True. There have always been rumors or reports that he was going to do something with Miles Davis later in 1970 (if we’re talking about why he’s a legend, by the way, let’s talk about the way Davis incorporated some of his style), and that could have been incredible. The blues was really always a part of his repertoire, so describing his music only as “psychedelic rock” is kind of limited. If you’re interested there’s a great compilation out there called Blues that focuses on this side of his music: it has a bunch of classic blues covers and some of his own blues-based songs like Hear My Train a-Comin’ and Red House.
I’ll check that compilation out. Thank Marley.
You probably know Hendrix was a former paratrooper? 101st Airborne. He left the military and jumped right into the rock scene.
The post office wants to sell stamps, and also attract younger generations to the hobby of collecting them. There aren’t that many people who actually write letters these days so they are hoping to sell to collectors, to make up the difference.
Jimi Hendrix will sell well overseas.
:smack:
I’m 49, and Jimi was before my time.
The simple fact is, he’s an American musician who changed music. It’s not going to appeal to ‘the kids.’ It’s a recognition of his achieving timeless status.
I agree with you, but that is how the post office thinks.
She’s getting her stamp later this year.
Just thought I’d point out that BB King (like Eric Clapton and James Taylor) is still very much alive. THAT is why he has never been honored with a postage stamp. It goes against USPS policy to issue stamps depicting the living.
Rest assured that whenever BB dies, he WILL get a stamp. But I suspect he’d prefer to let the Post Office wait a while longer.
Never mind; Euty just pwned me. 
Off-topic, but after La Bamba and The Buddy Holly Story came out I was so hoping there would be a film called Helloooo Baby.
JFK didn’t even make it 3 years as president. Fuck that guy!
And that Jesus fella, only preaching for 3 years. Whatevs.
Quite frankly, I find the image a bit insulting. It is like someone told the “artist” to do some black guy playing a guitar, and make it all wavy-druggy-looking. The visual similarity is not at all good. Being from the PNW, with strong connections to Seattle, it hits too close to home.
Bad example: they are both members of the “27 Club” (both 27 years old when they died), and Janis died only a few weeks after Jimi.
Speak for yourself!
After you pay for the stamp, you are free to take it home and lick to your heart’s content.
This is tremendous news. Jimi Hendrix is arguably the greatest American musician of the twentieth century. The only sad part is that it took so long.
I understand that next year they’ll release a series of stamps based on the Monkees.
Hey Joe. Where you goin’ with that stamp in your hand?
You really don’t realize that Jimi Hendrix is on the Mount Rushmore of rock guitarists?!? Really?
This is silliness.
(Oh, and Marley, in Post #17 you point out that Clapton started playing a Tele after seeing Jimi. I am sure I don’t need to point out it was a STRATocaster, but will do so anyway 
I am totally revoking your Music Geek card for 37 minutes because of that! And, fwiw, I completely agree about Clapton aping Hendrix, but EC claims there was no connection. Honestly, I don’t think Clapton was the same player since he saw Hendrix…)
Argh. That’s funny because a few years ago Pepsi did a commercial where a young Jimi tries to decide if he wants to buy a guitar or an accordion. It’s a clever ad, but for whatever reason I got all annoyed that the guitar was a Tele instead of a Strat. I guess that makes this a very, very delayed Gaudere’s Law type of situation.
Jimi didn’t just play strats. Per Wikipedia, he played a telecaster on “Hey Joe” and “Purple Haze” (though accepting the latter assertion is a great source of cognitive dissonance) and was photographed using a Flying-V on occasion. He also “used Fender Jazzmasters, Duosonics, two different Gibson Flying Vs, a Gibson Les Paul, three Gibson SGs, a Gretsch Corvette, and a Fender Jaguar. He used a white Gibson SG Custom for his performances on The Dick Cavett Show in September 1969, and a black Gibson Flying V during the Isle of Wight festival in 1970.”
Huh… I stand corrected. I hadn’t heard that.