the Malibu home of Stephen Stills. They also went on to play together again in 1968 in both Los Angeles and New York. In the same year, Miles moved to Chicago where he teamed with guitarist Mike Bloomfield and vocalist Nick Gravenites to form the Electric Flag, a blues/soul/rock band.[1] In addition to playing drums, Miles sometimes sang lead vocals for the band, which made its live debut at the Monterey Pop Festival in mid-1967.

In early 1968, the band released A Long Time Comin', its first album for Columbia. The Electric Flag's second album, An American Music Band, followed late the same year.[1] Shortly after that release, though, the group disbanded.[1] In the same year, Hendrix used several guest artists, including Miles, during the recording of the album, Electric Ladyland.[1] Miles played drums on one long jam that was eventually split into two album cuts, "Rainy Day, Dream Away" and "Still Raining, Still Dreaming", with a different song, "1983... (A Merman I Should Turn to Be)", edited in between.

At age 21, after the breakup of the Electric Flag, Miles put together a new band with Jim McCarty, who later became the guitarist for Cactus. This new group performed and recorded as the Buddy Miles Express.[1] In 1969, Hendrix wrote a short poem as a liner note for Expressway To Your Skull, the first studio album recorded by the Buddy Miles Express. Hendrix went on to produce four of the tracks on the group's follow-up album, Electric Church.[1] The title of the latter LP was taken from Hendrix's poem on the first.

In 1969 he appeared on British jazz guitarist John McLaughlin's album Devotion.

1970s: More bands and collaborations
In 1970, after the Buddy Miles Express split up, Miles began a collaboration with Hendrix and bassist Billy Cox. Together, they formed Band of Gypsys, producing one self-titled live album before disbanding.[1]

Later in 1970, while recording the album We Got to Live Together, Buddy Miles learned of the death of Hendrix, which he mentions on the inner cover of the album. Released in 1971, We Got to Live Together was produced by Miles and Robin McBride. It contains five songs, including the instrumental "Easy Greasy." The other cuts on the album were "Runaway Child (Little Miss Nothin')," "Walking Down the Highway," "We Got to Live Together" and "Take It Off Him and Put It on Me." All the songs were written by Miles with Charlie Karp except for the latter.
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I saw The JHE, Buddy Miles Express and Cat Mother in the Baltimore Civic Center in 1969.

charlesmyers
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Buddy Miles was sensational on drums, guitar and vocals

mikelee
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36 hours?!? Those guys were soul mates in music!!!

ercm
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This man has the best vocals I’ve ever heard on songs for groovy children!

DeadHeadFamilyLovecore
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I met Buddy Miles around 1970 at South lake Tahoe I went there to see him play and he stepped down off the stage and came over and shook my hand and asked me how I was doing, it was a great vibe.

stevehanson
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Buddy Miles was a truly nice and gracious man.

oldmanofcotati
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Saw Buddy back early 70s. Great band. Kick ass show!!

neilphelan
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Saw and heard him in '73 @ Memphis Shell. He was incredible, always a Miles fan.

pmcclaren
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That’s one of the coolest things I’ve ever heard, that shit made me smile yo!

NuclearFetus
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Something about buddy miles reminds me of childhood memories,

stylesb
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I wonder if Slash saw this and thought hmmmm ....lol 🤣

sniffableandirresistble
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Why does this only have 38 views? Great video, thanks for uploading.

erik
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These fairy tail stories takes my mind on a magic carpet ride

harolddottin
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I had the pleasure of seeing BM at Keil Auditorium in St. Louis @1974, he was a bad a##

kevinstrawser
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Love the Baggy Studio jams/rehearsals. I wish Janey would re-release them.

redstar
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Now I know where Slash got the top hat from!

erictrenbeath
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Imagine having a record of that jam session

TheGorillafoot
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Aaaaah, another 5 minutes of that would have been awesome. Good stuff, tho👍

BCTGuitarPlayer
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It’s real easy to jam that long with the right things. I had cuts on my fingers.

gfunk
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Hear Hendrix's spirituality-songs.. That was his mission.

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