'Purple Haze' was not only Jimi's first totally psychedelic single, it was a record that would change people's attitude to appreciating and playing rock n roll music in years to come. It was a record that sounded like nothing on earth.
'Purple Haze' was the blues of Robert Johnson played through the wah-wah and fuzz pedal technology of the 60's. It was a hellhound of a sound that snapped at Hendrix's heels as fiercely as it had dogging the King of The Delta Blues. The famous opening two chord riff for example, the interval of a tri-tone or flattened fifth was a musical device that had originally been condemned as 'diablo in musica' by the sinister Spanish Inquisition. Hendrix was obviously aware that he was playing 'the devil's music' on 'Purple Haze', a song that summoned up images of mythology, sex and science fiction. Nobody who heard it (especially those that played guitar) would ever be the same again. (Vox Magazine. 1991).
'Purple Haze' was the blues of Robert Johnson played through the wah-wah and fuzz pedal technology of the 60's. It was a hellhound of a sound that snapped at Hendrix's heels as fiercely as it had dogging the King of The Delta Blues. The famous opening two chord riff for example, the interval of a tri-tone or flattened fifth was a musical device that had originally been condemned as 'diablo in musica' by the sinister Spanish Inquisition. Hendrix was obviously aware that he was playing 'the devil's music' on 'Purple Haze', a song that summoned up images of mythology, sex and science fiction. Nobody who heard it (especially those that played guitar) would ever be the same again. (Vox Magazine. 1991).
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