re: #108 makeitstop

True.

But ‘Little Wing’ is one song (the intro and solo in particular) where you could put 500 guitarists in a room, and they’d all play it in their own limited way (because Jimi was an alien whose style could not be duplicated) and they’d all swear that they were playing it ‘right.’

(Myself included.)

When it comes up in a jam format, I usually excuse myself and go get a beer.

That bit I made bold type is The Truth!

No one can catch the actual flow and timing of Jimi’s licks. He had a texture that was all his and it came from the gods and shall never be repeated.

There is one guy though that might have been the closest and is sadly no longer with us either. I came across this the other day, been years since I listened to this tune (and album). They were friends too. I don’t think he ever wanted to copy Jimi, this tune might be as close to Jimi as he wanted to go. He had his own style too that not many can copy.

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