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An illuminating Hendrix documentary last night on BBC1, particularly his early musical career before he arrived in London. We usually tend to associate him with the Strat, but it was interesting to see that, previously, he played a right-handed Jazzmaster in his trademark upside down fashion.



Bill

I remember reading in some Dutch Cliff/Shadows fanclub magazines from the late 1960's, that Hank admired Jimi Hendrix' music and guitar style/technique and that the admiration was mutual.

hank is reputed to have written "Throw down a line" with Hendrix in mind . I wonder if there is a demo somewhere?

A Guitarist I never have and never will admire. Cannot see the logic in a load of wailing noise. I suppose the SAS could use it in the selection process for white notice before interrogation!!

Ian.

White noise I meant, bloody auto correct!! : (

I have to say he left me cold as a guitarist.
Playing his guitar with his teeth never put him alongside Chet Atkins for me.

ecca wrote:I have to say he left me cold as a guitarist.
Playing his guitar with his teeth never put him alongside Chet Atkins for me.

perhaps chet atkins had false teeth

Whether you like him or not, there will never be again any guitarist so constructive and destructive at the same time, and
live performances that were either stunning or pretty shambolic.

Mike

Anyone can make a noise and you don't even have to be able to play to set fire to a Strat. As for playing with teeth, Mark Knopfler once showed in a documentary what he really did, hammer-ons with the left hand (in Jimi's case right).

I must agree with some of the replies in that I've never found anything in Hendrix's playing to like.

I never saw him live and perhaps it was the showmanship aspect of his performances that appealed and made him popular.