"in all, your basic rock concert as act of flawed genius. Does this kind of thing happen any more? Not on such a scale for sure."" Although ""Live at Woodstock"" (1999) was later released as a more comprehensive record of Hendrix's performance, Christgau felt the ""condensed reconfiguration"" offered by the 1994 album magnified the concert's ""aura"". AllMusic's Jason Anderson was less enthusiastic, deeming it ""very significant"" but not very well recorded, with fairly dull versions of ""Fire"" and ""Purple Haze"". Woodstock (Jimi Hendrix album) Woodstock is a live album by Jimi Hendrix released posthumously on August 20, 1994. The album"
"fought to win the right to vote for women, finally succeeding with the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution in 1920. Later, in the 1970s, in a tribute to the Suffragettes, it became the color of the women's liberation movement. In the concentration camps of Nazi Germany, prisoners who were members of non-conformist religious groups, such as the Jehovah's Witnesses, were required to wear a purple triangle. During the 1960s and early 1970s, it was also associated with counterculture, psychedelics, and musicians like Jimi Hendrix with his 1967 song ""Purple Haze"", or the English rock band of Deep Purple which"
"(after which he segued into ""Purple Haze""). The song would become ""part of the sixties Zeitgeist"" as it was captured forever in the Woodstock film; Hendrix's image performing this number wearing a blue-beaded white leather jacket with fringe and a red head scarf has since been regarded as a defining moment of the 1960s. Although the festival was remarkably peaceful given the number of people and the conditions involved, there were two recorded fatalities: one from insulin usage, and another caused in an accident when a tractor ran over an attendee sleeping in a nearby hayfield. There also were two"
"Haze"" as performed by each of the different Hendrix lineups have been released. These include ""Live at Monterey"" (the Experience), ""Live at Woodstock"" (Gypsy Sun and Rainbows), ""Live at the Fillmore East"" (Band of Gypsys), and ""Live at Berkeley"" (the Cry of Love touring group). Additional live recordings with the Experience appear on ""Winterland"" (2011 ""Billboard"" number 49 album) and ""Miami Pop Festival"" (2013 ""Billboard"" number 39 album). In March 2005, ""Q"" magazine ranked ""Purple Haze"" at number one in its list of the ""100 Greatest Guitar Tracks Ever!"" The song placed at number two on ""Rolling Stone"" magazine's ""100"
"likely ""a pot-pourri of ideas"" which Hendrix developed over time. As a fan of science fiction, he frequently incorporated its imagery in his songwriting. Hendrix read ""Night of Light"", a 1966 novel by Philip José Farmer, that expanded on a short story published in 1957. In the story set on a distant planet, sunspots produce a ""purplish haze"" which has a disorienting effect on the inhabitants. An early handwritten draft by Hendrix, titled ""Purple Haze – Jesus Saves"", uses dream-like imagery where the sense of direction and time is distorted. In an interview on January 28, 1967, before the song"
"the sky"" (during a downpour in Seattle). Music critic William Ruhlmann describes ""Purple Haze"" as having ""relentlessly driving, if relatively slow-paced underlying music, which provides a good platform for some of Hendrix's inventive guitar playing"". Beginning with its dissonant opening and heavy use of distortion, Hendrix's techniques ""all contributed to the dirty, raw, metallic, [and] angular sounds"" heard in the song, according to Shapiro. The intro consists of the melodic interval of a tritone or diminished (sometimes called flattened) fifth. Historically, this dissonant interval has been referred to as ""diabolus in musica"" (literally ""Devil in music"") and was reputedly proscribed"
"the Beatles songs ""The Inner Light"", ""Blue Jay Way"" and ""Within You Without You"", creating a prolonged sense of suspended resolution. Perhaps the most striking use of the interval in rock music of the late 1960s can be found in Jimi Hendrix's song ""Purple Haze"". According to Dave Moskowitz (2010, p.12), Hendrix ""ripped into 'Purple Haze' by beginning the song with the sinister sounding tritone interval creating an opening dissonance, long described as 'The Devil in Music'."" Tritones also became important in the development of jazz tertian harmony, where triads and seventh chords are often expanded to become 9th, 11th,"
"not just the idyllic bits, were captured by acid rock."" ""Acid rock"" has also been described as more heavily electric and containing more distortion (""fuzz"") than typical psychedelic rock. By the late 1960s, in addition to the deliberate use of distortion and feedback, acid rock was further characterized by long guitar solos and the frequent use of electronic organs. Lyric references to drug use were also common, as exemplified in Jefferson Airplane's 1967 song ""White Rabbit"" and Jimi Hendrix Experience's 1967 song ""Purple Haze"". Lyrical references to drugs such as LSD were often cryptic. At a time when many British"
