2LITTLETIME
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just found this cool vid-sorry if its been posted
Yeah the version of HEAR MY TRAIN A COMIN (sometimes called GETTING MY HEART BACK TOGETHER by Jimi) from May 1970 at the Berkeley community centre gig is suppose to be the by those in the know ''the best live recorded version of this blues song'' that there is.
I always preferred HEAR MY TRAIN A COMIN over Jimi's other big blues number RED HOUSE but when your talking about the worlds GREATEST EVER ROCK GUITARIST & MUSICIAN thats just splitting hairs guy's!!.
In my opinion the great guitarists sort of wing it and improvise-really go for it-Clapton mentioned this about jimi when he was jamming.He was in awe and said he just went for itJimi was a very humble cat. I'm sure he had no idea how respected his talent would be all these years after his death. I rate nobody higher as a player. He made mistakes, and there are people now that can play faster, more clean, and can cross more genres, but his groove and how simply kick ass his playing comes across separates him from the rest. imo.
Jimi was a very humble cat. I'm sure he had no idea how respected his talent would be all these years after his death.
But then again when cream came out with white room hendrix asked clapton how he orchestrated and played something so progressive. I love much of hendrix's music and while he might have been flamboyant and at times "cutting edge" for a lack of a better term and made some soulful songs he was at least a little overrated. Other guitarist like clapton and page for examples could outplay the guy no problem and hendrix knew it. And again I'm not crapping on him but just being objective and as I've mentioned love much of his work, And to be fair I think townshend was also limited because he played fairly simple stuff and couldn't play a solo to save his life, and I'm just being objective about him because I'm a who fan. Sometimes what works is a musician staying within their boundaries and working with the band to create an overall quality sounding song. The beatles were another example of creating quality songs as a whole but maybe with the exception of mc cartney which his talents developed over time had any individual in the band that was extraordinary or progressive, and come to think of it that pretty much describes kiss. If a band can record a song with a general sounding quality, have feel and soul, and have songs that connect personally to people that's all that matters sometimes. Too many people think because an artist or a band made some good songs they think those individual musicans within those bands must have been extraordinary but that's not always the case. These aforementioned musicians were better than the average joe on the street, garage, or bar, and professional but again they weren't the greatest in the professional music world like their reputations would have people to believe. For the very reasons I've mentioned is how some bands and especially individual musicians become overrated.In my opinion the great guitarists sort of wing it and improvise-really go for it-Clapton mentioned this about jimi when he was jamming.He was in awe and said he just went for it