Word: hendrix
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When Prince introduced his carbolic combination of Jimi Hendrix guitar overkill and contemporary dance rhythms, he seemed like just the man to take the musical past into the future. Recently, though, he seems stuck in his own deep groove. Graffiti Bridge, his newest album, is by turns intrepid and retrograde, bold and silly. That's not necessarily an unusual mix for Prince, but what's new -- and increasingly troublesome -- is his reliance on retreaded riffs and shopworn memories. Graffiti Bridge, the movie for which the album is the sound track, looks loopy, narcissistic and generally dispirited. It continues Prince...
...Paganini, or maybe the Jimi Hendrix, of the five-string banjo recalls the first time he heard that instrument. "I was four or five years old," says Bela Fleck. "My brother and I were on my grandparents' bed watching TV when The Beverly Hillbillies came on. The theme music started, and I had no idea it was the banjo. It was Earl Scruggs in his prime. I only remember hearing something beautiful. It called...
...hordes of wholesome, right-thinking people among The Crimson's readership dismiss my perverted idealism, let them entertain for a moment the suggestion that probably some of their favorite bands--some of the greatest bands of all time--are often regarded as heavy metal. I need mention only Jimi Hendrix, Aerosmith and Led Zeppelin to make the point. These acts are among the creme de la creme of rock 'n roll, bands and artists that serve as yardsticks for all of rock music today, not just heavy metal...
...tracking down the accuracy of the section falls to reporter-researcher David Ellis. Known to colleagues as "Mr. Insider," Ellis has a keen ear for odd information and irreverent observation and is a storehouse of facts about the famous and infamous. He fondly recalls, for example, that Jimi Hendrix had a disastrous turn as an opening act for the Monkees in 1967. As comfortable with sports trivia as he is with political arcana, Ellis considers 1972 a noteworthy year because a New York Yankee (Rich McKinney) made four errors in one game and Archie Bunker received a vote for Vice...
...story of the game was Gahan, who added a breakaway assist on a Salton goal to her double hat trick plus one. She terrorized MIT netminder Julia Hendrix from the point throughout the game, and added a first-quarter penalty shot and a third-period tally from down...