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The Wind Cries Mary^[1] is a song by Jimi Hendrix. "The Experience" redirects here For other uses of this term see Experience (disambiguation. A-side and B-side originally referred to the two sides of 7 inch Vinyl records on which singles were released beginning in the 1950s Highway Chile is a mono single B-side by Jimi Hendrix from the Top Ten chart single " The Wind Cries Mary " Events 1191 - Richard I of England marries Berengaria of Navarre. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Events 1179 - The Norwegian Battle of Kalvskinnet outside Nidaros. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Events 740 - An Earthquake strikes Constantinople, causing much damage and death Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Events 1043 - Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Blues-rock is a hybrid musical genre combining Bluesy improvisations over the 12-bar blues and extended Boogie jams with Rock Psychedelic rock is a style of Rock music that attempts to replicate the mind-altering experiences of hallucinogenic drugs. In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Track Records was an "Independent" Record label founded in 1967 by Kit Lambert, Chris Stamp (managers of The Who) and Pete Barclay Records is a French Record label, which was founded round 1954 by Eddie Barclay (who founded the Riviera label round 1950/51 alias Edouard Polydor Records is a Record label currently headquartered in the UK, and is a subsidiary of Universal Music Group. MCA Records was an American -based record company owned by MCA Inc In the Music industry, a record producer or music producer has many roles among them controlling the recording sessions coaching and guiding the musicians organizing Bryan James "Chas" Chandler ( 18 December 1938 — 17 July 1996) was an English Musician, Record producer "The Experience" redirects here For other uses of this term see Experience (disambiguation. Purple Haze is a song recorded in 1966 by The Jimi Hendrix Experience, released as a single in both the United Kingdom and the United States. " Burning of the Midnight Lamp " is a song by The Jimi Hendrix Experience, first released as a mono single b/w " The Stars That Play with Laughing Sam's Dice A song is a Musical composition. Songs contain vocal parts that are performed 'sung' and generally feature Words ( Lyrics) commonly followed James Marshall Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix) (November 27 1942 – September 18 1970 was an American Guitarist, Singer and Songwriter It was the A side of Jimi Hendrix Experience's third single, with "Highway Chile" as the B side. "The Experience" redirects here For other uses of this term see Experience (disambiguation. Highway Chile is a mono single B-side by Jimi Hendrix from the Top Ten chart single " The Wind Cries Mary " A-side and B-side originally referred to the two sides of 7 inch Vinyl records on which singles were released beginning in the 1950s The track is considered a good exhibit of psychedelic blues rock, as the song is in the key of F major, with a guitar solo primarily involving the F major pentatonic scale. Psychedelic rock is a style of Rock music that attempts to replicate the mind-altering experiences of hallucinogenic drugs. Blues-rock is a hybrid musical genre combining Bluesy improvisations over the 12-bar blues and extended Boogie jams with Rock F major (or the key of F) is a Musical Major scale based on F consisting of the pitches F, G, A, B{{music|flat}} Guitar solos are a melodic passage section or entire piece of music written for an Electric guitar or an Acoustic guitar. A pentatonic scale is a musical scale with five pitches per Octave in contrast to an heptatonic (seven note scale such as the Major scale One of Hendrix's first hits in England, the song was recorded at the end of the "Fire" sessions. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland " Fire " is a song written and originally recorded by Jimi Hendrix and released on the 1967 Are You Experienced album by The Jimi Hendrix Experience Today, the song is considered a classic and continues to receive decent airplay around the world.

