Buddy Miles is probably best known for is association with Jimi Hendrix, he played on Electric Ladyland. This DVD is in part a tribute to Hendrix, Buddy gives us his versions of ‘Purple Haze’, ‘Voodoo Child’ and ‘Hey Joe’. While they may not be quite the same as the original article, they are never the less quite interesting.
This DVD features two concerts by Buddy Miles and company. In the first, filmed at Switzerland’s New Morning Rock Heroes Festival in 1995, he re-works in his own distinctive style a selection of rock and pop classics from the Sixties and Seventies.
The second, filmed in Paris a year later, features Albert King’s blues standard ‘Born Under A Bad Sign’ and a deeply soulful interpretation of The Impression’s ballad hit ‘For Your Precious Love’.
In North America we tend to forget about our European cousins and their contribution to the encyclopedia of music. New Morning, is Paris based, and is without question one of the finest music clubs in Europe. Their contribution to the Jazz, Blues, and Rock world can not be measured.
You can get your copy of Buddy Miles – Changes from MVD.
Simon Barrett
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Follow-up comment rss or Leave a TrackbackBuddy was a truly awesome performer and more importantly a great human being. His passion for music and the love of his fans truly were the focus of his life. They broke the mold with Buddy and with his untimely departure we see the continued demise of the once great and creative American music industry into an assembly line hum-drum beige only corporate business focused only on what makes money in the short term. No more thoughtful soulful creative expressions from developing artist, just more quick cookie-cutter copy-cat & over produced material to make money.
How sad that we are losing the last bastion of true social commentary in music. Performers like Buddy were the real deal and they will forever hold a place in music history as a Legendary musical talents.
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