标题: [原创]当Stevie Ray Vaughan遇上Jimi Hendrix [打印本页] 作者: samj 时间: 2005-10-31 14:56 标题: [原创]当Stevie Ray Vaughan遇上Jimi Hendrix 前几天才淘到这张碟,《Texas Flood》,无意中看到里面的文案。据Stevie的妻子Lenny回忆,Stevie曾在梦中与Jimi Hendrix相遇。
原文如下:Later Stevie told me he dreamt that Jimi Hendrix taught him secret chord changes; then,Stevie said,he'd wake and couldn't remember the lessons."There's no easy ways,man,"he said."You gotta learn the hard parts for yourself." 后来,他也在《Can't stand the Weather》翻唱了Jimi的<Voodoo Chile>(很可惜一直没有听到),以表达对这位吉他大师的敬意。
就这张《Texas Flood》而言,我觉得这张专辑是十分成功的。他成功地将一个几乎不听Blues的人(几年前我一听B.B.King就想睡觉,Clapton的还好一些,当然除了Jimi弹的)重新认识到这种音乐类型。SRV的演奏是相当富有创意的,而且好听得不可思议,我过去总会认为Blues是一种刻板公式化的东西,而Jimi是改变我看法的第一人,他弹的Biues总是混合了太多太多的想法,神来之笔又源源不绝,让人"耳"不暇接,迷途不返;而SRV就把Blues这种音乐灌输另外一种清爽自然的生命力,在技法上已经无可挑剔,在听感上更带来一股强烈的冲动,依我看来,他已将Blues发挥至极致。
专辑首首都值得细听,其中那首自创的〈Lenny〉(不知道是不是写给他妻子的?他妻子也叫Lenny)我实在是非常喜欢了,那段Solo的旋律和意境太像Jimi那首〈Rainy Day,Dream away〉......像是寄托厚厚的感情在里面。
突然间有种强烈的想法,Jimi是魔鬼的话,SRV就是天使了,魔鬼和天使是不应该停留在人间的。因此......
文案中也有一段形容SRV的话,“He plays like an angel who's run with the devils,seen too many devils and seen through them to a music so fast and clean, so soft and harsh together,and piercing not because of how loud it was but because of what he played.Ome guy hits a note on a guitar and you hardly notice,you dance on,it's part of the scene.Stevie Ray Vaughan hits the the same note and it goes right through you,it's got blood and memories on it. -Michael Ventura(一个专栏作家)”