I've just watched this DVD of my dads and relised even more just how amazing he is. He's a brilliant guitarist. I also thin k the drummer he has during this concerts brilliant too. Not as good as Roger though.
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After Pete Townsend saw him he told his friends
-this bloke is going to put me out of work.
I saw Jimi live in Memphis.To young to apreciate his genius.Guess who the warm up band was-The Monkeys-no kidding.
-this bloke is going to put me out of work.
I saw Jimi live in Memphis.To young to apreciate his genius.Guess who the warm up band was-The Monkeys-no kidding.
Here's something odd. You'd think its pretty much obvious that Brian was influenced by Jimi, but Roger is also influenced by Jimi... and he's a drummer! What's going on there? I suppose he does play guitar too... Didn't Roger start out on the guitar or something?
> To me it's very easy. I can play Hendrix and Clapton the way they played it.
Why aren't you famous then? You can probably play the notes, but not put the same feeling and expression in it.
The Hendrix tone and style of playing is near impossible to emulate, no-one has every really come close. Maybe Stevie Ray Vaughan. Don't know of many others...
Just cause your a drummer, doesn't mean you can't appreciate and be influenced by other people playing other instruments. At the end of the day its all down to rhythm and Hendrix had a lot of that...
Why aren't you famous then? You can probably play the notes, but not put the same feeling and expression in it.
The Hendrix tone and style of playing is near impossible to emulate, no-one has every really come close. Maybe Stevie Ray Vaughan. Don't know of many others...
Just cause your a drummer, doesn't mean you can't appreciate and be influenced by other people playing other instruments. At the end of the day its all down to rhythm and Hendrix had a lot of that...
I think that Stevie Ray Vaughn and Yngwie Malsteem are more skilled than Hendrix, but I don't thiink it's only skill what makes a great guitarist.
Jimmy Hendrix is considered the greatest mostly thanks to his huge influence on just about every single guitarist who came after him.
Without him, there might not have been a Stevie Ray, a Malmsteem or a Brian May.
Jimmy Hendrix is considered the greatest mostly thanks to his huge influence on just about every single guitarist who came after him.
Without him, there might not have been a Stevie Ray, a Malmsteem or a Brian May.
Technically, Malmsteem is a brilliant guitarist, but lacks the honesty and feeling of people like Hendrix.
Theres so many guitarists from that era who can play lightningly fast, but have no feeling what so over.
As Carlos Santana once said, if theres no feeling in the music you play, whos going to listen to it?...
Theres so many guitarists from that era who can play lightningly fast, but have no feeling what so over.
As Carlos Santana once said, if theres no feeling in the music you play, whos going to listen to it?...
That's true ofcourse. Perhaps I'm using the wrong criteria. Malmsteen has been accused of taking Mozart's melodies and playing around them. Never investigated that myself though.
Take BB King for example. Not the greatest technical player around. But when you hear live recordings, he never plays the same solo. He's always winging it. Which I guess is because he is so musically talented. Same can be said about Clapton. I've heard him make humoungous mistakes, but he always finds a way out of it by improvising. Not a trait I'm am particulary interested in, but ofcourse should be acknoweledged.
Take BB King for example. Not the greatest technical player around. But when you hear live recordings, he never plays the same solo. He's always winging it. Which I guess is because he is so musically talented. Same can be said about Clapton. I've heard him make humoungous mistakes, but he always finds a way out of it by improvising. Not a trait I'm am particulary interested in, but ofcourse should be acknoweledged.
Yeah... I've only just noticed that but the site won't let me change it. I'll try again later...