Here’s a golden opportunity for today’s 20 somethings’ who never got to experience Hendrix’s personal brand of magic first hand.
Unfortunately, it’s not a concert but it’s the next best thing. A collection of 14 tracks which include never-heard-before compositions from the master himself will be released on March 24.
Experience Hendrix LLC, now run by the Hendrix family got together with Legacy Recordings and is set to release the album titled You Can’t Use My Name: Curtis Knight & The Squires (Featuring Jimi Hendrix) The RSVP/PPX Sessions.
The fourteen-track collection consists of recordings from sessions in 1965-66.
According to Experience Hendrix ‘You Can’t Use My Name’ kicks off with ‘How Would You Feel’, a 1966 single based in part on Bob Dylan’s ‘Like a Rolling Stone. along with its b-side ‘Welcome Home’. Also included is the instrumental ‘Hornet’s Nest’ and its b-side ‘Knock Yourself Out’ .
Here’s a peek into the collection. Listen to the instrumental ‘Station Break’ released by Experience Hendrix.
What makes them so special is that they provide an honest look at a great artist during the pivotal time when he was on the cusp of his breakthrough.. a time when Jimi’s number one priority was playing and recording, and this set captures him doing just that, both as a collaborator and an innovator.
-Janie Hendrix, President and CEO of Experience Hendrix
It’s been hours and hours of intensive work but it’s truly been fun to find the best performances and to make sense out of them.”
-Eddie Kramer, Recording Engineer of Original Jimi Hendrix Experience
You Can’t Use My Name: Curtis Knight & The Squires (featuring Jimi Hendrix) The RSVP/PPX Sessions tracklist:
1) How Would You Feel
2) Gotta Have A New Dress
3) Don’t Accuse Me
4) Fool For You Baby
5) No Such Animal
6) Welcome Home
7) Knock Yourself Out [Flying On Instruments]
8) Simon Says
9) Station Break
10) Strange Things
11) Hornet’s Nest
12) You Don’t Want Me
13) You Can’t Use My Name
14) Gloomy Monday
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