stevie ray vaughn or jimi hendrix

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Richards did all, or almost all, of the guitars on 'Let It Bleed,' which is probably one of their best albums. He didn't need to be technically brilliant; he had the groove.

BTW, I read in Wyman's autobiography that it was he, not Richard, who came up with the riff for 'Jumpin' Jack Flash.'





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I once saw an exhibition of early Picasso works, before he reinvented painting. By the time he was 18 years old he was a master of traditional painting styles up to that point in history. That was his starting point, and every thing after that was Picasso trying not to be bored with painting. If you listen to the early blues recordings of Jimi Hendrix, or just listen to Red House, his technical mastery of blues guitar was unsurpassed, and everything he did afterwards was Jimi trying not to be bored playing guitar. For the guy who says he can play as good as Jimi, well if you copy the licks that Jimi played on that one day he made that recording by listening to the record over and over until you could play the notes, well that really is quite an accomplishment and congratulations. But, remember, by then Jimi had moved own. I'll bet an exceptionally good artist could paint a copy of "Man Playing Mandolin." Does that make him a Picasso?
 
That's so true. I was only a kid when Jimi was doing his thing, but I remember how completely different it sounded from anything else. First two albums I ever owned I 'inherited' from my brother when he went into the army: Revolver, and Are You Experienced? Not a bad start for a 10 year old.

A friend of mine, a true Hendrix freak and monster player, would always tell me exactly what you said: It's all well and good to learn the notes of what Jimi did that day it was captured in the studio, but it was another thing to be able to just play like that at will. He didn't like to repeat himself. He ws restless, a hallmark of a true artist. As for the criticism that Jimi was a sloppy player, Jimi could be breathtakingly tight, and he had complete mastery over the FX he used as well. I don't get bored listening to his stuff, even today. SRV I can take or leave. He didn't break any new ground. I enjoy watching him play, more than I do just listening to him.

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Edit: Just thinking about it, I liked Frank Marino better'n SRV. Didn't particularly like his version of 'All Along the Watchtower,' but I think he was more in the spirit of Jimi than was SRV. Plus, he comes from my hometown...
 
fretmeister, well said! SRV was an interpreter, and lots of people prefer that to innovation if for no other reason than that the music is familiar. When I first heard Jimi Hendrix I didn't really feel an emotional reaction to what he was doing: it was WOW. It takes a little bit of listening to new material to begin to respond to music with your emotions, which is why interpreters generally are pretty popular: they can take what's new and make it sound like something we already know so we can absorb it more easily. I can't help but think that SRV would have been embarrassed to be compared to a giant like Jimi.
 
I think that every once in a while Hendrix sounded a little sloppy, but I also remeber watching him live, I think that it was the Woodstock footage, and I couldn't help but be amazed at you awsome he sounded. To put it into perspective you really need to watch the other bands that played with him at woodstock to truly realize how way ahead of his time he was. Think about the other bands and they all pretty much had a simular sound with a few exceptions. No one sounded anything like Jimi. I thought that his playing and sound was perfect. I love SRV but his stuff does tend to get a little monotonous sometimes.
 
Eddie Van Halen's playing is technically masterful and very creative. I would put him up there with Jimi and SRV, but his music I find completely uninteresting. Intellectually, I think, "this is one monster guitar player." But, emotionally, I just don't care. In addition to awesome licks, there is powerful emotion in SRV's playing.
 
I was not going to post in this thread, because there is no comparison in Jimi Hendrix and SRV. But I have to chime in.

First of all im a HUGE SRV fan. SRV was a killer blues guitarist and pretty damn good at jazz. But, there are other guitarists that had good chops...Johnny Winter was a blues guitar monster. I saw johnny winter steal the show one time at "memphis in may" and SRV was the headliner. The problem is there are no recent guitar heros anymore, and the younger generation does not really have a point of reference. SRV brought back a revival of long guitar solos and "playing out there on the edge" that had not been seen since the 70's (I don't even count shred).

That being said, I will say this: Its harder to be the 1st "jimi hendrix" than it is to be "the 2nd jimi hendrix" Jimi Hendrix INVENTED hard rock guitar. Jimi Hendrix made Eric Clapton, Pete townsend, and Jeff Beck want to put down their guitars. Jimi Hendrix hit the London rock scene and DECIMATED the "holy grail" of "guitar heros" of the day. Jimi Hendrix caused "Clapton is God" posters to be torn down.

