Was Jimmy Page Right About Jimi Hendrix?

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[@henrydebruijn2259]

I always found Jimi Hendrix very underrated as a songwriter both composing and as a lyricist. My favorite album is Axis bold as Love.

[@tommilitello198]

And I’ve always found he’s the most overrated guitarist ever

[@rupe53]

@@tommilitello198 the problem I see with Jimi is he was overly critical of his own playing... but in the studio you can make corrections and changes till you are happy with the results. On stage he was usually stoned and a bit sloppy, but his showmanship allowed him to pull off stuff live and get away with it. IOW, close enough in the days when sound systems sucked, and the audience probably didn't notice.

[@nunomartins4265]

​​@@tommilitello198you are wrong. but he wasnt special because of his technique but because his creativity in the use of the sound of the guitar and pioneering use of pedal effects. he was years ahead of his peers, making them sound like dinosaurs overnight

[@aquamarine99911]

Yeah, the great guitarists all know they have to cover Jimi songs, starting with "Little Wing". Guys like Jeff Beck and SRV and Eric Johnson may have been or be better technically, but they fully understood Jimi's transcendent greatness as a songwriter

[@vladdrakul7851]

@@tommilitello198 That only show us YOUR own ignorance and limitations. Jimi was about passion, inspiration and soul. Like the Beatles he was a pioneer who CREATED new realities in music that is the highest level of creativity. It is called genius. Listen to the Yardbirds really overrated 'For your Love' that in 1965 sounded like the Beatles in 1964 not 1966 (Paperback Writer) or compare that lame tune with 1968's Voodoo Child or his version of 'All along the Watchtower', that was so good that Dylan said it was Jimi's song now. Or 1969/70's live 'Machine Gun' that NO one has touched but that was so good that jazz legend Miles Davis went electric with his jazz and John McCaughlin as HIS Hendrix. There have been many others. As Tyson said about Ali, he was a genius who went beyond 'muscle memory', being a monster of concentration and flexibility. For me an electric guitar should SING and not just spurt out preprogrammed scales that impress the weak minded, that think music is just technique, like trained monkey athletes.

[@kevinkhoy7171]

They both used Eddie Kramer as their recording engineer. Electric Ladyland is a Masterpiece LP! 🎧 Only

[@robertschiffhauer1679]

Jimi Hendrix invented his own style of guitar playing,writing,and listening.Hendrix,and Page are 2 of the greatest guitarist that will ever exist.❤🎸

[@KarlMcCoy-d6y]

Jimmy Page was no Jimi hendrix.

[@regandunn4850]

Page has some great ideas never tried b4 he is up there with the first rock guitar players in who stood out both were sort of similar to each other they both kind of lost the hunger to play with everything else around them going on drugs and more drugs downtown stuff ruined the sole they had at the start that shine

[@Colstonewall]

​@@KarlMcCoy-d6yYou're right. Page is no Jimmy Hendrix. . .he's far better than Hendrx in every aspect.

[@neddobrijevic3183]

​@@Colstonewall🤣🤣👈🫵

[@thenoobassassin]

Love these boomer comments “This guy isn’t the same as a different guy” “Page is better!” You sound like clowns to anyone with two brain cell who have a love of music. It’s old gentlemen. You know it’s all opinions. You’re not changing minds.

[@tonetone7572]

