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(A Merman I Should Turn to Be)" is a song recorded in 1968 for the third studio album, Electric Ladyland, by the Jimi Hendrix Experience. Written and produced by Jimi Hendrix, the song features flute player Chris Wood of the band Traffic, and at over 13 minutes in duration is the second longest track released by the group (after "Voodoo Chile").
Electric Ladyland is a cross-section of Hendrix's wide range of musical talent. It includes examples of several genres and styles of music: the psychedelic " Burning of the Midnight Lamp ", a UK single the previous summer (1967), the extended blues jam " Voodoo Chile ", the New Orleans-style R&B of Earl King 's " Come On ", the epic studio ...
Wood and Winwood played with Jimi Hendrix, and both appeared on the 1968 album Electric Ladyland (1968). He played the flute on the song "1983... (A Merman I Should Turn to Be)". During the album recording session, Wood met then-17-year-old Jeanette Jacobs (formerly of the 1960s girl group The Cake).
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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.
Sometimes Hendrix would play bass himself but he also welcomed guests such as drummer Buddy Miles of The Electric Flag, Traffic’s Dave Mason, Chris Wood and Steve Winwood, former Dylan organist Al Kooper and Jefferson Airplane bassist Jack Casady amongst others into the mix.
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Jun 15, 1970 · Jimi holds his first recording session in the new Electric Lady Studios at 52 West 8th Street in the heart of Greenwich Village. Hendrix invites his friends Steve Winwood and Chris Wood from Traffic into the studio where they quickly break into an impromptu jam session. With Mitch Mitchell unavailable Eddie Kramer volunteered Dave Palmer to sit ...
Nov 28, 2018 · Still, if one was forced to choose one above the others, the honors would likely go to Electric Ladyland, due to the fact that within its sprawling two-record domain, it could claim the greatest variety of styles and all round input. Stephen Stills, Al Kooper, Buddy Miles, Steve Winwood, Chris Wood and Jack Casady were among those who ...
