Recorded between 1966 and 1970, they feature the master guitarist stretching the boundaries of electric blues in both live and studio settings. Besides several Hendrixblues-based originals, it includes covers of Albert King and Muddy Waters classics, as well as a 1967 acoustic version of his composition “Hear My Train a Comin’.”
- Richie Unterberger / Allmusic Guide (4/5 Stars) -
Blues is a posthumous compilation album by musician Jimi Hendrix, released April 26, 1994, on MCA Records. Read Full BioRecorded between 1966 and 1970, they feature the master guitarist stretching the boundaries of electric blues in both live and studio settings. Besides several Hendrixblues-based originals, it includes covers of Albert King and Muddy Waters classics, as well as a 1967 acoustic version of his composition “Hear My Train a Comin’.”
- Richie Unterberger / Allmusic Guide (4/5 Stars) -
Blues is a posthumous compilation album by musician Jimi Hendrix, released April 26, 1994, on MCA Records. The album contains eleven blues songs recorded by Hendrix between 1966 and 1970. Out of these eleven, six were previously unreleased. The tracks include seven of Hendrix’s compositions along with covers of famous blues songs such as “Born Under a Bad Sign” and “Mannish Boy”. Most of the album’s material consists of leftover studio tapes that Hendrix might have never intended to release.
Compiled by MCA and released in 1994, Blues was met with favorable criticism and multiple chart success, selling over 500,000 copies in its first two years of release. On February 6, 2001, Blues was certified platinum in sales by the Recording Industry Association of America. The album was re-released on Experience Hendrix Records in 1998, following the Hendrix family’s acquisition of the musician’s recordings.
Music
The opening song “Hear My Train A-Comin’” (aka (by Hendrix) “Getting My Heart Back Together Again”)) is a Hendrix original that he often played live in concert, particularly in 1969 and 1970. The song was from a long lost master tape of Hendrix alone playing a 12 string acoustic right hand guitar, strung for left hand and singing in a delta blues manner. This live studio performance was filmed for, and included in the film See My Music Talking, and later included in the 1973 documentary Jimi Hendrix and accompanying soundtrack LP. The last song on Blues is a live version of “Hear My Train A-Comin’” recorded on May 30, 1970, at the Berkeley Community Theater that had previously been released on the posthumous Rainbow Bridge album in 1971.
A different version of “Hear My Train A-Comin’” was included on the posthumous 1975 album Midnight Lightning and was considered somewhat controversial since producer Alan Douglas used session musicians to augment Hendrix’ guitar and Mitch Mitchell’s drums (overdubbing the bass guitar in the process). Another studio version from February 1969 was included on The Jimi Hendrix Experience box set in 2000.
“Born Under a Bad Sign” is an instrumental jam of the Albert King number (performed by Band of Gypsys). “Red House” is the original (mono) take from the European version of Are You Experienced, but minus the outro chat (previously unavailable in USA & Canada). Another take (stereo) from a different session was released on the USA version of the 1969 compilation album Smash Hits. On this version Redding plays electric guitar tuned down to resemble a bass. “Catfish Blues” is from a Dutch TV show Hoepla. Hendrix uses the first two verses from Muddy Waters “Rollin’ Stone” (which is based on older versions usually with “Catfish” in the title) and the last verse is from Muddy’s “Still a Fool” itself based on “Roll and Tumble Blues” by Hambone Willie etc.
“Voodoo Chile Blues” is another creation of Alan Douglas, recorded during the sessions that produced the finished track, “Voodoo Chile”, for the critically acclaimed Electric Ladyland album. This track is made up of two different takes of the song that were edited and joined together in order to come up with one consistent track. “Mannish Boy” is actually a hybrid of Muddy Waters’s “Mannish Boy” and Bo Diddley’s “I’m a Man”, it is a similar edited studio creation that combines several takes. “Once I Had a Woman” is a slightly longer edited version of Hendrix’s slow blues song. The band starts to jam during the second half of the long song and then a fade out follows. “Bleeding Heart” is a cover of the Elmore James number, performed here by Band of Gypsys. “Jelly 292″ is actually take 2 of the song “Jam 292″ (the name on the tape box) which appeared on the 1974 European only LP “Loose Ends”. It is an uptempo jam based on Duke Ellington’s “Dooji Wooji”. “Electric Church Red House” is a jam from TTG studios in 1968 featuring a group introduction by Hendrix (lifted from another, different jam at TTG) and Lee Michaels on organ.
