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                        <title>Re: Hendrix - was he really that good?</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/hendrix-was-he-really-that-good/paged/6/#post-381292</link>
                        <pubDate>Sun, 24 Feb 2013 23:59:44 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Snopes thinks it never happened at all. If it did then it&#039;s been re-told so many times we&#039;ll probably never know who it actually was. He certainly respected Clapton though.]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Snopes <a href="http://snopes.com/music/artists/keaggy.asp">thinks it never happened at all</a>. If it did then it's been re-told so many times we'll probably never know who it actually was. He certainly respected Clapton though.]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/">Opinions and Polls</category>                        <dc:creator>imalone</dc:creator>
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                        <title>Re: Hendrix - was he really that good?</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/hendrix-was-he-really-that-good/paged/6/#post-381284</link>
                        <pubDate>Sun, 24 Feb 2013 18:02:24 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[That&#039;s a half truth actually...... he said &quot;ask Eric Clapton&quot; - his idol.]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[That's a half truth actually...... he said "ask Eric Clapton" - his idol.]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/">Opinions and Polls</category>                        <dc:creator>fleaaaaaa</dc:creator>
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                        <title>Re: Hendrix - was he really that good?</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/hendrix-was-he-really-that-good/paged/6/#post-381261</link>
                        <pubDate>Sun, 24 Feb 2013 00:08:47 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[As an Irishman I should remind people of this:&quot;So Jimi, what&#039;s it like to be the best guitarist in the world?&quot; Jimi: &quot;I dunno, ask Rory Gallagher.&quot;(Though it probably didn&#039;t happen.)That Jim...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[As an Irishman I should remind people of this:<br>"So Jimi, what's it like to be the best guitarist in the world?" Jimi: "I dunno, ask Rory Gallagher."<br>(Though it probably didn't happen.)<br><br>That Jimi Hendrix guitar picks mosaic is amazing, the 70s pop-art style is just right.]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/">Opinions and Polls</category>                        <dc:creator>imalone</dc:creator>
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                        <title>Re: Hendrix - was he really that good?</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/hendrix-was-he-really-that-good/paged/5/#post-381255</link>
                        <pubDate>Sat, 23 Feb 2013 17:45:57 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[He was.]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[He was.]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/">Opinions and Polls</category>                        <dc:creator>Rahul</dc:creator>
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                        <title>Re: Hendrix - was he really that good?</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/hendrix-was-he-really-that-good/paged/5/#post-381254</link>
                        <pubDate>Sat, 23 Feb 2013 17:16:05 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Lets not forget Robert Johnson being known as the most important blues man to ever grace the death but also died as a very young man....... Son House lived on a lot longer but I would say th...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Lets not forget Robert Johnson being known as the most important blues man to ever grace the death but also died as a very young man....... Son House lived on a lot longer but I would say that far fewer people know who he is.<br><br>It's not really about his (Jimi's) early death to me though, the first time I listened to Hendrix I had no clue of his history or early death - I just liked what I heard. Possibly the best way to come to an artist I think.]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/">Opinions and Polls</category>                        <dc:creator>fleaaaaaa</dc:creator>
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                        <title>Re: Hendrix - was he really that good?</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/hendrix-was-he-really-that-good/paged/5/#post-381252</link>
                        <pubDate>Sat, 23 Feb 2013 16:14:16 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[We are forgetting that in the art world, death has always had a way of elevating an artists/performers work.  Look at all the great guitar players that are also world class that are still ar...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[We are forgetting that in the art world, death has always had a way of elevating an artists/performers work.  Look at all the great guitar players that are also world class that are still around.  I’ll start with one one that I believe had the most effect on Jimi’s playing. Look at Buddy Guy. Frankly look at his late 50’s, early 60’s performances… OK, a little bit different, but you can’t say that Jimi didn’t look up to, and study every note, and every performance he did! Does the guy bagging your food at the local food mart know who Buddy Guy is? Nope Doubt it. Look at the big names.. Page, Clapton, Beck… you could say they were at least as influncal as Jimi, if not more so.  But all still being with us, we have also seen them do bad 80’s stuff, and adds on TV, and movie scores… if their lives were cut short I would argue they would have made a bigger impact. It’s just that he has been risen to a mythical guitar player after his death. I can’t say why we as people react this way to art, but it’s been going on since the start of time. So while he was a great player… I think a lot of his legendary status has been filtered through his death.]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/">Opinions and Polls</category>                        <dc:creator>s1120</dc:creator>
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                        <title>Re: Hendrix - was he really that good?</title>
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                        <pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2013 19:09:42 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[The man was amazing!]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[The man was amazing!]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/">Opinions and Polls</category>                        <dc:creator>bondmorkret</dc:creator>
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                        <title>Re: Hendrix - was he really that good?</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/hendrix-was-he-really-that-good/paged/5/#post-380447</link>
                        <pubDate>Sun, 13 Jan 2013 06:52:59 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Seven years. He formed his first band was in September 1963 and he was with the Isley Brothers by early &#039;64. Don&#039;t mistake &quot;career&quot; for simply the output of recorded music. Your point is sti...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Seven years. He formed his first band was in September 1963 and he was with the Isley Brothers by early '64. Don't mistake "career" for simply the output of recorded music. Your point is still a good one, as seven years was way shorter a time than virtually any of his peers. You could make the argument that Buddy Holly's career was shorter but one would also have to take into account all the music he made with his family and his duo work with Bob Montgomery while both were in junior high school. <br><br>There's a lot that goes into a career. Usually the lifetime leading up to it. <br><br>Peace
As a back-up player to those other acts he played what they wanted him to play . When he went on his own was when he started to influence his peers . So you can say it was seven years ,  but it was really four .]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/">Opinions and Polls</category>                        <dc:creator>Diceman</dc:creator>
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                        <title>Re: Hendrix - was he really that good?</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/hendrix-was-he-really-that-good/paged/5/#post-380438</link>
                        <pubDate>Sat, 12 Jan 2013 23:34:56 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Well, I think we can all agree that this is pretty clever:]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Well, I think we can all agree that this is pretty clever:<br><br><a href="http://i.imgur.com/WsNO9.jpg"><img src="http://i.imgur.com/WsNO9.jpg"></a>]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/">Opinions and Polls</category>                        <dc:creator>StormyMonday</dc:creator>
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                        <title>Re: Hendrix - was he really that good?</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/hendrix-was-he-really-that-good/paged/5/#post-380430</link>
                        <pubDate>Sat, 12 Jan 2013 16:13:51 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Seven years. He formed his first band was in September 1963 and he was with the Isley Brothers by early &#039;64. Don&#039;t mistake &quot;career&quot; for simply the output of recorded music. Your point is sti...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Seven years. He formed his first band was in September 1963 and he was with the Isley Brothers by early '64. Don't mistake "career" for simply the output of recorded music. Your point is still a good one, as seven years was way shorter a time than virtually any of his peers. You could make the argument that Buddy Holly's career was shorter but one would also have to take into account all the music he made with his family and his duo work with Bob Montgomery while both were in junior high school. <br><br>There's a lot that goes into a career. Usually the lifetime leading up to it. <br><br>Peace]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/opinions-and-polls/">Opinions and Polls</category>                        <dc:creator>David Hodge</dc:creator>
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