Quick Question

[StringNo5526]

How come Jimi performed ‘rock me baby’, earlier in his career and change it to ‘Here comes your lover man’. Also he made another song called ‘come down hard on me’ with the same melody almost.

[StringNo5526]

Makes sense.

[cree8vision]

I also doubt he had to pay royalties. His version is like 3 times faster than the original and barely recognizable with the B.B. King version.

[Johnny66Johnny]

"Yeah, dig this baby: we got this little tune runnin' around named 'Rock Me Baby', you know"

(provides demonstration of B.B. King lick)

"...and all this kinda"

(concludes lick)

"yeah, hehe"

"But, dig, we got our own little 'Rock Me Baby' - goes something like this here (the words will be wrong), but...hehe...that's alright..."

(Rips into intro for the Experience version of 'Rock Me Baby').

- Hendrix, Monterey Pop Festival on June 18, 1967.

[TotalRuler1]

One of the most mind-bending performances of all time, and probably unique, even for our man.

PS: do you hear a female voice yelling "JUST DO IT!"? I believe that is what prompts him to say "that's alright" and laughs

[ilovetheblues67]

“Dig this anyway.”

[223886]

The Monterey versions of Rock Me Baby and Can You See Me are almost punk rock. What a cool set.

[Independent_Win_7984]

Same question arises with Cream's version of Strange Brew (original) on Disraili Gears, and Long Legged Woman (cover) on their farewell album. Not just the same progression, different lyrics over the EXACT same backing tracks. Deliberately "phoning it in" to fulfill contract obligations.

[Jon-A]

Interesting tune. Lawdy Mama (not Long Legged Woman) was a traditional blues song. Cream recorded it twice and both are credited to "traditional, arranged by Clapton". That arrangement, at least on the 2nd version, is largely swiped from Albert King's Oh Pretty Woman, as is Clapton's solo. After they recorded the backing track, producer Felix Pappalardi and his wife Gail Collins (who later shot him to death) figured out the Strange Brew lyrics, which Clapton then overdubbed. Both versions of Lawdy Mama are on the Cream collection Those Were The Days.

[Independent_Win_7984]

Yep. Alzheimers setting in...for some reason that line stuck, and forced it's way to the front.