Re: Jimi Hendrix Experience 2010
* I'm not sure why you think "it doesn't seems right" to you. It's a tribute to Jimi. It is not disguised as anything BUT a tribute.
* Ticket prices should be expected because it costs money to go on a full stage tour like this. I wouldn't expect anyone to do that for free. Remember, this isn't a bunch of local yocal wannabe's doing this stuff, but rather well known artists putting their own name on the line and on the bill.
* "no contribution from the original creators". Well, considering that Jimi, Mitch and Noel are all dead, that would be pretty damn tough to do.
* And I'm also not sure what you mean by "the Hendrix brand".
I know where your coming from. I was being honest about how I felt. It was a personal opinion like the many others here, mine was just less positive. I appreciate what the artists are risking and promoting. I also appreciate the work that goes into it. I understand the effort, I just don't understand the purpose. Like you say the original creators are all dead, for me that doesn't mean that its immediately acceptable when a couple of well known artists decide its a good time to tribute Hendrix.
Yes its cute and it shows respect, it also promotes the awareness of Jimi, but its sad that a 'tribute tour' is something that is needed to keep him in the minds of people or show respect. I have a very different opinion on the issue than most people I guess.
What I meant by 'the hendrix brand' is what his family posthumously did to his image and his unreleased discography. Putting his face on t-shirts at wall mart was the camels back breaker for me. Old performances I have no problem with, but all of his studio stuff being chopped up and sold like the last rations of a starving man I had a problem with. I haven't heard hardly any of his posthumous stuff, aside from the live performances. Don't really want to at this point anyway. My opinion doesn't really matter man, I'm just another dude.