When I was at Loughborough Grammar school between 1979 and 1984 I had a number of friends who were seriously into Heavy Metal and Rock Music. Friends who bought ‘Kerrang’ magazine and went to Donnington (which was close by) to listen to Motorhead and make their ears bleed!
As a result of this I was exposed to Eric Clapton and Cream, Rainbow and Motorhead and the wonderful James Marshall Hendrix. A man so talented he could play the guitar with his teeth!!!
Unfortunately due to his untimely death Jimi Hendix didn’t leave us with much but songs like ‘Hey Joe’, ‘All Along The Watchtower’ and ‘Purple Haze’ are works of true genius and I am fully behind the opinion that Jimi Hendrix was probably the greatest electric guitar player in the world.
I love ‘Purple Haze’ as a song because it is just so strange and obviously inspired by some serious sixties spliff smoking or acid taking and as such is very much belongs to its era whilst at the same time having the qualities of a timeless classic despite being over 40 years old at this time.
Now listen to the music…..
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