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"Hear My Train A Comin'" (alternatively titled "Get My Heart Back Together") is a blues-inspired song written by Jimi Hendrix. It has been called "a powerful blues prayer based on the salvation-train metaphor" of American folklore by biographer John McDermott. Hendrix recorded the song in live, studio, and impromptu settings several times between 1967 and 1970, but never completed it to his satisfaction. The documentary film ''Experience'' (1968) features the only version released during Hendrix's lifetime. Hendrix played the song solo as an acoustic guitar country-style blues and it is considered one of his most memorable performances. In 1973, it was included in the film ''Jimi Hendrix'' and the accompanying soundtrack album. The song was also released as a single in the UK. Hendrix often played "Hear My Train A Comin'" in concert using a blues rock arrangement with accompaniment. He developed it into an extended improvisational guitar piece comparable to "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)". There are several live performances in release; according to music critics, the 1970 recording from the Berkeley Community Theatre is considered the definitive version. Recent Hendrix compilation albums, such as ''People, Hell and Angels'' and the ''Miami Pop Festival'', include additional studio demo versions along with other live recordings. ==Background and lyrics== "Hear My Train A Comin'" is one of several blues-oriented songs that were in Hendrix's repertoire throughout his career. One of his earliest recordings with the Experience was his composition "Red House", a blues song inspired by Albert King, which is included on the 1967 UK ''Are You Experienced'' debut album. In their early years, the Experience adapted and frequently performed other blues songs, including Howlin' Wolf's "Killing Floor", B.B. King's "Rock Me Baby", Elmore James' "Bleeding Heart", and "Catfish Blues", a medley of songs by Muddy Waters. They also played Muddy Waters' "Hoochie Coochie Man" in 1967 with BBC ''Rhythm and Blues'' radio show host Alexis Korner accompanying the group on slide guitar. Hendrix biographer Harry Shapiro describes "Hear My Train A Comin'" as "delv() deep into the well of blues history, recalling one of the classic motifs of the genre" and compares it to "Jim Crow Blues" and "Make My Getaway", two earlier blues songs about "escap() trouble, be it political, social or personal". "Jim Crow Blues", recorded in 1929 by Cow Cow Davenport, deals with getting away from racial segregation in an American town: In "Make My Getaway", recorded in 1951, Big Bill Broonzy sings of leaving Arkansas to get over a broken relationship: Biographer Steven Roby sees a parallel in Hendrix's early life that is reflected in the lyrics for "Hear My Train A Comin'". When he left home at 18, Hendrix departed by train for U.S. Army basic training in California. "Jimi's confusion about leaving those he cared about coexisted with his eagerness to put his nightmarish existence in Seattle behind him", writes Roby. Biographer John McDermott describes his lyrics as "a powerful blues prayer based on the salvation-train metaphor running through American folklore of every color and faith". Hendrix's earliest recorded version in 1967 includes the verses〔 〕 After an energetic guitar solo, Hendrix announces "Can you dig that, you see me gettin' it together, I'm tryin' to get my heart together that's all" and concludes by singing He nearly always introduced the song as "Getting My Heart Back Together Again" or "Get My Heart Back Together", the latter of which was used for the first release of the song in 1971. In his August 1970 handwritten notes for the track listing of his proposed fourth studio album, Hendrix listed the song as "Getting My Heart Back Together". It is unclear why it was renamed "Hear My Train A Comin'" for subsequent releases, although Hendrix sometimes introduced songs in concert using alternate names. Occasionally he added a train reference to the song title, such as "Lonesome Train",〔 〕 "I See My Train",〔 〕 and "Waitin' Down at the Train Station".〔 〕 As Hendrix developed the song, he added to the lyrics and included "I'm gonna be a voodoo child", a reference to his 1968 composition "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)". However, he stayed with the same theme and often prefaced his performances with a short commentary, such as at one of his best-known performances in Berkeley, California, in 1970: 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hear My Train A Comin'」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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