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Electric Ladyland is the third and final studio album by the Jimi Hendrix Experience, released in October 1968. A double album, it was the only record from the Experience with production solely credited to Hendrix.
Jan 12, 2020 · In this video, Joe Chambers, CEO and Founder of the Musicians Hall of Fame & Museum in Nashville, TN, sits down with MHOF Inductee Al Kooper. Al talks about his relationship with Jimi Hendrix...
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- Whitney Houston’s mom sang backing vocals on “Burning of the Midnight Lamp.” The first song recorded for Electric Ladyland, the introspective “Burning of the Midnight Lamp,” was tracked at New York’s Mayfair Studios on July 6thand 7th, 1967, just three weeks after the Experience’s incendiary performance at the Monterey Pop Festival.
- Hendrix played a homemade kazoo on “Crosstown Traffic.” “The wah-wah pedal is great because it doesn’t have any notes,” Hendrix told Rolling Stone in 1968, waxing rhapsodic about the then-new invention, which was one of his favorite musical tools.
- Brian Jones tried (and failed) to play piano on “All Along the Watchtower.” Hendrix often encouraged other musicians to join in on his recording sessions, and Electric Ladyland featured several guest contributors, including Al Kooper, Buddy Miles and three members of Traffic (Dave Mason, Steve Winwood and Chris Wood).
- Bob Dylan thought Hendrix’s version of “Watchtower” was an improvement on his original. “I love Dylan,” Hendrix enthused to Rolling Stone in 1969. “I only met him once, about three years ago, back at the Kettle of Fish [a folk-rock-era hangout in New York] on MacDougal Street.
Al Kooper (born Alan Peter Kuperschmidt; February 5, 1944) is a retired American songwriter, record producer, and musician, known for joining and naming Blood, Sweat & Tears, although he did not stay with the group long enough to share its popularity.
Oct 26, 2021 · 'Electric Ladyland' is widely regarded as the apex of Jimi Hendrix's musical creativity within the confines of the studio environment. It is a vivid snapshot of his innovative artistic genius, captured during what was an extremely fertile and creative period in his life.
Nov 13, 2018 · Jimi Hendrix’s ‘Electric Ladyland’ Turns 50 With an Ambitious Box Set Reissue. An excellent new mix and mindblowing bonus material add depth and scope to the guitar legend's 1968 masterpiece ...
Oct 16, 2018 · When Jimi Hendrix released his third album Electric Ladyland 50 years ago today (Oct. 16, 1968), it was the proudest achievement of his young career — an album he created from the deepest caverns...
