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When word of a "new" Jimi Hendrix CD emerged, I immediately heard from Planet Green's Instrumental Editor, Jeff Kart. "The sound is amazing," he told me. "It sounds contemporary, even, which shows the influence of a guy who only lived to be 27." Faster than you can say Crosstown Traffic, I was listening to the music myself and had to agree with Jeff. It's not only rocking, it's also timely. "After all these years," Jeff agreed, "we're still talking about making the Earth a better place and how important the oceans are."
The Basics:
The much anticipated posthumous Jimi Hendrix album comes out on March 9 and is called Valleys of Neptune. It contains twelve "lost" tracks, recorded mostly in 1969. Of these dozen Hendrix tunes, seven are previously unreleased songs, including the title track, "Valleys of Neptune," which features lyrics like:
I see visions of sleeping peaks erupting
releasing all hell that will shake
the Earth from end to end
And this ain't bad news, good news,
or any news, it's just the truth,
Better save your souls while you can
Check out "Valleys of Neptune" now:
WATCH VIDEO: Neptune is Often Overlooked
Hendrix seemed to often grasp the crucial conflicts we'd face here on the third rock from the sun. In "If 6 Were 9," he wrote:
White-collar conservatives flashing down the street
Pointing their plastic finger at me.
They're hoping soon my kind will drop and die,
But I'm gonna wave my freak flag high . . . HIGH!
And I've already told you about "Castles Made of Sand." As the Voodoo Child sez: "When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace."
The James Marshall Hendrix Foundation
You can help the Foundation's program to "provide new musical instruments to children who have an interest in learning to play, and who could neither afford an instrument, nor lessons. This program initiative, on the part of the James Marshall Hendrix Foundation, endeavours to give children the opportunity to discover enriching and creative outlets of expression through music and art. The program teaches the values of dedication and perseverance, instilling confidence in the children through positive reinforcement."
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