Two years before he released his groundbreaking debut album 'Are You Experienced,' Jimi Hendrix recorded a self-mythologizing song called 'The Ballad of Jimi' that not only elevated the subject of the song (some dude named Jimi) to a sort of heroic status, it also predicted his death.

The slow, bluesy cut -- which Hendrix recorded with R&B artist Curtis Knight -- never showed up on an album, but fans are more than aware of it, especially since the song is "dedicated to the memory of . . .  Jimi." Lines like "Many things he would try / For he knew soon he'd die," "Now Jimi's gone, he's not alone / His memory still lives on" and "Five years, this he said / He's not gone, he's just dead" weirdly predict the legend's death and legacy five years later.

Hear Jimi Hendrix's 'The Ballad of Jimi'

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