Arguably, Jimi Hendrix is the most influential guitarist of the 20th Century.
Despite passing away more than 30 years ago he continues to evoke tremendous
influence on most of today's modern axe slingers. This past September, Experience
Hendrix joined the San Diego Street Scene for a star-studded musical tribute to
Jimi Hendrix. Our Remembering Jimi feature takes the readers behind-the-scenes
and on stage at this spectacular musical event.
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September 11, 2001 marked a day the world stood still. In the wake of the
the tragic events that fell upon the American public, society awoke with
a new sense of Patriotism. It is with these renewed patriotic vows that
we revisit the patriotic statements of Jimi Hendrix and his historic live
performance of the nation's national anthem, the "Star Spangled Banner."
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The process of uncovering leads which shine new light on Jimi's recorded
legacy is often a fascinating exercise. New information often arises from
the wildest of circumstances. Such an occasion happened recently, as the
release of the recent box set The Jimi Hendrix Experience resulted in a
meeting with Al Marks, who has come forward to provide compelling detail
about the April 21, 1969 recording of "Room Full Of Mirrors".
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In 1970 the music world was turned on its head as a small collective of rabid
music fans brought forth a new musical concept in rock music -- the 'bootleg.'
Long a staple in underground jazz circles, rock fans were witnesssing the birth
of a new musical outlet -- a concept that served the heartiest of fans with
music recordings, usually of an unauthorized nature, that provided new insight
into their most favored recording artist. In the 30 years since the birth of
the rock 'bootleg,' that concept has moved from vinyl to the compact disc and
now to the MP3. Writer Dave Thompson takes us on an interesting voyage through
the past thirty years of collecting bootlegs.
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In late 1963, at the nondescript location of New York's Abtone Recording
Studio, near the corner of Broadway and 55th, R&B singer-saxophonist
Lonnie Youngblood laid down a handful of tracks for Fairmount Records, a
subsidiary of Philadelphia's Cameo-Parkway label. None of those song ever
made it onto the charts, or earned respectable airplay, but the sessions
were legendary, because they featured a 21-year-old guitarist who called
himself Jimmy James. Four years later this same player would would take
the world by storm under the moniker of Jimi Hendrix.
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