BAND OF GYPSYS

Jimi Hendrix

Proto-Prog

3.83 | 139 ratings

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A powerful funky acid drenched record, Band Of Gypsys may eclipse the three studio albums for me, the album wastes no time with it starting off with a funky grove that progressively gets more acid drenched eventually turning into a song that could easily fit on a Funkadelic record with it's wild vocals and I must say the drumming on not only this song but the whole album is just amazing and definitely gives Mitch Mitchell a run for his money (although I love both haha) the next track is the infamous Machine Gun, and wow I'm completely blown away by it, easily one of the greatest achievements in rock music, Hendrix makes the guitar just wail and wail and the bass is so good its kind of bouncy and fills in the spaces perfectly and the drumming is again just something else then near the eight minute mark there's these background vocals that complement the song so so much and then near the ten minute mark there's Billy Cox's amazing vocals there's so many different parts of the song where I'm like "thats my favorite wait no thats my favorite" and honestly Machine Gun has taken the spot as my favorite Hendrix song. While the first side of the album is essentially acid funk rock, the second side is more R&B oriented the next song is a Buddy Miles cut its very much an R&B song which I love (I grew up listening to that kind of music after all) again the drumming is just on point it's so good and Jimi's guitar just dances with the wah pedal on this one. Power To Love is a rocking tune it opens with an amazing guitar solo, the album ends with Message To Love and We Gotta Live Together, not my favorite songs off the album but still amazing nonetheless, again they blend R&B with acid rock and the instrumentation is phenomenal overall this is an ESSENTIAL addition to any music collection in general

Captain Midnight | 5/5 | 2025-2-25

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