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*Includes a suggested playlist of Hendrix's greatest songs and
performances.
*Includes pictures of Hendrix and important people and places in
his life.
*Includes a Bibliography for further reading.
"They're claiming that the grunge bands] finally put Seattle on
the map, but, like, what map? ...I mean, we had Jimi Hendrix. Heck,
what more do we want?" - Kurt Cobain
It is rare in the world of music for a general consensus to form
over who was the best at anything. Many would call The Beatles the
greatest rock band, but it's easy to find strongly opinionated
dissenters. However, when it came to playing a guitar and laying
the soundtrack for the psychedelic era, just about everyone agrees
there was Jimi Hendrix (1942-1970) and then there was everyone
else. Anyone arguing otherwise either never heard his music or saw
him perform.
In fact, Jimi Hendrix is one of the few musicians known primarily
for his sound and what he could do with a guitar than for his
discography. A part of that is due to his untimely death and entry
into the 27 Club, but it is also due to the fact that he was so
revolutionary with the use of an electric guitar and so skilled at
playing it that the effects have largely not been duplicated since.
It was heavy, loud, and completely raw, and yet he was a pioneer in
genres as varied as blues and heavy metal. As Pete Townshend
famously put it, "With Jimi, I didn't have any envy. I never had
any sense that I could ever come close."
Ironically, Jimi would later insist that the music that came to
him sounded so much better in his head than he was capable of
playing that sometimes he didn't even bother grabbing his guitar to
try to sound it out. While rock fans can only imagine what it must
have sounded like if Jimi didn't feel qualified to play it, they're
more than happy with what he did play. When The Jimi Hendrix
Experience was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame,
their award noted that Hendrix "expanded the range and vocabulary
of the electric guitar into areas no musician had ever ventured
before. His boundless drive, technical ability and creative
application of such effects as wah-wah and distortion forever
transformed the sound of rock and roll."
Jimi would have been memorable simply on the basis of being rock's
greatest guitarist, but he also epitomized the counterculture and
psychedelic nature of the times, adding a visual flare to his
performances that provided a picture with the audio. Jimi wore
outfits that defined the era, and whether he was somehow managing
to play his guitar with one hand or lighting it on fire, Pete
Townshend of The Who noted that it somehow seemed to sober up even
those who were tripping on LSD in the crowd.
Unfortunately, drugs were at the center of Hendrix's life, music,
and death. In the early morning hours of September 18, 1970,
Hendrix died of an accidental overdose, just two weeks before Janis
Joplin would die of an overdose at the same age. Like other members
of the 27 Club, including Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin, and Kurt
Cobain, Hendrix has become something of a cult figure, and his
popularity remains much higher in death than in life. Legends of
Music: The Life and Legacy of Jimi Hendrix covers the great
guitarist's life and career in detail, both in and out of the
studio, while also discussing his death and analyzing his lasting
legacy. Along with a suggested playlist of Hendrix's songs and
pictures of important people, places, and events in his life, you
will learn about Jimi like you never have before, in no time at
all.
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