Posted in '60's music, Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Music, R & B, Rock on August 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
One of the best LP covers of 1968
Jimi Hendrix – All along the watchtower
The Jimi Hendrix Experience began to record their cover version of Dylan’s “All Along The Watchtower” on January 21, 1968, at Olympic Studios in London. [7] According to engineer Andy Johns, Jimi Hendrix had been given a tape [...]
Posted in '60's music, Blues, Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Marvin Gaye, Music, R & B, Rock, tagged 1967, music videos, summer of love on August 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Beatles on making Sgt Pepper
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band is the eighth studio album by the British rock band The Beatles. Recorded over a 129-day period beginning on 6 December 1966, the album was released on 1 June 1967 in the United Kingdom and the following day in the [...]
Posted in Jimi Hendrix, Music, Rock, Uncategorized, tagged 1968, DC, Hilton Hotel Ballroom, Jimi Hendrix, live, Washinton on April 1, 2008 | 1 Comment »
In 2007 Jimi Hendrix was voted the number 1 guitarist of all time by Rolling Stone. Without question such polls are silly enough anyway, but at a minimum this should have been The Top 100 Blues/Rock Guitarists of all Time.
