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All Along The Watch Tower by Jimi Hendrix

Biografie van de kunstenaar Jimi Hendrix

James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix Born Johnny Allen Hendrix November 27 1942 – September 18 1970 Was An American Rock Guitarist Singer And Songwriter. Although His Mainstream Career Spanned Only Four Years He Is Widely Regarded As One Of The Most Influential Electric Guitarists In The History Of Popular Music And One Of The Most Celebrated Musicians Of The 20th Century. The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Describes Him As "arguably The Greatest Instrumentalist In The History Of Rock Music". Born In Seattle Washington Hendrix Began Playing Guitar At The Age Of 15. In 1961 He Enlisted In The U.S. Army And Trained As A Paratrooper In The 101st Airborne Division He Was Granted An Honorable Discharge The Following Year. Soon Afterward He Moved To Clarksville Tennessee And Began Playing Gigs On The Chitlin' Circuit Earning A Place In The Isley Brothers' Backing Band And Later With Little Richard With Whom He Continued To Work Through Mid-1965. He Then Played With Curtis Knight And The Squires Before Moving To England In Late 1966 After Being Discovered By Linda Keith Who In Turn Interested Bassist Chas Chandler Of The Animals In Becoming His First Manager. Within Months Hendrix Had Earned Three UK Top Ten Hits With The Jimi Hendrix Experience "Hey Joe" "Purple Haze" And "The Wind Cries Mary". He Achieved Fame In The U.S. After His Performance At The Monterey Pop Festival In 1967 And In 1968 His Third And Final Studio Album Electric Ladyland Reached Number One In The U.S. It Was Hendrix's Most Commercially Successful Release And His First And Only Number One Album. The World's Highest-Paid Performer He Headlined The Woodstock Festival In 1969 And The Isle Of Wight Festival In 1970 Before His Accidental Death From Barbiturate-Related Asphyxia On September 18 1970 At The Age Of 27. Hendrix Was Inspired Musically By American Rock And Roll And Electric Blues. He Favored Overdriven Amplifiers With High Volume And Gain And Was Instrumental In Utilizing The Previously Undesirable Sounds Caused By Guitar Amplifier Feedback. He Helped To Popularize The Use Of A Wah-Wah Pedal In Mainstream Rock And Was The First Artist To Use Stereophonic Phasing Effects In Music Recordings. Holly George-Warren Of Rolling Stone Commented "Hendrix Pioneered The Use Of The Instrument As An Electronic Sound Source. Players Before Him Had Experimented With Feedback And Distortion But Hendrix Turned Those Effects And Others Into A Controlled Fluid Vocabulary Every Bit As Personal As The Blues With Which He Began." Hendrix Was The Recipient Of Several Music Awards During His Lifetime And Posthumously. In 1967 Readers Of Melody Maker Voted Him The Pop Musician Of The Year And In 1968 Rolling Stone Declared Him The Performer Of The Year. Disc And Music Echo Honored Him With The World Top Musician Of 1969 And In 1970 Guitar Player Named Him The Rock Guitarist Of The Year. The Jimi Hendrix Experience Was Inducted Into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame In 1992 And The UK Music Hall Of Fame In 2005. Rolling Stone Ranked The Band's Three Studio Albums Are You Experienced Axis Bold As Love And Electric Ladyland Among The 100 Greatest Albums Of All Time And They Ranked Hendrix As The Greatest Guitarist And The Sixth Greatest Artist Of All Time.

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Sangen Er Skrevet Af Bob Dylan Og Udgivet I December 1967 På Albummet John Wesley Harding. Lige Efter Blev Den Indspillet Af Jimi Hendrix. --------------------------- English Version ------------------------ This Was Written And Originally Recorded By Bob Dylan In 1967 But It Was The Jimi Hendrix Cover That Made The Song Famous. Many Other Artists Have Covered It Including Eric Clapton Neil Young U2 The Dave Matthews Band And The Grateful Dead. Dylan Was So Impressed With Jimi's Version That Dylan For Years Played It The Way That Jimi Had Recorded It. This Was Jimi's Only Top 40 Hit In The US. He Charted A Few Times In The UK Where He Was Popular Before Making A Name For Himself In America. This Was Recorded While Hendrix Played With The Jimi Hendrix Experience Hendrix On Guitar Noel Redding On Bass And Mitch Mitchell On Drums. For This Song However Redding Was Not On Bass Hendrix Did It. Redding Was Also The Guitar Player For His Band Fat Mattress Which Hendrix Referred To As Thin Pillow. Hendrix Often Felt That Redding Did Not Put His Heart Into The Bass And Was Concerned That Redding Concentrated More On Fat Mattress Than He Did On The Experience. Things Like These Led To Him Being Replaced By Billy Cox. The Original Version Of This Song Is Very Slow. Jimi Hendrix' Version Had A Large Impact On Dylan Which Made Him Make His Own Version "heavier." Hendrix "All Those People Who Don't Like Bob Dylan's Songs Should Read His Lyrics. They Are Filled With The Joys And Sadness Of Life. I Am As Dylan None Of Us Can Sing Normally. Sometimes I Play Dylan's Songs And They Are So Much Like Me That It Seems To Me That I Wrote Them. I Have The Feeling That Watchtower Is A Song I Could Have Come Up With But I'm Sure I Would Never Have Finished It. Thinking About Dylan I Often Consider That I'd Never Be Able To Write The Words He Manages To Come Up With But I'd Like Him To Help Me Because I Have Loads Of Songs I Can't Finish. I Just Lay A Few Words On The Paper And I Just Can't Go Forward. But Now Things Are Getting Better I'm A Bit More Self-Confident." Hendrix Had Been Working On And Off With The Members Of The Band Traffic As He Recorded Electric Ladyland. Traffic Guitarist Dave Mason Caught Hendrix At A Party And The Two Discussed Bob Dylan's Newest Album John Wesley Harding Containing "All Along The Watchtower." Hendrix Long Fascinated With Dylan Decided To Cover The Song On The Album. On The Resulting Track Mason Plays Rhythm On A 12-String Acoustic Guitar. This Was Used In An Episode Of The Simpsons When Homer's Mother Was Telling Him A Story That Took Place In The '60s About Why She Had To Leave Him. In A 2008 Poll Conducted By A Panel Of Experts In The Total Guitar Magazine This Was Voted The Best Cover Song Of All Time. The Beatles' Rendition Of "Twist And Shout " First Recorded By The Top Notes Came Second Followed By The Guns N' Roses Version Of The Wings Song "Live And Let Die" In Third Place.

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