‘Electric Lady Studios: A Jimi Hendrix Vision’ Trailer Takes You Inside the Legendary Studio’s Creation (EXCLUSIVE)

The official trailer for the forthcoming documentary “Electric Lady Studios: A Jimi Hendrix Vision,” the history of the iconic New York City recording studio designed by the legendary musician, has been unveiled.

Featuring interviews with Hendrix’s longtime engineer Eddie Kramer (who helped design and build Electric Lady), singer-keyboardist Steve Winwood (who joined Hendrix on the first night of recording at the new studio), bassist Billy Cox and many of the people involved in its construction, the doc tells the story of the studio’s conceptualization and construction, which opened less than a month before Hendrix’s tragic death in September of 1970.

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Electric Lady quickly became one of New York’s premiere recording studios and remains one to this day. A small selection of artists who have recorded there includes John Lennon, The Clash, AC/DC, Chic, David Bowie, Stevie Wonder, Lady Gaga, Beyoncé and Taylor Swift, whose collaborator Jack Antonoff has recorded there with many other artists.

“The construction of Electric Lady [Studios] was a nightmare,” recalls Kramer in the trailer. “We were always running out of money. Poor Jimi had to go back out on the road, make some money, come back, then we could pay the crew.

“Late in ’69 we just hit a wall financially and the place just shut down,” he continues. “[Hendrix] borrows against his future royalties, and we’re off to the races. [Jimi] would say to me, ‘Hey man, I want some of that purple on the wall, and green over there!’ We would start laughing about it. It was fun. We could make an atmosphere that he felt comfortable in.”

Abramorama has recently acquired global theatrical distribution rights for the film, which was directed by longtime Hendrix historian John McDermott and produced by Janie Hendrix, George Scott and McDermott,

from Experience Hendrix, L.L.C., and will be premiering it on August 9 at Quad Cinema, less than a half mile from the still-thriving Electric Lady Studios.

Screenings of Electric Lady Studios: A Jimi Hendrix Vision

August 9             New York, NY              Quad Cinema

August 13           Natick, MA                   Center for the Arts in Natick

August 15           Arlington, MA               Regent Theatre

August 15           Natick, MA                   Center for the Arts in Natick

August 19           North Hollywood, CA    Laemmle NoHo 7

August 19           Durham, NC                 Carolina Theatre

August 20           Santa Monica, CA        Laemmlie Monica Film Center

August 20           Natick, MA                   Cener for the Arts inNatick

August 21           Santa Clarita, CA         Laemmle NewHall

August 23           Sedona, AZ                  Mary D. Fisher Theater

August 25           Avonca Beach, AUS    Avonca Beach Theatre

August 26           Cincinnati, OH              Woodward Theater

August 28           Avonca Beach, AUS    Avonca Beach Theatre

August 29           Beverly, MA                 The Cabot

August 30           Columbus, OH             Gateway Film Center

September 2       Columbus, OH             Gateway Film Center

September 8       Jersey City, NJ             WFMU

September 9       Ashville, NC                 Grail Moviehouse

September 13     Boise, ID                      The Flicks

September 16     Seattle, WA                  The Grand Illusion Cinema

September 17     Portland, OR                The Hollywood Theatre

September 18     Addlestone, UK            The Light Addlestone

September 18     Bolton, UK                   The Light Bolton

September 18     Bradford, UK                The Light Bradford

September 18     Cambridge, UK            The Light Cambridge

September 18     New Birghton, UK        The Light New Brighton

September 18     Oxfordshire, UK           The Light Banbury

September 18     Redhill, UK                   The Light Redhill

September 18     Sheffield, UK                The Light Sheffield

September 18     Sittingbourne, UK         The Light Sittingbourne

September 18     Stockport, UK               The Light Stockport

September 18     Thetford, UK                The Light Thetford

September 18     Walsall, UK                  The Light Walsall

September 18     Wisbech, UK                The Light Wisbech

October 7            Cottonwood, AZ           Old Town Center for the Arts

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