Jimi's reply; "I don't know, You better ask Rory Gallagher"
When we consider the guitar greats it is impossible to say one was better than the other. Not like sport where the scoreboard decides the best.
While Rory passed at 47 he left a lifetime of work for us to enjoy & learn from. Like Clapton, Freddie, Albert & BB King, we have a lifes work to assess.
The real tragedy is the early passing of SRV & Hendrix. We can only speculate how they would have evolved as players if they had lived & the music we would now have.
Can only imagine a Crossroads Festival with Rory, SRV, Hendrix & Clapton on the same stage...... Mayer & Bonnamassa would be 'water boys' in that company.
For mine, Rory will always be #1, but happy to be 'Flooded in Texas' or 'Hazed in Purple' when the mood suits.
