Jimi Hendrix's favourite guitarists

5 incredible guitarists who helped shape the master, Jimi Hendrix

[@billparrish9200]

Rory Gallagher was a force of nature.

[@padovaniroland]

not at all johnny winter is a very more better guitarist... Since Rory Gallagher in Taste is bad primare musician..

[@billparrish9200]

@@padovaniroland "Better", not "more better". Learn English. Then learn guitarists.

[@padovaniroland]

@@billparrish9200 Yes ,more more better, very better...my english and taste are perfect, poor little bastard. Paul Kossoff, Leslie West, Robin Trower are very good soul and vibrato guitarist, not at all Rory.

[@ginto1990]

​@@padovanirolandwhat are you talking about?

[@puckf17]

Jimi may indeed have held RG's playing in high esteem- totally believable- but I've heard there's no source for him saying that.

[@CarrigansGuitarClub]

In this part of Ireland, that has turned into a saying "Go ask Rory..."

[@mopacwestgate]

I can't believe Terry Kath isn't mentioned. Hendrix was blown away by Kath,and when he first saw Chicago he immediately invited them to go on the road with him

[@aldonapolitano5979]

So true! That "better than me" has been well documented and Chicago did tour with him. Like you, I was in disbelief that Terry Kath wasn't even mentioned. I was blessed having seen both of them. The first time I saw Terry was the day that Jimi died. I'm so happy you remembered this.

[@billparrish9200]

@@aldonapolitano5979 I love Chicago, but you can't seriously compare Kath with Gallagher. No doubt Jimi loved Kath's emotional playing. That's not quite the same thing as being Rory Gallagher. Do me a favor. Listen to a (studio) track by Taste called 'What's going on'? Ignore the first 40 seconds or so. Just listen to the solo that follows. And then tell me - honestly - that Kath was as good (or even close) to Gallagher.

[@aldonapolitano5979]

@@billparrish9200 Do you play? I mean seriously play. Or maybe I should ask have you studied music? I want to know that before I answer you because when I see things like you can't seriously compare Kath with Gallagher I really have to question your ability to discern so please let me know.

[@billparrish9200]

@@aldonapolitano5979 No, I don't play. I don't act either. That doesn't mean I can't tell De Niro is a better than William Shatner. Grow up.

[@aldonapolitano5979]

@@billparrish9200 So, ya got nothing.

[@rorysteele4943]

He also loved terry kath

[@evelyngill5134]

Thank you for this❤

[@ekat911]

definitely Rory, Terry Kath and Billy Gibbons are the three that have been mentioned for years !!!

[@dustindavis9050]

Your right!! I made a comment about Kath but I forgot about Billy Gibbons, I’m not sure how much actual research was done for this video .

[@zedtap4528]

Jimi had a message for all there poeple and they dont see it but all comparing eachother if listen to the words inbetween the words we will have peace to be the greastest in the world but he shows us there is others in the world we are all equal then they will understand his message there is more than being the best or most money or most popular

[@jimiplayscobo5877]

Well I've seen both Jimi and Rory Live and my favourite was Rory :-) Peace

[@darrenwalshe8513]

Wow!❤

[@dannywholuv]

Rory Gallagher. What a man

[@markoliver630]

Love Jimi but my favorite is Rory.

[@chriscook5613]

I think if you added Terry Kath and Billy Gibbons to that list I'd give it a heavier nod. He often mentioned them. Still there's so many you could add to this, but those 2 definitely belonged on it...as far as Jimi was concerned

[@billparrish9200]

With all respect to Billy Gibbons, you're not seriously suggesting he was in the same league as Rory Gallagher?

[@timothyorie7021]

Isn’t it favorite..not best?

[@billparrish9200]

@@timothyorie7021 Fair enough. For a second there, I thought Billy had taken an extra fifty years of lessons.

[@theeffortlesshorsebackride9277]

What happened to Buddy Guy? Jimi was inspired more by Buddy than any of these guys and I know that because you can hear direct influences in his music

[@billparrish9200]

@@theeffortlesshorsebackride9277 TBH, you can hear Guy's influences in all blues players. Probably a bit of Muddy Waters too, and in the case of Gallagher at least, Leadbelly as well. A lot of those old blues licks are the same. I wouldn't say they were more obvious in Hendrix's playing than any other blues players of the modern era. But he did adapt things to produce a fairly unique sound.

