I’ve always been a great admirer of Jimi Hendrix. My dad told me some great stories about playing with him. Jimi’s ability to express himself so completely with an electric guitar is very inspiring to me. There was an authentic expression of his personality in the music. And that rings true to every generation. He wasn’t following trends. His playing was soulful and exciting and surprising. . . . It wasn’t until I grew to become a more mature musician that I could appreciate the song writing and the feel that was in his work. I learned to like the sloppiness more than any precision. What I actually appreciated about his music is that he had this reckless abandon and he would just go for it, even if his technical ability wasn’t there to support it. He still went for the idea. It was cool to me that he was such a risk taker with the sound he achieved and his record making.

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