The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Castles Made Of Sand: Behind The Scenes 

One of the prettiest guitar riffs of all times with brilliant Hendrix lyrical magic..

The verse about the “ little Indian brave” is about Jimi’s younger brother Leon, The ambush is about when he was taken away from him and his father

Eddie was my client for many years when I worked in Media Distribution and from the first call I got from him we talked like we were old friends and no matter how much I asked him about Jimmy and guitars and techniques and songs he always engaged me and spoke long and lovingly with me about Jimi. What a blessing in my life it has been to have Eddie as a client and I consider him a friend. And Hendrix is part of us all indeed.

I got this record as a Christmas gift when I was 16. I was expecting Foxey Lady and Purple Haze, you know..the songs on the radio. But what I got instead was the real "Art". Played it on repeat all the time, and this record got me through one of the toughest times of my young life at that time. Bless you Jimi and the Experience. That album a blessing of light in my darkest hours.

The feels Kramer probably got when he just naturally looked in the live room as if Jimi was in there turning the page. Its not everyday you do a full recall of a session on a console, thats a lot of work and gear to fire up.. The clarity you hear when in this environment would be exactly as if the person was there. Almost creepy but probably nice to hear an old friend once and awhile. To work with someone like Jimi would have been an honor, as well as Kramer.

Could be the best guitar tone ever recorded

as a life long Hendrix fan and guitarist. I wish Mr Kramer could do a series of isolated tracks. I 've come to think the rhythm gtr tracks are more interesting than the lead! Very informative, also for bass and drums. Thanks Eddie.

the last verse of Castles Made of Sand always makes me want to cry, it's such a beautiful lyric.

The line “castle made of sand melts into the sea eventually“ means that all things good and bad eventually fade .

This in my all time fav Hendrix track. The soulful voice, the story/lyrics, guitar/productions, it is a masterpiece

I remember when i was 11 im 26 now i was learning to play on a sunburst strat and was about a month in just getting comfortable playing and my instructor gave me a cd of hendrix to listen to and this came on i was half way through the 1st chorus and put the guitar on the floor i just could not believe what i was hearing and to this day get the same feeling when i hear this track. what an artist such a beautiful song

You can see the pleasure in his face he loved working with Jimi Hendrix

I wish Eddie would have talked more about what he did with this track. There are tons of effects and backwards guitar all over the track. It would be cool to hear how the backwards guitars sounded originally before Eddie turned them upside down!

Something just occurred to me, falls, melts, slips is the progression, first it falls into then it melts into and then it slips off into the sea. It is a great analysis of a sand castle on the sea shore and a great metaphor of things we hold to be permanent in our life.

The extended outro makes me so happy. For some reason that bizarre F chord makes me jizz buckets.

U can see that Eddie is remembering all these wonderful memories with Jimi … it’s heartbreaking to hear this and realize Jimi was only here for a really short time. What we could have had if he was still here

He is working the knobs on that mixer with as much passion as Hendrix played his guitar. I found it amazing to see how he almost seems to play an instrument with creative ideas whilst the instrument is the audio input and the mixer.

To me, this song carries with it the magic of childhood. I don't know of many songs that do.

Agreed ! pure genius. The reverse guitar is mind blowing. Jimi takes you on a proper journey.

is incredible this song...the perfection

Eddie, I have to thank you as much as Jimi for all those space trips from one ear to the other and back.

Great Hendrix track

those raw vocals are so nice

Need much more time to discuss this masterpiece.

I wanna find the version where the ending isn't faded. I love how Jimi just keeps playing those psychedelic chords until it all just drops with the symbol wash. If someone could help me find the unfaded ending version that would be great. Thanks!!!!

This is soul, rap, funk and rhythm&blues. This is such wonderful masterpiece full of guitartechnic like Mayfield, but Jimi took it to another level......like everything else. He wasn`t perfect or the best. He was the real deal.

you can also hear the paper turning on "MayThis Be Love"

i’m blown away by anything and everything he writes.

Amazing song... Jimi is the best!!

just an opinion..but the fade out on this track is excellent...kind of mystic and cryptic....eddie kramer....mixing hendrixs ...songs is genius in itself...

a true American icon that will last forever!! RIP Jimi

Love this song, the intro is sublime!

beatiful!

There's a full version of this documentary!!! I can't in any way find it!! It kills me. I've seen it once. There's a part where Eddie talks about Jimi's reaction when he heard the backwards effect for the first time (he went mad at the psychedelia). It's golden material!!

I heard Jimi Hendrix turn a page. Yes.

Thank you for this Song ,my Friends !

Simple and extremely creative

I wish that you'd play the backwards tracks forward for us so we could hear what he actually played. Yes that's one of his finest lyrics AND vocal performances and it's great to hear the. individual tracks for sure. Thank you!

Many of us have our own imagination that we relate to the lyrics. None of my visions of the lyrics match up with the documentary interpretation. Example: I like to think the 2nd verse is about an Indian boy that dreamed of being a warrior, but was killed in the first battle. Not about brother Leon being taken away by Child Protective Services The following is from a documentary that says the song is all about Hendrix's childhood. First verse is about Hendrix parents arguing. Which eventually led to divorce when Hendrix was ten years old. "Castles made out of sand drift into the sea eventually" Second verse is about Jimi's brother Leon. Before Leon was ten he played Cowboys And Indians with Jimi at the park. Leon was also taken from the welfare before he was ten. "Surprise attack killed him in his sleep that night." Last verse is about his mother. When his mother and father argued she would always regret to talk back because it was always just arguing. When Jimi and his brother visit their Mother in the hospital she was in a wheelchair. Golden wing ship passed her way and brought her to heaven.

