If Jimi didn't die

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Fenderville said:
Will there be any legendary artist, in music, that hit the scene after say 1985?
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Absolutely there will but you may not be a fan. I think Kurt Cobain is already there, do U2 count ? There will be musicians that become legendary in unexpected ways based perhaps around newer styles of music that most of us fogies won't like.

Tony
 
Jimi was awesome back then and still holds the same greatness today ..... period!
 
Hendrix was an inovative guitar player and a terrific song writer. He is one of the most inspirational guitar players, in my eyes. But, he was not a consistant player,and if you listen to any of his live bootlegs you would understand what I mean. I think it's sad that his drug addiction was so severe. I think he would have put out a few more great albums if he hadn't died so early.
 
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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The best party in town!
 
lbanks said:
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.
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So is this how you go about your days?

Eddie
 
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 was around Hendrix a bit outside the actual music scene and up close and personal, away from all the hoopla. He immediately impressed me as a guy who was just doomed. He was very, very unhappy and really uneasy in his own skin. A number of people who knew him felt the same way. It was just a matter of waiting for the other shoe to drop. His death was no surprise at all. I was on the road doing a European tour when he died and I remember thinking that it was surprising that he'd lasted as long as he did.
 
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vestast said:
Hey gvarko - You coming out to the Jamfest this year?

Sorry to hijack the thread guys.
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I am trying to work that out now, I would love to make it. I know it will be a great time had by all.
 
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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go get miles live at the fillmore east. now.
 
You notice how aside from Tears in Heaven, Clapton hasn't made a single true hit song. ???

I mean, he may have recorded a few that music fans like, but Joe Public hasn't been impressed with anything since his stuff with Cream (aside from the previously mentioned tragedy inspired song). Infact, no one gets better with age. They all start to suck. Well, maybe Aerosmith has lasted, but even the Stones can't write a catchy NEW song if their careers depended on it...which luckily for them, it doesn't. This holds true for every musician of the 60's and 70's. Most can get a good 10 years if they truely are great, but after that its just done.


So Hendrix.....he would have just been another wash up.
 
Outlaws said:
So Hendrix.....he would have just been another wash up.
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or maybe not? maybe he'd be the exception? unfortunately we'll never know... :( :(
 
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Jimi is still alive!!! He lives through us. In some way the music he created has inspired all who have followed. Had he lived physicaly his influence might have been better recognized. There are still a few of those 60s rockers still around but like everyone, they have mellowed and slowed down with age, Jimi would have too. Like most he would have moved from the stage to the office and produced or promoted other bands, age does that to musicians, the more we learn about the business end the more we realize that life on the road is a lot of work and better left to the young and durable. Yes Master Hendrix is still alive....I often hear a song on the radio and a certain line will definately have that sound that lets me know... Jimi is still alive and obviously still doing studio work. BTW he had his name legally changed in 1976, mainly to avoid the press.
 
I used to love Hendrix and would wonder what he would be doing now if he were still alive. I always came to the conclusion he would have been washed up by now. As far as what Dani is saying, I think that's true to a point. There are so many people who still try to copy that Hendrix Strat tone let alone people who just copy notes (cough cough...Pearl Jam anyone?) that he'll always be with us.
 
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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Perhaps...I remember reading an article about Clapton years ago, which pointed out that instead of burning brightly and then dying like Hendrix, Janis, & Jim Morrison, he continued to live, revealing his faults along the way.

Fortunately, Clapton has also done some fine work along the way as well.
 
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