| “Voodoo Chile” | |||||
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| Song by The Jimi Hendrix Experience | |||||
| Album | Electric Ladyland | ||||
| Released | September 1968 | ||||
| Genre | Psychedelic rock, blues-rock | ||||
| Length | 15:05 | ||||
| Label | MCA | ||||
| Electric Ladyland track listing | |||||
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"Voodoo Chile" is a song by The Jimi Hendrix Experience from the album Electric Ladyland. A song is a Musical composition. Songs contain vocal parts that are performed 'sung' and generally feature Words ( Lyrics) commonly followed "The Experience" redirects here For other uses of this term see Experience (disambiguation. An album or record album is a collection of related audio or Music tracks distributed to the public Electric Ladyland is the third and final album by The Jimi Hendrix Experience, released on October 16, 1968 on Reprise Records (see 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 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 In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music MCA Records was an American -based record company owned by MCA Inc Electric Ladyland is the third and final album by The Jimi Hendrix Experience, released on October 16, 1968 on Reprise Records (see A song is a Musical composition. Songs contain vocal parts that are performed 'sung' and generally feature Words ( Lyrics) commonly followed "The Experience" redirects here For other uses of this term see Experience (disambiguation. Electric Ladyland is the third and final album by The Jimi Hendrix Experience, released on October 16, 1968 on Reprise Records (see Recorded on May 2, 1968 at the Record Plant Studios in New York City, the recording session included Mitch Mitchell, drummer of The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Steve Winwood of Traffic on B3 organ, and Jack Casady of Jefferson Airplane on bass duties. Events 1194 - King Richard I of England gives Portsmouth its first Royal Charter. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Record Plant Studios (also known as just " The Record Plant " were three famous Recording studios which were started and run by Gary Kellgren (who The City of New York John "Mitch" Mitchell (born 9 July, 1947 in Ealing, Middlesex) is an English Drummer, most famous for his involvement "The Experience" redirects here For other uses of this term see Experience (disambiguation. Stephen Lawrence "Steve" or "Stevie" Winwood (born 12 May 1948 in Handsworth, Birmingham) is an English Singer-songwriter Traffic were an English rock band formed in 1967 by Steve Winwood, Jim Capaldi, Chris Wood and Dave Mason. The Hammond organ is an electric organ which was invented by Laurens Hammond in 1934 and manufactured by the Hammond Organ Company Jack Casady (born John William Casady April 13 1944 in Washington D Jefferson Airplane was an American rock band from San Francisco, a pioneer of the Psychedelic rock movement The electric bass guitar (also called electric bass, or simply bass; ˈbeɪs as in "base" is a Stringed instrument played primarily with the The song, basically a 15-minute blues jam, evolved into the final product over the course of an hour. The Blues is a vocal and instrumental form of Music based on the use of the Blue notes It emerged as an accessible form of self-expression A jam session is a Musical act where Musicians gather and play (or "jam") without extensive preparation or predefined Arrangements
After many of the late night Electric Ladyland recording sessions, Hendrix and the band went to one of the New York City clubs to jam with whoever was there. One such jam at The Scene Club included Steve Winwood and Jack Casady. Noel Redding was not present as he had stormed out of the Record Plant studio earlier that evening. David "Noel" Redding ( December 25, 1945 &ndash May 11, 2003) was an English Rock and roll guitarist best They spent the night playing "Voodoo Chile", and when the club closed, Hendrix invited everyone back to the studio. At about 7 a. m. the next morning they began to formally record "Voodoo Chile". It took only three takes and the final 15 minute version was Hendrix's longest studio recording. The second take did not come out well, since a string broke. The first and second takes are used in "Voodoo Chile Blues" that is a combination of two takes released on Hendrix leftovers-album called Blues. Blues is a posthumous Compilation album by musician Jimi Hendrix, released April 26, 1994 on MCA Records
While "Voodoo Chile" sounds like a live recording, the crowd noise was actually recorded afterwards. Some twenty people were brought to the studio to record appropriate background noise.
The song evolved over time from a song called "Catfish Blues" which Hendrix also called "Experiencing the Blues", an homage to Muddy Waters. For medieval usage see Homage (medieval and Commendation ceremony, or Homage (disambiguation Homage (from the French For the album by Redman, see Muddy Waters (album. For the college football coach see Muddy Waters (football coach. The song was made up of a medley of verses based on Muddy Water's songs, including "Rollin' Stone", "Still a Fool", and "Rollin' and Tumblin'". In Music, a medley is a piece composed from parts of existing pieces played one after another sometimes Overlapping. " Rollin' Stone " is the name of a 1948 Muddy Waters Blues song and was inducted in the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2000. " Rollin' and Tumblin' " is a Blues song that has been recorded hundreds of times by various artists [1]
The song "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" appears on the same album. " Voodoo Child (Slight Return " is the last track on the third and final album by The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Electric Ladyland.
References
- McDermott, John & Cox, Billy & Kramer, Eddie (1996). Jimi Hendrix: Sessions: The Complete Studio Recording Sessions, 1963-1970. Little, Brown and Company. ISBN 0-316-55546-0.
External links
- The Legend of Jimi Hendrix by Charles R. Cross
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