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Big Al
Whilst I absolutely appreciate the incredible talent he was, he simply isn't a favourite.
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dmay
Wow. I love Hendrix, but, man, how he's been used to turn a buck. I guess if you're a completest you'd have or want all of these. I wonder if the same fate waits for the Stones, Beatles, Who and others, though, as long as band members remain alive, I doubt they'd allow the bastardization of their music and legacy.
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TheflyingDutchman
I still wonder if and how he would have adapted to Jazzrock because he played by ear.
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Big Al
Whilst I absolutely appreciate the incredible talent he was, he simply isn't a favourite.
Interesting remark.
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dmay
Hopefully, I corrected his name. If not, I would like to know how. Thanks.
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CousinC
Sorry.
But to me most of the rock stars especially from that era who'd died late 60s/ early 70's were already at or even past their peak.
Brian,Janis Joplin,Jimi Hendrix,J.Morrison . .
For different reasons I wouldn't see a long great career for them in their later years.
And yeah, that even goes for Hendrix.
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Hairball
Agreed Wry Cooter. The first two posthumous albums from Hendrix - The Cry of Love and Rainbow Bridge both released in 1971- include some of my favorite Hendrix tunes.
Freedom, EZ Ryder, Night Bird Flying, In From the Storm, Angel, Straight Ahead, Dolly Dagger, Earth Blues, Pali Gap, Look Over Yonder, Hey Baby (New Rising Sun).
All great tunes, and later compiled on the First Rays of the New Rising Sun album in '97 which was the supposed title of the album he was working on with these tracks intended for it.
Simply put, Hendrix was still going places, and beyond these quality tracks, the sky was the limit...his best work was still ahead of him imo.
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Hairball
He's always been a favorite, but a lot of this posthumous stuff has been hit or miss - especially in the latter era.
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TheflyingDutchman
I still wonder if and how he would have adapted to Jazzrock because he played by ear.
Not sure if he would have completely gone in that direction, but if so he might have been similar to Jeff Beck, and pretty sure Beck plays by ear also.
But since Hendrix could also sing, I don't thing he would have gone the full instrumental route that Beck eventually took on Blow By Blow, Wired, etc.
We'll never know..................