[INTRO]
- [1965 STUDIO] - [DEMOS]
- [1966 STUDIO] - [1967
STUDIO] - [LIVE]
[PERSONNEL] - [PICTURES]
- [INTERVIEWS] -
[BIO]
Personnel
The Squires had several line-ups during the period that Hendrix
was a member. The band was also called "the Lovelights" at one point.
Musicians appearing on the live & studio recordings done between
1965 - 1967 include:
James Marshall Hendrix (aka Jimmy James
aka Jimi Hendrix) -
guitar & vocals
Curtis McNear (aka Curtis Knight) -
vocals, guitar & tambourine
Harry Jensen - guitar & bass
Lonnie Thomas (aka Lonnie Youngblood) -
sax & vocals
Ray Lucas - drums
"Shears" -
guitar (participated in the 1967 sessions, unknown if the name
is 100% correct)
Marion Booker - drums (often
spelled Marlon, which is incorrect)
Ditto Edwards - drums
George (surname?) - drums
Edward "Ed" Chalpin (aka Ed Dantes) - publishing money
Ed Dantes doesn't exist in real life, it's a pseudonym for Ed Chalpin.
Doing a search in the BMI song licencing database at www.bmi.com nicely
illustrates this fact. The database has linked given names and
pseudonyms together, a composer search for "Ed Chalpin" brings
up tracks credited to "Ed Dantes" and vice versa. Or search for
the Jayne Mansfield track "Suey",
the 45 labels credits this to Chalpin, the database credits "Ed
Dantes" but a search for Edward Chalpin as composer will include
it in the results...the "Ed Dantes" credit is mainly used for the
1967 studio jams, this
was
apparently
a
neat
way for
Chalpin
to
line
up his
pockets with the publishing money for these tracks that nobody
really "composed".
Here's a fun theory:
The main character of the book "the Count of Monte Cristo"
is called Edmond Dantes. A synopsis of the book: "Here is
the classic tale of 19-year-old Edmond Dantes who on his wedding
day
is framed for a crime he did not commit. While locked away Edmond
learns from another prisoner of a secret treasure on the island
of Monte Cristo. Edmond concocts a daring plan to escape and find
the treasure. Years later, disguised as a wealthy Count, Edmond
returns to his native land to find his enemies and make them pay."
Nathaniel Edmonds Sr. (aka Nate Edmonds) -
keyboards
Ed "Bugs" Gregory - bass
Ace Hall - bass & tambourine
Napoleon Anderson (aka Hank Anderson) -
bass
Both names bring up the same tracks at www.bmi.com, so Hank and Napoleon
are one and the same person. This was also confirmed by an
email that I received from a friend of Mr. Anderson.
Edward Chalpin (aka Ed Chalpin aka Ed
Dantes) -
producer
Jerry Simon - producer
