Janelle Monáe & the Roots

"Little Wing" (Jimi Hendrix cover) (live on 'Fallon')

BY Alex HudsonPublished Apr 2, 2013

Jimi Hendrix isn't around to promote his latest posthumous album, People, Hell and Angels, but Janelle Monáe and the Roots helped to spread the word about the newly released collection by performing "Little Wing" on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.

The arrangement is relatively faithful to Hendrix's version, although it sounds a little unusual with the top hat-wearing Monáe singing an octave higher than the original. Hendrix has some big shoes to fill, and you can decide for yourself whether they did the job by listening below.

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