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List Price: $13.98 | | Label: Mca
Salesrank: 3147
Released: April 26, 1994 |
| Our Price: $7.84 |
| Used Price: $3.92 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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Blues Track Listing:
1. Hear My Train a Comin' [Acoustic]
2. Born Under a Bad Sign
3. Red House
4. Catfish Blues
5. Voodoo Chile Blues
6. Mannish Boy
7. Once I Had a Woman
8. Bleeding Heart
9. Jelly 292
10. Electric Church Red House
11. Hear My Train a Comin' [Electric]
Editorial Review:
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Description of Blues:
After the disorganized and often unlistenable Alan Douglas-produced reissues in the '70s and '80s, MCA has been releasing the vast Hendrix archives in an intelligent and methodical manner. Blues is a perfect example, making the case that--on top of everything else--Jimi Hendrix was one fine blues guitarist. Combining the fluid lines of B.B. King with the spikiness of Hubert Sumlin and the crying tone of Elmore James with his usual synapse-frying intensity, Hendrix manages to both honor the music tradition while remaining uniquely himself. These studio outtakes and warm-ups (plus one previously released track, the magnificent "Hear My Train a Comin'") include a playful "Mannish Boy," the slow burn of "Once I Had A Woman," and a metallic "Bleeding Heart." --Steven Mirkin
Blues Reviews:
The BLUES & Jimi Hendrix 
2009-09-22 - This is one GREAT CD from the Master of the Stratocaster. GREAT versions of old BLUES tunes from the late GREAT Jimi Hendrix!
great collection of songs!
2009-04-26 - i really like the CD. the little booklet in the CD is also very interesting. track 5 and 11 are really good. they are the best versions in my opinion.
Hendrix says it with feeling
2009-02-14 - This is a collection of blues songs in which Jimi just gave all his soul and emotion into each note. TO BE HONEST THIS IS A ALBUM MADE TO MARKET HENDRIX AS A BLUES MAN; BUT IF YOU CAN'T TELL HE NEVER CARED TO BE ONE. HE WANTED TO BE a soul / psychedelic / fusion guitarist, and you can respect that right ALL CAPS BLUES BROTHERS.
"Manish Boy" is the hit of this album in MHO; as well as "Bleeding Heart" & the" Red House Electric Church" are far above anything that was being played in the late sixties. Sorry to all the lovers of Clapton, but There was to much imagination in this soul, genius of a guitarist, to label him in the same genre as Eric.
As Neil Young stated years after his death "There was no one in the same school as him..." Amen to that.
Jimi Hendrix - 'Blues' (MCA) 4 1/2 stars 
2009-01-16 - Review no. 120. I hadn't seen this CD in ages! Simply too many compilations to keep up with. 'Blues' is basically a must-have collection of eleven superbly played blues numbers by Jimi Hendrix. Cuts I couldn't get enough of were "Hear My Train A Comin'" (both versions), his Cream cover "Born Under A Bad Sign", the all to familiar-sounding "Catfish Blues", one track I've never heard before "Mannish Boy", the heart-felt "Once I Had A Woman" and the awesome "Electric Church Red House". Highly recommended.
BLUES?....DON'T THINK SO, JIMI BOY 
2009-01-02 - I'M A BLUES MUSICIAN AND FROM THAT STANDPOINT I MUST SAY THAT THIS NOT..I REPEAT...NOT...A BLUES CD. JIMI HENDRIX WAS A GREAT AND UNIQUE 60'S FLOWER GENERATION MUSICIAN. HE WAS NEVER A BLUESMAN. IF YOU DOUBT ME, CHECK OUT "MANNISH BOY". THE ONLY TRACK I WOULD CONSIDER BLUES IS "HEAR MY TRAIN A COMIN'" (ACOUSTIC). IT'S ALL HIS BRAND OF 60'S FLOWER-ACID JAM MUSIC AFTER THAT. THE CD COVER IS ALSO VERY MISLEADING. THERE ARE OVER 28 PHOTOS OF BLUESMEN ON IT....WHEN, IN REALITY, ONLY ONE OF THOSE ARTIST'S...MUDDY WATERS...SONGS ARE ON THIS CD. I LIKE HENDRIX...I HAVE "VOODOO CHILE" AND I DIG IT....BUT, FOR REAL, HE AIN'T...I REPEAT...AIN'T...NO BLUESMAN. I BOUGHT THIS CD BECAUSE OF THE PHOTOS AND TITLE. TRUE BLUES FANS....BE AWARE!! JERSEY SLIM
