Electric Ladyland by The Jimi Hendrix ExperienceYou find yourself alone, lying in a field of flowers. You've just been awoken by the distant pounding of what sounds like a tympani. Looking ahead, your feet seem miles away and a group of bunnies are gnawing on your blue jeans. Jimi once rapped, "Ho hum. I'm as good as bunnies- and you know how good bunnies are." Just shake 'em off, brother or sister; they're just hungry after a long, hot summer night. The drum fades and nature, and in fact everything you hear as well, is moving backward. Fear not, you're in Electric Ladyland, friend. Have you ever been?Take out that note from your back pocket. No matter the urge to call the telephone number written on there, trust me, you don't want to see Little Miss Strange again. Rip it to shreds.
Spend the next fifteen minutes drying yourself off from the still raining, still dreaming sky with the Experience in concert, floating somewhere in the the astral plane. "Voodoo Chile" is the jam. Look left and see a Marshall stack and a white Fender Strat resting comfortably. It's been tuned and awaiting on you, man. Put the strap on over your shoulder (and make sure you're going lefty), pick the open A-string (that's the second heaviest on the axe), let it ring and move on over toward the amplifier. Things will start buzzing and feeding back some brilliant musical colors and waveforms. Mitch and Noel should be launching off that any minute now.
A singular door will appear in the middle of the field somewhere behind you. Open it and look out into outer-space with those Gypsy eyes. Grab the burning midnight lamp, step out and be mindful of the crosstown traffic. Mr. Dylan's "All Along the Watchtower" is your soundtrack... and your guide, baby.
Keep the sounds of Electric Ladyland steady and you'll find your way.
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