Daniel, Wait a minute - I used to love to listen to his work with the Isley Brothers (Yes, I am actually that old). Jan On Thu, 2003-07-03 at 05:12, Daniel James wrote: > > I can find higher quality music being given away by the artist > > for free than its possible to find in all the archives of major > > labels (well, ok Hendrix is major label, but look, they assassinated > > him). > > Hendrix is actually a great example. Far from unknown and then > 'discovered', as most people would have it, he was playing live for > years but no-one in the industry would give him a break. > > It took an outsider (and a musician, not a label executive) to > recognise his talent, and introduce him to other UK-based musicians. > It was on their insistence that he got the gig at Monterrey in 1967, > which I think was his first big break in the US. > > As for assassinated, I think it would be fairer to say that they > didn't look after him very well. He actually died due to the > combination of sleeping tablets and alcohol, shortly after playing a > storming set in a field just outside our village to 600,000 people. > He's kind of a religious figure around here... > > Cheers > > Daniel
