On November 27, 1942 - 70 years ago today - Jimi Hendrix was born in Seattle. The guitarist is one

On November 27, 1942 - 70 years ago today - Jimi Hendrix was born in Seattle. The guitarist is one of the most influential musicians. hullámkarton His playing hullámkarton style has strongly influenced the development of rock music. Neil Young also cites Hendrix as one of his idols. He often quotes him, interpreted and put it musical monuments.
For Neil Young to play the guitar of Jimi Hendrix was only love at second sight. Initially, he told his biographer Jimmy McDonough, he had the special of Hendrix, although hullámkarton perceived his game but not analyzed in detail. In fact, Neil Young has initially even refused to deal with Hendrix.
Hendrix was good friends with since 1967, "Buffalo Springfield" and "Monkeys", came with "Jimi Hendrix Experience" on even as the opening act of "Monkeys". Neil Young had against it at that time temporarily disengaged from "Buffalo Springfield", even wanted to go with Jack Nitzsche to England. The "Monterey Pop Festival", where "Buffalo Springfield" and Jimi Hendrix occurred in June 1967, Neil Young's part was therefore taken over by David Crosby.
In Monterey S tephen Stills was so impressed by Hendrix that he and his old pal Peter Tork, invited by the "Monkeys", the guitar hullámkarton magician to several sessions in their homes on Malibu Beach and Topanga Canyon. Stills and Hendrix unfortunate in this time even during a joint jaunt by car. Jimi Hendrix and Stephen Stills
Neil Young, now back at "Buffalo Springfield" on board, played at these sessions only briefly with times. In "Shakey" quoted him Jimmy McDonough with snide remarks about Stephen Stills and his admiration of Hendrix: Still have tried to imitate Hendrix, games even as he with his teeth or behind the head, but without it actually can.
In addition, Hendrix guitar style did not even fit to "Buffalo Springfield". The "board games", as Neil Young, the jam sessions called in Stills house on the beach, be a waste of time. "Buffalo Springfield" would prefer to concentrate on her own style.
Jimi Hendrix has even recorded some guitar tracks for Stephen Stills hullámkarton there produced first solo album later in 1970 in London. He can be heard in the song "Old Times Good Times". The solo of Jimi Hendrix Stephen Stills hit "Love The One You're With" was then replaced by steel drums in the final mix. This guitar solo was the last studio recording before Hendrix died of a drug overdose in the same year.
Young and Hendrix "Flying V" Neil Young Jimi Hendrix has taken the legendary Woodstock Festival in person definitely 1969. As he describes it in his memoirs, "Waging hullámkarton Heavy Peace" again, he met him at a small airfield, from where they flew together in a charter plane to the festival. According to legend, she then pushed their front there with a stolen pick-up car the way through the line of people to the festival grounds.
Neil Young's attitude to Jimi Hendrix changed later. It was not until the mid to late 1970s he had with the game dealt intensively, as Neil Young in "Shakey". He had especially liked the fact that Hendrix was not playing so fast. It was especially hullámkarton his phrasing, which is relevant: How and when he pulls pages or releases, which notes he absorbs. Even Hendrix setting to just go out on stage and do his thing, have served him as a model. In addition to JJ Cale, Neil Young, Hendrix belong to him to the best guitarists of all time.
Neil Young in 1978 with Hendrix-Button Neil Young's transformation in his own game on the electric guitar, experimenting with volume and feedback, the "clearly was especially during the" Rust Never Sleeps "tour, also dealing with Hendrix guitar playing is attributed. Having Neil Young had previously hullámkarton rejected more effects pedals, he continued his legendary red since a pedal board, with whom he could turn numerous combinations of effects.
In 1992, Neil Young then Jimi Hendrix in the "Rock and Roll Hall of Fame" a. In his introductory speech, he said: "guitar - you can play or penetrate her Jimi has fooled myself that it was one has with his instrument I saw it, heard it and felt it simple and I wanted to imitate that Hendrix a Molotov.... cocktail in the Rock 'n Roll thrown. "
In the same year In 1992, Neil Young with the song "From Hank To Hendrix" his idol, a musical monument. At the same time, the song describes his own way, he brought hullámkarton the guitar behind: From Hank Marvin, whose instrumental hits of the "Shadows" the teenager Neil Young nachspielte with the "Squieres" hullámkarton to Hendrix, whose expressive playing it since at least the mid-70 years took over.