[@VictorLewis-nd4ld]

Here are a few more I think belong right up there as the best whoever picked up a guitar. I'll confine my nominees to the blues and rock realm. In no particular order: Bonnie, Taj, Stevie Ray, Carlos, Ry, Jeff, Jimmy, and Robbie. And man, it was spot on to start your list with Roaree! Full marks! 😉

[@billparrish9200]

I'd agree with most of that list, except for Beck, who was technically great, but that's about it. No stage presence, no fire, no soul. Saw him play a tiny 'jazz club' type venue in London years back & it was like a funeral. Half an hour into it and people were talking to each other and ordering drinks. That wouldn't happen with RG. Bet the bank on it.

[@brutusalwaysminded]

Thanks. Info I hadn’t heard.

[@PatCavendish-gn8ck]

Gallagher and BB King for sure. They were real pioneers. Clapton seemed technically good, but I wouldn't put him in the same league as those other two. Terry Kath?

[@felixthelmocevallosmorales7218]

James Marshall Hendrix (nacido como Johnny Allen Hendrix; Seattle, Washington; 27 de noviembre de 1942-Notting Hill, Londres, Inglaterra; 18 de septiembre de 1970), más conocido como Jimi Hendrix, fue un guitarrista, cantante y compositor estadounidense. A pesar de que su carrera profesional solo duró cuatro años, es considerado uno de los músicos y guitarristas más influyentes de la historia del rock. El Salón de la Fama del Rock and Roll lo describe como «Indiscutiblemente uno de los músicos más grandes de la historia del rock».[1]

[@notme810]

Rory Gallagher really is the greatest musician of history

[@wilbertkendal2524]

LOL!

[@DS-yg4qs]

Rory was a great local musician but not that great compared with big boys.

[@Rapture-Farms]

I knew his granny. From my home town .she loved whisky and had it hid in a walking stick. For when she wasn't served any more drink in the pub. she got violent and loud ....

[@Rapture-Farms]

Cork man woooooo

[@joshferguson9703]

My god don’t say that to any Hendrix lovers I am being hated on right now because I don’t think Hendrix was all that and players like Rory Gallagher Roy Buchanan and Danny Gatton are better imo

[@jossbsure]

Definitely Buddy Guy has to make that list. Thank you for acknoledge Rory's position in Jimi' pantheon. And you have to mention what Jimi said about Frank Zappa and Robert Fripp.

[@wilbertkendal2524]

LOL!......Utter BS. Jimi's main influences and favorite guitarists where 'Blues' players e.g Buddy Guy, BB King, Elmore James and Muddy Waters. So 'F' off and take all that made-up nonsense and hearsay and leave Jimi alone. RIP Jimi

[@jossbsure]

@@wilbertkendal2524 sleep off your booze before writing. It helps to be social

[@wilbertkendal2524]

@@jossbsure Yeah......Well that video is spreading nothing but lies and BS. And you know it

[@Daniel-hn7nd]

Terry Kath is an obvious omission that's surprising.

[@samthompson1843]

I've heard on many occasions that Terry Kath and Billy Gibbons were 2 of his top favorites, both men were said to blow his mind with their talents

[@sushibar777]

As others here point out, you left out Terry Kath. Hendrix is supposed to have said once that Terry Kath of Chicago was his favorite guitarist. Hendrix was a very modest and likable person, and seems to have complemented a number of other guitarists in his time. He knew he was great, but wasn't at all insecure about recognizing talent in others. Jimi toured briefly with Chicago, so he got to see Kath up close and personal.

[@sugarwheats]

...and Terry Kath

[@Imsteppenwolf]

Where's Terry Kath?...

[@stevelauda5435]

Pete Townsend is well known to be quite the critic on everyone however he did say this about Jimi, if you never got the chance to see Jimi play, you truly missed out on something special.

[@dadadrew]

Did you forget to include Terry Kath?

