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He was a big fan of Terry Kath in Chicago
@jamesheath760125 күн бұрын
Called him number 1
@swankiestnerd827725 күн бұрын
Not even on the list! He was number one for sure
@edwardoshoemaker771221 күн бұрын
That's right!
@cmkilcullen817620 күн бұрын
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?
@derfzus104020 күн бұрын
@@derfzus1040 Yes, Rory had a mastery of electric, acoustic, slide .
@TheHumbuckerboy20 күн бұрын
Whaaat? Hendrix was a massive fan of Jeff Beck.
@moai_sandman21 күн бұрын
jimi hendrix sucks!
@patrickciacco10834 күн бұрын
You got GOOBLETY GOCKED you young dadgum CALAMITY FLAPS
@ezsmith376522 сағат бұрын
U forgot to mention the great Robert Fripp he was a huge admirer of Fripp
@os7525 күн бұрын
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"
@user-bx2lj9ek6b13 күн бұрын
Jeff beck, Rory Gallagher, Johnny Winter, John McLaughlin, Robert Fripp, Larry Coryell and many others...
@musicsuladze477211 күн бұрын
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?
@DougMen118 күн бұрын
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.
@dennisvieira357517 күн бұрын
And Buddy Guy!
@casablanca274511 күн бұрын
RORY GALLAGHER FOR ME.
@23theseeker5018 күн бұрын
It is reported that when asked, how does it feel to be the greatest guitar player in the world Hendrix replied, "don't ask me ask Rory Gallagher"!
@brianstewart203211 күн бұрын
heard him in an interview give Roy Clark praises
@wildgrizz222124 күн бұрын
I read somewhere that Jimi was also a fan of Ritchie Valens’ guitar playing. RIP TO ALL OF THOSE WHO ARE GONE. 🙏
@energyasylum99720 күн бұрын
Jimi was a big fan of Phil Keggy too.
@danielbonarrigo365512 күн бұрын
Jimi was also a fan of Frank Zappa.
@pinanti12 күн бұрын
Ol needle dick…?
@higbyprigby96489 күн бұрын
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.
@ericbgordon157518 күн бұрын
Jimi said Terry Kath was the best guitar player in the world.
@philnetlan20 күн бұрын
He AINT NOT sayed it
@ezsmith376522 сағат бұрын
Terry Kath and Johnny Winter.
@mariobuttino609517 күн бұрын
Jimi was very inspired by T bone Walker and Buddy Guy
@nunestunes24 күн бұрын
👍... as were legions of others..
@tonetone757223 күн бұрын
I can’t believe that this guy hasn’t been mentioned yet but, Jimi really liked Leslie West (Mountain). Having jammed with on stage.
@dwill1239 күн бұрын
Good to see Rory up there 👏 👍 🙌 👌
@brianferris866822 күн бұрын
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.
@paddymeboy15 күн бұрын
JOHNNY WINTER WAS A BIG INFLUENCE
@joekosmowski386512 күн бұрын
RORY !
@TheHumbuckerboy23 күн бұрын
Rory was amazing. Nice that he respected him.
@firstlast53507 күн бұрын
@@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 .
@TheHumbuckerboy3 күн бұрын
List is invalid without Terry Kath. Hendrix loved the way he played.
@majorsynthqed73747 күн бұрын
I was just gonna comment that. All great players, replace b.b. with terry and i would believe it
@robertperna97887 күн бұрын
Sorry take away clapton😂
@robertperna97887 күн бұрын
This is good to know. Even Jimi had his influences.
@gwynnielsen508114 күн бұрын
He did not mention Mike Bloomfield
@bgjones124125 күн бұрын
nah
@BarbarraBay10 күн бұрын
Neither would I.
@dukeford889310 күн бұрын
Oddly enough his #1 pick claims he was always listening to Jeff Beck & wondering how he did certain things
@tinocasavecchia302021 күн бұрын
How could they possibly compile a top 10 list? Using what criteria?
@user-gl6py1ni2h19 күн бұрын
Not sure why Terry Kath was excluded from list
@ajaxplunkett511525 күн бұрын
Because the guy who posted this, don`t know who that is.
@martybrown35823 күн бұрын
😂.
@ickystrashcan....anothersm974919 күн бұрын
and Buddy Guy
@GlennWheatcroft18 күн бұрын
because nobody cares
@JulioLeonFandinho18 күн бұрын
Because - Ignorance is bliss.
