Jimi Hendrix added to proto-prog

Mention of "Third Stone from the Sun" got me to check out that track again.  Haven't listened to it in ages (definitely time to dig up my old JH cassettes).  It does have a really nice Canterburyish touch to it too.  One may not consider it Prog, but it fits my progressive rock parameters.






Edited by Logan - April 14 2009 at 15:41

Raff wrote: Ikarran?

Nerd reference. Babylon 5, season one - an episode called Infection ;-)

Windhawk wrote: Raff wrote: Ikarran? Nerd reference. Babylon 5, season one - an episode called Infection ;-)

I know a few fans of that series, but I've never watched it, so I am still in the dark...

Hendrix has been a part of the artist list of Progressive Ears for some time already ;-)

And from the New Gibraltar site:

Psychedelic (Rock)
A major precursor to the progressive rock of the 70s is the psychedelic rock of the late 60s, which is too vast a field to cover in detail here yet is intertwined inextricably with its musical offspring. This genre/qualifier covers a large amount of territory in common with progressive rock and mostly concerns itself with a mind-expanding approach associated with hallucinogenic and surreal imagery and its equivalent musical relationship. Bands falling within this style are often cross-genre (see VIII. Unclassified for examples) and vary from the early pioneers such as the Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, Jefferson Airplane, Pink Floyd, Country Joe & The Fish, Small Faces, and Strawberry Alarm Clock to those more experimental and obscure groups that hinted the way towards future progressive music such as Silver Apples, United States of America, Mandrake Memorial and Fifty Foot Hose.

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The latter of which makes the addition into the Proto-Prog pretty obvious - or at least not remarkable..

That is - unless one have the opinion that the people at New Gibraltar and progressive ears doesn't have a clue about what they are doing that is ;-)

Oh - the Proggnosis website have Hendrix listed as prog-related.

So there's three rather influential websites besides PA that all have stated his influence on progressive rock one way or the other. All of them prior to the addition here.


Edited by Windhawk - April 14 2009 at 15:57

C'mon even if you dont agree with the addition, it's hardly a stretch to add Hendrix to Proto. To dismiss his first two albums as regular Blues should disbar you from the discussion on grounds of lack of knowledge,.

Far from regular blues but I can`t see any connection between Hendrix and art/prog rock except for the fact that he almost hooked up with Kieith Emerson in between the Nice and ELP.

I think it fair to include Hendrix as a progressive artist who played a role in the transition between Psychadelic Rock and Progressive Rock.

^ yeah but if one thinks he was added just because of being the greatest influential guitarist ever... people would have a reason to bitch about the addition.  As the bio noted thankfully... he is here because of the music.he did put out and relation to proto-prog as any good addition should. Otherwise we would add James Jamerson and all kinds of Motown to Prog Related.  James was the Hendrix of bass... you can trace his influence and style in every bassist that ever picked up an instrument.

Windhawk wrote: Hendrix has been a part of the artist list of Progressive Ears for some time already ;-) And from the New Gibraltar site: Psychedelic (Rock) A major precursor to the progressive rock of the 70s is the psychedelic rock of the late 60s, which is too vast a field to cover in detail here yet is intertwined inextricably with its musical offspring. This genre/qualifier covers a large amount of territory in common with progressive rock and mostly concerns itself with a mind-expanding approach associated with hallucinogenic and surreal imagery and its equivalent musical relationship. Bands falling within this style are often cross-genre (see VIII. Unclassified for examples) and vary from the early pioneers such as the Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, Jefferson Airplane, Pink Floyd, Country Joe & The Fish, Small Faces, and Strawberry Alarm Clock to those more experimental and obscure groups that hinted the way towards future progressive music such as Silver Apples, United States of America, Mandrake Memorial and Fifty Foot Hose. ---- The latter of which makes the addition into the Proto-Prog pretty obvious - or at least not remarkable.. That is - unless one have the opinion that the people at New Gibraltar and progressive ears doesn't have a clue about what they are doing that is ;-) Oh - the Proggnosis website have Hendrix listed as prog-related. So there's three rather influential websites besides PA that all have stated his influence on progressive rock one way or the other. All of them prior to the addition here.

Okies - I stand corrected for the Proggnosis reference.

He's still listed at Prog Ears though:

Hendrix, Jimi

One of the greatest innovators of the electric guitar, some may say he is the greatest guitarist of all time?

And he is referenced as a prog related artist at New Gibraltar, even if not included in the artist directory (which I didn't imply that he was either).

Still - it does disprove the statement made by someone else here:

"This is the only Progressive Rock site to call upon Jimi Hendrix into it's anals. Yes, as in bringing him here through the backdoor."

Which was my point.

I have no strong opinions about this addition one way or the other - but I am getting pretty tired of keyboard ninjas using every opportunity to ditch of vengeful spite whenever someone in here makes a decision they disagree with - rather than argue in a more reasonable manner like you exemplified earlier in this thread.