I believe Jimi Hendrix was moving in a new direction when he perished.
I think he was becoming firmly rooted in hard blues like the many guitar slingers he inspired. I would have liked that, but I wonder, was he mellowing or growing? Was he losing interest in wild psychedelics and exploring the comforting world of opiates?
His posthumous album "Rainbow Bridge" was sold as a movie soundtrack of the same name, but it was actually a compilation of songs recorded for a potential fourth studio album and it features an entirely new sound for Hendrix. The release includes "Dolly Dagger", "Room Full Of Mirrors", "Hey Baby (New Rising Sun)", and this one.
Hear My Train a Comin'
Hey Baby (From Rainbow Bridge):
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Great song, but decidedly different than his previous material. along with "Room Full Of Mirrors".
It seems to be a rather rare album that never got much airplay. I have this vinyl because I saw the movie around 1972 soon after graduating high school and loved "Pali Gap" and "Dolly Dagger". I saw that movie in a local theater that soon closed thereafter.
A few years ago that 100 year old downtown movie theater got a million dollar restoration and now is used for rock concerts, mostly tribute bands or classic acts that are back to touring in a van. I was just there Friday for a Beatles vs Stones battle of the tribs. I've seen Blue Oyster Cult, Ace Freeley, and Lindsey Buckingham and many others there. In my retirement years I'm usually there a couple times a month.
Once a Hendrix tribute shows up I will have completed some kind of rock circle I suppose.
I never got front row tix like this when I was a kid. Ace Freeley in 2023
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