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Doriella

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This single is very outstanding. After nearly 15 years of the last vinyl re-issue on CD. This one features Lightnin' Rod of THE LAST POETS and Jimi Hendrix on a track that depends on Ms. Doriella DuFontaine, a lady who cares a lot about other men's seduction while her husband's not home. Difficult to get for a long time, then re-released in 1984 (I truely believe that Rod made it before his Celluloid album Hustler's Convention from 1973) and now digitalized for future generations. BUY - it's the most rare and exotic Hendrix next to the really realest Gangster Rapper Lightnin' Rod (check Hustler's Convention - the music there was partly played by Kool & The Gang).

This CD is worth buying for historical reasons-Jimi Hendrix playing backup for an early rap record (a few of his trademarks are heard, such as his making the guitar do a "wolf whistle").

But other than that, not much to speak of. Lightnin' Rod's rap in 1960s hustler slang of the tale of a prostitute and her pimp is an ugly forerunner to the "gangster rap" of two and three decades later, as the pimp "Gypsy Fair the drugstore millionaire" is the hero of the tale for his ability to control his prostitute, Miss Fontaine. No thanks.

However, there is also a moving tune called "OD" a sad but beautiful soliloquy to the sound of Buddy Miles' organ of the death of a heroin addict. Aside from the novelty of this being a rap record recorded in 1969 and the fact that Jimi's drummer Buddy Miles is playing the organ, this tune is really worth listening to.