I am' huge Hendrix fan but he was not a God nor did he want to be the best. Hendrix took what blues and R n'B guitarist 's were playing by presenting in new and original artform. Hendrix also jammed with everyone not just Eric. He loved to perform and write songs, this is why he loved Bob Dylans "raw" talent so much!
Though at this time in question, as MyMoggyman puts quite literally, Jimi Hendrix lived for the guitar, he didn't just play it, it's was apart of him as much as his very soul. He wasn't just a guitar player, who pick up the instrument and played, he was a true 'guitar man'. Hence his profound impression on many guitarists including, Eric 'God' Clapton, but don't forget he found influence, and liking, to both eric clapton's and jeff beck's sounds as well, as well as those before him - buddy guy.
Jimi Hendrix isn't the best guitar player ever, even he was quoted as saying, when asked how does it feel to be the greatest guitar player alive, he responded why don't you go and ask rory gallagher. Though nor is anyone else the greatest, that's the beauty of music, there is a no greatest player of any instrument in history, even the very best guitarists offer something different to each other in turn, and to those that listen, including jimi hendrix.
@blueguitarz17 the point is that, Jimi was also an humble person. it would be really arrogant admit to be the greatest guitarist ever (especially in that period). anyway, in my opinion, Jimi is really the most important rock'n'roll guitarist of all time, even better than Clapton, for the huge range of styles that he played, for the revolution in the sound, for the vision of music in the future (when he dies was palying a kind of proto-metal/funky...;-) and for the madness of his performances.
@kristoffmcewan Yes Jimi was humble, and shy, to admit to being brilliant. Well Clapton has talked about it before. Whilst Eric only listened to the likes of the great players in the 50 & 60's, Hendrix was playing with them, that was the difference, Clapton learnt by ear, like most of us, whilst Hendrix learnt first hand, with the likes of bb king, buddy guy, curtis knight, isley brothers, amongst many others.
@kristoffmcewan Jimi was rare, he was a trend setter, only a handful have existed throughout the history of guitarists, but he was one. His first hand experience with so many rnb, blues, etc artists, in such a short space of time, he was like a giant sponge, ready to give all he had learnt back in his own big way.
Ultimately the lack of variety clapton and beck had been subject to at the same time as jimi, put them down the pecking order when he arrived with the experience.
Jimi quote, '.....some days you"ll hate the guitar. You'll throw it in the corner and promise yourself that you'll never play it again. On the other hand, you'll realise that if you stick with it.........you're gonna be rewarded!'
Jimi did not achieve his sound by selling his soul to the devil. He achieved it by nothing less than eating, sleeping, and living guitar. Every woken moment he could Jimi was with his guitar.....learning and practicing. Even at breakfast, even in the toilet..yes..even there!! The guitar was part of Jimi, it was his whole life. Jimi lived to play guitar. When you see Jimi perform, what you are seeing are the countless hours of hard work paying off. Respect and appreciate true genius.
For anyone who wants to contest Jimi's abilities, did you actually see him live? Well I did on more occasions than I can count on two hands, and I can tell you this.......Jimi was the real deal! Unlike today with countless electronic effects, and modern amps and advances in guitar technology, Jimi achieved his outstanding sound on 1960's gear and limited electronic effects (only Wah Wah and Octavia). Go get the same gear and try this and you will find out pretty quickly just how good he was.
iv never heard anythin about it but im almost 100% sure that jimi hendrix must of sold his soul to the devil to play like that,,, guitar playing like that is unheard of even till today, an all just in 2 years!! c'mon
It's easy for kids today to progress fast at guitar, just a few clics of a mouse and someone can teach you any existing licks. So now,these days, why there is no single guitarist who may be about 10 years ahead from among all others? Hendrix was, and he made it by himself without internet or dvd's.
Yep, Mike Bloomfield. Hendrix and Clapton -- why not? Good to see Ginger Baker (while he's still alive). When the music mattered. Rory Gallagher (with Taste) was brusin' too.
ok seriously hendrix was a great showman but for fuck sake his technical ability on the instrument was painfuly standard there are so many guys are technicaly far superior even alot of kids these days are better than him
@guitarreilly Hendrix has been dead now 42 yrs this year,he invented most of what he did from a technical point of view.Things he did with the tremelo bar were later used by van halen 10 yrs later.Nobody played like Hendrix at the time,guitarists of today have now had 42 yrs of practice and still can't achieve most of what Hendrix could do with very basic equipment.I've yet to hear a modern guitarist impress me as much as Hendrix still does.
@seanblessing ok i said painfully standard simply because hes worshipped like a god for his ability on the instrument but ive seen all the fucking videos and i just ask why?!
@guitarreilly : He's in such high regard because he was an amazing musician and musical pioneer. I'd like to see any of your so-called musicians play "Machine Gun" live at the Fillmore. If you think he's... as you put it "Painfully standard" that's your problem...
You're on your own with that opinion...
Have a listen to what the late "Shawn Lane" one of the most technical who ever lived said about him.
@guitarreilly You have to put things into context to fully appreciate Hendrix. Your question is valid and deserves to be addressed as such. At the time there was extremely limited media saturation. Nothing like today where we have so much media we can learn from each other at a blistering pace. So the great players were limited and all known to each other. When every one of those players saw Hendrix his performances blew their minds and because of this his legend (rightfully) grew.
@legunncat yeah fair shout im not arguing that he wasnt an amazing performer he just doesnt amaze on a technical level and i do agree about the context bit i recon if hendrix were alive today i think he would be embarassed that people were calling him the best guitar player in the world he knew he wasnt but he could write some bloody good tunes and had some ground breaking effects goin on with his guitar
@guitarreilly But he was amazing. Things just change over time. People learn from others before them. Do you think Morphy would stand a chance against Kasparov? Not a chance, but at the time he was the best. However, this isn't a fair arena of comparison because you have definitive results. You will never find a player who could wretch so much pure emotion out of his instrument with such impeccable phrasing. Jimi Hendrix changed music forever and he will be immortalized for it.
@guitarreilly ofcours there ain't such thing as a God guitar player. but hendrix was definitely send be the force of nature ( God ) to be most definitely one of the best guitar player in this world and especially at that time.
@legunncat Oh and there is one other aspect I haven't mentioned because it crosses into the realm of spirituality. I believe Hendrix to have been a Bodhisattva literally being able to cause listeners to transcend this realm of 3rd dimensional reality into a realm of more pure mind essence.
Mike BLOOMFIELD was guitar hero before any of them. He was no rock star though. All guitarists named were and are good. Some better than others. Mick TAYLOR of the Rolling Stones was great too. Duane Allman, Les Paul, J. McLaughlin, Jimmy Page, etc. They're all fucking good.
can anybody help me find a video please...its an eric claption interview about the night hendrix died, claptons saying he bought jimi a guitar and just as he was about to give it to him jimi got swept away by another group of 'friends'. Itssuch an emotional thing ive been looking everywhere for it, if anybody could help at all id be very grateful.
To all you music lovers, he sure was talented, but you show your true idiocy when you use God's name this way- applying it to some self praising musician who dies at the age of 27.