[@meyou-dv8ns]

You know what, sometimes it takes you a long time even many years to figure out some things like The Beatles, I have been a Beatles fan since 1966 when I was 5 years old lol, but it took me until the year 2010 to really understand them as a band and what really happened to them and just who was really the boos of that band and so on,. Now on Jimmy Hendrix, I have come to a conclusion about him that I never did in all the years of being a fan of his and this is NOT something I read in a book or had anyone tell me- It just kinda dawned on me in the last 5 years or so. Jimmy was a smart guy when it came to guitar playing, I think he never thought he was the best and when he saw a guitar player doing something better them him even if it was one little thing instead of being jealous about it. or being a asshole to that person he would become their friend and want to jam with them to see right up front how they did certain things on the guitar like " Sliding or Bending strings. or certain guitar tones and he would even offer to play the Bass guitar and let that person shine on the lead guitar, there are many photos of Jimmy with people like Johnny Winter jamming and Leslie West and Martin Barre of "Jethro Tull" he seems to seek all as to their ways and learn the secrets that they hold. " Sort a Speak" he was smart in doing that. never thinking he is god or he was so good that he did not need to learn any more because he knew it all , but instead just got better and better- I think that was kinda his plan - very very smart of him.He saw Robert Frip play for King Crimson and was blown away. he he became friends with him and jammed with him- Jimmy played bass , Jimmy saw Johnny Winter play live at Wood Stock and was like WOW this dude is loud and fast. then jammed with him and played bass, Jimmy said Billy Gibbons was the best guitar player in rock, but he also said that about like 6 other players lol. Jimmy saw Mike Bloomfield play live in 1967 and guess what he did, He became friends with Mike and jammed with him at Mikes home and said " Thats ok, you play guitar. I will play bass. And you know Jimmy was just watching Mike do stuff he did not do and later on that night went home and did it on his guitar then made it better lol!!!! Jimmy even did that with songwriting, he hated Bob Dylan in the early days, But then after really listening to Bob realized WOW. this guy is with words as I am with guitar playing. HE IS THE BEST, AFTER THAT JIMMYs songs got better with words, no longer did Jimmy just write. love songs just for the sake of writing songs, there is a very famous photo of Jimmy with his head phones on at his record player with 5 Bob Dylan albums near him just listening to Bobs words to all his song just as if he was listing to a record with guitar playing on it. he was a great student

[@mikebarker7626]

Mike Bloomfield deserves mention

[@barroncrist5779]

Leslie West was admired by Jimi Hendrix.

[@richardj9016]

Curtis Mayfield ? Buddy Guy ?

[@padovaniroland]

alcaraz not again under stereoids and dopage

[@gerthie]

Jimi saying ask rory is urban legend rory is good jimi on a different level

[@xandt-doggaming3313]

So some if the guitarist people claim Jimi mentioned in interviews was never actually mentioned. There is a story of him complimenting Chicago but it's all story with no actual proof. Jim also was a very humble person do to self esteem issues though so it's likely he would have said anyone was better

[@RobLivingston-fs9ez]

Actually, one of the Chicago members has stated (I believe) in more than one interview that Jimi came to their dressing room when he first saw them and said their lead guitarist (Terry) is better than him. I don't recall the member's name but here's the KZbin video to one of the interviews (@4:00): kzbin.info/www/bejne/f6mpqoRpjbJoers

[@MandlBakr-fd1zl]

Buddy Guy and Guitar Shorty are really supposed to be on this list!

[@maddmike6100]

I can't remember what show it was but I remember watching Jimmy Hendrix and Chet Atkins playing together and Jimmy Hendrix bowed down to Chet Atkins I think it might have been The Smothers Brothers or Ed Sullivan I'm not sure ❓ Two very different styles but both were masters of the electric ⚡ guitar 🎸 Without Chet Atkins, BB King And Exspecially Les Paul there never would have been a Jimmy Hendrix or Eric Clapton, Billy Gibbons, Jimmy Page, Ted Nugent, Stevie Ray Vaughan etc.....

[@evelyngill5134]

Thank god someone finally mentioned Jimmy Page my favorite artist❤

[@dimitriosspanos3274]

Manolis chiotis was another one of his favorites and he said the same quote about being the best about him as well.

[@thodorisvlastos6304]

That's a myth . I doubt he ever even heard of him .

[@letsgofishing5238]

@@thodorisvlastos6304 there's many myths about hendrix indeed, he probably never said anything about rory as well

[@thodorisvlastos6304]

@@letsgofishing5238 yup . There is a video where he is asked how it feels to be the best guitarist in the world.the answer wasn't Gallagher. Instead he answered "how about best guitarist sitting in this chair "

[@letsgofishing5238]

@@thodorisvlastos6304 you know the myth about xioths?

[@RainerBosch-qy9fj]

They were each amazing guitarists in their own, very different ways. That said, Gallagher was undoubtedly the best. And certainly better than Hendrix.

