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"The Wind Cries Mary" is a rock ballad [1] written by Jimi Hendrix. Hendrix wrote the song as a reconciliatory love song for his girlfriend in London, Kathy Etchingham.More recent biographical material indicated that some of the lyrics appeared in poetry written by Hendrix earlier in his career when he was in Seattle.
Its style is influenced by Jimi Hendrix ballads like "The Wind Cries Mary". [2] The song was written and named for Vaughan's wife at the time, Lenora. Vaughan also named one of his guitars "Lenny", which he used on "Lenny" and on his later instrumental ballad, "Riviera Paradise". The track was often played at live shows.
For the American single, Reprise Records paired the song with "The Wind Cries Mary". [45] [e] It was released on June 19, 1967, the day following the Experience's performance at the Monterey Pop Festival. [f] The single entered the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart on August 26, where it spent eight weeks and reached number 65. [45] "
The Wind Cries Mary" was written by Jimi Hendrix. [9] "Resurrection" and "The River" are instrumentals; the latter combined hip hop beats with a National guitar. [10] [11] "Play It Cool" is a cover of the Freddie King song; Turner included it as his "standard" blues tune. [5]
So when the album was released in the US, "Purple Haze", "Hey Joe" and "The Wind Cries Mary" were included at the expense of "Red House" and two other songs. [38] Hendrix later questioned the choice and commented "Everybody was scared to release 'Red House' in America because they said, 'America don't like the blues, man! ' " [39]
The third Experience single, "The Wind Cries Mary" backed by "Highway Chile", was released in the UK on May 5, 1967, while "Purple Haze" occupied the number three spot in the charts. [133] The management's decision to release the single while the previous one was still present in the UK charts was unorthodox, as was the choice of "The Wind ...
Hurricane season: Deadly season ends with at least 335 US deaths Wind chill advisories in Northern US. Thanks to that Arctic outbreak of cold air blasting from the northern Plains into the Midwest ...
Smash Hits is a compilation album by the Jimi Hendrix Experience. Track Records first issued it on April 12, 1968, in the UK and included all four of the group's singles (both A and B sides) released up to that time, plus four additional songs from the UK edition of Are You Experienced.