Bubble Burst:Jimi Hendrix wasn't a one man band.

[Cat piss martini]

who the fukk raised you?

 

[The Amerikkkan Idol]

Clapton fukking sucks. I think he’s the most overrated guitarist of all time. Jimi all day.

I love Hendrix too, but let's not get crazy here.

He did some historically great shyt with Cream & Derek & the Dominos

 

[O³ (O cubed)]

The premise of this thread

It's downplaying Jimi talent..

Yet

-Clapton played with HIGHLY respected Ginger Baker and Jack Bruce

Why not downplay Clapton?

Or Randy Rhoads for working with Daisley and Kerslake

This shyt would be like

"Eh Jimmy Page was good but his drummer was BETTER"..

No one does that bullshyt.

Give credit where credit is due...

No one rates Noel's bass playing highly either..dude was nothing special and Jimi grew tired of working with him.

Because he's a racist c*nt

 

[NormanConnors]

Actually, he did have a black band. Look up the band of gypsies, and its arguable but id say that voodoo child and purple haze are more popular than all along the watchtower

never seen anyone try to paint him as a solo artist either, his guitar playing/songwriting/character just stood out to the point where his bandmates recieved little to no recognition compared

Right, Band of Gypsies >>> The Experience

Imagine if they had a chance to cook up some studio shyt

 

[NormanConnors]

Dude, this might be the dumbest thread of all-times. (And that's saying a lot coming from The Coli)

Dude, Jimi is considered the GOAT guitarist by damned near everybody of every color.

Mitch Mitchell, thought great in his own right isn't even considered a top 10 drummer in rock. I mean, you got like

Bomham
Moon
Watts
Baker
Grohl
Copeland
Peart
Chamberlin
Carey

And like a ton of drummers who are more regarded than Mitchell




NO he wasn't. He was playing for YEARS before he started playing with the Isleys.

He was imitating Albert King and Buddy Guy and all those guys before he was with them.



Yessir,

Buddy Miles, Billy Cobham, Norman Connors. The drummer list is long.

 

[KingTut]

Mitch Mitchell always looked like he was on some of the shroomiest shrooms, especially in the Purple Haze video.

 

[TheBigBopper]

I love Hendrix too, but let's not get crazy here.

He did some historically great shyt with Cream & Derek & the Dominos

Clapton is all basic ass pentatonic scales run through an overdriven amp. Tbf, Jimi is all pentatonic scales too (as is most rock guitar), but his playing was way more interesting and inventive than Eric Clapton. I listen to Eric Clapton and get bored. Can’t say that about Jimi.

 

[saturn7]

Jimi played the lead, bass and rhythm guitar. On some of his songs he played both when he wasn't satisfied with how Redding played the bass.

 

[saturn7]

OP acting like Band of Gypsies didn't exist. Which probably had better band members than the experience.

 

[seabreeze80]

He also played with the Isley Brothers. What is your point?

 

[Benefited]

The early history of rock had many black musicians as early pioneers..hint read Little Richard and Chuck Berry.

And blues is the direct ancestor of all modern American music forms.

Blues music is the root, rock, reggae, rap, funk, grunge, etc are the fruits.

Exactly,all the black people who white people like to overlook for Jimmy. Why?because Jimmy was more relateable to white people,and had more white fans for all the reasons the OP said. I don't give a damn about Jimmy Hendrix,but I respect his contribution and that other people who know about that genre. But it is weird that he gets so much respect as an influencer while other blacks in rock and roll do not. Jimmy Hendrix somehow is allowed right out at the forefront as one of the faces of rock and roll?any other black people get that treatment

I'm asking because I don't follow rock and roll so I could be completely wrong,but that is the view from the outside looking in.

 

[King Jove]

Exactly,all the black people who white people like to overlook for Jimmy. Why?because Jimmy was more relateable to white people,and had more white fans for all the reasons the OP said. I don't give a damn about Jimmy Hendrix,but I respect his contribution and that other people who know about that genre. But it is weird that he gets so much respect as an influencer while other blacks in rock and roll do not. Jimmy Hendrix somehow is allowed right out at the forefront as one of the faces of rock and roll?any other black people get that treatment

I'm asking because I don't follow rock and roll so I could be completely wrong,but that is the view from the outside looking in.

because jimi hendrix revolutionized the electric guitar more than anybody before him.

he's probably the most important guitarist ever. he completely changed how people approached the electric guitar.

 

[The Amerikkkan Idol]

Exactly,all the black people who white people like to overlook for Jimmy. Why?because Jimmy was more relateable to white people,and had more white fans for all the reasons the OP said. I don't give a damn about Jimmy Hendrix,but I respect his contribution and that other people who know about that genre. But it is weird that he gets so much respect as an influencer while other blacks in rock and roll do not. Jimmy Hendrix somehow is allowed right out at the forefront as one of the faces of rock and roll?any other black people get that treatment

I'm asking because I don't follow rock and roll so I could be completely wrong,but that is the view from the outside looking in.

Dude, have you listened to Jimi Hendrix play the guitar?

Now compare that with Chuck Berry.

It's like a totally different instrument.

because jimi hendrix revolutionized the electric guitar more than anybody before him.

he's probably the most important guitarist ever. he completely changed how people approached the electric guitar.

This.

 

[Fade Runner 2049]

Lol you don't read music threads about The Beatles on the coli then. People constantly claim Hendrix was better than The Beatles because he was black. I wanted to remind them he wasn't even the best musician in his band. I agree with you, lol and I did know that at 12.

@MansaMusa come on down.

He's regarded as the best guitarist of all time not necessarily the bestbest musician In general. So you reminding people of something that I haven't seen anyone claim otherwise about.

I'm gonna just go head and neg you

 

[IllmaticDelta]

Exactly,all the black people who white people like to overlook for Jimmy. Why?because Jimmy was more relateable to white people,and had more white fans for all the reasons the OP said. I don't give a damn about Jimmy Hendrix,but I respect his contribution and that other people who know about that genre. But it is weird that he gets so much respect as an influencer while other blacks in rock and roll do not. Jimmy Hendrix somehow is allowed right out at the forefront as one of the faces of rock and roll?any other black people get that treatment

I'm asking because I don't follow rock and roll so I could be completely wrong,but that is the view from the outside looking in.

It's because jimi came in the mid to late 1960's at a point when white (american) people had already hijacked the marketing term, rock n roll and made it synonymous with "white music" + the british invasion furthered this





so a good majority of the 40's and 50's pioneers/pre-beatles, were forgotten outside of Chuck Berry, Bo Diddly, Fats Domino, T-Bone Walker and Little Richard. Don't get it twisted though, Chuck Berry was Hendrix before Hendrix in as far as the white world of rock revered him. He's actually the first person inducted into the Rock n Roll hall of fame.