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From: jeff@dciem.UUCP (Jeff Richardson)
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: Re: Prince != Jimi Hendrix
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Date: Thu, 7-Feb-85 09:36:09 EST
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Posted: Thu Feb  7 09:36:09 1985
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Summary: 

> > I am not alone in noting the similarities between Prince and Little Richard
> > and Jimi Hendrix.
> > 
> > Rob Spray

> Given the hype (not from
> Spray's article, but from other media) that would making Prince
> into the new god of electric guitar....
> 
> 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

While it's true that there are similarities between Prince and Jimi Hendrix,
and it's certainly true that Hendrix was the undisputed god of electric guitar,
that doesn't necessarily mean that Prince is the new god of electric guitar.
I think that the similarities that people have been noting lie more in
the area of general stage presence and personal style than in musical style
and ability.
-- 
Jeff Richardson, DCIEM, Toronto  (416) 635-2073
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