Jimi Hendrix in Archives?

I really think that the Jimi Hendrix Experience should be in the Archives under Psychedelic/Space Rock. Though they are not really prog as many would define with odd time signatures, mellotrons, and concept albums, they are very different and "progress" to levels that artists today can still not reach. I've been listening to Electric Ladyland and alot of the long psychedelic soundscapes and jams remind me of the space trips of Pink Floyd or even the modern Mars Volta. So why not Hendrix? He was one of the leading contributers in progressing and evolving the electric guitar into a living, breathing entity... and he's one of the fathers of psychedelic and space rock. So again I ask... why not the Jimi Hendrix Experience in the Archives??? Am i crazy for thinking so?

I say no, but what do I know?

No, no he shouldn't.  He's a great musician, great guitarist, One of my favorites. He touched on "psychedelic" rock, yes, but he was no prog artist.

WOW! EL OSO... i cant believe you agree with me. I thought everyone was gonna shut me down for saying that about Hendrix, but he totally is a progressive artist.

stonebeard wrote: No. There is a classic rock genre.

I spit at your label, there's no such thing.

Yes artists like Jimi Hendrix are ignored Prog-wise for some reason, don't know why, I mean the 60s is where it all began if it wern't for the Psychedelic/Proto prog bands where would Prog be.

In my eyes proper Psychedelic and Progressive are in the same league.

Jimi Hendrix PROGRESSIVE yes he is, PROG no because PROG was an era in PROGRESSIVE music (1969-1979), otherwise in all it is PROGRESSIVE.

I would like to see Hendrix added for that purpose, plus he is a talented Guitarist/Artist.

That's what I believe PROG is anyway!

1965-1969 - Psychedelia/Proto-Progressive rock era.

1969-1979 - Art Rock/Prog Rock era. (PROG)

1979-1988 - Neo Progreesive rock era.

1988-current - Post Progressive Rock era

in a whole I beleive it fit all into PROGRESSIVE Rock.

If he should be added, I think his 1st album could be proto prog, or maybe prgo related would be better category for his whole discografia...

It's that old chestnut - the difference between progressive music and Progressive Rock.

It's not too hard to get your head around - it's the difference between the bands that are at the very core of Prog Rock (Genesis, Yes, ELP, KC, Jethro Tull, Pink Floyd, Gentle Giant, Gong and Soft Machine) and "straight" rock.

In the late 1960's - early 1970s, there were a plethora of musicians producing very progressive music, Hendrix being among them.

What makes their music so different from Progressive Rock is that they experimented and progressed within a narrow and quite specific field, while Progressive Rock bands experimented in such wide fields that their style of music was immediately identifiable to the band.

Hendrix was a blues virtuoso - the blues were his roots, and his overall style was blues tinged with jazz-style experimentation. Again, this type of experimentation was nothing new - almost everyone in blues was doing this; consider John Mayall's Blues Breakers, and the string of "Progressive Blues" albums released on Decca in the late 1960s.

Jazz-type experimentation was also part of the thrust of psychedelia - which was essentially a mix of folk, blues and jazz.

The focus of Progressive Rock was not so much on the improvisation, although that played an important part; It was more on producing pieces of music that sounded as if they'd been made up or improvised on the spot, but in actual fact were carefully crafted compositions. The idea was not to just jam away and apply new playing techniques, and sonic soundscapes, but to explore all facets of music-writing and production in an attempt to create something new.

The "Classic" prog bands created new approaches to rock often drawing influences from "Classical" music in order to lend creedence to their extravagances, while Hendrix "merely" pushed the boundaries of his chosen style and was always honest and modest about being one of the greatest and most influential guitarists of all time.

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