How embarrassing! Only white guys would sit around and spew all this fawning dude praise--Yes Hendrix was the best--don't make a hagiography out of it---I'll bet even Hendrix would say there are more important things in the Universe!!!
You gotta feel for Clapton. I mean, obviously he was shaken up and his ego bruised - he was only 21! But certainly even though Hendrix became the new big thing, Clapton was still regarded as right up there with him, and rightly so! In 1967 there was almost no one that could come within miles of Clapton.
Clapton just stood there? I wonder why? Was it that Hendrix ALWAYS tuned his axe to Eb not the standard tuning of E. Was he playing his personal guitar, if so it was tuned a lowered E. To E flat.
Playing in Eb on a standard tuned guitar (like Clapton was probably using) limits neck positioning and the use of open string notes. Blues players often pay in E or A, if Killing Floor was played in E, Clapton's only choice was to play high and using only closed chords.
@IamUncledeuce the guys who are recounting the story were all smacked out of thei heads at the time - and being the BBC - you have to question a) the editing and b) the fact that they couldn't get Eric Clapton himself on the show. Interesting stuff - but all to be taken with a pinch of salt.
@IamUncledeuce -Hendrix started tuning down a half step part way through 1967,a lot of the time before that he played in standard tuning..Purple Haze,Foxy Lady and a few other songs on the first album are in standard tuning.The gig he did in Paris in late 66 (Paris Olympia 18th October 1966 ) was in standard tuning.I think also he played the Monterey pop festival in standard tuning for the most part.It was not long after that he tuned down a half step and sometimes a whole step.
When I stood there that night watching Jimi perform Howlin Wolfs Killing Floor, my jaw was on my knees! Clapton could not believe it. Nobody in that audience had seen anything like it. In your life there are only so many truly memorable moments. This for me was one of them. From the day I saw Jimi perform at this gig, I kept with him in the UK the best I could. When he died I wept for three days solid. Jimi is simply irreplaceable, a musical genius, and even now I miss him.
As great as Eric and Jimi were, the Beatles wouldn't have been nearly as good if either of them were the lead guitarist (yes, I know Clapton plays on While My Guitar Gently Weeps, and it's awesome), They would have been better with Eric because he was the more versatile guitarist of the two. There is a lot more to being a great guitarist that playing fast and trying to dazzle with flash. Jimi was incredible at what he did, but Eric could do more things well.
@Maverikk68 I would agree, but you have to remember that Jimi died so young. If he had branched out into other areas, then there is no knowing what he would have achieved. Of course Eric did that, especially with the blues. Jimi was simply in a different league, and completely free form in his approach. Eric was more regimented in his style, and that fitted better to band. However, I can say that The Experience was the best power trio band I have ever seen in action, and Jimi was part of that.
@Maverikk68 There is a difference between singer-songwriter; Singer; guitar player; A force of nature (Jimmi). All of them had a unique trait, and they shared and contributed it to pop music for us to enjoy. Stop comparing them for god's sakes!
I don't understand why people argue about who's best. All I can say is that must have been a real exciting time to be alive and involved in the rock and roll scene. So many great artists who are now legends. Hendrix really set the bar and is probably the most influential rock guitarist of all time. I'd say Chuck Berry came first, then Hendrix, then Van Halen in terms of redefining the instrument. Clapton is no slouch, either. His solo on Crossroads is still my all-time favorite solo.
@governorgilf Yes I agree..it is not a matter of who was best really. Each had a different style. Jimi was an alchemist of sound, and his work was an extension of himself. Eric was a more reserved master guitarist in the traditional sense, with fantastic control and sound. Jimi truly admired Clapton too as an artist. They had both come from different backgrounds, and taken different routes, but both arrived as phenomenal guitarists. That night however, Jimi was king!
i just read a 1968 rolling stone interview in which eric clapton said hendrix wasnt very good at guitar and just exploits the english fasination with sex and does crazy moves without really playing, sounds like he was still sore over the incident
@NintendoSinceBirth1 yes....this was the day when I saw god find out there was someone better than him.....and that led to a few sour grapes! BUT Jimi had a reverence for Eric, and was not showing off. Both Jimi and Clapton were both self taught. Not so much buddy buddy, but Clapton, Beck and others followed Jimi around just to experience his magic and examine his technique. True respect between artists. I really loved Jimi's work. He was a forced to be reckoned with. I like Claptons work too.
What balls....to get up there with Clapton and do his thing. But Jimi was not showing off. In the US, when you are on stage you have to perform. In fact Jimi had a reverence for Clapton, because they were both self taught guitarists. When Chaz asked Jimi to come to England he had two questions: Do they have Fender amps? Will I meet Eric Clapton? As for the guitar, it was an inverted standard Fender (reversed) and strung left hand. Jimi could play right handed too. The gig? I was there!
I always thought Hendrix busted out more Buddy Guy, Otis Rush and Mars where as Clapton was such a student of styles that when he played Albert King or Freddie King it was a perfect recital. But like Hendrix, he was evolving right through his influences like a true improvisational master. The underlying influence on all those shredding Brits was John Mclaughlin. When I heard that Jimmy Page actually took lessons from Mclaughlin, it opened up a whole new way of looking at that period.
There is no need to compare anyonewith Hendrix. He is the only artist who is truly a god in his expertise. Alll who come after him can only aspire - never reach or surpass - the rarified air that he once electrified through those glorious days that he walked the earth.
@npgfunk Having seen Jimi live on numerous occasions, I await the day when the next guitar genius comes along to take up Jimi's mantle to aspire to even greater heights. This will come, but maybe not in my lifetime. Jimi always saw himself and his music as an inspiration to all those around him. If anything, the greatest happiness Jimi could have is the knowledge that his work and life had influenced other people to take up the guitar and strive towards bettering the perfection he achieved.
@Antimonkey125 He didn't do it "upside down". He played a right handed guitar with the strings reversed. Which meant that his string-order was conventional, not upside down.
1st is Chuck Norris, and for me second is Page, but they all are equal 'cos everyone is best in his style. It is note possible to judge this things, for example: Hendrix maybe played this one better, but if Eric would know what tune he is to play, he would probably prepare something better. Composing a great song is music, not who is better than who. If music is an competition and not emotion, it is not music at all!
Look a lot of blacks(African Americans)...were use to the blues or the Motown sound ...What Jimi was playing was blues ...r&b ...rock etc ...At that time rock was looked at as a white mans music when black created rock period...I love Jimi , my mother love Jimi then and my father also (both black) ...I just think they weren't ready for the shit Jimi had in his heart but it's all bullshit cuz music is music it shouldn't be called black music or white music...
I remember seeing Hendrix in a bar in South Seattle somewhere - just ripped off my ass wearing my Coast Guard dress blues - a very mixed audience indeed!
listen up as far as racist you need to do your history the reason hendrix went to london was because his own people literally thru eggs at him in harlem so that is what really messed him up his own people he just wanted acceptance from blacks so dont accept him now'' was a artist that just wanted his artistic freedom to play and his own people here cut him off at the hips , isley brothers all of them where jealous they didnt teach him shit'' noke cleveland.
funny funny funny just like clapton thinking he was god on guitar haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa, noke cleveland.
