...comes a newly released tune from Jimi Hendrix, called "Valleys of Neptune". Jimi started toying with the tune in the summer of 1969. He started working on it at the Hit Factory in NYC in September. He was certainly aware of the tune's potential and recorded a good number of unreleased versions of it over the next 9 months. Despite the effort, he never put together a master take to his satisfaction. As Billy Cox tells it (from "Jimi Hendrix: Sessions") "I loved that song. Jimi spent a lot of time at his apartment trying to tighten it up. He kept adding to his original idea. We almost completed that song at Electric Lady, and if we had, it would have been a monster." You can hear "Valleys of Neptune" on NOTIMEWARP RADIO. The rest of the CD (by the same title) will be released March 9.
In other news, I checked out the Jesse Ed Davis stuff and found a couple tunes that'll fit right into to the NOTIMEWARP groove. It sounded a lot like a combination of many of the people he played with. His singing voice (much maligned for some reason) sounded like a cross between Leon Russell and a smoother voiced Dr John. Good stuff... Lucky me! I get to check out Los Lobos live this weekend, for the first time in 3 years! Can't wait. Rumour has it they've started working on their next record. That's all fer now! www.notimewarp.com
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