Jimi Hendrix / Soul Trinity
25 February 1967 · Corn Exchange, Chelmsford
The newspaper advert supports a Corn Exchange Saturday Scene listing for 25 February and names The Jimi Hendrix Experience and Soul Trinity. The official Jimi Hendrix site confirms the date as 25 February 1967 and identifies the venue as the Corn Exchange.
Additional newspaper advertisement: source note · Maurice Hyde Flickr photo. The Flickr title identifies a 1967 Chelmsford Corn Exchange add; it is linked as additional evidence and does not supply a new exact date.
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Memories from the Soul Trinity
Hugh and Kevin Bullen sent these first-hand memories of supporting The Jimi Hendrix Experience. Hugh remembers being 16 and playing bass; Kevin remembers being 17 and playing guitar. Their accounts describe sharing the dressing room with Hendrix and his band, and the kindness they experienced backstage.
Listen to Soul Trinity
Open the Soul Trinity recording on YouTube Music. Maurice identifies this as the Bullen brothers’ band and as footage from the Corn Exchange filmed by Dutch television.
The supplied YouTube Music page could not be opened here to verify its title or whether it is the original Dutch television footage. The official Hendrix event account confirms filming of The Experience at this event; it does not confirm the Soul Trinity footage.
Hugh Bullen — bass player
My memories of 25 February 1967 are of total amazement. I was the bass player for the Soul Trinity and my brother Kelvin Bullen was the guitarist. I remember sharing the dressing room with Hendrix and the Experience. I spoke to Jimi, though I don’t remember what I said; I’m sure it was about his music. As you can imagine, it was like being on another planet.
I am the young Black boy standing next to Hendrix’s Marshall stack. I can still remember the awesome power from his amplifier. It was one of the most fantastic moments of my life.
Hugh later became a producer. Visit Hugh Bullen’s website.
Kevin Bullen — guitarist
“Jimi Hendrix, Chelmsford Corn Exchange — just fantastic, what a buzz. I was there at 17 years old with my brother Hugh Bullen as guitarist of the Soul Trinity, the Reading-based band. What has stayed with me was backstage, when Gentleman Jimi Hendrix came to me and told me he enjoyed my playing. What kindness, humility, encouragement and love. That evening Jimi won a special place in my heart forever.”
Hugh’s message spells his brother’s name “Kelvin”; the separate signed memory reads “Kevin Bullen”. Both spellings are retained here as they appear in the supplied messages.
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