Why has Jimi hendrix affected and changed todays musicians?

Question

your opinion...dont worry its for a school project.

Answer 1

Cause he was freakin' awesome. He did things with a guitar that no one else had ever thought of. He even put forward the idea of surround sound.

Answer 2

Musicians that are innovative leave a lasting impression on multitudes of musicians and listeners. Jimi was an inventor in a way. He played in a style that was obsolete before he came along. He opened doors of expression in playing that few had figured out. Sweendog mentioned Janis, Morrison, and Garcia for good reason. They all did the same thing as Jimi in their own unique way. They changed the way the world hears, feels, and appreciates music. An while I somewhat agree with the person who said Clapton maybe the greatest guitarist, I wonder if he knows that the man Clapton modeled himself after (Robert Johnson) was lightyears ahead of Clapton and he wrote a less than 30 songs in his short lifetime.

Answer 3

Because he dared to be different. He was innately talented, but instead of always doing predictable, and commercially sound music, he experimented with his sound. Many times his audience became angry that he wouldn't do his "act" for them, like burning the guitar on stage. They did not get that he was doing what felt right at the moment, instead of a choreographed routine.

If you can go to a library where you can read back copies of Rolling Stone, you will find some excellent vintage information about Hendrix. You can also get a feel for the "psychedelic" movement he was part of including the Filmore venue and the Haight Ashbury district. This will really help you understand why he was such a force and still is influential today.

Answer 4

His style, his demeanor, the fact that he was a black hippie rocker, and most of all that he died, As tragic as tht is. Jimmie, Janis and Jim Morrison all had profound influences on rock & roll in part because of their deaths and in part, because of their talents. Jimmie Hendrix had a guitar style that was almost unique. He seemed lost in his solos almost as if the music were coming from some cosmic energy source. His performance at woodstock was luminous and transindentel. He did what he was put on earth to do. Sadly he was taken from us much too soon. Janis had a voice that to this day has never been matched, so rude and course, yet seductive and sweet. She sounded as if three or more similar singers were crooning along. She will never be matched. Jim Morrison left us jaw-droped and wide-eyed with his spooky voice and poetry. He took us to a place few would talk about. He walked the line and sadly crossed to soon. But it was his treading on the final side that drew us so near, he was meant to die when he did. There must one hell of a band up there in Heaven.. Now Jerry Garcia is another Icon who took his unique and not often repeated style to the multitudes. I beleive he was protected form death so as to deliver his message.. The music of the Grateful Dead is much more than just music, it is a spiritual experience. A way for people to be saved. A way of life. He only passed when there was enough behind him to carry on. Phil Lesh and Bob weir still carry that message in their own way while a whole list of followers are standing by to preach the good music..

Answer 5

Jimi was a good guitarist, with psychedelic and blues genre. He was more of a stage showman to me. Why do people trip out over him, and he wasn't even around that long in the public eye. I think Eric Clapton, Eddie Van Halen, and Stevie Ray Vaughan were better than Jimi.

Answer 6

You mean Todays "Todays" musicians? They don't know anything about Hendrix!! They are all influenced by that hack Cobain , and a handfull of nondescript death metal guitarists with an otherwise cheesy wimpy guitar sound.

Answer 7

Being a teenager when Jimmy Hendrix was playing at Woodstock, I can tell you that his superb natural ability, signature riffs, and just all out fire and passion that he put into every performance, he certainly earned a spot as one of the greatest guitarists of our time, and all those reasons are why

Answer 8

honestly I dont' like his music at all. I really don't find him that great. And his version of the star spangled banner in my opinion is more of an insult than an honor, I mean, by the time it got to the end I was dying for it to turn off it was annoying and hurt my ears and just not enjoyable at all! That's my opinion though...

Answer 9

just know that jimi rocked, nothing more needs to be said about it

Answer 10

extra like, "what songs." so as: a million. "Up from the Skies" 2. "Little Wing" 3. "residing house Burning Down" 4. "Burning of the hour of darkness Lamp" 5. "Room packed with Mirrors" 6. notably lots the total "cry of love" album. 7. "Gypsy Eyes" 8. "All alongside the Watchtower" 9. "1983... (A Merman I might desire to turn to Be)"