Red House

Before he became a global psychedelic rock icon, Jimi Hendrix was a working R&B sideman, and "Red House" was his tribute to those roots. Recorded in London during the early sessions for the Jimi Hendrix Experience, the track is a traditional slow blues. Because bassist Chas Chandler couldn't find a bass guitar for Noel Redding to play, Redding instead played the basslines on a standard rhythm guitar tuned down. Hendrix used the spare arrangement to deliver a masterclass in electric blues phrasing, proving his virtuosic, heavily amplified style was deeply grounded in the traditional 12-bar form.