@ajaxplunkett511518 күн бұрын
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!
@c.e.anderson55825 күн бұрын
"Terry didn`t last"?
@martybrown35824 күн бұрын
Jimi didn't last. Kath outlived him
@ajaxplunkett511523 күн бұрын
Hendrix died in 1970. Terry Kath died in 1978.
@ajaxplunkett511518 күн бұрын
What about Terry? Duane ? Wes ?. Who says these were his top 10 ?
@tarkus428318 күн бұрын
Legend has it he was mesmerized by the playing of Buddy Guy.
@phillipcowan14442 күн бұрын
Billy Gibbons is a living legend and a national hero.
@rhettg2424 күн бұрын
I would have loved to see Jimi play.
@user-wd2iy9bc7y19 күн бұрын
There are at list 100 others like jeff beck freddie king buddy guy..........
@user-zd7iv8vh1t18 күн бұрын
According to whom…??? P. O….
@bwanawilson598524 күн бұрын
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
@johnvinga544610 күн бұрын
Glad Rory Gallagher is on the list.
@bertenqvist732425 күн бұрын
Does it really matter?
@nonmember872525 күн бұрын
@@nonmember8725 why wouldnt it?
@darn128525 күн бұрын
@@darn1285 Cause it`s some made up shit...do you think Hendrix sat around making lists?
@martybrown35824 күн бұрын
@@martybrown358 Thank you!
@nonmember872524 күн бұрын
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
@CalebthegiganticMariofan24 күн бұрын
Jimi was also a big fan of phil keaggy
@joemccarron19919 күн бұрын
I think they forgot Hubert Sumlin.
@kevinpotter228822 күн бұрын
I doubt this list - no Curtis Mayfield, no Buddy Guy?
@2009framat11 күн бұрын
Hendrix called Terry Kath: "The best guitarist in the universe."
@davidmeir93484 күн бұрын
I know his favorite keyboardist was Keith Emerson. He even got Emerson and The Nice to tour with him.
@PointyTailofSatan9 күн бұрын
How could you not be a fan of the 🐐 Clapton
@BoLT24092 күн бұрын
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.
@montunaman13 күн бұрын
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.
@williamjackson670525 күн бұрын
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.
@kurtsaxton82324 күн бұрын
Guess he never heard of the great Chet Atkins.
@patbrennan657221 күн бұрын
I agree you can't say guitarist without thinking of M r Guitar, Chet Atkins.
@johnlanham405020 күн бұрын
What about Eddie Lang, Charlie Christian, Kenny Burrell, Grant Green, Wes Montgomery and Gábor Szabó?
@tommyblack799820 күн бұрын
What evidence is there for the top 10? When did he ever pull together such a list? There is a notorious urban myth that he said people should listen to Rory Gallagher if they want to hear the best player. Thing is, you will find that quote nowhere. Lots of claims of this show or that but not one actual recorded interview on radio, TV, Magazine. Zero.
@gab9920 күн бұрын
He said in a TV interview Billy gibbons was the best
@Duck_Dodgers16 күн бұрын
Look on dick cavett show
@Duck_Dodgers16 күн бұрын
unfortunately he didn't have time to meet SRV
@marcoferrikito16 күн бұрын
roflmao
@BarbarraBay10 күн бұрын
I’m sure Jimi dug Jeff Beck’s playing!
@tattyshoesshigure573124 күн бұрын
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.
@jbb-cj1md20 күн бұрын
Spot on, he was defo a fan of Beck, and I'd have to check the time line for Rory as well, best guitarist Ireland ever produced.
@brendandunleavy139919 күн бұрын
From what I could find, ZZ Top's first album wasn't released until six months after Hendrix died.
@user-rq9kc3gc6j8 күн бұрын
Gibbons was in a band that opened for Hendrix a number of times. This was before the ZZ Top days.
@majorsynthqed73747 күн бұрын
@@majorsynthqed7374 Thank you major, that's interesting information that will help me keep my foot out of my mouth.
@user-rq9kc3gc6j7 күн бұрын
@@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.
@jasonnelson66247 күн бұрын
When ZZ Top toured and opened for Hendrix their band at the time were named The Moving Sidewalks. They weren't called ZZ Top yet.
@antithug79427 күн бұрын
@@majorsynthqed7374 They were named The Moving Sidewalks at the time.
