The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Castles Made Of Sand: Behind The Scenes

[@precbsfender]

One of the prettiest guitar riffs of all times with brilliant Hendrix lyrical magic..

[@Renato84Br]

This whole song is incredible.

[@danmurray918]

The verse about the “ little Indian brave” is about Jimi’s younger brother Leon, The ambush is about when he was taken away from him and his father

[@kongmpls7746]

Could be the best guitar tone ever recorded

[@paulcowart3174]

Indeed

[@Renato84Br]

Could be the best rock n´ roll song ever recorded, IMO.

[@clarkewi]

And note how the sound is mainly accoustic.

[@morauxmariano4130]

Indeed

[@mikedavis4427]

Quite possibly

[@williamrobinson1973]

I got this record as a Christmas gift when I was 16. I was expecting Foxey Lady and Purple Haze, you know..the songs on the radio. But what I got instead was the real "Art". Played it on repeat all the time, and this record got me through one of the toughest times of my young life at that time. Bless you Jimi and the Experience. That album a blessing of light in my darkest hours.

[@MANDALAMUSICNYC]

Eddie was my client for many years when I worked in Media Distribution and from the first call I got from him we talked like we were old friends and no matter how much I asked him about Jimmy and guitars and techniques and songs he always engaged me and spoke long and lovingly with me about Jimi. What a blessing in my life it has been to have Eddie as a client and I consider him a friend. And Hendrix is part of us all indeed.

[@joeguy6351]

Well what secrets and stories did he give ya😂

[@joel46n24]

What did he tell you about Hendrix

[@Nghilifa]

That's amazing!

[@cosmicdrifter287]

Eddie is a great,great storyteller.

[@ObscureDiamond]

The feels Kramer probably got when he just naturally looked in the live room as if Jimi was in there turning the page. Its not everyday you do a full recall of a session on a console, thats a lot of work and gear to fire up.. The clarity you hear when in this environment would be exactly as if the person was there. Almost creepy but probably nice to hear an old friend once and awhile. To work with someone like Jimi would have been an honor, as well as Kramer.

[@bassinblue]

Yeah, Eddie was the George Martin over Jimi's music.

[@tommaloney3938]

as a life long Hendrix fan and guitarist. I wish Mr Kramer could do a series of isolated tracks. I 've come to think the rhythm gtr tracks are more interesting than the lead! Very informative, also for bass and drums. Thanks Eddie.

[@deacontheseer4804]

Great point!

[@dylanlloyd349]

I agree with your point about the rhythm being harder. When playing rhythm line hendrix you are combing chords and melody lines, instead of just a melody like it a solo.

[@nsc217]

I wish Eddie would have talked more about what he did with this track. There are tons of effects and backwards guitar all over the track. It would be cool to hear how the backwards guitars sounded originally before Eddie turned them upside down!

[@quarter_moon_and_a_guitar]

yeah, this one's a bust

[@dakotadale567]

I always imagined they were recorded backwards and not reversed after the fact. That is if that's what you're getting after with the backwards guitar

[@jacobfetzer715]

it sounded like this kzbin.info/www/bejne/pnuUfHRtn7mnbas

[@andrewbevan4662]

@@dakotadale567 you can only ever record forwards, then flip the tape or reverse the digital recording

[@MrMovieMITCH]

I remember seeing in the full version of this interview that Jimi was able to listen to a recording in rewind, learn by ear AND THEN PLAY IT THAT WAY backwards for recording. First ever done on “Are you experienced”.

[@TommyBoii4]

I remember when i was 11 im 26 now i was learning to play on a sunburst strat and was about a month in just getting comfortable playing and my instructor gave me a cd of hendrix to listen to and this came on i was half way through the 1st chorus and put the guitar on the floor i just could not believe what i was hearing and to this day get the same feeling when i hear this track. what an artist such a beautiful song

[@harrisonwintergreen1147]

the last verse of Castles Made of Sand always makes me want to cry, it's such a beautiful lyric.

[@aquamarine99911]

Me too. "And it [the ship] didn't even have to stop". So profound, so beautiful. Hendrix was criminally underrated as a songwriter.

[@cobiemccoy]

@@aquamarine99911 uhhh not even close to underrated lol

[@ah-64apache99]

The line “castle made of sand melts into the sea eventually“ means that all things good and bad eventually fade .

