Jimi Hendrix - Hendrix in the West
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Album Review
Release date: 31 December 1971
Blues
[a]Jon Spencer[/a] may play them with a twist of hardcore irony and postmodern chic but to [B]Hendrix[/B], the blues were the real deal...
Jon Spencer may play them with a twist of hardcore irony and postmodern chic but to Hendrix , the blues were the real deal: a mere matter of course for a black soul brother who picked up a guitar in the '50s and breathed in the life force of Muddy Waters , Robert Johnson and Howlin' Wolf . For Jimi and his peers, there was no room for analysis, soul-searching or...
- Jan 4, 1999
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- Johnny B. Goode
- Lover Man
- Blue Suede Shoes
- Voodoo Chile
- The Queen
- Seargent Pepper's
- Little Wing (South Saturn Delta)
- Red House
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Jimi Hendrix - Hendrix in the West: Wikipedia Album Entry
This album was released post-humously in 1972. It represents Hendrix at the peak of his playing ability. The playing is tight and focused. The 13+ minute cut of Red House alternately whispers and soars. The entire solo is subtly nuanced and shows Hendrix' seamless playing to its greatest advantage.
It is a great shame that this album ever went out of print. It is probably (excepting Electric Lady Land) the best work the Experience ever did. It is at once raucous and subtle and in retrospect, poignant.
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Jimi Hendrix - Hendrix in the West Lyrics
Jimi Hendrix - SgtPeppers Lonely Hearts Club Band Lyrics
It was twenty years ago today
Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play
They've been going in and out of style
But they're guaranteed to raise a smile
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Jimi Hendrix - Little Wing Lyrics
Well she's walking through the clouds
With a circus mind that's running round
Jimi Hendrix - Fire Lyrics
Alright,
now listen, baby
You don't care for me
Jimi Hendrix - I Don't Live Today Lyrics
Will I live tomorrow?
Well, I just can't say
Will I live tomorrow?
Well, I just can't say
Jimi Hendrix - Spanish Castle Magic Lyrics
It's very far away
It takes about a half and a day to get there
If we travel by my uh, dragon-fly
No it's not in Spain
Jimi Hendrix - Red House Lyrics
There's a red house over yonder, that's where my baby stays.
There's a red house over yonder, baby, that's where my baby stays.
Well, I ain't been home to see my baby in about ninety nine and one half days,
'bout time I see her.
Jimi Hendrix - Voodoo Child Lyrics
I stand up next to a mountain
And I chop it down with the edge of my hand
Well, I stand up next to a mountain
I chop it down with the edge of my hand
