I was over at anothe music board, and there was a question regarding who was better Hendrix or Jerry Garcia (Grateful Dead). Someone answered by say that they felt Garcia was better, because Hendrix wasn't talented! :eek:

I couldn't believe anyone would say that Jimi Hendrix was not talented.

Anyway what do you think? :gossip

I was over at anothe music board, and there was a question regarding who was better Hendrix or Jerry Garcia (Grateful Dead). Someone answered by say that they felt Garcia was better, because Hendrix wasn't talented! :eek:

I couldn't believe anyone would say that Jimi Hendrix was not talented.

Anyway what do you think? :gossip
What! This is ridiculous, Hendrix was one of the most gifted electric guitar players ever!

Jimi Hendrix is regarded as one of the greatest guitarists who ever lived. He revolutionized guitar playing and made it possible for others decades after him to push the boudaries of the instrument. Of course, he was not the most technically proficient, say like Randy Rhoads was, and he could not read music, but he had such an incredible feel and used technology to heights never before imagined in his day. He was a bluesman, and took his blues technique to a higher plane. He was influenced by everything. A year ago I was at the Chicago Blues exhibit at the EMP in Seattle, which was excellent, and afterwards I went upstairs to see the Hendrix exhibit. That added so much to my understanding of Hendrix, that even early on he had the gift of guitar playing. His recording technique also added to his abilities, and he was a gifted songwriter as well.

Just a word of caution that many guitar critics have disparaged Jerry Garcia's playing (I have not heard enough of him to tell), but regardless of his playing ability, Hendrix is worlds apart. Hendrix's friend, guitarist Billy Gibbons who later went on to ZZ Top, said, "Hendrix took guitar into Martian-land."

:guitar: :ufo:

Who knows what more Jimi would've accomplished if he were still alive today? I, for one, would be curious. Nothing against Jerry Garcia, but when I hear alot of the guitarists from the past 20 years name their influences, I hear Hendrix's name come up an awful lot. I don't think I ever heard Garcia's name come up.

Who knows what more Jimi would've accomplished if he were still alive today? I, for one, would be curious. Nothing against Jerry Garcia, but when I hear alot of the guitarists from the past 20 years name their influences, I hear Hendrix's name come up an awful lot. I don't think I ever heard Garcia's name come up.


Garcia IS good, but so is Hendrix.

What! This is ridiculous, Hendrix was one of the most gifted electric guitar players ever!

:yeahthat

Actually, I'm someone that has never been able to really get into Hendrix's music, either his singing nor his guitar playing. For me his music has always seemed cold and devoid of passsion and feeling. However, I have to agree that Hendrix had a major impact on everyone who picked up the guitar after him. He probably broke more new ground with guitar playing then any other single person. I've also heard that he was very humble about his playing, not like ,say, Eddie Van Halen who is always eager to pat himself on the back.

he is amazing but he is overrated.

Actually, I'm someone that has never been able to really get into Hendrix's music, either his singing nor his guitar playing. For me his music has always seemed cold and devoid of passsion and feeling. However, I have to agree that Hendrix had a major impact on everyone who picked up the guitar after him. He probably broke more new ground with guitar playing then any other single person. I've also heard that he was very humble about his playing, not like ,say, Eddie Van Halen who is always eager to pat himself on the back.HUH?? :eek: :confused: Then who would be considered warm and passion-filled?? I can't believe the tone that Jimi could get out of that Fender Strat and a Marshall amp. He was incredible.

HUH?? :eek: :confused: Then who would be considered warm and passion-filled?? I can't believe the tone that Jimi could get out of that Fender Strat and a Marshall amp. He was incredible.

Jimmy Page

Jimmy Page
:yeahthat :nod: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :rock: Pagey was great, too!

he is amazing but he is overrated.

WTF?

Craziness. ohno:

No offense to Jerry Garcia but come on! Jimi Hendrix was amazing and damn talented.

As much I love Jerry Garcia and the Grateful Dead, Hendrix is the man! I mean come on, when Hendrix first came out, he sent shockwaves throughout the world. He revolutioned guitar playing and made it what it is today.

Modenr guitar playing - indeed, most of post-sixties rock - would be impossible without Hendrix having blazed a trail! So - THERE!

Modern guitar playing - indeed, most of post-sixties rock - would be impossible without Hendrix having blazed a trail! So - THERE!

Jimmie was in a zone with that guitar that nobody could touch. He inspired so many musicians from funk to punk. He was in a class by himself.

I'm wondering if people consider Jimi Hendrix "untalented" only because they don't understand he was a product of the blues. He was the first guitarist of his kind to fully expand the range of guitar with his experimentation and his feel. It's perhaps that people have grown up with this whole idea of "shred" or virtuosi guitar as being more indicative of talent because of the contributions of Eddie Van Halen and Randy Rhoads, more technique-oriented players. But Jimi was the first to do amazing things with guitar in the way that others would follow doing. If it was "sloppy", it was part of the great thing about him, experimentation, exploring the sonics of the instrument and applying his own technique to what he discovered.

The blues are a lot more free-form and fluid. It reminds me of 20 years ago when people called AC/DC "false metal" because they didn't understand AC/DC was strictly blues-based. AC/DC never considered themselves a heavy
metal band in the first place.

Good guitar play, terrible singer.