Reply #15: "Are You Experienced?" most influential debut album ever or just most [View All]

[argyl]

influential album period? Anyone who's played since has been influenced by his work, whether they know or acknowledge it or not.

First time I ever heard him I thought it was the most godawful noise I'd ever heard.Hell, it was like nothing I'd ever "experienced." I got tuned in to him completely shortly thereafter though.

The music scene in London in the late 60's must have been exhilarating.Lennon,Jagger,Richards,Jones,Beck,Townshend,Page,and Clapton,and Hendrix all playing for or observing each other on any given night. And Jimi listened,learned,and with his own genius redefined the way the electric guitar would be played from the release of "Are You Experienced?" to the present.

He was twenty seven when he died and hadn't even hit his full stride. One can only wonder what he would have accomplished if he'd lived.

I was fortunate enough to have seen him a number of times in concert.Thirty six years later and I can still get choked up thinking about Jimi.