@antithug79427 күн бұрын
This list is pretty comprehensive, but way off -- His favorite white guitarist was Jeff Beck and his favorite black guitarist was Freddie King.
@scotto.483212 күн бұрын
I always wondered what Jimi would have thought of Eddie Van Halen.
@thomasgilbert873410 күн бұрын
I heard Phil Keaggy was on that list in a playboy Interview
@merlinidlehands33027 күн бұрын
You can definitely hear the influence
@tekservices869921 күн бұрын
No Curtis Mayfield????!!!
@meltonin883725 күн бұрын
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.
@matteg49017 күн бұрын
@@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.
@meltonin883717 күн бұрын
@@meltonin8837 Right the list is bs. Yeah Jimi was a big admirer of Curtis.
@matteg49017 күн бұрын
You have to wonder how you missed Terry Kath as one of, if not THE most favorite player of Jimi's. Tsk tsk, fire the Bot. 👀
@cuda426hemi17 күн бұрын
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.
@jerryjazzbo28456 күн бұрын
No Buddy Guy? Inconceivable.
@steveoconnor706916 күн бұрын
Roy Clark and Glen Campbell. But I guess everyone can’t be in the top 10
@larryoneill74328 күн бұрын
Jimi was a great admirer of Jeff Beck.
@glenearl950620 күн бұрын
Jimi was the King of Kings. Just listen to Machine Gun and Star Bangle Banner in 1969.
@thebomontellano499617 күн бұрын
Too bad they used a clip with those two clowns for the Steve Cropper part. Should have been footage from Monterey with Otis. He was a real singer.
@stevemack464314 күн бұрын
What about Keith Richard’s of The Rolling Stones n Joe Bonomoso ?
@user-zd6ql7lk1k20 күн бұрын
Terry Kath and Robert Ripp also
@anthonypinto9244Сағат бұрын
Terry Kath blows away Billy Gibbons any day. Surprised I didn't see Mike Bloomfield
@johngomez731425 күн бұрын
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.
@kurtsaxton82324 күн бұрын
Is there any particular recorded playing by Terry that you recommend for those of us who are wanting a good introduction to his playing/music ?
@TheHumbuckerboy23 күн бұрын
Not so sure about that, and I love Terry
@erolbulut258420 күн бұрын
@@TheHumbuckerboy'Liberation' from 'Chicago Transit Authority'
@erolbulut258420 күн бұрын
@@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.
@brianbritton844720 күн бұрын
Robert Fripp and Terry Kath!!
@edwardeller45794 күн бұрын
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.
@brendandunleavy139919 күн бұрын
They played on the same bill at the Isle of Wight festival in 1970, Rory Gallagher's Taste to acclaim, Hendrix less so on that occasion.
@analoguesoul459413 күн бұрын
@@analoguesoul4594 didn't know Rory was on the bill for that festival, every day is a school day, thanks for the info 👍
@brendandunleavy139913 күн бұрын
Rory was in the group Taste from 1966 to 1970 prior to going solo
@Tesla19557 күн бұрын
Yeah, I also heard Jimi is ADMIRING THE GUITAR PLAYING OF EDDIE VAN HALEN 😅😅😅
@MrMusicmanny2 күн бұрын
Jimi was also a fan of Robert Fripp and King Crimson.
@AlmostEthical20 күн бұрын
No mention of Clarence White in the comments ?
@robertvavra4143 күн бұрын
Im sure Buddy Guy would have got a shout out from Jimi.
@iainlawrie694815 күн бұрын
What about Terry Kath from band Chicago? Somebody forget 🎉😂
@ozzyk6317 күн бұрын
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 .
@careystuart15 күн бұрын
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.
@stevemack464314 күн бұрын
Yeah you're right. My buddy explained it to me. I guess I'm a democrap.@@stevemack4643
@careystuart13 күн бұрын
In the late '60's/early '70's everybody said Hendryx learned his entire thang from Buddy Guy. My friends and I had a chance to ptomote Buddy in '86, and, DAMN!! Everybody was right. That's no putdown of Jimi. Everybody has mentors, and Hendryx couldn't have found a better one. I am STUNNED, however, to NOT see Buddy Guy on this list. Oh well -- Ignorance is bliss.
