Originally Posted by: ZeppelinIn my humble opinion, hendrix is really overrated.
It's not about technique or soul or whatever, its just about being overrated by people who werent even *there* for real to judge.
I once read a interview with Ritchie Blackmore where he said that back in the 60's vanilla fudge and *not* hendrix used to be the best/most admired band in England.
Of course, i wasnt there back in the 60's BUT Ritchie Blackmore himself was there, Pete touwnsend (spelling?) was there, Jimmy Page was there and even Johnny Winter was there.. So the question is: what was so groundbreaking in Hendrix's work?
He was a really good rock player, incredible sound, etc, etc BUT i really doubt he can be compared to people like Ritchie Blackmore and even if we talk about influence, i dont think there's even one rock/metal song today out there which wasnt somehow influenced by Blackmore rather than Hendrix.

Well, at least you qualified your opinion in an understandable way.

Here's what Blackmore had to say in a 1995 interview: "RB: I don't see myself as such an important guitarist. Hendrix, he was a genius. Or Clapton in his early years. Those were people who did something new. The biggest guitarplayer was- and probably is Jeff Beck. To know what is already been done before you, and to come up with something new, that characterizes the great players. I already satisfied when I succeed in making music which is interesting...". For the full interview, you can find it here, in case you're interested: http://www.thehighwaystar.com/interviews/blackmore/rb_rifraf.html