Page was right in everything he said. if you were there in 1967 when Are You Exp came out especially as a guitar player you understand what Page is saying and most likely agree .The guitar sounded very very different before Hendrix and since his death we take most of what he left us for granted. if you don't like Jimi or feel he's "overrated " that's your personal opinion or taste. However what is fact and not merely opinion is that Jimi influenced more people on the electric guitar than anyone else ever did and most of your rock guitar "greats and hero's Clapton,Beck, Page Joe Satriani,Steve Vai. point to Jimi as their main man. what would SRV, Robin Trower and legions of other guitarist sound like without Hendrix influence? the equipment Jimi used was literally primitive compared to what we have today ( much of it thanx to him).. ie: there were no locking tremolos and when he played live torturing his strat bending the whammy bar into places no one else dared to go he had balls bigger than anyone before him or since as he would then bend it back in tune on the fly . Almost 60 yrs later Hendrix influence on the electric guitar continues to be enormous and there are 100's of guitar teachers here on YT who give Hendrix lessons, breaking down his unique rhythm playing, lead phrasings . His songs are covered and played right here on YT by many well known artists . If he's "overrated " why is it that so many artist of high caliber and skill fall in line to "copy" and admire Jimi through imitation and influence and continue to do so for what has now become decades. Billy Cox Jimi's bass player said it best-There's only two types of guitarists around today," those who admit being influenced by Jimi Hendrix, and those who try to pretend they aren't.

[@roboi2241]

What was extraordinary about him is how he moved on in such a short space of time, never stuck in the same place artistically. He virtually invented genres in the space of a few months which others built whole careers on. You listen to most guitarists who came after him and they spent whole careers working on and perfecting something that Hendrix was experimenting on before moving in a different direction. I think that's why some people, mostly those born long after his death with little perspective of his impact at the time say he's overrated because they see so many others who came after with better technology and with years to work on what Hendrix started. I believe Hendrix was like one of those Renaissance artists who introduced a new way of expressing human creativity and were followed by other masters and artisans who perfected some of their techniques but the uniqueness of the original artist's vision will always be hard to fathom

[@tonetone7572]

@roboi2241 you nailed it👍....If Jimi had lived he would have continued the same pattern of inventing with others trailing way behind as he moved on to another experiment for everyone else to explore copy ,learn and greatly benfit from ..

[@mikeanderson7962]

Hendrix's song "Trashman" gave birth to Black Sabbath and all heavy metal

[@rickcargill5162]

@tonetone7572 in my humble opinion, you and him both nailed it and are spot on with your comments and discernment. I agree that people who say he's the most overrated guitarist ever or that he sucks just lack the ability feel at higher, more hyperreal spiritual frequencies... To put it a different way, it kinda seems like it's just a severely impoverished ability on their part to fathom that degree of originality and almost alien otherness or elsewhere level of uniqueness that easily gets buried beyond the layers of time's changing and or lack of oversight to comprehend and appreciate how the subsequent accumulation of generational insights between these layers of changing times that simply could not be gleaned WITHOUT that initial spark of far reaching genius like Jimi's. . . I've seen hundreds of them types of comments and the vast majority of them more often than not, tend to prefer either the same group of guitarists or the same type of skills over talent styles over Jimi's... And if bland, myopic, linearly revelatory, predictable, neatly and cleanly played scale-like solos and hand-me-down songwriting is their thing, it's certainly their right to Their own opinion and THEIR loss. I almost feel bad for them, it must suck vinegar-soaked balls to bitterly hate someone your heroes look Up to.

[@martyndormer]

Mr Page is quite bright enough to understand how important Jimi Hendrix was and will ever be.

[@igorrivin]

"quite bright enough"? The fascinating thing about Led Zep is that the members (at least the surviving members) are, and always were, intellectuals - watch any interview, they all think and analyze. A lot.

[@paradox7743]

Between Jimmy and Jimi they completely changed the vocabulary of the Sound of the Guitar. Page’s comments are on point. My trinity is Page/Hendrix & McLaughlin!

[@igorrivin]

I would argue that Jimmy/LZ was just as revolutionary, so "once in a lifetime" is a bit funny, since those guys were contemporaries.

[@francispower1418]

I agree with Jimmy Page that the greatest loss in Jimi Hendrix having passed at 27 is that we never got to hear what he would have been doing at 37 or 47 or 67. I have often wondered what would have happened had he found himself in a room with, for example, Jaco Pastorious and Ginger baker. It might have been a messy reimagining of what world war three might sound like but then again…

[@rs3018]

The most influential rock guitarist in history. No one has done as much as he has with the 1-4-5 chord progression and blues/rock scale.

