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Jimi Hendrix
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(1942 – 1970)
James Marshall Hendrix (November 27,1942 – September 18, 1970) was an American musician, singer, songwriter, producer, and guitarist. Widely hailed by music fans and critics alike as the greatest electric guitarist of all time, there is no disputing that he remains one of the most influential rock guitarists (and songwriters).
Jimi was not very popular in America at the outset of his musical career, only later gaining recognition after taking a trip to England with the Animals’ Chas Chandler, where he subsequently formed the Jimi Hendrix Experience with bassist Noel Redding and drummer Mitch Mitchell. While the Experience quickly became popular in England, they remained relatively unrecognized outside of the country. It was not until their performance at the Monterey International Pop Festival in the States that the Experience became, quite literally overnight, one of the most popular bands of the era.
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Hendrix was mostly self-taught on the guitar. He was ambidextrous but chose to play the guitar upside-down and re-strung for playing left-handed, which suggests he was more comfortable left-handed. As a guitarist, he built upon the innovations of blues stylists such as B.B. King, Albert King, Buddy Guy, T-Bone Walker, and Muddy Waters, as well as those of rhythm and blues and soul music guitarists such as Curtis Mayfield. Hendrix’s music was also influenced by jazz; he often cited Rahsaan Roland Kirk as his favorite musician. In addition, Hendrix extended the tradition of rock guitar: although previous guitarists, such as The Kinks’ Dave Davies, Jeff Beck
Jimi was not very popular in America at the outset of his musical career, only later gaining recognition after taking a trip to England with the Animals’ Chas Chandler, where he subsequently formed the Jimi Hendrix Experience with bassist Noel Redding and drummer Mitch Mitchell. While the Experience quickly became popular in England, they remained relatively unrecognized outside of the country. It was not until their performance at the Monterey International Pop Festival in the States that the Experience became, quite literally overnight, one of the most popular bands of the era.
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Hendrix was mostly self-taught on the guitar. He was ambidextrous but chose to play the guitar upside-down and re-strung for playing left-handed, which suggests he was more comfortable left-handed. As a guitarist, he built upon the innovations of blues stylists such as B.B. King, Albert King, Buddy Guy, T-Bone Walker, and Muddy Waters, as well as those of rhythm and blues and soul music guitarists such as Curtis Mayfield. Hendrix’s music was also influenced by jazz; he often cited Rahsaan Roland Kirk as his favorite musician. In addition, Hendrix extended the tradition of rock guitar: although previous guitarists, such as The Kinks’ Dave Davies, Jeff Beck
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All Along the Watchtower
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Hey Joe
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Fire
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Red House
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Little Wing
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Voodoo Child (slight return)
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Crosstown Traffic
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Angel
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Stone Free
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Foxey Lady
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Shoutbox
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tcourtsforever wrote:
The thing that really made Jimi Hendrix's music amazing was that there was all the feeling in the world. In the riffs there was sadness, anger, happiness, amusement, in-your-face, frustration, and many more I cannot even begin to describe, ever note and guitar slide oozing emotion. In the solos, there was all that and more, all fused in together in a variety of fast-note combinations all eventually leading back into the feelings of the original riff. He could actually speak with the guitar. Only a handful of others, such as B.B King (Peter Frampton, who LITERALLY talked through the guitar, not included) could do this so well. And not only was the feeling of his guitar playing, the actual skills were really impressive.
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steiner26 wrote:
he's the chief
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cheruj wrote:
"voodoo child" gets my vote
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tcourtsforever wrote:
Jimi Hendrix's best songs in order: 1. Purple Haze 2. Voodoo Child (Slight Return) 3. All Along the Watchtower 4. Fire 5. Machine Gun 6. Foxey Lady 7. Hey Joe
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william_tell wrote:
I must have listened 100s of times to Hendrix and he still blows my mind with his techniques. We all know he used peddles at times but he was still amazing .
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METALEROARG wrote:
I prefer tag him & the band as Jimi Hendrix
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ulinvodnaar wrote:
Yeah, but I think most people find it easier to simply tag it "Jimi Hendrix" to save them having "Jimi Hendrix" & "The Jimi Hendrix Experience" tags. I dunno. But you are right Sean!
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Nicoeitor wrote:
el Negro es lo mas Grande que hay.
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El_Salvador7 wrote:
Music is my religion, Jimi is my god...
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SeanMcMeekin wrote:
most of this should be tagged as "the jimi hendrix experience".
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rotonder wrote:
only Gods can made that...
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zyffe-- wrote:
Should'nt this be tagged as "The jimi hendrix experience"? =)
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winkson wrote:
awesome!
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scholes88 wrote:
Voodoo Child is magical!
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freesoul1992 wrote:
Das ist soooo genial! <3
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Helloelia wrote:
http://www.last.fm/group/indorock
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cezarasouza wrote:
OMG.
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widan wrote:
no comment....
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Necrological wrote:
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pedrulto wrote:
:O
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