[@snarebear614]

I think about this line a lot

[@demiandiamond5023]

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[@mikedavis4427]

This too shall pass

[@mikedavis4427]

Nothing short of a masterpiece

[@Isaacthegeeza]

I'd always thought it meant things built on weak foundations never last

[@benmiz9742]

This in my all time fav Hendrix track. The soulful voice, the story/lyrics, guitar/productions, it is a masterpiece

[@jamesryan5499]

You can see the pleasure in his face he loved working with Jimi Hendrix

[@Garrett_Hale]

I wanna find the version where the ending isn't faded. I love how Jimi just keeps playing those psychedelic chords until it all just drops with the symbol wash. If someone could help me find the unfaded ending version that would be great. Thanks!!!!

[@Hessian247]

U can see that Eddie is remembering all these wonderful memories with Jimi … it’s heartbreaking to hear this and realize Jimi was only here for a really short time. What we could have had if he was still here

[@jeroenleeuwerke6585]

He is working the knobs on that mixer with as much passion as Hendrix played his guitar. I found it amazing to see how he almost seems to play an instrument with creative ideas whilst the instrument is the audio input and the mixer.

[@chizorama]

Like an artist painting a picture.

[@Norquaymusic]

Agreed ! pure genius. The reverse guitar is mind blowing. Jimi takes you on a proper journey.

[@markbeale6212]

just an opinion..but the fade out on this track is excellent...kind of mystic and cryptic....eddie kramer....mixing hendrixs ...songs is genius in itself...

[@waynelynch3862]

Many of us have our own imagination that we relate to the lyrics. None of my visions of the lyrics match up with the documentary interpretation. Example: I like to think the 2nd verse is about an Indian boy that dreamed of being a warrior, but was killed in the first battle. Not about brother Leon being taken away by Child Protective Services The following is from a documentary that says the song is all about Hendrix's childhood. First verse is about Hendrix parents arguing. Which eventually led to divorce when Hendrix was ten years old. "Castles made out of sand drift into the sea eventually" Second verse is about Jimi's brother Leon. Before Leon was ten he played Cowboys And Indians with Jimi at the park. Leon was also taken from the welfare before he was ten. "Surprise attack killed him in his sleep that night." Last verse is about his mother. When his mother and father argued she would always regret to talk back because it was always just arguing. When Jimi and his brother visit their Mother in the hospital she was in a wheelchair. Golden wing ship passed her way and brought her to heaven.

[@wpl6661]

Down the street, you can hear her scream, "You're a disgrace" As she slams the door in his drunken face And now he stands outside And all the neighbors start to gossip and drool He cries, "Oh girl, you must be mad What happened to the sweet love you and me had?" Against the door he leans and starts a scene And his tears fall and burn on the garden green This is not imagination. This is what Jimi Hendrix experienced as a child. His mother and father were drunkards and violent ones at that. He was shuffled from relative to relative because his parents couldn't take care of him and his brother. They physically were unavailable to do it and financially unable to do it. It deeply effected him throughout the rest of his life. He was emotionally scarred and music, especially the guitar, became his refuge to escape the nightmares of his adolescence. "After returning from service, Al reunited with Lucille, but his inability to find steady work left the family impoverished. They both struggled with alcohol, and often fought when intoxicated. The violence sometimes drove Hendrix to withdraw and hide in a closet in their home. His relationship with his brother Leon (born 1948) was close but precarious; with Leon in and out of foster care, they lived with an almost constant threat of fraternal separation" When Jimi was 9 his parents divorced and his father was granted custody of him and his brother Leon. 7 years later his mother died from a ruptured spleen as a result of the fact she had cirrhosis of the liver. She was 33. "Al refused to take James and Leon to attend their mother's funeral; he instead gave them shots of whiskey and instructed them that was how men should deal with loss"

[@randyc5650]

Eddie, I have to thank you as much as Jimi for all those space trips from one ear to the other and back.

[@Silaxian]

To me, this song carries with it the magic of childhood. I don't know of many songs that do.

[@VideNoireRedux]

One of my all time favorite songs. The lyrics so heart felt. 💖

[@BlackDotPatrick]

Need much more time to discuss this masterpiece.

[@Pedro_Sanglard]

There's a full version!!! I can't in any way find it!! It kills me. I've seen it once. There's a part where Eddie talks about Jimi's reaction when he heard the backwards effect for the first time (he went mad at the psychedelia). It's golden material!!

[@evanmothersbaugh3859]

those raw vocals are so nice

[@TheButcherClan]

The extended outro makes me so happy. For some reason that bizarre F chord makes me jizz buckets.