[@nellymartinez2110]

Amazing Jimmy Page 👍😍😍👏🎸👏

[@harryjohnson8605]

Jimi. Was the real deal. He was the S.. t

[@citizenVader]

I definitely have the same opinion, but it's more because my math teacher used to share jimi with her best friend when they were groupies.

[@krtkllr70]

Yep

[@dr.buzzvonjellar8862]

Jimi was a fantastic song writer. He hit the ground running and led the way

[@stevenjones6780]

Mitch Mitchell and Noel Redding !!!

[@JODYCARROLL]

Jimi was a great songwriter ta boot

[@Mike-kv5pl]

FACTS!

[@aRecluse]

Thank you Music Guru. Am now 70. Love both JH & LZ.

[@dannyhood7433]

Jimmy page is saying what most musicians said about hendrix upon seeing Jimi first time. The bottom line is Jimi's style (Double stops) style of rhythm n blues chops. Jimi listened to many artist and guitarist Muddy waters style in particular played (double stops) Jimi took muddy waters style and added more skill, taking it up another notch. EXTREME. Intricate chord inversions. Similar to the way POLYPHIA tim henson plays (double stops) except most guitarist CANNOT play polyphia because Tim henson adapted unlimited techniques (right hand' strumming hand) techniques 'thump' (flamenco skills) require more practice.. The extreme terrifying guitarist are the ones who know Hendrix like 'Shawn lane' guthrie govan' uli jon roth, steve vai' and joe satriani. All mention Jimi' Hendrix more so during the eighties Jimi Hendrix was favorite. (You have NO idea Jimi exploded again with guitar underground. Every guitarist said number one guitar record was (electric land lady) Also 70s shredders of course, guitarist NO one mentions anymore. Like 'mahogany rush' uli jon roth, pat traverse, neal schon ALL came from HENDRIX. They know the importance of hendrix. Jimis 2nd album axis bold as love. To the average listener wouldn't understand' because axis bold as love recording sucks. Hendrix LOST the original master recording at party. The experience' Noel, Mitch and Jimi had to re-record most of the songs in ONE day. Years ago during 80s interview mitch mitchel said they went studio re- recorded songs 'but feeling was gone'. Jimi wouldn't of released if it was Jimi decision. Axis bold as love album is BIBLE (rhythm n blues guitar (double stops) I always liked hendrix but (I am guilty) NOT unferstanding hendrix back during 1980s. It wasnt until LATE 80s (at music store) it happened. Someone was actually playing 'castles made of sand' on guitar NOBODY played like that... I had never seen that style played before. Most guys played Hendrix songs 'purple haze' or 'voodoo child'. At that time hendrixs music was already over 20 years. At that time everyone was into van halen whitesnake or yng-yang malmsteen. Trying to play anyways. I was already listing to jason becker Micheal angelo. I seen Micheal angelo in 1987 in San Pedro waters club. (Micheal angelo blew every guitarist i ever seen away at that time back then). But i was always ahead on guitarist. But seeing Jimi hendrixs style was breath of fresh air. I had to see it, Then learn it myself before I understood jimi hendrix. I didnt hear it on record. I could say a more on people who THINK of jimi overrated. They are as WRONG about Jimi Hendrix as they were about Buckethead. Jimi was more known of course

[@TalkLinkMusic-gd7fz]

Hendrix constantly explored and invented. If you saw him play at all, he was inventing, period. Great post!

[@tomhagen7150]

Hendrix played guitar for 12 years when he died think about that

[@lyndoncmp5751]

No wonder he died. Must have been of exhaustion if he had been playing guitar for 12 years when he died. Poor bugger didn't get any sleep.

[@nonethelessbysignificantvi197]

Good point and thats crazy when you really think of it honestly!!! Mmm I think Jimi went "Robert Johnson" on us...

[@yancyjenkinssr1824]

​@@lyndoncmp5751stfu..his dam manager worked him to death. If Jimi had Peter Grant like Page he might still be with us

[@RenoConley]

These 2 are my favorite rock guitarist. They embraced creativity and explored a mixture of genres. Also, they never played it safe and went for it right or wrong, they trusted in themselves and stuck the landing (more times than not). Period….

