Jimi Hendrix - Live at Woodstock [Paperback]

Jimi Hendrix (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1, 1995

This extraordinary songbook lets anyone relive Jimi Hendrix's legendary Woodstock performance, through note-for-note guitar transcriptions with tab for 16 songs, an extensive article by Rolling Stone writer David Fricke, and wonderful photos in a special 28-page color section! Songs include: Fire * Foxey Lady * Hear My Train A Comin' * Hey Joe * Message to Love * Purple Haze * Red House * Spanish Castle Magic * The Star Spangled Banner * Villanova Junction * Voodoo Child (Slight Return) * Woodstock Improvisation * and more.

Product Details

• Paperback: 200 pages
• Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation (July 1, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 079354209X
• ISBN-13: 978-0793542093
• Product Dimensions: 11.8 x 8.9 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #644,291 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Avoid the brown acid!, November 7, 2004

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This review is from: Jimi Hendrix - Live at Woodstock (Paperback)

This folio is excellent! And with it you can scare all the Republicans in your neighborhood, by rousing the outspoken spirit of Country Joe - "Gimme an Ef!"

I believe Jimi plays the 'Star Spangled Banner' here in 'C', with a sort of 'nuclear detonation at ground zero' flair. Although I play it in 'A', with a sort of 'Roy Buchanan' flair. Either way is fine. Unless of course you're a Republican, whereby the only proper way to play it - is with church choir accompaniment while wearing a formal shirt buttoned up tight to a severely starched collar.

With this folio you'll see (particularly if you've the DVD), how Jimi takes his multi-layered studio cuts and plays them live. (The 'BBC Sessions/Radio One' folios are also an ideal source for this.)

My favorite tunes to jam on here are 'Red House' and 'Hear My Train'. On 'Train' there's this fiddly little trick in the first position 'E', of bending the fifth string/3rd fret and striking the fourth string/3rd fret, combined with some slight vibrato dipping; which once gotten down, will open yourself to a big peice of Jimi's style. (Nugent uses this same sort of device a lot, too.) Anyway, it's in the book. And if ye shall seek, so shall ye find.