Blues es un álbum de Jimi Hendrix, publicado en 1994 por MCA Records. El disco incluye 11 canciones, entre ellas «Hear My Train A Comin' (Acoustic)», «Born Under A Bad Sign», «Red House» y «Catfish Blues».
Sobre el álbum
La compilación póstuma Blues, de 1994, es un documento esencial que se sumerge en una de las raíces fundamentales de la música del legendario guitarrista. Este álbum recopila una serie de grabaciones, en su mayoría inéditas hasta ese momento, en las que Jimi Hendrix explora el blues en sus diversas formas, desde el Delta blues acústico hasta el blues-rock eléctrico y pesado.
El disco es una clase magistral sobre la guitarra de blues. Permite al oyente apreciar en profundidad su increíble dominio del género, su fraseo, su sensibilidad y su capacidad para llevar el blues a un territorio completamente nuevo y personal. La selección incluye tanto versiones de clásicos de Muddy Waters o Albert King como composiciones originales.
El álbum presenta a Hendrix en diferentes contextos, desde improvisaciones íntimas en solitario hasta potentes jams con su banda. Uno de los puntos álgidos es la impresionante versión de casi nueve minutos de "Red House". Escuchar este disco es entender que, debajo de toda la pirotecnia psicodélica, Jimi Hendrix era, ante todo, un músico de blues con un alma inmensa.
"Blues" es una antología imprescindible. Es un trabajo que no solo deleitará a los amantes del género, sino que también sirve para reivindicar la importancia capital del blues en la obra de uno de los mayores guitarristas de la historia. Es una escucha obligada para comprender la totalidad de su genio.
Listado de Canciones
- Hear My Train A Comin' (Acoustic)3:05
- Born Under A Bad Sign7:37
Letra
Born Under A Bad Sign, Been down since I began to crawl If it wasn't for bad luck Wouldn't have no luck at all Bad luck and trouble Been my only friend I've been down ever since I was ten Born Under a Bad sign Been down since I began to crawl If it wasn't for real bad luck If it wasn't for real Bad luck I wouldn't have no luck at all - Red House3:42
Letra
There's a red house over yonder, that's where my baby stays. There's a red house over yonder, baby, that's where my baby stays. Well, I ain't been home to see my baby in about ninety nine and one half days, 'bout time I see her. Wait a minute, something's wrong. The key wont unlock the door. Wait a minute, something's wrong, baby. The key wont unlock the door. I got a bad, bad feeling that my baby don't live here no more. I might as well go on back down, Go back 'cross yonder over the hill. I might as well go back over yonder Way back yonder 'cross the hill, (That's where I come from) Cause if my baby don't love me no more. I know her sister will! - Catfish Blues7:48
Letra
WELL I WISH, I WAS A CATFISH SWIMIN' IN THE, THE DEEP BLUE SEA I HAVE ALL YOU PRETTY WOMEN FISHIN' AFTER ME SHOWIN' UP AFTER ME OH WELL OW WELL OH YEAH OH YEAH WELL I WENT DOWN TO MY GIRLFRIENDS HOUSE AND I SAT ALONE ON HER FRONT STEP AND SHE SAID A "COME IN OUTCHA MAN AND JUST YOUR LOVE" I JUST NOW LEFT I JUST NOW LEFT AND I SAY WHO YEAH SHE SAID SURE ENOUGH YOU DID WHO YEAH WHO YEAH WHO YEAH OH YEAH YEAH, WELL THERE'S TWO TWO TRAINS RUNNIN' BUT THERE'S NOT A ONE THAT'S GOIN' MY WAY YOU KNOW THERE'S A, ONE TRAIN RUNNING AT MIDNIGHT THE OTHER ONE LEAVE JUST FOR DAY LEAVE JUST FOR DAY OH WELL YEAH I ROLE AND I TUMBLE PRACTICLY ALL NIGHT LONG I ROLE AND I TUMBLE PRACTICLY ALL NIGHT LONG WELL, MY BABY DON'T TREAT ME WELL ?? YEAH - Voodoo Chile Blues8:48
Letra
'm a vooodoo chile Lord I'm a voodoo chile Yeah I'm not sayin' The night I was born Lord, the moon turned a fire red I said the night I was born The moon turned a fire red My poor mother cried She said 'the gypsy was right' And I she fell right dead Right on the floor there Hey And I said fly on Fly on because I'm a voodoo chile, baby Voodoo chile - Mannish Boy5:21
Letra
Mamma Mamma has it... Take one Oh ooo yeah Everything's gonna be alright this mornin' Have mercy Hey When I was a young boy Right about the age of 5 I had a certain kinda problem Keepin all my folk alive Now I'm a man, made 21 You know baby, we'll have a whole lot of fun Cause I'm a man, spelled m A child, hey lord What I am, and N Hey All you pretty woman Stand in line I'll make love to you All this time I'm not sure You'll never miss The way I make love Chicks can't resist Cause I'm a man I swear I'm the only Oh lord Little child, now Oh me Little child Uh huh, cause I'm a man... Yeah Cause I'm a man, lord Cause I'm a mannish child Cause I'm a man, child, mama now I said I'm a man babe I said I'm a man Yeah baby, yeah I'm goin' down south To Kansas too I'm going to bring back my second cousin, little john Mccormichoo Cause I'm a man What fun we had Chasin rabbits In the sand Hey... - Once I Had A Woman7:49
Letra
Lord, I had a woman Lord knows she was good to me in every way Yes, I had a woman A real woman Lord, she gave me loven both night and day My sun shine Whoo hoo For my woman Or else or else Its going to take me one more day If it takes me She went way down in dallas Way down in texas land Lord she had me wrapped around her wrist and around her finger baby Like a ring wrapped around a finger of a severed hand I'm lookin' for my dallas honey bee Who can you be Who can you be Oooh hoo hoo help me Help me look for her Oh yeah - Bleeding Heart3:26
Letra
People, people Here me go You know what it means to be left alone Yeah, people hear me people Do you know what it means to be left alone? Not even a love to call your own A little understandin' Lord that's all in the world I need Understandin' and a little bit of lovin' baby That's all in the world I need A misunderstanding of a no good woman Yeah, lord they've both caused my heart to bleed Yeah Every mornin' I can hear out of my window The blues come winning I can hear the blues call my name baby Every mornin' Every mornin' You can hear the willows weep and mown for me Lord now, every mornin' you can hear the willows weep and mown for me My little girl has left me That's what caused my heart to bleed That's all that caused my heart to bleed Bleeding heart Lord that's too bad I have a bleeding heart Please come back home to me baby - Jelly 2926:24
- Electric Church Red House6:13
Letra
Yeah Yeah Yeah its about the time we'd like to present you to the electric church And baby if you would you all listen to our notes Here here in our seens, playin' Instead of rappin' like I am now Then maybe I'll well maybe this is good enough What ya think we stick with songs It's all freedom There's A red house, over yonder baby That's where my baby stays Lord there's A red house over yonder, baby Lord that's where my baby stays I ain't been home to see my baby In about A ninety-Nine and one half days It's about time to see her Wait minute something's wrong, babe Lord have mercy this key won't unlock this door Wait A minute something's wrong, Wait A minute something's wrong baby, Wait A minute something's wrong baby, Lord have mercy the key won't unlock this door - Hear My Train A Comin' (Electric)12:08