Artist: Jimi Hendrix

The Blues, the beginning of Rock and Rock as we now know it. It's a musical genre, a feeling, a philosophy, and for some, a way of life. The Blues can lift you up one day only to describe an awful feeling inside the next. From 'Blues Power' to 'Folsom Prison Blues' the music is a powerful medium through which many men and women have articulated the highs and lows of life on earth. Below are my top ten Blues musicians of all time ranging from the originator Robert Johnson to the modern day shredder Jack White. 1. [...]

Miles Davis. En 1969, Jimmi Hendrix y Miles Davis unieron fuerzas junto a Tony Willims (baterista del segundo) para formar un súper grupo. El trío tenía planes para entrar al estudio en el mes de octubre, y tenían muy claro a quién querían para la posición de bajista: a Paul McCartney . El 22 de octubre de 1969, le mandaron un telegrama al Beatle que decía: Grabaremos un LP juntos este fin de semana. ¿Qué te parece venir a tocar el [...]

¿Os imagináis qué hubiera pasado si hubiéramos juntado a Jimi Hendrix, Miles Davis y Paul McCartney en una misma banda? Según apunta la edición estadounidense de la Rolling Stone , Hendrix, Davis y el baterista Tony Williams -uno de los más influyentes del jazz de los 60 y baterista de Miles- llegaron a ensayar juntos en el año 1969. Como les faltaba un bajista, no se les ocurrió otra cosa que mandarle un telegrama a Paul McCartney para que se uniera a la fiesta. Desafortunadamente, Sir Paul estaba de vacaciones y nunca acabó viajando a Estados Unidos. [...]

As Jimi Hendrix's bizarre character and virtuosic guitar playing beguiled audiences across the world at Woodstock Festival and Monterrey Pop ... Read the full article at http://www.prefixmag.com/news/ jimi-hendrix-miles-davis-and-p aul-mccartney-almost/73664/

Jimi Hendrix y Miles Davis pretendían armar un supergrupo con Paul McCartney En 1969, Jimi Hendrix , Miles Davis  y Tony Williams , ensayaban juntos con la idea de grabar un disco, aunque los tres coincidían en que sería sumamente atractivo si se uniera Paul McCarteny al proyecto. Sus poderosas mentes pretendían formar un supergrupo, quizás el mejor de la historia. El 21 de octubre de ese mismo año, Hendrix envió un telegrama al estudio de la discográfica de The Beatles , Apple [...]

Eat your heart out Asia, this would have been the supergroup to beat. Jimi Hendrix and Miles Davis had it in mind to start jamming together and according to Rolling Stone , the two, along with jazz drummer Tony Williams, wanted to tap bassist and world-renowned legend Paul McCartney for the group. On October 21st, 1969, Hendrix actually sent a telegram to The Beatles' studio Apple Records hoping to grab the attention of McCartney. "We are recording and LP together this weekend in New York," the telegram [...]

Have a tissue handy? Good 'cause you're gonna need one. Until recently, it was not known that once upon a smokey morning in 1969, Miles Davis , Paul McCartney , Jimi Hendrix and drummer Tony Williams would have stood under one roof to record perhaps the most eargasmic jam ever.  This is like an auditory Justice League. With the musical legends each playing their mastered instruments, no recording studio in the world would have been ready to equip such an undertaking. A telegram has been discovered with a request for Paul McCartney's presence on bass for [...]

Filed under: News , Holy Hell LONDON (AP) - Miles and Jimi. Jimi and Miles. Fans of the late trumpet and guitar masters have long known that Miles Davis and Jimi Hendrix had been making plans to record together in the year before Hendrix's sudden death in 1970. But less attention has been paid to the bass player they were trying to recruit: Paul McCartney , who was busy with another band at the time. [...]

Hands down Woodstock was one of the greatest moments in history. It featured some of the best music to ever be recorded. There has not been a festival to have the cultural impact like Woodstock did. The live performances were nothing short of legendary. Woodstock was full of classic moments like Jimi Hendrix's rendition of the " Star Spangled Banner " to Santana tripping on LSD thinking his guitar was a snake's head during "Soul Sacrifice." Here are 10  incredible moments for the "three days of peace and music. Santana - Soul Sacrifice  [...]

SPOT Festival 2013 - Day 1 - countless shows and a great time! You know that feeling when you're confronted with a delicious and overflowing buffet of food and you stuff yourself? SPOT festival is like that, but with music. There are over 120 official acts to choose from and countless off-SPOT showcases, bands play The post SPOT Festival 2013 - A Look Back appeared first on Nothing But Hope And Passion - NBHAP - Music Magazine & more .

What's the best thing to do when you're not digging for vinyl? Look at photos of musicians digging for vinyl. Voices of East Anglia featured a few great pictures of stars during the 1960s hanging out at record emporiums , and we wanted to add our own contribution to the collection. We found your favorite musicians in the wild, with wax. If you know of a great photo, link us up in the comments section. [ via [...]

En este "Mes Internacional de la Foto de Morro Pa'l Face" traemos lo que algunos de los más grandes rockstars habrían puesto en sus perfiles si fueran personas comunes y corrientes.

Does this little tune from 1962 ring a little bell? Good. Move over Jimi, and let Niela take over. This is the one and only original, you dig. Niela's boyfriend Billy Roberts 'borrowed' and rewrote it and the rest, as they say, is history. Niela Miller - Baby Don't Go To Town

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Greg Lake confirms that Jimi Hendrix was considered for a spot in the earliest incarnation of Emerson Lake and Palmer - and that he was utterly aware of how that might have changed things when it came to the group's name. After all, had the fiery guitarist joined, their alphabetic moniker would have changed to HELP. "It didn't escape the [...]

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A limited-edition poster of Jimi Hendrix is one of the highlights of Record Store Day 2013 . “It’s entirely appropriate that an image of Jimi Hendrix is on the official Record Store Day poster,” said Janie Hendrix, his sister. “He was an avid music fan and record collector himself and, of course, his recordings are among the most enduring and cherished of all time. Jimi’s musical legacy and influence grow with every passing year so, in a sense, he makes Record Store Day last much, much longer than 24 hours.” Only [...]

People, Hell & Angel s premieres twelve previously unreleased studio recordings from the legendary  Jimi Hendrix . The posthumous record was released earlier this month and many of the tracks included were originally planned for the follow-up to Hendrix's third and final studio album Electric Ladyland - an album he planned to call  First Rays of the New Rising Sun . The album offers a seductive teaser at where Hendrix would have gone next had he lived longer. To celebrate the release of the   [...]

The Indiecision Five at 5 is our attempt at sharing our musical tastes with you, and showcasing music from around the world. Each weekday at 5pm sharp, one NH7 writer or staffer will bring you five songs he/she is listening to on the day. Resident Rayban hoarder Abhimanyu Meer brings you his Tuesday tunes today. You know what to do. 1. Trent Reznor, Josh Homme, Dave Grohl - 'Mantra' This almost eight-minute-long song has an as-long Josh Homme bass solo throughout, cryptic The Downward Spiral -era phrasing by Trent Reznor, and [...]

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