If Jimi didn't die

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What would he be doing?

I can speculate he would have done some some very heavy recorded stuff during the 70's, he could have been the biggest act of the time, although I doubt his stage show would have changed that much.

A couple less-than-great LPs and drug addiction caused him to give it up in around 1984. But cleaned up and with a new band, he came back with a spectacular double CD and World Tour in 1989. A live double CD was released in 1990. A couple lesser CDs released between 1992 and 1995. Greatest hits packages released.

For the next 10 years he would play acoustic blues in clubs and release an occasional CD and DVD of live recordings.

Tragically, Sir Jimi Hendrix was found dead in his home at Hendrix-on-the-Thames on August 1, 2005 as a result of an apparent heart attack.
 
No, he'd just have become Eric Clapton and be living of his reputation on a farm somewhere :p

Good news though that the Hendrix - Britney Spears collaboration is going to be released :D
 
I never thought that Clapton would have chosen the road he took. What a waste :(
 
gibson_eb2d said:
I never thought that Clapton would have chosen the road he took. What a waste :(
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A waste for whom? If he's happy with his life, who are we to say it's wasted? Maybe he just wants to chill and enjoy the fruits of his labors; often I wish I could do that.
 
Miles Davis had expressed interest in working with Hendrix shortly before Jimi died. Can you imagine what that would've been like?
 
...he would have been another washed up 60's guitar player. The only thing that made him special is that he died young. Had he not died at the height of his career, he would have slowly faded away like all the others.

The greatest thing a popular music artist can do to create a legacy is to die young.
 
Hard2Hear said:
...he would have been another washed up 60's guitar player. The only thing that made him special is that he died young. Had he not died at the height of his career, he would have slowly faded away like all the others.

The greatest thing a popular music artist can do to create a legacy is to die young.
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There is some truth to what you say, but have you actually listened to Hendrix? :)

He wasn't a Monkee or a Rolling Stone :)
 
MadAudio said:
Miles Davis had expressed interest in working with Hendrix shortly before Jimi died. Can you imagine what that would've been like?
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I can imagine, but I'd love to have the remastered CD!!
 
Probably would have worked at Verizon, in management. Got fat, bald, more republican-like. Tried to started a revival band, but would have quit after the 'young' drummer passes out from his high blood-pressure medicine reaction. 17 kids and 5 'babies's Momma's" would be waiting for him, thus wiping out his money, forcing him to work nights, playing blues at bars, although, most of those kids should be off child support, by now. Every Thursday he would be forced to hear "Purple Haze" played 10 times at jam-sessions. On Sunday, he would become Deacon Hendrix, keeping an out eye for any of the young men 'actin' up' in church. After church, him and the 'Ole Lady' break out the grill and burns some meat. Sunday nite, he has gas. Goes to bed, get ready for work.
 
Hard2Hear said:
...he would have been another washed up 60's guitar player. The only thing that made him special is that he died young. Had he not died at the height of his career, he would have slowly faded away like all the others.

The greatest thing a popular music artist can do to create a legacy is to die young.
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I'm gonna have to disagree. Hendrix was special, even his contemporaries knew it when he was alive. He was the Tiger Woods of guitar!

tim
 
He would have been doing what they all are doing..

McCartney
The Stones
Clapton

There is not "what if" with the above list. That is what makes an artist that died young so much more interesting.

Of maybe a reality show like Ozzy?


Will there be any legendary artist, in music, that hit the scene after say 1985?
 
Hard2Hear said:
...he would have been another washed up 60's guitar player. The only thing that made him special is that he died young. Had he not died at the height of his career, he would have slowly faded away like all the others.

The greatest thing a popular music artist can do to create a legacy is to die young.
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the only thing that made him special is that he died young?? :confused: :confused: :eek: :mad:

are you crazy?
 
Clapton

Lost his edge after the tragic loss of his son.

Hendrix probably would have retired from music early IMO.

The inevitable mashup with 50 cent would have been something though.
 
gibson_eb2d said:
There is some truth to what you say, but have you actually listened to Hendrix?
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I would bet that wth the box sets and DVDs I have, I have more Hendrix recordings than nearly anyone on this board. I never said I didn't like him. The only way to truly be immortalized in rock is to die young. I didn't make the rules.

H2H
 
gvarko said:
Lost his edge after the tragic loss of his son.

Hendrix probably would have retired from music early IMO.

The inevitable mashup with 50 cent would have been something though.
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Hey gvarko - You coming out to the Jamfest this year?

Sorry to hijack the thread guys.
 
Hard2Hear said:
I would bet that wth the box sets and DVDs I have, I have more Hendrix recordings than nearly anyone on this board. I never said I didn't like him. The only way to truly be immortalized in rock is to die young. I didn't make the rules.

H2H
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yeah but i still wouldn't say his death was the only thing that made him special. let's not forget that the man played a mean guitar.... :o
 
Could you imagine that if instead of doing "Riding with the King," Eric Clapton performed on "Riding with the Kings" BB, Jimi, and Clapton, I would be in heaven
 
It would seem though it helps create a rock god status if you die tragically in your prime. For guys like Jimi dying on top may not be that bad, maybe Eddie Vedder should've ate it in a plane crash after vitalogy.
 
He would have got his shit together and recorded the most outstanding guitar albums of all time. Aliens would have travelled from far away just to hear them better
 
As I understand, he was very discouraged with his live performances. Seems that people were more interested in pyrotechnics (literally) and seeing play with his mouth than with listening.

Where he'd be now had he lived? It depends on whether or not he got his shit together and his management together. My guess is that he would have quit touring for about a decade and then come back and played small venues at lower volume levels. Not because he needed the money, but because he loves music.
 
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