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Booker T. & the M.G.'s guitarist Steve Cropper recalled meeting Hendrix at the Stax Records studio in Memphis in 1964, when Hendrix mentioned that he had played on Covay's "Mercy, Mercy": That about knocked me to my knees ... because that was one of my favorite records at the time.
It's likely that Jimi Hendrix, who was doing session work at the time, played guitar on this track. Covay bounced around to a few different labels; "Mercy, Mercy" he recorded on Rosemart, and there are no accurate records from the session.
Nov 17, 2023 · In May 1964, Hendrix snuck off to play guitar on Don Covay’s soulful Mercy Mercy. The single rose to No.35 on the Billboard chart, earning him his first hit. He would teach the main riff to guitarist Steve Cropper during a trip to Stax Studios in Memphis that autumn. “That about knocked me to my knees,” recalled Cropper, who covered the ...
Dec 6, 2020 · It's also an assumed wisdom with zero proof that Jimi appears on Mercy Mercy - there's no guitar part on it that sounds like Hendrix. Click to expand... Covay said that the lead guitar was by Ronnie Miller and that Jimi only played "fill-ins": "MR.
Oct 7, 2024 · Hey I just found out that Jimi Hendrix played on Don Covay's hit "Mercy Mercy", which is from about 1964 I think. Totally freaked me out! I've always...
Dec 14, 2012 · “Mercy, Mercy” or “Have Mercy” was recorded by Don Covay in 1964. It features 22-year-old Jimi Hendrix on guitar. He’s still a few years away from his own solo career, but his guitar playing is recognizable. After his stint in the Army, Hendrix did gigs and sessions with people like Little Richard, The Isley Brothers, and Ike & Tina ...
Oct 17, 2020 · In 1964, at the age of 22, Hendrix recorded the guitar on the Isley Brothers single “Testify”, in May of the same year he played the guitar instrumentation for the Don Covay song “Mercy Mercy”. During 64 he toured with the Isley Brothers but then quit saying he was tired of playing the same set every night.