HAHAHA! The best part is that Clapton is a well-known outspoken RACIST (look it up in Google) and so i know he was especially jealous of Hendrix! hahaha!
Angus Young is the guitar god besides Alvin Lee because they play things people like to listen to.If you don't like that comment Kossoff is better than all of them put together if you eliminate the drama
I heard this story about Jimi and Eric so many times in those days and I always doubted it, but now with this footage I just have to go along with it. So sad that Jimi's better days were still ahead of him when Fate came calling that unfortunate night!!
@jelisa46 ...you are high...Blackmore was great...no doubt, but the music Jimi created...was miles ahead of Blackmore...where is Blackmore now???...making minstrel music...Hendrix has more soul in his baby toe...thats why 99% of all major musicians list Hendrix at the top...but I guess you know more than Clapton, Santana, Beck, SRV and everyone else...LOL...
Honestly I think this is a beat up. People were gobsmacked at the pyrotechnics, the massive wall of sound, the feedback, the showmanship, and yes the playing was great. Honestly I think Clapton was a far more even guitarist with a singing tone. Hendrix was erratic. He could play some great phrases and then follow it with mediocrity. His sound sometimes bordered on mud. In reality Clapton & Hendrix were overtaken years ago by guitarists of a superior technical ability.Who you prefer is a matter t
Hendrix is the best because not only did he play guitar he explored it technically and sonically!! he experimented with sounds and he would improvise live keeping the songs fresh! and he was around four about 4 years!!
They're both great guitarists. Clapton is only ever as good as the band backing him (which is why a few of his solo albums stunk). Hendrix has the reputation because of his death and "what could have been."
The guy in the denim jacket is Charles Shaar Murray who used to write for the NME back in the day. I remember seeing him in about 79 at the Marquee with his band Blast Furnace and the Heatwaves - great name...
Hendrix gave alot of people credit and he even adored Bob Dylan...all the greats admit and still give tributes to Hendrix and his music grows as if he was still alive and it shocks me some people still cant agree Jimi Hendrix was the best rock guitar player ever..He was many many years ahead of his time..
One can debate whether he was the actual best, but he was absolutely the most influential and the greatest. And for the record, if he wasn't the actual best, he was (and still is) in the running.
Hell, it's all subjective anyway. Jimi Hendrix honestly thought that Terry Kath of Chicago was better than him - and said so more than once. And Kath was brilliant, but was in a band that was more about jazzy brass than hard rocking guitar. I wouldn't say one was better than the other - just different, but both very good, as were Beck, Page and others. Ed Van Halen was great too in his own unique way. So just chillax and enjoy the great music.
& this is why today he tops the list of the greatest guitarists of all time. No disrespect to all the other greats. I'd say Hendrix had an edge on Clapton. Jeff beck while good, wasn't up there & jimmy page basically took what Hendrix did.
Being a huge fan of both Jimi & EC & many other guitarists.....IMHO Eric played his guitar while Jimi was his guitar...especially when JH would play and sing at the same time while doing intricate fretboard stuff....he just flowed & connected playing soft / hard whatever. So many greats but Jimi is definitely at the top of the heap past / present and all styles. We all like what we like which caters to our passions.
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Quit comparing these guys, music is music. the point of this clip isnt to show some kind of rivalry. eric LOVED jimi and visa versa they were amazing guitar players and friends. It's to show the effect jimi had on even the greatest of players.
There is a BBC Radio presentation about Hendrix hosted by Gary Moore. In it Gary frankly asks or rather tells Clapton that "Hendrix wiped the face of the Earth with you that night". Clapton's response..."yes he did".
Grow up kids . Hate to pop your pop[ bubble but your musical taste is not the indicator of some good or bad ,that's only ego talking and quite often ego is bullshitting . Try listening with your soul "Talking about music is like dancing about architecture" .
Music is not a competition . There is no Greatest Guitarist this is pollution from listening to pop radio DJ s who are really in sales and I hold Top Of The Pops responsible. does anyone remember hearing that every week ? " Hey Pop Pickers . It's Number One , Its Top Of The Pops you don't? Go ask your grand dad he'll tell you Ever since we have been getting this number one crap and all based on how many 45 s sold that week . How can one choose between Lenny Bro , John McLaughlin .........
the WAY I see it, Jimi is Jimi, Eric is Eric and I'm me, god I wish I could play like eithher one of them, but I do ok when I'm. not trying to play like them, llol, ha hha hha, who ahhhh, man there good
@478Luke JIMI DID NOT PLAY TO DISRESPECT ERIC,THEY BECAME FRIENDS THE WAY IT JIMI WANTED IT TO BE,JIMI JUST WANTED ERIC TO KNOW THAT HE COULD PLAY BECAUSE IF YOU WANTED TO JAM WITH ERIC CLAPTON,YOU BETTER DAMN WELL BE ABLE TO PLAY.
After one listen Clapton knew that he just saw greatness. Before Clapton joins Jimi on the big stage in the sky I would love for someone to interview Clapton about that moment when he first saw Jimi play. I haven't seen an interview where Clapton reminisces about that moment or conversations he had with Jimi. I'd love to hear his take on it.
Unfair matchup. Hendrix was lite years ahead of clapton. Clapton played within the box. There was no box for Jimi. Certainly not after Jimi played the the Chittlin circuit.
They both played the same genre of music so they could play on the same bill, what a great time in music. It was like guitars at high noon, I love that concept, I'm a guitarist my self and love to compete for a good sound and be better than the other guy. Nothing wrong with that, it actually nutured a healthy competion that improve the music industry. Today theres no one and nothing but a couple of half assed musos. Jimi use to play Cream's songs.
@outworldarts DOOH!!! I tend to agree...But his bands and music were always great, so I will always love him as a musician. To me, Clapton is kind of like Eddie Van Halen: Come on strong initially, then never really grow as a player...
Hendrix was a master and a Pioneer. No matter how they try, they CANT rewrite History, He was a force of nature, the guitar was an extention of him and extention of his voice, he made it look effort less, he was sent by the Gods and he delivered his message of love. He will always be number one in my book, thats soulful R&b flavour he had to the rock n roll and rooted in the blues.He was like a natural fruit, no artificial colouring or flavouring, JUST PURE!
eric was god jimi was the universal god head but i believe there is another guitar god that will go largely unknown sadly, his name is doctor darren'ray ' redden. guitarist of the now defunct despised and feared band 'the cereal killers'. like jimi a natural his effortless mastery of the instrument is staggering. years ago we would jam with him. about half an hour in the magic would start,close your eyes some nights he was channeling clapton hendrix and beck. SELF RAISING FLOWERS
Hendrix was far and away the more seasoned player then. He'd been around a few blocks. Clapton says to this day that he was learning from Bruce and Baker when he joined the Cream. Hendrix assaulted him on that occasion. It was an Aural assault but he knew exactly what he was doing. He used his physicality, the carnival like showmanship, aural contortion-ism... the complete package if you will to introduce himself to Eric who was, and still is, arguably, the best blues guitarist of his era.
