In Memory Of James Marshall Hendrix 11-27-1948 - 9-18-1970

It is truely amazing what a legacy of music this man left behind for us to hear plus all the music that has come out more recently for us to hear since he's past away. Who'd thought that 49 years later we'd be still hearing new music from this iconic guitar legend that really only had a short career span of 4 years. Jimi did things on the guitar to this day that most people can't figure out how he did some of those things....we'll take for instance the star spangled banner performed at woodstock, this is a piece that still blows peoples minds to this day as everytime you hear it you hear something new you didn't hear the previous time, there are some things you can pick upp right away in this version like the sound of sirens and bombs going off, those are just two things you'll hear during the listening of this song, everybody's inturpretation of what they hear is different to what I hear, but the amazing thing is how Jimi got the guitar to do these things....infact I think if Jimi was still alive he might not know how he did those thing either, as we all know his live performances were just absolutely stunning as you never knew what he was going to play and what he was going to do. Jimi Hendrix set what this writer thinks as of a high bar for guitar players coming up to meet, even Jimi's peers were astonished at what he could do on the guitar how he could make it talk basically, and of course we all know this was the way he expressed himself, which is what most artists do with their music they express their feelings and emotions at that particular time and so a live performance from your favorit performer could be extremely high and intense sounding, or a low energy setting. At the end of the day Jimi had some amazing iconic performances that will never be forgotten first being Monterey Pop Festival not only did he sacrifice his guitar at the end of the set but the energy and showmanship he did in that performance again was just astonishing to what was coming down the line from him. Woodstock would be an iconic performance due to the Star Spangled Banner the crowd loved, but the media wasn't so enthused with as they thought he had made a mockery and butchered the song, when in reality he was paying tribute to our veterans who were in the Vietnam war, which was a very high respectable thing to have done at the time. Who knew that one year and a month after that iconic performance he would be gone. We often wonder what do you think jimi would be doing now if he were alive???? no one really knows as from this writer's perspective i personally think jimi lived for the moment and at anytime he would do whatever he wanted to do and nothing was going to stop him, the only thing is that he did need a little guidance or direction for which way to go if anything. We have gotten so much music from this man that had a short career of four years but recorded a lot of music in that short time, he built his own studio which he barely even got to record in, but is still open for artists to record in, if the structure of the building could only talk the stories in that short time he spent in there it could tell i'm sure. As always he is sadly missed in the music world but saying all of that his musical legacy lives on for us to hear and for new listeners to discover. please come and tune in friday night to Talking Hendrix when we will have a special show with some music and we'll also talk with Jimy bleu member of the tribute band kiss The Sky, Jimy portrays hendrix and has all the swag, moves and stylings of hendrix to a precision like you'll never believe, once you see the show bleu and the KTS band does you'll walk out of the venue actually thinking you've just seen Hendrix himself this is not a smoke screen of lights and smoke this is the real deal. jimy bleu actually met hendrix multiple times being a memebr of the Jimi hendrix fanclub, you'll hear all sorts of interesting stories about jimi and the people that were around him and worked with him and more. So tune in this friday night September 20th at 10 p.m. eastern standard time to hear this show you won't want to miss it and the link to the website for boston free radio is; www.bostonfreeradio.com Kiss The Sky Official Website: www.KISSTHESKYTRIBUTE.com