[@johnr8820]

When does that chord appear?

[@ShadowDrake102]

@@johnr8820 it's not actually an F chord, it's a bunch of different major chords with a minor on the end. I can't explain it very well, but if it was on E major, the pink is on the G note on the E string. Does a really tense major minor thing that's awesome Also BTW he means the outro/intro quick chords slides.

[@elmorevandodewaard544]

This is soul, rap, funk and rhythm&blues. This is such wonderful masterpiece full of guitartechnic like Mayfield, but Jimi took it to another level......like everything else. He wasn`t perfect or the best. He was the real deal.

[@Nghilifa]

Love this song, the intro is sublime!

[@upgrader99]

"If a band can't play it in 2 or 3 takes, they shouldn't be in the studio... not good enough." Tell that to today's music "producers"

[@didierloncke3796]

upgrader99 Money rules

[@educassiano]

upgrader99 that.

[@Bstonz85]

You know one of the greatest blues guitarist in the world, Robert Johnson, recorded his enter album in one take? Just him and his guitar in a room with a microphone, recorded non-stop. Most of today's "artists" spend a lot of time in studios because they have to compress and add all these effects and make the musician sound better than they really are. If you are a guitarist and write a song, you should know it well enough to play it spot on, first try. If not, go practice more.

[@carlosdelarosanoriega704]

upgrader99 nowadays bands dont do their work (one direction and similar shit) so they spend a lot of time recording them because they have to learn them which is pathetic, i guess

[@trense13]

upgrader99 the beatles took 10s of takes for some of their songs that's why the songs sound refined although they had limited technology, the aim is to not race to the fastest recorded song, it's to produce a good record and Jimi hendrix though his playing was brilliant and the songwriting was great the recording was shit

[@Pedro_Sanglard]

There's a full version of this documentary!!! I can't in any way find it!! It kills me. I've seen it once. There's a part where Eddie talks about Jimi's reaction when he heard the backwards effect for the first time (he went mad at the psychedelia). It's golden material!!

[@francescofinamore4252]

is incredible this song...the perfection

[@probation1016]

a true American icon that will last forever!! RIP Jimi

[@myyootube2]

I wish that you'd play the backwards tracks forward for us so we could hear what he actually played. Yes that's one of his finest lyrics AND vocal performances and it's great to hear the. individual tracks for sure. Thank you!

[@Vickyyxoxo]

i’m blown away by anything and everything he writes.

[@MontoroAndres]

Thank you for this Song ,my Friends !

[@paulotatit6789]

beatiful!

[@pyro3435]

Everyone knows he’s in the top 3 if not the best guitarist ever (the best in western and rock), but I just wish I could write lyrics as cool as his.

[@tacitus2244]

you can also hear the paper turning on "MayThis Be Love"

[@genericgeorge]

Great Hendrix track

[@Gnomofoby]

Simple and extremely creative

[@patrickfoster4586]

Gnomofoby Simple? The guitar track in this song is one of the more difficult little pieces you will ever find on the six string my friend.

[@mikeatl4953]

Thanks Tim, great 4th of July gift!!!

[@nideskein]

Amazing song... Jimi is the best!!

[@AVAtticus182]

I heard Jimi Hendrix turn a page. Yes.

[@johnr8820]

???

[@robertgenier3037]

I love when I hear that shi and I have no idea

[@probation1016]

such a talented man that we lost way to soon!

[@jeffbakajika7714]

Rien à dire. Un génie

[@elpablosky6300]

I really loves that Stratocaster clean neck tone most guitar players trying to copy that tone with a lot of Gibson Les Paul , is explorer, sg and flying but Stratocaster is the ultimate guitar.

[@jackp8583]

Besides being a hauntingly beautiful song, this is Jimi inventing an embryonic rap.

[@hesmon]

I think Chas was very important for Jimi's career. He made him sing and write songs. He made Jimi feel welcome and important and grounded. On the other hand when Jimi really became more confident and experimental Chas was lost and wanted to stick to the 3 minute songs and cutting down studio time. If Jimi had listened to Chas, he would never have made songs like 1983. He might have lived longer but that is all just guessing.

[@precbsfender]

Absolutely agreed,Without CHAS there wouldn't be any Jimi Marshall Hendrix! it would of still been JIMMY JAMES and the BLUE FLAMES going nowhere fast. ENGLAND and CHAS were the catalyst to the best guitar player in the world,Jimi was a huge leap forward in modern rock guitar method he was a TRUE EXPERIENCE TO WITNESS and I did 1968 seattle arena and 1970 seattle's sicks stadium two months before his death.Randy H.

