When tackling a Jimi Hendrix tune, you can try to replicate the original and likely fall short. Or you can dance out on that quivering high wire with a different vision. This recasting of “Manic Depression” takes the latter path. The song moves at a weighty tempo. Expected riffs cede to unexpected chord voicings and guitar squalls that nod at Jimi without imitating. Evocative singing by Faith Jones lends authority to the deepening sense of despair. The result rocks a different shade of blue - and Hendrix was all about different.

Composer: Jimi Hendrix
Ed Bumgardner- bass
Rob Slater- electric guitars
Gino Grandinetti- electric guitars
Daniel Seriff- electric guitars
Larry Carman- drums
Faith Jones- lead vocal

Produced by Chris Garges, Ed Bumgardner, and Rob Slater
Recorded and mixed by Chris Garges at Old House House Studio, Charlotte, NC
*Except Daniel Seriff, recorded by Daniel Seriff at I Shot The Seriff, Winston Salem, NC
And Faith Jones, recorded by Faith Jones
Mastered by Scott Craggs at Old Colony Mastering, Scituate, RI
Vinyl lacquer master cut by Jeff Powell at Take-Out Vinyl, Memphis, TN
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