tbabinec Posted September 18, 2005 Posted September 18, 2005 Jimi Hendrix died in London on Sept. 18, 1970. Wow, that's 35 years ago. In the way that some remember where they were when JFK was shot, I remember where I was and what I was doing (which probably makes me older than most of you on this board). Play something by Jimi today - Purple Haze, Machine Gun, Star-Spangled Banner...I can also heartily recommend a recent bio published by Backbeat Books, entitled "Jimi Hendrix: Musician," written by Keith Shadwick. Shadwick is a pro musician, and the book is a labor of love. Lots of good stuff on Jimi's "unknown years" playing as a sideman for the likes of The Isley Brothers, Little Richard, Curtis Knight, and King Curtis, and the years of fame too.
BCR Greg Posted September 18, 2005 Posted September 18, 2005 Funny, I got up this mornign and played "Little Wing" on the acoustic while waiting for the family to get ready for church. I didn't even think about what day it is.Hendrix was a gift. Like Mozart, Robert Johnson, SRV and others, he was too good to live with us long.
raymund Posted September 18, 2005 Posted September 18, 2005 Good idea, I played immediately "Purple Haze". Because of Hendrix I started playing the guitar (not meaning that my playing is on a same level !)
JJ Paul Posted September 18, 2005 Posted September 18, 2005 Good idea, I played immediately "Purple Haze". Because of Hendrix I started playing the guitar (not meaning that my playing is on a same level !) +1Hendrix was my voice in a pretty shitty adolescential period.I owe him much, indeed...JJ
Dasein Posted September 18, 2005 Posted September 18, 2005 What a loss Jimi's death was. It's only eclipsed by the gifts he gave us all. I will lay down a few notes in his honour tonight.
hamerican gigolo Posted September 18, 2005 Posted September 18, 2005 This may sound hard to believe,but when i was 16 when everyone else was listening to Motley Crue,Ratt etc.Hendrix was God to me.And, in a lot of wayshe still is.Liking Jimi then was not the no-brainer that it is today.A lot of mypeers thougt i was nuts for doing so. R.I.P.
Bob P Posted September 18, 2005 Posted September 18, 2005 RIP Jimi.IMO he was the coolest F'in guitar` player ever- he thought about stuff on a level I can only imagine. His stuff/licks can be copied but I've yet to discover a guitarist that has actually thought of/played something as original (while singing lead vocal).YMMV but I love everything about the guy's work.
cmatthes Posted September 18, 2005 Posted September 18, 2005 Jimi continues to inspire players, despite the unbelievably short amount of time he was putting out music. My son was into Hendrix before he was into guitar, and the first CDs he bought with his saved up allowance were a Hendrix Greatest and a Black Sabbath Hits CD. He was 8, going on 9. He saved up to put down money on a Yellow Strat because that was what he thought was most "Jimi-like". He still mixes a healthy dose of Hendrix in with his Green Day, Weezer, Foo Fighters, Dave Van Halen, Who and Tom Petty.
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