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Rare Video of Jimi Hendrix on Acoustic Guitar

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Rare Video of Jimi Hendrix on Acoustic Guitar

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This is quite an incredible piece of footage showing Jimi Hendrix playing a 12 string acoustic! Fantastic stuff ((i))

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Nice find Saul . . . . 8)

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Yes indeed and looking at him in that vid so alive and with a world of possibilities ahead of him just brings home the devastation drugs caused and how much talent we lost because of it :(
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Wow ! ...that is a ver y moveing vídeo of Hendrix . The lighting and all white set brings him alive down to the last freckle !

I think what's truly amazing about the guitar ,is to what great extent it becomes transformed in the hands of different people . It seems to offer itself to individual interpretation unlike no other instrument and thereby offer glimpses into the remarkable biodiversity of souls . A very inspiring and magical tool indeed .
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I have not watched this for a couple of years. Even if you didn't "see" who was playing you could tell it was Hendrix just by the style of playing. He was pretty unique, certainly at the time. Who knows what he would have produced had he lived :think: I am sure there was much more to come.

The guitar is one of the most expressive instruments to play. Even an acoustic, with no effects other than the player's fingers. String bends, vibrato, slides, hammer on's, hammer off's, harmonics, palm mutes, different picking/strumming techniques and so much more. It's the gift that keeps on giving. (Y)
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Yes !...and an expanding universe .

The late Ali Falka Toure based his guitar style on the Kalimba , or so I was told .

I assume you've seen the video on YouTube , where a very charming and funny Mark Knopfler relates the development of his home- grown style and how the character of different guitars inspired his work .

Now he's older and filled out a bit he looks great too . Gone is the skinny chicken .
What a charming and humble man . Also another VERY distinctive and great guitarist .
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And returning to Jimi Hendrix , apparently he was bipolar, which no doubt fired his creativity, but it's also a condition which is similar in many ways to a drug addiction all by itself . There are highs then lows, so the sufferer becomes a seeker of the high because the alternative is the low . The highs can also increase brain capabilities . It's a sort of supercharged mind state .
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Ali Falka Toure, now there was another great loss to the music world :( I only came across his music about ten years ago when I heard it in a French film, L'Auberge Espagnole but, yeah amazing! A pioneer of the "Desert Blues". Love that term :)

That reminds me of another African instrument, the Kora, which is probably more harp than guitar but to see someone like Toumani Diabate play it is just breathtaking 😲

I did see a youtube video a while back with Mark Knopfler talking about his guitars and how he got into playing etc. Fascinating stuff :)

As for 'Bipolar', I wouldn't wish that on anyone. I have known three people who suffer from that condition and it is really hard going sometimes, not just for them but for the people around them. One of them is unfortunately no longer with us. If Jimi had that then it is no wonder his star burned so bright but was ultimately not ever going to last.
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I love African music . I'll check out Toumani Diabate 😃. Using a skin to amplify sound is a lot more simple than building a guitar or other solid wood body . The banjo originated from instruments of African origin brought to America by the slaves . I made several banjos but was never great at playing them . It just left me with a ' claw hammer ' guitar style 😅.

Yes there are a lot of us bipolar people out there . Fortunately taking Lithium works great for me . My problem was mostly with depression however ,but those who get the highs often won't take medication or recognize the severity of their condition .😬
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To continue on the subject of guitarists with remarkably personalized styles . There is a great new video ( well I hadn't seen it) of Rodrigo and Gabriela doing a ' Tiny Desk ' concert from their home in Mexico . ( Apparently they play Yamaha NX series guitars !)

Gabriela does a great demonstration of her particular playing style on the second track with plenty of Latin fire 😅.

While people tend to think of their music as Flamenco , they themselves only claim a Heavy Metal musical background 😂
I suppose her percussive use of the guitar top has something of a Cajon effect , although the Cajon was only relatively recently introduced into Flamenco by Camarón .

My guess is her style is pretty home-grown !
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