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Hendrix On Rhythm

Tutor Richard Barrett | Gear used Lewis Guitar Works Pequeno Bastardo & Marshall JTM45 MkII Reissue Difficulty | 20 mins per example

IT’S WELL KNOWN that Jimi earned his living and learned his trade as a sideman before stepping into the spotlight himself, though there had already been times he’d been in trouble for upstaging the main act. To the mainstream press, Hendrix became the guitar-burning wild man of rock – the result of orchestrated publicity stunts to capture the public’s imagination and compete with contemporaries such as The Who.

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