@michaelpurington97434 күн бұрын
Slash
@grahamjeffries456615 күн бұрын
Jimi Hendrix said directly on TV in an interview no hear say no anything that Billy gibbons was the greatest guitar player. Look it up you'll find it. It was on the dick cavett show. Gibbons in 68 had a band called the moving sidewalks.
@Duck_Dodgers16 күн бұрын
wan't it Rory Gallagher?
@BarbarraBay10 күн бұрын
@@BarbarraBay I only seen him say on Dick cavett show Dave gibbons was the best.
@Duck_Dodgers7 күн бұрын
No Roy Buchanan? Jimi "borrowed" so much from Roy...
@lauranceemory444817 күн бұрын
I can't believe he didn't pick Jeff Beck or for that matter Jan akkerman.😮
@edljnehan281114 күн бұрын
Put an apostraphe after the X in Hendrix.
@doodlebob375825 күн бұрын
Funny Hendrix dislike bands for less creativity and then spit out 10 guitarists doing kinda equal stuff... :D
@alexcruba492818 күн бұрын
I m not so sure about this list.
@hendrix90878 күн бұрын
Why those guys capo so far up the neck.
@c.e.anderson55825 күн бұрын
Very nice beautiful, please go to your KZhead and just put in,,, Stewart Barnes and the Stewart Barnes band,, Stewart Barnes played like this before he saw Hendrix, Stewart Barnes born in 1945 yorkshire England, this is belgium 1990, Stewart Barnes passed away some years ago
@Ivoopdebeeck19 күн бұрын
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
@DavidCooper-ve2ci19 күн бұрын
I imagine he liked all these guys, but don`t pretend he had a fucking list, like he was some stupid KZhead dork...I`m still waiting for somebody to post that never seen before interview where he said so & so was the best.
@martybrown35824 күн бұрын
There are several interviews with Jimi Hendrix saying who he feels is the best, the Dick Cavett show interviews for example, I have seen the exact interview where he gave praise to Billy Gibbons, it's easily searched.
@kurtsaxton82323 күн бұрын
@@kurtsaxton823 I`ve searched it, saw it a few years ago. People claim that interview is proof he said Gibbons was the best, but he didn`t say that. Fact is he knew him from touring together, and of course he said good things about him. Nowhere will you hear him call anyone the best...Cavett or not. Edit: I revisited a Cavett interview and it was as I remembered. Jimi didn`t name anyone..but Cavett reminded Gibbons that Jimi said he was his favorite...that`s as much as he said.
@martybrown35822 күн бұрын
@kurtsaxton823 You got it wrong - on the Cavett show he was asked about being the best guitar player, to which he replied : Ask Rory Gallagher. He WANTED to meet Clapton and put as a prerequisite prior to him coming to England as per Chas Chandler, which gives the impression he revered Clapton. As for Albert King, he did not rate Hendrix at all - so maybe, this a wishlist from the author, rather.
@battievandermerwe912121 күн бұрын
@@martybrown358k
@craigheber20 күн бұрын
I remember reading accounts of Hendrix or someone in his entourage using Chloroform on Davy Jones or one of the more annoying Monkees.
@Rhythmicons19 күн бұрын
Chloroform takes something like 20 minutes to work
@Duck_Dodgers16 күн бұрын
@@Duck_Dodgers lol oh really?
@Rhythmicons16 күн бұрын
I'm shocked that Terry Kath didn't make the top 10 - - but I fiqured Rory and Billy would be the top 2
@bogdog175511 күн бұрын
why Billy?
@BarbarraBay10 күн бұрын
@@BarbarraBay One of Jimi's favorites but I don't know why
@bogdog175510 күн бұрын
@@bogdog1755 Billy was very young when Jimi met him at Monterey. I guess Jimi was paternalistic
@BarbarraBay10 күн бұрын
no Tommy Bolin ?
@MsLAUDANUM25 күн бұрын
I'm suspecting that the magazine doesn't know much about Jimi Hendrix. In a video interview Jimi said that Terry Kath was a better guitar player than himself.
@aboveforever17 күн бұрын
Yes, but that doesn't mean he was a favorite.
@KingKull197116 күн бұрын
@@KingKull1971 I'm assuming you are not a musician, so you wouldn't know what he meant by that.
@aboveforever16 күн бұрын
@aboveforever did Jimi say that Terry Kath was one of his favorites, or are you just assuming?
