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Hendrix was army airborne, not a marine. He was actually 101st Airborne -
the same (albeit recommissioned and 20 years later) outfit that the
miniseries "Band Of Brothers" was based on. After 14 months, he couldnt take
it anymore and pussed out, breaking his own ankle so he could get out. He
did receive an honorable discharge though.
As far as his seeing/befriending/taking lessons or inspiration from Dick
Dale, I've heard that several times but never saw a definitive interview of
Hendrix that backed it up. Does anyone know this to be fact?
I know DD says it a lot, but he is known to create alternative realities
quite often. I doubt he would ever admit to asking a 9-10 year old Larry
Collins to show him licks, but he did. (while dating Larry's sister.. to get
to Larry?)
Third Stone from the Sun is a very surfy tune if you think about it, he just
didnt double pick it...
Robb
----- Original Message -----
From: "commandante" <>
To: <>
Sent: Monday, January 17, 2005 4:16 AM
Subject: [SurfGuitar101] HENDRIX APPENDIX !
>
>
> Yes, Hendrix was a Hippie and Yes, he was a cool R&B/Soul guitar
> player, and [perhaps] YES he was a fellow of the instro-sound
> (especially FUZZ). In his early years he earned his money by backing
> up some cool soul/R&B artists, and 50 % of the stuff he made was cool
> and had [ in my opinion] nothing to do with late sixties
> Psychedelia ! Hey, he was inspired by the king of the surfguitar
> while being stationed as a marine, little Jimbo visit Dick Dale
> concerts and [as the legend says] got blown away by the mighty
> TWANG !--> hear some cool instro-tunes like " Three little bears" or
> the INSANE "Hornest Nest" [ a crude interpretation of the Ventures,
> sometimes appears as "Green Hornet"]
>
> Anyway, for early cool [instro/soul/garage related] material check
> out the 6 CD box ; "best of the authentic PPX Studio Recordings"
> released on the german SPV label. 50 % are shit, the other 50 % are
> coool.
>
> okay. lets get back to SURF !!
>
> greetings to all 101ers,
>
> commandante
