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Band of Gypsys Jimi Hendrix Capitol Records...
This September 21st will mark the twenty-fifth anniversary of Jimi Hendrix' death, in all likelihood ending the slue of commemorative reissues that have redefined Hendrix' legend for a new generation of listeners. Of all the Hendrix reissues from the past few years (which include a great deal of previously unreleased material), perhaps the album most worthy of re-appraisal is that bastard son of Jimi recordings, Band of Gypsys, which is being distributed by Capitol Records twenty-five years after the original release...
Indeed, the Jimi Hendrix on Band of Gypsys is definitely not the Hendrix that those most familiar with "Purple Haze" know and love. In his all too brief career (Hendrix was a solo act for the four years preceding his death in 1970, at age twenty-six), Hendrix assumed many guises. Perhaps the most serious and introspective version can be found on /Band of Gypsys. The band on this album features a rhythm section that consists of Hendrix's childhood pals, Billy Cox on bass and Buddy Miles at the drums and supplying many of the vocals. Although Miles...
...reality of the virus" forces him to be extremely careful and up front with his sexual partners. Even while making love, he prays not to "give her my curse." It becomes clear that Jimi hasn't totally submitted to the insensitive, hopeless grinder through which the world has plugged him. In a cartoonish way, he still cares, and that in turn makes us care. The question remains, however, whether he cares, or we care, enough...
...Technicolor Pulp, Nelson's Jimi claims no high moral ground, calling himself neither martyr nor victim. He speaks from the position of nowhere, which keeps his statements pure: "I have no desire at all to be a rebel. I don't believe in anything enough to be a rebel." He may not be inspirational, but at least he's honest...