Archive for March 28th, 2010
Jimi Hendrix possibly or probably the best electric guitar player ever, depending upon who’s doing the rating has made the music news about 40 years after his death. Weekending March 14Th, his new album “Valley of Neptune” had its debut on the billboard charts, it broke into the charts at an unprecedented #4.
Prior to this Elvis Presley had the record, having a top 5 hit 26 years after he was dead. The news of Jimi came a few weeks after Johnny Cash who has been dead a little less than 7 years ago hit the Country charts with ”American VI: Ain’t No Grave.
When you think about the music today and the fact that these singer guitar players can top the charts in their music genres to me makes a bold statement. To make that much of a difference 7, 26 and 40 years after your dead says a lot of the artists that are out there today to choose from.