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Occasionally, I watch Jimi perform Voodoo Child on the Lulu (To Sir With Love hit) television program, recorded in early 1969. I think it is both stunning visually (kudos to the BBC cameramen and producer) and a great version of the song that defies characterization in portions of the sound and structure.
One of my other favorite songs is Pali Gap a post mortem instrumental that was cut from a 20 + minute jam and released in 1972, I believe. While I have heard many, many unreleased recordings and jams, I haven't been able to find that 20 + minute jam of this recording.
Of course there are many more songs. Machine Gun from the Band of Gypsys album is an amazing live work. The Star Spangled Banner at Woodstock is masterful but so is the studio version--completely different in style and tone.
Bob Dylan's All Along The Watcher Tower showcases an artist's ability to make a song his own. Bob Dylan said that he wrote the song but more or less, Jimi owned it.
What are your favorite Jimi Hendrix songs?
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"All Along the Watcher Tower".
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I can't say it's my favorite, but it's the most memorable.
"Star Spangled Banner"
Because I saw him play it live at a rock concert.
I was in the Army, stationed on the south side of Atlanta, and a friend had a VW bus. The venue was a racetrack at Jonesboro, south of Atlanta. The program had been delayed a few hours that night by thunderstorms. I had fallen asleep in the tent and had to be awakened. I think it was around 2am when Hendrix performed and the fireworks display finally started.
Within a few hours of our arrival on the 3rd, it became a free concert. The gatekeepers and biker security were overwhelmed by the crowds. Food, water and toilets were in short supply, but I'm not sure anyone really cared. The local fire department was hauling drinking water in a tanker truck and filling shiny new metal trash cans for us. I'm probably not the only one who came down with strep throat the following week.
I survived and Jimi died a few weeks later.
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I was lucky to see Jimi live in 1968. He was simply awesome and second to none. I had third row center seats right in front of him which made it even better. I have to agree that Watchtower is probably my favorite but Star Spangled Banner was a marvel to see. Stevie Ray Vaughn did a great rendition of the same in concert.
Have not been to a concert for several years but I'm up for one tonight. One of my favorite bands in the last 25 years, The Pixies. My son is picking me up in a couple hours.
should be a hoot.
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All along the Watch Tower still gives me chills
as to lyrics, how many covers has Dylan done?
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"Little Wing"!!
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The Pixies!!! I loved that band in the 90s.
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Jansimon, The Pixies put on a great show last night. I'm very glad to have gone.
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Getting back to Hendrix... He played Woodstock with a makeshift band... The Jimi Hendrix Experience broke up two years prior... He did have his drummer, Mitch Mitchell and two guitarists, who he played with in Nashville.. Billy Cox, and Larry Lee....
He closed Woodstock with his song Hey Joe...only because Gene Autrey refused to sing Happy Trails at Woodstock.
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I know you're not supposed to inject non-philatelic banter in the philatelic areas, but is the converse true?
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1970 version of "Hear My Train A-Comin"
12 minutes of pure Hendrix genius.
As a side note;
Just saw ZZ Top a week or so ago.....third time for me and probably last -
Dusty Hill's health is waning. This is their last tour.
Love those guys!
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Unfortunately, Hendrix was a little before my time so I never got to see him. My actual first introduction to him was a cover of Purple Haze by Frank Marino and Mahogany Rush. Some of my favorite songs are Manic Depressive, Fire and Voodoo Chile.
My most recent concert was UFO/Saxon a few weeks ago.
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Lars, thanks for sharing those Cinderellas. They are great. Of course you had to have them, and share them.
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The long version of Hear My Train Comin' (aka Getting My Heart Back Together Again at Woodstock) is a great version from the 1970 1st show, I believe, at Berkeley.
The version Jimi played at the Royal Albert Hall in 1969 is also stellar and like most of his versions, quite different, one from the other.
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I suppose the quick passage of time confounds everyone but, forgive me, I can't believe that Are You Experienced? and Axis Bold as Love both albums by Jimi Hendrix are 50 years old now!