In the USA, the song was first released as B-side to the song "Purple Haze" in June 1967 and later on the USA compilation version of the album Are You Experienced and along with the other sides of their first three singles, on most later re-releases of Are You Experienced

The song is said to have been inspired when Hendrix and his then girlfriend, Kathy Etchingham, had an argument over her cooking; after she stormed out of their apartment, Hendrix wrote "The Wind Cries Mary", as Mary was Etchingham's middle name. The year 1967 was an important year for Psychedelic rock, with releases from The Beatles ( Sgt Are You Experienced is the debut album by The Jimi Hendrix Experience. Are You Experienced is the debut album by The Jimi Hendrix Experience. . Kathy has said that many of the Dylanesque lyrics describe the test card that appeared at the end of BBC television transmissions at that time. Bob Dylan (born Robert Zimmerman, May 24 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota) is an American singer-songwriter author poet and painter who has been a major ^[2] , although this may have been a mistake on Kathy's behalf as that particular testcard wasn't first broadcast until July 1967, while the song had been written long before that. Billy Cox, who was the bassist for the Band of Gypsys and long-time friend of Hendrix has stated Curtis Mayfields' influence on the song.

"'The Wind Cries Mary' was a riff that was influenced by Curtis Mayfield, who was a big influence for Jimi. "

It is a misconception that Hendrix wrote the song about marijuana use, as "Mary Jane" is a slang term for marijuana (a literal translation from Spanish). Cannabis, also known as marijuana or marihuana, or ganja (from Hindi / Sanskrit: गांजा gānjā hemp) is a Slang is the use of highly informal Words and expressions that are not considered standard in the speaker's Dialect or Language. "The Wind Cries Mary" and "Highway Chile" was re-released in 1983 on The Singles Album compilation. Major releases Michael Jackson's Thriller, the highest-selling album of all time as well as the best-selling album of 1983 and 1984 was released The Singles Album is a compilation of previously released singles recorded by Jimi Hendrix, released as a two disc set in 1983 ^[3]

Cover versions

Jamie Cullum released a remake of "The Wind Cries Mary" on his album Twentysomething. Jamie Cullum (born 20 August 1979) is an English pop and jazz-pop Singer, Songwriter, Pianist, Guitarist Twentysomething is the third album by Jamie Cullum. It was released in 2003 in his native UK, and in May 2004 in the United States.
Guitarist Marc Ribot released a cover on his Rootless Cosmopolitans album. Marc Ribot ( born 21 May 1954 in Newark New Jersey) is an American Guitarist and Composer.
Xavier Rudd recorded a version on his album To Let. Xavier Rudd is an Australian Singer, Songwriter and Multi-instrumentalist.
The song "Mademoiselle Mabry" on the Miles Davis album Filles de Kilimanjaro is actually Gil Evans' arrangement of "The Wind Cries Mary. Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26 1926 &ndash September 28 1991 was an American Jazz Trumpeter, Bandleader, and Composer. Filles de Kilimanjaro ("Girls of Kilimanjaro " is a Jazz album by Miles Davis. Gil Evans ( 13 May 1912 in Toronto Canada – 20 March 1988 in Cuernavaca, Mexico) was a Jazz "
John Mayer did a cover version of this song. John Clayton Mayer (; born October 16 1977 is an American musician
Richie Sambora covered the song, releasing it as a B-side to his "Ballad of Youth" single, and on the soundtrack album of the movie The Adventures of Ford Fairlane. Richard "Richie" Steven Sambora (born on July 11 1959 is an American rock Guitarist, producer musician singer and songwriter who is A-side and B-side originally referred to the two sides of 7 inch Vinyl records on which singles were released beginning in the 1950s The Adventures of Ford Fairlane is a 1990 American action / Comedy film starring comedian Andrew Dice Clay as Ford
Cassandra Wilson covered the song on the album Crossing Jordan: Music from the NBC Television Series (2003) . Cassandra Wilson (born December 4, 1955) is an American Jazz musician vocalist songwriter and producer from Jackson Mississippi. Crossing Jordan is an American television crime/drama series that aired on NBC from September 24 2001 to May 16

References

^ Jimi Hendrix performs The Wind Cries Mary at the 1967 Monterrey Pop Festival
^ Interview, The 100 Greatest Albums, E4, 2007
^ CD Pamphlet notes, The Singles Album, 1983

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