Get off my LAWN! "Grumpy Old Farts"

[Fat Freddy]

I have wondered that too, and looking at what has happened to some of the people from that era who survived, I feel it's a bit of a coin toss as to what might have happened with Jimi.

He was at the peak of his game when he passed away, cementing his legendary status. But what if he'd gone on to release additional music, and fell into one of those places where he couldn't quite figure out how to compete with the changing landscape as disco and New Wave took over in the late 70's and 80's. I'm thinking about what happened to, say, Jefferson Airplane, or several other iconic names from the 60's and early 70's.

It's possible he might have gone on to put out a few more records that ended up in the cutout bins (remember those?) and then disappeared into relative obscurity. Maybe today he'd be playing small clubs and Vegas in a comeback attempt.

But who really knows? The man was talented AF but the buying public doesn't always continue to reward that.

Yeah.....Miles Davis was another.....Genius or not....He ran out of tunes.....

I suspect that Jimi would have had trouble maintaining his status unless he'd managed to take his music beyond what he already blazed a trail with.....

What that would have been?.....Anyone's guess but it sure might have been fun finding out...

 

[beans-on-toast]

Jimi was interested in the technical side. He built the studio Electric Ladyland. His brother has said that Jimi would pull out his soldering iron and work on his guitars on the kitchen table.

I believe that he would have somehow branched out into other areas of music, put out records, toured, owned a company that sells pedals, maybe invested in Fender or Marshall, owned a chain of blues clubs.

 

[Fat Freddy]

Jimi was interested in the technical side. He built the studio Electric Ladyland. His brother has said that Jimi would pull out his soldering iron and work on his guitars on the kitchen table.

I believe that he would have somehow branched out into other areas of music, put out records, toured, owned a company that sells pedal, maybe invested ini Fender or Marshall, owned a chain of blues clubs.

Who knows....There were rumours of Jimi joining ELP back then too....Can't see Keith Emerson the classically trained and Jimi the errrm....not, seeing eye to eye on a thing, or two, though...but the tech interest would certainly have been there....

 

[BassmanPaul]

My ship hit the port of Middlesboro, England while I was aboard. Hit a few pubs to say the least. The Brits take on American beer? "wind and water"

Very true dat!

When last call is announced my baby big brother orders six or eight pints depending on how thirsty he still is. His brew of choice is a ‘Golden’ which is half a pint each of Bitter and Lager in the same glass.

 

[Fat Freddy]

Very true dat!

When last call is announced my baby big brother orders six or eight pints depending on how thirsty he still is. His brew of choice is a ‘Golden’ which is half a pint each of Bitter and Lager in the same glass.

Your baby big brother is weird....

 

[Haroldo]

Big. Back. Seats. were pretty useful back in the day. Still could be.

What's the best color ink for metal?

That forum is even more anorakish than this one.
He'd be playing Gospel music at church services.

Anorakish - what a delightful word.

 

[Haroldo]

Yeah.....Miles Davis was another.....Genius or not....He ran out of tunes.....

I suspect that Jimi would have had trouble maintaining his status unless he'd managed to take his music beyond what he already blazed a trail with.....

What that would have been?.....Anyone's guess but it sure might have been fun finding out...

If my completely unreliable memory serves, there were rumours of a Miles-Jimi collaboration. That would have been stunning, I think.

 

[GwenOnBass]

What's the best color ink for metal?

That forum is even more anorakish than this one.

Spoken for truth. They can really pick the fly pewp out of the pepper over there.

A Karmann Ghia had a back seat too, of sorts. That's a lot of fun per pound in a car. What I would jump all over to own and drive (were such a thing real) is a new MGB GT. An MGB GT built to 2020 standards of power, safety, handling, etc etc. Sort of like the loopy SUV except actually useful and fun.

 

[El Güero]

There were rumours of Jimi joining ELP back then too

They never even jammed together, did they? I was under the impression that it was mere idle chit-chat (maybe loaded chit-chat) that went no further than that.

He went to England with Chas Chandler in Sept 1966, and he died in England in Sept 1970. From unknown, to living legend, to over the rainbow in four years.

 

[Passinwind]

If my completely unreliable memory serves, there were rumours of a Miles-Jimi collaboration. That would have been stunning, I think.

He played with John McLaughlin and Larry Coryell, for sure. Larry verified that to me in person, even. And Miles adored Jimi's thing, as well as Jack Casady's when he was with the Airplane.

Kind of wish Jimi's dad had ever felt like talking about any of this stuff when I got to hang out with him. But he wanted to talk about my band, and enjoy the, erm, scenery at our gigs.

 

[Haroldo]

Spoken for truth. They can really pick the fly pewp out of the pepper over there.

A Karmann Ghia had a back seat too, of sorts. That's a lot of fun per pound in a car. What I would jump all over to own and drive (were such a thing real) is a new MGB GT. An MGB GT built to 2020 standards of power, safety, handling, etc etc. Sort of like the loopy SUV except actually useful and fun.

Fly pewp out of the pepper. What's that phrase's origin?

ETA: I really like it. Dunno if it meets the lofty standard of "Bob's your uncle," but it's pretty darn good.

And another big endorsement of sizable back seats here.

 

[beans-on-toast]

Fly pewp out of the pepper. What's that phrase's origin?

I always thought that it was to stop splitting hairs or being nit-picky.

If there was fly poop in my pepper, I'd throw it out. Then induce vomiting.

 

[mikeoso]

Fly pewp out of the pepper. What's that phrase's origin?

Very hard to tell flyspecks from ground pepper...separating them would be painstaking minuscule work. Thus, dealing with the tiny drudgery details.

 

[LBS-bass]

Very hard to tell flyspecks from ground pepper...separating them would be painstaking minuscule work. Thus, dealing with the tiny drudgery details.

And that, my friends, is why I have a peppermill.

 

[GonePlaid]

Conga Rats to you!

Just got back from picking it up 90 miles from here. Thanks.

 

[GonePlaid]

Fly pewp out of the pepper. What's that phrase's origin?

ETA: I really like it. Dunno if it meets the lofty standard of "Bob's your uncle," but it's pretty darn good.

And another big endorsement of sizable back seats here.

My first car-'62 Impala convertible-had such a big front seat, we just stayed there.

 

[Haroldo]

My first car-'62 Impala convertible-had such a big front seat, we just stayed there.

But could you unfasten the safety belt?

 

[alaskaleftybass]

 

[SoulReflection]

Happy Thanksgiving to all...

 

[GonePlaid]

But could you unfasten the safety belt?

Safety belt? What safety belt??