+1 too, cool pic Mike

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+1 more for that statement!!!!

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I'd question that when it's highly likely that everyone you are influenced by that came after hendrix wouldnt be playing the same, had hendrix never existed.

For me Hendrix is like a nice wine. Take it out the cupboard, have a glass, savour and enjoy it then put it back for another few months. It's very easy to overplay hendrix. Far more enjoyable if you dont OD on the stuff but really pay attention and thoroughly enjoy a bit every now and then.

I'm nearly glad that he ceased when he did (not happy that he died). Aside from a fistfull of standout songs I didnt like the stuff released posthumously. Some was great some was downright ropey. OK you could argue that he never finished it or didnt intend it for release. I just dont like some of that stuff from the first half of 1970. Some of its stunning though. Compare Astroman to Drifting, prime reason nothing after ladyland should have been released. Theres a marked difference in quality between what Hendrix decided was good enough for release. And the stuff everyone else tried to make money out of him with.

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No no and no

I was in a car with the other guys in my band when a new song; "Foxy Lady" came on the radio. I couldn't believe it. I had never heard anything like Jimi and was just blown away.

I never followed Hendrix (or SRV) that much for the simple reason that I didn't think I could do them justice.

"Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens."

-Jimi Hendrix

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To me, he was simply phenomenal, the best. I can only imagine what he would have sounded like today if only he had lived. Guaranteed too if he were he still alive, many guitar heroes of today would not have/had professional careers as more than a few have ripped off his stylings and touted it as their own.

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Hello!

He is the reason I started playing. My Sister gave me a casette tape of Hendrix "the Ulitimate Experience" when I was 14. Best thing that ever happened to me.

Like nikininja, i feel Hendrix is best not over played, but whenever I do listen I always hear something new that makes me go "Dude! that was awesome!". His music never fails to put a smile on my face!

Enjoy

Andy

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To me, Jimi Hendrix defined what a guitar player could and should be. He wrote the book that every guitarist from that point on would return to for inspiration and reference, directly or indirectly. I would say that others have added their own chapters and ideas to what Jimi did, but none have done it better. And it is not only the technical prowess; it is the emotion that went into his music, the artistry, the mixing of influences, and, importantly, the quality of his songs and the way he wove his great rhythm and lead playing into the songs.
The first time I really listened to Jimi was at least thirty years ago, and I was mesmerized, just blown away. Since then, there have been times I listened to Jimi a lot, and stretches - perhaps years - where I barely heard him. But every time I return to his music, it sounds as beautiful, soulful, and as revolutionary and moving as it did forty years ago. And maybe that's the thing - there is simply something about his music that transcends time. It always sounds current and alive.
Can you tell I'm a fan?

Legends like Charlie Christian and Les Paul moved the guitar from a purely rhythm role in most music to a soloist slot in context of a larger group. Then we had guitar groups like the Beatles ... no other instruments and the "lead" guitarist takes a short solo.

Hendrix was the important step in this evolution, moving the guitar from a still somewhat supporting role to the forefront. Before Jimi, a lot of people wanted to "sing like ..." or "write songs like ..." but now I heard lots of friends wanting to "play like ...". He was also a great songwriter and a decent vocalist but the key is that he moved the guitar into the spotlight for what the player could do with it.

He was an influence on me, not so much in that I ever copied his style, but in his power trio concept. I moved from being a background guy in a 60s-style vocal group (I was the only non-singer out of 5) to being the lead guitarist in a trio when the drummer, one singer and I broke away.

I think a big thing that people don't understand was how revolutionary he was. At the time as mentioned above there simply wasn't anyone who had done what he did with a guitar. Now everyone plays crazy guitar stuff and we've heard thousands of songs with big guitar parts but back then there was nothing like it. So many times it has been referenced in various books that I've read and interviews that I've seen that the crowd reactions when Hendrix first broke put were amazing. People had reactions varying from being frozen and stunned to running around screaming. I don't know of many other artists in the last 40 years who have gotten that reaction from an audience.

He's sort of like Star Wars. Someone my age would see the original Star Wars movie and think "this is sort of cheesy", because by today's standards it is. (I'm not saying Hendrix is cheesy, I'm talking about movie special effects. Although the words "Foxy" and "Groovy" are pretty cheesy... lol) But when you watch anything before Star Wars it kind of blows your mind how good Star Wars looks in comparison.

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He is probably my biggest influence.

I have to agree with Niki on this one, I like Jimi's stuff but I don't want to OD on it. I do think that Valleys of Neptune, is a good one..

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