@JinheneMongol As far as Santana goes, you might not like the style of music he plays, or his recent commercial outings, but the cat stood toe to toe with John McLaughlin on a whole album, and John was one of the fastest, most imaginative guitarists of his era. So on a technical level, Carlos can play.
Jimi Hendrix was GOD. Eric just a very good guitar player, but he is not a guitar hero like Hendrix, Santana, Jeff Beck. These tree guys were the most creative guitar players I've ever seen.
@alfhendrix I personally agree that if there is a greatest guitar player, it's hendrix, as he is creatively unmatched. However i think it is best not to compare guitarists and pick them apart for their strengths and weakness'. Instead, we should respect these musical legends for what is individually unique and great about their playing as apposed to criticising them, when we ourselves cannot equate to their musical ability.
@Mrjamesanonymous -- yeah, totally agree. let us bask in the sublime tones of anyone who reaches that higher plane in ability. The beauty of guitar is that it becomes a subtly different instrument in each players hands.
Heh.. I love bakers bruces and claptons different accents
goodolarchie 1 day ago
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Ariel62073 4 days ago
I am' huge Hendrix fan but he was not a God nor did he want to be the best. Hendrix took what blues and R n'B guitarist 's were playing by presenting in new and original artform. Hendrix also jammed with everyone not just Eric. He loved to perform and write songs, this is why he loved Bob Dylans "raw" talent so much!
spider62able 1 week ago
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Jimi Hendrix was ultimately an inevitable great culmination of many great players, who came before him and we're playing at the same time as him.
blueguitarz17 1 week ago
Though at this time in question, as MyMoggyman puts quite literally, Jimi Hendrix lived for the guitar, he didn't just play it, it's was apart of him as much as his very soul. He wasn't just a guitar player, who pick up the instrument and played, he was a true 'guitar man'. Hence his profound impression on many guitarists including, Eric 'God' Clapton, but don't forget he found influence, and liking, to both eric clapton's and jeff beck's sounds as well, as well as those before him - buddy guy.
blueguitarz17 1 week ago
Jimi Hendrix isn't the best guitar player ever, even he was quoted as saying, when asked how does it feel to be the greatest guitar player alive, he responded why don't you go and ask rory gallagher. Though nor is anyone else the greatest, that's the beauty of music, there is a no greatest player of any instrument in history, even the very best guitarists offer something different to each other in turn, and to those that listen, including jimi hendrix.
blueguitarz17 1 week ago
@blueguitarz17 the point is that, Jimi was also an humble person. it would be really arrogant admit to be the greatest guitarist ever (especially in that period). anyway, in my opinion, Jimi is really the most important rock'n'roll guitarist of all time, even better than Clapton, for the huge range of styles that he played, for the revolution in the sound, for the vision of music in the future (when he dies was palying a kind of proto-metal/funky...;-) and for the madness of his performances.
kristoffmcewan 3 days ago
@kristoffmcewan Yes Jimi was humble, and shy, to admit to being brilliant. Well Clapton has talked about it before. Whilst Eric only listened to the likes of the great players in the 50 & 60's, Hendrix was playing with them, that was the difference, Clapton learnt by ear, like most of us, whilst Hendrix learnt first hand, with the likes of bb king, buddy guy, curtis knight, isley brothers, amongst many others.
blueguitarz17 3 days ago
@kristoffmcewan Jimi was rare, he was a trend setter, only a handful have existed throughout the history of guitarists, but he was one. His first hand experience with so many rnb, blues, etc artists, in such a short space of time, he was like a giant sponge, ready to give all he had learnt back in his own big way.
Ultimately the lack of variety clapton and beck had been subject to at the same time as jimi, put them down the pecking order when he arrived with the experience.
blueguitarz17 3 days ago
@blueguitarz17 absolutely, i have got nothing to add to your speech.
;-)
kristoffmcewan 2 days ago
Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix, the 2 greatest guitarists of all time.
WhatWentWrong22441 1 week ago
Jimi quote, '.....some days you"ll hate the guitar. You'll throw it in the corner and promise yourself that you'll never play it again. On the other hand, you'll realise that if you stick with it.........you're gonna be rewarded!'
MrMoggyman 2 weeks ago
Jimi did not achieve his sound by selling his soul to the devil. He achieved it by nothing less than eating, sleeping, and living guitar. Every woken moment he could Jimi was with his guitar.....learning and practicing. Even at breakfast, even in the toilet..yes..even there!! The guitar was part of Jimi, it was his whole life. Jimi lived to play guitar. When you see Jimi perform, what you are seeing are the countless hours of hard work paying off. Respect and appreciate true genius.
MrMoggyman 2 weeks ago
For anyone who wants to contest Jimi's abilities, did you actually see him live? Well I did on more occasions than I can count on two hands, and I can tell you this.......Jimi was the real deal! Unlike today with countless electronic effects, and modern amps and advances in guitar technology, Jimi achieved his outstanding sound on 1960's gear and limited electronic effects (only Wah Wah and Octavia). Go get the same gear and try this and you will find out pretty quickly just how good he was.
MrMoggyman 2 weeks ago
iv never heard anythin about it but im almost 100% sure that jimi hendrix must of sold his soul to the devil to play like that,,, guitar playing like that is unheard of even till today, an all just in 2 years!! c'mon
rudyyy911 2 weeks ago
Chas Chandler...."I knew this was gonna happen"....
pch058 3 weeks ago
Fuck yeah... He's REALLY that good. The real guitar god from where the blues was made bitch!!!
ajahni 3 weeks ago
It's easy for kids today to progress fast at guitar, just a few clics of a mouse and someone can teach you any existing licks. So now,these days, why there is no single guitarist who may be about 10 years ahead from among all others? Hendrix was, and he made it by himself without internet or dvd's.
mozartcat1 3 weeks ago
FORCE OF NATURE BITCHES!
2patero 4 weeks ago
This is so fucking awesome. Jimi was the man.
DWarrior4 1 month ago
Yep, Mike Bloomfield. Hendrix and Clapton -- why not? Good to see Ginger Baker (while he's still alive). When the music mattered. Rory Gallagher (with Taste) was brusin' too.
mickeymousebiker1 1 month ago
ok seriously hendrix was a great showman but for fuck sake his technical ability on the instrument was painfuly standard there are so many guys are technicaly far superior even alot of kids these days are better than him
guitarreilly 1 month ago
@guitarreilly You really need to STFU. Idiots like you dont need internet access.
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srhendx7 4 weeks ago
@guitarreilly Hendrix has been dead now 42 yrs this year,he invented most of what he did from a technical point of view.Things he did with the tremelo bar were later used by van halen 10 yrs later.Nobody played like Hendrix at the time,guitarists of today have now had 42 yrs of practice and still can't achieve most of what Hendrix could do with very basic equipment.I've yet to hear a modern guitarist impress me as much as Hendrix still does.
srhendx7 4 weeks ago
Why haven't I heard of any of these guys yet? Technique ain't worth a damn if they're playing shitty music.
wback19 4 weeks ago
@guitarreilly: Its obviously you know nothing of the Instrument then... Hendrix had no technical ability?
seanblessing 3 weeks ago
@seanblessing ok i said painfully standard simply because hes worshipped like a god for his ability on the instrument but ive seen all the fucking videos and i just ask why?!
guitarreilly 3 weeks ago
@guitarreilly : He's in such high regard because he was an amazing musician and musical pioneer. I'd like to see any of your so-called musicians play "Machine Gun" live at the Fillmore. If you think he's... as you put it "Painfully standard" that's your problem...
