Music
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@Jett129 In my opinion, he was the complete rockstar and mastered it all from the obvious guitar skills, to his singing, and to his overall appearance and his public persona.
I still find it hard to believe that he was much more accepted overseas than in the U.S., although with the issues we had in the U.S. during that timeframe can understand some of the reasons behind it. It's a tragedy in so many ways capped off by his premature death, and one could only imagine what would have happened if he had lived for a longer time.
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@Jett129 From my understanding, his first hits were in the UK (66) a year before the US and he only became popular in the US after the Monterey Pop Festival (67) a year after his UK hits. I don't know if this was due to the blues/rock bands having larger successes in the UK and foreign markets than in the US.
If I recall correctly a lot of the blues artists were also travelling to the UK at that time also. BB King was one of the experiencing success in the UK when at home his music was not as readily accepted.
This may have been due to racial tensions and bigotry concerning music and how many performers weren't given air time due to the colour of their skin...
Now, I can be completely wrong on all accounts and love delving into this kind of history to learn more.
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@goosehd Had to google this but the first time I saw Hendrix was in March of 1968,and I had just turned 15 a few months before. Axis was already out and to me and my friends he was a really big deal. BB King,and Albert King were playing at the Fillmore East from time to time and were always well received. But once again I’m 15 living in NYC and probably not really aware of what was going on outside of my world.
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@goosehd Ironically when I was 15, I wished that I was older so that I could go to the late shows,and get into some of the clubs were the musicians would go to jam when they were in town. Seeing Hendrix in a college auditorium,no less,at that point in my life was totally mind blowing.
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30 years (yesterday) since Blur released Modern Life Is Rubbish - how did that happen?
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@jerkules As a life long drummer I would tell you that speed isn’t everything, and I don’t think he’s playing all that fast. I don’t know if you’d consider Travis Barker or even Dave Grohl to be from that era,but I wouldn’t put him in the same league with either of those two. Just my 2 cents.
