Examples of things to share: Did you ever see Jimi play live in concert? Do you remember the first time you heard your favorite Jimi song? How did you feel when you learned of Jimi's passing?Have you ever made the pilgrimage to his grave, if so, why? What is your favorite Jimi performance? What is your favorite Jimi song? Album? Thanks for contributing!
The Loveless's and the Hendrix families are distant cousins related through The Cherokee Tribe. Mine and Jimi's paths crossed 4 times, I grew up in Monterey. Met him once in Tacoma, At Monterey Pop 67, at Winterland in 68, in Pacific Grove after the Jazz fest 69. I already covered his music while he was still alive. There is a lot of Jimi Tribute on my channel. This one is for you. Highway Child. https://youtu.be/8TjHY62Humw?si=wl0jlaWY13GJrwuR The Highway Child.
Bob Wyman
12/30/2021 14:40 h
I am so glad to see that you are making this effort to put things right and wish to help and devote my time and skills. However the webpages here are not showing contact info so please contact me. I saw Jimi June 29 1969 in Denver, his last show with The Experience. He took 6 weeks off and then resumed at Woodstock Music and Art Fair. It was earth moving to stand 6 feet away and watch Jimi play that night. There is an article written about it in which I was interviewed.
Mark Tinghino
08/18/2021 15:09 h
I first saw Jimi at the age of 14, at the 1st Chicago concert of the Jimi Hendrix Experience at the Opera House in Chicago in the winter of 1967-68. The opening band was the Soft Machine. I saw the 2nd concert of the Experience at the Chicago Coliseum, which is a much bigger venue. If I had to choose a favorite song, it would have to be between The Wind Cries Mary, Redhouse and 1983, a Merman I Should Turn to Be. On his passing, shock and grief.
Jason Lehnst
06/17/2021 16:19 h
Jimi had left us a few years before I was born, but I was blessed with parents with good taste in music. My father was a guitar player, and I followed suit so we are both big Jimi fans. Because of this I have made the pilgrimage to his grave when he was still buried in Veteran's Row. The ladies at the cemetery office who gave me directions told me to make sure I signed the guestbook because Al was still coming every month to pick them up. I thought that coming from Iowa I would be one of the furthest traveled, but on the page I signed alone there were many international visitors who had signed before me. Denmark, Germany, Australia; all over the world. Music truly is the universal language, and Jimi's genius is proof of that.
Dawoud Kringle
05/22/2021 19:28 h
It is nearly impossible for me to describe what the music of Jimi Hendrix meant to me personally. He inspired me to be a musician 50 years ago, and his inspiration has not diminished even after five decades!
So I would like to leave you with this thought:
Throughout human history, a handful of musicians were so legendary as to become mythological.
Mesopotamia circa 1800 b.c. had Dumuzi. China during the Zhou Dynasty circa 1100 b.c. had Ling Lun. Judah, circa 900 b.c. had King David. Greece, circa 300 b.c. had Aristoxenus of Tarentum. 9th century Persia had Abu Hasan Ali Ibn Nafi al Ziryab. 16th century India had Pandit Mian Tansen. Early 19th century Europe had Ludwig Van Beethoven and Nicollo Paganini.
We have Jimi Hendrix.
Dawoud Kringle
05/22/2021 19:28 h
It is nearly impossible for me to describe what the music of Jimi Hendrix meant to me personally. He inspired me to be a musician 50 years ago, and his inspiration has not diminished even after five decades!
So I would like to leave you with this thought:
Throughout human history, a handful of musicians were so legendary as to become mythological.
Mesopotamia circa 1800 b.c. had Dumuzi. China during the Zhou Dynasty circa 1100 b.c. had Ling Lun. Judah, circa 900 b.c. had King David. Greece, circa 300 b.c. had Aristoxenus of Tarentum. 9th century Persia had Abu Hasan Ali Ibn Nafi al Ziryab. 16th century India had Pandit Mian Tansen. Early 19th century Europe had Ludwig Van Beethoven and Nicollo Paganini.