You're on your own with that opinion...
Have a listen to what the late "Shawn Lane" one of the most technical who ever lived said about him.
seanblessing 3 weeks ago
@guitarreilly You have to put things into context to fully appreciate Hendrix. Your question is valid and deserves to be addressed as such. At the time there was extremely limited media saturation. Nothing like today where we have so much media we can learn from each other at a blistering pace. So the great players were limited and all known to each other. When every one of those players saw Hendrix his performances blew their minds and because of this his legend (rightfully) grew.
legunncat 3 weeks ago
@legunncat yeah fair shout im not arguing that he wasnt an amazing performer he just doesnt amaze on a technical level and i do agree about the context bit i recon if hendrix were alive today i think he would be embarassed that people were calling him the best guitar player in the world he knew he wasnt but he could write some bloody good tunes and had some ground breaking effects goin on with his guitar
guitarreilly 3 weeks ago
@guitarreilly But he was amazing. Things just change over time. People learn from others before them. Do you think Morphy would stand a chance against Kasparov? Not a chance, but at the time he was the best. However, this isn't a fair arena of comparison because you have definitive results. You will never find a player who could wretch so much pure emotion out of his instrument with such impeccable phrasing. Jimi Hendrix changed music forever and he will be immortalized for it.
legunncat 3 weeks ago
@guitarreilly ofcours there ain't such thing as a God guitar player. but hendrix was definitely send be the force of nature ( God ) to be most definitely one of the best guitar player in this world and especially at that time.
TheZionlive 2 weeks ago
@TheZionlive Hendrix and Holdsworth were the heroes of Shawn Lane, aka God!!!
oilkills 1 week ago
@legunncat Oh and there is one other aspect I haven't mentioned because it crosses into the realm of spirituality. I believe Hendrix to have been a Bodhisattva literally being able to cause listeners to transcend this realm of 3rd dimensional reality into a realm of more pure mind essence.
legunncat 3 weeks ago
@seanblessing: Do you even play an instrument?
seanblessing 3 weeks ago
Mike BLOOMFIELD was guitar hero before any of them. He was no rock star though. All guitarists named were and are good. Some better than others. Mick TAYLOR of the Rolling Stones was great too. Duane Allman, Les Paul, J. McLaughlin, Jimmy Page, etc. They're all fucking good.
cameltooth1 1 month ago 2
"Is he really that good?" - The start of 45 years of butthurt lulz
vedderfan94 1 month ago
Part 3 of clapton 1987 BBC interview also has some reflection of Hendrix's death.
cameltooth1 1 month ago
Jimi is too good to share scenario with someone else xD
Andromelian 1 month ago
can anybody help me find a video please...its an eric claption interview about the night hendrix died, claptons saying he bought jimi a guitar and just as he was about to give it to him jimi got swept away by another group of 'friends'. Itssuch an emotional thing ive been looking everywhere for it, if anybody could help at all id be very grateful.
blobbym 1 month ago
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cameltooth1 1 month ago
@blobbym It's Jimi Hendrix South Bank Show part 7.
cameltooth1 1 month ago
@cameltooth1 cheers man :)
blobbym 4 weeks ago
hendrixs is the best
DJsuckme 1 month ago
To all you music lovers, he sure was talented, but you show your true idiocy when you use God's name this way- applying it to some self praising musician who dies at the age of 27.
Roggiedodgie 1 month ago
@Roggiedodgie self praising?
blobbym 1 month ago
@blobbym ok- bad adjective, but I think I made my point
Roggiedodgie 1 month ago
@Roggiedodgie Since when was he self praising? It seems the butthurt Clapton has created yet another youtube account here folks.
vedderfan94 1 month ago
How embarrassing! Only white guys would sit around and spew all this fawning dude praise--Yes Hendrix was the best--don't make a hagiography out of it---I'll bet even Hendrix would say there are more important things in the Universe!!!
toiseywoisey 1 month ago
You gotta feel for Clapton. I mean, obviously he was shaken up and his ego bruised - he was only 21! But certainly even though Hendrix became the new big thing, Clapton was still regarded as right up there with him, and rightly so! In 1967 there was almost no one that could come within miles of Clapton.
slowmonkey156 1 month ago
Is there anywhere i can find a live performance of this?
saprando 1 month ago
What's the name of the documentary??
MrMurens 1 month ago
Clapton just stood there? I wonder why? Was it that Hendrix ALWAYS tuned his axe to Eb not the standard tuning of E. Was he playing his personal guitar, if so it was tuned a lowered E. To E flat.
Playing in Eb on a standard tuned guitar (like Clapton was probably using) limits neck positioning and the use of open string notes. Blues players often pay in E or A, if Killing Floor was played in E, Clapton's only choice was to play high and using only closed chords.
IamUncledeuce 1 month ago
@IamUncledeuce the guys who are recounting the story were all smacked out of thei heads at the time - and being the BBC - you have to question a) the editing and b) the fact that they couldn't get Eric Clapton himself on the show. Interesting stuff - but all to be taken with a pinch of salt.
BlackenedFifth 1 month ago
@IamUncledeuce -Hendrix started tuning down a half step part way through 1967,a lot of the time before that he played in standard tuning..Purple Haze,Foxy Lady and a few other songs on the first album are in standard tuning.The gig he did in Paris in late 66 (Paris Olympia 18th October 1966 ) was in standard tuning.I think also he played the Monterey pop festival in standard tuning for the most part.It was not long after that he tuned down a half step and sometimes a whole step.
srhendx7 1 month ago
When I stood there that night watching Jimi perform Howlin Wolfs Killing Floor, my jaw was on my knees! Clapton could not believe it. Nobody in that audience had seen anything like it. In your life there are only so many truly memorable moments. This for me was one of them. From the day I saw Jimi perform at this gig, I kept with him in the UK the best I could. When he died I wept for three days solid. Jimi is simply irreplaceable, a musical genius, and even now I miss him.
MrMoggyman 1 month ago
As great as Eric and Jimi were, the Beatles wouldn't have been nearly as good if either of them were the lead guitarist (yes, I know Clapton plays on While My Guitar Gently Weeps, and it's awesome), They would have been better with Eric because he was the more versatile guitarist of the two. There is a lot more to being a great guitarist that playing fast and trying to dazzle with flash. Jimi was incredible at what he did, but Eric could do more things well.
Maverikk68 1 month ago
@Maverikk68 I would agree, but you have to remember that Jimi died so young. If he had branched out into other areas, then there is no knowing what he would have achieved. Of course Eric did that, especially with the blues. Jimi was simply in a different league, and completely free form in his approach. Eric was more regimented in his style, and that fitted better to band. However, I can say that The Experience was the best power trio band I have ever seen in action, and Jimi was part of that.
