by Antion | Oct 19, 2020 | 1966, Antion Meredith, Jimi Hendrix, Paris L'Olympia
Tuesday October 18, 1966 Fifty years ago I was working with Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger and The Trinity. We were in Paris at the famous L’Olympia Music Hall with top French music idol, Johnny Halliday. Also on the bill was an unknown newcomer performing his first ever...
by Antion | Oct 6, 2020 | Antion Meredith, Jimi Hendrix, Paris L'Olympia
Monday October 17, 1966 It’s no fun to be driving into Paris at the start of the rush hour, on a cold and stormy Monday morning in a car that had been built to be driven on the opposite side of the road. Especially when you have had no sleep, having spent the night...
by Antion | Mar 4, 2020 | 1970, Antion Vikram Singh, Spirituality
I have had several requests to write about YB’s relationship with Virsa Singh and what I know about the first India trip. I will do that, but I feel the need to move forward chronologically. Also, I want to finish the story of the 1970 Summer Solstice. At the end of...
by Antion | Feb 28, 2020 | Antion Meredith, Hawaii, Music History, Spirituality
A unique sequence of events … The Hawaiian Islands and the Hawaiian people are unique in many ways. Their indigenous culture is rich in story, song and chant and is uniquely different from other Polynesian cultures. “Oli”, chanting in the Hawaiian language, is...
by Antion | Feb 27, 2020 | 1970, Antion Vikram Singh, Spirituality
I didn’t really know what I was getting myself into when I left LA in June of 1970 to drive to New Mexico for 3HO’s Summer Solstice Gathering. You might have thought of me as a Hippy – and I certainly looked like one – but I was never very good at Hippiedom. Still,...
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