jimi hendrix
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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