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My Take
Billy Cox holds a piece of history almost no one else can claim. He's the last living musician who regularly played with Jimi Hendrix, going back to their Army days, then the Woodstock lineup informally called Gypsy Sun and Rainbows, then the Band of Gypsys trio with Buddy Miles. Think about that timeline: he was beside Hendrix at the start of the friendship and still standing when nearly everyone from that orbit is gone. A bassist from Wheeling, West Virginia, who ended up anchoring some of the most electric music ever recorded. I respect that he kept the bass low and let the legend roar.
Overview
William Cox (born October 18, 1941) is an American bassist, best known for performing with Jimi Hendrix. Cox is the only living musician to have regularly played with Hendrix: first when both were in the Army, then in 1969 with the interim group that backed Hendrix at Woodstock (informally referred to as "Gypsy Sun and Rainbows"), followed by the trio with drummer Buddy Miles that recorded the live Band of Gypsys alb…
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Billy Cox
- Name (Japanese)
- ビリー・コックス
- Reading
- びりー・こっくす
- Born
- October 18, 1941 (age 84)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Libra / Snake
- Origin
- Wheeling, West Virginia, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- musician / bassist
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Schenley High School
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Official sitehttps://bassistbillycox.com/
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%93%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B3%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B9
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.