Prince seemed to go out of his way last night to remind people he can play guitar. I didn't time it, but it seemed that a third or even a bit more of his Super Bowl half time set consisted of guitar solos. When you're a Rock and Roll Hall of Famer you can get away with that and the Purple One proved his chops. Early on I started thinking he was doing some ode to Hendrix and sure enough he later covered All Along the Watchtower, which I know is really a Dylan song but Hendrix's version is probably more well known. Extra kudos to Prince for covering Proud Mary and morphing Watchtower into the Foo Fighters' "Best of You."
In case you missed it:
Part 1 and
Part 2.
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