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coleman57 t1_j12btf7 wrote

Not weird at all, compared to the stuff he was imitating. Doesn’t make much less sense than the rest of what was on the radio in his heyday. He’s derivative and not much of a singer, but he had maybe 8 or 10 decent songs and that’s more than most artists. I can’t imagine why anyone would either hate or love his music. (Except of course for Miles Davis, who was quite reasonably pissed off at having to open for him. One of Bill Graham’s few bad pairings.)

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libertarian1994 OP t1_j12cdcw wrote

Can you give some examples of the other artist you’re comparing him to? I’m 27, so my basis for comparison is really just rooted in the cassettes and cd’s my dad had lol

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hesitant2 t1_j12u5f2 wrote

Eddie Money had a similar sound. Others might include Tommy Bolin or Peter Frampton.

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coleman57 t1_j1423od wrote

He had a song around 1969 that sounded very much like Hendrix. The riff that opens Jet Airliner is the same as Cream’s Crossroads. Another one steals the riff from the Stones’ Jumpin Jack Flash. The Joker takes whole lines from an obscure 1950s R&B song

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