Power of Soul: A Tribute to Jimi Hendrix

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Formed in 1995 by the family of the legendary guitarist, Experience Hendrix has earned wide praise for its restoration of the Jimi Hendrix catalog and efforts to expand the legacy of one of popular music's greatest artists. Janie Hendrix, president and CEO of Experience Hendrix, remains steadfast in efforts to protect the guitarist's legacy. "We will continue to safeguard Jimi's incredible musical legacy as best as we can, making it available to fans with the best possible quality." As a result of this unique focus on expanding Hendrix's profile, interest in Jimi Hendrix remains at an all-time high. The most recent Experience Hendrix DVD release, Jimi Plays Berkeley, debuted on the Billboard video chart at #9. Other releases by the company have enjoyed similar praise and commercial success. Rolling Stone called The Jimi Hendrix Experience, a four-CD box set issued in September 2000, "the Rolls Royce of box sets," and the Band Of Gypsys: Live At The Fillmore East earned a GRAMMY® Award in 2000 for Best Long Form Music Video. The theatrical film Blue Wild Angel: Jimi Hendrix Live At The Isle Of Wight has enjoyed wide critical approval and was featured as part of the New York Film Festival at Lincoln Center. Songs include: Are You Experienced (Musiq), Spanish Castle Magic (Santana), Purple House (Prince), The Wind Cries Mary (Sting), Voodoo Chile [Slight Return] (Earth, Wind & Fire), Power Of Soul (Bootsy Collins featuring George Clinton and the P-Funk All-Stars), Burning of the Midnight Lamp (Eric Clapton), Have You Ever Been [To Electric Ladyland] (Lenny Kravitz), Who Knows (Devoted Spirits featuring George Duke), Purple Haze (Robert Randolph & The Family Band), Little Wing (Chaka Khan & Kenny Olson), Castles Made of Sand (Sounds of Blackness), May This Be Love (Eric Gales), Foxy Lady (Cee-Lo), Red House (John Lee Hooker), Little Wing/3rd Stone From The Sun (Stevie Ray Vaughn & Double Trouble).

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Power of Soul: A Tribute to Jimi Hendrix

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Last word on the poser Prince
Both powerful and souful--my first and probably only Hendrix collaboration tribute
POWER OF SOUL - JIMI HENDRIX'S MUSIC
Pretty sweet for a 'tribute' album, the best of its kind
Hendrix is rolling in is grave

Power of Soul: A Tribute to Jimi Hendrix
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Image Entertainment
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0001XAQ9G
Release Date: 2004-05-04

Tracks:

Gratitude - James 'Al' Hendrix
Are You Experienced - Musiq
Spanish Castle Magic - Santana
Purple House - Prince
The Wind Cries Mary - Sting
Voodoo Child (Slight Return) - Earth, Wind & Fire
Power Of Soul - Bootsy Collins (Featuring George Clinton & The P-Funk All - Stars)
Burning Of The Midnight Lamp - Eric Clapton
Have You Ever Been (To Electric Ladyland) - Lenny Kravitz
30 Years - James 'Al' Hendrix
Who Knows - Devoted Spirits (Featuring George Duke)
Purple Haze - Robert Randolph & The Family Band
Going Home - Velvert Turner
Little Wing - Chaka Khan & Kenny Olson
Castles Made Of Sand - Sounds Of Blackness
May This Be Love - Eric Gales
Foxey Lady - Cee-Lo
Red House - John Lee Hooker
Little Wing/3rd Stone From The Sun - Stevie Ray Vaughn & Double Trouble

Description

Formed in 1995 by the family of the legendary guitarist, Experience Hendrix has earned wide praise for its restoration of the Jimi Hendrix catalog and efforts to expand the legacy of one of popular music's greatest artists. Janie Hendrix, president and CEO of Experience Hendrix, remains steadfast in efforts to protect the guitarist's legacy. "We will continue to safeguard Jimi's incredible musical legacy as best as we can, making it available to fans with the best possible quality." As a result of this unique focus on expanding Hendrix's profile, interest in Jimi Hendrix remains at an all-time high. The most recent Experience Hendrix DVD release, Jimi Plays Berkeley, debuted on the Billboard video chart at #9. Other releases by the company have enjoyed similar praise and commercial success. Rolling Stone called The Jimi Hendrix Experience, a four-CD box set issued in September 2000, "the Rolls Royce of box sets," and the Band Of Gypsys: Live At The Fillmore East earned a GRAMMY® Award in 2000 for Best Long Form Music Video. The theatrical film Blue Wild Angel: Jimi Hendrix Live At The Isle Of Wight has enjoyed wide critical approval and was featured as part of the New York Film Festival at Lincoln Center. Songs include: Are You Experienced (Musiq), Spanish Castle Magic (Santana), Purple House (Prince), The Wind Cries Mary (Sting), Voodoo Chile [Slight Return] (Earth, Wind & Fire), Power Of Soul (Bootsy Collins featuring George Clinton and the P-Funk All-Stars), Burning of the Midnight Lamp (Eric Clapton), Have You Ever Been [To Electric Ladyland] (Lenny Kravitz), Who Knows (Devoted Spirits featuring George Duke), Purple Haze (Robert Randolph & The Family Band), Little Wing (Chaka Khan & Kenny Olson), Castles Made of Sand (Sounds of Blackness), May This Be Love (Eric Gales), Foxy Lady (Cee-Lo), Red House (John Lee Hooker), Little Wing/3rd Stone From The Sun (Stevie Ray Vaughn & Double Trouble).

