“Burt Bacharach is the greatest composer. Period. Chuck Berry is a musical genius. Pedestrianism and conventional wisdom are the enemies of thought!”
Let’s talk “genious”.
Jimmy Hendrix vs Chuck Berry:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPtHv48e1No
- What Hendrix did to rock’n’roll - a revolution in itself - words can’t describe.
Are you at work at this hour in Sweden?
As far as Hendrix, read some of the reviews of his discs on Amazon, written by a younger generation of listeners. They are not as impressed, and manage to articulate their criticisms convincingly. Listen to Bill Frisell.