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I was (pleasantly) surprised she went into the bag and dropped it. A masterful anthem that's a perfect blend of everything that's James Bond, but if somebody heard it for the first time and didn't know it was a 007 theme song, it'd absolutely be able to stand on its own.

Watching. Gotta say, License To Kill might be the quintessential Bond song.

My favorite thing to do coming up was comb through rap album credits and look for the ever present "Contains a sample/interpolation by...". It was a lot harder to track down the originals in the pre Youtube days. These hip hop producers were some true music aficianado's with a deep musical IQ.

Hendrix was always very quietly bothered by his lack of black fans at the time. He even tried to do a concert in Harlem to remedy this and it had disastrous results. **** shame too. As you listed, he played w some of the greats up and down the chittlin circuit. Black audiences didnt really...

Jimi also was in the great Little Richards band and Ike Turners.

There's something you don't see anymore and is greatly missed. The multi-instrumentalist. It is utterly insane how many black musicians known primarily as SINGERS from that era who were also multi instrumenalists. Guys like Barry White -- yes, that Barry White-- were playing the instruments and...

Another guy Jimi always raved about was Curtis Mayfield, a name you wouldnt expect to hear when you talk about guitar work. That's a whole nother thread. Underrated guitarists. Ernie, Curtis, and Prince definitely on the list.

Who's That Lady is some elite guitar work. Ron had a pretty good later career. Stuff he did w R. Kelly was legit. EWF never gets old.