The family of the late Jimi Hendrix have said they are considering legal action over the $15 million auction last week of some of the legendary guitarist's most famous songs.
The rights to songs like 'Purple Haze' and 'Voodoo Chile' were sold last week as part of an auction of the estate of Hendrix manager Michael Jeffrey, who died in 1973, three years after Hendrix himself. However, the Seattle based Experience Hendrix company, which represents Hendrix's estate, has said that it owns the rights to the songs sold last week, and that it will take legal action to prove that fact.
A spokesman for the company told reporters on Friday: "Whoever bought this bought themselves the right to be a litigant. It will be contested instantly".
It's not the first time Experience Hendrix has entered into legal disputes relating to the ownership of Hendrix songs or recordings. As previously reported, last year they took London based Purple Haze and New York based PPX Enterprises to court to stop the release of what they considered to be unlicensed Hendrix recordings.