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Jimi Hendrix Blues

18 dec 08

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in order, from left to right and top to bottom: Albert King, B.B. King, Chuck Berry, Hubert Sumlin, Lightning Slim, Buddy Guy, Howlin' Wolf, John Lee Hooker, Curtis Mayfield, Lowell Fulson, Little Walter, Johnny Jenkins, Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters, Albert Collins, Earl Hooker, Johnny Guitar Watson, Willie Dixon, Jimmy Reed, again Buddy Guy, T-Bone Walker, Ike Turner, Lightnin' Hopkins, Earl King, Freddie King, Robert Jr. Lockwood, Sonny Boy Williamson, Lonnie Johnson, Pee Wee Crayton, Little Water, Clarence Gatemouth Brown, Son House, Guitar Slim, Elmore James, Otis Rush and once again a young B.B. King.

Jimi Hendrix Blues

18 dec 08

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I, on the other hand, am amazed that people talk about the USA when hard blues is something distinctly English.

Jimi Hendrix Blues

18 dec 08

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final clarification, the Litter are not mentioned as the origin of hard rock, but as one of the very first examples of the fusion between garage and blues-rock. The two paths will remain quite separate and will generate in the USA the Stooges, MC5, Blue Cheer, and in the UK Zeppelin, Free, Sabbath, etc. Hendrix fits in, with the Experience, within the lineage of Cream, and only around 1969 will he begin to drift away from it.

Jimi Hendrix Blues

18 dec 08

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Hendrix was introduced to the wah by Frank Zappa, who, however, did not use it as intensively as Hendrix. To tell the truth, the modern use of the wah can be attributed to Hendrix, more due to a misunderstanding than anything else. He considered Earl Hooker the master of the wah, and when he got a wah, he tried to imitate that sound, not knowing that Earl Hooker, who appears on the cover of note 9 at position 16, did not use the wah-wah, but created that effect by manually raising and lowering the volume of his guitar.

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18 dec 08

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Moreover, I would like to emphasize that "Stroll On," to which many refer for the birth of hard blues, is exactly "The Train Kept A-Rollin'," with a different title and lyrics due to copyright issues, and equally intense versions of the film by Antonioni were already played by the Yardbirds in 1965. Let's not forget that Jeff Beck, in that film, only smashed the guitar at Antonioni's request, who had seen him do it with The Who, and he had to insist quite a bit because Beck was not at all in agreement.

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18 dec 08

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Hendrix definitely hit it big at Monterey, there’s no doubt about it, also due to the element of surprise; he was unknown, and the sacrifice of the guitar was undoubtedly a shock for the audience. If you watch the DVD, their faces during the Who's finale are all smiles, almost as if they couldn’t wait for it, and if you look at their faces during Hendrix’s finale, some are terrified, while the rest are in complete silence. Hard rock had already pushed the boundaries before Cream, of course; I’m referring to the Yardbirds with "The Train Kept A-Rollin'", the Kinks with "You Really Got Me", and Mayall's Bluesbreakers featuring Clapton. Cream are the first to do it consciously. The definition of hard rock is historically and notoriously incorrect; the correct term is hard blues.