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"Voodoo Chile" is a song
Song

A song is a musical musical composition which contains vocal parts that are performed, 'sung,' and feature words , commonly accompanied by musical instruments ....
 by The Jimi Hendrix Experience
The Jimi Hendrix Experience

The Jimi Hendrix Experience was an English/American rock music band that formed in London in 1966. Originally comprising American vocalist, guitarist and songwriter Jimi Hendrix, bassist and backing vocalist Noel Redding and drummer Mitch Mitchell, the band was active until 1969, in which time they released three successful studio albums....
 from the album Electric Ladyland
Electric Ladyland

Electric Ladyland is the third and final album by the Jimi Hendrix Experience, released in 1968 on Reprise Records . Written and produced by Jimi Hendrix, the album is seen as the peak of Hendrix's mastery of the electric guitar, and is frequently cited as one of the greatest rock albums of all time....
. Recorded on May 2, 1968 at the Record Plant Studios
Record Plant Studios

Record Plant Studios were three famous recording studios which were started and run by Gary Kellgren and Chris Stone . The first opening of the Record Plant was in New York, New York at 321 West 44th Street , in 1968....
 in New York City
New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
, the recording session included Mitch Mitchell
Mitch Mitchell

John "Mitch" Mitchell was an England drummer, best known for his work in The Jimi Hendrix Experience....
, drummer of The Jimi Hendrix Experience
The Jimi Hendrix Experience

The Jimi Hendrix Experience was an English/American rock music band that formed in London in 1966. Originally comprising American vocalist, guitarist and songwriter Jimi Hendrix, bassist and backing vocalist Noel Redding and drummer Mitch Mitchell, the band was active until 1969, in which time they released three successful studio albums....
, Steve Winwood
Steve Winwood

Stephen Lawrence "Steve" Winwood is an England singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. In addition to his solo career, he was a member of the bands the Spencer Davis Group, Traffic , Blind Faith, and Go ....
 of Traffic
Traffic (band)

Traffic was an England rock band formed in 1967 by Steve Winwood, Jim Capaldi, Chris Wood and Dave Mason. They began as a psychedelic rock group influenced by The Beatles when releasing early pop rock singles , and diversified their sound through the use of instruments such as musical keyboard, reed instruments, and by incorporating jazz an...
 on B3 organ, and Jack Casady
Jack Casady

Jack Casady , is an American musician considered one of the foremost bass guitarists of the rock music era and best known as a member of Jefferson Airplane....
 of Jefferson Airplane
Jefferson Airplane

Jefferson Airplane was an United States rock music band formed in San Francisco, California in 1965. A pioneer of the psychedelic rock movement, Jefferson Airplane was the first band from the San Francisco scene to achieve mainstream commercial and critical success....
 on bass
Bass guitar

The electric bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a plectrum.The bass guitar is similar in appearance and construction to an electric guitar, but with a larger body, a longer neck and Scale length, and usually four strings tuned to the same pitches as those of the double bass, whic...
 duties. The song, basically a 15-minute blues
Blues

Blues is a music genre based on the use of the blues chord progressions and the blue notes. Though several blues musical form s exist, the 12-bar blues chord progressions are the most frequently encountered....
 jam, evolved into the final product over the course of an hour.

After many of the late night Electric Ladyland recording sessions, Hendrix and the band went to one of the New York City clubs to jam with whoever was there.






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"Voodoo Chile" is a song
Song

A song is a musical musical composition which contains vocal parts that are performed, 'sung,' and feature words , commonly accompanied by musical instruments ....
 by The Jimi Hendrix Experience
The Jimi Hendrix Experience

The Jimi Hendrix Experience was an English/American rock music band that formed in London in 1966. Originally comprising American vocalist, guitarist and songwriter Jimi Hendrix, bassist and backing vocalist Noel Redding and drummer Mitch Mitchell, the band was active until 1969, in which time they released three successful studio albums....
 from the album Electric Ladyland
Electric Ladyland

Electric Ladyland is the third and final album by the Jimi Hendrix Experience, released in 1968 on Reprise Records . Written and produced by Jimi Hendrix, the album is seen as the peak of Hendrix's mastery of the electric guitar, and is frequently cited as one of the greatest rock albums of all time....
. Recorded on May 2, 1968 at the Record Plant Studios
Record Plant Studios

Record Plant Studios were three famous recording studios which were started and run by Gary Kellgren and Chris Stone . The first opening of the Record Plant was in New York, New York at 321 West 44th Street , in 1968....
 in New York City
New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
, the recording session included Mitch Mitchell
Mitch Mitchell

