Jimi Hendrix-Gone 50 Years

He's no Eddie Hazel.

No other musician so fundamentally transformed rock n roll guitar is such a small period of time as Jimi did.  Dude was a space alien.

If anyone is up in the Seattle area and hasn't already been there, I would recommend going out to the suburb of Renton and Greenwood Memorial Park cemetery and pay respect at Jimi's grave site.  Its impressive.  For many years, Jimi just had a simple marker that kept getting stolen.  However, after the family finally won back the rights to Jimi's songs, they built a huge monument fitting for the guy:

>>>He's no Eddie Hazel.

It wasn’t until he discovered Jimi Hendrix that Hazel truly found the sound so critical to Funkadelic's early albums. As the group's Bill “Billy Bass” Nelson recalled, “once Eddie started listening to Jimi Hendrix, he found his niche. Immediately, he was like, ‘Damn, Bill, I can do that! Can you play that bass shit, muthafucka?’ I was like, ‘Hey, man, I guess I’m gonna have to.”

Maui Zowie

I guess they are going to re-release this entire film.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFfnlYbFEiE

Never stopped missing Jimi

You got to tell the children the truth
They don't need a whole lot of lies
Because one of these days, baby
They'll be running things
So when you give them love
You better give it right
Woman and child, man and wife
The best love to have is the Love Of Life

Warren is better then Hendrix

Perhaps, but he's no Gary Moore.

I went to Roosevelt, Dave. Watch your step here. You're treading a thin line.

Detroit Piston's champion, James Edwards, also went to Roosevelt. 

Is your posse on broadway, JR?

Top three moment of god at a show for long_live_the_dead 

hendrix Santa Clara county fairgrounds     Dumbfounded    /. magic

pig lovelight ending   St Stephen > tell>  11 > lovelight at  carosel ballroom     Crescendo ending of power and soul   Heads blown off  energy  Melding in a group mind of power and light

carlos at the war field.     Beam of light of pure energy shooting into the top of his head   and out through his guitar 

god bless R&R

Super boring dad blues

Jimi was one of a kind, for a time, and there's lots of folks still following in his footsteps.

His music is a few hits with tons of meh. Classic rock for people who limit what they listen to. 

that's why they call him Knothead

Well since opinions are free flowing 

IMO many of you folks are simply morons

not  sure why.  JR, I love you but many of your opinions are just plain stupid 

I am seeing that  you guys don't / can't understand 

perhaps because it was not your era or you weren't there or whatever

i am an asshole / narcissist/ grandpa / whatever but if you weren't  there, you carry zero

warren? Are you ducking kidding me?   Just STFU

PUT DOWN PIGPEN TOO  LOLOL  don't believe Jerry, whatever 

Knot's just trolling, or he's in the shallow end of the pool he's cleaning.

Look deeper kid. The proof is out there, you just have to listen for it.

Still, I don't listen to much or really any Hendrix, and while lots of people say that a Hendrix show would be their wayback machine show, not me.

IMO the problem with Hendrix is that like a few other people & groups of his time, he was before his time. He had a handle on his instrument & the sounds it could make that no one else yet had, but for whatever reasons he too often got pulled down into shallow "show business" BS... lighting his guitar on fire, playing behind his back & with his teeth, playing the same showoff licks to get a response, etc.

Shallow showboat shit to appease the kids of the time.

But that dude had a way with his instrument & sound that no one else had yet, or rarely since.

Jimi Hendrix was a star when he died, but he was just getting started, and of the many who died too soon, IMO along with a few others he was one who could have risen to unique heights, and he would today be far, far more a legend that he is already.

He'd probably be opening for Bonomassa at Foxwoods. 

Still, I don't listen to much or really any Hendrix, and while lots of people say that a Hendrix show would be their wayback machine show, not me.

               https://youtu.be/r0EMrJTgqgM

Free concert - Panhandle SF   -   1967....with Buddy

sartorial splendor --- gimmick and show biz?  perhaps

watching him conceive of sound, and have it manifest right before you out of thin air, beyond sensuous, through that stack of marshalls worked magic

TA Lancey,it might have been cool to see hm evolve for another 20 years - can't even imagine

night all  AND God bless RGB and thanks !

Poor Knot.

Here's a lesson for free from an old TA...

You don't have to LIKE something to appreciate it's greatness.

