Week 9 "Purple Haze" performed and written by Jimi Hendrix

"Purple Haze" is a song rooted in blues however never made a significant impact on the Rythm and Blues charts. The song itself is a strophic song with a crazy guitar solo and other crazy instrumental moments and an odd distorted ending. The song's lyrics reference counterculture saying how he has this "purple haze" that is impeding his senses is could be a reference to love as suggested by the lyrics " that girl put a spell on me" or drugs as suggested by the lyrics about haziness.
The song was written and performed by Jimi Hendrix who was an influential and revolutionary guitarist of the time. He started out touring with Rythm and Blues bands this show in his music as it has like I mentioned before is rooted in blues. He then formed a band in London called the Jimi Hendrix Experience. A name which is fitting as he was a crazy performer with insane stunts like setting his guitar on fire, and weird ways he played his guitar truly making his performances an experience. He used a lot of electronics that changed the way he sounded making him stand out and truly making "Purple Haze" and other of his songs unique and interesting pieces.

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  1. shamerOctober 28, 2019 at 2:25 PM

    When I hear the name Purple Haze my mind goes straight to the band Deep Purple and their song Smoke on the Water. I agree with the description of the uniqueness of his sound, it brings a whole new element to the table of music. I also love how you went a bit into the history of Jimi himself.

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  2. olivia silvaggioNovember 11, 2019 at 3:04 PM

    I really like how you took specific lyrics and explained them for us. Awesome job (:

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