Jimi Hendrix was probably the single most influencial guitar player next to Jimmy Page for just about anyone who was anyone playing guitar in the 70's and 80's. Not to mention that his songs still have the "staying power" on commercial radio. Everyone that you probably regard as an influence will probably quote Hendrix as one, so in a since, you are influenced by Hendrix by association. Yeah I know his technique was way sloppy, but it was so far ahead of his time he stood out and people wanted to play like him. You gotta realize that when he was playing " Foxy Lady" and " Machine Gun", and "Voodoo Chile" a lot of folks were still doing " Help Me Rhonda" and " Runaway" (Basically a bunch of 3 chord wishywashy stuff)(Hmmm, maybe rock is coming full circle, cause we are back to 3 chord wishywashy stuff again)
So yeah, Hendrix deserves his "guitar god" status, and he is FAR from overrated. You could give the "overrated" moniker to a lot of the neoclassical clones out there today. There are very few in my mind that really stand out, and they don't stand very far out there.
Maybe I am just old. I mean my influences are Hendrix, Page, Van Halen, Bettencourt, Vai,and Angus Young. I listened to Malmsteen and Impelliterri when I was 16 or so, and I even bought their cassettes and leaned some of their songs. ("Over the Rainbow" from Impelliterri was pretty cool at the time.) I can't honestly say that I am not really influenced by any of their playing though, except maybe to tighten up my practice regimen.
So. If you throw a cat out of a car window, is it considered "kitty litter"?