Re: Beck / RE: (TV) Richard Lloyd interview re. Hendrix

[Russ <russvr@gmail.com>]

Perhaps so ,but don't underestimate Hendrix's influence on Beck, Page and
especially Guy.

On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 1:47 PM, Leo Casey <LeoCasey@comcast.net> wrote:

>  A good source once said that Loyd's three main influences were Buddy Guy,
> Jimmy Page, and Jeff
> Beck ,
> with Beck having  the greatest impact (especially on Richard's vibrato).
>
> As much as Richard loves Hendrix I don't think Hendrix was as much of an
> influence as the three
> guitarists above.
>
> Leo
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: tv-owner@obbard.com [mailto:tv-owner@obbard.com] On
> > Behalf Of Phil Obbard
> > Sent: Monday, March 02, 2009 8:22 AM
> > To: tv@obbard.com
> > Subject: Re: (TV) Richard Lloyd interview re. Hendrix
>
> > One thing that's interesting for me is that none of the
> > well-known books about the 70s CBGBs/New Wave era ever really
> > mention Richard's connection to Hendrix -- not that I can
> > think of, anyway. Books like "Please Kill Me" or "From the
> > Velvets to the Voidoids" spend lots of time drawing (musical)
> > connections to the VU, Stooges, NY Dolls, etc. but I can't
> > think of any personal connections being drawn to Hendrix (or
> > anyone of that stature -- sure, Patti Smith loved Jim
> > Morrison, but she didn't take lessons from him). Yet clearly
> > Hendrix was a huge formative influence on Lloyd. Does this
> > show up anywhere in Television's sound, or even Lloyd's solo
> > work to date?
> >
> > --Phil
> >
> > Favorite Hendrix record: AXIS: BOLD AS LOVE.
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