Lockdown Licks no.195. “Purple Haze” by The Jimi Hendrix Experience. Signature riff played twice and ‘Hendrix’ song intro chord. Played on a white Fender Strat MIJ into a NUX M8 amp set to ‘metal’.
Purple Haze” is a song written by Jimi Hendrix and released as the second single by the Jimi Hendrix Experience on March 17, 1967. The song features his inventive guitar playing, which uses the signature Hendrix chord and a mix of blues and Eastern modalities, shaped by novel sound processing techniques. Because of ambiguities in the lyrics, listeners often interpret the song as referring to a psychedelic experience, although Hendrix on record described it as a love song from his dreams.