Rachmaninoff is one of my favourite composers as well. My return to your Rachmaninoff offer is his 3rd piano concerto played by Martha Argarich and the RSO (today DSO) Berlin. My father played in the orchestra and I was sitting in the audience during this performance. I know no more energetic performance of this, including Rachmaninoff and Horowitz - both were also fast, but both made more mistakes in their playing of this piece, the pros say (most people porbbaly cannot hear it). Argerich had a fire that consumed the air in the philharmonic already in the first minutes. She really blew the roof up.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FynKK4uBoek

I posted this some years ago already, I know I know. But who cares.

In honor of the 'glorious' fourth: Jimi's political statement
 

I never doubted it, but today bby you proved your worth. Classic and IMHO the best guitarist the world has ever known. Often copied, never bettered. Hats off ol' mate. Miss you Jimi :salute:

Fube

Speaking of Woodstock 1969. The protesters were right all along !

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7Y0ekr-3So

The Man plays Johnny.B.Goode
 

Sorry 'bout the picture quality, if anyone finds a better vid please pm me

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ss_rk-RITts

Very relavent comment on that Mr Q;

It's funny cuz it's still relevant, wait no, I guess that means it's depressingly sad cuz we haven't learned anything in 40+yrs :/

That was from a year ago. :wah:

NAH! Everybody copied everybody in the sixties. My personal favorite: Eric Clapton holds his own-Hey I'm still playin' my original vinylhttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...elsoffire.jpeg Wheels of Fire here on a real turntable!!-primarily because as true student of the American Blues he knew when to start re-learnin' and developing his enormous talent: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMkdhVQMBHY

Post millenial Hendrix!Forget all the guys..BBY! From Down Under:
 

Good choice, Aktung! It is a true testament to the genius of Hendrix that for a very long time, and probably still, venues of all sorts played the Hendrix recording of The National Anthem to start whatever event was/is being held. It was never really seen as a protest against anything in particular, but it is a sonic encapsulation of the emotions of the time and stands relevant even now...

Regarding Hendrix and Killing Floor, Clapton has stated he had been long trying to find a means of performing the song in the Cream's trio format and had been frustrated by the complexity; Jimi came along and totally blew away Clapton with a masterful version of the number; of course, it helps if you are Hendrix and you can somehow sound like you are two guitarists in one...

(Unfortunately, there is no YT video of Hendrix performing Killing Floor at Monterey Pop in '67, so here is a link to a Daily Motion video, with apologies...)...


http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x40...-18-1967_music


As a frame of reference, here Howlin' Wolf's original:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGIE28q3fEA


...and a case for all those rockers to stand in shame for stealing from The Wolf...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRi273CRTdg


Some time back, in another thread, in a universe far, far away (sorry, got carried away...), I posted about the time I saw Hendrix perform and had no idea it was him. There used to be a club at the far east end of the Sunset Strip and, during the daytime hours in the summer, they used to open these big doors that formed the outside wall. A lot of the local people would drop by, mainly musicians, and hang out, sometimes have loose acoustic jam sessions. I'm there one day, and in comes this sort of shy black guy dressed in the sort of hippies clothes of the time. He sat and listened to the jam for a while and finally asked if he could join in; he borrows a guitar and proceeds to play beautifully but not in a flashy manner, impressing the other players present. After a coupe of numbers, he excused himself and left...

Some months later, I drove my mother to a large box-type store, and, while she was shopping for what she needed, I went over to the record department and looked through the new arrivals. There, in the new record bins, was an album by some guy named Jimi and his new group. I recognized the face and thought to myself, "Whaddya know, that guy got a record contract"...

..and Aktung, you may well be a pioneer in a new resurgence:

Vinyl records are so popular that Sony plans to make them again --

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...=.08b03eaf89e0




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Why five guitars when one is clearly all that is needed ? :D Gimme Jimi any day. Nice try ORIANTHI ............... !!!! but No Dice, "Not in this world"

This is how it's done;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHJRIlNXwdk

Even Stevie Ray makes a better job;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVI7I-WDGx4

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Best Rock of GDR... 1979
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dMEkaMzp80
:salute:

A truly sad loss today, 4 July 2017. John Blackwell Jr., a very highly respected and influential drummer who played across several genres passed away today after a battle with brain cancer. Best known as the drummer in Prince's band for twelve years, he also had extensive credits with other notable performers and bands. The fact the Prince, well-known for demanding perfection from his backing musicians, retained Blackwell for those dozen years speaks volumes. Here is his Wikipedia entry; it is well worth a read:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Blackwell_(musician)


Here is Blackwell performing at a Buddy Rich memorial tribute concert as a featured performer:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5YrjXpJ48I


...and here he is performing live on TV with Prince and displaying his skills:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFjVYoiQ7SE




RIP, John Blackwell, Jr. ...




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