Today in 1982 (3 Viewers)

[faceman]

We lost a great one. Randy was bad to da bone

 

[sfidc3]

We lost a great one. Randy was bad to da bone

He was, amazing player, sucks that we never got to see him evolve......I feel there was a real loss of guitar influence with both him and SRV's untimely deaths.....

 

[Swamprat]

Not recalling the anniversary, I listened to the entirety of Diary of a Madman coming into work today... loved Randy's playing and his tone was outstanding.

Irrelevant extra info: My drive is a bit longer than the CD (Spotify), so I followed it up with Zebra - No Telling Lies. We wuz jammin!!!

 

[Bill]

Too bad he didn’t know the importance of avoiding flying with a stupid pilot.

 

[faceman]

He was, amazing player, sucks that we never got to see him evolve......I feel there was a real loss of guitar influence with both him and SRV's untimely deaths.....

VH1 had a series called behind the music. Ozzies wife Sharon told a great story about Randy. His mother enrollred him in
the most prestigious school in L.A. due his guitar love. The Instructor called Randy's mom 6 weeks after he joined. He told her I Can't teach him anymore.

 

[sfidc3]

VH1 had a series called behind the music. Ozzies wife Sharon told a great story about Randy. His mother enrollred him in
the most prestigious school in L.A. due his guitar love. The Instructor called Randy's mom 6 weeks after he joined. He told her I Can't teach him anymore.

Haha, I remember that story.....I also have read where he was really into classical/baroque and may have eventually drifted into different genres had he lived....the greatest players IMO tend to do this.....

 

[faceman]

Haha, I remember that story.....I also have read where he was really into classical/baroque and may have eventually drifted into different genres had he lived....the greatest players IMO tend to do this.....

Yep, it's widely agreed by music historians that Hendrix was drifting into Jazz at the time of his death.

Jimi Hendrix and jazz

While rock fans claim Hendrix as one of their own, he was also a major influence on jazz musicians and on subsequent jazz/rock hybrids. But how did Hendrix influence jazz? Keith Shadwick takes a close look at the Hendrix legacy

www.jazzwise.com