[@hesmon]

Randy Johnson Lucky you. I envy you.

[@AndrewMcDify]

Yeah there were times that Jimi and Chas didn't get along, and drugs became a problem. I really can't give credit to Chas for the enormous talent and creativity of the man Jimi Hendrix, someone else would have picked him up, he was just way to talented.

[@Einnor084]

Andy McDify How would they have handled him, tho?

[@AndrewMcDify]

When was the first ever recorded performance of Jimi Hendrix? 66' 67' We know that Electric Ladyland came out in 67' And he was already into blues music when he was in highschool. all his friends wanted to sound like him. After school Jimi would get his fender and play and the other kids really digged his sound. He also played with a few bands before "The Exsperiance" came together, with Chas. He would have played in night clubs, it wouldn't have been long before someone picked him up. Everybody thought Eric Clapton was god until Jimi came on the sceen. If you ever had or ever find "The Exsperiance" Box set collection that includes "Electric Ladyland" "The Exsperiance" and "Axis Bold As love" The inlet and small bio reveals a lot about Jimi's relation to Chas, Noel and Mitch. And how they worked together. I wish I still had the bio with the set, it exsplained a lot. How they came up with writing songs and the sounds Jimi used. .

[@grimblesqueem2291]

In that moment he actually looks across the room, and you hear the page turn.. .. It's something special.

[@DapDApiDiLup]

The fact this guy has access to all the separate tracks that make a Hendrix song makes me jealous

[@BeefSupremeSr]

why keep beautifull music from us?

[@megalootdude333]

all you have to do is buy it?

[@stephenboyes5189]

ONE OF JIMIS BEST

[@mmurrell26]

Defitnitely my fav from Jimi!!

[@paulcowart3174]

Jimi's vocals on his ballad's were his best He was not a screamer which unfortunately he had to resort to cause the sheer volume at the shows

[@ebiwanton]

I prefer the cymbals at the end. Reminds me of waves crashing on the shore.

[@joeleberhardt2150]

Amazing to this day!

[@andancas_jam]

Emocionante e inesquecível!

[@scot972]

One of the reasons to stay alive more than aver is to know about Jimi and understanding già muaic

[@chrissinha3931]

why is it so difficult to find a youtube video of the actual song?

[@TjIrineu]

+Chris Sinha Could you find?

[@XopStix]

+Tiago Irineu All of Hendrix's copyrighted material was removed by Sony from youtube.

[@dwaynewladyka577]

Basically, copyright rules. Certain musicians are upset at this practice. It was in the news, not long ago.

[@jgcaesar4]

Sony.

[@dwaynewladyka577]

kayne lealand If the actual artists or their representatives put something up, that might help. Other artists have done so. Vevo is an example of that.

[@tonelocrian]

'By the time we got in the studio, we should just have to turn the machines on. If a band can't play it in two or three takes, they shouldn't be in the studio, (not good enough) - Chas Chandler Jimi's manager

[@opposeglobalism4188]

What a great song, it might be Jimi's best.

[@markbeale8635]

Dylan' like lyrics...by the greatest guitar player...ever...no one in his league after all these years

[@magopeu]

Please, remasterized with original final theme. Fade out its for old radios.

[@educassiano]

great series, thanks

[@probation1016]

incredible!!

[@Spuck1983]

Took me 3 wks to do the intro. And now it's blind. One of my favorites for sure.

[@MegaDaniboy1989]

what a beautiful song :)

[@thomasa631]

Yo jimi James rocks on , must have visited VA Beach at one time or another....

[@EmanuelWecker]

When you realize that jimmi hendrix channel has 420k subs! i don't even dare to subscribe.

[@danielcampos6820]

Pedrada!!!!

[@matthewdavis8179]

can we have the song back on youtube so i can show my friend how god it is

[@renatothomi8992]

Maan i havent almost an youtube account because you!i only wanna bring jimis music under the people to hear what beautiful music he did and what a wonderfull person he was!thank you that you show me today is all about the money, i dont think that was jimi's imaginination!yeah i know my english sucks, better the language sucks as the human like...i dont wanna say!thank you...

[@leonb1142]

give us that version with longer outro!!

