el tercero del club de los 27

Buenos días excursionistas! hoy, hace 50 años, James Marshall Hendrix, más conocido como Jimi Hendrix, ingresaba en el conocido Club de los 27, al fallecer con esa edad en Londrés. aquí va un pequeño homenaje a este artista con un tema del disco grabado con (y titulado) «Band of Gipsys», y no con su eterna […]

Wild thing

Let’s try to make a soft connection between a couple of issues to be tributed today: Let’s say happy birthday to Buddy Guy who is turning into 82. He is a blues singer and guitarist known because he played with another legend (Muddy Waters) and influenced other artists such as Jimi Hendrix. Jimi Hendrix covered […]

Monterey (II)

Let’s continue enjoying some performances from the Monterey International Pop Music Festival that took place 51 years ago. Today: Jimi Hendrix Enjoy!

Funeral pyre

Today in 1967, J. Hendrix set fire for the first time to his guitar live on stage. He was appearing at the Astoria (London, UK). The Fender Stratocaster burned on stage by Hendrix was sold for more than 325000€ (about 350.000$) in 2008 at a London auction of rock memorabilia. Here is a video of […]

Chuck by friends (III)

Today, a bunch of covers of the same Berry’s song: Johny B Good;  demonstrating how the fundamentals of Chuck’s style continue to influence musicians generation after generation, decade after decade. Enjoy!