Work to get past "like".

People say this or that Bullshit.

Jimi Hendrix had Extremely Unique guitar styles and Stage Presentation,  Wacky Rock Star clothes,  insane Vocals.

Nobody did quite the Stuff he did at the time,  yet people still Imitate Jimi.

Also all the Groupies say that Jimi was the best at Fucking,  and they would know.

Most brilliant musician to ever touch an electric guitar - Jimi Hendrix.

Nobody else is even in the same galaxy. Don't take my word tho, ask some of his most dedicated disciples like Satriani + Vai. 

Broke out War Heroes yesterday, cranked up Highway Child. Another greatest song ever I bet the naysayers have never even heard. After that I blasted 9 To The Universe.  I pity the fools that never really listened to Jimi. 

These are songs? 

Who are Satriani and Vai?

Lacker

embarrass yourself on, son

)bad way to get a house tho(

Most high mosthigh!

and Ras on point, to the point and eloquent even

TA. I like the cut if your jib

disco even gets a reduction of penalty box action (diminished by the last comment?). I knew a young lady that painted her house inside and out purple- likely that not that many ARTISTS evoke that passion

I'd rather listen to Jerry Garcia or something Jazz. 

Trey said his three biggest influences on guitar are Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, and Jerry Garcia.

But I'm uh, yeah, l'm bold as love
Yeah, yeah, well I'm bold, bold as love
Hear me talking, girl
I'm bold as love
Just ask the axis
He knows everything
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah

<<<>>>JR, I love you but many of your opinions are just plain stupid

haha.

the entire 11:49 post is hilarious.

well done, lltd.

WARREN REPLACED JERRY IN THE DEAD AND SANG CHINA DOLL

Idiot

Jimmy James 

the monkees

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/micky-dolenz-recalls-illfated-monkee...

Jimi Hendrix: 50 Quotes For 50 Years
https://ultimateclassicrock.com/jimi-hendrix-quotes/

relax joel. Jimi's Blues album is top ten desert island material. 

Hard to imagine electric guitar and rock and roll without Hendrix. He changed the electric guitar forever. Not many others can say that.

Does he really get credit for all electric guitar sounds or just some specific sounds? 

>>>>Does he really get credit for all electric guitar sounds or just some specific sounds? 

Controlled feedback and distortion from overdriven Marshall stacks with various effect pedals such as the Octavia (invented by Jimi's sound guy for Jimi), wha-wha, and phase shifters.   That's the sound Jimi gets credited for.  

wish he could've stuck around.

if you don't like jimi you have some fucking issues.

Dolly Dagger is in my top 5 all-time songs. Axis Bold as Love is in my top 3 all-time albums.

I like the psychedelic side of Electric Ladyland. Most of the rest of the album ain't too shabby as well.

>>>>>if you don't like jimi you have some fucking issues

What if you'd rather listen to Sless? I very rarely put on nothin but the blues. 

eat some mushrooms and put on Crash Landing.

lacker

lashing out

Trying to take the mantle of prior zone heroes.  Oppositional behavior at best, seeking to embarrass themselves and stand out and ....

Any prior Zoner stalwarts come to mind?   I bet Hoover has a cheat sheet 

1: 

Somebody did blues before Jimi. 

Other people have made music that I listen to using his techniques. 

The songs people are mentioning here are ok. 

Nothing mind changing. 

it's all good - no need to justify or to apologize - some may think (way) differently, and that it's your loss

some acknowledge( ME)  that he made contribution to music, art and evolution during an explosive time

carry on and have a good week

If you think nothing else, Jimi opened ears. He stretched and changed the way we heard and expected to hear. As my son said the first time he heard Jimi's rendition The Star Spangled Banner at Woodstock, "He's making mistakes". 

The hype is strong but the catalog gets old. 

Jimi>Zeppelin>Sabbath

Who rounds out the mt grungemore of loud heavy guitar?

I would never categorize Jimi's sound as "loud, heavy" guitar, although it certainly could be loud at times. How about twisting and snake-like?.

Hey, not everybody can Get everything. Some don't get the Beatles, some the Doors, hell some don't even get jazz, blues or pigpen. It's their terrible loss, not yours.

If someone came up to me asking for the best Jimi I could recommend to really take em there, it would be - assuming you have a sound system up to the task > 

Monterey Pop 67 - Earth Shattering. Otis kills it too. Killing Floor at light speed. This one performance made me a lifer.

