. . . universal basis. He had the bluesman and R&B soul thing in his playing, plus he was expansive in his concept of living. He created new rules. The electronics were about changing the sound barrier-the sound of the guitar at excessive volume, playing the tremolo springs. AlI of these things were about expanding outward. His life influenced the direction of the things that people manufactured. Someone told me that one of the reasons why they have PA's is because they had to get his voice over his guitar. It's only now really coming to light how many truly great songs Hendrix wrote. He created an amazing context that no one can mess with. There's a generation of people who were literally in awe of Hendrix. . . .

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