Jimi Hendrix biography
Electric church
"Electric Church" was a quasi-spiritual belief that electric music brings out emotions and creative ideas in people, and encourages spirituality. It was popularized by Jimi Hendrix.
On the Dick Cavett Show in 1969, Hendrix said that he designed his music so that it would be able to go "inside the soul of the person, and awaken some kind of thing inside, because there are so many sleeping people". Promoting his third album Electric Ladyland, Jimi Hendrix said "the influence the psychedelics have on one is truly amazing, and I only wish more people appreciated this belief and genre". When asked why he didn't name the album "Electric Church" instead of "Electric Ladyland", Hendrix said some ladies were "electric too".
Hendrix made numerous allusions to the concept in his music, most famously in the song "Red House", in which he introduces his band by saying that he is about to present them all to the "Electric Church".
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
- Are You Experienced (1967)
- Axis: Bold as Love (1967)
- Electric Ladyland (1968)
Jimi Hendrix/Band of Gypsys
- Band of Gypsys (1970) [recorded live]
Posthumous studio albums
- The Cry of Love (1971)
- Rainbow Bridge (1971)
- War Heroes (1972)
- Loose Ends (1974)
- Crash Landing (1975)
- Midnight Lightning (1975)
- Nine to the Universe (1980)
- Radio One (1988)
- First Rays of the New Rising Sun (1997)
- Valleys of Neptune (2010)
See also
- Eire Apparent
- Electric Church
- Electric Lady Studios
- Rainbow Bridge (film) Maui, Hawaii, 1970
References
Notes
Further reading
- Charles R. Cross, ''Room Full Of Mirrors: A Biography Of Jimi Hendrix, 2005: ISBN 1-4013-0028-6
- Gary Geldeart & Steve Rodham, "From The Benjamin Franklin Studios 3rd Edition Parts 1, 2 & 3" 2008
- Curtis Knight, ''Jimi: An Intimate Biography of Jimi Hendrix'', Praegar Publishers, New York, 1974. The book includes ''A Jimi Hendrix Discography'', compiled by John McKellar.
- John Kruth, ''Bright Moments: The Life & Legacy of Rahsaan Roland Kirk'', 2004: ISBN 1-56649-105-3
- Mark Lewisohn, ''The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions'', Hamlyn 1988: ISBN 0-600-61207-4. See pp. 164-5 re Apple recording studio.
- Ken Matesich, ''Jimi Hendrix: A Discography'', 1982
- David Stubbs, ''Jimi Hendrix: Voodoo Child: The Stories Behind Every Song'', 2003
- Brad Tolinski and Ross Halfin, ''Classic Hendrix: The Ultimate Hendrix Experience'', Genesis Publications 2004
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