Shockwave wrote:
romeorose2 wrote:
What has actually popped up of Hendrix? Say, in the last 7 years what NEW Hendrix footage do we have on Video? And going back further, what NEW audio has been released of Hendrix after the BLUES Cd of his? Because I haven't heard/seen any, that actually sounded/looked good, or anything that was better than what was released during his lifetime. I've heard this several times that the Hendrix estate has released so much Hendrix stuff, so I'm wondering what all might I be missing out out on that I need to go check out?
A lot of Hendrix music/playing just kind of sounds like crap to me now that I've been back so heavily into the neoclassical music like Yngwie.
I never liked Hendrix. Good guitarist that had superb feel and creativity. He is the exact opposite of Yingwee and 99.98% has no idea who the latter is lol.
I liked Hendrix a lot when I was a teenager. I used to give Hendrix way to much credit back then. He for sure inspired a lot of the people that I think are better than him, such as Yngwie and Steve Vai.
I think a big deal was made about Hendrix because how many people were really doing much with Lead guitar soloing before Hendrix?
I guess we had a few in 1969 like Tony Iommi, Jimmy Page, Clapton, and your old Blues guitarits like Albert King... but there wasn't many, and even those that were, were mostly Blues based.
I don't think Virtuoso guitar skill/playing started coming out until maybe when Eddie Van Halen came on to the scene, I think Yngwie was there at the same time as well starting out, and I guess you could maybe include Judas Priest, The Scorpions, and of course Randy after he joined Ozzy.
I think LUCK had a lot to do with Hendrix.... I mean, how GREAT would Hendrix have been if he didn't have Eddie Kramer there doing all the recording Wizardry that he did? How great would Hendrix have became if he would not have had any access to all the effects he used, the Wah, the Univibe, etc...
And how well known and how remembered would Hendrix have been or become had it not been for playing Star Spangled Banner at Woodstock, burning his guitar at Monterrey, or all the "showmanship" theatrics that he did onstage???
I mean, take away ALL of those things, and think of what we would have been left with....
I think we would have just been left with a guy that played basic Blues guitar, all be it sped up a bit, with a lot of Jazz like improvisation.
With that said, he does have a few songs which I think stand the test of time, and those are:
Little Wing
Machine Gun
Are You Experienced
Angel
Castles Made Of Sand
The Wind Cries Mary
Voodoo Child
And, those are really the only Hendrix songs I care about.
And even with that said, I prefer the Stevie Ray Vaughan version of Voodoo Child, and I prefer the Skid Row version of Little Wing, both better than the Hendrix originals, both in singing and guitar playing.
I think Hendrix gets a lot of credit because He was an innovator, with the help of Eddie Kramer, and because of his flashy theatrics and being in some of the right places at the right times, and because before Hendrix came along there just really wasn't many other players doing solos other than Blues players.
Of course this is coming from me, a guy that HATES/Loathes the Beatles, but LOVES the Rolling Stones.