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May 10th, 2013 
Peter Nolan Hard Rock Cafe Prague Memorabilia
Beatles aide Peter Brown replied on McCartney’s behalf, telling Hendrix the
following day that McCartney was on holiday in Scotland and not expected
back for another two weeks. It was at a time when McCartney’s band, The
Beatles, were falling apart because of artistic and financial disputes.
Hendrix has had a musical resurgence this year following the release of his
posthumous record People, Hell And Angels – 12
previously unreleased tracks recorded between 1968 and 1970 – which has
become his highest-charting album in 44 years.
The telegram, which advised McCartney to contact producer Douglas if he could
make the session, has been part of the Hard Rock Cafe memorabilia collection
since it was purchased at auction in 1995 and is now attracting renewed
interest in Prague where it is on display at the restaurant. Hard Rock
historian Jeff Nolan said: “Major Hendrix connoisseurs are aware of the
telegram. It would have been one of the most insane supergroups.”
Hendrix biographer Charles Shaar Murray told AFP: “At first it sounds
really weird and off the wall. But on second thought it makes perfect,
Hendrix-type sense to chuck in someone who’s a great musician but comes from
a different tradition. I regret this never actually took place . . . it
would have been magnificent.”
Eddie Kramer, the engineer who produced most of Hendrix’s music, agreed,
saying: “It would have been phenomenal. Lord knows where it may have
gone; those huge egos in the studio at the same time. I would have loved to
have done that one. But it was not to be.”
Jimi Hendrix – Bleeding Heart on MUZU.TV.
At the time, Davis was moving away from his jazz roots toward a fusion-based
sound and it’s not clear exactly what music the band would have tried to
record. In his autobiography, Davis said he and Hendrix occasionally jammed
together at his apartment in New York and were only prevented from recording
by their busy schedules. Other reports say that the recording failed to
happen because Davis wanted $50,000 up front to attend the session.
McCartney is the only one of the four musicians who is still alive. His
spokesman, Stuart Bell, said the former Beatle was too busy on his world
tour to comb his memory for his thoughts about a telegram sent more than
four decades ago.
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