"told him to keep working on that, saying, 'That's the next single! Chandler claimed that after some more urging, Hendrix wrote the rest of ""Purple Haze"" in the dressing room of a London club during the afternoon of December 26, 1966, before a gig. In several interviews, Hendrix spoke about writing the song, but did not mention where or when he wrote it. The Experience began recording ""Purple Haze"" on January 11, 1967, at De Lane Lea Studios in London. According to drummer Mitch Mitchell, he and bassist Noel Redding learned the song in the studio: ""Hendrix came in and"
"of the guitar"" and, according to Shadwick, ""gives the impression that the guitar notes are flying off into the ether."" On March 17, 1967, ""Purple Haze"" was released in the UK as the first single on Track Records. Another Hendrix composition, the R&B-influenced ""51st Anniversary"" was included as the B-side. Paul McCartney, who was an early Hendrix supporter, gave the record an enthusiastic pre-release review in ""Melody Maker"". The single entered the charts at number 39 on ""Record Mirror"" and at number 43 on ""Melody Maker"". It peaked at number three and spent 14 weeks on the chart. During March"
"paintings. This tone of purple was very popular among hippies and was the favorite color of Jimi Hendrix. Thus it is called psychedelic purple. Psychedelic purple is the color halfway between electric purple and magenta. In the 1980s there was a ""Jimi Hendrix Museum"" in a Victorian house on the east side of Central Ave. one half block south of Haight Street in the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood of San Francisco which was painted this color. Another name for this color is phlox, as it is the color of the phlox flower. The first recorded use of ""phlox"" as a color name"
"Colour Haze Colour Haze is a stoner/psychedelic rock group from Munich, Germany, consisting of singer and guitarist Stefan Koglek, drummer Manfred Merwald and bassist Philipp Rasthofer. Formed in the mid-nineties, Colour Haze is one of the oldest German stoner outfits, and have since then become one of the flagships of the German stoner rock scene. Tours of the band have included headline spots at smaller national and international rock festivals, such as the U.S. festival Emissions from the Monolith in 2006 alongside Orange Goblin, Boris, and General Tso. Local media coverage have included a broadcast of a concert on national"
"in New York City and was looking for an artist to record a rock version of ""Hey Joe"". Chandler discovered Jimi Hendrix, who had also been playing at the Cafe Wha? in 1966 and performing an arrangement of ""Hey Joe"" inspired by Rose's rendition. Chandler decided to take Hendrix with him to England in September 1966, where he would subsequently turn the guitarist into a star. Rose re-recorded ""Hey Joe"" in the 1990s, re-titling it ""Blue Steel .44"" and again claimed the song as his own arrangement of a traditional song. Some accounts credit the slower version of the song"
"of all time, and number six on their list of the 100 greatest artists of all time. ""Guitar World""'s readers voted six of Hendrix's solos among the top 100 Greatest Guitar Solos of All Time: ""Purple Haze"" (70), ""The Star-Spangled Banner"" (52; from ""Live at Woodstock""), ""Machine Gun"" (32; from ""Band of Gypsys""), ""Little Wing"" (18), ""Voodoo Child (Slight Return)"" (11), and ""All Along the Watchtower"" (5). ""Rolling Stone"" placed seven of his recordings in their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: ""Purple Haze"" (17), ""All Along the Watchtower"" (47) ""Voodoo Child (Slight Return)"" (102), ""Foxy Lady"""
"some of Hendrix's best known songs, including the Experience's first three singles, which, though omitted from the British edition of the LP, were top ten hits in the UK: ""Purple Haze"", ""Hey Joe"", and ""The Wind Cries Mary"". In 2005, ""Rolling Stone"" ranked ""Are You Experienced"" 15th on its list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. The magazine placed four songs from the album on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: ""Purple Haze"" (17), ""Foxy Lady"" (153), ""Hey Joe"" (201), and ""The Wind Cries Mary"" (379). That same year, the record was one of"
"and 1960s. While this sonority has been previously used in jazz and related styles, one particular voicing of this chord is commonly nicknamed the ""Hendrix Chord"" among rock guitarists. This association is because it was a favorite of Jimi Hendrix, who did a great deal to popularize its use in mainstream rock music. The most notable Hendrix song that features the 79 chord is ""Purple Haze"", while it is also implied in ""Foxy Lady"", both coming from his 1967 album ""Are You Experienced?"". When performing ""Voodoo Child (Slight Return)"" live Hendrix later used not only E, the sharpened ninth chord"
"The Beach Boys (""Smiley Smile""), Cream (""Disraeli Gears""), The Byrds (""Younger Than Yesterday""), The Rolling Stones (""Between the Buttons"" and ""Their Satanic Majesties Request""), The Who (""The Who Sell Out""), The Velvet Underground (""The Velvet Underground & Nico""), Procol Harum (""Procol Harum""), The Monkees (""Headquarters"" and "" Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones Ltd.""), and The Jimi Hendrix Experience (""Are You Experienced?"" and "")"". The following songs achieved the highest chart positions in the charts of 1967. w. = words, m. = music 1967 in music The year 1967 was an important one for psychedelic rock, and was famous for its"
