This guy only needed four strings.
Posted on 11/23/2011 3:33:10 PM PST by ConservativeStatement
Legendary musician Jimi Hendrix was named the greatest guitar player in history Wednesday by Rolling Stone magazine in a list compiled by a panel of music experts and top guitar players.
“Jimi Hendrix exploded our idea of what rock music could be: He manipulated the guitar, the whammy bar, the studio and the stage,” said Grammy-winning guitarist Tom Morello in the magazine, citing Hendrix’s “Purple Haze” and “The Star-Spangled Banner” as key tracks.
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RIP Jimi, and thank you.
Gotta mention David Gilmour.
1. Jimi Hendrix
2. Eric Clapton
3. Jimmy Page
4. Keith Richards
5. Jeff Beck
6. B.B. King
7. Chuck Berry
8. Eddie Van Halen
9. Duane Allman
10. Pete Townshend
They are all good (though I wouldn’t include Van Halen). And there are some others that maybe should be on the list. Even the Socialist from Pink Floyd is arguably eligible for the list.
This guy only needed four strings.
ImoFWIW - Guys like Steve Vai and Joe Satriani are technically far superior to Hendrix. And I like their work far more. Hendrix was sloppy as hell. But that sloppiness was part of the ‘groove’ he had that none have ever approached. Groove/feeling/call it what you will.
I think his influence speaks for itself and the fact that all the ‘greats’ namecheck him without prompting leads me to think that that influence is quite real. But Hendrix ain’t my thing. Vai is.
Tony Iommi
No Ritchie Blackmore. The list is deeply flawed.
No doubt. I would also mention Mark Knopfler.
I’m glad to see that the morons at Rolling Stone put Eddie Van Halen in the top ten after previously listing him # 70. That last list was more of a popularity contest with “hipsters” placing much higher than influential guitarists who were more deserving. Come to think of it and given that this is Rolling Stone we’re talking about, I’m surprised that they didn’t put Obama at number one.
Some might laugh at this but Tiny Tim was actually a musical prodigy and an expert on 19th Century music (from which he gathered much of his material). He was not the joke that many people, on the surface, thought him to be. In fact, some consider Tiny Tim (born Herbert Khaury) one of the towering musical figures of the 20th Century.
Having recently watched Jeff Beck at Ronnie Scott’s for the umpteenth time, I would daresay he makes Eric Clapton’s playing look like Jack Black in School of Rock...
I was going to post Richie Blackmore and Tony Iommi. Al Dimeola, John McLaughlin and some other jazz guys like Wes Montgomery and George Benson should be in the top 100 for sure. Also mentioned in this thread but worth repeating are Chet Atkins and Les Paul.
Robert Fripp?
Bill Nelson?
Brian May?
Tony Iommi?
What was considered Rock or Rock and Roll in his time has nothing in common with Hendrix.
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