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celticeagle @celticeagle (189792) • Boise, Idaho 27 Nov 21

One of my all-time favorite rock and rollers has a birthday today. Jimi Hendrix would be 79 today. He died in 1970 of complications due to the side effects of prescription barbiturates. He is one of the greatest influencers in...

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November 27 - Let's Discuss What Happened On That Day

LindaOH @LindaOHio (222222) • United States 27 Nov 19

National Family Caregiver Day National Jukebox Day 1895 - In Paris, Alfred Nobel signs his last will and testament, setting aside his estate to establish the Nobel Prize after he dies. 1924 - In New York, the first Macy's...

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Jimi in London

Ron Rybs @Ronrybs (21504) • London, England 13 Mar 19

@JohnRoberts wrote about Jimi Hendrix yesterday and that had me hunting through my photo collection. Hendrix was brought to the UK by his manager, in 1966, and soon had a reputation as a powerful live performer. He moved into...

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Play it Again, Sam #19a: - "Purple Haze"

Scott Ganschow @teamfreak16 (43567) • Denver, Colorado 7 Jun 18

Oh man, where to begin? We bought a bigger van, knowing that the water pump was going bad, and on Sunday, it finally did. Which means we have been busy scrambling to get money for a new one, and scrambling to get my wife to and...

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Play it Again, Sam #39a - "Room Full of Mirrors"

Scott Ganschow @teamfreak16 (43567) • Denver, Colorado 26 Apr 18

A bit of a rarity is the focus of today's "original" portion of Play it Again, Sam, a two part discussion, an original song followed by a cover of that song. This thing is flying right along. We are at #39a: "Room Full of Mirrors"...

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Purple Haze

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (97912) • Daytona Beach, Florida 26 Dec 17

After his time in the U.S. Army 21-year-old Jimi Hendrix moved to New York City to start a solo career in 1964. He was finally recognize two years later by British manager/producer Chas Chandler who had been a former member of the...

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Ten Songs That Make Me Cringe: Foxy Lady (#5)

Four Walls @FourWalls (86567) • United States 9 Feb 17

Thus far I've had a surprising number of agreements with me when it comes to songs that I would rather listen to a 24/7 loop of "Afternoon Delight" than ever hear again. Well, for the, ahem, "top" five, that's going to change,...

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Top 10 Songs by The Cure #2 - "Purple Haze"

Scott Ganschow @teamfreak16 (43567) • Denver, Colorado 17 Apr 16

Back in 1993, some major names signed on to contribute covers of Jimi Hendrix songs for a Hendrix tribute CD, Stone Free: A Tribute to Jimi Hendrix. We're talking heavy hitters like Eric Clapton, Pat Metheny, Jeff Beck, and...

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Music I Don't "Get"

Four Walls @FourWalls (86567) • United States 7 Sep 15

I was raised on country music -- think Buck Owens and Hank Williams, not that stuff that sounds like 80's rock that they're calling "country music" today. As a result, there were things that people consider "iconic"...

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Miracle in the mud.

celticeagle @celticeagle (189792) • Boise, Idaho 14 Aug 11

I was setting thinking about life, moments that spring to mind, politics(what's been going on in the country lately)and there appears a light bulb over my head. I had it! In August 1969 over 500,000 young people convened on Max...

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Amy Winehouse, dead at 27

ParaTed2k @ParaTed2k (22940) • Sheboygan, Wisconsin 23 Jul 11

What is up with musicians dying at the age of 27? Here are the members of "27 Forever"... The "27 Club" Robert Johnson Nat Jaffe Jesse Belvin Rudy Lewis of The Drifters Malcolm Hale of Spanky and Our Gang Brian Jones...

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Amazing Jimi Hendrix Portrait

RawBill AKA MrAusAdventure @RawBill1 (8531) • Gold Coast, Australia 14 Mar 11

This discussion is not really about music, but I could not find an art one, so I though music lover would be appropriate for a portrait of Jimi Hendrix. This is no ordinary portrait of Jimi mind you. It has been done with 5000...

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Is Jimi Hendrix the most unique guitarist ever?

jeffcash @jeffcash (64) • Israel 18 Oct 10

a friend asked me the other day who is the most unique guitarist in my mind. I said Jimi Hendrix. When I think about it it's actually a bit hard to answer that question.

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who is the best guitarist in the world for you?

chipesterkhan @chipesterkhan (2925) • Philippines 8 Aug 10

as a guitarist i have always been fascinated with other people who play guitar better or worse than i do i have my personal favorites with very familiar names like eddie van halen (evh), slash (guns and roses), vitto bratta...

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Electric Ladyland?

firstcontact1990 @firstcontact1990 (1784) 18 Mar 10

I have the album, just bought it before christmas. I havent listened through it all but, it is a fantastic album. Some awesome songs like, Voodoo Chile (Slight Return), Crosstown Traffic,....And the Gods Made Love as well as, All...

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"New" Album

drzorge @drzorge (38) • Bulgaria 17 Mar 10

Hello folks.I listened the "new" album of Jimi Hendirx.It impressed me so much.Not so the new album but the fact it's released.I think it's good idea to be released.May be many people forgot the classical songs and tracks of this...

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New album with New, Previously unreleased material to be released in March?

firstcontact1990 @firstcontact1990 (1784) 13 Jan 10

I was surprised to hear, new and unrealeased material has been found of Jimi's. Well, wonder how it will turn out, his last album was epci, Electric Ladyland, and the fact he has been dead for nearly 40 years will spark a lot of...

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Vinyls - Do You Listen To Them?

Bazerk @Bazerk (297) • New Zealand 22 Dec 09

Hello, I'm sure most of you will have some vinyls lying around. Do you listen to them?On the last day of school I took home a couple of vinyls that were going to be chucked out. One was Jimi Hendrix (which I'm keeping) and a rock...

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celticeagle @celticeagle (189792) • Boise, Idaho 28 Aug 09

I especially love classic rock and roll. I am talking old school. Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison and Ozzy Osbourne. Do any of you remember the Ozzyfests and are any of you old enough to remember what rock was like back...

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Re-release of Three Days of Peace

princess07031980 @princess07031980 (5412) • United States 8 Aug 09

The Woodstock documentary was re-released last moonth as the 4oth anniversary for the monumental historical festival. Did anyone buy it? I did, and was so pleased with the added clips that were previously unreleased. My favorite...

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