[@TalkLinkMusic-gd7fz]

Well said!

[@Aaron-io9mr]

I'm a huge fan of both these guitarists. They are both in my top 5 list of rock guitarists along with tony iomi, eddie van Halen and randy rhoads.

[@davidbonner-k9b]

Hendrix was the Elvis the king and the king of the guitar of them all despite page was ten years upfront against Hendrix but he is the one that kicked it all off with no stops on stage like all guitarist they have there own unique ability on stage also Hendrix was the magician of his own creation of sounds from his own guitars and Hendrix used a fender strat whereas page used a Gibson Les Paul and they both are different to each other then you have ted Nugent with his semi acoustic which is another guitar of different sounds so there you go.😊

[@BillyGunawan-n2v]

❤️Page & Led Zeppelin❤

[@gummyerin]

Hendrix , page , gilmour ,, my top 3

[@igorrivin]

Actually, the guy who Page respected enormously was Ritchie Blackmore, who seems to be super-underrated.

[@jackhaugh]

I’d throw Jerry Garcia in there as well to make my Mount Rushmore of guitarists.

[@zatoichiable]

hendrix is way way ahead of his time....

[@AKASCOOCH]

There is no contemporary music anymore!! It’s all shit.

[@hanksmiththemusicman5006]

Hendrix was a bad ass! He took the guitar and created a world that revolved around him creating his own universe... Thank you Page for not putting Hendrix down because he was a contemporary! 😃

[@danoloideain4155]

Well...this is a great conversation-starter. Takes one to know one I guess, Jimmy was in a classy way paying tribute to a peer with whom he shared a great deal. When Jeff Beck passed I was listening to a lot of his old stuff & found to my surprise, the track "Beck's Bolero", which I grew up with on the Truth album, was actually produced in May '66 by Jimmy Page with a proto-Zep band, but with Moon the Loon on drums! What else happened May '66? 8 Miles High...Tmrw Never Knows. Get it? Front of the curve for JP, so the game of who inspired whom is on (Blonde on Blonde? Etc.), but anyway, Experience (& Doors) not far behind, as far as great studio works. Page of course went on to rival Beatles/Martin in studio brilliance & density of work, but as to the question of Hendrix' legacy? Pop them headphones on & dig 1983, has anyone created as full-fledged a prog-rock fantasy even since? & no not just 8 or 9 but many brilliant works & that just before his untimely death shows many new directions. Macca, Stevie Wonder, Prince all followed on the heels of those pioneers who stood in awe each of the other 🙏

[@jennybaji421]

Page also wrote Becks Barillo for Jeff Beck ! Jimmy Page! 👆🏼 The MAN! Prince was great too

[@BengtLofqvist]

I believe Page is right Jimi canalised very so very much the mood of the time and he was way ahead in the studio, my favorite is also like a comment down below Axis bold as love it is hard to believe that he did that in 1967 if i,m not wrong. My favorite tune is Hey baby ( New Rising Sun) but you know i is hard to pick one.

[@antrygis1]

Jimi Hendrix was the FOUNTAINHEAD. Period. Hendrix work that would all be posthumous left so much to enjoy and so much to learn. straight Ahead, Night bird Flying, etc. Uli Jon Roth and earlier than him Frank Marino plugged into Hendrix playing. Marino was mocked for it. Check out his earlier stuff, meaning his Hendrix covers. Don Krschner's Rock Concert SSB for example. Uli took it all further with the releases of Earthquake and Firewind LP's. But Jimi Hendrix was the Fountainhead as the Blues and to a lesser extent country were for Rock + Roll. Neoclassical etc. is up to interpretation but Hendrix blew the doors open for creativity with the roots clearly, deeply planted. I.E. Royal albert Hall's Bleeding Heart

[@TalkLinkMusic-gd7fz]

Great post! 😎

[@robertschiffhauer1679]

I would like to say that Led Zeppelin has been my favorite band all my life.What’s funny,is they are the only band I Never Seen live.🎸❤️

[@aplusatlanta1]

Guitars playerstoday have a lot of shoulders to stand on. It’s like coming to a city already built. Hendrix came to a grassy undeveloped forest and built a city.

