The Wind Cries Mary

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Written by: Hendrix
Produced by: Chas Chandler
Released: May '67 on Reprise
Charts: 8 weeks
Top spot: No. 65

A dish-smashing argument with his girlfriend left Hendrix alone to scrawl the words to "The Wind Cries Mary" in January 1967. A few days later, the guitarist taught the uncharacteristically tender ballad to his band, the Experience, in a London recording studio while making Are You Experienced? The trio knocked out the track in twenty minutes.

Appears on: Are You Experienced? (MCA)

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