Why Did Albert King LOVE SRV But HATE Hendrix?

While Albert King Loved Stevie Ray Vaughan And Praised His Playing, He Didn't Feel The Same For Hendrix And Practically Despised Him. Even Given That It Was Jimi Hendrix Who Was The Main Inspiration For Stevie's Career. In This Video, I'll Explore The Relationship Between Stevie Ray Vaughan And Albert King And Why Exactly Did King Hate Hendrix. Thanks For Watching!
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[@stevenboldt6489]

I didn't really get Hendrix until I played an R$B steps gig for 6 months in the mid 1980's. 60+ hours a week in the club. I think he had it all together on guitar around the time of Mercy Mercy in 1965. Obviously Hendrix loved blues but he never claimed to be a blues player or any kind of player. Dylan's lyrics are what inspired him to become what he became. One of my favorites is Castles Made of Sand. In my opinion, All Along the Watchtower is one of the most well crafted and haunting solos ever recorded. It's not a contest. If you put the time in and practice blues like crazy you will get good at it. There's just much more to Hendrix than blues, or R&B, or rock.

[@morrisalanisette9067]

thats very accurate. obviously jimi was very inspired by blues but he was inspired by all kinds of stuff. in his interviews he mentioned he's imagining a new kind of classical music. thats like the opposite of blues

[@backforty4276]

RIP Jimmy , Stevie & Albert, your music brought me so much joy.

[@doutoralexandremansurreal5002]

Hendrix was a man much ahead of his time...and till today no one has been ever closer

[@user-jz6to8md3c]

Jimi was the third stone from the sun.

[@poindextertunes]

i agree with the first part

[@elizabethgarrison8928]

Albert Who. Jimi will live on a Thousand years from now. Albert is already lost. No one will ever remember a no talent blues man he thinks he was. B.B. King is a Real Blue's Man. Jimi Hendrix is a God. Just like Edward Van Halen, Dime bag Darrel, SRV and Randy Rhoades. They Sit at The Head of the Table of Guitar God's. Albert is not on the level of even A Freddie King. Sorry I have heard all the King's. He is dead last. Guitar is not only Blues but who had a lasting impact on Guitar history. Again Albert Who King. Jealousy gets you nowhere. When you are a nobody talent. Jimi play Guitar better than him with one hand and one finger 😂. Jimi Hendrix is God. The Michael Jordan of Electric Guitar. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ Jimi R.I.P.

[@landenmurphy916]

Srv was better than Hendrix, not saying Hendrix is bad, but srv was on a different level.

[@MikiMontuln]

@@elizabethgarrison8928 who can remember a guya who dont even pass 30´s? Albert is a fucking blues legend and probabaly inspired generations over generations

[@aquaneeds]

I personally don’t think Albert hated Jimi. While he stated that Jimi couldn’t play the blues, it’s evident that he did respect him and write songs together with him. During the beginning of Blues at Sunrise, Albert says that he wrote it with Hendrix and Janis Joplin. A few mins in, he says “Now see, you got to play the Jimi Hendrix thing…cause he was on this too”. Now… Albert was a traditional Bluesman. His style was simple and all about soul. Jimi was a fusion of rock & blues. His style was more modern and playful. I think what Albert didn’t like was that Jimi was very outrageous during his career. He would sometimes smash and ruin guitars & amps because he was a showman. Albert was more a traditional man when Jimi was like the rebellious kid who does what he wants. Albert stuck to blues and hendrix played blues when he wanted to play blues. Two very different styles too. Jimi favored effects and loved making new sounds. His sound really went hand in hand with the psychedelic movement. He wanted to push the Stratocaster to its full potential. Albert was strictly about being a good clean cut player and playing with heart. He didn’t care about using all kinds of effects. That said, all three of these players are among the best there ever was. All three influential in their own right. All three continue to inspire generations of guitar players. Let’s just appreciate that all three were filmed during their careers and we can learn from them.