[@jonathanmiller8131]

Page you were also that like this we are all born with a gift something you can't be taught you learn from your own experience

[@quentincrisp6933]

Jimi was "One" of the greatest guitarists ever with great packaging. However if he looked like Gary Coleman he wouldn't have been half as great! His looks, bells & whistles made him as well!

[@Mike-kv5pl]

You could say the same thing about almost every rock star. Like what if Robert Plant or Jim Morrison looked like Gilbert Gottfried? Or if Little Richard or Prince looked like All Roker?

[@quentincrisp6933]

@@Mike-kv5pl Exactly my point & neither of them would have been as famous or successful ‼

[@jamesscura7122]

He and Jimi both knew it's Jeff Beck. Final. Over.

[@davidrauh8118]

The Jimi Hendrix Experience started out like a firecracker. Nobody was doing what he was doing. Just before his untimely death, his music suffered and began to get somewhat stale. Thanks to Buddy Miles intervention. But had he lived I think he would have found his way again and might have done extraordinary things musically. But we will never know. Play on brother.

[@JarvisGandy]

Nice Analysis to page's words thats correct all the way around .

[@TalkLinkMusic-gd7fz]

Appreciate your support!

[@rupe53]

why is it that the closed caption can't spell the same words the same way twice in a row?

[@JefferyHagen]

Jimi’s band was arranged by Chas Chandler whereas Page arranged Led Zeppelin,but either way both Jimi and Jimmy were considered to be the core of their respective groups. Keith Richards has said that Led Zeppelin was Jimmy’s group. I like them both,but Hendrix is stuck in time. We have his early work and that’s it. We can only speculate what would’ve evolved or devolved. Who knows?

[@connoryork6631]

That's why jimi isn't the greatest in my mind. Page as like 20 to 30 great songs while Hendrix has like 8 or 9. If he lived longer, my opinion would be different but sadly he didn't. My buddy asked me to name 20 LZ songs in like 7th and I was able to do it. It's not fair to compare 11 years to 3

[@JefferyHagen]

@@connoryork6631 I agree, although a never say “ greatest “ because it’s very subjective and based on opinions. I can’t think of any guitar players I know of when asked about being the greatest and immediately mentioning another guitar player. I really think Jimmy Page set the standard for what can be done musically in the context of a rock band. Alex Lifestyle was a major influence for me when I started playing guitar in 1980 and he’s no slouch either.

[@igorrivin]

Arguably, LZ's really creative years were around 1968-1975, so not much longer than Hendrix.

[@JefferyHagen]

@@igorrivin yes almost every band or artist has that window or time of peak creativity. Physical Graffiti was probably the last truly great album(s). I never got into Presence and In Through The Out Door was ok. I was a huge Rush fan in high school ( class of 83) but the lost me after Moving Pictures. The list goes on as we both know. I’m a guitar player and I can’t write a song to save my life.😂

[@aquamarine99911]

Eh, Jimi's bands usually featured Mitch Mitchell, who is considered by many drummers - e.g. Stewart Copeland - to be their favorite drummer. No question Mitch was a huge part of the Hendrix sound. So I disagree with part of what you or Page is saying here. And Jimi wished he could have played Stevie Winwood .- not just on Voodoo Child I think he wanted to be in a true "band" situation, but it never worked out that way. Page was lucky to end up with JPJ and the other guys.

[@jimiplayscobo5877]

When Jimi hit London Clapton was God at the time. Jimi dethroned him and all the other guitarists in London and America. Live concerts Jimi was always top bill :-) Peace

[@TalkLinkMusic-gd7fz]

Jimi "killed God." That event deserves its own vid.