"""The Golden Age"", ""These were the years when the music industry exploded to become bigger than Hollywood."" This period, especially the 1970s, is also called the Album Rock Era. Music critic Dave Marsh has called Jimi Hendrix's 1967 ""Purple Haze"" the ""debut single of the Album Rock Era"" while Stephen Thomas Erlewine called Lou Gramm's 1987 ""Midnight Blue"" the ""last great single of the album-rock era"". Along with the LP record, the 8-track tape was another format popular in the United States in this period. After the fall of LP record sales at the end of the 1970s and rise"
"Haze"", and ""The Wind Cries Mary"". ""Are You Experienced"" was an immediate commercial success, selling more than one million copies within seven months of its release. Reviewing the album in 1967, ""Melody Maker"" praised its artistic integrity and the Experience's varied use of tempo. ""NME"" Keith Altham said it is ""a brave effort by Hendrix to produce a musical form which is original and exciting"". However, not all contemporary writers gave the LP a favorable review; in November 1967, ""Rolling Stone"" Jon Landau wrote that although he considered Hendrix a ""great guitarist and a brilliant arranger"", he disapproved of his"
"this will significantly improve rail services for local people. Forest Gate has various associations with music and acting: it was for many years the home of the Tonic Sol-fa College of John Curwen, which taught large numbers of people to play music without learning conventional notation. In December 1966 Jimi Hendrix wrote ""Purple Haze"" in the Upper Cut Club, owned by Douglas Bayle and George and Billy Walker, it had been opened by The Who, and had The Small Faces as the house band, for a while. It later became the Ace of Clubs in Woodgrange Road. The Newham Generals"
"Red House (song) ""Red House"" is a song written by Jimi Hendrix and one of the first songs recorded in 1966 by the Jimi Hendrix Experience. It has the musical form of a conventional twelve-bar blues and features Hendrix's guitar playing. He developed the song prior to forming the Experience and was inspired by earlier blues songs. ""Red House"" was first released on the British edition of Hendrix's debut album ""Are You Experienced"" in May 1967 (for the American album release, previously released Experience singles were used in its place). A second similar take was eventually released in the US"
"Gypsy Eyes ""Gypsy Eyes"" (spelt as ""Gipsy Eyes"" on the UK edition) is a song by Jimi Hendrix, performed by The Jimi Hendrix Experience on their 1968 album ""Electric Ladyland"", and based on the field holler. When released as a double-A-sided single with ""Remember"", it reached no. 35 in the UK charts. The song features guitar themes that float between left and right channels. Richard Middleton notes that licks in rock music are often used through a formula and variations technique and that ""Gypsy Eyes"" ""is put together from variants of five stock ideas...familiar from other recordings in the same"
"Lea Studios in London on January 11, 1967, during sessions for their follow-up single to ""Hey Joe"". Hendrix producer Chas Chandler commented on the recording: The single, backed by ""Highway Chile"", was released in the UK in May 1967 and reached number six on the UK Singles Chart. In the United States, the song was first released as the B-side of the ""Purple Haze"" single in June 1967. It was later included on the American ""Are You Experienced"" album, released in August 1967. Hendrix often performed the song live in 1967 and 1968. A recording from the Monterey Pop Festival"
"documentary ""Monterey Pop"", Hendrix burned and smashed his guitar on stage for dramatic effect. After the show-stealing performance, Reprise Records agreed to distribute ""Are You Experienced"". However, despite the increased awareness that the Experience's performance at Monterey provided, the second Experience single, ""Purple Haze"" / ""The Wind Cries Mary"", released in the US on August 16, 1967, stalled at number 65 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100. Although the single performed poorly in the US charts, its presence on underground FM radio stations, which were transitioning from easy listening and classical music formats to album cuts, significantly aided sales of the"
"and rock guitarists, as the ""Hendrix chord"" or ""Purple Haze chord"", nicknamed for guitarist Jimi Hendrix, who showed a preference for the chord and did a great deal to popularize its use in mainstream rock music. When used by The Beatles it has also been called the ""Gretty chord"" although this can refer to a distinct 6 string version. There are two main ways to spell the chord, depending on the musical style, kind of musical notation (score or chord symbols), and personal taste. One consists of a dominant seventh chord with an added minor third placed one or more"
"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. This collection was re-released again in October 2010 as part of the Hendrix family's project to remaster Jimi's discography. The opening song ""Hear My Train A Comin'"" (frequently referred to by Hendrix as ""Getting My Heart Back Together Again"") was recorded at Bruce Fleming Photography Studio, London, England, on December 19, 1967."
