[ConYoungBlack]

Laughing.

I play blues guitar, and trust me when I say that Jimi is my number one hero in that refard as a mucisian, but as person the myth just isn't true. He wasn't the fun loving, peaceful, non-materialistic guy that the media has revised him to be.

In his last year on earth, he beat two women with a brick in front of on lookers (including his own body guards) in front of his hotel . What for, you may ask? For wanting to have sex with Noel Redding instead of him, while on tour.

It still doesn't mean that I go to the other extreme and call him an ass%^le either, but you have to consider the whole measure of a man. Not just what suits preconcieved notions of stereotypes.

Jimi had his good and his bad, He was young and talented, and his death was a tradgedy for that. Same goes for Mr. Jones (ODB).

[wildcatf4f3]

I'd like to say that Hendrix is my model for my guitar playing but I'm just not that talented. Richards is my muse. I've been playing in nothing but 5 string open G for 2 years now. Capo to change keys of course. B flat is my favoprite for bluesy stuff. Nice to see another musician on the page. Alot of opinionated people here, myself included, was an artist most of my life so I know a little about being the odd man out politically. Try being a conservative in that world, it can be tough. Don't be offended with people, emotions run high around here. God bless America!

[A Jovial Cad]

I don't even know who the subject of your original post is/was, or anything about either him or his music--I'd never heard of him or read anything about his death until I saw your post. I simply don't listen to Rap/Hip-Hop/whatever else it's being called these days, and never will.

But, about Jimmy Hendrix I DO know: the best Rock guitarist who ever lived. Hearing "The Wind Cries Mary" still sends shivers up my spine. I also know he served in the 101st Airborne (or was it the 82nd? I forget) for a time, until he was hurt in a jump. That always impresses me. Wish he was still around--along with John Bonham from Led Zeppelin. Imagine what kind of music those two could have made together, with Jimmy on the guitar and Bonham on the drums! A true dream team. Aaaahhhhh, the old days of the masters...it makes me nostalgic.

[dennisw]

Whatever. Jimi has a good and peaceful image. The violence you cite is nothing compared to many of today's rappers. Thug rappers inciting violence etc.

[Tijeras_Slim]

There's a big difference between being a self-destructive artist, such as Ed "Guitar Slim" Jones, and being part of a lifestyle of the "rapper" which seems to embrace and glorify so many social pathologies.

Sad that this way of life is viewed in many circumstances as the "first option" for "success".