[@7thday878]

Albert saw the writing on the wall with Jimi! He wasn’t just a blues player. He was an innovator. He took blues, jazz classical and something from God and made music totally unique that had never been heard before in the history of mankind! Albert was a light bearer. We wanted to pass the torch on to someone else. Jimi was lighting his own flame!

[@marsha-madness-super-badness]

This is the best and most intelligent comment here.

[@kimspittal3490]

I don't think this was comp lol 2 guys who deeply respected each other 2 guys who could actually play the guitar

[@kimspittal3490]

🎉2 of the best blues players in my mind the best the elite

[@jimbeam-ru1my]

hendrix was the most over rated musician in history. "He took blues, jazz classical and something from God" Nonsense. Jimi didn't know shit about Jazz and classical was way over his head. He he mixed R&B, rock and blues. And his music sucked for the most part.

[@johns.]

@@jimbeam-ru1myAgreed.

[@abeldasilva9368]

I will not compare these gentlemen to each other in any which way.I am a fan of all three of them. Gentlemen RIP we miss you all.

[@jcg2922]

Some of SRV's tone was similar to Hendrix for sure, but the phrasing in Vaughn's soloing was always like Albert King on steroids, to my ears. King got a little extra out of his bends since he was pulling his strings down (with his guitar being strung upside down), but SRV was still able to mimic that while bending them up.

[@Jackdesj]

I love Albert King. I love SRV. But Jimi is the man. Psychedelic Blues.

[@sambone8348]

HENDRIX, the final frontier, he went where no man has gone before . . . come to think of it, JIMI came along just about the same time as Star Trek, didn't he ? More Di Lithium Crystals, CAPTAIN !!!

[@Clarence2Worley]

I really hate it when musicians disparage each other. Just say something nice or don't say anything at all.

[@mrfirefool]

I think both Jimmy and SRV was super talented guitar players in their own way. ITS hard to compare ART 😊

[@Gamerjoegames]

True

[@larrythomas7512]

It's like food ...it's delicious or it's not... nutritional or not...

[@claytonwilson5354]

SRV was light-years ahead

[@neddobrijevic3183]

​@claytonwilson5354 👎👎

[@claytonwilson5354]

@@neddobrijevic3183 SRV could played Jimi better than Jimi but Jimi couldn't fw SRV he couldn't even play the Blues let alone share stage with any Legendary Blues Artists SRV is underappreciated guitar player Jimi was legendary in his own right but overrated guitar player

[@chizorama]

All 3 are great players, & they all took the guitar to the next level, Jimi took music to the next level, far beyond what blues alone could achieve.

[@geoffreydonaldson2984]

People never called Hendrix a blues player when he broke out with Are You Experienced (Hey Joe in UK). He defined acid rock. Most of us white teenagers back then never heard of the blues. (I remember playing some scales on the piano with some inadvertent blue notes-I was supposed to be practicing my lessons-and my old man came through the room, said, “That’s the blues!” I didn’t have a clue what he was talking about. I quit school early as legal and went to the West Coast where I heard Robert Johnson for the first time. “Wow! I love this kinda music! What is it?” My squeeze at the time-who was several years older n me said, “That’s the blues!” At least I understood her better now than I did my old man). But I’ve been playing the blues ever since I first heard it-over 50 years by now. (I was raised on C&W). After Hendrix died, people-including me-said he was a kind of blues player-but only a special kind. But I never thought of him as a “real” blues player. He was too avant garde. But if you asked me who was the better player, regardless genre, I’d have to say Jimi: look how much he got done before dying at only 27! Don’t get me wrong: I love Albert. In fact, I strung my Les Paul upside down (I’m right-handed), put some slinky strings and tuned it to the open tuning Albert used so I come get that sound ( really the only way) and I was just practicing on it (the curve is steep) when I saw this question. So now you have MY answer.

