Blimey.PordFrefect wrote:I've never understood why there is such fanfare surrounding Hendrix. To my ear he is a good guitarist, not great, not a particularly inspired musician, and not a good vocalist. I hate to sound like tyrannical, but I suspect it has more to do with 'the black guy at Woodstock' thing.
I rather think of it that he was the best at the time, had a huge personality that made him be noticed by many people, and for a great many listeners was the ultimate guitar hero at the time. Ok, there were other people first like Clapton, Link Wray etc, but he was the one who exploded onto the scene in a way no one forgot.
I quite like him, but just like bassists' worship of Jaco Pastorius the "best" tag is vastly over-used and should be replaced with "First" paving the way for much much better musicians to follow.
