Jim Duff Music Blog

Growing up in Kentucky, Jim Duff counted the legends of traditional Country music as his heroes. Artists like Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristofferson and Townes Van Zandt made a huge impact on the young songwriter and helped shape his sound. However, music was not his only talent and life took him in another direction for a while.


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Saturday, March 3, 2012

SOLOING STRATEGIES: Jimi Hendrix


Sure, Jimi Hendrix was known for being a strange, outta-sight cat and a wild, eccentric guitarist. But look past all the psychedelic mayhem and you’ll find some of the most beautifully melodic, rhythmically complex, and harmonically uncanny solos in rock. “Purple Haze” may feature some of the most fuzzed-out sounds on the planet but it also boasts a mini-masterpiece of an introduction as well as an E-Dorian solo to die for. “Third Stone From the Sun” is about as psychedelic as it gets but it also contains one of the most memorable octave riffs in the annals of rock.


SOLOING STRATEGIES: Jimi Hendrix

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