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...about American music without talking about Black people and Black musical forms. And you cannot discuss Black music without taking it account its edginess (think of bluesman Robert Johnson, bebop innovator Charlie Parker, rocker Little Richard, soulman Otis Redding, et al.), its rebelliousness (anyone from Big Mama Thornton to Jimi Hendrix) and the fact that edginess and rebelliousness ultimately appeals to white young people as much as it does to Black young people. That and "white music" suffering slumps from time to time made the white embrace of hip-hop inevitable - has there really been anything interesting happening in rock...
Assistant Professor of History Brett Flehinger opened the first lecture of History 1637: "American Public Life in the Twentieth Century" by playing the National Anthem--the Jimi Hendrix...
Janie Hendrix, the guitarist's half sister and president and CEO of Experience Hendrix, says the family hopes to do its own movie at some point and that a proper film can't be done without his music: "Jimi's music...
...that's the future--let's discuss the present and the past. Sept. 18 marks the 30th anniversary of the death of rock-guitar great Jimi Hendrix. When he was alive, he was bigger than life, asking his fans to "Scuse me while I kiss the sky" on his 1967 song Purple Haze, transforming the Star-Spangled Banner into an anthem of alienation at Woodstock in 1969. In death he has become a standard by which to judge the pop stars who have come after him. Although he died at age 27 of asphyxiation brought on by a sleeping-pill...
...Hendrix family regained control over the bulk of his music and has been systematically releasing archival material. Hendrix-catalog manager John McDermott says there are some 1,500 tapes--almost all as yet unheard by the public--left in the vaults. On Sept. 12, Experience Hendrix/MCA will release The Jimi Hendrix Experience, a four-CD boxed set featuring 56 previously unreleased or unavailable songs. And on Sept. 17, Showtime will air Hendrix, a dramatic retelling of his life, starring little-known actor Wood Harris in the title role...