Pedal … the song exploding into full sonic force … Hendrix crunching those chords withĪuthority … embarking on those stratospheric, soaring leads that made him famous …Īnd then the real explorations halfway through the song where that basic, thundering I can taste it again like it was yesterday … hearing that simple riff on the way-wah And it led me to hearing the song, “VoodooĬhild” in a movie and that was my second profound Hendrix moment. Of CDs in a friend’s basement - but I did. I don’t remember how I found that exact CD - probably on the floor in a pile I also HAD to find that recording, as if it was a winning lottery ticket buried in the desert.Īt the time, naturally, there was no iTunes, no YouTube, just these round discs calledĬDs sold in places called record stores that carried something called albums. That made me want to jump out of my skull and run to my guitar. Something supernatural and alien, a combustion of sonic fury and melodic sorcery I couldn’t have explained that at the time, of course. THATTTTT?!!"Īnd you know what grabbed me most about Hendrix? it was his rhythm playing that When that song came on the radio, I was practically clawing my way into the front seat, I was super into metal - loved Van Halen like no other (and still do of course) - but I was just a teenaged kid sitting in the back seat of a car with my brother driving us home and I remember hearing the song “Bold As Love” come on the radio. I'll never forget the first time I heard him.
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