JIMI HENDRIX's Brother Preps CD; Film Moving Along

November 8, 2006

Greg Prato of Billboard.com reports that the younger brother of guitar legend Jimi Hendrix, Leon Hendrix, is readying his first domestically available album, which will be released early next year. The Gotham Metro Company will be releasing the yet-to-be-titled set, and is also behind a movie about Jimi's life.

The disc follows Leon's 2005 debut, "Keeper of the Flame", which is available through his web site. Until a dream he experienced a few years ago, Leon had not received a calling to pursue music himself.

"One night, there was a guitar sitting in the corner of the room that [had] been sitting there for 15 months. In my mind, it seemed vibrating — it was calling me. This vision came to me. Jimi said, 'Hey, you've got music in your blood and it's in your veins. You need to start doing it.' Before, I didn't dare touch a guitar, because who could play guitar after Jimi? I'm not trying to be Jimi — I have my own style. I'm not a maestro, I'm just a minstrel."

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