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From Hendrix to Johnny Cash - covers that changed music history

This video explores what separates unforgettable cover songs from ordinary recreations, using iconic examples like Jimi Hendrix’s “All Along the Watchtower,” Johnny Cash’s “Hurt” and Aretha Franklin’s ...
Guitar World on MSN

11 cover songs that Jimi Hendrix made his own

Once Hendrix turned his Stratocaster upon a song it would never be the same again. Just ask Bob Dylan ...
Variety

Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Tupac Shakur, Johnny Cash: Music’s Lucrative Legacies

There’s an art, and a bit of science, to managing the estates of music icons whose works resonate long after they leave the corporeal world. The enigmatic rap star Tupac Shakur has logged six top 10 ...
Los Angeles Times

Johnny Jenkins, 67; Acrobatic Guitarist Influenced Jimi Hendrix

Johnny Jenkins, a guitarist who worked with Otis Redding in the early 1960s and influenced Jimi Hendrix through his acrobatic playing style, has died. He was 67. Jenkins died Monday night at a ...
Rolling Stone

Bob Dylan Thanks Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Cash in MusiCares Speech

Bob Dylan was honored as the MusiCares Person of the Year for 2015 last night at an all-star tribute in Los Angeles, and almost more noteworthy than the concert itself – which included performances by ...