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The Jimi Hendrix Experience record tracks for the songs House Burning Down and Tax Free at Record Plant, New York City, USA.Full article:
Jimi Hendrix : Like, House Burning Down, we made the guitar sound like it was on fire. It's constantly changing dimensions and, up on top, that lead guitar is cutting through everything.
Jim Capaldi (Traffic) : I was in the control room when he recorded that. He came back in and I said, "Great!" and he said (under his breath) "Just being a bit flash." He used to laugh and say "Just a little flash." I sat and watched him do that.
Velvert Turner (friend of Hendrix) : I asked Jimi what that song was about, and he explained to me that the song was about a lot of things but, specifically, it was about the Watts riots. First of all, it was about the insanity of people burning their own neighbourhood down, about the outrage and anger that the inner city folks felt at that time about having a leader like Martin Luther King killed.
At the end of the song, there's something that Eddie does, panning the guitar sound … that sounds like a cat. The sound of a panther at the end of it could mean a lot of things.
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Jim Capaldi (Traffic) : I was in the control room when he recorded that. He came back in and I said, "Great!" and he said (under his breath) "Just being a bit flash." He used to laugh and say "Just a little flash." I sat and watched him do that.
Velvert Turner (friend of Hendrix) : I asked Jimi what that song was about, and he explained to me that the song was about a lot of things but, specifically, it was about the Watts riots. First of all, it was about the insanity of people burning their own neighbourhood down, about the outrage and anger that the inner city folks felt at that time about having a leader like Martin Luther King killed.
At the end of the song, there's something that Eddie does, panning the guitar sound … that sounds like a cat. The sound of a panther at the end of it could mean a lot of things.