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In reply to the discussion: If 6 Turned Out to be 9 [View all]iscooterliberally
(2,860 posts)6. I didn't discover Hendrix until almost a decade after he was gone.
I was in high school learning how to play the guitar. I thought his playing was totally amazing. I read that he hated his own vocals though, and was apparently very self conscious about them. I did read one story that he made fun of one of his most mis-heard lyrics during a concert in DC. 'Excuse me while I kiss this guy' and blew an air kiss to one of his band mates. I wish he was still around. I love watching his videos. I only have one CD compilation though. Thanks for posting this! I looked at the date this morning at work and thought about him, but this is the only thing I've seen online about him today.
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My mother was at that same concert that shut down the NY State Thruway, pregnant with me.
msanthrope
Sep 2014
#1
I bought that boxed set about 30 seconds after the first copy hit the shelf at Tower Records in NYC.
msanthrope
Sep 2014
#5
he was one of those that when he played, something fired in your nervous system.
hobbit709
Sep 2014
#8
Coincidentally, just this morning my odometer went to 96000 on the way to work...
cascadiance
Sep 2014
#21
Well, he was from Seattle and I was living in Seattle at the time. I love his music...
Tikki
Sep 2014
#22
Love your story and the fabric. What's stopping us from dressing this way now?
livetohike
Sep 2014
#48
It's kind of amazing because when I showed this post to my husband he said he wouldn't have....
Tikki
Sep 2014
#56
The intro to "Hey Joe" was the first really cool lick I learned to play on the guitar.
Zorra
Sep 2014
#24
On this date, I was a Freshman in college at a state university north of Pittsburgh. I was working
livetohike
Sep 2014
#47
I saw Jimi in Portland, Oregon, two days after my 18th birthday. Fall tour '68
panader0
Sep 2014
#59