MrMoggyman 1 month ago
@Maverikk68 There is a difference between singer-songwriter; Singer; guitar player; A force of nature (Jimmi). All of them had a unique trait, and they shared and contributed it to pop music for us to enjoy. Stop comparing them for god's sakes!
gnossticc 1 month ago
@gnossticc You need to take a chill pill.
Maverikk68 1 month ago
@Maverikk68 It was just a comment, i wasn't intending to offend you. ;-)
gnossticc 1 month ago
I don't understand why people argue about who's best. All I can say is that must have been a real exciting time to be alive and involved in the rock and roll scene. So many great artists who are now legends. Hendrix really set the bar and is probably the most influential rock guitarist of all time. I'd say Chuck Berry came first, then Hendrix, then Van Halen in terms of redefining the instrument. Clapton is no slouch, either. His solo on Crossroads is still my all-time favorite solo.
governorgilf 1 month ago
@governorgilf Yes I agree..it is not a matter of who was best really. Each had a different style. Jimi was an alchemist of sound, and his work was an extension of himself. Eric was a more reserved master guitarist in the traditional sense, with fantastic control and sound. Jimi truly admired Clapton too as an artist. They had both come from different backgrounds, and taken different routes, but both arrived as phenomenal guitarists. That night however, Jimi was king!
MrMoggyman 1 month ago
DUANE ALLMAN WAS THE MAN!!!!
davidplatero 1 month ago
i just read a 1968 rolling stone interview in which eric clapton said hendrix wasnt very good at guitar and just exploits the english fasination with sex and does crazy moves without really playing, sounds like he was still sore over the incident
NintendoSinceBirth1 1 month ago
@NintendoSinceBirth1 yes....this was the day when I saw god find out there was someone better than him.....and that led to a few sour grapes! BUT Jimi had a reverence for Eric, and was not showing off. Both Jimi and Clapton were both self taught. Not so much buddy buddy, but Clapton, Beck and others followed Jimi around just to experience his magic and examine his technique. True respect between artists. I really loved Jimi's work. He was a forced to be reckoned with. I like Claptons work too.
MrMoggyman 1 month ago
@MrMoggyman yeah i love them both, i think eric invented the rock guitar with the beano album and then jimi just took it to the next solar system
NintendoSinceBirth1 1 month ago
ha ha jimi killed clapton and ginger baker thought jimi was clapton ginger was so wasted he couldnt tell the difference lol
shredmaster100 1 month ago
CLAPTON NEVER WAS THE SAME... SINCE JIMI GOT ON STAGE WITH HIM AND CRUSH HIM AND HIS BAND CREAM...............
smoothiebluegroovy 1 month ago
What balls....to get up there with Clapton and do his thing. But Jimi was not showing off. In the US, when you are on stage you have to perform. In fact Jimi had a reverence for Clapton, because they were both self taught guitarists. When Chaz asked Jimi to come to England he had two questions: Do they have Fender amps? Will I meet Eric Clapton? As for the guitar, it was an inverted standard Fender (reversed) and strung left hand. Jimi could play right handed too. The gig? I was there!
MrMoggyman 1 month ago
I always thought Hendrix busted out more Buddy Guy, Otis Rush and Mars where as Clapton was such a student of styles that when he played Albert King or Freddie King it was a perfect recital. But like Hendrix, he was evolving right through his influences like a true improvisational master. The underlying influence on all those shredding Brits was John Mclaughlin. When I heard that Jimmy Page actually took lessons from Mclaughlin, it opened up a whole new way of looking at that period.
anthropomorphicide 1 month ago
There is no need to compare anyonewith Hendrix. He is the only artist who is truly a god in his expertise. Alll who come after him can only aspire - never reach or surpass - the rarified air that he once electrified through those glorious days that he walked the earth.
npgfunk 1 month ago
@npgfunk Having seen Jimi live on numerous occasions, I await the day when the next guitar genius comes along to take up Jimi's mantle to aspire to even greater heights. This will come, but maybe not in my lifetime. Jimi always saw himself and his music as an inspiration to all those around him. If anything, the greatest happiness Jimi could have is the knowledge that his work and life had influenced other people to take up the guitar and strive towards bettering the perfection he achieved.
MrMoggyman 1 month ago
Eric and Jimi were heavy rivals but great friends. Eric was devastated when Jimi passed away. BTW love Jimis face at 0:18, very excited
Memorex996 1 month ago
And he did it all... upside down.
Antimonkey125 1 month ago
@Antimonkey125 He didn't do it "upside down". He played a right handed guitar with the strings reversed. Which meant that his string-order was conventional, not upside down.
ibuprofen303 1 month ago
Clapton said to Hendrix' manager Chas Chandler "You told me he was good, but I had no idea he was THIS FUCKING good!"
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IanGPx1 1 month ago
1st is Chuck Norris, and for me second is Page, but they all are equal 'cos everyone is best in his style. It is note possible to judge this things, for example: Hendrix maybe played this one better, but if Eric would know what tune he is to play, he would probably prepare something better. Composing a great song is music, not who is better than who. If music is an competition and not emotion, it is not music at all!
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Two self-evident truths guitar players should know about guitar playing:
1. When it comes to JIMI HENDRIX no one even comes close.
2. The closest anyone has yet come to Hendrix' brilliance and boundless originality on guitar was the late great MICHAEL HEDGES.
icecreamforcrowhurst 1 month ago
Look a lot of blacks(African Americans)...were use to the blues or the Motown sound ...What Jimi was playing was blues ...r&b ...rock etc ...At that time rock was looked at as a white mans music when black created rock period...I love Jimi , my mother love Jimi then and my father also (both black) ...I just think they weren't ready for the shit Jimi had in his heart but it's all bullshit cuz music is music it shouldn't be called black music or white music...
MuhammadMustapha 1 month ago
He was in a completely different league to Eric Clapton.
Carpetlay1 1 month ago
I remember seeing Hendrix in a bar in South Seattle somewhere - just ripped off my ass wearing my Coast Guard dress blues - a very mixed audience indeed!
informiorium 1 month ago
listen up as far as racist you need to do your history the reason hendrix went to london was because his own people literally thru eggs at him in harlem so that is what really messed him up his own people he just wanted acceptance from blacks so dont accept him now'' was a artist that just wanted his artistic freedom to play and his own people here cut him off at the hips , isley brothers all of them where jealous they didnt teach him shit'' noke cleveland.
TheNoke65 1 month ago
funny funny funny just like clapton thinking he was god on guitar haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa, noke cleveland.
TheNoke65 1 month ago
HAHAHA! The best part is that Clapton is a well-known outspoken RACIST (look it up in Google) and so i know he was especially jealous of Hendrix! hahaha!
bigleroygym 1 month ago
was that christopher mason speaking
Ezwider109 1 month ago
one thing i do know is.. jimi covered almost 10 cream tunes in 2 years.. which goes to show the respect he had.. for clapton.. bruce and baker...
