Jimi

Gypsy eyes ,met crosstown traffic , followed by stone free and little wing and Night Bird flying and too finish LongHot summer Night . Rock on Jimi
 
It is hard to ever pick a favourite with Jimi ....... but I would have to settle for this if no others ........ even though it always ends too quickly ..... it always makes me dream on.

Cheers to you Jimi.

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50 years!! No wonder I seem to be getting old! Nothing Jimi ever did doesn't hit a chord with me - hugely influential part of my youth (and the life that followed it). Try and think of a musician today who embodies that combo of utter originality and virtuosity, and a style so distinctive it's virtually impossible to replicate.
 
Blimey, it doesn't seem that long ago. A friend of mine from Tasmania was the resident doctor in attendance at St Mary Abbott's Hospital emergency department in London when Hendrix was brought in. He said Jimi was already dead by the time he arrived to the hospital, and had been for some time. There was nothing he could do for him. He didn't actually sign the death certificate. That was done by another Aussie doctor.
 
This is the poem Jimi wrote just before he died.

The Story Of Life

The story of Jesus
So easy to explain
After they crucified him,
A woman, she claimed his name
The story of Jesus
The whole Bible knows
Went all across the desert
And in the middle, he found a rose

There should be no questions
There should be no lies
He was married ever happily after
All the tears we cry
No use in arguing
All the use to the man that moans
When each man falls in battle
His soul it has to roam
Angles of heaven
Flying saucers to some,
Made Easter Sunday
The name of the rising sun

The story is written
By so many people who dared,
To lay down the truth
To so very many who cared
To carry the cross
Of jesus and beyond
We will guide the light
This time with a woman in our arms
We as men
Can't explain the reason why
The woman's always mentioned
At the moment that we die
All we know
Is God is by our side,
And he says the word
So easy yet so hard

I wish not to be alone,
So I must respect my other heart
Oh, the story
Of Jesus is the story
Of you and me
No use in feeling lonely,
I am searching to be free

The story
Of life is quicker
Than the wink of an eye
The story of love
Is hello and goodbye
Until we meet again
 
Here is a bit from wikipedia regarding his death. If it happened today his cause of death would likely be covid.

"For some days prior to his death, Hendrix had been in poor health, in part from fatigue caused by overwork, a chronic lack of sleep, and an assumed influenza-related illness."

Jim
 
... Many people coming from miles around
To hear you play your music when the sun go down
Maybe someday your name would be in lights
Saying, "Johnny Jimi B. good  tonight"


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlJclT1lMBk
 
Piranha Brother 2 said:
Try and think of a musician today who embodies that combo of utter originality and virtuosity, and a style so distinctive it's virtually impossible to replicate.
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No longer with us also, Jeff  Buckley
 
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