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Absorbing some Deathprod-era Motorpsycho goodness right now – listening to 1997-03-14 Rockefeller from the AADAP boxset
@mybestfriend83 – There's also the issue of being a family man and how he and his partner decide they want to control the release of information to their kid(s). This is always an issue for people in the spotlight.
@mybestfriend – It's a bit of a tradition among rock bands isn't it, to do loads of drugs but say you never did? I can remember way back when the Beatles still said they never did acid or smoke weed. I don't know about the laws in Norway, but in the UK back in the 60s/70s/80s, even though lots of people were taking acid/weed/ecstasy, it was common to keep that hidden. Nobody wanted the police knocking on their door. Even MacCartney got raided for growing weed! High profile cases like that make other artists careful about what they say and do in public.
@Black-eyedJ – Thanks for the info. Do you have a link to the instagram post?
Thanks Thomas. I think I read that article when it came out earlier this year. You make a good point!
@Thomas. Thanks. I'm curious to know more about the "huge discipline in their working progress". They feel like a band that's really focused.
@Black-eyedJ – Thanks! Really intersting and informative.
Here's what they say about Hendrix in an article on lefties on the Gibson website.
Jimi Hendrix was naturally left-handed but his father, Al, initially tried to force the young James to play right-handed. Al Hendrix reportedly believed playing left-handed was a sign of the devil. Why so? It has its roots in language. “Sinisterâ€, in ancient Latin, means “left†and also “unlucky†– in modern times someone “sinister†is un-trusted or even evil. These linguistic oddities persist. “Right†means “correct†in English, obviously. In French, “gauche†means both “left†and “awkward.†So, even in language, left-handers get a bum deal.
Jimi Hendrix tended to write right-handed – there are photos of Jimi signing autographs and writing lyrics right-handed. And Jimi did learn to play guitar right-handed, as demanded by his father Al. Jimi modified his first (right-handed) guitars for his natural leftism – restringing and changing the nut. But when Al was around, he felt he had to play a right-handed guitar simply flipped over (treble E at the top). So Jimi taught himself to be “both-handed.â€
Free’s Paul Kossoff, when he was a young guitar salesman in London, once recalled Jimi circa 1967 trying a guitar in the shop where Koss worked, and simply flipping it over so the treble E was closest to his face. And Hendrix still played brilliantly. Maybe all this explains why Jimi could play just about anything on the guitar?
@ Bartok – Thanks. I've watched that swoon-inducing Mad Sun video a bunch of times but never noticed the guitar set-up. In this case, it's clearly a right-hand guitar just flipped over – the scratch plate is at the top rather than the bottom half of the guitar. Dead giveaway. But while Hendrix also flipped right-hand guitars and could play them that way, he preferred to restring them so the bottom E was back on top.
EDIT: Thanks for the Feel video link too. Another flipped right-hand guitar.
Thanks Blashyrkh – If I have the chance I will definitely buy the Haircuts DVD.
Does anybody have any further information or anecdotes about this subject?
@ mybestfriend and JERO
Interesting comments about use of drugs in the band's work. From the output, their influences, and some of their lyrics, I assumed they must at least have used weed at some point, if not regularly, but I had also heard Snah say they're not a drug band, so I wasn't sure. Personally, I'm a toker and really enjoy their music when stoned, but I also like it when I'm not stoned. And I of course respect everyone's choice to enjoy in the way they like it.
@kjesso – No it wasn't that interview. It might have been on the En Konsert For Folk Flest video. But thanks for this one – I'd seen it last year, but it's good to watch again. As for answering my questions, I'm just looking for stuff like this video, or anecdotes or anything else any of you can share or point to that you've picked up over the years.
@ mybestfriend, Johnny and JERO – Thanks for your input and insights. All helping to colour in the bigger picture of what I'm learning about the band.
