Talkin' Blues: The Brilliance of Jimi Hendrix's Rhythm Guitar Playing
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When Jimi Hendrix first exploded onto the scene, much attention was riveted on his radical reinvention of guitar-soloing vocabulary, technique and sound, inspired by a now-familiar roster of great blues soloists. But Hendrix had another musical asset that set him apart from similarly influence British blues-rock contemporaries: years of experience as a professional R&B rhythm guitarist.
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bigsid
December 05, 2012 at 2:55am
Awesome background info on Jimi. I remember the impression and defiantly Curtis Mayfield. I am just touching the surface of guitar playing and learning some Hendrix riff. You article touch a deep past as when I was a kid of 10 or so I remember getting ready for school and listening to those soul guitar players. Like Duane Allman and many others that I connected the pieces in my later years o f listening to rock and soul music. And because of those influences. I have coined my own music."funk and roll rock and soul. A little Jimi a little Wilson picket, led zeppelin and a little Skynard and it rocks. Thanks for the memories and lesson. Sid Robinson of Blunt Force Drama.
bigsid
December 05, 2012 at 2:55am
Awesome background info on Jimi. I remember the impression and defiantly Curtis Mayfield. I am just touching the surface of guitar playing and learning some Hendrix riff. You article touch a deep past as when I was a kid of 10 or so I remember getting ready for school and listening to those soul guitar players. Like Duane Allman and many others that I connected the pieces in my later years o f listening to rock and soul music. And because of those influences. I have coined my own music."funk and roll rock and soul. A little Jimi a little Wilson picket, led zeppelin and a little Skynard and it rocks. Thanks for the memories and lesson. Sid Robinson of Blunt Force Drama.
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