sellen Posted September 28, 2012 Posted September 28, 2012 Thought it was pretty cool http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3A28-urxUd8
CoreyT Posted September 28, 2012 Posted September 28, 2012 Yes, an old friend of mine. He lives about two miles from me, but I have not seen him in ages. He does play a local bar about 7 miles down the road from me every so often, one of these days I will have to stop in and see him play. Back when I got my '73 Les Paul Deluxe we were at a party around 1974 and he was playing my Les Paul through an Echoplex, and the drummers cymbal tipped over, and put a nice nick on my Gibson by the controls. Way back then though he was not into the Hendrix Tribute yet. Back around '81 I was jamming with some friends, and Randy's younger brother Glen was playing bass for us.
Kennis Posted September 28, 2012 Posted September 28, 2012 Nice! He's really got the tone going. Always wanted to flip a lefty strat over like that. looks great
jdgm Posted September 28, 2012 Posted September 28, 2012 Believe he is mentioned in the 'Apocalypse Now' credits, think he played the Hendrix-y parts in that movie.
rct Posted September 28, 2012 Posted September 28, 2012 Yes, yes I have. Holy crap. I need to get the Wayback Machine into the shop cause I could swear it's 1982 and I just got married! He was doing Hendrix before Hendrix even left us! rct
SGSpecialguy Posted September 28, 2012 Posted September 28, 2012 Ive seen this guy before, yes,, he's pretty DAMN good !! very close to Hendrix in many respects,, not to many impersonators that I DO like, but this guys good ;)
Rabs Posted September 28, 2012 Posted September 28, 2012 Yeah hes pretty darn good.. But an upside down righty?? that is a bit odd :) (I know its a tribute but still) (and I hope he doesnt try to play with his teeth.. he would kill that guitar lol :P)
bonzoboy Posted September 29, 2012 Posted September 29, 2012 Randy Hanson is one of the few people who can really nail the Jimi vibe authentically.I read a story in Guitar Player many years ago when they did a feature on him.Randy was playing at a Jimi tribute concert in Seattle which Jimi's father Al was attending.The older Hendrix and Randy met after the concert and were chatting as they walked along to an after concert met and greet.They came to a door and Randy opened it for Al but Al motioned for Randy to go first and said"After you,Jimi." that's quite a fabulous compliment for the father of the original Voodoo Child to call him by his son's name.Apparently Randy felt on top of the world for days after to be given this kind of recognition. BTW: Randy's input in Apocalypse Now was to supply a lot of the sound effects such as bombs dropping and exploding,planes flying over etc.That was in the article also.
bonzoboy Posted September 29, 2012 Posted September 29, 2012 With regard to Randy using an upside down righty-there's a method to his madness and a reason why Jimi kept insisting on playing upside down Strats when he knew that there were lefty Strats.I do Hendrix covers and have found that an upside down Strat is a necessity when doing Hendrix songs.For starters having the vibrato arm up top allows for doing pull-offs and hammer-ons while depressing the vibrato with your forearm-as Jimi did on Machine Gun during his "air raid Siren" simulation.Also with the controls up top you can change pickups while still picking without missing a note or a beat by again using your forearm as you pick.After a while,having a flipped guitar feels natural and second nature.
Rabs Posted September 29, 2012 Posted September 29, 2012 With regard to Randy using an upside down righty-there's a method to his madness and a reason why Jimi kept insisting on playing upside down Strats when he knew that there were lefty Strats.I do Hendrix covers and have found that an upside down Strat is a necessity when doing Hendrix songs.For starters having the vibrato arm up top allows for doing pull-offs and hammer-ons while depressing the vibrato with your forearm-as Jimi did on Machine Gun during his "air raid Siren" simulation.Also with the controls up top you can change pickups while still picking without missing a note or a beat by again using your forearm as you pick.After a while,having a flipped guitar feels natural and second nature. Makes sense
slavestate Posted September 29, 2012 Posted September 29, 2012 Thank you for sharing. That was a great video.
FenderGuy1 Posted September 29, 2012 Posted September 29, 2012 I will take him on with my LTD and my Vox amp
swleary Posted September 29, 2012 Posted September 29, 2012 I swear that was Jimi until I noticed the guitar was not a lefty. Wow!
PingPongBob Posted September 30, 2012 Posted September 30, 2012 Must have seen him at least 10 times at the Golden Bear in (Old)Huntington Beach in the late '70s to early '80s. Back then he wore makeup to look like a black guy. Unbelievable show!! Sure do miss the Golden Bear. Was walking distance at the time.
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