Curtis, you're probably right, but I like the other interpretation. I was utterly snowed by that video; I'd never heard him play acoustic, nor had I ever seen that extraordinary gentleness.
So it was quite an experience, and I figured he was referring not to the blues style but to how transcendently (sorry!) he'd just played that piece, if you see what I mean. In any case, I wish he'd left us more of that... --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > And at the end he says, "You think I do that?" > > > > > > As one of the YouTube commenters says of that question, > > > "Makes the hair on my skull stand on end." > > > > Nice catch, I missed that completely. > > > > Judy, > > Since you pointed this out to me I've listened to it a few times. I > think he is saying "Dyou think I'd do that?". I think he was > referring to playing in a traditional Delta style rather than his > usual psychedelic blues rock. I really dig Jimi, but what he played > is great as much from the tradition he is drawing from than his own > execution. I'll bet he would be the first to say that. These licks > are traditional patterns. Very tasteful, very restrained, but not in > any way original. Even his tuning, C is an old school tuning, a real > tribute to the past. He tuned down to facilitate string bending. > > At first I was thinking that Jimi was saying that he was channeling > the music. That he was not involved. Since I know he was a > spiritually minded guy that made some sense. But I don't think that is > his point here. He was opening up a can of old school blues wup ass > and delighting in it being a surprise. As this is the only clip I > know of with Jimi paying acoustic it was a real surprise. > > I love the guy. I know the shoulders he was standing on playing this > piece. What makes our hair stand on end is the real acoustic Delta > blues IMO. Jimi did that tradition justice. He also nuked it all in > the fire of his original playing when he played electric. > > Perhaps this isn't what you meant at all, but I think the youtube > comment was implying this more mystical take on his statement.
