Tag: Jimi Hendrix
'REVIEW: Experience Jimi Hendrix Live on 'Freedom: Atlanta Pop Festival,' Legacy Recordings
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'Bob Dylan Delivers Iconic MusiCares Speech, Talks Joan Baez, Johnny Cash and the Nashville Monopoly
In an almost tear-jerking speech, Bob Dylan brought the MusiCares pre-Grammy event to its knees, knocking his dissenters and paying his respect to the people who gave him a stool to stand on. For Mr. Dylan, who rarely makes appearance if he isn't performing, this speech came almost 50 years in the making. -
'LONGREADS: Like the Late Jim Morrison, Classical Musicians Like Valery Gergiev Take on the 'Rock Star' Persona
Something that always fascinated me were the lives of old rock 'n' rollers. Jim Morrison and Jimi Hendrix were described by my father as "exceptionally insane" as he played them for me in his Mercedes as a kid. Had I known classical music produced rock stars like the world-renowned Valery Gergiev, I may have taken up classical guitar instead of rock.