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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
--- In , "Robb Lowe" <robblowe@h...>
wrote:
> 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?
If I remember correctly, Phil Dirt said Dale told him he never
actually met Jimi, but knew from someone else that Jimi was inspired
by seeing DD playing a right-handed, normally strung Strat upside
down. I guess seeing someone else do it so well put the "should I be
doing this?" second-guessing to an end.
It's a bit different than the stories Dale tells now, but then again,
half of the stories he tells now stop just shy of "... on the seventh
day, I rested. Then I invented fire."
> Third Stone from the Sun is a very surfy tune if you think about
it, he just
> didnt double pick it...
To me, Dick Dale's version doesn't sound nearly as good as the
original, especially when he starts double picking. I'm probably in
the minority on this, though.
"Hornet's Nest" is amazing, though. The El Caminos do a pretty good
cover on "Reverb Explosion."
-Warren
Hi Robb, hi captain springfield ! Thanks for your corrections and
additions ! I think we will never know the truth about the Dick
Dale / Hendrix connection. anyway, i agree with you , third stone is
surfy one !
many greetings from germany,
commandante
--- In , "Robb Lowe" <robblowe@h...>
wrote:
> 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" <fuzznsurf@w...>
> 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
