Question for my OG brehs. Who is or was the greatest black guitar player??

[Razor Raheem J.A.C.]

You can give them they flowers but they still not better than Jimi. A lot of people say Jimi the goat for a reason. It’s not just fans but it’s actual musicians even legendary musicians who call him the greatest

Jimi has said Chuck inspired him! Called him one of the greats, so…

 

[Sauce Dab]

Jimi has said Chuck inspired him! Called him one of the greats, so…

I never said Jimi didn’t inspire him

 

[Sauce Dab]

Also don’t forget Elizabeth Cotton. The most underrated guitarist of all time

 

[Vancouver Grizzly Fan]

All due respect to Jimi but, I grew up on the FUNK, Bootsy Collins was my GOAT bass player.

Eddie Hazel is a close 2nd.

 

[BlkAxeMan]

Exactly. Jimi Hendrix is like Charlie "Bird" Parker is for Jazz. They were very talented and innovative, but they were also high as Hell most of the time and they played extremely fast and loud. People just accept that loudness as being good when in fact many times it was just a loud.

Easy for Hendrix' composition and skill to be overshadowed by his image and reputation., if it was all about volume anybody could do it. He was a badass on acoustic blues too.

 

[Mike Nasty]

. I feel the same about Bob Marley he is the guy, but Bob isn’t even the best Reggae artist not even close he is in the Top 10, but he isn’t the head of it all in my opinion.

lol who is above The Wailers?

 

[Boonapalist]

Charlie Singleton from Cameo
Mike Hampton from Parliament Funkadelic
Drac Hicks from Slave
David T Walker
Sugarfoot from the Ohio Players

I don’t consider any of them the greatest but they could play their asses off. And their names you don’t normally hear

 

[Samori Toure]

lol who is above The Wailers?

Jimmy Cliff.

 

[BlkAxeMan]

Rock and roll is the Blues. Freddie King could play the Hell out of Rock and roll, but he was a bluesman through and through. Elmore James was another fantastic bluesman that could kill Rock and roll.

My only question is how many people that keep saying Jimi Hendrix have ever listened to any of the great bluesmen play?

I have listened to and admired all the greats from Charly Patton forward; I suspect Hendrix did too.

 

[Samori Toure]

Charlie Singleton from Cameo
Mike Hampton from Parliament Funkadelic
Drac Hicks from Slave
David T Walker
Sugarfoot from the Ohio Players

I don’t consider any of them the greatest but they could play their asses off. And their names you don’t normally hear

Drac was fantastic.

 

[Samori Toure]

I have listened to and admired all the greats from Charly Patton forward; I suspect Hendrix did too.

The issue is not whether Hendrix listened to the greats. My question is whether casual fans have bothered listening to the greats. People just reflexively say Hendrix, but they probably never heard of some of the other greats.

 

[The Fade]

Yep. This right here on a rainy night

He did this shyt with his thumb!



Lightning Hopkins and others were getting me through work days when I was doing manual labor. Blues really is that Work Song shyt

 

[Amo Husserl]

Some worth mentioning.

Lonnie Johnson:


Calvin Keys
Dez Di ckerson

 

[boriquaking]

Hendrix

 

[BlkAxeMan]

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The issue is not whether Hendrix listened to the greats. My question is whether casual fans have bothered listening to the greats. People just reflexively say Hendrix, but they probably never heard of some of the other greats.

Probably not, that's why they're casual fans. I get it tho, Hendrix is the beneficiary of the "there can only be one Black man at a time" syndrome, and gets the most mainstream promotion. People reflexively say Hendrix, and barely know his catalog.