"Purple Raga" for Jimi Hendrix Performed by Matthew Montfort on Glissentar

[VincentStefanelli]

excellent! Jimi was one of my greatest influences AND I love fretless guitar.

Cheers,

Vinny Stefanelli

[Gauraonline]

The Beatles, as well as Jimi brought me to Vedic culture with his Axis Bold As Love cover, which originally represents the Virata Rupa or Universal Form shown by Lord Krsna to Arjuna in the 11th chapter of the Bhagavad Gita. On the Rainbow Bridge cover, Jimi is sitting with Hare Krishna devotees. In the B Gita, Lord Krsna says " I am the ability in man", so actually the God that deserves the actual credit is Krishna who is the one that empowered Jimi to play his amazing music. Thx for the post

[AXISOFHENDRIX]

this would make Jimi smile. Bravo Bravo I say.

[classicrockNo1]

i broke out in goosebumps at the end

[Pichounator]

Awesome playing - would love to use this in a vid-project on "Dog" by Ferlinghetti.

Out of curiosity:

I doubt that the double-string courses allow for it, but do you know whether the EBow produces a fair sound on the Glissentar?

[ancientfuture]

@Pichounator The Glissentar uses nylon strings, so the eBow wouldn't work....

Please contact Ancient Future via the web site about the video project!

[maya9rama]

beautiful music, seamless understanding.. thank you for sharing, ancient future

[ancientfuture]

@maya9rama Thanks for the kind words!!!

[johnjwilks]

I totally disagree with his metaphysics/theology, but there is no doubt that this guy can is a real talent. What a cool piece of music! 

[ancientfuture]

@johnjwilks Thanks for the kind words about my playing! But I think you may have misinterpreted the story I told before playing the music. I'm talking about cultural anthropology, not metaphysics. I'm only using the tools of traditional North Indian classical music as an example to describe an approach to reinterpreting the music of Jimi Hendrix. I'm not endorsing any theological position.

[Estragon23]

There's a longer version of "Purple Raga" on "Seven Serenades for Scalloped Fretboard Guitar." Matthew is a master. Just love this tune!

[StorytellerGuitar]

Really nice ,just great.

[333TGINN333]

Loved that. I also have a great answer should someone ask me do I believe in God

[fbave]

@333TGINN333 Do ya?