“Voodoo Child (Slight Return)” is a song recorded by the Jimi Hendrix Experience in 1968 that appears as the final track on the Electric Ladyland album released that year. It contains improvised guitar and a vocal from Jimi Hendrix, backed by Noel Redding on bass and Mitch Mitchell on drums. The song is one of Hendrix’s best known; it was a feature of his concert performances throughout his career, and several live renditions were recorded and released on later albums.
After his death in 1970, Track Records released the song as a single in the United Kingdom using the title “Voodoo Chile” (see confusion over title). It became Hendrix’s only number one single on the UK Singles Chart, reaching the top position during the week of November 15, 1970. Several artists have performed or recorded versions of the song. Rolling Stone magazine included it at number 101 on their original 2004 list of the “500 Greatest Songs of All Time”.
This was recorded after Jimi Hendrix finished the long, slow blues of “Voodoo Chile,” a 15-minute jam that appears earlier on the Electric Ladyland album. An ABC film crew came into the studio to do a piece on The Experience and told them to “make like you’re playing, boys.” Jimi said, “Okay, let’s do this in E.” The TV footage was lost, but their impromptu jam gave them the song “Voodoo Child (Slight Return).”
“Voodoo Child” was the last song Hendrix performed live. On September 6, 1970, which was 12 days before his death, he played it at a concert in Germany.
Hendrix dedicated the album to his groupies, who he called “Electric Ladies.”
Steve Winwood played organ on this. He was a member of the band Traffic, and often played on the same bill with Hendrix. When Jimi was recording this in New York, he had Winwood come by and play.
Voodoo Child (Slight Return) este ultima melodie de pe albumul dublu Electric Ladyland, al treilea și ultimul album de studio, lansat în timpul vieții lui Jimi, la 16 Octombrie 1968. Privind în urmă, putem considera că este unul dintre cele mai bune albume duble de rock.
Voodoo Child este compoziția lui Jimi Hendrix, pornită de la piesa Voodoo Chile, înregistrată la 2 Mai 1968 într-o sesiune de jam împreună cu Steve Winwood la orgă și Jack Casady la bas. A doua zi, Jimi s-a întors în studio împreună cu Noel Redding și Mitch Mitchell pentru filmări la un documentar TV. Atunci au cântat pentru prima dată împreună melodia, pentru filmăre. Au înregistrat-o de 8 ori, iar ultima înregistrare este cea care a fost inclusă pe album.
Pe fața B la single sânt Hey Joe și All Along the Watchtower
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