. . . of excellent music. His main trick seemed to be the use of every possible effect, but with extreme moderation. I feel this is one of the most important lessons I learned from him: excess through moderation can be very excellent. I wish we’d all learn that one, especially the excessive imitators. I wonder if any of us will ever be able to fully grasp all that Hendrix has given us. His inspiration is certainly not for guitarists alone. Besides his music, perhaps the greatest gift he left us is freedom, a renaissance of artistic license. He blazed so many new trails and . . .

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