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- According to Clemons, Hendrix performed "Mercy, Mercy" at several small clubs before Covay's single was released. 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":
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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.
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The Isley Brothers loved making multi-part singles back in the ’60s. Because they were a soul review act, and because their songs featured quite a bit of interplay, the Isley’s tended to record tunes that extended past the traditional length of singles at the time. The solution was simple: cut the song in half, put the front half on the A-side, and...
Hendrix’s brief membership in Little Richards’ band was tenuous. Richard was suspicious of anyone diverting any attention away from him, and these were the days when Hendrix was beginning to figure out how he wanted to look and act on stage. The pairing wouldn’t be sustainable, and Hendrix lasted less than a year in the group before being fired. In...
Don Covay’s ‘Mercy, Mercy’ is perhaps the single song most responsible for Jimi Hendrix’s career. Another song that came from Hendrix’s days as a session player for hire, the song would be referenced by Stax guitarist Steve Cropper and future Hendrix bandmates Neil Redding and Mitch Mitchell as being the songs they first heard Hendrix on. ‘Mercy Me...
Richard and Bobby Poindexter were lifers around the ’60s soul circuit, singing with and writing songs for a variety of acts throughout the decade while later finding success by writing The Persuaders’ track ‘Thin Line Between Love and Hate’. In one of their many guises, here known as The Icemen, the brothers employed a couple of young musicians to ...
By far the most bizarre entry on this list, the existence of a collaboration between film starlet Jayne Mansfield and rock ‘n’ roll wild man Jimi Hendrix was just a rumour at one point. Mansfield, known for publicity stunts, was present on a single cover proclaiming ‘Suey featuring Jimi Hendrix’, so most people took it as just that: a publicity stu...
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...
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 ...
May 8, 2002 · Tony Almeida posted this on the Phonogram list:-----In his new book, "Black Gold: The Lost Archives of Jimi Hendrix", author Steven Roby presents substantial evidence that the guitar part on Don Covay & the Goodtimers' 1964 hit "Mercy, Mercy" was done by young Jimi Hendrix.
