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"The Wind Cries Mary" is a rock ballad [1] written by Jimi Hendrix. Hendrix wrote the song as a reconciliatory love song for his girlfriend in London, Kathy Etchingham . More recent biographical material indicated that some of the lyrics appeared in poetry written by Hendrix earlier in his career when he was in Seattle .
According to her personal web page, Etchingham was the inspiration for many of Hendrix's compositions including "The Wind Cries Mary" (penned after an argument between Hendrix and Etchingham), "Foxy Lady" (during one of the first performances of this number Hendrix pointed her out from the stage), as the Katherina in "1983...
In the 1941 novel Storm, George Rippey Stewart names the storm that is the protagonist of his story Maria. [5] In 1947, Stewart wrote a new introduction for a reprint of the book and discussed the pronunciation of "Maria": "The soft Spanish pronunciation is fine for some heroines, but our Maria here is too big for any man to embrace and much too boisterous."
"Highway Chile" (/ tʃ aɪ l / CHAIL) is a song by the Jimi Hendrix Experience, issued as the B-side to their 1967 third British single "The Wind Cries Mary". The song was written by vocalist and guitarist Jimi Hendrix and titled to reflect his pronunciation of "child" without the "d" (a spelling subsequently used for "Voodoo Chile").
The Wind Cries Mary; The Ballad of Yachiyo; Sisters Matsumoto; A Fist of Roses (in collaboration with Campo Santo) Floating Weeds; Manzanar: An American Story (original symphonic piece with spoken narrative text - librettist) After the War (revised to After The War Blues in 2014)
Mary Kay began life as Mary Katherine Schmtiz. She was raised in a very Catholic strict household by mother Mary and her dad, John G. Schmitz, a California state senator and U.S. Representative.
A statue of the Virgin Mary in Mexico has been captured “crying” tears, prompting hundreds to travel to witness a “miracle.”. The statue, residing in a church in the town of El Canal ...
So when the album was released in the US, "Purple Haze", "Hey Joe" and "The Wind Cries Mary" were included at the expense of "Red House" and two other songs. [38] Hendrix later questioned the choice and commented "Everybody was scared to release 'Red House' in America because they said, 'America don't like the blues, man! ' " [39]