Ezwider109 1 month ago
I just wish Jimi could have lived to hear Stevie Ray...he would have loved the simple, balls to the walls style.
photinia99 2 months ago
Angus Young is the guitar god besides Alvin Lee because they play things people like to listen to.If you don't like that comment Kossoff is better than all of them put together if you eliminate the drama
70goldtop 2 months ago
I heard this story about Jimi and Eric so many times in those days and I always doubted it, but now with this footage I just have to go along with it. So sad that Jimi's better days were still ahead of him when Fate came calling that unfortunate night!!
macvatu 2 months ago
And for guitarists of that period Blackmore could wipe the floor with both of them!
jelisa46 2 months ago
@jelisa46 ...you are high...Blackmore was great...no doubt, but the music Jimi created...was miles ahead of Blackmore...where is Blackmore now???...making minstrel music...Hendrix has more soul in his baby toe...thats why 99% of all major musicians list Hendrix at the top...but I guess you know more than Clapton, Santana, Beck, SRV and everyone else...LOL...
hendrixnut64 2 months ago
Honestly I think this is a beat up. People were gobsmacked at the pyrotechnics, the massive wall of sound, the feedback, the showmanship, and yes the playing was great. Honestly I think Clapton was a far more even guitarist with a singing tone. Hendrix was erratic. He could play some great phrases and then follow it with mediocrity. His sound sometimes bordered on mud. In reality Clapton & Hendrix were overtaken years ago by guitarists of a superior technical ability.Who you prefer is a matter t
genericgeorge 2 months ago
@genericgeorge so true......
btflash55 2 months ago
Hendrix is the best because not only did he play guitar he explored it technically and sonically!! he experimented with sounds and he would improvise live keeping the songs fresh! and he was around four about 4 years!!
HYDRODUST67 2 months ago
They're both great guitarists. Clapton is only ever as good as the band backing him (which is why a few of his solo albums stunk). Hendrix has the reputation because of his death and "what could have been."
DudleyScardsdale 2 months ago
The guy in the denim jacket is Charles Shaar Murray who used to write for the NME back in the day. I remember seeing him in about 79 at the Marquee with his band Blast Furnace and the Heatwaves - great name...
Sassgable 2 months ago
Pfft Clapton, average at best and like been hit with a month old kipper in June,,,
chancesareshewears 2 months ago
pair of smack heads and guess who was getting all the swinging stars into smack
guitaneman 2 months ago
Hendrix gave alot of people credit and he even adored Bob Dylan...all the greats admit and still give tributes to Hendrix and his music grows as if he was still alive and it shocks me some people still cant agree Jimi Hendrix was the best rock guitar player ever..He was many many years ahead of his time..
bmwjimicali 2 months ago
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One can debate whether he was the actual best, but he was absolutely the most influential and the greatest. And for the record, if he wasn't the actual best, he was (and still is) in the running.
5jerry1 2 months ago
Hell, it's all subjective anyway. Jimi Hendrix honestly thought that Terry Kath of Chicago was better than him - and said so more than once. And Kath was brilliant, but was in a band that was more about jazzy brass than hard rocking guitar. I wouldn't say one was better than the other - just different, but both very good, as were Beck, Page and others. Ed Van Halen was great too in his own unique way. So just chillax and enjoy the great music.
smilinstevie88 2 months ago
I like Clapton's sound and clean notes more but, Hendrix get's the overall higher score.
tedfio1tedfio1 2 months ago
& this is why today he tops the list of the greatest guitarists of all time. No disrespect to all the other greats. I'd say Hendrix had an edge on Clapton. Jeff beck while good, wasn't up there & jimmy page basically took what Hendrix did.
fairyfellermaster 2 months ago
Who's the guy in the denim jacket?
tomada36 2 months ago
I like how the one guy comments on how jimi screws his guitar :)
Deltamango 2 months ago
@Deltamango - That "one guy" is Ginger Baker. He was the drummer for Cream and had the best seat in the house to watch all that take place.
cwphunky68 2 months ago
Being a huge fan of both Jimi & EC & many other guitarists.....IMHO Eric played his guitar while Jimi was his guitar...especially when JH would play and sing at the same time while doing intricate fretboard stuff....he just flowed & connected playing soft / hard whatever. So many greats but Jimi is definitely at the top of the heap past / present and all styles. We all like what we like which caters to our passions.
rwm48 2 months ago
My favorite guitarist are huh, slash, Kirk hammet, vin diesel, bob saget and keith mooner....I'm a fuckin music prodigy hahafa
mangosareforbangos 2 months ago
my favs guitarists:Slash,Jimi,Angus Young
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bortelliM 2 months ago
furthermore there is no comparison between the two. Hendrix is an entity of his own.
showmethelove69 2 months ago
erm...how was Hendrix a 'disciple' of Claptons? dont get that one.
showmethelove69 2 months ago
@showmethelove69 A disciple means to follow, and Hendrix did follow Claptons Carer and was a massive fan of Erics right up until he died.
joshski85 2 months ago
Quit comparing these guys, music is music. the point of this clip isnt to show some kind of rivalry. eric LOVED jimi and visa versa they were amazing guitar players and friends. It's to show the effect jimi had on even the greatest of players.
kollakolla 3 months ago 12
Imagine being told "you are God" and then meeting the real thing!?
dantean 3 months ago
He got it dead on at 1:17.
Clapton is an incredible guitarist, but the things Hendrix did were beyond incredible guitar playing.
basketcase480 3 months ago 18
@basketcase480 like what?
genericgeorge 2 months ago
@basketcase480
And the things John Petrucci does now are way beyond that!
blessed7fold 1 month ago
@basketcase480 Hendrix was a talented fellow. Too bad you all jerk off to shit like that. Who gives a crap about all these guitarists?
Roggiedodgie 1 month ago
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srhendx7 1 month ago
Jimi is NOT dead. Legends never die.
crazymusickids1 3 months ago
There is a BBC Radio presentation about Hendrix hosted by Gary Moore. In it Gary frankly asks or rather tells Clapton that "Hendrix wiped the face of the Earth with you that night". Clapton's response..."yes he did".
DONDIVA1969 3 months ago
eric clapton struggling to light a cigarette?? thats hilarious
aimbotscott 3 months ago
Grow up kids . Hate to pop your pop[ bubble but your musical taste is not the indicator of some good or bad ,that's only ego talking and quite often ego is bullshitting . Try listening with your soul "Talking about music is like dancing about architecture" .
1lightheaded 3 months ago
Music is not a competition . There is no Greatest Guitarist this is pollution from listening to pop radio DJ s who are really in sales and I hold Top Of The Pops responsible. does anyone remember hearing that every week ? " Hey Pop Pickers . It's Number One , Its Top Of The Pops you don't? Go ask your grand dad he'll tell you Ever since we have been getting this number one crap and all based on how many 45 s sold that week . How can one choose between Lenny Bro , John McLaughlin .........
