billybob Posted November 4, 2013 Share Posted November 4, 2013 This Tuesday at 9:00 PM my local time: http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv-movies/american-masters-salutes-incendiary-jimi-hendrix-article-1.1500376 2 hour... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigerwoodKhorns Posted November 4, 2013 Share Posted November 4, 2013 I remember when PBS used to just play boring music for old people, glad that they changed their format. Actually, I had two 20 year old kids here delivering some building materials and they had Jimmy playing. So we are not getting old... THanks for the post, I will look for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacksonbart Posted November 4, 2013 Share Posted November 4, 2013 Sorry tigerwoodKhorn, they still play boring music for old people, its just that now you and I are old people. Cheers 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oscarsear Posted November 4, 2013 Share Posted November 4, 2013 Having read the article it unfortunately sounds as though the documentary is (in part) going to attempt to dredge the racial aspects of the mans career. Why we cannot just memorialize the person, his music, his uniqueness and his qualities without cloudy controversy is unfortunate. I'm not saying racism was not part of his situation, it is part of all of our situations. But IMHO it would be better to celebrate the man for his wondrously creative elements and not tarnish that celebration worming hands about the downsides. Heck, PBS could do an entire program on race and mid 20th century black musicians. They'd include Hendrix, Nat King Cole and so many others. We shall see. I do look forward to the presentation. Like many here, I saw Hendrix in person many times. As an usher at the Hollywood Bowl we all got treated to the preconcert test runs by that wonderful trio. Mesmerizing - more so than most musicians of that time and genre. Hendrix was possessed of his songs, like that guitar was just another natural limb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybob Posted November 4, 2013 Author Share Posted November 4, 2013 Maybe the doc. will transcend race issues. Certainly the Experience was a hit in Europe. Youtube has/had some Royal Albert Hall performance videos with decent(to me) recordings. The faces of some in the audience gave me the impression they had not signed up for the trip, but were wowwed anyways. The reporter in the article gave me the impression, he had limited personal knowledge and was pressed to do the article, with. If he should view the doc., he may have second thoughts. Only saw the group twice as can recall. Well once Experience and the other BOGypsies. There have been many very decent PBS offerings, mostly past Austin City Limits. Example: Roy Buchanan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybob Posted November 5, 2013 Author Share Posted November 5, 2013 Friendly reminder: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gY_6VBid5VM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seti Posted November 5, 2013 Share Posted November 5, 2013 DVR set to record. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted November 6, 2013 Share Posted November 6, 2013 One of several greats inspired and influenced by Johnny Guitar Watson. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybob Posted November 6, 2013 Author Share Posted November 6, 2013 Let's hope it is worth it. Worth it for me to glimpse some Monkee scenes if shown. Finding out in this thread new stuff, didn't know. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boxx Posted November 6, 2013 Share Posted November 6, 2013 (edited) Jimi Hendrix once said that Joe Walsh could play circles around him..... (or something to that effect).... Edited November 6, 2013 by Boxx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oscarsear Posted November 6, 2013 Share Posted November 6, 2013 Very well done! My favorite Hendrix songs: 3rd Stone from the Sun, She's So Fine and Them Changes (w/Buddy Miles). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybob Posted November 6, 2013 Author Share Posted November 6, 2013 They usually do a decent job on that program. Yes, very informative, even mentioned the Monkees fiasco. Some past programs were only an hour. Glad they devoted 2 hours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oscarsear Posted November 6, 2013 Share Posted November 6, 2013 It really lacked a powerful way to contrast Jimi's use of guitar with what was the excepted rock standard of the time. Unless you were there and knew that already, the show would not have properly expressed that idea of how revolutionary he was. Yeah, I can agree with this. The commentary discussed it frequently and in some detail but it was not deeply demonstrated. What I appreciated about the show was that it did accurately capture and show the character of the man. He was humble. He was dedicated almost to a pathologic degree - to his music and musical devices. He was not inhibited by racial issues nor was his career limited by racism. As a biographical documentary it worked - it nailed the man - it nailed the times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigerwoodKhorns Posted November 6, 2013 Share Posted November 6, 2013 Sorry tigerwoodKhorn, they still play boring music for old people, its just that now you and I are old people. Cheers Aw come on JB. You didn't get it. Everything is so different, I have not changed... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schu Posted November 6, 2013 Share Posted November 6, 2013 Isnt this an old documentary? I know i have seen it before Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybob Posted November 6, 2013 Author Share Posted November 6, 2013 For those who have seen it, it is old now. Read the article in the first post let's me know this was new. Course certain clips had been seen previous of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schu Posted November 6, 2013 Share Posted November 6, 2013 I was tuning in and out between Jimi and the Final table at the WSOP... but everything I saw, including the interviews and documentary portions, were seen before by me... not just the footage of jimi playing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybob Posted November 6, 2013 Author Share Posted November 6, 2013 What is WSOP? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oscarsear Posted November 6, 2013 Share Posted November 6, 2013 Isnt this an old documentary? I know i have seen it before Noel Redding died in 2003 and Mitch Mitchell in 2008 - we know for sure that their contributions were recorded long ago. But I'd never seen them before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mungkiman Posted November 7, 2013 Share Posted November 7, 2013 What is WSOP? World Series of Poker. A 23 year old won, and took home $8.4M! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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