<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div>Have you listened to the Band of Gypsies album, recorded live Filmore East New Years eve 1969-70? Hendrix was on fire that night, <br>playing some of the best guitar <br>I've heard, from any guitarist ever, even compared to his studio albums. "Machine Gun" is beyond the powers of a human mortal! <br>I've always considered "a Machine Gun" to be one of Hendrix's best, and I just checked Wikipedia, and guess what? I'm not the only one!<br>Quote from Wikepedia below:<br><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Band_of_Gypsys" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Band_of_Gypsys</a><br>"However, "Machine Gun" is generally regarded as the album's highlight and one of Hendrix's greatest achievements."<br><br>YouTube music for "Machine Gun" from the Band of Gypsies album:<br><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRE3kjL3Yjg" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRE3kjL3Yjg</a><br><br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Band-Gypsys-Jimi-Hendrix/dp/B000002UVX" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.com/Band-Gypsys-Jimi-Hendrix/dp/B000002UVX</a><br>-----------------------------------<br></div>But why pick "Foxy Lady" as representative of Hendirx's best work? I've always thought it was one his lesser song writing and guitar playing efforts. <br><br></div>Two songs from the album Axis::Bold as Love demonstrate Hendrix's creative talents, both as a brilliant guitarist and a writer of <br>lyrics. The very jazz styled <br>"Up From the Skies" and the title cut, "Bold as Love,," with the ending <br>guitar solo transmitted from from another dimension of musical mystical ecstasy. I'm listening to this closing guitar solo as this moment<br></div><div>off the YouTube offering given below, and as will always be the case till I'm dead, it induces a kind of visceral bliss that words cannot<br></div><div>communicate:<br></div><div><br></div>YouTube music for:Up From the Skies:<br></div><div><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPjmHtE7jdA" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPjmHtE7jdA</a><br><br></div><div>YouTube music for Bold as Love:<br></div><div><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHz66QMlxyY" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHz66QMlxyY</a><br><br>------------------------------------------<br></div><div>Vision2020 Post: Ted Moffett<br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5">On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 10:31 AM, Tom Hansen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com" target="_blank">thansen@moscow.com</a>></span> wrote:<br></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="h5"><div dir="auto"><div><span></span></div><div><div><span></span></div><div><div><span></span></div><div><div><span></span></div><div><div>. . . <b>Jimi Hendrix</b></div><div><img src="cid:9610A4E8-818B-438A-B063-6BF2CE3D8C73" alt="image1.jpeg"></div><div><a href="http://www.tomandrodna.com/Songs/Jimi_Hendrix/Jimi_Hendrix.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.tomandrodna.com/Songs/Jimi_Hendrix/Jimi_Hendrix.jpg</a></div><div><br></div><div><b>"All Along the Watchtower"</b></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><a href="http://www.TomandRodna.com/Songs/Jimi_Hendrix/All_Along_the_Watchtower.mp3" target="_blank">http://www.TomandRodna.com/Songs/Jimi_Hendrix/All_Along_the_Watchtower.mp3</a></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"> </span></div><div><b>"Foxey Lady"</b></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><a href="http://www.TomandRodna.com/Songs/Jimi_Hendrix/Foxey_Lady.mp3" target="_blank">http://www.TomandRodna.com/Songs/Jimi_Hendrix/Foxey_Lady.mp3</a></span></div><div><br></div><div><b>"Hey Joe"</b></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><a href="http://www.TomandRodna.com/Songs/Jimi_Hendrix/Hey_Joe.mp3" target="_blank">http://www.TomandRodna.com/Songs/Jimi_Hendrix/Hey_Joe.mp3</a></span></div><div><br></div><div><b>"Voodoo Chile"</b></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><a href="http://www.TomandRodna.com/Songs/Jimi_Hendrix/Voodoo_Chile.mp3" target="_blank">http://www.TomandRodna.com/Songs/Jimi_Hendrix/Voodoo_Chile.mp3</a></span></div><div><br></div><div>And my personal favorite . . .</div><div><br></div><div><b>"Purple Haze"</b></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><a href="http://www.TomandRodna.com/Songs/Jimi_Hendrix/Purple_Haze.mp3" target="_blank">http://www.TomandRodna.com/Songs/Jimi_Hendrix/Purple_Haze.mp3</a></span></div><div><br></div><div>---------------------------------------</div><div><br></div><div>"Jimi's not dead. God just asked for guitar lessons." - Unknown<br><br><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)" target="_blank"><font color="#000000">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div><span><font color="#888888"><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"> </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div> </div></font></span></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div>=======================================================<br>
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