Posted on 01/06/2005 4:39:01 PM PST by NYC GOP Chick
NEW YORK - Jimi Hendrix not only had the skills to become a rock legend — he apparently had the right look as well. A recent poll found that Hendrix had the best "guitar face" — the look guitarists get when trying to nail a high note or power chord.
Hendrix received 24 percent of the 3,000 votes cast online by the public and a poll by some 20 celebrity judges. B.B. King captured 18 percent of the vote, followed by Angus Young of AC/DC with 16 percent.
Gary Lucas (news), guitarist for Gods and Monsters, said he voted for Hendrix because he "channeled all the soulful ecstasy of the universe through his hands, and this was naturally mirrored in his face."
The poll by on-demand television service Mag Rack accompanied a contest to find the best amateur guitar face. Les Campbell of Nicholasville, Ky., was chosen the winner from more than 600 contestants.
In his photo, Campbell, a sound and recording engineer, showcases a classic headbanging, Fu Manchu mustache and Elvis Presley (news) sneer — as well as a resemblance to Metallica (news - web sites) frontman James Hetfield, according to several of the judges.
He said his entry was from his heavy-metal playing days in the 1980s with the band Jack-in-Irons.
"Guitar face is a spur of the moment thing, something you have no awareness or control over," Campbell said in a statement. "Guitar playing is ... all about energy, transferring your spirit to a hungry crowd through six strings and a wall of amps. You can't help sharing what you feel with a look, whether it's serious or maybe a little silly."
Besides bragging rights, Campbell won a trip to New York to pick up his prize, a Les Paul "Black Beauty" electric guitar and case.
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This is a 1970 photo of rock and roll guitarist Jimi Hendrix at an unknown location. A recent poll, by on-demand cable television service Mag Rack, found that Hendrix had the best 'guitar face' -- the look guitarists get when trying to nail a high note or power chord. (AP Photo) |
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They have polls for everything!
I hear Hendrix also voted for Gregoire.
Oh thanks!!
I am going to ask my friend tomorrow what he thinks.
Dana Carvey didn't place?
So . . . who's got the best cabasa face?
BB King has demanded a hand recount, and expects that "King" county will put him over the top.
When a ahole gets in my face I allways try to picture them sitting on the john, constipated, the faces that they would make... it cracks me up... the aholes always wonder what I'm grinning about.
Now there is a poll to take.
I saw Hendrix twice, once just after he quit the Monkees tour and started with the Experience, and he was unbelievable. I had come from the bands where you had two guitars, bass, drums and keyboards, and here is this trio with a HUGE sound. Then I saw him with Vanilla Fudge abour two years later, and he was so wasted he couldn't tune his guitar.
Hedrix was stoned most of the time. That's why his face looked the way it did. BB King on the other hand, can make Lucille sing without artifical mood enhancers.
my vote is stevie ray vaughn
Every guy has a very strong opinion about this kind of stuff! ;D
I'm not sure I want to contemplate that.
This is the face of rock.
You are very lucky. I was about 4 years old when he died, so I missed out on all that late 60s stuff. What a waste -- I was right here in New York, but stuck with "square" parents and was blissfully unaware of these musical happenings all around me. :(
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