Jimi Hendrix - Curtis Mayfield Influence?

[msteeln]

'Jimmy' sat all day at the studio Cropper worked at hoping to meet him, finally the secretary told Steve a guy was across the street, he then met Jimi and was excited to hear that Jimi was the guy who played a certain little riff on a single by Don Covey that he loved, and they became good friends.

The new-ish book by Steve Roby, Becoming Jimi Hendrix, is a great read.

[Earle G]

Well Jimi was infruenced by Curtis on his chording but thing there were some
others that never hit the internet in their life. They were guys that played
clubs and gospel on Sundays. They most often used chord substitutions
like playing an Am7 over a CMaj chord with an arpeggios line of note
movements.

[msteeln]

It can probably be counted as true that most of the greatest players were never heard by the masses. Jimi's own family say there were better guitarists than Jimi in Seattle's hot bed of 50s/60s talent alone. Jimi had the goods, and timing finally was on his side in '66, the year he'd actually been dreaming would be 'his year'.

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[Iago]

I listened to all the "One by One" album by The Impressions today and the only report I'll make is about the song "Need to Belong to Someone" - classic "Mayfield-Hendrix-esque" rhythm playing, even the leslie speaker is there (or what seems to be one). All the other songs are too orchestrated, not really my favorite style of soul music, though "Is Not Unusual" is a classic.

You guys wanna hear some more great rhythm playing? Listen to the guitar in Al Green's "Too Tired of Being Alone" and "I'm in Love" by Wilson Pickett, recently I got Pickets' A Man and a Half double CD edition but I still have to take a deep listen.

I think I'm getting some early Al Green as well soon.