The line about never hearing surf music again was actually a dedication to surf guitar king Dick Dale, who was dying of cancer (but didn't die and later covered the song , dedicating it to Jimi).
quote from Dale -
"Jimi dedicated this song to me when I was sying of cancer. That's where the quote 'You'll never hear surf music again' comes from. For a while, Hendrix was backing up Little Richard in a bar in Padasena. He came to my live shows. Listen to his guitar slides; he said he patterned his style after me, after watching me blow up amplifiers."
@SquishyMon you are right on! I never heard that, but I believe it. You can hear surf music inside the song! That makes this song even greater knowing his intent was to pay homage to Dick Dale! The song I think it is "Apache".
@SquishyMon you are right on! I never heard that, but I believe it. You can hear surf music inside the song! That makes this song even greater knowing his intent was to pay homage to Dick Dale! The song I think it is "Apache".
The line about never hearing surf music again was actually a dedication to surf guitar king Dick Dale, who was dying of cancer (but didn't die and later covered the song , dedicating it to Jimi).
quote from Dale - "Jimi dedicated this song to me when I was sying of cancer. That's where the quote 'You'll never hear surf music again' comes from. For a while, Hendrix was backing up Little Richard in a bar in Padasena. He came to my live shows. Listen to his guitar slides; he said he patterned his style after me, after watching me blow up amplifiers."
@SquishyMon I've actually heard that one before too, about it being dedicated to Dick Dale.
@SquishyMon I've actually heard that one before too, about it being dedicated to Dick Dale.
@SquishyMon you are right on! I never heard that, but I believe it. You can hear surf music inside the song! That makes this song even greater knowing his intent was to pay homage to Dick Dale! The song I think it is "Apache".
@SquishyMon you are right on! I never heard that, but I believe it. You can hear surf music inside the song! That makes this song even greater knowing his intent was to pay homage to Dick Dale! The song I think it is "Apache".