John "Mitch" Mitchell was an England drummer, best known for his work in The Jimi Hendrix Experience....
, drummer of The Jimi Hendrix Experience
The Jimi Hendrix Experience

The Jimi Hendrix Experience was an English/American rock music band that formed in London in 1966. Originally comprising American vocalist, guitarist and songwriter Jimi Hendrix, bassist and backing vocalist Noel Redding and drummer Mitch Mitchell, the band was active until 1969, in which time they released three successful studio albums....
, Steve Winwood
Steve Winwood

Stephen Lawrence "Steve" Winwood is an England singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. In addition to his solo career, he was a member of the bands the Spencer Davis Group, Traffic , Blind Faith, and Go ....
 of Traffic
Traffic (band)

Traffic was an England rock band formed in 1967 by Steve Winwood, Jim Capaldi, Chris Wood and Dave Mason. They began as a psychedelic rock group influenced by The Beatles when releasing early pop rock singles , and diversified their sound through the use of instruments such as musical keyboard, reed instruments, and by incorporating jazz an...
 on B3 organ, and Jack Casady
Jack Casady

Jack Casady , is an American musician considered one of the foremost bass guitarists of the rock music era and best known as a member of Jefferson Airplane....
 of Jefferson Airplane
Jefferson Airplane

Jefferson Airplane was an United States rock music band formed in San Francisco, California in 1965. A pioneer of the psychedelic rock movement, Jefferson Airplane was the first band from the San Francisco scene to achieve mainstream commercial and critical success....
 on bass
Bass guitar

The electric bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a plectrum.The bass guitar is similar in appearance and construction to an electric guitar, but with a larger body, a longer neck and Scale length, and usually four strings tuned to the same pitches as those of the double bass, whic...
 duties. The song, basically a 15-minute blues
Blues

Blues is a music genre based on the use of the blues chord progressions and the blue notes. Though several blues musical form s exist, the 12-bar blues chord progressions are the most frequently encountered....
 jam, evolved into the final product over the course of an hour.

After many of the late night Electric Ladyland recording sessions, Hendrix and the band went to one of the New York City clubs to jam with whoever was there. One such jam at The Scene Club included Steve Winwood and Jack Casady. Noel Redding
Noel Redding

David "Noel" Redding was an England rock and roll guitarist best known as the bass guitarist for The Jimi Hendrix Experience....
 was not present as he had stormed out of the Record Plant studio earlier that evening. They spent the night playing "Voodoo Chile", and when the club closed, Hendrix invited everyone back to the studio. At about 7 a.m. the next morning they began to formally record "Voodoo Chile". It took only three takes and the final 15 minute version was Hendrix's longest studio recording. The second take did not come out well, since a string broke. The first and second takes are used in "Voodoo Chile Blues" that is a combination of two takes released on Hendrix leftovers-album called Blues
Blues (album)

Blues is a Posthumous work compilation album by musician Jimi Hendrix, released April 26, 1994 on MCA Records. The album contains eleven blues songs recorded by Hendrix between 1966 and 1970....
.

While "Voodoo Chile" sounds like a live recording, the crowd noise was actually recorded afterwards. Some twenty people were brought to the studio to record appropriate background noise.

The song evolved over time from a song called "Catfish Blues" which Hendrix also called "Experiencing the Blues", an homage
Homage

Homage is generally used in modern English language to mean any public show of respect to someone to whom one feels indebted. In this sense, a reference within a creative work to someone who greatly influenced the artist would be an homage....
 to Muddy Waters
Muddy Waters

McKinley Morganfield , better known as Muddy Waters, was an American blues musician and is generally considered "the Father of Chicago blues"....
. The song was made up of a medley
Medley (music)

In music, a medley is a piece composed from parts of existing pieces, played one after another, sometimes overlapping. They are common in popular music, and most medleys are songs rather than instrumental....
 of verses based on Muddy Waters' songs, including "Rollin' Stone
Rollin' Stone

"Rollin' Stone" is the name of a 1950 in music Muddy Waters blues song, and was inducted in the List of Grammy Hall of Fame Award recipients Q-Z in 2000....
", "Still a Fool", and "Rollin' and Tumblin'
Rollin' and Tumblin'

"Rollin' and Tumblin" is a blues song that has been recorded hundreds of times by various artists. Considered as a traditional music, it has been recorded with different lyrics and titles....
".

The song "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
Voodoo Child (Slight Return)

"Voodoo Child " is the last track on the third and final album by the Jimi Hendrix Experience, Electric Ladyland. The song is known for its wah wah pedal-heavy guitar work....
" appears on the same album.

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