I was just listening to the 12" version of Rasberyy Beret and all of sudden in my head I could hear Jimi doing a cover of it. I heard jimi in his trademark dylan esq singing style " so I put her on the back of my bike and we went riiiiding!"

I always did wonder what it would be like to hear Jimi cover Prince songs if he had lived, like Purple Rain. I think Jimi would have loved Prince just like Miles did. What artist do you think Jimi Hendrix would have been into if he had lived?

Prince
Lenny Kravitz

Y Prince,of course!

Meloh9 said:

Jazz/Fusion cats.

He and Miles Davis would've been hangin' tight if they could keep the manglers...aah...managers out of the way.


What could've been.


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Jackson Five. Marlon said Jimi dug their music.

Well, he seemed to appreciate more R&B sounds towards the end, so I think he might have liked Parliment Funkadelic. I always imagined that he'd sound a lot like their earliest stuff.

Also, Prince, Robert Randolph, maybe Outkast?

good question..
Prince
Shuggie otis
Stevie Wonder's peak years..(music of my mind,talking book, innervisions)...
P funk
and Michael Jackson..(he used to talk about enjoying simpler poppy types of music as well as Heavy stuff...I think he was open minded enough to realize that like he was into elvis and little richard as a child..other children and casual music listeners would appreciate the artistry of someone like a michael jackson during his peak years...1979-1988)

Digable Planets.

theAudience said:

They dug each other,,,from what I recall according to their bios.

I doubt he would have liked Prince;
he'd label him a "no-talent ripoff mutha-fukka"
Of course Prince would not need to exist
if Jimi lived long enough to appreciate him.

Jimi loved icke turner; they had a whole ot in common!

theAudience said:

Surely their lives crossed at some point (?)

That would be interesting to know for a fact....does anyone have any background and/or concrete evidence?

cubic61052 said:

They were introduced to each other by...



...Betty (Mabry) Davis in '69. She was married to Miles at the time.

A recording session was supposedly scheduled that fell apart over money.
According to the books, they had quite a few conversations discussing ideas for the recording.
Tony Williams was rumored as the drummer.

I guess Miles felt enough of a connection to Jimi to attend his funeral.


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theAudience said:

I am surprised ...I could imagine them both saying f*ck it and making music anyway.....money or no money.....obviously it wasn't all about the music...

Any books you specifically recommend?

cubic61052 said:

You mean books about Jimi?

'romm full of mirrors' is the most well reasearched book ever. The author spent four years and over 300 interviews putting it together. People who had never spoke before to anyone discussed the REAL jimi.

If you think jimi was a great guy though prepared to be shocked at the real man he was.

Miles wrote his autobiography which pretty much explains why alot of people think he's a piece of shit.

I judge neither of them by their personal lives.....but as artists they are both at the top of my list and I admire their talent.....

Thanks for the book suggestion!

room full of mirrors is a great book. one chapters mentions Jimi and Miles jamming together in a room with the doors closed, from a third person perspective, and the person listening said it sounded amazing.

I can imagine it did....

You know how sometimes people find boxes in storage rooms or attics of old recordings...whatcha bet there are recordings somewhere of them jamming....

Let's hope whoever find them will share...

LittleBLUECorvette said:

well, they were discovered by his former band mate Bobby Taylor who also produced the first album. The boys also meet him in the same studio they were making the first album in.

I think Jimi would have liked

Edddie Van Halen
70' Stevie Wonder
Radiohead
Public Enemy
and Prince

mikek1 said:

You need to check and see if Mother Teresa or Ghandi have any music out.
Since you're so concerned with musician's personal lives that's probably the only way you're ever gonna be totally happy with an artist.





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theAudience said:

And I ain't got nothin' else to say no how!

cubic61052 said:

Regarding Miles, this would be a good place to start...



...Miles The Autobiography


Just read these 2 recently...



...Miles to Go & Running the Voodoo Down


This has always been my favorite Hendrix book...



...Crosstown Traffic


That's if you're interested in their music and not their personal lives of course.



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TommyRoss said:

Haven't seen you in a long time.


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TommyRoss said:

Ignorance!

Ever watched penn and teller's bullshit?

Mo terressa thought people should suffer to 'learn'; she actually created worse situations for many people!

Ghandi beat his wife!
you sure are dumb

mikek1 said:

Not sure which one of us you've aimed your comment at but i'll gladly respond.

You see I give less than a damn about an entertainer's personal life.
I prefer to find my role models closer to home (parents, relatives, etc.)
The music industry is the last place i'd be searching for paragons of virtue.
My main concern is that they're good musicians, what they do off-stage is their business.

But if you get off looking up every artist's rear end...Happy Tunnel Vision.


Btw, I love Penn & Teller.
Have you already done the research and given them a clean bill of health morally?


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mikek1 said:

Don't talk to my friend that way....'dems fightin' words....
Get yourself straight and your stories correct before you post.
Anyway, this topic is about Jimi and who he would have admired as other artists, not about your opinion of artists' personal lives.

Sonny Sharrock, especially his 'Guitar' and 'Ask the Ages' albums.

Bob Marley, I suspect, Jimi would have dug also.

Lee 'Scratch' Perry

Much of what Bill Laswell has released.

Mahavishnu Orchestra, especially original line-up.

Santana, esp. in the seventies.

Frank Zappa in general, as he was another composer/ guitarist/ producer.

Early Public Enemy

and many more!

What I am noticing about all the various lists: most of the artists mentioned were his peers....their paths possibly crossed on numerous occasions.....and he probably was a fan of several.

Carlos Santana and Bob Marley... Frank Zappa. I can imagine Jimi enjoying their music.

Unfortunately, it is all just guessing.

Good suggestions.

Miles said:

I can really see jimi getting into Sonny Sharrock. Doesn't he predate Jimi in using
"fuzz"

Im sure he really dug Santana while he was still alive, both played woodstock. But I know what you mean, he would have really like 70's Santana as well.
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