Video: jimi hendrix - machine gun pt 1(isle of wight) 1970

Two years ago today Merry Swankster.com officially launched. We aren't doing anything special to mark the occasion, but since the site's birthday falls on fan-favorite Retrohump day, we figured the time was right for a re-introduction to the feature for newer readers. Envisioned as a Youtube branded window into the past where we'd "scour the depths of the Internet and present a video we think is cool. The focus will be on older acts, the pioneers, the originals, the masters. The clips will be of very poor quality." [...]

If you grew up loving rock and roll as I did, then you grew up loving guitar solos. In fact, I consider myself really fortunate to have grown up in the sixties and seventies, which was a time when the guitar solo absolutely ruled music. So when it comes to narrowing things down to who were the obvious candidates for the best of the era, there are no shortage of choices. Just go ahead and pick em'. You've got your Jimmy Pages, your Eric Claptons, your Alvin Lees, and your Eddie Van [...]