I heard he was a big fan of Terry Kath and Billy Gibbons. However, I swear there used to be a clip here on you tube that was removed or edited where Dick Cavett asked him how it felt to be the greatest guitarist in the world and he answered, "you need to ask Rory Gallagher". Then he said something like, how about the best guitarist sitting in this chair?
When I saw Rory pop up second (and VERY WELL-DESERVED!), I was certain that Terry or Billy would be #1! I’m definitely surprised Terry didn’t make the top 10! That’s a crime!!
What makes sense about this list isn't only that all of them are first-rate players. It's also that Albert King and Otis Rush gave Hendrix a couple of fellow left-handed players to latch onto. What doesn't make sense is that this list makes no mention of Terry Kath.
This is BS. Jimi loved Terry Kath and Jeff Beck. Billy Gibbons said they would listen to Jeff's records and Jimi would say to him- How do you think Jeff gets those sounds?
My understanding is that when Chas Chandler recruited Jimi to go to England, Jimi made Chas promise that he would arrange a meeting with Eric Clapton and Jeff.
I remember jimi Hendrix raving about Alvin Lee of Ten Years After at the 1970 Isle Of Wight Festival, he said, and I quote, "That dude is not just the fastest guitarist on the planet, he is the fastest guitarist in the Universe!" He said that after watching TYA play "Going Home"
Mutual admiration. Not sure if they're still up, but there were some great video interviews of Leslie talking about jamming with Jimi at Leslie's NY apartment. Also check out the video of Leslie doing "Theme for An Imaginary Western " live in tribute to Felix Pappalardi. Some fo the best solo work Leslie ever did.
I remember reading an interview where he lauded Richard Thompson above all other British guitarists. I think he had jammed with Fairport Convention on occasions. He may have also been confounding the expectations of the interviewer.
@@firstlast5350 Yes, Rory had a gift for electric, acoustic and slide in addition to being a dynamic live performer who also combined singing with guitar .
Nice to see Rory Gallagher (aka: "the greatest guitarist you've never heard of") made Hendrix's list. Rory's band Taste was very active during the last two years or so of Jimi's life, and I believe they at least once (Isle Of Wight festival 1968?) ended up on the same bill. There were similarities of style between both of these icons, and the progression of rock and blues moving forward was all the richer for their legacy and the individual stamps they placed on the genre.
Most accounts indicate that Hendrix was aware that Rory had upstaged him (not intentionally) at the massive Isle of Wight and was very gracious about it. Nice to see Rory get his due on this list and nice to have a film clip that shows that Hendrix didn't invent all the great guitar fireworks tricks himself.
I don’t think this is in order this is just 10 of his favorite guitarists or his 10 favorite guitarists in no particular order bc then Rory Gallagher would be number 1
Not a surprise that most of them are old bluesmen. Rory Gallagher is an interesting one, whom you might not have expected Hendrix to notice. But it makes you wonder, how can he include him and not Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, Peter Green, Richard Thompson...? I too wonder about the provenance of this list though. I'm absolutely certain H never reeled off his top 10 - that just wouldn't be his style.
The wonderful thing about Jimi is that he recognized the greatness in others & saw their potential. Billy Gibbons was little more than a teenager but he saw what was there.
Billy gibbons was well known in Texas at that time, he was full blown blues at that time, a lot of people only know ZZ top for their 80s music, I've seen them live several times and Billy Gibbons can play with the best of them.
Jimi was gonna do a record with Terry Kath but Terry didn't last... Rory G was a MONSTER to play like that and sing . Go to ZZ Top Fandango album and listen to Blue Jean Blues. Best blues ever recorded!
Yes, I just watched this top 10 and James Heath below is right -- there have been many inerivews with Hendrix in which he spoke most highly of Terry Kath -- who also admired Jimi.
Many more could be added to this list: Terry Kath, Roy Buchanan, Johnny Winter, Robby Krieger and even Eric Braun of Iron Butterfly. Jimi admired others who had talent but didn't necessarily play the style of music he played
Oh ya, leave out the Native American Indian. The best kept secret in all of this is Lolly Vegas of Redbone. Jimi hung out with them whenever he was in L.A. and told many people Lolly was his favourite guitarist.
When ZZ Top was touring as the opening act for Jimi Hendrix, Billy Gibbons recounted how he once went into Hendrix's hotel room where Hendrix was playing the newest Beck record and asking Gibbons how he thought Beck achieved certain effects. Gibbons told Hendrix that Beck was probably asking the same thing about HIS records.
All of the ones mentioned are great. From 1960 to 1970, you can probably find another 100 that are great. At any given time, you can make a list and be guaranteed to forget some.
Yeah I had heard that Jimi actually thought that Billy was better than himself. Billy was still with the Moving Sidewalks and hadn't formed ZZ Top yet.
He's great but not a showman's guitarist but I love his sound. He wrote some of the greatest songs before he went political. If his political songs had the same melodies as his earlier works, people would remember him a lot more. I'm generalizing but I believe it.
@@matteg490 Oh, I agree, but his filigree runs can be detected in quite a few of Hendrix' recordings - 'Have You Ever Been to...' being an example. Mostly, though, this list is BS, anyway, as I'm sure he expressed a liking for many guitar players at some point or other.
You're trying to compare apples and oranges my friend, Kath has a completely different style than Gibbons. There are many many people that would wholeheartedly disagree with you. Billy Gibbons is a blues Legend.
@@TheHumbuckerboyI love Billy but listen to I'm a man live from when the band was called Chicago Transit Authority. He is great but why would you compare him to Billy. Completely different but both awesome.
@@user-rq9kc3gc6jgibbons has given interviews were he talks about opening for him. How his room would be down the hall and Jimi would call him over so they could talk guitar. Their interactions seem pretty short to be so high on the list but I dont know.
Rory Gallagher released his first album in 71,not too sure jimi would have known too much about him, I'm sure he would have liked what he heard though.
Wait, Jimi also loved jazz players, Kenny Burrell in particular. He also loved Terry Kath and Jeff Beck, who are not on this list. These choices were mentioned by Jimi on occassion. Perhaps someone could do a better list with Jimi's quotes.
Serious B.S, what about Buddy Guy and Hubert Sumlin . He spoke about them guys ,so many times, as major influences, along with BB King , Albert King , or Guitar Slim who showed him how to play with teeth. ( to play in a certain Memphis club where you cn't play...if you don't show how to play with your teeth!). But who knows Guitar Slim? Or Guitar Shorty, who was...? tell me?
I don't know how this list was compiled but Hendrix has been quoted as admiring the playing of Robert Fripp along with Rory Gallagher among his contemporary guitarists
Conspicuously missing is some one, who IMHO was far better...Jeff Beck. And most blatantly un named is the best of them all, Glen Campbell. He also could have mentioned Frank Zappa, since he invented the "wah-wah" pedal, which Hendrix relied upon heavily. What I will say is Jimi was "innovative" but fairly one dimensional, where as SRV could sound just like Hendrix yet could play jazz as good as Wes Montgomery .
Frank did not invent the wah wah pedal. Where the hell did you get that idea? It was invented by Brad Plunkett in 1966 when he worked for Warwick Electronics, a division of the Thomas Organ Company.
Clapton, B.B. King und Gallagher sind ihm wohl ebenbürtig, aber die anderen Penner - - - stattdessen wäre der großartige Albert Lee der Erwähnung wert gewesen.
This is not accurate. Jimi admired Leslie West and even asked one of his friends if he thought Leslie was a better guitarist. And why isn't Howlin Wolf on this list along with Leslie West?
