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Rock & Roll Heaven: How they would look today, If they still were alive?

Rock & Roll Heaven: How they would look today

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What might some of the rock ‘n’ roll era’s greatest stars have achieved and what might they look like now, if they had not died before their time? To explore these tantalizing questions, Sachs Media Group partnered with photo restoration and manipulation company Phojoe to create this gallery of images. It is a heartfelt tribute to the memory of beloved artists who helped shape generations of music fans, in order to keep their memory alive for future generations.

Below each image is a brief biography of the music superstar, along with expert insights from two noted musicologists. Toggle how the images are displayed by choosing a different view below:

Jimi Hendrix (November 27, 1942 – September 18, 1970) Widely hailed as rock’s greatest electric guitarist, Jimi Hendrix had an impact on the music industry this is still felt today. His first album, Are You Experienced, featured songs that would come to define a generation, including “Purple Haze,” “The Wind Cries Mary” and “Foxey Lady.” The left-handed guitarist built his own recording studio, Electric Lady Studios, in the late 1960s, and closed the legendary Woodstock Music and Art Festival in August 1969. Sadly, Hendrix succumbed to drugs, dying of an overdose in 1971 at the age of 27. Jimi Hendrix was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as part of the Jimi Hendrix Experience in 1992.

Insights by Dr. Reebee Garofalo and Elijah Wald: “At the time of his death, Hendrix had become frustrated with the limitations of rock and was discussing a duet project with Miles Davis. This would have opened up new worlds to both artists, and could have been the defining masterpiece of jazz-rock fusion. He would also undoubtedly have continued his innovative explorations of new sound technologies, and created increasingly complex and ambitious long-form compositions. Though in the process he would have moved further from the hit-focused rock-pop mainstream, he would have provided a bridge between the funk-jazz of Parliament and the growing experimental rock movement, and could now be reigning as the pioneer, father figure and supreme master of the jam-band scene.”

  • Dr. Reebee Garofalo, a professor emeritus at the University of Massachusetts Boston, where he taught for 33 years. Dr. Garofalo is an internationally known scholar of popular music studies who has written numerous articles on music and politics, racism, censorship and the globalization of the music industry. Among his recent publications is Rockin’ Out: Popular Music in the U.S.A.
  • Elijah Wald, a musician and frequent writer about music, including more than ten years as world music writer for the Boston Globe. In recent years he has written books on such diverse subjects as Delta blues, Mexican drug ballads, hitchhiking and a broad social history of American popular music. He has authored eleven books, including How the Beatles Destroyed Rock ’n’ Roll: An Alternative History of American Popular Music.

For more information or an interview on this project, contact:   Herbie Thiele / 850-222-1996

Source: http://sachsmedia.com/rockheaven/

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