Occasionally, I watch Jimi perform Voodoo Child on the Lulu (To Sir With Love hit) television program, recorded in early 1969. I think it is both stunning visually (kudos to the BBC cameramen and producer) and a great version of the song that defies characterization in portions of the sound and structure.
One of my other favorite songs is Pali Gap a post mortem instrumental that was cut from a 20 + minute jam and released in 1972, I believe. While I have heard many, many unreleased recordings and jams, I haven't been able to find that 20 + minute jam of this recording.
Of course there are many more songs. Machine Gun from the Band of Gypsys album is an amazing live work. The Star Spangled Banner at Woodstock is masterful but so is the studio version--completely different in style and tone.
Bob Dylan's All Along The Watcher Tower showcases an artist's ability to make a song his own. Bob Dylan said that he wrote the song but more or less, Jimi owned it.
What are your favorite Jimi Hendrix songs?
Bruce
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"All Along the Watcher Tower".
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I can't say it's my favorite, but it's the most memorable.
"Star Spangled Banner"
Because I saw him play it live at a rock concert.
I was in the Army, stationed on the south side of Atlanta, and a friend had a VW bus. The venue was a racetrack at Jonesboro, south of Atlanta. The program had been delayed a few hours that night by thunderstorms. I had fallen asleep in the tent and had to be awakened. I think it was around 2am when Hendrix performed and the fireworks display finally started.
Within a few hours of our arrival on the 3rd, it became a free concert. The gatekeepers and biker security were overwhelmed by the crowds. Food, water and toilets were in short supply, but I'm not sure anyone really cared. The local fire department was hauling drinking water in a tanker truck and filling shiny new metal trash cans for us. I'm probably not the only one who came down with strep throat the following week.
I survived and Jimi died a few weeks later.
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I was lucky to see Jimi live in 1968. He was simply awesome and second to none. I had third row center seats right in front of him which made it even better. I have to agree that Watchtower is probably my favorite but Star Spangled Banner was a marvel to see. Stevie Ray Vaughn did a great rendition of the same in concert.
Have not been to a concert for several years but I'm up for one tonight. One of my favorite bands in the last 25 years, The Pixies. My son is picking me up in a couple hours.
should be a hoot.
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All along the Watch Tower still gives me chills
as to lyrics, how many covers has Dylan done?
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"Little Wing"!!
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The Pixies!!! I loved that band in the 90s.
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Jansimon, The Pixies put on a great show last night. I'm very glad to have gone.
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Getting back to Hendrix... He played Woodstock with a makeshift band... The Jimi Hendrix Experience broke up two years prior... He did have his drummer, Mitch Mitchell and two guitarists, who he played with in Nashville.. Billy Cox, and Larry Lee....
He closed Woodstock with his song Hey Joe...only because Gene Autrey refused to sing Happy Trails at Woodstock.
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I know you're not supposed to inject non-philatelic banter in the philatelic areas, but is the converse true?
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1970 version of "Hear My Train A-Comin"
12 minutes of pure Hendrix genius.
As a side note;
Just saw ZZ Top a week or so ago.....third time for me and probably last -
Dusty Hill's health is waning. This is their last tour.
Love those guys!
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Unfortunately, Hendrix was a little before my time so I never got to see him. My actual first introduction to him was a cover of Purple Haze by Frank Marino and Mahogany Rush. Some of my favorite songs are Manic Depressive, Fire and Voodoo Chile.
My most recent concert was UFO/Saxon a few weeks ago.
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Lars, thanks for sharing those Cinderellas. They are great. Of course you had to have them, and share them.
Ephemera is part of collecting, or can be
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The long version of Hear My Train Comin' (aka Getting My Heart Back Together Again at Woodstock) is a great version from the 1970 1st show, I believe, at Berkeley.
The version Jimi played at the Royal Albert Hall in 1969 is also stellar and like most of his versions, quite different, one from the other.
Bruce
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