[@boomerang1125]

There are various types of styles in playing in the world of 'rock music'. Hendrix, Clapton, Angus Young, Jimmy Page, Leslie West, Tommy Iommi, John Fogerty, etc. were "minor pentatonic scale' (aka: blues scale) players all inspired by the Chuck Berry and Bo Didley playing in the mid-1950's, perhaps guitarists like Lonnie Mack and well as electrifying and doing old "blues licks" from the Black, blues-folk style artists and pioneers of the depression era. Other more styles were pursued by players like Jeff Beck (trailblazing creativity later in his career), James Burton, Alvin Lee, Dick Dale (with Surf Music craze in the early 60's), Carlos Santana (Hispanic influenced rock 1969), Terry Kath (1970 with the early years of Chicago), Joe Satriani and Steve Vai (jazz-rock fushion in the 80's). There were also Steve Lukather and Prince (who could play anything), Neil Geraldo, Brian May, David Gilmore, and Neal Schon in the 70's. Eddie Van Halen and his 32nd note tapping started a whole new rock genre which too many others to name followed (i.e.: copied) that style.

[@TalkLinkMusic-gd7fz]

Most excellent post. 😎People tend to overlook how much of an inspiration Buddy Guy was on English blues guitarists. His fingerprints are present all over the Stones and Zep catalogs.

[@Jesusgonzalez-jd9kb]

Yeah u don't need to repeat what page is saying... we're not stupid, n I think page does well in explaining what he means. But other than that great video...I just love hendrix...and was lucky enough to meet him n share a joint in Tampa fl. We just rapped about the shit happening in the world...he really was a down to earth person.

[@libroslectores5611]

Hendrix #1 in 60´s......Page #1 in 70´s

[@wowwhywow]

There are factors to take into account here that are not mentioned. Randy California... and Frank Zappa BEFORE Jimi went to London and became famous... he was sleeping on Randy California's couch for months.They jammed together all the time, so if you listen to Spirit, and think the guitar sounds like Hendrix...it may be the other way around. And secondly...All of those crazy innovative weird studio things that Hendrix did... well...AFTER he became famous... he hung out with Zappa a fair amount... right around the time Zappa was making "we're only in it for the money" (Hendrix is on the album cover by the way... one of the few real human beings photographed on the cover) Hendrix was there hanging out...watching how Zappa worked in the studio. So.... It's no surprise that the next album by Hendrix had sped up voices. And Feedback and backwards guitars were used by both Zappa AND John Lennon in the Beatles before Hendrix. Hendrix was one of the best sponges in the world...ever. He soaked up everything and put it on record. He may not have been the first... but that doesn't make him any less genius. And he is the one most people will remember for these innovations. Even if they weren't exactly that.

[@cmkilcullen8176]

Yes but Hendrix used feedback to create music, not merely as an interesting intro or as something incidental. And he extended sound and music with the guitar on stage and in the studio. In this vein, HE was most influenced by Jeff Beck as well as Clapton. He took with them and some others out into space. Lennon may have done it first on Paper Back Writer, but it was merely an acrutriment of sorts. Worthy of mention here too is Keith Richards sax sound with a pedal on Satisfaction.

[@cmkilcullen8176]

Not to mention Syd Barrett of Pink Floyd... as well.

[@christopherb1483]

Jimi's song lyrics are beyond the best of ALL time. Barely mentioned because they are so overshadowed by his virtuosity. As for not having a multilayer band alchemy studio gizmo sonic arrangements whatever... He didn't get the chance. Died way, way, too young. The world will never know what could have been.

[@igorrivin]

Yes and no. By the time Page was 27, LZ was in decline, so he did a lot in that same time.

[@MBRMrblueroads]

1983 a merman I should turn to be beats all other studio work in my opinion

[@Geekman333]

I've played guitar for nearly forty years. I'm consistently mediocre and my rock star dream died a very early death. The first few nails in the coffin were the kids I met through playing. I played with nobodies who could have played people like Page and Clapton under the table while drunk and playing a Korean Strat copy. I know this is going to be an unpopular opinion but I stand by it. I AM a huge Zeppelin fan but that's largely because the band was greater than the sum of its members. I believe the "innovator" in that band was John Paul Jones. Page just did Blues. His solo albums are dull. Much like Dave Gilmour's.