[@fredsinger3894]

Hendrix must have mentioned Terry Kath who I know for a fact Jimi said Terry was a better guitar player then he was

[@wilbertkendal2524]

LOL!......Utter BS.

[@scyphe]

@@wilbertkendal2524 Uhm, no. Hendrix actually said that just like he said it about Rory Gallagher. And fred didn't mean that Hendrix said Terry was a better guitarist than Rory, he meant that Hendrix said Terry was a better guitar player than Hendrix. ;)

[@wilbertkendal2524]

@@scyphe LOL!....Rubbish. Hendrix didn't say 'Jack $HIt'. And where's the proof

[@wilbertkendal2524]

@@scyphe Here's the truth about the great Jimi Hendrix; kzbin.info/www/bejne/qmWZY6mEjK-tZ80

[@jacob45415]

@@wilbertkendal2524 I haven’t even heard of Rory Gallagher and utter rubbish ?😂😂😂😂😂

[@Total1Now]

And Hendrix actually told a reporter that Billy Gibbons was the best guitar player in the world. He might not be the greatest, but Jimi liked Billy, they hung out together on a tour when Billy was playing with Moving sidewalks, and Jimi definitely thought Billy was a great guitar player. And. . . You haven’t mentioned Carlos. Jimi raved about Santana’s playing when the Woodstock film came out. Jimi admired Carlos’ playing greatly

[@randycunningham7318]

Billy Gibbons is certainly my favorite guitarist of all time, but who am I.

[@arukapinaka5564]

He mentioned Alvin Lee, too...

[@johntuohy1867]

Jimmy' s Now.

[@willstewca]

You missed Billy Gibbons

[@rorysteele4943]

He did really like Billy gibbons

[@wilbertkendal2524]

@@rorysteele4943LOL!......Utter BS.

[@jacob45415]

Yep he’s states that several times

[@redshield3296]

@@wilbertkendal2524 Jimi Hendrix mentioned Billy Gibson many times and talked about how much he admired his playing. He knew Billy Gibson way before ZZ Top when Billy Gibson played for moving sidewalks.

[@wilbertkendal2524]

@@redshield3296 LOL!....Jimi didn't say 'Jack $hit' about Billy Gibbons

[@golfhead2169]

Ya..the story in this vid is false about Jimi fav is Rory..a guitar magazine named rory #1 guitarist..and Jimi just blew that question off..I don't think Jimi ever met/saw Rory..so Rory is not Jimi's favourite

[@BedeYahEmmanuel]

Your opinion, 😮 but only SRV knew who was Hendrix greatest influence because he was a influence of SRV. And yall don't even have a clue

[@gregoryhenderson2640]

They left out Terry Kath.

[@mikeodonnell6799]

Led Zeppelin came out in January of 1969, Led Zeppelin 2 in October of 1969, it was over for Jimi and he knew it

[@steveludwig4200]

LMFAO. Ask guys like Pete Townshend and Keith richards what they thought of Zep and both would say "Not much". Zep was stoned every show they ever did and sloppy with mediocre songs. Page was more interested in the 14 and 15 yr old girls backstage than putting on a good show.

[@mikeodonnell6799]

@@steveludwig4200 with the biggest crowds. sure Pete doesn't like them, they r into chics not boys. and Jimmy Page has helped Keith out sometimes. ah Jealousy?

[@steveludwig4200]

@@mikeodonnell6799 14 and 15 year olds are not "chics" they are little girls.....and Page should have gone to prison. POS

[@billparrish9200]

You're joking, right?? 😂

[@alphadogstudio]

0:02

[@jonathananderson3897]

Yes there are faster and more technical players. Did any of them invent stereo sound and pioneer multi track recording ? Few of them have actual songs, Jimi had countless amazing songs which featured ground breaking guitar playing and sounds built around amazing songs, with a twist of the bizarre, burning guitars on stage etc. You have to keep in mind no one had ever heard anything like it, yeah the who and Clapton were around and jimi borrowed from both. However he took everyone else's lines, mutated them and played them on steroids. No one could ever come close, them you look at his Improvisation, he could throw out things on a daily basis with the complexity of classical composers but with infinitely more emotion and feeling. Nuff said

[@capcenter77]

Uh...Jimi didn't invent stereo sound. It was developed in the 1930's....and it was Les Paul that pioneered multitrack recording!

