The estates of Jimi Hendrix’s bandmates, who claimed that the artists “died in relative poverty”, have lost their copyright case against Sony Music. Details of the lawsuit were revealed back in December, and saw the estate of Noel Redding, who died in 2003 aged 57, and drummer Mitch Mitchell, who died aged 62 in 2008 , argue that the artists had been consistently excluded from a share of the revenue relating to their contributions to albums by The Jimi Hendrix Experience . They had formed the band with the iconic guitarist back in 1966, and worked with him on hit releases like 1967’s debut album ‘Are You Experienced’, sophomore album ‘Axis: Bold As Love’ which arrived later that year, and their third and final record, ‘Electric Ladyland’, which was released in 1968. The lawsuit argued that the two late musicians were “excluded early on in their lifetimes” and “died in relative poverty” despite the band’s huge success.…