[@Anonymous-xq5cs]

“We are going to stand still for a while and gather everything we’ve learned musically in the last 30 years, and we are going to blend all the ideas that worked into a new form of classical music. It’s going to be something that will open up a new sense in people’s minds. They are getting their minds ready now. Like me they are going back home, getting fat, and making themselves ready for the next trip.” “I dig Strauss and Wagner, those cats are good, and I think they are going to form the background of my music.” “Floating in the sky above it will be the blues - I’ve still got plenty of blues - and then there will be western sky music and sweet opium music, and these will be mixed together to form one.” “You know the drug scene came to a big head. It was opening up things in people's minds, giving them things that they just couldn't handle. Well music can do that you know, and you don't need any drugs.” “And with this music, we will paint pictures of earth and space, so that the listener can be taken somewhere. You have to give people something to dream on.” “The term 'blowing someone's mind' is valid. People like you to blow their minds, but then we are going to give them something that will blow their mind, and while it's blown there will be something there to fill the gap. It's going to be a complete form of music. It will be really druggy music. Yes, I agree it could be something on similar lines to what Pink Floyd are tackling. They don't know it you know, but people like Pink Floyd are the mad scientists of this day and age.” - Jimi Hendrix describing what the new evolution of his music would sound like, as he had grown tired of playing the same old thing. He was changing a lot, and claimed that the era of music sparked off by the Beatles had come to end. He wanted to create a big band with classical elements mixed in, a completely new sound. However, twenty days after this interview, after an exhausting, unhealthy, and forced European tour, Jimi had died from aspirating on a mix of wine and sleeping pills while sleeping on his back. The world never got to hear his new sounds.

[@jackscott5593]

Make no mistake, Albert was Stevie's main influence. Watch the session with he and Albert, and it's quite obvious. Hell, you can actually hear Albert in damn near every note Stevie played. I agree that Jimi was a major influence on Stevie, but in respect to pushing the limits of his abilities as a guitarist and the limits of what his guitar could do in a technical sense. As a result, Stevie took Blues to a place it had never been before by laying the foundation for what we know today as 'Blues Rock'. As we all know, Stevie liked to push the envelope (Hendrix-style), but his baseline was always Albert King.

[@BecomingCharles]

The foundation of Blues Rock was already built from the pioneers in the late 60's through Electric Blues with albums like Electric Mud and The Howlin' Wolf Album.

[@morrisalanisette9067]

ya jimi took the guitar in new directions, bc he was really a composer at heart rather than a guitar player. Stevie took blues in new directions bc he was a guitar player. the way i see it jimi was a composer and guitar was his instrument to ge those ideas out, stevie is a guitar player who took compositions and added more to it than ever before. Inventors in different ways

[@raoulduke344]

@@morrisalanisette9067 Jimi wasn't a guitar player? Are you serious?

[@morrisalanisette9067]

@@raoulduke344 jimis entire playing style proves that he has the mind of a composer. because he's playing all the instruments on guitar at once, bass line, melody, percussion. and he constnatly has ideas that flow out and his fingers can't even keep up. i think someone who is a guitar player, means they play a piece of wood in their hands, like a craftsman. Stevie practiced the same licks thousands of times. That's a guitar player. a guy who has a million ideas and is coming out of their guitar i think is more than g uitar player. stevie is the best guitar player who ever lived. but jimi didn't spent time practicing the same licks, he was constantly inventing and playing new things because he's an artist

[@LloydMajor]

I thought about that. Thanks for posting!

[@justin-vf2pj]

It all subjective. They are both great guitarists. Some like one, some the other. Its the way it is in comparing anything.

