Hendrix

After taking guitar lessons for around 6 years, I've learned many Jimi Hendrix songs. In doing so, I actually discovered him. This was probably around 6th or 7th grade. I had hear of him and hear his songs but never had never known that it was him.

This is my favorite Hendrix song because of its relaxed sound. It's not high energy but the guitar work is legendary, as you would expect with him. He was always great at taking a solo guitar part and making it fit perfectly into the rest of the song. This skill was definitely prevalent in "All Along the Watchtower".

As with most of his songs, in "Voodoo Child", the guitar part makes the song. It really displays the fact that Jimi Hendrix is a God of guitar. The heavier sounding guitar and the different tuning really interests me. I really enjoy listening to different Hendrix songs where he uses different sounds on a guitar and experiments with the possibilities.