Band of Gypsys

Band of Gypsys is a live album by Jimi Hendrix, released in 1970 before he died. It was the last album Hendrix himself authorized to be released.

After the Jimi Hendrix Experience broke up in 1969, Jimi Hendrix played with Gypsy Suns and Rainbows, the band that he gave his famous Woodstock performance with. The band was short lived, however, and he formed A Band of Gypsys with his drummer friend Buddy Miles and bassist Billy Cox . The band recorded some studio material that is seen on some posthumous releases, but the material on Band of Gypsys shows Hendrix in his element, such as the long, intricate solo on "Machine Gun." He generally avoided playing some of his more popular songs "Wild Thing" and "All Along the Watchtower" (Though he did play a few Experience standards like "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)") and opted to play new material.

Contents

1 Track listing 2 Personnel 2.1 Personnel – Production 3 References

Track listing

All tracks written by Jimi Hendrix except "Changes" and "We Gotta Live Together," written by Buddy Miles .

1. "Who Knows" - 9:32
2. "Machine Gun" - 12:32
3. "Changes" - 5:10
4. "Power to Love" - 6:53
5. "Message to Love" - 5:22
6. "We Gotta Live Together" - 5:46

Personnel

• Billy Cox - bass guitar
• Jimi Hendrix- electric guitar, vocals
• Buddy Miles - drums, vocals

Personnel – Production

• Jan Blom - album cover photography
• Heaven Research - producer
• Wally Heider - engineer
• Robert Herman - photography
• Eddie Kramer- engineer, mixing, mastering, remastering, remixing
• George Marino - remastering
• John McDermott - liner notes
• Joseph Sia - photography

References

• The booklet insert for the CD reissue of Band of Gypsys.