Bleeding Heart

This is a cover of a tune originally recorded by American Blues guitarist Elmore James, who was known as "The King of the Slide Guitar." The song was released posthumously as a single two years after his death in 1963.

This angry Blues number was recorded by Hendrix at New York's Record Plant, on April 24, 1969. It was one of the guitar hero's first sessions with bassist Billy Cox, an old army buddy he'd recruited into his new ensemble. The track also features Rocky Isaac on drums, Chris Grimes on tambourine and Al Marks on maracas.

The song is included on Hendrix's 2010 posthumous album, Valleys of Neptune. Long-time Hendrix studio engineer and friend Eddie Kramer commented to Toronto's The Globe and Mail March 5, 2010: "It's certainly a nice little jaunt for Jimi. Any time he felt he could take off in wild direction, within reason, he would do it – not so much to prove a point, but to stretch the boundaries."