RIP Jimi
Missy,
That is an awesome thought,
The World is better for his life and a whole lot poorer without him.
Thank you so much for remembering him.
Slan,
D.
I didn’t realize it was 35 years ago (I was only 6 months old 
). I echo what Dub said. Requiescant in pace
Six Months Old!!!
'Scuse me while I kiss the sky
Slan,
D.
'Scuse me while I kiss the sky
Funny how many folks actually thought it was, “'Scuse me while I kiss this guy.”
Will O’Ban
Ya’all got the wrong drugs there, son. 
Here in SF there’s a bunch of fellas in the Castro District that thought he said, “Scuse me while I kiss this guy.”
Back in the dark ages of my youth, I lived in an environment when there were two choices. Hendrix or nothing. Every little last teen who had any kind of dream wanted to play like Hendrix…convince your mother that you had some talent and a vision and you would become good and you were nearly there.
I heard, around the neighbourhood, so many attempts at " Hey Joe’ and the beginning of"Voodo Chile" that I know every mistake and the sound of every cheap, but lovingly given electric guitar, in the world.
All those guitars and the boys behind them went on to do whatever it is that they did but only Jimi Hendrix went on to leave his mark on the world and leave behind a million dreams, a million wishes, and one single sound about how the electric guitar can be played.
Once again, Thank you Missy.
Slan,
D.
I know a lot of people (including my father) really like him, but I don’t really know why or what he did that was so wonderful.
Somebody care to explain?
Cranberry, it was something simple like change the mindset of rock and roll forever.
http://www.jimihendrixmemorial.com/
Thank you. I know he was really influential and talented and changed a lot. I meant more on a personal reason, why people like(d) him.
Listening to him now..trying to find some free clips for Cran..if you have to ask you’ll never know.. 
Slan,
D.
Let’s just say 35 years later his music hasn’t lost it’s impact… to me.
Samples on Amazon.com:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000002P5Y/qid=1127088592/sr=8-2/ref=pd_bbs_2/103-2520062-2147052?v=glance&s=music&n=507846
Musically, he was a genius with his innovations, style, et cetera. His personal life, unfortunately, was a far different story. He is often thought of whenever anyone mentions Janis Joplin and Jim Morrison – all three were musical giants in the same era, but whose lives ended early and tragically. They all undeniably contributed much to the culture; however, I don’t know many folks today who want their kids to turn out like any of these three young people did in their final years. 
Will O’Ban
That was a pretty common thought. And recently there’s been renewed speculation that he got out of going to Viet Nam by hinting that he was gay.
I read a recent story about his time in England. Evidently within a week of his having touched down, every guitarist in England wanted to see him. A week to the day after he arrived, he had his first real gig. A guy (maybe someone from the Hollies?) was coming out of the loo, and Charlie Watts said to him, “Watch out, it’s getting pretty wet up toward the stage.”
“Huh? Is the roof leaking or something?”
“No, all the guitarists are weeping with envy.”
The thing about Hendrix was, he had it all. He was amazing technically, a great performer, and a pretty fair songwright. But most of all, he was innovative. I think he changed rock music more than any individual or group (some writer coined the term “heavy metal” describing Hendrix’s music – many attribute it wrongly to the group quoted in my current .sig). Elvis, Chuck Berry, the Beatles, the Bee Gees, the Beach Boys – all changed rock/pop music, but none ever came close to Hendrix.
Another thing about him – he LOVED music. He was known to play for 24 hours straight, people coming in, passing/dropping out, leaving, Hendrix just kept going. It showed in his playing.
He did with R&B
what has not yet been done
with Irish TM …
Interesting. Hendrix was discharged from the military, I believe, in 1962. I think he broke his ankle during a routine parachute jump (101st Airborne) and the army let him go. I’ve heard that by that time they were tired of him sleeping on guard duty, going AWOL and all of the other little things that tend to get your butt chewed out by the folks who take the military life seriously.
But what I still don’t get about your speculation is if LBJ started the troop buildup in 1965, how did Hendrix know that he needed to get out in '62 to stay out of 'Nam? If he had even heard of the Republic of Vietnam in 1962, he was more learned than most Americans at that time.
Will O’Ban
Hendrix was before my time. When I started listening to classic rock,
I liked his stuff, but always wondered why people called him a master.
His playing didn’t seem that different than everyone else’s. Eventually, I
realized that was because everyone else had been copying him for decades.
His playing had become such a part of the music world, it was hard for me
to recognize the greatness. If you listen to enough of the stuff that came
before him, you realize what he added.
That’s it in a nutshell.
Will O’Ban