43 years after his death, Jimi Hendrix’s new album “People, Hell and Angels” debuted at #2 on The Billboard Charts.
The wonders of mastered digital recording have been able to preserve and share Jimi Hendrix’s spirit long after his death. The truly incredible thing about good music is; it never dies.
Notorious BIG, Michael Jackson and Elvis Presley all live on through their music long after their death. “People, Hell, and Angels” is Jimi Hendrix’s twelfth posthumous studio album.
The album is a great vibe-based album with many songs simply focused on Hendrix’s unique and remarkable ability to play the guitar. In a day and age where music is mostly sampled and lacking in original instrumental elements, Jemdrox is able to remind us that musical ability is nothing to look past.
Songs such as “Hear My Train a Comin’” and “Somewhere” show the side of Hendrix we can hear in his major label albums under The Jimi Hendrix Experience. His style is unique and easily identifiable, but on this album he also has songs like “Hey Gypsy Boy” and “Easy Blues” progressing towards a more blues feel blended with 70’s rock, something truly remarkable and progressive for the time period it was recorded.
Even 43 years after his death, Hendrix is still arguably one of the best guitar players who ever lived (next to Robert Plant and Eric Clapton). The 21st century is incapable of truly producing this kind of musical originality and I’m thankful Hendrix new album revives his spirit and encourages a little nostalgia for rock lovers.