Who today comes up to the standard of Hendrix

[catscurlyear]

What i mean is, who in your opinion, can sing and play guitar live in front of thousands of people, and basically create epic masterpieces there on the spot as hendrix used to do ,i can`t think of any.

[sk8centilli]

Prince comes to mind - when he rocks out.

 

[edit] Although, I just watched his solo in the "While My Guitar Gently Weeps-Favorite Version" thread. So... yeah.

[Oaksong]

well, even if they could, they would be called a hendrix ripoff and not get the respect they deserve.

[catscurlyear]

 

Although, I just watched his solo in the " While My Guitar Gently Weeps-Favorite Version " thread. So... yeah.

 

i didn`t expect that answer,i was thinking more of a three piece situation.

[Preacher]

Hendrix was the perfect marriage of a man and a moment.

 

Other players will be great in their own way, but not in the way Hendrix was.

[moonpieface]

"you won't see the likes of that guy again" - Lemmy

[hecticone]

Chris Duarte really brings it.

[D Carroll]

Jim Heath.

[catscurlyear]

 

Hendrix was the perfect marriage of a man and a moment. Other players will be great in their own way, but not in the way Hendrix was.

 

yeh nicely put ,reason i ask is ,i went to see a blues guitarist singer one of the more recent ones who is supposedly {censored} hot (won`t mention any names ) and i was maybe expecting to get some of that hendrix feeling where you are taken on a journey through a song and music but no ,it was over rehearsed and predictable.

[mrbrown49]

Derek Trucks has his moments.

[catscurlyear]

Chris Duarte really brings it.

i know what you mean ,he`s a good player but he has that same tone as SRV i call the hendrix R nB tone ,hendrix had that sound when he made the early recordings with curtis knight and the likes ,but when he came to england his sounds grew like his stacks.

[Stoneball Jack]

(cough) John Mayer (cough).............hey, who said that?

[Tidal Rhythm]

Although different styles, I actually think Nels Cline has that rare ability to mesmerize a crowd with his playing. He doesn't sing though, so he falls short in that aspect.

[V-Type]

Mayer isnt even close he is way too pop too be in the Hendrix comparison imo.

I thought an early Kravitz was it but he bought into the lifestyle rather than the playing.

I think Joe B is more progressive ie Hendrix like than a lot of others out there.

But Jimi was and is a original and none have even touched what he achieved in what little time he was around.

[catscurlyear]

(cough) John Mayer (cough).............hey, who said that?

 

[fabstrat]

not the singularity of the vocals or guitar playing, but the synergy of both.

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[~GOD~]

me

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Warren Haynes

[EADGBE]

There's lots of great artists out there. I don't listen to Hendrix as much as I used to. But yeah he was definitely one of a kind. And I like the musical influence he had on rock. He may have helped to make the electric guitar the most popular instrument in the world.

[onelife]

Robben Ford is a great guitarist, singer and writer who can do it all in a three piece situation and not sound derivative.

[Doctor49]

 

Mayer isnt even close he is way too pop too be in the Hendrix comparison imo. I thought an early Kravitz was it but he bought into the lifestyle rather than the playing. I think Joe B is more progressive ie Hendrix like than a lot of others out there. But Jimi was and is a original and none have even touched what he achieved in what little time he was around.

 

 

Hendrix was also pop at the time. We didn't hasve the luxury of genres of radio stations.

He was broken by Radio Luxembourg that was about as pop as you could get in those days.

I was doing school homework when I first heard Hey Joe and it stopped me dead to listen.

They played it on the hour every hour for days on end.

 

Comparisons are dangerous anyway - compare what?

technique? - plenty of innovators there.

tone? - lots of those too

composition? - in its time brilliant - lots around today in their own times.

stage presence? - ditto.

improvisation? - there's a good few of them now.

 

Better let it rest I think, as you say.

[onelife]

For someone who is redefining the strat like Hendrix did, I would point to Jeff Beck. The OP did ask for a singer/guitarist so he does not qualify in that regard.

[mrbrown49]

Although different styles, I actually think Nels Cline has that rare ability to mesmerize a crowd with his playing. He doesn't sing though, so he falls short in that aspect.

 

I know what you mean. He's great. I can't stop watching that live video of impossible germany.

[Stoneball Jack]

 

Mayer isnt even close he is way too pop too be in the Hendrix comparison imo. I thought an early Kravitz was it but he bought into the lifestyle rather than the playing. I think Joe B is more progressive ie Hendrix like than a lot of others out there. But Jimi was and is a original and none have even touched what he achieved in what little time he was around.

 

 

You're right about him not even being close. I just wanted to see what the reaction would be. But i don't think he's not close because he's too pop, i think he's not close because he's not as musically influential. He's a sick gutiarist and plays with a lot of feeling but he's not changing anything. He's just very good a an existing style.

[mrbrown49]

 

You're right about him not even being close. I just wanted to see what the reaction would be. But i don't think he's not close because he's too pop, i think he's not close because he's not as musically influential. He's a sick gutiarist and plays with a lot of feeling but he's not changing anything. He's just very good a an existing style.

 

 

I think that's a fair assessment. i do really enjoy some of his more recent stuff though. But yeah, it's good for what it is but not really pushing and boundaries.