Musicians
Jimi Hendrix – guitars, vocals
Billy Cox – bass on “Born Under a Bad Sign”, “Mannish Boy”, “Once I Had a Woman”, “Bleeding Heart”, “Jelly 292″ and “Hear My Train a Comin’ (Electric)”
Noel Redding – bass on “Red House”, “Catfish Blues” and “Electric Church Red House”
Mitch Mitchell – drums on “Red House”, “Catfish Blues”, “Voodoo Chile Blues”, “Jelly 292″, “Electric Church Red House” and “Hear My Train a Comin’ (Electric)”
Buddy Miles – drums on “Born Under a Bad Sign”, “Mannish Boy”, “Once I Had a Woman”, “Bleeding Heart”
Jack Casady – bass on “Voodoo Chile Blues”
Steve Winwood – organ on “Voodoo Chile Blues”
Lee Michaels – organ on “Electric Church Red House”
Sharon Layne – organ on “Jelly 292″
Additional personnel
Alan Douglas – production
Bruce Gary – production
Mark Linett – engineering
Joe Gastwirt – mastering
Rob O’Connor – artwork, design
Richard Bull – artwork, design
Michael J. Fairchild – liner notes
- Richie Unterberger / Allmusic Guide (4/5 Stars) -
Blues is a posthumous compilation album by musician Jimi Hendrix, released April 26, 1994, on MCA Records. Read Full BioRecorded between 1966 and 1970, they feature the master guitarist stretching the boundaries of electric blues in both live and studio settings. Besides several Hendrixblues-based originals, it includes covers of Albert King and Muddy Waters classics, as well as a 1967 acoustic version of his composition “Hear My Train a Comin’.”
- Richie Unterberger / Allmusic Guide (4/5 Stars) -
Blues is a posthumous compilation album by musician Jimi Hendrix, released April 26, 1994, on MCA Records. The album contains eleven blues songs recorded by Hendrix between 1966 and 1970. Out of these eleven, six were previously unreleased. The tracks include seven of Hendrix’s compositions along with covers of famous blues songs such as “Born Under a Bad Sign” and “Mannish Boy”. Most of the album’s material consists of leftover studio tapes that Hendrix might have never intended to release.
Compiled by MCA and released in 1994, Blues was met with favorable criticism and multiple chart success, selling over 500,000 copies in its first two years of release. On February 6, 2001, Blues was certified platinum in sales by the Recording Industry Association of America. The album was re-released on Experience Hendrix Records in 1998, following the Hendrix family’s acquisition of the musician’s recordings.
Music
The opening song “Hear My Train A-Comin’” (aka (by Hendrix) “Getting My Heart Back Together Again”)) is a Hendrix original that he often played live in concert, particularly in 1969 and 1970. The song was from a long lost master tape of Hendrix alone playing a 12 string acoustic right hand guitar, strung for left hand and singing in a delta blues manner. This live studio performance was filmed for, and included in the film See My Music Talking, and later included in the 1973 documentary Jimi Hendrix and accompanying soundtrack LP. The last song on Blues is a live version of “Hear My Train A-Comin’” recorded on May 30, 1970, at the Berkeley Community Theater that had previously been released on the posthumous Rainbow Bridge album in 1971.
A different version of “Hear My Train A-Comin’” was included on the posthumous 1975 album Midnight Lightning and was considered somewhat controversial since producer Alan Douglas used session musicians to augment Hendrix’ guitar and Mitch Mitchell’s drums (overdubbing the bass guitar in the process). Another studio version from February 1969 was included on The Jimi Hendrix Experience box set in 2000.
“Born Under a Bad Sign” is an instrumental jam of the Albert King number (performed by Band of Gypsys). “Red House” is the original (mono) take from the European version of Are You Experienced, but minus the outro chat (previously unavailable in USA & Canada). Another take (stereo) from a different session was released on the USA version of the 1969 compilation album Smash Hits. On this version Redding plays electric guitar tuned down to resemble a bass. “Catfish Blues” is from a Dutch TV show Hoepla. Hendrix uses the first two verses from Muddy Waters “Rollin’ Stone” (which is based on older versions usually with “Catfish” in the title) and the last verse is from Muddy’s “Still a Fool” itself based on “Roll and Tumble Blues” by Hambone Willie etc.
