On September 18 of this year, Jimi Hendrix will have been dead for 40 years. Yet it seems like every several years, some previously undiscovered Hendrix songs get released. He's like 2Pac before there was a 2Pac. In the last 15 years, several compilations of previously unreleased songs have graced the world with their presence (Voodoo Soup, First Rays of the New Rising Sun, South Saturn Delta). But the latest discovery is the most interesting in my mind.
Valleys of Neptune -- which comes out March 9 -- is an actual studio album Hendrix was working on after Electric Ladyland, as he was transitioning from the Experience to the Band of Gypsys (Billy Cox plays bass on several songs, while Noel Redding plays on the others). The album contains five never-before-released songs, as well as studio versions of a few songs that had only been previously released as part of live recordings (including "Lover Man" and "Hear My Train a Comin'"), and a couple previously released songs (including "Stone Free," "Fire," and "Red House").
As a big Hendrix fan, this is exciting news. In my opinion, Hendrix is not only hands down the greatest guitar player of all-time, but also one of the single greatest musical talents the world has ever seen (as well as an underrated lyricist and singer). Any time new material comes out, it's good news to me.
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