@KingKull197116 күн бұрын
@@KingKull1971 From what I remember Jimi admired him and spoke very highly of him and liked him very much. He didn't mention if he was in his top ten. But, anyone who is a musician of any ability would only say something like that if the person was not one of his favorites. That's how I know you are not a musician or one of any great ability.
@aboveforever15 күн бұрын
@aboveforever you can't remember something that never occurred. You've been playing the myth in your head for so long now you believe it.
@KingKull197115 күн бұрын
Mike Bloomfield
@guilty-of-being-right18 күн бұрын
Really Eric Clapton ! 😮
@yeti100219 күн бұрын
how old are you man? have you heard cream?
@julaiarnold64117 күн бұрын
I know the freakin story with Hendrix and Clapton .... I don't want to here it .
@yeti100217 күн бұрын
No chubby checker ether
@markmallyon22 күн бұрын
Buddy Guy? Jimi got about 50% of his stuff from Buddy.
@HeathWatts9 күн бұрын
Where’s Buddy Guy?!
@alcal4720 күн бұрын
I suppose Jimi told you this, eh?
@gregorylumpkin212818 күн бұрын
Didn't he know John Williams?
@lauterunvollkommenheit434419 күн бұрын
Curtis Mayfield
@BarbarraBay10 күн бұрын
Terry kath was the best 🎸🕊️
@edgardotorres810613 күн бұрын
Johnny guitar Watson
@paulmartinson87519 күн бұрын
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?
@barroncrist577919 күн бұрын
Bro I didn't even see the 3rd king. Those were his top 3 and Freddie was missing. Gtfoh
He was a big fan of Terry Kath in Chicago
Called him number 1
Not even on the list! He was number one for sure
That's right!
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?
@@derfzus1040 Yes, Rory had a mastery of electric, acoustic, slide .
Whaaat? Hendrix was a massive fan of Jeff Beck.
jimi hendrix sucks!
You got GOOBLETY GOCKED you young dadgum CALAMITY FLAPS
U forgot to mention the great Robert Fripp he was a huge admirer of Fripp
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"
Jeff beck, Rory Gallagher, Johnny Winter, John McLaughlin, Robert Fripp, Larry Coryell and many others...
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.
And Buddy Guy!
RORY GALLAGHER FOR ME.
It is reported that when asked, how does it feel to be the greatest guitar player in the world Hendrix replied, "don't ask me ask Rory Gallagher"!
heard him in an interview give Roy Clark praises
I read somewhere that Jimi was also a fan of Ritchie Valens’ guitar playing. RIP TO ALL OF THOSE WHO ARE GONE. 🙏
Jimi was a big fan of Phil Keggy too.
Jimi was also a fan of Frank Zappa.
Ol needle dick…?
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.
Jimi said Terry Kath was the best guitar player in the world.
He AINT NOT sayed it
Terry Kath and Johnny Winter.
Jimi was very inspired by T bone Walker and Buddy Guy
👍... as were legions of others..
I can’t believe that this guy hasn’t been mentioned yet but, Jimi really liked Leslie West (Mountain). Having jammed with on stage.
Good to see Rory up there 👏 👍 🙌 👌
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.
JOHNNY WINTER WAS A BIG INFLUENCE
RORY !
Rory was amazing. Nice that he respected him.
@@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 .
List is invalid without Terry Kath. Hendrix loved the way he played.
I was just gonna comment that. All great players, replace b.b. with terry and i would believe it
Sorry take away clapton😂
This is good to know. Even Jimi had his influences.
He did not mention Mike Bloomfield
nah
Neither would I.
Oddly enough his #1 pick claims he was always listening to Jeff Beck & wondering how he did certain things
How could they possibly compile a top 10 list? Using what criteria?
Not sure why Terry Kath was excluded from list
Because the guy who posted this, don`t know who that is.
😂.
and Buddy Guy
because nobody cares
Because - Ignorance is bliss.
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!
"Terry didn`t last"?
Jimi didn't last. Kath outlived him
Hendrix died in 1970. Terry Kath died in 1978.
What about Terry? Duane ? Wes ?. Who says these were his top 10 ?
Legend has it he was mesmerized by the playing of Buddy Guy.
Billy Gibbons is a living legend and a national hero.
I would have loved to see Jimi play.
There are at list 100 others like jeff beck freddie king buddy guy..........
According to whom…??? P. O….
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
Glad Rory Gallagher is on the list.
Does it really matter?
