Lockdown Licks no. 273. “Red House” by Jimi Hendrix. Lead intro played on a Stratocaster into a NUX M8 amp set to ‘superlead’ with a little reverb.
“Red House” is a song written by Jimi Hendrix and one of the first songs recorded in 1966 by the Jimi Hendrix Experience. It has the musical form of a conventional twelve-bar blues and features Hendrix’s sonic guitar playing. He developed the song prior to forming the Experience and was inspired by earlier blues songs. It was first released on the British edition of Hendrix’s debut album “Are You Experienced” in May 1967. A second similar take was eventually released in the US in July 1969 on the American Smash Hits compilation.