thomas frederick dunhill wrote the song the wind cries mary.
thomas frederick dunhill wrote the song the wind cries mary.
who wrote the song the wind cries mary?
thomas frederick dunhill
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"the wind cries mary" is a rock ballad written by jimi hendrix.









































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according to his then girlfriend, kathy etchingham's, account, he wrote the lyrics after an argument with her, using "mary" (etchingham's middle name). in a later interview, hendrix commented that the lyrics represent "more than one person". 









































billy cox, hendrix's long-time friend and later bassist, has noted curtis mayfield's influence on the song. hendrix performed elements or an early version in the summer of 1966 with his band jimmy james and the blue flames in new york city.
the wind cries mary
the third experience single, "the wind cries mary" backed by "highway chile", was released in the uk on may 5, 1967, while "purple haze" occupied the number three spot in the charts. the management's decision to release the single while the previous one was still present in the uk charts was unorthodox, as was the choice of "the wind cries mary", which differed greatly from "purple haze". stamp recalled: "we did that on purpose ... we wanted musically to show who this person was." egan wrote: "it alerted the public to the fact that the so-called wild man of borneo was capable of songs of delicacy and sensitivity." "the wind cries mary" reached number six in the uk in may.
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