30-11-2011, 01:06
Mr.Soul Wrote:Hendrix was undoubtedly talented and a great charismatic performer... however when people die in such heights of their fame they are inevitably immortalised in a sense that if they had survived they would have done even more amazing things.
While it may be a hangable offence to compare other contemporaries of the time, looking at other blues-rock guitarists such as Clapton and even RobinTrower and the sometimes cringeworthy paths that their careers took, particularly in the 80s, you cannot help but think he would have undoubtedly had some embarassing moments!!
One interesting thing though, which as a music fan will always plague my mind, is the fact that the man himself Miles Davis had actually been a fan and had wished to COLLABORATE with Hendrix had he survived!! Now that would have been something else
Right, I understand what you're saying. ALL of the great modern(ish) music legends have had their less than popular phases, no doubt Hendrix would have succumbed to the industry's plague. Frank Zappa was actually very fond of him and made an acquaintance of him. Some sources say that Zappa introduced Hendrix to the wah wah pedal (not to sound pretentious or anything, just making a connection)