Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site brl-tgr.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxb!mhuxn!mhuxm!mhuxj!houxm!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!brl-tgr!tgr!ron@BRL-TGR.ARPA From: Ron NatalieNewsgroups: net.music Subject: Re: Prince != Jimi Hendrix Message-ID: <8234@brl-tgr.ARPA> Date: Mon, 11-Feb-85 13:15:47 EST Article-I.D.: brl-tgr.8234 Posted: Mon Feb 11 13:15:47 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 13-Feb-85 03:19:24 EST Sender: news@brl-tgr.ARPA Organization: Ballistic Research Lab Lines: 10 > While it's true that there are similarities between Prince and Jimi Hendrix, > and it's certainly true that Hendrix was the undisputed god of electric guitar, > that doesn't necessarily mean that Prince is the new god of electric guitar. > I think that the similarities that people have been noting lie more in > the area of general stage presence and personal style than in musical style > and ability. Ditto, having never seen Hendix on stage, but having listened to him, I find nothing in Prince's music that even remotely qualifies him as an inovator of electric guitar technique.