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From: mfs@mhuxr.UUCP (SIMON)
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Subject: Re: Prince != Jimi Hendrix
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Date: Tue, 5-Feb-85 17:06:54 EST
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> I am not alone in noting the similarities between Prince and Little Richard
> and Jimi Hendrix.
> 
> Rob Spray

Any similarities are purely intentional, but not quite real.
In the movie Purple Rain, Prince is NEVER actually shown PLAYING
the guitar!!!!!! There are shots of his mug, looking suitably tortured,
while some nice guitar playing is going on in the background,
but he is never shown ACTUALLY playing the thing. Given the hype (not from
Spray's article, but from other media) that would making Prince
into the new god of electric guitar, I feel I must point out
this small fact.

Anyone who would compare Prince's alleged guitar playing with
Hendrix's shoul check out Eddie Hazel, James 'Blood' Ulmer,
Pete Cosey, Vernon Reid and others to find out where the cutting
edge of electric guitar playing is at

Marcel Simon