Check out this previously-unreleased cover of the Muddy Waters classic, "Mannish Boy", which will serve as as the lead track from Jimi Hendrix's forthcoming album "Both Sides Of The Sky." It was recorded by Hendrix, bassist Billy Cox and drummer Buddy Miles,who would later be known as Band Of Gypsys during their first-ever recording session on April 22, 1969 at the Record Plant in New York. They made theirpublic debut during four performances at the Fillmore East on New Year's Eve 1969 and New Year's Day 1970, from which the live albums "Band Of Gypsys" (1970) and "Machine Gun" (2016) are derived.
Due March 9, the 13-track "Both Sides Of The Sky" delivers 10 unreleased tunes and marks the third volume in a trilogy from the Hendrix archives, following 2010's "Valleys Of Neptune" and 2013's "People, Hell And Angels." "Both Sides Of The Sky" will be issued via multiple formats, including CD, digital and a numbered, 180-gram audiophile double-vinyl.