@@nonmember8725 why wouldnt it?
@@darn1285 Cause it`s some made up shit...do you think Hendrix sat around making lists?
@@martybrown358 Thank you!
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
Jimi was also a big fan of phil keaggy
I think they forgot Hubert Sumlin.
I doubt this list - no Curtis Mayfield, no Buddy Guy?
Hendrix called Terry Kath: "The best guitarist in the universe."
I know his favorite keyboardist was Keith Emerson. He even got Emerson and The Nice to tour with him.
How could you not be a fan of the 🐐 Clapton
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.
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.
Guess he never heard of the great Chet Atkins.
I agree you can't say guitarist without thinking of M r Guitar, Chet Atkins.
What about Eddie Lang, Charlie Christian, Kenny Burrell, Grant Green, Wes Montgomery and Gábor Szabó?
What evidence is there for the top 10? When did he ever pull together such a list? There is a notorious urban myth that he said people should listen to Rory Gallagher if they want to hear the best player. Thing is, you will find that quote nowhere. Lots of claims of this show or that but not one actual recorded interview on radio, TV, Magazine. Zero.
He said in a TV interview Billy gibbons was the best
Look on dick cavett show
unfortunately he didn't have time to meet SRV
roflmao
I’m sure Jimi dug Jeff Beck’s playing!
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.
Spot on, he was defo a fan of Beck, and I'd have to check the time line for Rory as well, best guitarist Ireland ever produced.
From what I could find, ZZ Top's first album wasn't released until six months after Hendrix died.
Gibbons was in a band that opened for Hendrix a number of times. This was before the ZZ Top days.
@@majorsynthqed7374 Thank you major, that's interesting information that will help me keep my foot out of my mouth.
@@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.
When ZZ Top toured and opened for Hendrix their band at the time were named The Moving Sidewalks. They weren't called ZZ Top yet.
@@majorsynthqed7374 They were named The Moving Sidewalks at the time.
This list is pretty comprehensive, but way off -- His favorite white guitarist was Jeff Beck and his favorite black guitarist was Freddie King.
I always wondered what Jimi would have thought of Eddie Van Halen.
I heard Phil Keaggy was on that list in a playboy Interview
You can definitely hear the influence
No Curtis Mayfield????!!!
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.
@@meltonin8837 Right the list is bs. Yeah Jimi was a big admirer of Curtis.
You have to wonder how you missed Terry Kath as one of, if not THE most favorite player of Jimi's. Tsk tsk, fire the Bot. 👀
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.
No Buddy Guy? Inconceivable.
Roy Clark and Glen Campbell. But I guess everyone can’t be in the top 10
Jimi was a great admirer of Jeff Beck.
Jimi was the King of Kings. Just listen to Machine Gun and Star Bangle Banner in 1969.
Too bad they used a clip with those two clowns for the Steve Cropper part. Should have been footage from Monterey with Otis. He was a real singer.
What about Keith Richard’s of The Rolling Stones n Joe Bonomoso ?
Terry Kath and Robert Ripp also
Terry Kath blows away Billy Gibbons any day. Surprised I didn't see Mike Bloomfield
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.
Is there any particular recorded playing by Terry that you recommend for those of us who are wanting a good introduction to his playing/music ?
Not so sure about that, and I love Terry
@@TheHumbuckerboy'Liberation' from 'Chicago Transit Authority'
@@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.
Robert Fripp and Terry Kath!!
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.
They played on the same bill at the Isle of Wight festival in 1970, Rory Gallagher's Taste to acclaim, Hendrix less so on that occasion.
@@analoguesoul4594 didn't know Rory was on the bill for that festival, every day is a school day, thanks for the info 👍
Rory was in the group Taste from 1966 to 1970 prior to going solo
Yeah, I also heard Jimi is ADMIRING THE GUITAR PLAYING OF EDDIE VAN HALEN 😅😅😅
Jimi was also a fan of Robert Fripp and King Crimson.
No mention of Clarence White in the comments ?
Im sure Buddy Guy would have got a shout out from Jimi.
What about Terry Kath from band Chicago? Somebody forget 🎉😂
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.
Yeah you're right. My buddy explained it to me. I guess I'm a democrap.@@stevemack4643
In the late '60's/early '70's everybody said Hendryx learned his entire thang from Buddy Guy. My friends and I had a chance to ptomote Buddy in '86, and, DAMN!! Everybody was right. That's no putdown of Jimi. Everybody has mentors, and Hendryx couldn't have found a better one. I am STUNNED, however, to NOT see Buddy Guy on this list. Oh well -- Ignorance is bliss.
