Songfacts®:

• Recorded in March 1968, this song finds Hendrix supported by Buddy Miles on drums and Stephen Stills on bass. Engineer and producer Eddie Kramer told Rolling Stone, "[it's] a fantastic example of Jimi's amazing control of the wah-wah [pedal] the tone of the wah-wah – how that affects the whole song."
• The track was released as the first single from Jimi Hendrix's posthumous album, People, Hell & Angels. The record contains 12 previously unreleased tracks showcasing, the guitar legend's experimental work outside the then current Jimi Hendrix Experience.
• This is not the first time the song has appeared on disk. A different version was previously included on the 4-disc box set titled The Jimi Hendrix Experience, which was released in 2000.
• Co-producer John McDermott commented to Digital Spy that he was surprised this wasn't considered for Electric Ladyland. He added: "I don't know whether that was because Jimi recorded it without Chas Chandler being there to supervise it - that could have been an issue. Like 'My Friend,' it's a really interesting look at Jimi when he was just starting to step outside the original three-man band."
• Stephen Stills was good friends with both Jimi and Buddy Miles. McDermott told Digital Spy: "I think this track was really about Jimi taking advantage of the skills his friends had and tapping into that. Today, it's nothing to invite your friends to the studio and have them play on a track - people do it all the time, guest starring on cuts and all that. Back then, it didn't happen so much. The Beatles, The Stones - with rare exceptions, they always kept the core."
• This was one of seven tracks from People, Hell, & Angels, which featured on the episode of the CBS cop drama Hawaii Five-0 that aired on January 20, 2013.
• People, Hell and Angels debuted at # 2 on the Billboard 200, marking Hendrix' highest-charting album since Electric Ladyland spent two weeks at #1 in 1968.