[@andychase7693]

I loved Albert King's playing, he was undoubtedly a great bluesman. I also loved SRV's playing, despite it being clearly derivative of Jimi's. And yeah, you could hear Albert King's influence on Stevie, as well. One thing you don't hear mentioned a lot is Albert King's influence on David Gilmour's playing. It's all over Pink Floyd. I think Albert was jealous of Jimi's playing in some respects and just didn't understand the "psychedelic/hippie thing". He wasn't the only bluesman to feel this way toward Jimi. He mentioned the burned guitars, and the spearing the amp cabinets, and so on, and I think he thought that was disrespectful. Stevie was an absolutely electrifying live performer, but he wasn't super original in what he did. He was still AWESOME! But Jimi was, is, and remains the very best, most innovative electric guitarist ever. There are guitarists now who can play a lot faster, have cleaner and more impeccable technique, but you have to remember that Jimi did this over 50 YEARS AGO. Nobody was doing what he was doing, and although there are dozens, maybe even hundreds of guitarists now with superior technique, none of them have been as over the top in terms of innovation as Hendrix. They also play MUCH nicer guitars, more versatile amps, far better effects pedals, and have studio tools that were far beyond anything available in Jimi's time. Eddie Van Halen never gave Hendrix credit either. He said "Clapton was a bigger influence" than Hendrix. Okay man, if you say so.

[@larrythomas7512]

Very well put... couldn't be a van Halen without A JIMI...

[@marcostrujillo5286]

Well said!

[@_Schwartz]

Derivative of Jimis? Get out of here. Theres more albert in srv playing. You can hear it

[@stanlyn3254]

Teach!

[@whocares5769]

And jimi stole his whole act off buddy guy so whats your point

[@ThatHuskyisCrazy]

I remember the King does The King’s Thing record which was covers of Elvis songs.

[@mikeanderson7962]

SRV was an AMAZING talent. I saw him twice live, but Hendrix was channeling ancient entities from other dimensions and time. The two can NOT be compared

[@kq6878]

each of the three were hall of fame legends, however what Jimi did was to take the guitar and drive it into areas that changed how guitarists could really play and sound. When you can impress musicians like Clapton, Page, McCartney, Townsend then you truly are a legend. Really since then EVH would only have the influence on so many future musicians and equipment design. I have nothing but respect for Hendrix, SRV, and King for their contributions and musical genius they left us all.

[@disconnected22]

Stevie should still be alive, man...

[@MartijnHover]

Well, Jimi played blues influenced psychedelic music, as one did in those days. SRVwas much more of a "true" blues player. Albert King was probably also a bit jealous of Jimi's success in those days. And also he had played with SRV before, Stevie expressing his admiration for him. He never met or played with Hendrix. If he had, and Jimi had told him he admired him, he might have had a different opinion about him.

[@terwaantherouanne5919]

Albert King met Jimi on more than once occassion, actually. In fact, he met him before Jimi went to England and after. And no, he did not 'hate' Jimi.

[@kennyblackbird5674]

​@@terwaantherouanne5919Ed Van Halen didn't like Hendrix either. Ya can't please everyone!

[@neddobrijevic3183]

​@kennyblackbird567 Eddie Van halen his s***

[@nicholasroberts7891]

This is way out of context. Albert did not hate Jimi, he just didn't consider him a blues guitarist.

[@robomarty]

The ominous music when King was talking about Hendrix is hilarious

[@PScott-wg7gf]

Stevie was a better blues player than Jimi. However, when Jimi put his heart into it, he took off. Red house by Hendrix still reaches me to my soul. That version is one of the best electric blues songs ever.

[@PScott-wg7gf]

@Your Momma if you're addressing me, I never said that Stevie didn't like Hendrix. Stevie was more blues and Jimi was more rock.

[@larrythomas7512]

Listening is the hardest thing... BLUE'S music 🎵 comes from pain and suffering... Oppression,HATE, CHAINED.... Sing and play just to feel better...tears 😭 included ⚠️

[@tristan583]

Oh you just made nonsense sound beautiful 🤩

[@robertrubio7541]

SRV was the best

[@coolnamebro]

Red House is more of a blues pastiche. Very fun song, but I wouldn't rank it as a great example of the blues. I'd rank it alongside "Yer Blues" by the Beatles. Generic blues performed by very talented people.

