Jimi Hendrix

Philéas wrote: Progressive?? wrote: they are a band that plays symphonic ROCK  , and even when you hear a lot of, say, Copland, they're still a rock music band. I hear a lot of Copland, yes. But I don't hear anything of Hendrix.

amen.... Prog is the elevation of rock to artistic standards.. don't focus on just symphoinic influences... anyone who has been here more than a week should know that prog is SO MUCH more that symphonic prog....    Hendrix was a blues artist though progressive in nature of course... pure and simple...  blues is about emotion... not art..  They are not compatible in my musical world-view.  That's it for my soap-box... this I'm sure will be M@x's decision to make. 

Progressive?? wrote: they are a band that plays symphonic ROCK  , and even when you hear a lot of, say, Copland, they're still a rock music band.

I hear a lot of Copland, yes. But I don't hear anything of Hendrix.

micky wrote: I do have a problem with the creeping in the psychedelic groups into this.. so I just voice my objections for what they are worth...  Prog grew OUT of psychedelia...  while related they are seperate in my book.

Amen.

Progressive?? wrote: keith emerson has said that he has been more  influenced by guitar players like Jimi Hendrix , than by piano/keyboard players

For playing, yes. But how much of Hendrix's music do you hear in ELP's music? Compare the amount of Hendrix influence to the amount of influence from classical music.

keith emerson has said that he has been more  influenced by guitar players like Jimi Hendrix , than by piano/keyboard players

I'd like to see Johann Sebastian Bach added. 

I think both the Proto-Prog and Prog Related categories are getting very out of hand. This is supposed to be a site for Progressive Rock. That does not include bands that influenced Progressive Rock or sound similair to Progressive Rock, in my opinion. I agree that adding notable influences such as The Beatles has a certain value, but really, since the music isn't Progressive Rock, what's it doing on a Progressive Rock website? I mean, if we're going to include all the direct and indirect influences on Prog, we need to add many classical composers and a whole lot of jazz artists, aswell as many more rock and pop bands from the '50s and '60s than we already have on the site.

Exactly where do you hear traces of Hendrix's music in prog, except for in the technique and style of guitarists? I have listened to quite many prog records, and so far I haven't detected any Hendrix influence in the compositional structures or lyrics or whatever.




Edited by Philéas - August 11 2006 at 18:04

Indeed, after adding progressive pop like The Beatles this site should add the late guitar genius Jimi Hendrix. His influence on the progrock guitarists is more substantial than the influence by The Beatles on progrock bands (the main reason for Chief M@X to add The Beatles to this site) so a big hand for Jimi on Prog Archives, Electric Ladyland rules  !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Philéas wrote: Glueman wrote: Hasn't had a big influence on prog? I can't think of a musician who has had more influence on practically all living guitarists since! But how big of an influence has he been on the development of the Progressive Rock style? Not enough to be included, I'm afraid.

couldn't agree more....  there isn't a guitarist alive that he hasn't influenced...  but that still doesn't make him prog... why can't people get that through their heads hahhah