Jimi Hendrix – Foxy Lady
About The Song
This is a very sexual song that was probably inspired by Lithofayne “Faye” Pridgon, Hendrix’s girlfriend in the mid-1960s. According to The Los Angeles Times the song’s title references a kitten he gave Pridgon, and later a poodle, both named “Foxy.”
Other suggested inspirations for the song are:
Heather Taylor, who eventually married Roger Daltrey, the lead singer for The Who.
Kathy Etchingham, another of Hendrix’s girlfriends at the time.
Hendrix opened for The Monkees on their 1967 tour. When he played this, the young girls who came for The Monkees and had no interest in Hendrix shouted “Davy!” when Hendrix sang “Lady,” resulting in “Foxy Davy,” and turning it into a tribute to their idol, Monkees lead singer Davy Jones.
This was featured in the movie Wayne’s World. It is used in a scene where Garth (Dana Carvey), sings it while thinking about his dream woman, played by Donna Dixon.
In the booklet for the Experience Hendrix CD, Hendrix was quoted as saying this was the only happy song he had ever written. He said that he usually just doesn’t feel happy when writing songs.
Rolling Stone magazine placed the song at number 153 on its list of the “500 Greatest Songs of All Time”.