"the prestigious Olympic Studios. The album, ""Are You Experienced"", features a diversity of musical styles, including blues tracks such as ""Red House"" and ""Highway Chile"", and the R&B song ""Remember"". It also included the experimental science fiction piece, ""Third Stone from the Sun"" and the post-modern soundscapes of the title track, with prominent backwards guitar and drums. ""I Don't Live Today"" served as a medium for Hendrix's guitar feedback improvisation and ""Fire"" was driven by Mitchell's drumming. Released in the UK on May 12, 1967, ""Are You Experienced"" spent 33 weeks on the charts, peaking at number two. It was"
"A Whiter Shade of Pale ""A Whiter Shade of Pale"" is the debut single by the British rock band Procol Harum, released 12 May 1967. The single reached number 1 in the UK Singles Chart on 8 June 1967 and stayed there for six weeks. Without much promotion, it reached number 5 on the ""Billboard"" pop chart in the United States. One of the anthems of the 1967 Summer of Love, it is one of the best selling singles in history, having sold more than 10 million copies worldwide. With its Bach-derived instrumental melody, soulful vocals, and unusual lyrics –"
"style."" He concludes that ""the combination and variations of these formulae are many and highly imaginatve. But the basic formulae are so simple that the recording could well have been worked out 'in performance.'"" Gypsy Eyes ""Gypsy Eyes"" (spelt as ""Gipsy Eyes"" on the UK edition) is a song by Jimi Hendrix, performed by The Jimi Hendrix Experience on their 1968 album ""Electric Ladyland"", and based on the field holler. When released as a double-A-sided single with ""Remember"", it reached no. 35 in the UK charts. The song features guitar themes that float between left and right channels. Richard Middleton"
"at the Marquee Club. As well as performing all over Belgium, continental trips included the Star-Club in Hamburg, the Essen Jazz and Blues Festival, and festivals in Frankfurt, San Tropez and Santa Margarita de la Costa in Italy. They changed their name from Purple Haze to avoid confusion with the Jimi Hendrix single. Peter Green (Fleetwood Mac) joined the band for a short period, but the recordings were never released. Little Free Rock Little Free Rock was an English late 1960s psychedelic hard rock trio from Preston in Lancashire, England. It featured Peter Illingworth (lead guitar and vocals) (born 21"
"in the United States, reaching No. 5. In Australia, it was No. 1 for many weeks, setting a record of 8 weeks in Melbourne. After ""A Whiter Shade of Pale"" became a hit, the band set out to consolidate its studio success by touring, with new official drummer Bobby Harrison added to the line-up; its live debut was opening for Jimi Hendrix in 1967. The group's follow-up single, ""Homburg"", with a line-up change of former Paramounts B. J. Wilson on drums and Robin Trower on guitar (replacing Harrison and Royer, respectively, who exited to form the band Freedom), reached No."
"Blue Haze Blue Haze is a compilation album of tracks recorded in 1953 and 1954 by Miles Davis for Prestige Records. The album is a reissue in 12"" format of the 10"" LP ""Miles Davis Quartet"" (PRLP 161), with ""I'll Remember April"" added. Tracks 4,6, 7, and 8 come from Prestige PREP 1326, The Miles Davis Quartet, recorded 19 May 1953. It features a quartet with John Lewis on piano —replaced on ""Smooch"" by its co-composer Charles Mingus— Percy Heath, the bassist throughout the album, and Max Roach on drums. Tracks 2, 3, and 5, from March 15, 1954, with"
"Fm7 chord. Hendrix used a combination of natural amplifier overdrive and fuzz box effects units to create the song's razor-sharp guitar tone. Its blues–inspired solo—his fourth since arriving in England—used pentatonic scales while showcasing his innovative approach to melody; by exploiting the increased sustain created by overdriving his amplifiers, he moved seamlessly between the middle and high registers with a fluid, singing tone. Author Peter Doggett compared its slow beat to Memphis soul; David Stubbs described the track as a prototype for heavy metal bands such as Black Sabbath. Although the lyrics to ""Purple Haze"", which opened the US edition"