[@aldonapolitano5979]

@@capcenter77 I have that L.P., Multitrakin' on vinyl. And,in yeah, you're right.

[@siepip]

Albert King---Magic Sam---Otis Rush-- Johnny Jenkins-- were before the fame Y'all might want to go Back and do your research again

[@lukewarmwater5320]

You forgot Billy Gibbons...

[@stephenpigot7057]

Gallagher the second g is silent so pronounced Gallaher

[@fuzzy1237]

Depends I’m Irish and understand what u mean but elsewhere the g is pronounced Liam and Noel for example, and they have Mayo roots

[@adamgillespie3393]

@@fuzzy1237 im from mayo we don't pronounce the g either. There's no dialect of Irish speaking that I know of that pronounces it with g

[@fuzzy1237]

@@adamgillespie3393 Keane in Mayo is also pronounced Kane so surnames differ around the country

[@daviddockery8962]

Only foreigners pronounce it with a g. You’re right

[@davidthompson6834]

Hendrix was just being polite everyone in the world knows he is the best

[@KravMagoo]

Yeah, even to this day, I've never heard anyone put more emotion into their playing. Jimi is also in my top ten R&R singers, as well. Tbh, I've always felt that Clapton was massively overrated. Not even in my top 50.

[@randycunningham7318]

Billy F. Gibbons?

[@siriusra2692]

.........Sonny Sharrock......Hubert Sumlin.....Albert Collins.......

[@noyourewrong599]

Chet Atkins though

[@aldonapolitano5979]

Rory Gallagher's first album, Rory Gallagher was released in 1971. Jimi Hendrix died in 1970.

[@aldonapolitano5979]

@Vel ez Al Asif Correct. He (Rory with Taste) played on the same bill as Hendrix one time, so far as the lords of the internet see fit to tell. It was the Isle of Wight Festival. Rory played early on and I believe Mister Hendrix closed it. He was beset with technical problems so I don't think he socialized that much. Jimi died just a few days after that. Sadly, they're both gone now.

[@daviemcf]

@Vel ez Al Asif Taste were even better and that's where Jimi would've first heard Rory.

[@aaronski02]

Rory had been in Taste for 4 years by then, Taste were the 3rd headliner on the Friday of the Isle of Wight 1970 festival. Rory was a big deal in London having a residency with Taste at the Marquee Club, so Hendrix knew Rory from 1967.

[@aldonapolitano5979]

@@aaronski02 1) The video is B.S. It never happened. 2) He might possibly have known him but, unlike other guitar players he didn't mention him. 3) Proving what? 4) the Marquee Club was somewhat equivalent to the Whiskey A Gogo in Hollywood. The Syn was a regular act there but they were not famous at that point. Hendrix played there once to an SRO crowd. The Syn opened. Chris Squire (moment of silence) tells a great story about that event. No mention of Rory Gallagher having played there with either act. Hendrix may have played there a few more times but it's not heavily mentioned in his bios and shortly after the Syn he was playing larger venues. 5) As mentioned earlier, the Hendrix crew and Jimi himself were heavily involved an equipment problem. I don't believe Jimmy had a chance to talk to anybody including Chicago, which was the band they were touring with. All of this just to support that the video was 🐂💩

[@BryanHRBrodie]

Pretty sure he asked to jam with cream

[@dustindavis9050]

You left out Terry Kath !!! Its well known he though a lot of Terrys playing .

[@albertinsinger7443]

Buddy Guy must be in there. Because Hendrix took so much from Buddy Guy.

[@Shuni_el_abuelito]

No Albert King;::::....,,,,

[@user-ed8ks8yw2h]

Rory Gallagher was the best of the best guitar also hendrix say it he is the only king ever

[@CharlesREllis-kd7xu]

We all know Hendrix liked Rory, but what about the kid he asked to come to London with him but his mom wouldnt let him go, Randy Wolfe aka Randy California of Spirit.

[@markymarco2570]

That quote from Jimi, "I don't know, you have to ask so-and-so", he said it about various guitar players.

[@tedswanson2115]

He didn't; but it's certainly one of the most often repeated fallacies...

[@aldonapolitano5979]

It's said that he said it. He didn't say it.

[@REM1956]

I've heard this quote referring to ten different guitarists. It's in the same realm as who the Stones asked to replace Mick Taylor. Just a bunch of BS.

