At Last The Beginning

This is the first of what I hope will be many postings about Jimi Hendrix. His music runs counter to what many, in the "recording industry", think is marketable. Immediately after his death, many had the notion to wave him off as nothing but a 'flash in the pan', you know, here today, gone tomorrow. Even his management team, (corrupt in so  many ways) milked his music, his image, his very essence and could not see past their own noses that Jimi Hendrix was a true legendary individual with talent that reached far beyond those, that followed his path, forty years into the future
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A guide post, a messenger, a spiritual leader, and dare I utter these words, a prophet, in musical history. I became aware of this gift of his when in 1969, my father went out of his way to purchase a vinyl copy of JIMI HENDRIX SMASH HITS, the US version, but still a great compilation album. My father was a professional musician in Nebraska and had seen musical talent since the 1930s, having been on the road traveling with big bands of that era. Guitarists were not extremely well regarded in his world. He played piano and with a bass and a drummer and could do his thing just fine. It goes to show he knew talent when it showed itself.

I've titled this post 'At Last The Beginning' because it was the working title to the opening song on the highly regarded Electric Ladyland album. Retitled as '. . . and the Gods Made Love' , it is a most creative way to open an album as rich and fulfilling as has been noted for years.