1958 - 1974 Beautiful Rivers And Mountains - The Psychedelic ...

The Korean Hendrix (549 words)
by dangaroo - written on 11/03/12, updated on 11/03/12 (Very useful, 35 readings)
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When Shin Joong Hyun was asked to write a song praising the South Korean dictator Park Chung Hee and the so-called Blue House (Korean version of White House) in 1972, he refused to do so and wrote a song about the natural aspect of Korea called Beautiful Rivers and Mountains, a move that would make some of his music prohibited and lead to an arrest for smoking marijuana, it also gave the name to this recently released compilation of his songs from 1958 - 1974. But just who is Shin Joong Hyun? Along side Clapton, Jeff Beck, Van Halen, Malmsteen and Stevie Ray Vaughan, you'll notice a 6th name when it comes to the Fender custom tribute shop series, that of South Korean psychedelic ...