Anyone who can hear what tune Miles is inspired by here?

[Wilmer X]

It´s from Miles Davis "Filles de Kilimanjaro" from 1968. Not obvious, but still there is something familiar...?

 

[Flamencology]

Trick question. Miles, though he's credited for it, didn't write it. Gil Evans did. It's a reworking of "The Wind Cries Mary"; Evans was, as we all know, a sincere and passionate fan of Hendrix's music.

 

[Flamencology]

That said...

In the 60s, Miles could basically do no wrong, musically speaking. Great album after great album.

And this is probably the single worst track from that entire decade. Maybe.

 

[Wilmer X]

You hate it, right?

 

[Flamencology]

You hate it, right?

Far too strong a word.

C+ or B-.

 

[Flamencology]

Love Hendrix, though.

(Though if your favourite Hendrix is anything other than Band of Gypsys, then you're listening wrong)

 

[Denverdave]

Not my thing at all, but I could definitely pick up where it came from.

 

[frunobulax]

Love Hendrix, though.

(Though if your favourite Hendrix is anything other than Band of Gypsys, then you're listening wrong)

Is the expanded Band of Gypsies OK?

It's got the single most kickass Stone Free ever.




and is it OK if I say post-Gypsies Hendrix (Hendrix/Cox/Mitchell)?

 

[Flamencology]

Is the expanded Band of Gypsies OK?

It's got the single most kickass Stone Free ever.

and is it OK if I say post-Gypsies Hendrix (Hendrix/Cox/Mitchell)?

Yes, Fillmore East is grand.

Preferring Mitch Mitchell over Buddy Miles, though, is just wrong. That seems to be the popular opinion, though.

 

[PaulD70]

Didn't Hendrix himself prefer Mitchell over Miles? He only played with Miles a very short time.

 

[Flamencology]

Didn't Hendrix himself prefer Mitchell over Miles?

What's that got to do with anything?

 

[James Franciscus]

Everybody's an expert.

 

[Wilmer X]

Didn't Hendrix himself prefer Mitchell over Miles? He only played with Miles a very short time.

Hendrix was listening to Hendrix wrong.

It´s very good that we finally have cleared that out.

 

[Flamencology]

Hendrix was listening to Hendrix wrong.

This is true of pretty much every musician ever, at some point in their musical lives. It's much more rare for anyone to get it right with any degree of consistency.

 

[James Franciscus]

If only Flamencology could have been there to mentor Hendrix.

 

[Flamencology]

If only Flamencology could have been there to mentor Hendrix.

Just say 'no'!