



This guy is good, real good, but there are moments in this Hendrix tribute by Randy Hansen that had me staring at my monitor with a mixture of admiration, queasiness and an intense desire to reach for the dental floss. The sight of the moose knuckle in his slacks and monolithic teeth, which as they descend upon the fretboard resemble the Manhattan skyline with guitar in foreground as animated by Jan Svankmajer and refracted through the fish-eye perspective of a Paregoric junkie, sent small acidic streams of zinfandel spinning through my glottis like liquid dust devils.

Born December 8, 1954 in Seattle, Washington Randy is a U.S. guitarist, best known for his emulation of Jimi Hendrix. He clearly has a bit of physical resemblance to Hendrix in his facial features, and carries that resemblance further by emulating such signatures of Hendrix’s style as playing a guitar with his teeth or behind his back.

This is from German TV circa 1994. And, as I said, it is good and I know I’ll be struck down by lightening for being so insensitive but….

