John Mizarolli knew how to play the song purple haze on guitar when he was just sixteen. In the sixties it was a very difficult song to play and if you had the technique you knew how to play the song purple haze on guitar by ear. He learnt the guitar riffs to purple haze by playing the album at 16 and not the 33 1/3 standard speed. That way you could hear the riffs of purple haze an octave lower. So you had to be a human sampler, no cassette, no guitar tab and definitely no guitar teacher in those days could play Hendrix tunes! Nobody knew how to play the song purple haze on guitar because to be a guitar teacher you had to be qualified in classical guitar. Now understanding the Hendrix type electric guitar techniques, the partial chords Jimi played, the indian ragas Hendrix used for soloing, the amazing sound through a Marshall Stack, the octave divider on the guitar solo etc.. was not within reach for even a pro classical teacher. How to play the song purple haze on guitar was totally and utterly alien to any guitar teacher in the UK at that time. Mizarolli had already gigged with Peter Green at the club Bumpers in Londons West End, supporting Fleetwood Mac and Little Feet at the young age of 16! Mizarolli was one of an elite few guitarists who could teach how to play the song purple haze on guitar at that time.
