Recent blog posts about Jimi Hendrix from music blog aggregator, Elbo.ws http://elbo.ws/artist/jimihendrix/ 2012-02-15T02:18:49+01:00 text/html 2012-02-14T18:45:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4061145/erick-sermon-breath-of-fresh-air-mixtape/
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True Romance By Taylor K. Long This Valentine's Day, enjoy this collection of a handful of my favorite "love songs" and songs about love. Whether you are part of a duo or flying solo-remember this piece of advice:I kept asking Clarence why our world seemed to be collapsing and things seemed to be getting so shitty.And he'd say,"That's the way it goes, but don't forget, it goes the other way too." That's the way romance is... Usually, that's the way it goes, but every once in awhile, it goes the other way too. You can download the entire mix,here, or [...]]]> text/html 2012-02-12T02:35:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4054578/jimi-hendrix-by-mr-brainwash/
Photo by G. Art by Mr. Brainwash Jimi Hendrix by Mr Brainwash Purple haze. Brainwash saves! <!-- Share/Save]]> text/html 2012-02-06T05:11:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4039347/sample-sunday-jimi-hendrix-samples/
Jimi Hendrix has always been of my go-to classic rock artist that I play when I'm sick of listening to anything else on my iTunes. I really don't know exactly what it is about his music that has made me so fond of his psychedelic sounds. Whatever it is, it's definitely influenced some of my favorite artists as well. Below are some tracks that have sampled Jimi's music. 1. Are You Experienced: 2. Remember: [...]]]> text/html 2012-01-30T06:01:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4022622/a-list-obligatory-songs-about-guys/
Just One Of The Boys: Songs About Guys For those of you who were feeling left out last week, fear not. This week [...]]]> text/html 2012-01-27T18:02:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4018962/friday-on-my-mind-seminal-seattle-artists/
Happy Friday everyone. It's time for another round of Friday on My Mind, when we present you a different musical idea every Friday. These posts are a joint effort between KEXP and King 5 News. This week, we're discussing three seminal Seattle artists. Nirvana One of the worlds most influential bands of the past 20 years is Seattles Nirvana. In the early 90s, Nirvana single-handedly altered the landscape of rock music and the Kurt Cobain penned Smells like Teen Spirit brought grunge to the forefront of the worlds mind, and confirmed the [...]]]> text/html 2012-01-24T03:20:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/4009050/the-crossroads-and-the-27-club/
We've all heard the accusations, especially with older religious groups, that Rock n' Roll is the Devil's music. We've shrugged that off over the years and even evangelical Christian Rock groups have taken to the sound. But they not have been far off the mark if you believe in legends and have an open mind. If you are a music lover, musician, and are open minded, I invite you to take the time and listen to a legend. The legend of the beginning of Rock and Roll! Robert Johnson was a poor, African American man, born [...]]]> text/html 2011-12-16T21:18:55+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3935123/new-book-presents-rare-images-of-monterey-pop-festival/
Filed under: Exclusive , Book Club Henry Diltz, Getty Images For veteran music journalist and author Harvey Kubernik (' Canyon of Dreams: The Magic and the Music of Laurel Canyon ' among other titles ), 1967's Monterey International Pop Festival is an event that rises above all of the other milestone music festivals. A Los Angeles teenager when the monumental festival took place, it had a profound impact on him, even [...]]]> text/html 2011-12-15T15:00:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3931924/bloggy-goodness-black-keys-say-no-to-streaming/
For those of you that were hoping to stream The Black Keys new album El Camino via sites such as Spotify, MOG, Rdio and the like, may have been taken by surprise when the blues-rock act's record was nowhere to found. Well, it turns out that Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney had a very legit reason for not allowing it to be streamed, as Carney gave this explanation to VH1 - "We decided for this album to not allow music services to stream the entire album, because it's becoming more popular, but [...]]]> text/html 2011-12-12T17:30:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3924182/a-glimpse-of-the-guns-n-roses-that-almost-was/
So the young 'uns might not remember this, but back in 1995, following the release ofOzzmosis,Zakk Wylde actually had to bow out of Ozzy Osbourne's touring group. The reason? 'Cause Mr. Wylde was busy waiting to see if he got the second guitarist spot in the then-biggest band in the world, Guns N' Roses. GN'R's [...]]]> text/html 2011-12-09T09:00:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3918687/jimi-hendrix-tribute/
