Jimi Hendrix: Drivin´ South

Best version of the song, 1967, From live and unreleased the radio show.

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[drivinsouth651]

This tune is the greatest piece of guitar work I`ve ever heard.

[HendrixFreakazoid]

@SquishedButterfly Of course he's not the greatest jazz, classical, flamenco, bluegrass etc. player. His style was amplified psychedelic blues rock from the cosmos. He was an enigma with a completely "ape shit for" factor that has never been surpassed by another guitarist period and I'm talking about his music not his appearance or that he died at 27. Some people just don't hear or perceive Hendrix but there are multitudes upon multitudes who believe as I do. In a class by himself.

[Akorps666]

nice

[lovelyistheworld]

Very nice post. Correction though—the best version is actually this live track from the "Drivin' South" album (see my video post.)

Jimmy is gloriously drunk throughout the entire set, on "New Year's eve plus one" in 1965 at a small club in Hakensack, NJ. (If you listen carefully, you can hear Curtis Knight calling out that he's "playing it with his teeth, ya'll".

If you like Jimi Hendrix and you like blues, I highly recommend this unfortunately currently rare album.

[HendrixFreakazoid]

@ANGLOSAXONGOD  Yea Jimi was very shy and humble, after witnessing Terry Kath with Chicago he remarked that Terry was a much better guitar player than he was.

[ANGLOSAXONGOD]

He was once asked what it was like to be the greatest guitar player on earth?  Jimmi answered, ask Rory Gallacher!

[67goldtops]

@SquishedButterfly

A few things-I never said Amos is simplistic. What I said was that YOU are a simpleton. Do try to pay attention. As for Hendrix's "Inability to play the same way twice," wrong again. There's no such "inability" on Hendrix's part. All one need to is listen to the endless unreleased tracks from his studio recordings. That, as a live player, he was always pushing his playing in new directions a surely a strength. Lastly your "violinist" analogy is sadly inept.

[SquishedButterfly]

@polymath7 guitar players is too awkward. Yngwie is clearly superior to Brian May or Gilmour in terms of technical excellence, but M and G make more pleasing tunes, to my ears at least. so how do you account for that? what's more important? As for songwriting. You can honestly tell me you've never cringed at J's clunky lyrics? Wait til Tomorrow may have a great backing tune, but the words... a chimp with a typewriter could do better. Manic Depression is just dreadful in every department. "

[SquishedButterfly]

@67goldtops First Tori is simplistic, now she's unemotional. You do know how to pick 'em.

Hendirx's inability to play the same way twice could be viewed as lack of discipline, rather than a sign of his greatness, but those that idolise him will view his flaws as strengths. Just imagine a lead violinist in a world class orchestra being unable to play the music accurately, then smashing the violin up and setting fire to it. He'd look like a fool, and then be fired.

[67goldtops]

@SquishedButterfly

Musically savy people respect her abilities? Well, if you say so. If that's why you listen to music, to "respect a musician's abilities." lol I'll stick with the players who move me on an emotional level. I'll stick to the players who put their hands on their chosen instrument & just GO without seemingly ever repeating themselves. The "musically savy" players that I like, guys like SRV, Santana, Mick Taylor, Johnny Winter-They all know Hendrix was THAT guy.

[SquishedButterfly]

@67goldtops couldn't care less about people's opinions of Tori's music. I never sulk when people slag her off because I know she doesn't appeal to everyone and so most've never took the trouble to give her music the time of day. Tori isn't simplistic. She was at the Peabody conservatory at the age of 5. Deutsch Grammophone asked her to write an album for their classical label. This doesn't make her great, but it does show that musically savy people respect her abilities.

[67goldtops]

@SquishedButterfly

Man, you're entertaining! I like that you claim, "most of his songs are just average or dreadful." Yet you have Tori Amos among the artists on your favorites page. You remind me of a recent experience in which I was drinking out to dinner with my wife. We were drinking a 1990 Cheval Blanc, when a fellow diner mentioned how overrated he found Bordeaux. Meanwhile he had was drinking a bottle of Yellow Tail. Yeah, you're that guy, simpleton.