Up From The Skies, by Jimi Hendrix.
This song is so chill, it pops into my head randomly, and not only have I never known the name of it, but it’s probably been 20 years since I listened to Axis: Bold As Love. Holds up pretty well!
I did not attempt a solo. Or an electric guitar. Or a wah-wah effect. Just wanted to sing this, and the very simple chords turned out to not be complicated jazz chords, but very simple blues chords. I can play a B9! It’s not hard. I am sure Hendrix was playing it upside-down.
Also, Jimi was talking about climate change in like 1967.
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Props to the very few people possibly ever reading this who know what my answering machine message sounded like in the years of, well, answering machines, and second phone lines for teenagers.
Also, listen to the original on headphones, please.
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