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Jimi Hendrix
- Thread starter Gregory2Smith1
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Pevenseagull
meh
- Jul 20, 2003
- 20,686
When asked what it felt like to be the best guitarist ever he replied "I don't know, ask Rory Gallagher"
Uter
Well-known member
I've been following The Hamsters for 22 years. Got my ticket for the Komedia next month & just waiting for the Ropetackle tix to go on sale. What'll we do when they've finished?
Norman Potting
Well-known member
To save you the trouble of clicking on a thread from the Daily Mail I have pasted the list below
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
Disappointed that Steve Cropper and Wilko Johnson didn't feature.
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
Disappointed that Steve Cropper and Wilko Johnson didn't feature.
Lord Bracknell
On fire
Did anyone else on NSC see Hendrix play at Falmer? 11 November 1967.
The review, published in WINE PRESS (the Sussex University newspaper):-
‘A Disappointing Experience’
“The Jimi Hendrix Experience, one of the most costly groups yet to appear at this University, (£500), was in general disappointing. Arriving twenty minutes late and spending further time tuning their instruments, they eventually played for less than half the hour for which they were booked. A crowd of nearly 2,000 crammed into level 2 of the New Refectory saw him do mainly blues, which require from him only a minimum of effort. He did not even play all his hits, although he reproduced extremely well the difficult ‘The Burning Of The Midnight Lamp’. Even his famed version of ‘Wild Thing’ was only marginally superior to that of ‘The Troggs’. On the other hand, an unknown group – ‘Ten Years After’, - played three times as long for far less cash (£60). The dance was again infiltrated by non-students, who obtained their tickets from the College of Education.”
Brighton (Sussex University) : 11 novembre 1967
1. Stone Free
2. Manic Depression
3. Hey Joe
4. Little Miss Lover
5. The Wind Cries Mary
6. The Burning Of The Midnight Lamp
7. Purple Haze
8. Wild Thing
All for just 10 shillings (50p)
The review, published in WINE PRESS (the Sussex University newspaper):-
‘A Disappointing Experience’
“The Jimi Hendrix Experience, one of the most costly groups yet to appear at this University, (£500), was in general disappointing. Arriving twenty minutes late and spending further time tuning their instruments, they eventually played for less than half the hour for which they were booked. A crowd of nearly 2,000 crammed into level 2 of the New Refectory saw him do mainly blues, which require from him only a minimum of effort. He did not even play all his hits, although he reproduced extremely well the difficult ‘The Burning Of The Midnight Lamp’. Even his famed version of ‘Wild Thing’ was only marginally superior to that of ‘The Troggs’. On the other hand, an unknown group – ‘Ten Years After’, - played three times as long for far less cash (£60). The dance was again infiltrated by non-students, who obtained their tickets from the College of Education.”
Brighton (Sussex University) : 11 novembre 1967
1. Stone Free
2. Manic Depression
3. Hey Joe
4. Little Miss Lover
5. The Wind Cries Mary
6. The Burning Of The Midnight Lamp
7. Purple Haze
8. Wild Thing
All for just 10 shillings (50p)
herecomesaregular
We're in the pipe, 5 by 5
Not on the list but Peter Green should be number f@&king one !!
NMH
Banned
For Clapp and Page to be ahead of Beck makes that list ridiculous.
I sold a 45 to Janie, Jimi's sis. It is that rare.
Jimi was it. No more expressive than he.
Drivin' South, Look Over Yonder, Hear My Train, Voodoo Chile (Slight Return), Pali Gap, Astro Man (the long long version) and all of Cry Of Love
Lord Bracknell
On fire
Really? It's hard to avoid Arthur Brown in Lewes.
The Buttery Biscuit Base
New member
Bloody love this little known gem!
Could you imagine hearing his stuff for the first time 1965/66!
The intro to EXP, would be INSANE!
My father saw many a band back in the day, and saw Hendrix with my mother at The Dome in '68. This I'm very proud of.
Dover
Home at Last.
What! No Joe Bonamassa. Jeff Beck being below Clapton and Page. And as for other guitarists, no Jeff Healey or Gary Moore.
METALMICKY
Well-known member
- Jan 30, 2004
- 6,837
Rating guitar players can always get bogged down with subjectivity relating to your own personal musical tastes. Accordingly, its probably better to assess their impact on music as a whole and that's where Hendrix was huge. Aside from the stage persona , the world had never seen or heard that sonic marriage of strat and Marshall. For many people today that impact can be easily underestimated perhaps not helped by the proliferation of 10 years olds on You Tube doing all sorts of gymnastics on the fret board and whammy bar.
Currently, my fave piece of guitar work is Steve Vai's G3 live version of 'For The Love of God'.
Currently, my fave piece of guitar work is Steve Vai's G3 live version of 'For The Love of God'.
Norman Potting
Well-known member
That. Richard Thompson probably deserves to be somewhere on the list but, as you rightly say, it is all subjective.
Seagull over Canaryland
Well-known member
Even more respect to Lord B if you saw Jimi in '67, wow. Sadly I was a year or two too young, if only...
A lady friend saw the Jimi Hendrix Experience live around that time in a tiny venue in Norfolk and fondly remembers a) how loud and distorted his guitar sound was b) probably not helped by his guitar punching through the ceiling 'cos it was so low and finally c) that she was in the presence of something special. Among the great bands she saw live in her youth were the Beatles and the Stones. She is still a livewire if there is any decent live music around - last saw her giving it large at a Hamsters gig, so respect to her too.
Of course how could I forget dear old Arthur Brown, a familiar face in Lewes of course. However he does not quite make the all time list of guitar heroes.
A lady friend saw the Jimi Hendrix Experience live around that time in a tiny venue in Norfolk and fondly remembers a) how loud and distorted his guitar sound was b) probably not helped by his guitar punching through the ceiling 'cos it was so low and finally c) that she was in the presence of something special. Among the great bands she saw live in her youth were the Beatles and the Stones. She is still a livewire if there is any decent live music around - last saw her giving it large at a Hamsters gig, so respect to her too.
Of course how could I forget dear old Arthur Brown, a familiar face in Lewes of course. However he does not quite make the all time list of guitar heroes.
Trufflehound
Re-enfranchised
What a crazy world, eh?
Trufflehound
Re-enfranchised
If you're going down the folk road, then add Martin Simpson as well.
Interesting how the original list seems to make out that the only decent guitarist to emerge since the 1960s is Eddie van Halen, and according to the article, Eddie van Halen was on the jury who decided it. All it proves is that Rolling Stone and that clique of musicians they love to fawn over all live in a bubble.
Icy Gull
Back on the rollercoaster
- Jul 5, 2003
- 72,015
Loses all credibility due to the non inclusion of Carlos Santana. How did Keith Richards get anywhere near that list?
If I was gonna include a Stones guitarist it would be Mick Taylor
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