Favourite underrated Hendrix song

wesker123

Red House

Keefy

joeW said:

Driving south is Jimi at his best for me.  

Hell yeah, my favourite track from the BBC recordings. Eat your heart out SRV!

DannyP

I quite like Ezy Rider. It's a bit of a throwaway and the lyrics are gash, but the energy and riffing are superb.

Stratocosta

1983... (A Merman I Should Turn to Be)

mrkb

wesker123 said:

Red House

Which version, I’m sure there’s a tab book with about 12 different versions of his notated out.

MagicPigDetective

Keefy said:

joeW said:

Driving south is Jimi at his best for me.  

Hell yeah, my favourite track from the BBC recordings. Eat your heart out SRV!

Yes Driving South for me too.. incredible playing.

I was going to suggest Who Knows for being a less heralded song than Machine Gun on Band of Gypsies, but Who Knows has more plays on Spotify, so maybe it isn’t. 

CHRISB50

Stratocosta said:

1983... (A Merman I Should Turn to Be)

The intro to this one is beautiful, and easy to play. 

Long Hot Summer Night is a favourite of mine as well. 

Keefy

mrkb said:

wesker123 said:

Red House

Which version, I’m sure there’s a tab book with about 12 different versions of his notated out.

Yes, I have it!

matt_sefton

Stone Free for me too. And Crosstown Traffic.

mudslide73

Inspired by this thread, I listened to a truckload of early Jimi on the way home. Highway Chile, I'd forgotten about and Stone Free is astonishing imo. 

tone1

Fire is my favourite under-rated Jimi tune….it’s not too tricky to play either 

KDS

I'm bit of a hendrix nut, been a fan since I was about 15 (about '88). All the great underrated track have been mentioned:
Wind Cry's Mary
51st anniversary
3rd stone from the sun

I would add:
All around the watchtower (ok dylan song and maybe not underrated), but
Fire, which is a great song to play live
Are you experienced, and
If 6 was 9 (but the whole of axis bold of love is one of my fav albums

GoFish

Spanish Castle Magic took on special significance when I found out that the Spanish Castle was a venue / club / hang out just outside Seattle from surf music days all the way to much trippier happenings. I guess it's meant to be a little toungue-in-cheek salute, and a bit autobiographical.

Littlejonny

Stratocosta said:

1983... (A Merman I Should Turn to Be)

I was literally going to ban this one as it always comes up in these conversations offline. I can’t tell you how much I love that track.

Littlejonny

The older I get, the more I appreciate Hendrix. There’s never been anyone who portrays beauty and chaos so seamlessly. People try and rate him as a guitar player - he was just an incredible musician. 

guitars4you

mudslide73 said:

Castles Made Of Sand, Wait Until Tomorrow, Long Hot Summer Night, The Stars That Play With Laughing Sam's Dice.. the list is endless as the bar is so high (basically what @GoFish said). 

good shout on Castles made of sand

KDS

Littlejonny said:

The older I get, the more I appreciate Hendrix. There’s never been anyone who portrays beauty and chaos so seamlessly. People try and rate him as a guitar player - he was just an incredible musician. 

I actually like the hendrix 'groove'. A sampled hendrix with dance beat should not work, but bizarrely it does. If you get a chance to have listen, check out Beautiful People's 'If the 60's were the 90's' album:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/If_60%27s_Were_90%27s

Redlester

scrumhalf said:

The intro to Killing Floor from Monterey, and the rest of the song isn't bad, either.

The Wind Cries Mary is amazing when you think it was recorded in 20 minutes left over at the end of a session.

Great call. This is superb playing on every level. 

For my own contribution, I'd say the first version on Electric Ladyland of Voodoo Chile- i.e the one with Winwood on keys and Jack Cassady on bass. One of the all-time great 'live in the studio' recordings. Also possibly the greatest jam-track of all time, and also featuring mucho Strat front pickup goodness. 

mudslide73

KDS said:

Littlejonny said:

The older I get, the more I appreciate Hendrix. There’s never been anyone who portrays beauty and chaos so seamlessly. People try and rate him as a guitar player - he was just an incredible musician. 

I actually like the hendrix 'groove'. A sampled hendrix with dance beat should not work, but bizarrely it does. If you get a chance to have listen, check out Beautiful People's 'If the 60's were the 90's' album:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/If_60%27s_Were_90%27s

I've still got that CD somewhere.. the Rilly Groovy single as well. It shouldn't work but it really does.

Supportact

Highway Chile is a good one. Castles Made of Sand. I had a period as a teenager when I was really into Hendrix, I used to have some good live versions on cassette but god knows where they went.