this may be old news but, i was reading this thing about prince and i came across this, its about prince and other artists doing a album to tribute the great jimi hendrix, hear it is.

Since their songs have such a sensual flow, no one's ever questioned whether or not Prince or Musiq are experienced. Some folks may not know they're also experienced — as in fans of the Jimi Hendrix Experience. Prince and Musiq will both be featured on the Hendrix tribute album this fall, and they'll probably both be excited to hear there's another album of previously unreleased Jimi material on the way.

For the tribute disc, titled Power of Soul, the Minnesota native with a penchant for purple recorded a version of "Red House," which he's renamed "Purple House," and Musiq reinterpreted "Are You Experienced?" (see "Musiq Likely Joining Forces With Prince For Juslisen Follow-Up").

The Hendrix love fest also includes Santana covering "Spanish Castle Magic," Parliament/Funkadelic singer George Clinton and bassist Bootsy Collins funkin' up "Power of Soul," and Earth, Wind & Fire turning on the heat for "Voodoo Chile."

A couple of collaborations will appear on the album as well. Kid Rock's guitarist Kenny Olson joins Chaka Khan on "Little Wing," and guitar virtuoso Jeff Beck and pop/R&B singer Seal take on "The Wind Cries Mary."

Power of Soul will include one of the last recordings by the late John Lee Hooker, the disc's second version of "Red House." And former Hendrix alumni also chime in; Band of Gypsies drummer Buddy Miles plays on "Manic Depression" and bassist Billy Cox performs on "Machine Gun."

The tribute record was assembled over much of the past year by Jimi's half sister Janie Hendrix and her husband Sheldon Reynolds, who played guitar in Earth, Wind & Fire and the Commodores. The project was delayed when Jimi's dad, Al Hendrix, passed away last April.

The goals for Janie were to show how many artists Hendrix influenced and to expose a new audience to his timeless music.

"Jimi's music is really universal, and we wanted to express that," she said. "The songs [on the tribute record] all have their own feel. It's not just a recreation of Jimi. It is Jimi's music, but woven in is the talent of each individual artist."

The way the musicians vibed off Hendrix parallels the way Jimi was inspired by the bluesmen who motivated him to pick up a guitar, Janie said.

"He took Muddy Waters, Robert Johnson and John Lee Hooker, and expanded upon what they were doing and then gave it back to a new generation."

Proceeds from Power of Soul will go to the United Negro College Fund.

When the mobile Hendrix museum Red House swings by their locale, many artists on the record will likely take the stage with the company's tribute band, but no all-star concert has been planned, Janie said.

The buzz from Power of Soul should nicely set the stage for a brand new Hendrix album. The guitar hero's estate has a few legal hurdles to clear, but by year's end it hopes to issue a disc of previously unreleased songs, outtakes and live material, Janie said. If its plan falls through, the foundation has a backup: a previously unheard complete concert recording.

"We're very proud of these things [Jimi did], and we can't wait to share them with people," she said.

thanks to MTV.com
[This message was edited Thu Nov 27 10:21:56 PST 2003 by andykeen]

any one got any info on it?

There's no official word on the scheduled release date still.

No release date yet.

Out of courtesy (at the very least) Andy, it's good practice to credit where you found the information.

It looks like it's from the VH1 site

http://www.vh1.com/artist...jimi.jhtml

Here's some other sources of the same basic info (apologies if the links fail):

Sound Generator:

http://www.soundgenerator...cleid=1686

Ananova:

http://www.ananova.com/ne...html?menu=

MSNBC:

http://www.msnbc.com/news/903481.asp

no actually i got my info from MTV.com thx you!!

andykeen...cocky lil fella...

u should credit sources.

lol ok ok, credit is due, so i did, say thanks to MTV.com

andykeen said:

Fair enough - it's the same article written by Jon Wiederhorn featuring on both sites.

Andy, who gives a rats ass about those sources? MTV and VH1 both suck a fat one.

good work fella!

langebleu said:

andykeen said:

Well whaddya know, my little buddy's all grown up!

Marrk said:

Indeed.
Besides, who cares when there are so many here who will run 2 credit these sources 4 u anyway...

Lenny Kravitz gotta be on it

I am really looking forward to the tribute disc and the new disc!!Jimi was Merlin the Magician.

I like the ppl they have named for contributions.I would like to hear some other type artists dig in as well.Maybe some jazz guys and maybe aNeptunes version of Third Stone from the Sun.

Seal has covered Hendrix songs several times.Sting did a pretty good job on Little Wing,also.They could make this like,a double or triple disc.And give Prince ,at least,trwo tracks on there.I'd love to hear him rock "little Miss Lover","Spanish Castle Magic","May This Be Love","Crosstwon Traffic","Ezy Rider","Angel","Drifting","Hey Baby(New Rising Sun)" or something funky like that!

A pretty cool remix disc of hendrix stuff is by the beautiful people.came out several years ago.Not bad.

bananacologne said:

rockwilder said:

Prince should cover All Along THe Watchtower. Get it? Watchtower Bwahahahaha!

I know it's not actually a Jimi penned song, but...

Maybe he shoulda covered 'Little Miss Lover'
but sung the lyrics to 'Tick Tick Bang' over it

squirrelgrease said:

and call it "passin out the watchtpower"

squirrelgrease said:

LOL!

squirrelgrease said:

No it's not. Bob Dylan wrote that.