Monday, June 20, 2011
Jimi Hendrix: Voodoo Child Bio
</iframe<br></p></div><p><br></p><p>I was watching this biography tonite, of one of <a href="http://monkeybuddha.blogspot.com/2010/09/favorite-musicians.html">my all-time favorite musicians</a>- Jimi Hendrix.</p><p><br></p><div style="font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><p><font style="font-size: 130%;"><a href="http://www.biography.com/articles/Jimi-Hendrix-9334756">Jimi Hendrix Biography</a></font></p></div><p><br></p><p>As a kid, my Dad introduced me to the music of the classic rock artists of his generation. Hendrix always inspired me through his spirit of independence, raw creativity, and artistic vision.</p><p><br></p><p>I used to wear a t-shirt in high school with a picture of <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUzmoQkJH6vpx__dIYssFkAPeLTkn18GYe1mpzMiaoBGe93SmSc9kCATa9Lb_ngIxwlXAJAFhjBpBPeUxSPTvfuw0uiIsBVpsVnU5huOQIY0ytd7o3ZR5k-jMZOyeNGSZ-6IhZyQ/s1600/hendrix_fire.jpg">Jimi burning his guitar</a>. I never even saw the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Irc7ZntLEZw">actual video foootage from the Monterey Pop Festival</a> until I could look it up on The Internets much more recently.</p><p><br></p><p>Another great image, from Axis: Bold as Love, is one of the greatest pieces of album art:</p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbZQylXiyfJBBhPpPoGivy9yJ_oMblbmet7d7Otiwkklj-XYJWm6hBj3TQPtpYsh9kkxIYthp2CDPyGlZI0wm4zM87baF4Jp_jdXlDUYbcZP5BZhwyoS2K5OyaIf7pISCU3vgW3A/s1600/axis-bold-as-love-hendrix.jpg"><img alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620499681310033730" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbZQylXiyfJBBhPpPoGivy9yJ_oMblbmet7d7Otiwkklj-XYJWm6hBj3TQPtpYsh9kkxIYthp2CDPyGlZI0wm4zM87baF4Jp_jdXlDUYbcZP5BZhwyoS2K5OyaIf7pISCU3vgW3A/s400/axis-bold-as-love-hendrix.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" border="0"></a></p><p><br></p><p>One of the few things that makes me feel older nowadays is the idea that I've lived longer than icons from my youth like Hendrix or <a href="http://monkeybuddha.blogspot.com/search?q=jim+morrison">Jim Morrison</a>, who have been 'frozen in time' through an early death.</p><p><br></p><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ULsiXVkKINA" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen>
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