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Wild Thing ~ Jimi Hendrix  

Jimi Hendrix was an American guitarist, singer and songwriter whose guitar playing was influential on rock music. After initial success in Europe, he achieved fame in the USA following his 1967 performance at the Monterey Pop Festival. Later, Hendrix headlined the iconic 1969 Woodstock Festival.

Hendrix often favored raw overdriven amplifiers with high gain and treble and helped develop the previously undesirable technique of guitar feedback.  Hendrix, along with bands such as Cream was one of the musicians who popularized the wah-wah pedal in mainstream rock which he often used to deliver an exaggerated pitch in his solos, particularly with high bends and use of legato based around the pentatonic scale. He was influenced by blues artists such as B. B. King, Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf, Albert King, and Elmore James,   rhythm and blues and soul guitarists Curtis Mayfield, Steve Cropper, as well as by some modern jazz. In 1966, Hendrix, who played and recorded with Little Richard’s band from 1964 to 1965, was quoted as saying, “I want to do with my guitar what Little Richard does with his voice.^“

Carlos Santana has suggested that Hendrix’ music may have been influenced by his Native American heritage. As a record producer, Hendrix also broke new ground in using the recording studio as an extension of his musical ideas. He was one of the first to experiment with stereophonic and phasing effects for rock recording.

Hendrix won many of the most prestigious rock music awards in his lifetime, and has been posthumously awarded many more, including being inducted into the US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992 and the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2005. An English Heritage “Blue plaque” was erected in his name on his former residence at Brook Street, London, in September 1997. A star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (at 6627 Hollywood Blvd.) was dedicated in 1994. In 2006, his debut US album, Are You Experienced, was inducted into the United States National Recording Registry, and Rolling Stone named Hendrix the top guitarist on its list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time in 2003.

Wild Thing

come on man sing it with me
Wild thing, you make my heart sing
oh
you make a everything, groovy
wild thing
wild thing i think you move me
but i want a know for sure
come on and sssock it to me one more time
(click)you move me
wild thing, you make my heart sing
oh
you make a everything, groovy
a sing again
wild thing
yeah
wild thing i think you move me
but i want a know for sure
come on and sssock it to me one more time again
oh shucks i love ya
wild thing, you make my heart sing
you make a everything, groovy
yeah wild thing
yeah wild thing
yeah yeah wild thing
yeah yeah yeah wild thing
oh sock it to me
wild thing

• Audio from the 1973 The Ultimate Experience album:

Other Songs Posted for this Artist

• January 25, 2010 -- Voodoo Child (Slight Return) – Jimi Hendrix
• January 16, 2010 -- Fire – Jimi Hendrix
• December 20, 2007 -- Wind Cries Mary ~ Jimi Hendrix