[@igorrivin]

I think all four LZ members contributed a lot. Yes, JPJ is underrated, but he was not LZ, they all were.

[@sebm8511]

Hendrix' life was cut short early on. Before he fully expressed himself. Page's been luckier.

[@Elsuper68]

Jimmy came back from the future in 1960

[@ELDuderino597]

I prefer to evaluate JH taking into account ALL his qualities.ELECTRIC Guitar player, innovator, songwriter, interpreter (ie All along the Watchtower) , stage performer, singer, and much more and he rates very highly in all categories. However, if you've ever seen the clip of him playing acoustic guitar its distinctly ordinary and the endless jamming with Band of Gypsies is plain boring. His playing could be scruffy at times and technique wise Stevie Ray Vaughan is way better IMO, but then again he didn't WRITE Voodoo Chile did he.

[@AntwhaleNearfar]

I don’t really care what Jimmy Page has to say about Jimi, as if that’s some ultimate validation of his greatness. Jimmy Page copied old bluesmen, while Jimi WAS a modern day (at that time) bluesman, taking it to another level beyond the stratosphere. Oh…and I’ve long thought that the “and as we wind on down the road, our shadows taller than our soul” section of Stairway, sounds an awful lot like a sped up version of the progression in Jimi’s “Hey Baby (New Rising Sun)…the part after the awesome and intricate intro section.

[@TalkLinkMusic-gd7fz]

Well, the rhythm guitar part under the solo in Stairway is All Along the Watchtower, which Hendrix covered with unmatchable glory.

[@AntwhaleNearfar]

@@TalkLinkMusic-gd7fz True. Same chord progression.

[@lyndoncmp5751]

Jimmy Page was far superior on acoustic than Jimi Hendrix was.

[@Mike-kv5pl]

Ok

[@jimiplayscobo5877]

Jimi didn't play acoustic at least not on any albums. So yea your right Page is way better on acoustic lol

[@thenoobassassin]

Wow.. what a brilliant comment. It’s almost as if Jimi almost exclusively played electric and preferred that over acoustic. How so smart. Thanks for the bastion of knowledge you’ve bestowed upon us

[@michelangelo3121]

Hardly!

[@regandunn4850]

Both were thief's of the people b4 them with a new unique hint of themselves they were the song writers who were undoing things and redoing them there way but mainly stolen ideas these days people have massive selection to pick from and the songs that work are the simplest ones I reckon myself

[@mikeanderson7962]

Page was correct, Hendrix was the true innovator. Zeppelin stole more songs than any band ever and got sued many times for their thievery. Hendrix = GENIUOS, Page = THIEF

[@lyndoncmp5751]

Oh bollocks. Page came up with more amazing compositions than Hendrix ever did.

[@jennybaji421]

@@lyndoncmp5751yep!!!

[@prestonmack320]

Hendrix way over rated

[@berniecohens6409]

You don't know what you are talking about 😂😂

[@igorrivin]

Why do you say that?

[@jonerlandson1956]

guess what?.. if and when you people find more than in and out in anything in our reality and i would like you to show me that...

[@franklinking2576]

To much feed back , erratic

[@davidellis1923]

brilliantly and deliberately erratic ...... to his ear it was perfect. He could have easily been accurate like no other, it was the sound he wanted

[@funkster007]

It definitely worked for that period. Although it's possible if he were still around today he'd agree with you.

[@AntwhaleNearfar]

Yeah…guitar compositions such as “Little Wing”, “Castles Made of Sand”, “Angel”, “Drifting”, the live version of “Villanova Junction” at Woodstock and “One Rainy Wish” are too drenched in feedback and far too erratic. 🙄🤡

[@yancyjenkinssr1824]

Was he not in control of that feedback? He knew exactly what he was doing

[@franklinking2576]

@@yancyjenkinssr1824 no he wasn't in control