Voodoo Child on mando!

**Rick E Vengeance** · May-24-2012, 5:22am

Aussie Rock Guitar God, Jimi Hocking pumps it out on his Gibson at the 2012 Port Fairy Folk Festival, that's Heather Stewart on fiddle, had some nice sessions with her at the recent Victorian Music Camp in Bendigo

**Ben Milne** · May-24-2012, 5:41am

Nice one... He didn't make it along to Stage 2 which is where was stuck for the weekend, except a quick lunch break where I raced off to chat to some of the instrument makers.
Hope to catch his Blue mandolin show soon.

**JEStanek** · May-24-2012, 8:09am

If you enjoy that (I did!), check out Jim Richter's Youtube Channel.

Jamie

**brunello97** · May-24-2012, 10:04am

Cool. I've always liked that song in its many variations. What language is he speaking?

Mick

**Pete Summers** · May-24-2012, 10:56am

I don't know what language he's singing in, but his mandolin playing is in a universal language. I love the duel soloing between the fiddle and mandolin around the four minute mark-- great stuff, thanks for posting.

**jaycat** · May-24-2012, 11:36am

That was a lot of fun!

**Ed Goist** · May-24-2012, 1:32pm

Great!
Jimi Hocking is a great player and a super cool guy!
You can listen to his great Blue Mandolin album here (US only, I think).
And here's the very cool mandolin page from his website.
Oh, and Heather Stewart's Get Your Fingers Off It! album is killer! Great fiddle and fantastic vocals from Heather. You can listen to three of the songs off of it here.

**journeybear** · May-24-2012, 5:48pm

Originally Posted by brunello97

What language is he speaking?

I believe that is actually Saturnian, the language the song was written in - similar to American English but a bit cooler.

Jimi (Hendrix) was not of this world, but from Saturn, specifically South Saturn Delta, and would occasionally lapse into his home dialect when the vibes were just so.

Good going on this, especially on an amplified acoustic rather than electric mandolin. Even threw in the behind-the-head routine there. It's fun to do that - people don't expect it from a mandolin. I used to do that in an old country duo, on "Folsom Prison Blues," as the solo is so easy and rock-solid I could count on not messing it up. People would really hoot when I did that - good fun!

**journeybear** · May-24-2012, 7:46pm

Hey - Wasn't meaning to make this about me, just thought it was cool to someone do the behind-the-head thang besides me. Thought I was the only one nutty enough to go there. Good on ya, mate! Rock on!