Monday, 1. January 2007

Lost tape could be Hendrix version of Welsh anthem


He famously played his own screeching version of the Star-Spangled Banner at Woodstock but it has emerged that Jimi Hendrix may also have had a bash at another national anthem: the Welsh one.

The version of Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau, Land of My Fathers, was discovered on the end of a dusty eight-track tape which had languished for years in a forgotten tea chest in a north London recording studio.

guardian.co.uk

The ‘Lost Hendrix National Anthem' [embedded audio]

Hen Wlad fy Nhadau

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