"Respect the classics, man, it's Hendrix!"
no point in continuing to interpret it after Hendrix’s definitive performance. Just replay the tape.
"Respect the classics, man, it's Hendrix!"
“no point in continuing to interpret it after Hendrix’s definitive performance. Just replay the tape.”
Agreed. He didn’t stand on a soap box, or make a big deal out of it. He just did it on the spur of the moment. Even the band was taken by surprise. They had no idea what he was going to do.
When the press asked him about it later, he just shrugged and said, “it’s our country’s song. I just felt like playing it.”