From the grave, legendary guitarist and musician Jimi Hendrix gives us this grainy video of a performance from years past. Isn't that nice!
The relevant part? He gives a shoutout for USC's football team, congratulating them on "beating the hell out of Michigan".
Then he gets down to business. Enjoy.
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Jimi Hendrix Picks Sides In The Rose Bowl
Posted Dec 31st 2006 1:00PM by Brian Grummell
Filed under: Michigan Football, USC Football, Big 10, Pac 10, Bowl Games, NCAA FB Fans, General CFB Insanity, NCAA FB Video
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 10)
12-31-2006 @ 6:24PM
JSark said...
To all of the musical "aficionados" ----- take a good look (and a good listen), because Jimi Hendrix is one of the greatest; if not the greatest, of all time. Oh yeah, he is an original too. Please note: Mr. Hendrix does not provide any long hair head snaps, no stage props, no tight fitting clothes, no satanic lyrics, and no speed metal. Believe it or not, he made a name for himself by actually mastering how to play the guitar. In today's world where talk is "gold" has become the SOP for our "celebrities;" style has replaced substance; and we're force fed corporate creations that truly have little to no talent. Yes, I am here to point this out to you and I do so with pride -- enjoy !
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12-31-2006 @ 8:16PM
geo said...
I think Jimi listened to Buddy Guy growing up.
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12-31-2006 @ 8:20PM
Tom said...
Jimmy made so many bad choices. That was another one. Michigan will beat the tar out of USC!
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12-31-2006 @ 8:26PM
Joe R said...
Yeah, he said it right...mastered the guitar. I don't know where you were going with your comment, but please don't try to say that Hendrix was not a guitar wizard. He is pretty much the acknowledged ace, like it or not....had he only lived longer all the others would be licking his frets.........
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12-31-2006 @ 8:29PM
OhioStateRULES said...
Michigan???? LMAO!!!!!!!!!!
Nah.... we in Ohio know the TRUE champions..... there is only one game worth watching... GO BUCKS!!!!
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12-31-2006 @ 8:30PM
SHARKEY said...
I THINK THAT HIS MUSIC WAS TO NOISEY THERE IS NO SWEETNESS,LIKE A GEORGE BENSON,OE WES MONTGOMERY.
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12-31-2006 @ 8:33PM
Andrew said...
To be honest, I could care about the football game but when it comes right down to it, Jimi Hendrix is one of the greatest guitar players of all time(the greatest in my humble opinion).
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12-31-2006 @ 8:35PM
OhioStateSux said...
Jimi never heard of them because, as the series goes, the Buckeyes can't match the Wolverine shadow. Ohio State rules? Yeah, the outhouse.
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12-31-2006 @ 8:39PM
OhioState? said...
Michigan leads the overall series 57-40-6. Ohio State will never catch up. Go Blue.
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12-31-2006 @ 8:39PM
Richard Keith said...
I agree with JSark's point that Jimi mastered the guitar - he took playing electric guitar to new levels, transcending blues, jazz, psychedelic, but including them, too. He had his roots as a backup musician for various artists such as BB King, Sam Cooke, Jackie Wilson, Little Richard, the Isley Bros and Curtis Knight. He must have had something on the ball to get to play guitar with all those folks. He 'mastered' the fundamentals and then moved on.
Yes, wes mongomery, george benson, larry carlton, ottmar leibert all play the guitar very well, but none has had the influence on popular music that Hendrix did. After Pete Townshend, Jeff Beck and Eric Clapton went to see Jimi play in the UK, they all left the performance discouraged. Jimi played at a level unreachable by others. There's never been a better rock guitar player, never been someone else who so thoroughly mastered the electric guitar in the rock genre. Ever.
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12-31-2006 @ 8:45PM
Lia said...
Jimi had a sound when he played his guitar that no one else has ever been able to duplicate. There is just something about the way he was (and still is) able to make you feel the music as he played it. There is not a guitar player today who can hold a candle to him, and they all know it. The master, he is.......
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12-31-2006 @ 8:54PM
sam said...
he might have lived longer if he wernt a dope head
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12-31-2006 @ 9:00PM
STEVIE said...
Mongomery, Benson, Carlton, Leibert, who do you think they would say was the best ever? JIMI you moron! JIMI
created with the guitar, the guys you mention put people to sleep...GIVE US ALL A BREAK!
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12-31-2006 @ 9:10PM
Bill said...
Jimi played guitar with Joey Dee & the Starlighters before he became famous. So did actor Joe Pesci. Google it. I'd have loved to have heard both of them try their hand at "The Peppermint Twist".
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12-31-2006 @ 9:11PM
Ron said...
ZAPPA
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12-31-2006 @ 9:16PM
John McCumber said...
Hendrix was a master guitarist. Move on.
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12-31-2006 @ 9:22PM
Kurt said...
Jimi Hendrix figured how to make a guitar make "noise." That is all.
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12-31-2006 @ 9:24PM
yeah! said...
final score: florida 99999999999999 OSU -999999
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12-31-2006 @ 9:24PM
shelton carter said...
but honestly jimi never gave a sheet about all that ego...n' yo no mention of robert fripp,steve gaines,garry rossington,duane almond,george harrison,chuck schuldiner,Kerry king,Johnny Ramone,Muddy Waterz,Robert Johnson,Carlos Santana just 2 name a few...seriously playin a stratocaster upside down n' strung n' reverse...totally priceless...yeah USC layz waste 2 Mich by virtue of bein from Cali...lol...like when FSU went up 2 mich n' wasted 'em 51-31 n' put desmond howard n' his place....Charlie Ward was a real phenom people!
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12-31-2006 @ 9:25PM
Verdi said...
Sam, your awareness of history is as insightful as your ability to spell. Hendrix died of an accidental overdose of prescription sleeping pills compounded by the English EMT's stupidity.
Hendrix was certainly an original in so many ways. Consider that he taught HIMSELF how to play that guitar.
Since Hendrix, the only guitarist as original and technically brilliant was Frank Zappa.
Hope they can jam where they are...it's worth dying to go hear 'em.
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