With the Fourth of July coming up this week, I thought I'd just post this gem:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6XumMCDIGM
I found this clip of the late, great Chris Squire of Yes talking about the first time he saw and met Hendrix; it is really funny:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eo-lBnTc3So
The continuing influence of Hendrix is still strong nearly 50 years after his passing. There is a line in the Bob Seger song Rock & Roll Never Forgets: "Well all of Chuck's children are out there playing his licks"; Jimi's licks are still being played and adopted/adapted a half century later. Even in far-flung Romania, the inspiration of Hendrix is felt:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LU9mK_Sls8
In the Chris Squire clip, he mentions seeing Clapton in the audience of Jimi's first Marquee gig sitting there with a look on his face like "Oh my God, I'm not God anymore!" I wonder if there would be a similar reaction from Eddie Van Halen if he saw the Romanian kid?...
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