>You need to listen to more Jeff Beck.

>Tracy_Barber@frontiernet.net wrote:

>> Raja has to step up to the plate on this one. Let's see his comeback,
>> if he has a set of cajones.
>>
>> The 'Birds had some up and coming players, to be sure. Of them, Cream
>> was the first of the bunch to pound down some serious playing.
>>
>> This was at the same time that Hendrix was working with stereo
>> voicings, massive overdubbings that were in sync with the songs,
>> instead of extraneous trappings or fills.
>>
>> Further, Hendrix could play well, right out of the box in '66 / '67.
>> No warm up exercises for a few years to get him going, except for a
>> few stints with the Isleys and Curtis Knight, to name a few. Jams?
>> Listen to Voodoo Child with Jack Cassady, Steve Winwood and others on
>> Electric Ladyland. The 16 minute+ jam.
>>
>> In the late '60s, Hendrix was more innovative than any of the 'Birds
>> guitarists and he knew it. So did the public. The master of the
>> wah-wah and those beautiful passages in Little Wing / Castles Made of
>> Sand. They still stand the test of time. As per the 'Birds, is that
>> true? What about Stevie Ray Vaughan playing Voodoo Chile (Slight
>> Return)?
>>
>> The only band that could come close to matching the intensity of
>> Hendrix at Monterey '67 were The Who. Listen to the Rhino 4 CD set
>> and compare notes. He was 5 - 10 years ahead of his contemporaries.
>> He does not "fit" with the rest of the music.
>>
>> Per the studio version of Hendrix, he was "progressive", "innovative"
>> and was not afraid to play stuff that had his own signature, not a
>> copping of someone else. That strat sound was his sound, a signature.
>>
>> I love Clapton in Cream, Beck in his mid '70s onward and Page around
>> "Houses" onward. This is to give credit where it's due.
>>
>> Taking nothing from Mitch Mitchell on drums, but if the drum mix
>> wasn't soooo '60s, it would sound almost as if done within the last
>> few years. The same goes for some backing vocals. Jack Bruce did the
>> vocal thing in Cream for the most part. Neither Page nor Beck have
>> done the vocal thing. Hendrix could sing and play with such dexterity
>> that it almost seems incomprehensible at times.
>>
>> It's a shame he only played on until September 1970. I still remember
>> the blurb on the news about his death.
>>
>> I find it extremely funny that Raja keeps on mumbling about the
>> 'Birds. How many 100s of albums have various sordid and sundry people
>> have dredged out of the extremely short time period of 3 - 4 (tops)
>> years in the Hendrix vault, from very nasty to very decent recordings.
>> I guess the 'Birds were sooooooo innovative that people were knocking
>> down the doors to get more out of the vaults from them, yes?
>>
>> Forget Hendrix's persona. He could PLAY and play he did well.
>>
>> Of course, this is not the progressive rock that we have come to know
>> and love around here, but he made headway into the studio that many
>> people have emulated for years. Robin Trower, Frank Marino, Stevie
>> Ray, many more have paid tribute to Hendrix in some form or another.
>> Even Tangerine Dream did an encore of "Purple Haze" with Zlatko Perika
>> on guitbox during the 220 Volt tour.
>>
>> Hendrix turned the studio upside down and inside out with his music,
>> as well as the followers of his skill. None of this came from any web
>> site review, but from my 35+ years of active listening.
>>
>> NP: Hendrix - 1983... A Merman I Should Turn To Be
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