Songfacts®:

• Hendrix was working intermittently on a new album, tentatively titled First Ray Of The New Rising Sun (finally released in 1997), when he died in London on September 18, 1970 from "drug-related complications." Many of the songs probably wouldn't have made the actual release if Hendrix had lived.
• Hendrix wrote this as a tribute to R&B legend Curtis Mayfield, who played with Jimi early in his career. >>>

  Suggestion credit:
  Bertrand - Paris, France
• There are around four guitar tracks. The backwards solo and fills, two guitar effect (univibe) and one last guitar with no special effect. The univibe was probably Hendrix' favorite effect. A Similar sound was created with a Leslie speaker used in "Little Wing."
• According to Hendrix' producer Eddie Kramer, Jimi had the uncanny ability to record a solo backwards, all the while knowing exactly how it would sound after the tape was flipped back over.
• An alternative mix recorded July 23, 1970 starts out with Jimi saying, "Let me do some sea sounds."
• Buzzy Linhart played a vibraphone on this track, which was added after Hendrix' death. >>>

  Suggestion credit:
  Gonzalo - BsAs, Argentina, for all above