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Watch and listen as I blow away the veneer of the final mix of Jimi Hendrix' masterpiece Little Wing. Hear isolated tracks and performances of a song that became the master guitarists' way to honor Jimi. Written by James Marshall Hendrix and released on the Jimi Hendrix Experience's 1968 album Axis: Bold as Love.
Recorded October 67 at Olympic studios in London.
Chas Chandler, Producer
Eddie Kramer, Recording Engineer
Released December 67 in the UK on Track Records and January 68 on Reprise records in the US.

⏰ Timestamps
0:00 - Little Wing Isolated Tracks and Guitar Discoveries Theme
1:48 - Blow Up the Song's purpose
2:20 - Jimi Hendrix and an excuse to pull out a Strat
2:46 - Jimi's evolution and taking London by storm
3:59- Technical ability and experimentation (Jimi's pedals)
4:40 - Stage persona and theatricality
5:14 - Jimi's life story and early career (Chitlin' Circuit)
6:20 - Jimi goes solo and finds a producer
6:49 - The birth of James Marshall Hendrix
7:19 - What Hendrix did differently — Chord + Lead hybrid
7:32 - Jimi's influence and studio output
8:43 - Blow Up: Recording and Release Notes
9:20 - Little Wing song structure
9:40 - Inspiration and lyrics
10:44 - Blow up: Jimi sings Verse 1 & 2
12:15 - Delicacy, intensity and musical simplicity
12:56 - An 8-chord pattern in Em...er Ebm
14:32 - Instrumentation including guitar and glockenspiel
14:46 - THIS CONTENT WAS BLOCKED
15:00 - Straight Rock feel vs. Triplet Swing
16:34 - Mitch's Drums + Noel's Bass
17:36 - Straight Rhythm example vs. Hendrix hybrid
19:05 - Mitch: Triplet fills and Straight Rock fills
19:45 - The heyday of Power Trios
20:00 - Power Trio ONLY
21:14 - Tracks and Overdubs THIS CONTENT WAS BLOCKED
21:40 - Going rogue: guitardiscoveries.com/blowups
22:58 - The Jimi Hendrix tribute song: Clapton, Beck, Sting, SRV, John Mayer
24:02 - Thoughts about Jimi and Little Wing
24:30 - GuitarDiscoveries.com and wrap-up

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