1lightheaded 3 months ago
Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck are the four guitar gods!
shordyinabox 3 months ago
the WAY I see it, Jimi is Jimi, Eric is Eric and I'm me, god I wish I could play like eithher one of them, but I do ok when I'm. not trying to play like them, llol, ha hha hha, who ahhhh, man there good
buzzzzz69yyy 3 months ago
"He killed God...man!"
brightlights456X 3 months ago
ginger baker looks better than he did in the sixties
johnsydjimi 3 months ago
jimi is way ahead of his time when playing guitar...
pinoyblues 3 months ago
@478Luke JIMI DID NOT PLAY TO DISRESPECT ERIC,THEY BECAME FRIENDS THE WAY IT JIMI WANTED IT TO BE,JIMI JUST WANTED ERIC TO KNOW THAT HE COULD PLAY BECAUSE IF YOU WANTED TO JAM WITH ERIC CLAPTON,YOU BETTER DAMN WELL BE ABLE TO PLAY.
5mralbert 3 months ago
@478Luke JIMI DID NOT PLAY TO DISRESPECT ERIC,THEY BECAME FRIENDS THE WAY IT JIMI WANTED IT TO BE.
5mralbert 3 months ago
After one listen Clapton knew that he just saw greatness. Before Clapton joins Jimi on the big stage in the sky I would love for someone to interview Clapton about that moment when he first saw Jimi play. I haven't seen an interview where Clapton reminisces about that moment or conversations he had with Jimi. I'd love to hear his take on it.
ReeseMac 3 months ago
does anyone know if there is a bootleg of jimi with jack and ginger??
golds04 3 months ago
BY THE WAY.
ERIC CLAPTON IS NOT JUST A FUCKING GUITAR PLAYER.
I'M SURE JIMI HENDRIX MIGHT HAVE PLAYED A LITTLE DIFFERENT, IF CLAPTON WAS NEVER AROUND.
niggaT42000 3 months ago
SERIOUSLY, JIMI HENDRIX WAS THE GREATEST GUITAR PLAYER EVER.
VOODOO CHILD (SLIGHT RETURN), IS THE MOST BRUTAL ASSAULT ON A SINGLE GUITAR THAT I'VE EVER HEARD.
niggaT42000 3 months ago
only a week in london -and sits in on a cream gig -- omg lol poor eric----------Jimi must have been around 23 yrs old then
rollingstopp 3 months ago
This was very enlightening. Thanks for posting. Jimi was unbelievable. Thanks, maurice
PIANOBYMAURICE 3 months ago
Unfair matchup. Hendrix was lite years ahead of clapton. Clapton played within the box. There was no box for Jimi. Certainly not after Jimi played the the Chittlin circuit.
Freedom0467 3 months ago
They both played the same genre of music so they could play on the same bill, what a great time in music. It was like guitars at high noon, I love that concept, I'm a guitarist my self and love to compete for a good sound and be better than the other guy. Nothing wrong with that, it actually nutured a healthy competion that improve the music industry. Today theres no one and nothing but a couple of half assed musos. Jimi use to play Cream's songs.
zgolijan 3 months ago
And then there's John McLaughlin.
DenverGuy11111 3 months ago
Eric Clapton = y a w n
outworldarts 3 months ago
@outworldarts DOOH!!! I tend to agree...But his bands and music were always great, so I will always love him as a musician. To me, Clapton is kind of like Eddie Van Halen: Come on strong initially, then never really grow as a player...
jimistreets1 3 months ago
whose the guy who was interviewed first?
chinkybenito 3 months ago
Hendrix was a master and a Pioneer. No matter how they try, they CANT rewrite History, He was a force of nature, the guitar was an extention of him and extention of his voice, he made it look effort less, he was sent by the Gods and he delivered his message of love. He will always be number one in my book, thats soulful R&b flavour he had to the rock n roll and rooted in the blues.He was like a natural fruit, no artificial colouring or flavouring, JUST PURE!
MrCaribbean 3 months ago
ok hendrix did kill clapton, but clapton is still awesome
2001imsofly 4 months ago
eric was god jimi was the universal god head but i believe there is another guitar god that will go largely unknown sadly, his name is doctor darren'ray ' redden. guitarist of the now defunct despised and feared band 'the cereal killers'. like jimi a natural his effortless mastery of the instrument is staggering. years ago we would jam with him. about half an hour in the magic would start,close your eyes some nights he was channeling clapton hendrix and beck. SELF RAISING FLOWERS
68caddilac 4 months ago
Eric Clapton is great. He spent a life loving / making music (blues & rock).
This Hendrix story is wow...love it.
But "Rock Gods" both even if Jimi had more inside (that vented like a beautiful volcano erupting. Force of nature? Yes).
And Carlos Santana carved out his own sound (nobody can touch that).
MrBlueSkyMrNight 4 months ago
"eric clapton was a guitar player, hendrix was a force of nature"
SO TRUEE
voodooblueskid 4 months ago 46
@voodooblueskid God makes the rules; nature breaks them.
OroborusFMA 2 months ago
What's the guy called speaking at 0:28
tomoutlane 4 months ago
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DarkeningSkies1 4 months ago
Hendrix was far and away the more seasoned player then. He'd been around a few blocks. Clapton says to this day that he was learning from Bruce and Baker when he joined the Cream. Hendrix assaulted him on that occasion. It was an Aural assault but he knew exactly what he was doing. He used his physicality, the carnival like showmanship, aural contortion-ism... the complete package if you will to introduce himself to Eric who was, and still is, arguably, the best blues guitarist of his era.
TheGuitarver 4 months ago
nonsence ,Eric has inspired many young musicians just the same as any1 in the industry has,get a grip!
MrCalendarboy 4 months ago
Prince and Jimi Hendrix
troubledatruth 4 months ago
Eric Clapton KILLED Jimmy Hendrix out of jealousy. LOL
deoreofillin 4 months ago
Why Santana is a hero??? Santana sucks so bad
JinheneMongol 4 months ago 2
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@JinheneMongol As far as Santana goes, you might not like the style of music he plays, or his recent commercial outings, but the cat stood toe to toe with John McLaughlin on a whole album, and John was one of the fastest, most imaginative guitarists of his era. So on a technical level, Carlos can play.
DarkeningSkies1 4 months ago
Jimi Hendrix was GOD. Eric just a very good guitar player, but he is not a guitar hero like Hendrix, Santana, Jeff Beck. These tree guys were the most creative guitar players I've ever seen.
alfhendrix 4 months ago
@alfhendrix I personally agree that if there is a greatest guitar player, it's hendrix, as he is creatively unmatched. However i think it is best not to compare guitarists and pick them apart for their strengths and weakness'. Instead, we should respect these musical legends for what is individually unique and great about their playing as apposed to criticising them, when we ourselves cannot equate to their musical ability.
Mrjamesanonymous 4 months ago 46
@Mrjamesanonymous Very Wise observation and spoken words on talent of different artist music is a universal language that keep the world in hormany
qquincysee 3 months ago
@Mrjamesanonymous -- yeah, totally agree. let us bask in the sublime tones of anyone who reaches that higher plane in ability. The beauty of guitar is that it becomes a subtly different instrument in each players hands.
jhickman57 2 months ago
is jimmy page a guitar hero ?
puffpuffdustbunny 4 months ago
@alfhendrix NO MAMEX
traslomita 4 months ago
@alfhendrix
Jimmy Page would like to disagree.
mofomode 4 months ago