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From: sunny@sun.uucp (Ms. Sunny Kirsten)
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Subject: Re: Jimi Hendrix (Some of us remember.)
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Date: Mon, 25-Feb-85 12:11:30 EST
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> 	Jimi Hendrix was, and still is, unquestionably, the greatest guitarist
> of the rock era.  His technical skills were awesome; his creative use of
> studio (and live) effects has been copied by nearly every guitarist since.
> His science-fiction blues ("House Burning Down", "1984 (A Merman I Should
> Turn to be)" and so on) was entirely his own invention; and he was the first
> of the guitar showmen of rock.  While his lyrics were occasionally obscure,
> and some of his recordings sound a bit muddy, the raw power of his work
> and the social statements it made ("Machine Gun", "Pali Gap") comes through
> on every cut of every album.  Folks like Clapton, Beck, Page, Trower, and
> S.R. Vaughan all have built on the foundations that Hendrix laid...Hendrix's
> influence in modern rock is equaled only by Dylan, the Stones, and the Beatles
> 	Then go find a beat-up old copy of "Electric Ladyland" or "Rainbow
> Bridge" or "Cry of Love" or "Crash Landing", and listen to that.
> 
> 	Maybe you'll wish as much as I do that Jimi hadn't left us so soon.

Sadly, Jimi predicted his own death in "Belly-Button Window", and said
something to the effect of: "Maybe you'll be ready for me next time around"
so we only have to wait for his reincarnation, and be ready for him...
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