Slash
Jimi Hendrix said directly on TV in an interview no hear say no anything that Billy gibbons was the greatest guitar player. Look it up you'll find it. It was on the dick cavett show. Gibbons in 68 had a band called the moving sidewalks.
wan't it Rory Gallagher?
@@BarbarraBay I only seen him say on Dick cavett show Dave gibbons was the best.
No Roy Buchanan? Jimi "borrowed" so much from Roy...
I can't believe he didn't pick Jeff Beck or for that matter Jan akkerman.😮
Put an apostraphe after the X in Hendrix.
Funny Hendrix dislike bands for less creativity and then spit out 10 guitarists doing kinda equal stuff... :D
I m not so sure about this list.
Why those guys capo so far up the neck.
Very nice beautiful, please go to your KZhead and just put in,,, Stewart Barnes and the Stewart Barnes band,, Stewart Barnes played like this before he saw Hendrix, Stewart Barnes born in 1945 yorkshire England, this is belgium 1990, Stewart Barnes passed away some years ago
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
I imagine he liked all these guys, but don`t pretend he had a fucking list, like he was some stupid KZhead dork...I`m still waiting for somebody to post that never seen before interview where he said so & so was the best.
There are several interviews with Jimi Hendrix saying who he feels is the best, the Dick Cavett show interviews for example, I have seen the exact interview where he gave praise to Billy Gibbons, it's easily searched.
@@kurtsaxton823 I`ve searched it, saw it a few years ago. People claim that interview is proof he said Gibbons was the best, but he didn`t say that. Fact is he knew him from touring together, and of course he said good things about him. Nowhere will you hear him call anyone the best...Cavett or not. Edit: I revisited a Cavett interview and it was as I remembered. Jimi didn`t name anyone..but Cavett reminded Gibbons that Jimi said he was his favorite...that`s as much as he said.
@kurtsaxton823 You got it wrong - on the Cavett show he was asked about being the best guitar player, to which he replied : Ask Rory Gallagher. He WANTED to meet Clapton and put as a prerequisite prior to him coming to England as per Chas Chandler, which gives the impression he revered Clapton. As for Albert King, he did not rate Hendrix at all - so maybe, this a wishlist from the author, rather.
@@martybrown358k
I remember reading accounts of Hendrix or someone in his entourage using Chloroform on Davy Jones or one of the more annoying Monkees.
Chloroform takes something like 20 minutes to work
@@Duck_Dodgers lol oh really?
I'm shocked that Terry Kath didn't make the top 10 - - but I fiqured Rory and Billy would be the top 2
why Billy?
@@BarbarraBay One of Jimi's favorites but I don't know why
@@bogdog1755 Billy was very young when Jimi met him at Monterey. I guess Jimi was paternalistic
no Tommy Bolin ?
I'm suspecting that the magazine doesn't know much about Jimi Hendrix. In a video interview Jimi said that Terry Kath was a better guitar player than himself.
Yes, but that doesn't mean he was a favorite.
@@KingKull1971 I'm assuming you are not a musician, so you wouldn't know what he meant by that.
@aboveforever did Jimi say that Terry Kath was one of his favorites, or are you just assuming?
@@KingKull1971 From what I remember Jimi admired him and spoke very highly of him and liked him very much. He didn't mention if he was in his top ten. But, anyone who is a musician of any ability would only say something like that if the person was not one of his favorites. That's how I know you are not a musician or one of any great ability.
@aboveforever you can't remember something that never occurred. You've been playing the myth in your head for so long now you believe it.
Mike Bloomfield
Really Eric Clapton ! 😮
how old are you man? have you heard cream?
I know the freakin story with Hendrix and Clapton .... I don't want to here it .
No chubby checker ether
Buddy Guy? Jimi got about 50% of his stuff from Buddy.
Where’s Buddy Guy?!
I suppose Jimi told you this, eh?
Didn't he know John Williams?
Curtis Mayfield
Terry kath was the best 🎸🕊️
Johnny guitar Watson
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?
Bro I didn't even see the 3rd king. Those were his top 3 and Freddie was missing. Gtfoh
Buddy Guy? John Lee Hooker?