Sometimes I wonder what direction Jimi Hendrix would have gone musically had he lived longer than 27 years. Would he have met up with Frank Zappa at some point? Another interesting collaboration would have been Hendrix and bass player Jaco Pastorius. Also, did Jimi Hendrix and Bob Marley ever meet? If only they had a chance to play music together. I've pondered him getting into classical music, jazz, funk...imagine Jimi and Bootsy Collins gettin' down tonight. But these things were never to be as Jimi died too soon in 1970, and had he lived, one can only guess what he would be doing today on November 27th, his 64th birthday.
Lately, when you hear Jimi Hendrix's name in the news it's for all the wrong reasons. The tug-of-war antics between those who claim to own the rights to his music continues on today. I believe it's important to settle this matter once and for all so that the proper distributors can focus on getting more of his music out to the fans - old and new. Music produced by one of the most talented, inspiring and humble musicians ever.
On a lighter note, to celebrate Jimi Hendrix and his music, two videos: a very rare video of a press conference filmed in Harlem on September 3, 1969 two weeks after Woodstock and a video of "Villanova Junction Blues" courtesy of YouTube and two very cool Hendrix fans.
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Update: Unfortunately, Experience Hendrix (Janie Hendrix) has had this incredible and rare footage of Jimi removed from YouTube. Very disappointing.
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Press Conference with Jimi Hendrix 1969
Villanova Junction Blues from Rainbow Bridge, Haleakala Crater, Hawaii - 1970
By: Jenny May
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