Voodoo Child (Slight Return) - Cover Versions

Cover Versions

• The song featured as a jam between Joe Satriani, Steve Vai and Yngwie Malmsteen, who also did the vocals, at G3: Live in Denver in 2003.
• The intro of the song was sometimes covered by Slash before Guns N' Roses went into "Civil War" during their Use Your Illusion Tour.
• The intro riff is used by The Pink Blue Things in the solo to "Smile Over Substance"
• Puddle of Mudd covered it live.
• Buddy Guy covered it live.
• The song was also covered by the Kerekes Band hu:Kerekes Band for the 2011 album What The Folk and is a staple in the live setlist of the Kerekes Band (Hungary).
• The song has also been covered numerous times by Ben Harper during live performances
• Pearl Jam played it once.
• The song was also covered by Angélique Kidjo for her 1998 album Oremi.
• Another cover was recorded by Yngwie Malmsteen on the album The Genesis.
• Journey covered the song live in 2004 with lead guitarist Neal Schon taking lead vocal duties.
• Mick Mars of Mötley Crüe used parts of the song during his guitar solo during the Carnival of Sins tour in 2006 and during Crüe Fest in 2008.
• The song was covered by Zakk Wylde's band Pride and Glory also featuring Slash of Guns N' Roses at Gibson Guitar Corporation's 100th Anniversary.
• Gabriel Ríos and Jef Neve made an acoustic cover of the song for Rios' album Angelhead/Morehead.
• The intro riff is used in the song Rest in Peace by the funk metal band Extreme.
• The song was covered by Kenny Wayne Shepherd and released as a bonus track on his "Blue on Black" single released in 1997 and is a staple in his live setlist.
• Voodoo Child was also covered by Rob Thomas and pedal steel maestro Robert Randolph.

• The track was covered by avid Hendrix fan Stevie Ray Vaughan for his 1984 album Couldn't Stand the Weather in a slightly extended version. Stevie played this song all throughout his career, and it was included on his 1986 concert album Live Alive, as well as on several of his live video releases and the 2000 SRV retrospective box set.
• Top of the Poppers covered the song in 1970, with their version later appearing on their album The Best of Top of the Pops '70 (Hallmark HALMCD 1037).
• The song has also been covered numerous times by the Naughty Thoughts.
• John Mayer performed this song live at his show at SPAC in Saratoga Springs, New York on August 8, 2010, at First Midwest Bank Amphitheater in Tinley Park, Illinois on August 14, 2010, at USANA Amphitheatre in West Valley City, UT, on August 31, 2010, and again at the famous Red Rocks Amphitheater in Morrison, CO on September 1, 2010.
• The song was covered and released by the Argentine band Divididos in their record "Acariciando lo Áspero". The song is usually performed in their concerts. The guitar player, Ricardo Mollo, usually does the main riffs of the song with different objects such as trainers, tennis balls, drumsticks, carrots, and his own teeth.
• Gary Moore covered the song in 2007 during a Jimi Hendrix tribute show which was recorded and later released as "Blues For Jimi" in 2012, a year after Gary's death.