Little Wing - Covers

Covers

"Little Wing" has been covered by numerous artists:

• Steve Lukather and Steve Morse covered it for the Ernie Ball Guitar Center Session.
• Allman Brothers Band w/ special guest Eric Clapton, Beacon Run Shows, New York, NY, 03-19/20-2009.
• G3: Live in Denver, a live DVD of G3, the touring band in which Joe Satriani and Steve Vai invite another player to come tour with them. In 2003, Yngwie Malmsteen was the chosen one.
• Eric Clapton has performed the song on many occasions, including:
  • with Derek and the Dominos on the 1970 album Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs, with Pete Townshend and Ronnie Wood on the 1973 live album Eric Clapton's Rainbow Concert and on the live recording Live At The Fillmore
  • on tour with Steve Winwood in 2008, as documented on the CD/DVD Live from Madison Square Garden
• Gil Evans on the 1975 album Plays The Music Of Jimi Hendrix.
• Sting on the 1987 album ...Nothing Like the Sun.
• Stevie Ray Vaughan, in a Grammy-winning instrumental version on 1991's The Sky Is Crying and a live cover with another song, "Third Stone from the Sun" on the compilation cover album, Power of Soul: A Tribute to Jimi Hendrix.
• Skid Row on the album B-Side Ourselves (1992).
• Toto on the live VHS/DVD Live (1992).
• Pappo on the album Blues Local (in Spanish) (1992).
• Concrete Blonde on the 1994 album, Still in Hollywood.
• The Corrs on the album Talk on Corners (1997).
• Snowy White on the album Little Wing (titled Melting in the United State) (1998).
• Nigel Kennedy, the English violinist and violist, on the album, The Kennedy Experience (1999).
• Ottmar Liebert + Luna Negra XL on the album Little Wing (2001).
• Popa Chubby on the live/studio album Electric Chubbyland: Popa Chubby Plays Jimi Hendrix (2006).
• Def Leppard on the Deluxe Edition of Adrenalize (2009).
• John Mayer live at a blues show at Webster Hall in late 2004.
• Santana (led by Carlos Santana) featuring Joe Cocker on the album Guitar Heaven: The Greatest Guitar Classics of All Time (2010). This cover is noteworthy because Santana, Cocker, and Hendrix all appeared at the Woodstock Festival in 1969 (although Hendrix did not perform "Little Wing" there).
• Josh Charles on the 2010 album Trippin' The Keys: Music Of Jimi Hendrix.
• Corinne Bailey Rae on her album The Sea (2010).
• Tak Matsumoto covered an instrumental version of the song on live performances.
• Kirk Hammett of Metallica has also covered the song on live performances."
• Raimundo Amador on the album Noches de Flamenco y Blues (1998).
• Pearl Jam guitarist Mike McCready sometimes plays the riff from Little Wing during Pearl Jam's own "Yellow Ledbetter", and Pearl Jam has also played the song in its entirety during concerts.
• Tuck & Patti medleyed "Castles Made of Sand" / "Little Wing" on their 1989 album Love Warriors.
• Main theme in Vietcong (video game) was based on "Little Wing" and named Pseudohendrix and played by Rudé Kostry.
• Divididos por Ricardo mollo (Argentina)
• Stanley Jordan has covered it in live shows. He uses his fretboard tapping technique to play rhythm and lead guitar simultaneously.
• Iiro Rantala New Trio on the album Elmo (2008).