Yeah. I almost had a stroke thinking that as well. Heard this version on a local NPR station from The Jimi Project and thought it was either Billy Gibbons or DLR doing a jazz cover. It wasn’t. Phil Brown sounds like he could be either of their doubles though–minus Dave’s yelps. Hendrix is usually viewed as untouchable, (SRV notwithstanding), unless you pull it off right. Here, he doesn’t try for a dead-on rendition. His Eric Johnson/Joe Satriani-like guitar playing contrasts a voice sounding at times like Robin Trower* wanting to go over the edge, but doesn’t.*For the kids out there, Robin Trower was kind of like, well, a cross between The Killers and OK Go back in the day–a hearty Borat NOT!
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