[@aldonapolitano5979]

That "greatest guitarist" story (I'm a long time fan of Rory Gallagher ever since I saw him in L.A. in about '76) has been floating around for decades and applied to many different players. It never happened. It's documented that he admired Billy Gibons and 3 of the members of Chicago are on record as having been told by Mr. Hendrix that Terry Kath plays "better than me". As for this click bait piece there is no documentation because it never happened.

[@billparrish9200]

Jimi indeed said it on The Mike Douglas show (he was a regular for a brief period). It's fairly well documented, and Julian Vignole provides the source in his book 'Rory. The Man Behind The Guitar'.

[@aldonapolitano5979]

@@billparrish9200 Did you see/hear it yourself? There are so many books and so much "documentation" about him, many of which are legendary accounts based on reputation and such that you really can't be sure of anything unless you've seen it yourself and I have not. I have however heard at least five " you'd have to ask fill in the blank" stories. A link would be helpful. There's a lot on the Mike Douglas show out there. By the way, I'm second to no man in my love for Rory Gallagher. I really loved watching him and got to see him play The Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. A great picker, strummer, finger picker. His grave is on theHollywood graveyard Ireland fan-submitted episode.

[@billparrish9200]

@@aldonapolitano5979 Nope, didn't hear/see it myself.

[@themetallian2112]

Zappa

[@larrymclarnon-pd8xf]

I have often heard the quote regarding Jim's feelings about Rory Gallagher. It is nice to have this story confirmed.

[@johnirwin7979]

I hate to break it to you but it is very unlikely that Jimi even knew who Rory was (if you simply note that Rory's notoriety was after Jimi died). That quote has been said of many guitarists and has never been proven of any of them (despite various fans combing through hours of interview footage).

[@oclumhain]

I think you're correct that the story is apocryphal, however, Rory's band Taste were fairly well known in the UK in 1969-70. They released two albums, gigged extensively and supported Cream and Blind Faith (N. America tour). So it's not entirely unlikely that Jimi would have heard them.

[@Rapture-Farms]

There is alot missing from this list

[@tirokopita]

Μανώλης Χιώτης

[@jonnyrox116]

I seem to remember Jimi on the Dick Cavett show spouting that the guitarist for his opening band for Electric Lady Land was the greatest guitarist he'd ever seen, that band was the Moving Sidewalks and the guitarist was none other than Billy Gibbons

[@joshuamariscal8455]

Rory Gallagher didn’t “influence” Hendrix. Hendrix just admired his music. Hendrix already had his unique sound before Rory ever came along….

[@laughingblackman2259]

LOL!.....Jimi didn't even admire his music. Its all made-up lies and propaganda BS being spread by the white media.

[@barryb90]

Don't recall anyone claiming any different.

[@aldonapolitano5979]

Rory Gallagher's first album, Rory Gallagher was released in 1971. Jimi Hendrix died in 1970.

[@capcenter77]

Gallagher was in a band called Taste since the early-mid 60's that was a big influence on many guitarists that broke in the late 60's.

[@SilviaAMaestri]

​@@aldonapolitano5979don't forget the Taste... the band that Rory founded in 1966 and that has a discography and live concerts. Album in studio •Taste - Polydor, 1969 On the Boards - Polydor, 1970 Live Taste Polydor, 1971 Live at the Isle of Wight - Polydor, 1971 ...

[@sea-ferring]

No mention of Curtis Mayfield indicates you don't know shit about Hendrix's influences.

[@houstonswisha143]

He liked Billy Gibbons a lot

[@MrJohnnyb42]

WTF Terry Kath?

[@Silversmoke1000]

I don't understand why Johnny Winter's name keeps getting left off this list as he was personally named by Hendrix as one of two guitar players he most admired, the other being Clapton. Good Lord!

[@baliscotsurf]

Danny Kirwan Fleetwood Mac n Curtis Mayfield

[@vampyros1]

Hendrix was a humble man of incomparable genius and often praised lesser guitarists, yet none of them were fit to grovel at his feet.

[@RainerBosch-qy9fj]

Rory didn't grovel. And he was better.

[@vampyros1]

@@RainerBosch-qy9fj lol

[@MOAONAABE]

jimi said the same thing about johnny winter.

[@HystEric_Demory]

Billy Gibbons from ZZ Top was Jimi's favorite.

[@RainerBosch-qy9fj]

Favourite beard, maybe. Get serious dude.

