Dolly Dagger

"Dolly Dagger" is a song written and recorded by Jimi Hendrix. On October 9, 1971, it was released on the posthumous album Rainbow Bridge, followed by a single on October 23. Backed with a multi-tracked studio solo rendition of the "Star Spangled Banner", the single peaked at number 74 on the Billboard Hot 100, making it the last Hendrix single to appear in the charts.[1]

"Dolly Dagger"
1997 reissue single picture sleeve
Single by Jimi Hendrix
from the album Rainbow Bridge
B-side"The Star-Spangled Banner"
ReleasedOctober 1971 (1971-10) (US)
RecordedJuly–August 1970
StudioElectric Lady, New York City
GenreRock
Length4:45
LabelReprise (no. 1044)
Songwriter(s)Jimi Hendrix
Producer(s)
Hendrix American singles chronology
"Freedom"
(1971)		 "Dolly Dagger"
(1971)		 "Johnny B. Goode"
(1972)

The album was used to fulfill manager Michael Jeffery's obligation to give Reprise Records a soundtrack album for the film Rainbow Bridge. Although labeled "Original Soundtrack", the album did not feature any music performed in the original film.[2] However, most of the tracks on the album were used as incidental music for the film.

Biographers consider the song to be written about Hendrix's girlfriend Devon Wilson, with the song's name referencing her "concurrent relationship with Mick Jagger,"[3] and the lyrics "she drinks her blood from a jagged edge" referring to a "party where Mick Jagger cut his finger, Wilson elbowed her way in to suck the blood off as Hendrix watched."[4]

References
  1. "Jimi Hendrix: Chart History – The Hot 100". Billboard.com. Retrieved April 29, 2017.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. Westergaard, Sean. "Rainbow Bridge". www.allmusic.com. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
  3. Shaar Murray, Charles (August 1, 1990). Crosstown Traffic: Jimi Hendrix & The Post-War Rock 'N' Roll Revolution. New York: St. Martin's Press. p. 73. ISBN 0-31204-288-4. Retrieved January 22, 2018.
  4. Lough, James (July 1, 2013). This Ain't No Holiday Inn: Down and Out at the Chelsea Hotel 1980–1995. Tucson, Ariz.: Schaffner Press. p. 36. ISBN 1-93618-252-1. Retrieved January 22, 2018.

Dolly Dagger at AllMusic

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