Jimi Hendrix
What's so special? 100s of guitarists are just as skillful, and a damn sight more tuneful. Was he the first to play like that, or the most proficient at the time? What's the attraction?

In fact, the only thing I have liked was Voodoo Chile. Not a recording, but a midi file played through a Soundblaster AWE 64 soundcard on SUSE Linux 6.3 with whatever drivers came with the OS. It sounded deliberately out of tune but not dischordant at all and I friggin' pissed myself laughing when it started playing.
( sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Fri 31 Dec 2010, 0:59, 5 replies)

Yes but
not many of them can have sex with the guitar musically, then physically then raep it (physically as well).
(Archeleus hates cabbage, Fri 31 Dec 2010, 2:41, closed)

Snuff do a good job of Purple Haze.
Not sure if this clip is any good. i cant watch it because MY GODDAM CONNECTION HAS BEEN SHAPED!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOSKqJw8-jw
( enoughblueskyforsailorstrousers, Fri 31 Dec 2010, 6:56, closed)

Yes, he pretty much was the first to sound like that.
Part of this is because Roger Mayer was building his effects pedals from scratch, and often bringing new and updated versions to every gig.

I know it sounds a bit clunky and trite now - a bit like E. E. 'Doc' Smith's early scifi - but you have to remember that it was very early stuff and it would be nearly 20 years before anyone else would catch up.
(gordonjcp, Fri 31 Dec 2010, 11:02, closed)

This ^ ^
My missus has rants about Hendrix. I tell her he was years ahead of his time, she sez it's bollocks. Mind you, she's been to see Take That.

Oooh, forgot about them.
( His Popiness the Hole Invaded Poland on, Fri 31 Dec 2010, 15:33, closed)

I thought it was
too hard to try and emulate a guitarist, for example Santanna would not be able to copy Hendrix and vice versa, due to the fact that they breathed differently and had different sized hands etc (Hendrix had hands like shovels). That does sound like a load of bollocks but I'm sure I heard Santanna say that in an interview, when asked about who was better.
(bROKEN aRROW PUA HVI Master, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:36, closed)