Hendrix Revealed

We went to the opening night of this showing in LA - some amazing pix of Mr. Hendrix, if you are in LA its worth a visit. At Celebrity Vault in Bev. Hills.
(thanks Michael)

If you haven't experienced DRIFTING, from Hendrix - we recommend it. 411 below.


Drifting" originally appeared on the "Cry of Love" and was finished
when Hendrix died. Like many songs it only needed a final mix that was
made posthumously. A vibraphone track was added to "Drifting" like
Hendrix had planned - though he also had an idea of using another
guitar track instead of vibraphones and it cannot be known what he
would have chosen if he had directed the completion of the track
himself. Mitch Mitchell and Eddie Kramer have claimed that only those
changes, that they had talked with Hendrix, have been made for
unfinished tracks.


Hendrix had the uncanny knack of molding his music perfectly to his
lyrics. "Drifting" is no exception. A beautiful guitar figure opens
the track, soft and formless, and waits as the rest of the instruments
slowly slide in, seemingly revolving one around the other. Hendrix'
vocal is right up front, almost studied, filled with lovely images of
"Driftin'/On a sea of forgotten teardrops/On a lifeboat ..." and
floating off from there. It's a ghostly cut, one of the most moving
pieces Hendrix ever created, and it says much for the breadth and
scope of his talent