Velvert Turner Group

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Madonna (Of the Seven Moons) 00:00 Tools
Country Chicken 00:00 Tools
Scarlet Warrior 00:00 Tools
Strangely Neww 00:00 Tools
Just Look and See 00:00 Tools
(Love Rides...) The Slow Swirling Seas 00:00 Tools
Freedom 00:00 Tools
'Xcuse Me, Gentlemen (The Fall of Atlantis) 00:00 Tools
Talkin' 'Bout My Baby 00:00 Tools
Talkin´ ´Bout My Baby 00:00 Tools
Trhee O´ Clock Train 00:00 Tools
Three O'Clock Train 00:00 Tools
Going Home 00:00 Tools
Talkin' 'Bout My Baby - Rock Mix 00:00 Tools
Madonna 00:00 Tools
Talkin' Bout My Baby 00:00 Tools
'Xcuse Me, Gentleme ( The Fall Of Atlantis ) 00:00 Tools
Madonna (Of the Seven Moons) - Rock Mix 00:00 Tools
Freedom (Tribute To Jimi Hendrix) 00:00 Tools
'Scuse me, gentlemen (The Fall of Atlantis) 00:00 Tools
(Love Rides…) The Slow Swirling Seas 00:00 Tools
'xcuse Me Gentleme ( The Fall Of Atlantis ) 00:00 Tools
Madonna (Of The Seven Moons ) 00:00 Tools
*Freedom (Tribute) 00:00 Tools
'Xcuse Me,Gentlemen(The Fall Of Atlantis) 00:00 Tools
Three O´ Clock Train 00:00 Tools
Strangely Neww - Rock Mix 00:00 Tools
'xcuse Me Gentleme (The Fall Of Atlantis) 00:00 Tools
Three O' Clock Train 00:00 Tools
Country Chicken - Rock Mix 00:00 Tools
Freedom - Rock Mix 00:00 Tools
Talkin´´Bout My Baby 00:00 Tools
Trhee Oґ Clock Train 00:00 Tools
Talkinґ ґBout My Baby 00:00 Tools
Scarlet Warrior - Rock Mix 00:00 Tools
(Love Rides...) The Slow Swirling Seas - Rock Mix 00:00 Tools
Three O'Clock Train - Rock Mix 00:00 Tools
'Xcuse Me Gentlemen (The Fall Of Atlantis) 00:00 Tools
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Velvert Turner was apparently a friend of Jimi Hendrix's, and the Hendrix vibe on the album Velvert Turner Group is almost overpowering, right down to the fisheye photo on the back cover. Turner's got great guitar tone and a playing style quite similar to Jimi. The songs are also similar to laterperiod Hendrix, circa First Rays of the New Rising Sun, but with some keyboards added. In fact, "Three O'Clock Train" starts out with a riff very close to "Izabella," then sounds more like "51st Anniversary" in the body of the tune. The really shocking thing, though, is how much Turner's voice sounds like Jimi. It's jarring, right down to the same vocal inflections. But it doesn't sound like imitation, it just sounds like they came from the same places. The songs are good, although not the equal of Hendrix's, but some of the guitar playing is great, with some good feedback and panning effects to boot. It's certainly derivative, but Jimi left so few official albums that this will be a welcome sound to Hendrix fans. Of the various myths and legends that have sprung up since Jimi Hendrix's death in 1970, one of the most enigmatic and enduring concerns his relationship with Velvert Turner, the New York born axeman who claimed both to be friend and protege of the late guitarist. More evidence comes courtesy of ex-Television guitarist Richard Lloyd, who not only listened to a lengthy telephone conversation between the pair when the Hendrix was playing in New York, but generally hung out with Turner at the time he was receiving lessons from Hendrix. Commenting on this, Lloyd says "They used to use a large mirror for the lessons because Jimi was left handed and Velvert was not. Velvert used to come to my house after the lessons and show me what Jimi had taught him" Supported by Prescott Niles (later to form The Knack) and Tim McGovern, both of whom cropped up on Randy California's Kapt Kopter album, Turner produced two different musical versions of his album with the same sleeve and catalogue number, distinguishing them only by their matrix numbers. This, then, is the "heavier" version (matrix no. 16741) with crazed, heavy solo guitar overdubs rather than the "soul" version (matrix no. 16951) with the second lead guitar overdubs removed. The Velert Turner album may be just another small piece in the Hendrix jigsaw, but it also happens to be a pretty good guitar album too. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.