Chris Squire of Yes - Meeting Jimi Hendrix

blues970123 Says:

May 15, 2012 - I NEED TO HEAR MORE PERSONAL STORIES FROM MUSICIANS THAT MET OR NEW HENDRIX ON YOUTUBE

robertwayne20 Says:

May 15, 2012 - I'll look it up

Gregorypeckory Says:

May 15, 2012 -  That is odd, that you think that.

Gregorypeckory Says:

May 15, 2012 -  Good, because that is a comedy classic for the ages; a very funny play on words that leads to a lot of frustration and shouting, due to the fact that all the ball players (they are discussing a baseball game) have names like "Who" and "What", leading to massive misunderstandings.

Gregorypeckory Says:

May 15, 2012 - An opinion like that could only come from someone incapable of really getting Jimi's power. The solos all sound the same? Right.

Gregorypeckory Says:

May 15, 2012 - There is racism in the rock music industry, which prompted Vernon Reid to start the "Black Rock Coalition" to promote the awareness that blacks can rock just as hard as whites. Vernon is as big a Hendrix admirer as any white person, and can tear it up.

Gregorypeckory Says:

May 15, 2012 - Reading is good, but a reader isn't necessarily a better player than a non-reader. Many great players don't/didn't read. In music, what matters is music, and if you can play your ass off, nobody in the audience will hear your lack of reading ability. Nobody ever paid to hear a musician read (unless they also did spoken word).

Gregorypeckory Says:

May 15, 2012 - Seemed quite clear and down to Earth; the opposite of what you're saying.

Gregorypeckory Says:

May 15, 2012 - I didn't know he complained about it all his life. It is nonsense; the huge star got 1/2 and the sidemen split the other 1/2, so they each got half what Jimi did. That seems more than fair, given that nobody would have stayed home from the Hendrix show if one of them had been replaced, but if Hendrix was missing, there wouldn't even be a show, and if there was, 99% of the former audience wouldn't bother going. Jimi wrote, arranged, and quickly became an extraordinary studio sound-sculpter.

MrNodzilla Says:

May 16, 2012 - You've mis-read my comment,i wasn't agreeing with the pigeon brained idiot i was replying to,i was being sarcastic to someone who probably thinks Jimi's genius was just a load of noise.Half my i-pod is filled with Hendrix and the half of that half is filled up with his live music,which is blasted into me at an idiotic volume on a daily basis whilst i'm walking my dog!

annabatarowicz Says:

May 16, 2012 - noel got ripped off so did mitch and hendrix, he is still getting shafted to this day through his little brother leon. as his so called sister janie got everything and she isnt even related. when hendrix came to england he went back to seattle big. and his dad had a new oriental girlfriend who had her own kids and when she found out he had a famous son she pushed to get married to hendrixs dad. its fukin depressing

Bongofury361 Says:

May 16, 2012 - Chris Squire is the best bassist of all time, IMHO! Check out Schindleria Praematurus (The Fish) from the classic album Fragile, a piece written by Chris displaying his amazing playing!

Gregorypeckory Says:

May 16, 2012 - Agreed; those guys are great, but there are many bassists that can play circles around them, who most of the Yes and Who fans probably haven't even heard of.

Gregorypeckory Says:

May 16, 2012 - Hehe; actually I understood, but was less than clear about it. My sarcasm was in agreement with your opinion, but I was also implying that the person was hopeless, and would never get it. Be careful with those earbuds; if you're serious about the high volume, you could be inducing hearing loss. I have constant ringing in my ears from years of abuse (and not extreme compared to many people), and believe me, when you can't hear silence anymore, it's kind of a drag.

Gregorypeckory Says:

May 16, 2012 - Yes it is; hard on the bank account, especially if your gigs pay less than the cost of a set of strings!

Gregorypeckory Says:

May 16, 2012 - That is a sad story. But the bandmates are all dead now, so I won't worry too much; they can't get shafted anymore by the living. I've heard Noel and Mitch did a lot of complaining about the split while the band was together, which is ridiculous, since Hendrix did a lot more than 1/2 of the creative work, and was 99.999% of the draw; people would have paid to hear him with anyone; the same isn't true of the sidemen; as good as they were, they were replacable.

MrNodzilla Says:

May 16, 2012 - PARDON?Oops,that joke doesn't quite work through email.I know i shouldn't blow my ears off,but listening to Jimi on low volume should be against the law.A few relatives have tinitus or whatever and it drives them up the insane,ringing in your ears constantly must drive you mad.

MrNodzilla Says:

May 16, 2012 - Insane should be wall btw,if i wasn't so deaf i'd be able to read it before posting.

Gregorypeckory Says:

May 17, 2012 - Most of the time I'm unaware of it, but it is a drag whenever I notice; usually in quiet moments or listening to quiet musical passages, where the ringing is as loud as the lead instrumental voice; sounds bad, but you learn to filter it out of your conscious awareness for the most part. But who am I to advise you not to pick your poison; I still occasionally play

Gregorypeckory Says:

May 17, 2012 - Oops; to finish up: I still play too loud sometimes myself, just less often.

mick cameron Says:

May 17, 2012 - "people would have paid to hear him with anyone"...That may in fact be true, but it doesn't diminish the importance Mitch and Noel played in creating the sound of The Experience. People would have paid to see John Lennon play with anyone, but that doesn't diminish The Beatles in any way or make Ringo a "sideman". Mitch and Noel were members of The Experience, they were never sidemen, & the British vocalharmonies and the musicalchemistry they shared with Jimi was the sound of 1 in a million.

Gregorypeckory Says:

May 18, 2012 - The point wasn't to dismiss the mighty rhythm section of the JHE. The point is, for those guys to whine about Hendrix getting half the profits of the band, shows they grossly overestimated their own importance relative to Jimi. The Beatles are worlds different in regard to the relative contributions of the members. Jimi's creative role in his band was like John, Paul, George and George Martin combined. He was the engine; so for him to only take half was quite generous.

Gregorypeckory Says:

May 18, 2012 - Also, while I agree that Mitch and Noel were excellent sidemen, the fact is, they were sidemen; the band wasn't the "Mitch Noel and Jimi Experience", and rightly so; look who wrote, arranged, did lead vocals and guitar, and had a heavy hand in engineering and production, while the sidemen were complaining that it was taking too long. What they complained of is partly what made Jimi so great, and instead of celebrating their luck in seeing the master work, they moaned about having to wait.

charmingasalways Says:

May 27, 2012 - that's very true...seems very unfair, doesn't it?

charmingasalways Says:

May 27, 2012 - Chris seems like such a nice man.