Members JasO Posted June 16, 2011 Members Share Posted June 16, 2011 Jimi Hendrix never took formal lessons, learned to read music, or cracked open guitar instruction book. Like most players who learn by ear, he was influenced by recordings of other musicians. Based on the recollections of his dad and his girlfriend in London, Kathy Etchingham, I've just posted an article tracing the evolution of the music that influenced Jimi during his boyhood in Seattle and the album collection he amassed after moving to London. One of the best journalistic assignments of my life was co-authoring the book "My Son Jimi" with his dad, Al Hendrix. Al recalled that Jimi's love of music first kicked in during junior high, when he was sharing a room with his cousin Bobby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members csm Posted June 16, 2011 Members Share Posted June 16, 2011 Invaluable! Big ups, Jas ... again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dicky sofa Posted June 16, 2011 Members Share Posted June 16, 2011 Great read - Thanks Jas! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members harold heckuba Posted June 16, 2011 Members Share Posted June 16, 2011 Great article- who would of thought that Hendrix loved the Bee Gees! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members thick_mike Posted June 16, 2011 Members Share Posted June 16, 2011 Many thanks for posting this Jas. Hendrix went to see Elvis...amazing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Doctor49 Posted June 16, 2011 Members Share Posted June 16, 2011 Great article- who would of thought that Hendrix loved the Bee Gees! Not surprised - lots of people did at that time.They hadn't reached the pinnacle of disco but made solid pop stuff with good lyrics and vocals. Funny how disco wiped out perfectly good bands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members noisebloom Posted June 16, 2011 Members Share Posted June 16, 2011 Super, as always. Thanks, Jas! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Emory Posted June 17, 2011 Members Share Posted June 17, 2011 Hendrix had taste similar to mine, I owned some to those obscure albums. Now if I only played like him..... Nice article, you put out some great stuff Jas! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members photon9 Posted June 17, 2011 Members Share Posted June 17, 2011 Thanks for sharing that article. It was very informative and well written. Already bookmarked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members erold Posted June 17, 2011 Members Share Posted June 17, 2011 That's such a cool and interesting article. Love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members straycat113 Posted June 17, 2011 Members Share Posted June 17, 2011 Really nice read, as far as the Bee Gees so many people forget they had a whole solid career and greatest hits album before ever doing Saturday Night Fever and turning themselves into disco kings. Surprised there was no mention that Jimi wound up as Little Richards guitarist and got fired by him for upstaging the boss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bluesguitar65 Posted June 17, 2011 Members Share Posted June 17, 2011 Thank you so much for the link. Im a big Jimi Hendrix fan myself and that link was very good reading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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