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'Scuse me? Hendrix bandmate sues over '03 release
MUSIC
ASSOCIATED PRESS
LODI, N.J. — Lonnie Youngblood was a hotshot sax player on the New York club circuit in the mid-1960s when he crossed paths with Jimmy James, a young musician who was turning heads with his dazzling virtuosity on the electric guitar.
After briefly playing in Youngblood's band, James went back to using his real last name and
conquered the music world as Jimi Hendrix, while Youngblood fronted a series of rhythm and blues bands that toured with James Brown, Jackie Wilson and other '60s legends.
The friendship between the two endured, though, and in 1969, at the peak of Hendrix's popularity, the two men recorded several songs in a New York studio that became a coda to their relationship when Hendrix died in London the following year of
a drug overdose.
The tunes recorded during those two or three days are the subject of a lawsuit Youngblood filed this spring that claims one of the songs, "Georgia Blues," was included on a 2003 compilation without his permission and without crediting him as its author.
The suit seeks unspecified lost-income damages from Hendrix's estate, MCA Records and film
director Martin Scorsese, who collaborated on the collection "Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues: Jimi Hendrix." Through representatives, all three parties declined to comment on the lawsuit or didn't return calls Monday.
The lawsuit has not marred Youngblood's memories of Hendrix, whom he describes in terms that evoke Chuck Berry's mythical "Johnny B. Goode."
What's going on today?
WEDNESDAY
July 14
Actor Dean Malissa will portray President George Washington from 7 to 8:15 p.m. at the Dole Institute of Politics. He will discuss the importance of public service and bipartisanship as well as address questions from the audience. The event is free.
The Lawrence City Band will perform its free weekly outdoor concert in the South Park Gazebo at 8 p.m. If it rains, the event will be moved to Room 130 in Murphy Hall.
Royal Crest Lanes will host dollar bowling from 9 p.m. until 1 a.m.
Games cost $1 in addition to a $3 shoe rental charge.
If you would like to submit an event to be included on our weekly calendar, send us an e-mail to news@kansan.com with the subject "Calendar."
THURSDAY
The annual Sidewalk Sale is here again. Shops will open with bargains all along Mass Street beginning at 6 a.m. and will stay open until 8 p.m.
Jaybowl in the Kansas Union will offer free cosmic bowling from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m.
SUNDAY
July 18
Scary Larry Bike Polo is open to anyone with a bike at Veterans Park. Mallets and balls provided.
The Fifth Annual Midwest Mayhem Triathalon will begin at 5:30 a.m. at Lone Star Lake.The event is free for spectators.
FRIDAY
July 16
University Theater will present its play "Shiloh Rules," a two-act drama about six women who are involved in a Civil War reenactment at Shiloh Battlefield Park in Tennessee. The event will run from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. in Murphy Hall. Tickets are $10 for students, $12 for the public and $11 for senior citizens.
MONDAY
SATURDAY
July 19
The Bottleneck has $1.50 almost anything drink specials and an acoustic open mic. Ages 18 and over only.
Jazzhuas will host karoake beginning at 10 p.m.for participants 21 and older.
July 17
The Downtown Lawrence Farmer's Market runs from 7 to 11 in the morning at 8th and New Hampshire streets.
Local musicians will gather at the Wakarusa River Valley Heritage Museum at Bloomington Park for the Midsummer Music Jam. The event begins at 7 p.m. and is free.
TUESDAY
July 20
Science teacher Paul Verhage will lead a group star-gazing voyage at the Lawrence Public Library. He will show participants how to discern constellations, meteor showers, planets and moon phases using binoculars. The event is free and will begin at 7 p.m. and will last until 8:30 p.m.
weather
THURS
TODAY
95 73
Sunny
High: 87
Low: 74
cattered T-storms
SUN
FRI
High: 93
Low: 73
Mostly sunny
MON
High:90 Low:72 Partly cloudy
High: 88 Low: 73 Mostly sunny
TUES
High: 89
Low: 73
Mostly sunny
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Opinion. ... 8
Sports. ... 25
Sudoku. ... 5
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