Jimi Hendrix was not a great guitar player? What kind of dope are you people on? Listen to "Little wing"...he didn't do "his" version, he COMPOSED that peice of music.
Listen to "machine gun" from the band of gypsies album, If you don't think that is an incredible peice of guitar work, you are retarted or dead.
Listen to the slow instrumental that followed "the star spangled banner/purple haze" at woodstock...I have learned that istrumental note for note, and it blows people away when I play it..the octives..the fluid chops...the weird scale its played out of, and it blows ME away that someone less that 30 years old could compose a beautiful piece of music like that.
Listen to "the star spangled banner"...man thats beautiful!
Listen to "voodo chile (slight return)" he did that in 1968...LISTEN TO WHAT EVERYONE ELSE WAS DOING IN 1968!!! Pale in comparison.

SRV himself revered Hendrix like a God!
SRV wouldn't make a pimple on Jimis ass in terms of vision, songwriting, and taking the guitar to a higher plane.

give me a break.
 
Finally, one thing that Jimistone and I can more or less agree on....

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if i may give my opinion, i like Jimmi Hendrix best. but i am not that of a technician, i must admit.

Jimi and Stevie have not be working on the same grounds ! Jimi is in rock (innovative, funky, and quite under drugs haha). Stevie is in blues. i love the blues but i dont think you can really compare the two.

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Since SRV couldn't really write good/majestic tunes and Jimi could, and that a lot of what Jimi did in terms of studio work/trickery was innovative as well, the nod goes to Jimi.

Anyway, Coltrane kicks all of their asses.
 
Shiney, your point is well taken. But Jimi was a blues guitarist first and a rock guitarist second. Like many rock artists of the times, he was deeply influenced by the black blues musicians of the times. Buddy Guy tells a story that Hendrix would come to his shows night after night and get him to teach him licks.
 
I would say Hendrix because I think he is more creative.

-----------SRV is like a pure blues Hendrix on crack, and I am sure that nowadays there are some players that are like SRV on crack as well.
 
Yngwie Malmsteen

Yngwie Malmsteen Is The Best Out Of Everyone, This Topic Is Stupid Cause Its Not Even About Whose The Best, Cause Yngwie Is
 
JIMI'S the 1st and the best! That's why the great Stevie Ray dug him so much.YNGIE'S not about the blues at all but great in another way altogether.
 
rapiscrap said:
Yngwie Malmsteen Is The Best Out Of Everyone, This Topic Is Stupid Cause Its Not Even About Whose The Best, Cause Yngwie Is
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I think this actually may be Yngwie himself.



Except it's too modest, and the English is too good. :D .
 
Yngwie & SRV + Soul-less crap in my opinion (sorry).

Hendrix all the way.
 
(This is a VERY touchy subject).

I'm sorry guys, but I don't think calling anyone "crap" is going to get the point across. We need to point out the qualities of each player.

In my mind, Jimi took many of the licks from the old black blues greats, and made those licks electric. Then, Stevie came along and made those electric licks SCREAM with absolutely incredible power and PRECISION bending / picking.

Jimi was an artist with out-of-this-world song-writing abilities, while Stevie was a technician with incredible soul, power and passion. Stevie didn't have any musical knowledge, and wasn't very original, but just the way he was able to bring out so much power and feel out of songs that already existed made it excuseable.

I love them both to death. Stevie worshipped Jimi and he would never dream of having people compare them.

Timeline context is very important I think.

And calling Stevie's version of Little Wing sacreligeous doesn't make much sense to me. How about all the classical pianists playing Bethoven and Bach? Is that Sacreligeous? How about all the Jazz standards being modified and played so differently by later artists? The fact that Stevie was so moved by Little Wing that he had to play it himself just makes Jimi live on stronger in my mind. What is more flattering than everyone wanted to play your songs? It speaks alot about how innovative and beautifl Jimi Hendrix was.
 
Before anyone could swim, Jimi jumped off in the deep water and figured out how to swim. SRV added a little more precision to the stroke.
 
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