story was inspired by something Michael Astley-Brown, our digital editor-in-chief, said to me back in June, which went a bit like this: “I was reading our feature on 24-year-old Towa Bird, and I was— print or online — asks up-and-coming guitarists about their major influences, Hendrix is the most common (or is it commonest?) denominator — that is, once again, in terms of classic, established and/or legendary players.
