January 5th, 2025 - Fresh Experience Sesh

 

Hello and happy Sunday rockers, rollers, and hop-lovers!  Your pal the Meista here with a pairing of the very entertaining and edifying "The Experience Sessions" by the late, great Noel Redding and a tasty Fresh Sesh IPA from the fine folks at Bewilder Brewing Company!! 


Album Info:

• Artist: Noel Redding
• Title: "The Experience Sessions"
• Recorded: 1967 through 1968 at Olympic Studios in Barnes, West London, United Kingdom, the Record Plant in New York City, New York, and  L'Olympia in Paris, France on January 29th, 1968
• Release date: 2003 (posthumous compilation album by Noel Redding)
• Record company: Image Entertainment / Experience Hendrix, L.L.C. / MCA Records
• Production: Chas Chandler, Jimi Hendrix, and Noel Redding
• Album cover art: Experience Hendrix, L.L.C.
• Personnel: Noel Redding (bass, rhythm and lead guitars, 12-string guitar, and lead and backing vocals) with Jimi Hendrix (lead and rhythm guitars, bass, and vocals), Dave Mason (sitar), Mitch Mitchell (drums and backing vocals), and Chris Wood (flute)
• Musical style: Hard rock / heavy blues rock with elements of psychedelic rock
• Sound: Full of wonderful hooks, grooves, and harmonies, this is Noel Redding at his best!  The previously unreleased recordings are worth their weight in gold and the energy and inventiveness is a joy to hear!
• Major themes: Life, love, relationships, loss, desire, rock and roll, the blues, etc.
• Tracks:  

1. "There Ain't Nothing Wrong" (previously unreleased recording)
2. "Little Miss Strange"
3. "Walking Through The Garden" (previously unreleased recording)
4. "She's So Fine" (previously unreleased alternate recording)
5. "Little, Little Girl" (previously unreleased recording)
6. "How Can I Live?" (previously unreleased recording)
7. "Noel's Tune" (Take 1) (previously unreleased recording)
8. "Noel's Tune" (Take 2) (previously unreleased recording)
9. "Little Miss Strange" (previously unreleased alternate recording)
10. "She's So Fine"
11. "Dream" (previously unreleased recording)
12. "Red House" (live at L'Olympia in Paris, France on January 29th, 1968)

Brew Info:

• Brewery: Bewilder Brewing Company (Salt Lake City, Utah)
• Website: https://bewilderbrewing.com/
• Brew: Fresh Sesh IPA
• Style: American India Pale Ale (IPA)
• Serving: 16 ounce can
• ABV: 5.0%
• Ingredients: Warrior, Citra, and Mosaic hops
• Pour: The Fresh Sesh pours a golden-yellow hue with a 1-finger, eggshell white, frothy head with good retention and intricate, layered lacing.
• Nose: The nose is citrusy, floral, malty, and herbal.  There are sweet aromas of caramel and doughy bread, earthy aromas of pine resin and cedar as well as herbs and wildflowers, citrusy aromas of lemon zest, grapefruit, lime, and tangerine, and summer grass.
• Taste: Lots of citrus in this taste of this one.  There are notes of grapefruit juice, orange peel and pith, lime, tangerine, light melon, pine resin, and more subtle notes of black tea, orange tea, and grassy hops.
• Mouthfeel: Medium-bodied with moderate carbonation, the mouthfeel is crisp and juicy with a dry, slightly bitter finish.

Overall pairing: The Fresh Sesh from Bewilder Brewing Company with all its complexity and balanced flavors, does a pretty fine job of accompanying the swinging grooves, heavy-duty punch, the multilayered depth, and the sheer rockin' fun of "The Experience Sessions"!  'Nuff said!

Cheers!!  Rock on!!