I’ve heard this is a good starting point to learn about Jimi himself and his creative ambitions, through a compiled archive on interviews, diary entries, and writings from the man himself.

Some commonalities with Homer’s masterpiece:

Gods and goddesses (And the Gods made love).

Females who derail a journey like alluring sirens (Crosstown Traffic)

A weird, Circe-like seductress (Little Miss Strange)

A sinister giant (the big guy in House Burning Down)

A war-ravaged, Troy-like hellscape (1983)

Harrowing loneliness like that experienced by Odysseus and Penelope (Midnight Lamp)

A homestead under threat like the hero’s crib in Odyssey (Watchtower)

And an end in which the hero stands tall and kicks ass (Voodoo Chile Slight Return).

Am I reaching here? The album enjoys an amazing cohesiveness, as if Hendrix’s was riffing on common themes.

Was Hendrix channeling the Ancient Greek poet? Or were they both inspired by universal truths.

(Yes, some of the songs weren’t written by Hendrix, but they fit like puzzle pieces).

I recall a song I used to have on an old iPod.

This was not long after the Kazaa days, so it could definitely have been a mislabel, but I recall it saying that it was a Hendrix song. I was also a fairly young teenager at the time (which I am very definitely not anymore) so it’s possible (read: certain) that my memory is unreliable in the extreme.

I don’t remember much about the song, but the version I had was a live performance, and the song was about drugs, with the lyrics having the spirit of “they tell me not to take drugs, but then I do it anyway.” (Yes, I am aware that is the worst description of lyrics ever lol). 

Does anyone have any idea WTF I’m on about? 

Thanks for your time 🙏🏻 

Jimi arriving in Milan, Italy for a tour in May 1968.

Found this in my photo gallery. Enjoy

I attempted this song for the first time two years ago, thought why not try again and see how far I've come, here marks the first time I've ever learned and recorded a solo by ear.

- Rhythm, me
- Lead, me
- Vocals, me
- Backing track (The official take 1 of One Rainy Wish mixed by Eddie Kramer and Chas Chandler in 1967)

I made both of these in 2007. The first is just marker and fine point pen. The second one is painted only using a pallet knife. I’ve held onto these through life’s up and downs and pulled em out of storage yesterday. Figured you guys may dig em!

Hi There

Saw the Eddie Kramer talking Little Wing on Rick Beato and how Jimi recorded it so decided to give it another listen and whoa 🤯 Little Wing might be one of my favorite Jimi songs tbh.

Just a brilliant song through and through tbh with some great Jimi singing and playing with the band plus the use of the glockenspiel is just so great and adds to my liking of the song.

Sorry my old account got deleted so im reposting my thread.

Jimi Hendrix's Phrasing

His style is hard to understand at first because it is so unorthodox and unique, I thought it was just random noises, but once I understood his style, its like "this one is different, I can't listen to Hendrix and expect him to "fit into a box", once you stop trying to get Jimi to fit into this "box" and just go along with what hes trying to do, hes is so creative and really says something new.

Most players like SRV, Kenny wayne shepard, etc. play very very fast but it seems they use the same phrases over and over again in slightly different variations. Its like they are reading the same book again and again but very very techincal and fast, which is very impressive to non-guitarists but it gets pretty old and boring fast for people that have been listening to the blues for a long time.

But when I listen to Jimi, its like hes writing a new story, creating new melodies as he goes along. He's not relying on past phrases to get him through, no he's creating new melodies out of thin air. Anyways, does anyone else know what I am talking about? A good example of this is "redhouse live in san diego", its like what is he doing? it sounds like hes in a dream, trying to communicate with aliens, he doesn't play "standard blues licks" at all. It sounds weird at first, but once you stop expecting Jimi to play "standard blues" and just listen to what hes saying, its incredible!

To compare Jimi with SRV, I would say that Stevie is more like a perfect machine firing off many notes all perfectly in time with tons of emotion and fury. He is always perfectly in time and right on the beat. Jimi is weird because his playing is like watching waves on the ocean. Not every wave is the same, sometimes he drags behind the beat, sometimes he is on beat, sometimes he is ahead of the beat. It's like SRV is bound to the beat, tied in harmony. But Jimi sounds more like hes free. He is free from time, hes not bound to any time signature or beat. The beat surrenders to Jimi, and lets him take full control. Listen to SRV Voodoochild Intro, hes perfectly on beat, its clean, its articulate, its perfect. But now listen to Jimi Woodstock Voodoochild outro, its slow at times, it speeds up at times, its completely free and so full of expression.

Its like Jimi is starting a blues lick and i think “oh i know how he ls going to end this phrase” but then he ends the lick in a way i wouldve never ever predicted. When i listen to SRV its like my brain can predict where hes going next, bit with Hendrix its like “i cant predict anything, i dont know where hes going next”.

My favorite red house is the one in madison wisconsin, he sings and plays with such fury I've never heard from any other red house live. I love that lick he plays after he sings "she aint say a damn thing about leaving, but I still got my guitar, thats alright". He seems to be in a very angry mood but that guitar playing is so powerful and emotional, Jimi was truly one of one.

by the way i love SRV, fantastic player, no disrespect. Jimi is just Jimi.