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Sam Harris sings "Red House" Live, with Todd Schroeder on Piano.

RED HOUSE
Music and Lyrics by Jimi Hendrix

Well there's a red house over yonder
That's where my baby stays
Lord there's a red house over yonder
Oh that's where my baby stays
I ain't been home to see my baby
In ninety-nine and one half days

Wait a minute, something wrong here
My key won't unlock this door
Wait a minute, something wrong here
Lord have mercy this
key won't unlock this door
(something wrong here)
I gotta bad, bad feeling
My baby don't live here no more
(That's ok, I still got my guitar...look out!)

Well I might as well look back over yonder
Way back up over the hill
Lord I might as well go back over yonder
Way back yonder across the hill
Even though my baby don't love me no more
I know her sister (brother) will

"Red House" is a blues song, written by famed guitarist Jimi Hendrix and originally recorded by The Jimi Hendrix Experience. There are two different takes of this song: the original version (mono) that appeared on the UK issue of Are You Experienced?, and the alternate version (stereo) featured on the 1969 USA Smash Hits compilation on which bass player Noel Redding plays electric guitar tuned down to resemble a bass guitar. Despite Hendrix's complaints, the song was omitted from the USA issue of Are You Experienced because the recording company reportedly argued that "America does not like blues".

The original mono take became available in the USA & Canada when it was released (minus most of the chat at the end) on the posthumous Blues album. The alternate stereo take (3:50) recorded around the same time, was unavailable outside of USA & Canada until the Kiss The Sky CD compilation. The Blues album also features a live studio jam version - onto which Hendrix's introduction from a different jam has been dubbed - "Electric Church Red House". This was recorded by Jimi at TTG Studios in LA on 10/29/68 with Buddy Miles on drums and featuring Lee Michaels playing Hammond organ.

While playing Red House at Woodstock, Hendrix snapped his high E-string in the middle of the performance and kept playing the second half of the song with just five strings. "Long" versions of the song like the Woodstock rendition are generally about 6--10 minutes. One of the longest live versions of the song is a nearly thirteen-minute long version on 5/24/69 at the San Diego Sports Arena, which is found on Hendrix in the West, a live album sampling four different shows. A studio recorded version of 8 minutes 35 seconds appears on the Valleys of Neptune album.

"Red House" was inspired by Hendrix's first love Betty Jean Morgan and the New York apartment where Hendrix first met Keith Richard's then-girlfriend Linda Keith. The song has been covered by many other blues musicians, and is widely regarded as a blues standard to be judged by. On the album Stone Free: A Tribute to Jimi Hendrix, Buddy Guy covers this song. Albert King covers it on an album named after the song. Also, John Lee Hooker has played the song and it appeared on the Dirty Bones Band live CD Stronger Than Dirt. Grammy Award-winning rock band Toto covered this song on a live album; they continue to play it live to this day. Paul Gilbert also covered it on the album Gilbert Hotel. Johnny Winter frequently covers it live. Gary Moore did a version for the 50th Anniversary of the Fender Stratocaster Guitar celebration at Wembley Arena in 2004 that can easily be found on the internet. At the concert for the opening of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at Cleveland's Municipal Stadium in 1995, Red House was sung by Boz Scaggs, with Slash playing guitar. While performing on the G3 tour, Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, and both Eric Johnson and Yngwie Malmsteen (during the 1996 and 2003 tours respectively) covered the song. Red House was covered in a unique way by Prince on his DVD "Rave until the year 2000", together with Maceo Parker and Johnny Lang.

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RED HOUSE
(Jimi Hendrix)
sung by Sam Harris,
Live, in Concert!