"If a band can't play it in 2 or 3 takes, they shouldn't be in the studio... not good enough." Tell that to today's music "producers"

The fact this guy has access to all the separate tracks that make a Hendrix song makes me jealous

Down the street, you can hear her scream, "You're a disgrace" As she slams the door in his drunken face And now he stands outside And all the neighbors start to gossip and drool He cries, "Oh girl, you must be mad What happened to the sweet love you and me had?" Against the door he leans and starts a scene And his tears fall and burn on the garden green This is not imagination. This is what Jimi Hendrix experienced as a child. His mother and father were drunkards and violent ones at that. He was shuffled from relative to relative because his parents couldn't take care of him and his brother. They physically were unavailable to do it and financially unable to do it. It deeply effected him throughout the rest of his life. He was emotionally scarred and music, especially the guitar, became his refuge to escape the nightmares of his adolescence. "After returning from service, Al reunited with Lucille, but his inability to find steady work left the family impoverished. They both struggled with alcohol, and often fought when intoxicated. The violence sometimes drove Hendrix to withdraw and hide in a closet in their home. His relationship with his brother Leon (born 1948) was close but precarious; with Leon in and out of foster care, they lived with an almost constant threat of fraternal separation" When Jimi was 9 his parents divorced and his father was granted custody of him and his brother Leon. 7 years later his mother died from a ruptured spleen as a result of the fact she had cirrhosis of the liver. She was 33. "Al refused to take James and Leon to attend their mother's funeral; he instead gave them shots of whiskey and instructed them that was how men should deal with loss"

such a talented man that we lost way to soon!

Defitnitely my fav from Jimi!!

Rien à dire. Un génie

Everyone knows he’s in the top 3 if not the best guitarist ever (the best in western and rock), but I just wish I could write lyrics as cool as his.

Love the Hendrix Synopsis.

Amazing to this day!

best strat player ever

I really loves that Stratocaster clean neck tone most guitar players trying to copy that tone with a lot of Gibson Les Paul , is explorer, sg and flying but Stratocaster is the ultimate guitar.

ONE OF JIMIS BEST

In that moment he actually looks across the room, and you hear the page turn.. .. It's something special.

One of the reasons to stay alive more than aver is to know about Jimi and understanding già muaic

Dylan' like lyrics...by the greatest guitar player...ever...no one in his league after all these years

I prefer the cymbals at the end. Reminds me of waves crashing on the shore.

What a great song, it might be Jimi's best.

Emocionante e inesquecível!

Huzzah!!

incredible!!

Besides being a hauntingly beautiful song, this is Jimi inventing an embryonic rap.

what a beautiful song :)

I think Chas was very important for Jimi's career. He made him sing and write songs. He made Jimi feel welcome and important and grounded. On the other hand when Jimi really became more confident and experimental Chas was lost and wanted to stick to the 3 minute songs and cutting down studio time. If Jimi had listened to Chas, he would never have made songs like 1983. He might have lived longer but that is all just guessing.

Thanks Tim, great 4th of July gift!!!

Beutiful.

Pedrada!!!!

Took me 3 wks to do the intro. And now it's blind. One of my favorites for sure.

Ultimate

Jimi's vocals on his ballad's were his best He was not a screamer which unfortunately he had to resort to cause the sheer volume at the shows

SO 😍

The Stars that Play with Laughing Sam's Dice, picture painted!

awesome ;)

Jimi predicted his departure in this song: indian chiff - "surprise attack killed him in his sleep that night" ... Jimi was playing indians with his brother Leon.

Yo jimi James rocks on , must have visited VA Beach at one time or another....

why is it so difficult to find a youtube video of the actual song?

Wow．

Eddie & Chas 2 very lucky guys to have worked w/ one of the greatest instrumental songwriters in rock music history.

Maan i havent almost an youtube account because you!i only wanna bring jimis music under the people to hear what beautiful music he did and what a wonderfull person he was!thank you that you show me today is all about the money, i dont think that was jimi's imaginination!yeah i know my english sucks, better the language sucks as the human like...i dont wanna say!thank you...

great series, thanks

'By the time we got in the studio, we should just have to turn the machines on. If a band can't play it in two or three takes, they shouldn't be in the studio, (not good enough) - Chas Chandler Jimi's manager

I wish they would’ve done one on third stone from the sun

this song is about his family!!

why keep beautifull music from us?

Reverse Delay, Yeah!

When you realize that jimmi hendrix channel has 420k subs! i don't even dare to subscribe.

And never lose one, just cuz you can make it better.

💙💙💙❤🌸🌹Cool🌹🌸❤💙💙💙

can we have the song back on youtube so i can show my friend how god it is

Check out blank pages by Frank James and peacock alley by Damion angel 2 really fine albums

give us that version with longer outro!!

such a joy to listen to!!

Please, remasterized with original final theme. Fade out its for old radios.

a truly wonderful song about his family!

Axis cover was supposed to be native american indian theme. The artist however misunderstood it and painted a India theme cover. The whole b side of the album had to be mastered twice as Jimi lost the tapes inside a taxi cab.

The Cherokee medicine is strong with Jimi as well as his African voodoo mojo hand

uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh i fucking love you

YEAH YEAH YEAH FLY ON LITTLE WING FLY ON YEAH YEAH HENDRIX POSTER LYRICS

they should've gone with this diferent ending, sounds amazing

I love that alternate ending, I wonder why they left it out?

now why hasnt anyone uploaded this song on youtube?? cant seem to find it

The song is partially about his parents drunk and fighting, and the Indian brave is his brother Leon.