[@6412mars]

Terry Kath was Jimi's favorite guitarist

[@connorbushert1810]

Hmm no one's mentioned Bob Dylan which I'm pretty sure Hendrix was influenced by in his songwriting styles and lyrics

[@scyphe]

Different category though. Dylan was a singer-songwriter, not an amazing guitar player like Hendrix, Rory and all the others. Dylan even said that All Along The Watchtower wasn't his song anymore after hearing Hendrix' version, it was Hendrix' song.

[@billparrish9200]

Dylan was/is a great singer/songwriter, but are you seriously going to put him in the same guitar-playing category as Rory Gallagher? Come on....

[@Srul_ms]

Billy gibbons?

[@KingKull1971]

Jimi Hendrix was never on the Mike Douglas show.

[@RainerBosch-qy9fj]

He was on it twice.

[@KingKull1971]

@@RainerBosch-qy9fj no video footage, no show. Get over it.

[@murilocarvalho2903]

My opinion the bests are: Jimi Hendrix, Steve Ray Vaughan, Rory Gallagher, Gary Moore, Jeff Beck and Johnny Winter.

[@KingKull1971]

Jimi Hendrix never mentioned Rory. This list is bogus. Jimi's favorites as far as I know were: Billy Gibbons Buddy Guy Eric Clapton Elmore James Robert Johnson Bob Dylan Jeff Beck Muddy Waters And he thought Terry Kath was better than he was. This guy who made this list picked his own favorites and Hendrix never said "ask Rory Gallagher" someone made that up and it became an urban legend.

[@craigmadden2435]

no. Indeed THAT is just about the only part which is TRUE my friend! He LOVED the band King Crimson when he saw them loved Clapton, spoke highly of Kath ... etc. Lotsa lengendary stuff nut... Rory, yeah, he played the same gig as Rory and admired greatly his playing.

[@KingKull1971]

@@craigmadden2435 there's no evidence of a quote anywhere that he said anything

[@billparrish9200]

Yeah, he did. He specifically made this statement on The Mike Douglas Show. Douglas's long-running chat show had Jimi on a few times in the late 60's. Homework, dude.

[@KingKull1971]

@@billparrish9200 so find the clip then, yeah.... I thought so.

[@billparrish9200]

@@KingKull1971 Instead of ranting, why not just Google it online? There are multiple sources that confirm it. Or did you expect me to dig out the master tapes for you as well? Julian Vignole's book on Gallagher also discusses it.

[@YashaMishael]

Roy Clark.

[@fredsinger3894]

This video is crapola because Terry Kath wasn’t mentioned who Jimi himself said was better then him& Rory was not better then Jimi 😂 😂😂😂

[@billparrish9200]

Gallagher was at least as good as Hendrix, if not better.

[@davevandenbranden3309]

Hendrix must have been asked what it was like to be the greatest guitar player more than once because at one time he answered “you’ll have to ask Terry Kath”

[@tedswanson2115]

Except he didn't. With any of these guys.

[@andyirons7162]

ghay video

[@Lerf8]

Sad cause bb king is jealous of hendrix

[@johnmccloskey1548]

And you so failed to mention one Terry Kath who Jimi once proclaimed to be the best guitarist in the universe. Come on now, do your homework!

[@streety301]

How u racist and sexist u didnt put up sister rosetta tharpe

[@jchow5966]

That quote about Rory Galleger was wrong- he actually said when asked what it is like to be the best guitar player in the world Jimi said “i dont know, you will have to ask JOHNNY WINTER”. Fyi.

[@billparrish9200]

Johnny Winter was shit.

[@roberthensley9640]

Agreed and I saw a clip of Hendrix saying that about Winter

[@billparrish9200]

@@roberthensley9640 I doubt that Hendrix ever admired Winter. An OK guitar player, but Jimi and Rory both played at the Isle of Wight. They knew each other well.

[@tedswanson2115]

Thanks for repeating the absolutely made-up "I don't know; ask Rory Gallagher" story. It's fed a nearly infinite number of idiotic internet claims...

[@randallkennedy2066]

No

[@user-pt4oj6sd6j]

Glen Campbell is better.

[@dannymcafee4552]

What about Beck?

[@RainerBosch-qy9fj]

Last time I saw Rory was in Stuttgart in the 1980's playing to an audience of 28,000. Last time I saw Beck was at a jazz club in London playing to around 400+. After about thirty minutes, people were back at the bar, drinking - bored shitless.