Winterland 68 Box Set - Brain Smattering.  There's a point in the Manic Depression where Jimi attempts orbital reentry and you can actually hear the heat shields fail and his speakers shred and his tubes melt. No shit. The Grail

But again, not everyone can get Jimi experienced,,, yer mind has to be expandable. Such a shame more folks of color don't get Jimi, his message to people was much greater than his guitar playing which was unparalleled. The world needs to catch up

(Mitch *** Noel ***)

^Before they we're teenagers, each of my kids said the same thing to me... "How can somebody not like jazz?'

I like Hendrix just fine. Band of gypsys rocks. Hate the Doors 

>>>>>assuming you have a sound system up to the task > 

Thanks for the excuse to never listen to Jimi again. I doubt I'll ever have a decent sound system. 

Thread over. 

^^King of the victims 

poor poor me 

I do like listening to GD on my sound system. 

Driving to Laguna tomorrow. Gonna play some Dead and some Meat Puppets and maybe a little Siouxsie and the Banshees. 

Maybe the radio will play a Jimi tune. 

You don't need a great sound system to really enjoy Hendrix. The Electric Ladyland album on a big dose of really clean LSD is all that's needed. Play it on a boom box if you like. Trust me on this one, Slacker.

I did that plenty of times in the early 90s. There's no need to go back there when I have so much more music to listen to. 

I understand that he was influential but his albums have all been bumped way down the list of things I'm going to listen to when I get a nice buzz going. 

I didn't listen to Pink Floyd Animals back then as much as all their other albums but it's their only album I haven't grown out of. We all change as we get older. 

>>>>>Such a shame more folks of color don't get Jimi, his message to people was much greater than his guitar playing which was unparalleled. The world needs to catch up

Raztard thinks people of color need to catch up to him. 

I hear you, Slacker. My ears crave strange these days too.

Today at the gym I put on Electric Ladyland. What a great album!

I usually put on Marky Ramone's Classic Punk or Lithium, both on XM.

I like the opening two tracks and the voodoo chile and child. 

I prefer Axis for whole albums. 

I like a few songs off Experienced. 

Although Jimi Hendrix is my third favorite musical act of all time, I only listen to him about once a month.

Axis, Cry of Love, and Band of Gypsies are my go to albums (especially Axis), but there are so many official and unofficial recordings floating around, it's good to get recommendations.  Last Jimi album I bought was an impromptu jam with Jim Morrison.   Jimi sounded ok, but Morrison was super wasted.  Painful.

Monterey Pop 67 - Earth Shattering. <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

His performance of Like A Rolling Stone is one of the most incredible pieces of rock documentary footage, ever.

Not included in the Monterey Pop film - but was included in  the Jimi movie that was released a year after he passed. TCM recently aired it.

< Morrison was super wasted.  Painful.

Sadly, a Hot Mess is what Jim Jimi + Janis all were at their ends. Very painful. My love never diminishes tho,, Not Fade Away.

Went thru many phases musically in my life, and when I did I immersed myself. Had to get a hold of every recording of my idols. Regular releases and bootlegs.  I had 73 Hendrix recordings by the time I was 18 in 77. Every Who, Allmans, Zappa (146 and counting) , Dylan, Doors, Stones, Buddy, Roy, Dead,  and many more. All in is the only way to go. Lots of branches on that tree of classic Rock and Roll, and like Old Man Willow before Bombadil showed up, it sucked me in and never let go. Music has been the #1 guiding force in my life, with all these artists taking an active role in my direction.  I live this stuff down to my marrow - hope ya'll feel it too

If 6 was 9, this would be post #96.

RAS.  Now officially one of my heroes 

go big or go home.  Passion matters

side note; it must be expensive to follow Zappa wtf

When you look back at the guitar giants who emerged in the ’60s, you notice how many hit the ground running. Jimi Hendrix, whom Jimmy Page and countless others have called the best to ever play the instrument, claimed his spot instantly with Are You Experienced (1967).

That album didn’t just feature Hendrix’s mind-blowing guitar work; it also showcased the 25-year-old’s ability as a songwriter. And though Led Zeppelin (1969) featured fewer originals than Hendrix’s debut, you could say the same about Page when he busted out with the Zep (also at 25).