Customer Reviews:

Last word on the poser Prince.......2006-09-20

The other reviewers have covered the quality of this tribute - it has to be the best of the many that have been attempted. Jimi's legacy to rock music and his impact is still growing (listen to the guitar work on the new Chili Pepper's lp for instance). Unfortunately - the poser Prince is on this tribute cd. FYI - ladies and gentlemen - many, many years ago - around the time Purple Rain was released, I saw an interview with Prince on TV. In that interview he proclaimed to the interviewer and the world, and I quote, "I'm a better guitarist than Jimi Hendrix EVER was....". Now the only response I had at that time (once my dropped jaw left the floor and returned to it's normal position) was to walk over to my coffee table, pick up my copy of the Purple Rain LP, and smash it to bits against the corner of the table. It felt good. I gather when Prince cashed his check for his egotistical contribution of "Purple House" he neglected to mention his previous comments about Jimi. Prince - what a poser and a fraud and a has been that never was. Jimi was the best
EJH

Both powerful and souful--my first and probably only Hendrix collaboration tribute.......2006-02-13

I don't generally buy various artist tribute CDs, but the disk was on half-price and the lineup of artists covering Jimi was too good to pass up. I'm especially impressed that this is a multiracial, multinational, and multigenerational cast, which really makes up Jimi's fanbase. Two complaints: I know Prince's thing is Purple, but change the title of the song to Purple House--sorry, it just loses something there. And, I'd really have loved to see Angelique Kidjo on this CD doing her version of "VooDoo Child."

POWER OF SOUL - JIMI HENDRIX'S MUSIC.......2005-07-08

I think this cd was very good. I especially liked Prince, Earth, Wind & Fire, Santana, and Bootsy's versions of Jimi's songs. It was an over all worthwhile experience.

Pretty sweet for a 'tribute' album, the best of its kind.......2005-04-06

Tribute albums are usually a mixed affair, and few really hold up as albums, but this one comes close. It succeeds on so many levels for several reasons. First, the man it pays tribute to, Jimi Hendrix, is an indisputable legend; his reputation is so widespread, kids who've never heard his music know who he is. So not surprisingly, he's had an enormous influence on a wide variety of musicians, which brings us to a second reason why this collection succeeds: the participating musicians. The line-up here is so impressive because each artist is so different from the other, yet each one has some connection to him, either as a collaborator, as an artist he influenced, or as a friend.

Organized by the Hendrix estate, this disc has plenty of highlights: "Purple House" by Prince and former Sly & the Family Stone bassist Larry Graham showcases Prince's amazing guitar skills - the best track, and from an artist who, like Hendrix, managed to be a great innovator and commercial success while crossing the barrier between rock and r&b. Carlos Santana and Living Colour's Corey Glover perform an excellent cover of "Spanish Castle Magic," with an inspired jazz rhythm section: bassist Stanley Clarke and the late, great Tony Williams, arguably the greatest drummer of all-time. Elsewhere, Sting sings and plays bass on a cover of "The Wind Cries Mary," which has some searing guitar work by John McLaughlin; George Clinton and Bootsy Collins (of Parliament/Funkadelic/etc.) shake it up with "Power of Soul," Chaka Khan and Kid Rock's guitarist Kenny Olson do a strong version of "Little Wing," the late, great blues legend John Lee Hooker covers "Red House" (actually a track from a previous John Lee CD; he passed away before he could record something new, so they selected this as a tribute to him as well), and an awesome live recording of the late Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble performing "Little Wing" and "3rd Stone..." from Oct, 20, 1983 in Philadelphia for the King Biscuit Flour Hour. Granted, none of these covers 'surpass' the originals, and there are some mild disappointments, like an Eric Clapton/Chic collaboration on "Burning Of The Midnight Lamp" (a real letdown) and Lenny Kravitz's contribution, but as tributes go, this is surprisingly good, the kind you'll actually listen to again.

Hendrix is rolling in is grave.......2005-01-08

This album is very very bad. If Hendrix were still alive we would thorw it out with the garbage. Artsits like Clapton, Santana, Hooker, and Vaughn, make decent efforts but still should not have even attempted. Tribute albums almost always suck, and this one files right into line. Artists like Cee-Lo and Lenny Kravitz (who has immatated Hendrix for years, very very poorly i might add) have no business on this album at all. Hendrix was more than a legend, he was a God. and for these artists to make these terrible covers is blasphemy. I hope that if you area true Jimi H4endrix fan that you do not buy this album.