Jimi Hendrix Style• Spoken/sung style comes from Bob
Dylan and country blues artists• Accompaniment style was taken from
blues and R&B guitarists• “Wait Until Tomorrow”
Style• Stage show is blues influenced• “Jimi's Apartment”
Style• Psychedelic jams• “Voodoo Chile”
Jimi Hendrix Experience
Noel and Mitch• Noel and Mitch were a key part of the
sound• “Fire”
Band of Gypsies• Billy Cox (bass) Buddy Miles (drums)• Out-of-court settlement with producer
Ed Chalpin• Two day residency at the Fillmore East
Sound• Feedback• “EXP”• wah wah• “Changes”
Sound/Gypsies• uni-vib• “Machine Gun”• marshall amplifiers• fuzz face
Sound• Fender Stratocasters• Extended techniques
Hendrix• “Dick Cavett”
Janis Joplin• Raised in Port Arthur, Texas• She began listening to folk and blues
records• Joplin often felt alienated in school
Janis Joplin• Dropped out of Lamar College• Performed in country and western
clubs in Texas• In 1963, Janis met Chet Helms
Janis• Helms owned the Avalon Ballroom and
managed Big Brother and the Holding Company
• Janis was invited to join the band• “Bye, Bye Baby” Big Brother and the Holding Company
After the Monterey Pop Festival
• Cheap Thrills (Columbia)• “Piece of My Heart”
Janis Joplin and Her Kozmic Blues Band
• “Maybe”• I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again
Mama!
1970• Pearl • “Mercedes Benz”• Dick Cavett Show