“A veces quieres rendirte con la guitarra, la odiarás, pero si no te rindes con ella, serás recompensado.”
Jimi Hendrix
Habia nacido en Seattle , Washington. Su padre era jardinero y su madre de ascendencia india. Guitarrista auodidacta, a los 11 años tuvo su primera guitarra electrica.
En 1961 ingreso como paracaidista y una torcedura de tobillo lo rescata en 1963.
A partir de ahi, Wilson Pickett , Little Richard entre otros utilizaron sus servicios.
A partir de ahi, Wilson Pickett , Little Richard entre otros utilizaron sus servicios.
Con los Isley Brothers se instala en Nueva York, en donde toca con Lonnie Youngblood y Curtis Knight, hasta que forma su propio grupo llamado Jimmy James and The Blue Flames en 1965.
En el Cafe A Go Go , lugar frecuentado por Bob Dylan, The Beatles y los Stones , el ex bajista de los Animals llamado Chas Chandler, incipiente promotor, lo invita al Reino Unido y le busca una banda.
Noel Reading, que habia hecho una prueba para Eric Burdon, y Mitch Mitchell , ex baterista de Georgie Fame serian los complices perfectos para formar junto a este guitarrista, maniatico perfeccionista,y que era ante todo, impresionante , llamado Jimi Hendrix , The Jimi Hendrix Experience.
Debutan en Paris como teloneros de Johnnie Hollyday, luego llegaria Hey Joe al sexto puesto en los rankings, la television , y la rendicion del Reino Unido y Norteamerica ante su imagen estrafalaria , su prestidigitacion y su psicodelia.
En resumidas palabras, este es el comienzo de la historia de Jimi Hendrix. Solo grabo tres discos, Are You Experienced? en 1967, Axis: Bold As Love en 1968 y el mismo año el mismo produce parte de esta obra monumental llamada Electric Ladyland, un album doble poblado de hallazgos experimentales que lo transforman en un clasico indiscutible, junto al disco comparto el DVD del proceso de produccion de Electric Ladyland llamado The Making Of Electric Ladyland , imagenes que fueron televisadas originalmente por la cadena VH1 en su segmento Classics Albums en 1997 , DVD que en 2008 formaria parte de Electric Ladyland 40th Anniversary Collector Edition , espero los disfuten, saludos …
The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Electric Ladyland
1968
Tracklist
Disc one
1. “…And the Gods Made Love” Jimi Hendrix 1:22
2. “Have You Ever Been (To Electric Ladyland)” Hendrix 2:11
3. “Crosstown Traffic” Hendrix 2:25
4. “Voodoo Chile” Hendrix 15:02
5. “Still Raining, Still Dreaming” Hendrix 4:25
6. “House Burning Down” Hendrix 4:33
7. “All Along the Watchtower” Bob Dylan 4:00
8. “Voodoo Child (Slight Return)” Hendrix 5:13
Disc two
9. “Little Miss Strange” Noel Redding 2:51
10. “Long Hot Summer Night” Hendrix 3:27
11. “Come On (Part 1)” Earl King 4:10
12. “Gypsy Eyes” Hendrix 3:43
13. “Burning of the Midnight Lamp” Hendrix 3:40
14. “Rainy Day, Dream Away” Hendrix 3:42
15. “1983… (A Merman I Should Turn to Be)” Hendrix 4:49
16. “Moon, Turn the Tides….Gently Gently Away” Hendrix 9:54
THE MAKING OF ELECTRIC LADYLAND
SUBTITULADO
1997
This documentary examines the making of the critically acclaimed, multi-platinum Jimi
Hendrix double album Electric Ladyland.
Televised initially on VH1 and then on PBS, the Rhino Home Video release of this program contains additional footage not
seen on the TV version. The story is told using archival film clips, the diary of one of Hendrix’s employees, demos,
live performances, home movies, and still photos, intercut with interviews featuring bandmembers Noel Redding and Mitch
Mitchell, singer/keyboard player Stevie Winwood, engineer Eddie Kramer, and Hendrix’s manager, Chas Chandler (in his
final interview). Hendrix produced Electric Ladyland himself, and the 1968 LP contained his biggest hit — a cover of
the Bob Dylan song “All Along the Watch Tower,” as well as “Voodoo Child (Slight Return),” which
later covered by Stevie Ray Vaughan. Named after Hendrix’s New York studio where it was recorded, Electric Ladyland
featured guest performances by Buddy Miles, Steve Winwood, Jack Casady, Dave Mason, Chris Wood, and Al Cooper.
Electric Ladyland is the third and final album by the Jimi Hendrix Experience, released in 1968 on Reprise Records (see
1968 in music). Written and produced by Jimi Hendrix, the album is seen as the peak of Hendrix’s mastery of the electric
guitar, and is frequently cited as one of the greatest rock albums of all time. It is not only the last of his albums
released as the Jimi Hendrix Experience, but also the last of Hendrix’s studio albums to be professionally produced
under his own supervision. After Electric Ladyland, Hendrix spent the remaining two years of his life attempting to
organize a new band and recording a breadth of new songs.
Tracks:
1. “…And the Gods Made Love”
2. “Have You Ever Been (To Electric Ladyland)”
3. “Crosstown Traffic”
4. “Voodoo Chile”
5. “Little Miss Strange” (Noel Redding)
6. “Long Hot Summer Night”
7. “Come On (Let the Good Times Roll)”
8. “Gypsy Eyes”
9. “Burning of the Midnight Lamp”
10. “Rainy Day, Dream Away”
11. “1983… (A Merman I Should Turn to Be)”
12. “Moon, Turn the Tides…Gently Gently Away”
13. “Still Raining, Still Dreaming”
14. “House Burning Down”
15. “All Along the Watchtower”
16. “Voodoo Child (Slight Return)”
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