[@riftsalty7562]

fr

[@wejamm]

Jimi predicted his departure in this song: indian chiff - "surprise attack killed him in his sleep that night" ... Jimi was playing indians with his brother Leon.

[@tokinhuhrbs6123]

now why hasnt anyone uploaded this song on youtube?? cant seem to find it

[@TheDrummer51]

tokin huhrbs Noticed that too. I know I've listened to it on here in the last year and there were several copies....

[@bleensteen9331]

+tokin huhrbs Most likely the people who like to make a living off this dead guy's work go through youtube flagging uploads every now and then.

[@jonjmiranda]

+tokin huhrbs exactly. three months ago someone had the song and youtube deleted it

[@kepriworks]

Love the Hendrix Synopsis.

[@salt2206]

best strat player ever

[@Paco1337]

awesome ;)

[@ollihp]

Eddie & Chas 2 very lucky guys to have worked w/ one of the greatest instrumental songwriters in rock music history.

[@johnj3281]

yeah but chas seemed always to complain about studio time being wasted....should have given thanks that Jimi wanted to experiment in the studio. Jimi "put food" on chas's plate? Jimi was way to mistreated !!!!!

[@patrickbrookens1459]

The Stars that Play with Laughing Sam's Dice, picture painted!

[@Heretic_Hero]

I wish they would’ve done one on third stone from the sun

[@vicvalente4874]

I love that alternate ending, I wonder why they left it out?

[@halfaday1]

down the street you can hear her scream "you're a disgrace" as she slams the door in his drunken face and now he stands outside and all the neighbours start to gossip and drool he cries "oh girl, you must be mad what happened to the seet love you and me had" against the door he leans and starts a scene and his tears fall and burn the garden green and so castles made of sand, fall in the sea eventually a little indian brave who before he was ten played war games in the woods with his indian friends and he built a dream that when he grew up he would be a fearless warrior indian chief many moons passed and the dream grew strong until tomorrow he would sing his first war song and fight his first battle but something went wrong surprise attack killed him in his sleep that night and so castles made of sand melts into the sea eventually there was a young girl whose heart was a frown because she was crippled for life and couldn't speak a sound and she wished and prayed she would stop living so she decided to die she drew her wheel chair to the edge of the shore and to her legs she smiled "you won't hurt me no more" but then a sight she'd never seen made her jump and say "look a golden winged ship is passing my way" and it really didn't have to stop it just kept on going and so castles made of sand slips into the sea eventually

[@Chrisbell804]

The song is partially about his parents drunk and fighting, and the Indian brave is his brother Leon.

[@DarkMoonDroid]

SO 😍

[@COMMUNISTPHILOSOPHY]

Ultimate

[@probation1016]

this song is about his family!!

[@jamesl3920]

And never lose one, just cuz you can make it better.

[@inaccessiblecardinal9352]

Beutiful.

[@maupric]

Eddie Kramer has not commented on the reverse guitar solo....!!!!

[@yauker]

Why is this the closest I can get to hearing the studio version on KZbin? Music industry ought to be ashamed .

[@bigworm3446]

Jimi rapping before rapping was mainstream

[@alias2364-t9y]

I agree, his hero was Dylan and Bob invented rap earlier on "Subterranean Homesick Blues ". This is jimi's best spoken poetry and Gossamer like guitar playing ,in homage to Bob ,other than " All a long the Watchtower".

[@Zerocool215]

Huzzah!!

[@davidlauter1622]

Check out blank pages by Frank James and peacock alley by Damion angel 2 really fine albums

[@LucasM017]

they should've gone with this diferent ending, sounds amazing

[@Einnor084]

lucas I like da original, mystical fade-out, n2 da ether.

[@alanfuduric6779]

From where is this intro? I am shure that Jimmy plays rocket sound on some of the festival.

[@noahmarten8781]

thats the beginning of Wild thing from Live at Monterey

[@angeldust9874]

What’s the guitar pedal used in castles made of sand for the reverse/backwards sound???

[@paulcowart3174]

Wasn't a pedal They actually had to reverse the tape back on the late 60s That's why I don't like the reverse delay pedals cuz they add delay

[@fletmok3548]

The Cherokee medicine is strong with Jimi as well as his African voodoo mojo hand

[@channel4saturdaymornings457]

YEAH YEAH YEAH FLY ON LITTLE WING FLY ON YEAH YEAH HENDRIX POSTER LYRICS

[@MellowshipSl1nky]

Is there a dvd i can get of this???