Jimi Hendrix

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Okay, I'll fess up...the REAL reason I've put off acquiring any Hendrix CDs (until now) is because of the daunting task of hunting down EVERY SINGLE MENTION OF HIS NAME in these Galleries, and adding a link to this page!!! (I've been working on it all day and I'm *still* not sure if I found them all...) That, and the fact that the local rock stations play his music just about every second of the day, so if I'm really in the mood for Hendrix (which is rare), I just need to switch on the radio. (Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers are in the same boat, in this regard.)

"The Ultimate Experience" (compilation, CDR)

1. "All Along the Watchtower" (4:01)
2. "Purple Haze" (2:44)
3. "Hey Joe" (3:25)
4. "The Wind Cries Mary" (3:18)
5. "Angel" (4:16)
6. "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" (5:13)
7. "Foxey Lady" (3:15)
8. "Burning of the Midnight Lamp" (3:34)
9. "Highway Chile" (3:29)
10. "Crosstown Traffic" (2:13)
11. "Castles Made of Sand" (2:45)
12. "Long Hot Summer Night" (3:27)
13. "Red House" (3:53)
14. "Manic Depression" (3:36)
15. "Gypsy Eyes" (3:42)
16. "Little Wing" (2:23)
17. "Fire" (2:37)
18. "Wait Until Tomorrow" (3:00)
19. "Star Spangled Banner"--instrumental, live at Woodstock '69 (4:04)
20. "Wild Thing"--live (6:54)

Well, not much to say really, it's all of Jimi's best-known hits, as well as some lesser-known tracks. Pretty damn good compilation, actually -- but I think I'm going to go ahead and buy all three of his studio albums individually, esp. since "If 6 Was 9" does not appear here. (Which is why I accepted a cdr copy, for the time being.)

Okay, now the big question..."Which of these songs have been covered by other artists?" HA!! An exhaustive list would be a hundred pages long. Let me just write down the ones I know from memory (which will help me find where the links back to this page belong, hehe):

• "All Along the Watchtower" - originally a Bob Dylan song, but even Dylan himself called Jimi's the "definitive version" of his song. It's been covered by U2.
• "Purple Haze" - covered by Coroner, The Cure, and Ozzy Osbourne.
• "Hey Joe" - covered by Body Count and Deep Purple.
• "The Wind Cries Mary" - covered by Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora (and I think he sings on it, too) on the soundtrack for The Adventures of Ford Fairlane.
• "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" - covered (as part of a drunken binge medley) by Overkill.
• "Foxy Lady" - covered by The Cure.
• "Red House" - covered by Great White.
• "Manic Depression" - covered by Kings X.
• "Little Wing" - covered by Skid Row and Sting.
• "Fire" - covered by a lot of people, but I don't think I have any in my collection, though -- I seem to remember Dennis DeYoung (of Styx) doing a hilarious cover on his debut solo album Desert Moon, though.
• "Star Spangled Banner", "Wild Thing" - well...as these two are "covers" already, and have been endlessly performed by other artists, I won't bother making any links...except to say, while everyone hails Jimi's Woodstock performance of the American National Anthem as the greatest ever, I'm somewhat partial to the Roseanne Barr version. :)

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