Little Wing

[PhilO]

Tell the truth, don't you just once in a while wish you could wail "Little Wing" on your whistle..

Philo

[Feadoggie]

But no, I don't. It kind of misses out on the entire butterflies, moonbeams and fairy tales thing if you don't sing it. The lyrics really add to the whole song, at least they do for me. Strictly guitar and voice for me. But I will admit that I have noodled around with it on whistle. Terrific song.

(Assuming we are talking about the Hendrix song and not the Neil Young song of the same name.)

Feadoggie

[fearfaoin]

What do you mean "wish"?
Just follow along with Andrea.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5rVgxmekeM#t=22s

[Chino]

Jimi Hendrix played tin-whistle at the end of If 6 Was 9 (Axis album).

[Guyon]

Yup, I play along with that Youtube video now and then. I have that CD too. IMO the MTV Unplugged version is better than the Live in Dublin version.

Jimi Hendrix played tin-whistle at the end of If 6 Was 9 (Axis album).

Yup again. Jimi Hendrix was quoted in one interview saying how he was inspired by the Coltrane tin whistle recordings.

[flynnieous]

:It kind of misses out on the entire butterflies, moonbeams and fairy tales thing if you don't sing it. The lyrics really add to the whole song, at least they do for me.

I don't know. Stevie Ray Vaughan's cover of Little Wing is an instrumental, and it blows me away every time I hear it.

[Chino]

Jimi Hendrix played tin-whistle at the end of If 6 Was 9 (Axis album).

Yup again. Jimi Hendrix was quoted in one interview saying how he was inspired by the Coltrane tin whistle recordings.

Whatever, Jimi really played a whistle at the end of this track:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8BBipmqKxg

[PhilO]

But no, I don't. It kind of misses out on the entire butterflies, moonbeams and fairy tales thing if you don't sing it. The lyrics really add to the whole song, at least they do for me. Strictly guitar and voice for me. But I will admit that I have noodled around with it on whistle. Terrific song.

(Assuming we are talking about the Hendrix song and not the Neil Young song of the same name.)

Feadoggie

What recently brought this to mind was the Eric Clapton/Steve Winwood version from Live at Madison Square Garden...

Philo

[murchmb]

Clapton's guitar solo on Sting's rendition of it (Nothing Like the Sun) is one of my all time favorites.

[Feadoggie]

Clapton's guitar solo on Sting's rendition of it (Nothing Like the Sun) is one of my all time favorites.

I could have sworn that was Hiram Bullock on Sting's version. Clapton did work on the "Nothing Like the Sun" sessions but I thought his contribution was to "They Dance Alone".

Sting's version is one that sticks in my head. There are so many very good renditions out there which just shows how strong the song is.

The connection I have to the song comes from a serious illness I had about 20 years ago. After returning home from the hospital I could not do much. Our daughter was 5 years old. Everything in her world was pink at the time . I believe mermaids were "in". Anyway the lyrics (which Hendrix reportedly wrote as a snapshot of the Monterey Pop Festival) seemed to describe my daughter at the time. Nothing but innocent hope and happiness. Every day she would ride off on her bike and pick wild flowers for me and come back to sit with me and go through a field guide to identify each type she had picked. And Sting's version of Little Wing was in the CD player at that time.

Well she's walking through the clouds
With a circus mind that's running round
Butterflies and zebras
And moonbeams and fairy tales
That's all she ever thinks about
Riding with the wind.

When I'm sad, she comes to me
With a thousand smiles, she gives to me free
It's alright she says it's alright
Take anything you want from me, anything.

So I kinda like the lyrics.

Feadoggie

[brewerpaul]

Jimi Hendrix played tin-whistle at the end of If 6 Was 9 (Axis album).

Anyone know if he played the whistle left handed too?

[PhilO]

What an incredibly beautiful memory Feadoggie. Thanks for the uplift.

Philo

[chas]

I agree. I was laid up at home with pneumonia for three weeks when my daughter was about 3. Megablocks were in. So when I was semi-conscious for most of the day on the recliner in the living room, she'd spend a couple of hours making something with the Megablocks and carrying it over, saying, "Daddy, here's a tower* to help you get better."

The innocence and unconditional love that children possess is God's gift to mankind. My goal is to make sure my daughter never loses that.

*or a castle, depending on details that I could never figure out

[murchmb]

Clapton's guitar solo on Sting's rendition of it (Nothing Like the Sun) is one of my all time favorites.

I could have sworn that was Hiram Bullock on Sting's version. Clapton did work on the "Nothing Like the Sun" sessions but I thought his contribution was to "They Dance Alone".

Ack. You are correct. I've gone 24 years thinking that was Clapton.