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Post by Tim Wescott on Nov 27, 2006 19:44:24 GMT -5
Jimi would have celebrated his 65th birthday today if he was alive. The greatest guitar player that ever lived!!    |
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Post by Tim Wescott on Nov 27, 2006 19:44:51 GMT -5
Anybody else here like Hendrix?
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Post by youngblood on Nov 27, 2006 23:02:56 GMT -5
Jimi who?
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Post by Sal Paradise on Nov 27, 2006 23:37:27 GMT -5
I can't say I'm a huge fan of his music but he is definitely one of the greatest ever. And there are a good many songs the only he could do the RIGHT way. Even the great Bob Dylan had nothing but praises to say about Jimi's version of All Along The Watchtower.
The man had more foresight than most could ever hope to have.
Truly a genius.
Sal
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Post by Mystic79 on Nov 28, 2006 9:06:18 GMT -5
One of the greatest guitarists ever. Too bad the good die young, he was only 27 years old.
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Post by GerryT on Nov 28, 2006 9:24:37 GMT -5
Tim, remember him well and he was a great talent. Tragic that he was taken from us before he fully realized it.
YB who?? ;D
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Post by Karrie on Nov 28, 2006 12:09:27 GMT -5
I may only be 30 yrs old but I love a large variety of music!!! I grew up listening to Hendrix, Nugent, Jefferson Airplane, Joplin, Zepplin etc. I LOVE old "classic" rock!!!! Hendrix is a legend!!!!  |
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Post by mrbeefy on Nov 28, 2006 12:13:18 GMT -5
I "heard" he was a great guitar player. Before my time ;D    |
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Post by Tim Wescott on Nov 28, 2006 15:52:29 GMT -5
`Scuse me while I kiss the sky !!  |
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Post by GerryT on Nov 28, 2006 16:47:55 GMT -5
`Scuse me while I kiss the sky !!
That was the title of a biography written about Hendrix in 1978. I heard that the book will be brought back in print in 2008 to celebrate the 30th anniversary of publication.
It was one of the first best sellers about a musical artist at that time.
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Post by youngblood on Nov 28, 2006 21:19:20 GMT -5
Jimi was certainly ahead of his time. Not too many that equal him in what he did, now or then. I remember watching him play at Woodstock, and he's playing some type of flamenco thing that he obviously just decided to do. Playing, and doing his thing, then he reaches over the top of the neck with his thumb (I can do that, no biggie really), but he reaches DOWN three frets and walks the notes up chromatically while playing something else on top of it. He could play anything. He played the Chitlin circuit with Little Richard, and the Isley Brothers. Sat in a room with Miles Davis, and learned how to play jazz alongside a King within minutes. Then he revolutionized the way music would forever be heard with his recordings, using overdubs and playing them backwards, using new effects like fuzzfaces or other stompboxes. He was a revolutionary for sure. Me>>> #arockon6ha# Jimi>>>>  |
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Post by Tim Wescott on Nov 28, 2006 21:31:50 GMT -5
Jimi was innovative and set new standards that most will never equal!! #bowdown3ht#
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Post by hossjob on Nov 29, 2006 9:14:14 GMT -5
I can't say I'm a huge fan of his music but he is definitely one of the greatest ever. And there are a good many songs the only he could do the RIGHT way. Even the great Bob Dylan had nothing but praises to say about Jimi's version of All Along The Watchtower. The man had more foresight than most could ever hope to have. Truly a genius. Sal Sal, you know I'm gonna jump in here! Dylan, to this day, still plays All along The Watchtower in concert in Jimi Hendrix fashion! Jimi rocks. Not my favorite, but I do have his greatest hits and a Jimi Hendrix Blues album that I LOVE! He def rocks out on teh guitar! |
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