This video makes me laugh and also is amazing. Notes from YouTube: The opening act of the legendary Michael Winslow's hilarious performance in Michael Winslow Live at the Improv. Known universally as the sound-effects ninja guy from Police Academy, he continued to refine his noises and impersonations long after the movies disappeared from public view. He now returns with his amazing signature Jimi Hendrix impersonation along side other incredible acts later in the show including a Led Zeppelin performance and a host of other sound-effect related gags.]]> text/html 2011-12-08T21:29:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3917325/the-b-list-10-best-live-archival-releases-of-2011/
Our look at the best releases of the year kicks off today with an annual traditional around these parts that we dont see elsewhere a list of the best live archival releases from the past 12 months. These are all albums which feature music pulled from the artists archives that had never been officially released until 2011. All in all 2011 was an exceptional year for archival releases as more acts and labels are realizing the benefits of opening their vaults. For this list we focused on straight live archival releases, [...]]]> text/html 2011-12-05T19:30:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3909328/analysis-rolling-stone-names-100-greatest-guitarists/
We at MetalSucks have dealt with the paradoxes involved with conducting a poll to determine great guitar players (read our 25 Best Modern Metal Guitarists pollhere)! So we get that in a unweighted vote, the top-ranked axemen may just represent those liked by the largest number of voters; i.e. a dude who we agree is [...]]]> text/html 2011-12-01T08:49:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3900223/scorpions-tokyo-tapes/
Another week, another review of a double live album. I could have sworn I wrote this one up a year or so ago for Ripple but was amazed that I did not. Good thing, too. I've been looking for a cheap copy of the LP to replace the one that went missing over 25 years ago and finally tracked one down last week. 5 bucks for this muther at a used place on Long Island in a bin full of crappy metal like Americade and Kane Roberts. I've had the remastered CD for many years, and it sounds great, but [...]]]> text/html 2011-11-27T10:57:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3890681/happy-69th-birthday-jimi-hendrix/
Photo by G. Art by Mr. Brainwash. Jimi Hendrix One of the gods of Rock and Roll, Jimi Hendrix was born on November 27, 1942. Had he lived past his 27th birthday, he'd be celebrating number 69 today! It's hard to believe he's not with us anymore because aside from not being able to tour anymore, for obvious reasons, there's been a steady output of unreleased music released since his death. For Jimi fans, you'll really want to grab a copy of the 4 CD/1 DVD [...]]]> text/html 2011-11-27T09:00:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3890644/its-the-birthday-of-jimi-hendrix/
According to Wikipedia: James Marshall Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix and known as Jimi Hendrix) (November 27, 1942 September 18, 1970) was an American guitarist, singer and songwriter whose guitar playing was influential on rock music. He is widely considered to be the greatest guitarist in musical history,and one of the most influential musicians of his era across a range of genres. One of my favorite Hendrix albums is "Blues" it is outstanding in my opinion. Song Title Time 1. Hear My Train A Comin' (Acoustic) 3:05 2. Born Under A [...]]]> text/html 2011-11-26T17:39:31+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3889319/jimi-hendrix-sent-the-following-letter-to-reprise-records-in/
"Jimi Hendrix sent the following letter to Reprise Records in September of 1968. It was essentially a set of fairly strict instructions with regard to the sleeve design of his forthcoming record, Electric Ladyland : a photo of the band surrounded by kids in Central Park, taken by Linda McCartney , was to feature on the front cover; various other black and white shots, by Eddie Kramer , were also to grace the packaging; as was a poem entitled "Letter to the room full of mirrors,". [...]]]> text/html 2011-11-09T22:09:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3851009/jimi-hendrix/
This is pretty cool. Shortly after forming The Jimi Hendrix Experience , the guitarist wrote to his father back ... Read the full article at http://www.prefixmag.com/news/ jimi-hendrix-writes-home/58469 /]]> text/html 2011-11-03T23:40:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3837609/concert-review-popa-chubby-at-bb-kings-blues-club/
Popa Chubby serves up a big ol' hunk of blues-rock to NYC.]]> text/html 2011-10-26T20:42:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3817907/michael-jackson-is-top-earning-dead-celebrity-says-forbes/
As the trial of Michael Jackson's former doctor Conrad Murray wears on, Forbes reports that the onetime King Of Pop is #1 on the publication's annual list of Top-Earning Dead Celebrities. It's the second year in a row the music legend has topped the list, though Forbes points out that the $170 million his estate raked in over the past 12 months, via sales of his music and his stake in the Sony/ATV catalog, is a steep drop from the $275 million that landed Jackson at #1 on last year's [...]]]>