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Allmusic critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine considers "From Hank to Hendrix" to be one of Young's best songs. [13] In 2014, the editors of Rolling Stone ranked "From Hank to Hendrix" as Neil Young's 20th greatest song of all time. [2] A Rolling Stone reader poll in 2016 ranked "From Hank to Hendrix" as Young's 9th best song since 1979. [11]
In 2015, Davis, as a member of Hank Ballard & the Midnighters, was inducted into the Rhythm and Blues Music Hall of Fame. [ 23 ] To celebrate John Lee Hooker's 100th birthday anniversary in 2017, Davis joined drummer Muruga Booker , P-Funk guitarist Tony "Strat" Thomas , bassist John Sauter , and singer Misty Love to form the Booker Blues All ...
It is the soundtrack to the Martin Scorsese PBS documentary series The Blues. [2] The box set attempts to present a history of the blues from the dawning of recorded music to the present day. It offers a survey of many different blues subgenres and tangential music styles, as well as a survey of almost all the most notable blues performers over ...
"Hear My Train A Comin'" (alternatively titled "Get My Heart Back Together") is a blues-based song written by Jimi Hendrix. Lyrically, it was inspired by earlier American spirituals and blues songs which use a train metaphor to represent salvation. Hendrix recorded the song in live, studio, and impromptu settings several times between 1967 and ...
Matthews, co-writer of the classic blues song "Breaking Up Somebody's Home", called Lee the consummate sideman. Lee's distinctive complementary rhythm and lead style can be heard on nine of the eleven songs on Matthews' CD. Larry Lee lived in Memphis, Tennessee and played in the regional rock/blues/R&B outfit Elmo and the Shades. Lee was a ...
Jimi Hendrix (1942–1970) was an American musician who recorded over 170 different songs during his career from 1966 to 1970. Often considered one of the most accomplished and influential electric guitarists, Hendrix wrote most of his own material in a variety of styles. [ 1 ]
Blues is a compilation album of blues songs recorded by American singer/songwriter/musician Jimi Hendrix. Compiled by interim Hendrix producer Alan Douglas, it was released April 26, 1994, by MCA Records. The album contains eleven songs recorded by Hendrix between 1966 and 1970, six of which were previously unreleased.
Stevie Ray Vaughan, a devotee of Hendrix, used the chord extensively. For example, the main riff of his song "Scuttle Buttin'" uses both the E 7 ♯ 9 and the B 7 ♯ 9 as part of a 12-bar blues progression. [28] Johnny Winter referred to it as the "Hold It" chord after the Bill Doggett song. [29] This was also a name used by John Scofield. [30]