“Voodoo Chile Blues” is another creation of Alan Douglas, recorded during the sessions that produced the finished track, “Voodoo Chile”, for the critically acclaimed Electric Ladyland album. This track is made up of two different takes of the song that were edited and joined together in order to come up with one consistent track. “Mannish Boy” is actually a hybrid of Muddy Waters’s “Mannish Boy” and Bo Diddley’s “I’m a Man”, it is a similar edited studio creation that combines several takes. “Once I Had a Woman” is a slightly longer edited version of Hendrix’s slow blues song. The band starts to jam during the second half of the long song and then a fade out follows. “Bleeding Heart” is a cover of the Elmore James number, performed here by Band of Gypsys. “Jelly 292″ is actually take 2 of the song “Jam 292″ (the name on the tape box) which appeared on the 1974 European only LP “Loose Ends”. It is an uptempo jam based on Duke Ellington’s “Dooji Wooji”. “Electric Church Red House” is a jam from TTG studios in 1968 featuring a group introduction by Hendrix (lifted from another, different jam at TTG) and Lee Michaels on organ.
Musicians
Jimi Hendrix – guitars, vocals
Billy Cox – bass on “Born Under a Bad Sign”, “Mannish Boy”, “Once I Had a Woman”, “Bleeding Heart”, “Jelly 292″ and “Hear My Train a Comin’ (Electric)”
Noel Redding – bass on “Red House”, “Catfish Blues” and “Electric Church Red House”
Mitch Mitchell – drums on “Red House”, “Catfish Blues”, “Voodoo Chile Blues”, “Jelly 292″, “Electric Church Red House” and “Hear My Train a Comin’ (Electric)”
Buddy Miles – drums on “Born Under a Bad Sign”, “Mannish Boy”, “Once I Had a Woman”, “Bleeding Heart”
Jack Casady – bass on “Voodoo Chile Blues”
Steve Winwood – organ on “Voodoo Chile Blues”
Lee Michaels – organ on “Electric Church Red House”
Sharon Layne – organ on “Jelly 292″
Additional personnel
Alan Douglas – production
Bruce Gary – production
Mark Linett – engineering
Joe Gastwirt – mastering
Rob O’Connor – artwork, design
Richard Bull – artwork, design
Michael J. Fairchild – liner notes
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Hear My Train A Comin'
by Jimi Hendrix
Yeah
Well I wait around the train station
Waitin' for that train
Take me, take me, take me away
From this lonesome time, lonesome time
Too bad you don't love me no more, girl
Too bad you people want me down
Tears burnin' me
Tears burnin' me in my eyes
Way down, way down in my soul
Tears burnin' me way down in my heart
Too bad you don't love no more, girl
Too bad you and me have to part, have to part
Hear my train is coming
Hear my train is coming
Hear my train is coming
Hear my train is coming
Well, I hear my train a coming
Hear my train a comin'
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: Jimi Hendrix
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
by Jimi Hendrix
Yeah
Well I wait around the train station
Waitin' for that train
Take me, take me, take me away
From this lonesome time, lonesome time
Too bad you don't love me no more, girl
Too bad you people want me down
Tears burnin' me
Tears burnin' me in my eyes
Way down, way down in my soul
Tears burnin' me way down in my heart
Too bad you don't love no more, girl
Too bad you and me have to part, have to part
Hear my train is coming
Hear my train is coming
Hear my train is coming
Hear my train is coming
Well, I hear my train a coming
Hear my train a comin'
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: Jimi Hendrix
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
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TruthFoot
You can't be authentic blue man without at least one song about a train.
Dimas Vicente
@Brandovichie woodstock
janis joplin
sua voz rouca
eternizou!
santana
brilhou!
joan baez
protestou!
jimi hendrix
sua guitarra
infernizou!
the two
emocionou!
joe cocker
sua voz
eletrizante
encantou!
viva o rock
and roll...
meu livro
arte e poesia
em breve
na editora
autografia.com.br/publique.
TruthFoot
@wayfaringshaman The train symbolizes the passage from life to death, start to finish, end of the line.
Trains are not cocks in the blues.
mr. vain vice
@TruthFoot trying to white wash blues like y'all did rock n roll???
mr. vain vice
@TruthFoot actually it did sorry
Ettnoll Bajen
God damn true brother!
Jimmy J
Jimi Hendrix wasn't the Greatest Guitarist of All-Time because he was the Fastest or Played the Most Complex Chords... he was the Greatest of All-Time because he gave us Absolutely Everything that he had, Every Single Time he performed for us... Whether it was a Studio or Live Performance. He Always gave us Every Single Piece of his Heart and Soul...
Ben JayToken
you can hear it particularly in his layering and attention to detail, it was always as immaculately fitting as it was inventive
Master_OT
I thought he was going to say that Jimi wasn’t the greatest of all time 😂
smooth457
@Brandon no hendrix version of voodoo chile is way better then stevie. not to say Stevie was bad its not about technique but hendrix takes us to different worlds.