Artist: The Jimi Hendrix ExperienceTitle: Killing Floor
Album: Live At Monterey
Year Released: 1987
Record Label: Geffen
Catalog #: 000984302
At the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967, Jimi Hendrix reworked Howlin' Wolf's tune to give it a much faster and more psychedelic feel. Jimi Hendrix, arguably the greatest guitar play to ever live (as named by Rolling Stone magazine) was very influenced by the blues. Blues songs that he has both written and covered include "Red House", "Catfish Blues", "Manish Boy", and "Born Under A Bad Sign". "Voodoo Chile (Slight Return)", one of Hendrix's most popular songs, although not a twelve bar blues, is certainly influenced by Muddy Waters' blues song "Rolling Stone" - Hendrix takes many lyrics from Waters' song.
"I was largely influenced by blues artists when I first started," said Hendrix. "When I was upstairs at home the grownups had parties, listening to Muddy Waters, Elmore James, Howlin' Wolf, and Ray Charles. That sound was really not evil, just a thick sound. The first guitarist I was aware of was Muddy Waters." - Jimi Hendrix, from the liner notes of the album Jimi Hendrix: Blues (released in 1994, MCA, catalog # 11060).
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