. . . I think kids today dig Hendrix' music because it's very pure, it's heartfelt and, in its simplest form, it tugs at the emotional heartstrings. It's raw, yet it's very intelligent. When you look at the lyrics, he's expressing an ideal that we all try to aspire to. He was truly a universal man. . .
. . . At the end of the song, [Purple Haze] the high-speed guitar you hear was actually an Octavia guitar overdub we recorded first at a slower speed, then played back on a higher speed. The panning at the end was done to accentuate the effect.

Back