[@leemaiorano5875]

SRV was great, no doubt. But Jimi was the master and Stevie would be the first to admit it. Love them both.

[@impartialobservers7060]

Albert heard Jimi’s version of Born Under a Bad Sign and never recovered from the damage to his ego. Not only schooled by Jimi but using his own track too. King cried himself to sleep for the rest of his life.

[@poindextertunes]

sure 🤣

[@rydaug79]

Masterpiece

[@masterbluesrockguitar4966]

I think we will never understand what it was like for all these people like Albert King, Albert Collins, Clarence Gatemouth Brown etc who invented and pionered a style of music through hardships, poverty, racism suddenly watching some kids with a few years of experience using their licks and getting those huge recording contracts and pay checks. I love Hendrix but the older I get I recognise that the 50's is the golden era of the electric guitar and these people were just untouchable technically, stylistically and as complete artists. They had the whole package each one very unique but all serving the mother style of rhythm and blues. So, I can understand what he's saying about Hendrix and I don't think it comes only from bitterness and jealousy. SRV came more from the same school as he did. That was the style of music he wanted to play and there was the connection between those two

[@googleeyeseyes4033]

I gotta tell you bro, everything about SRV’s playing, guitar, string thickness. Neck, styling was tailored after MR ALBERT KING, nobody could play for long the setup Stevie had which was MR KING, that speaks far more to his likening style of King than covering Jimi’s two songs, which I’ll add as many black musicians have stated, was in fact better than the original, all due respect to Jimi, I was all over him in high school, but I’m a blues man inside and out, and the first time I heard MR KING, I was reborn, in fact all three Kings were all Blues kings in their right and my, at the time, 8 tracks and LP’s were deep with these men’s works among many others, and if you FEEL the blues and or the style, and you pick up and play the instruments and importantly, their setups, you’ll get the point of Stevie’s emulation of Mr King. Not many guitar played could play Mr Kings hard thick stings, board and bend for very long at all, maybe on a good night, 15-20 minutes and they’d all be jammed up and cramped, these two men could do it all night long!

[@monkeysbum999]

Unlike Stevie, Albert king used 009 and 012 for his first and second strings ,tuned down a whole step and then tuned his two low strings a whole step further.

[@ricohernandezjr.2874]

One of the best tv recordings ever.

[@000Angus000]

I think it's fairly clear that Albert resented Jimi's success, and when someone feels the need to be that negative about another artist, the motives do not generally come from a good place.

[@louisflores2552]

People disrespect herion addicts

[@leebowens2631]

Nailed it !!!

[@leebowens2631]

@@louisflores2552 If you mean Jimi you are misinformed bro ! Acid and weed but heroin hell no and there is no proof of that .

[@louisflores2552]

If you change the way you look at things...the things you look at will change ...criticism can motivate you to get better...whether its a peer review of your work or performance..a new perspective opens our eyes to things we have overlooked or never considered...its important not take it personally...as you see it...taking it personally comes from a bad place

[@jeffreythemeditator]

this is a good insight 000.

[@terwaantherouanne5919]

Boy... this vid is all kinds of bogus. First of all, Albert King did not hate Jimi Hendrix, in fact, you cut out the part of the interview where he speaks of him as a friend whom he hugged when Jimi got back from England. Secondly, Jimi Hendrix ADORED Albert King, and if you'd ask Jimi himself, he would tell all of you that Albert was the greatest Blues player. Thirdly: Albert had no reason to be jealous. What people seem to forget, or simply do not know, is that Albert came from another place and another time. Albert was a Mississippi Delta Man growing up in the Jim Crow South; he really took off well into his forties at Stax Records in Memphis, combining his blues with soul and creating the exact sound Jimi loved so much. If you read up on Albert, you will also soon find out that he could care less about fame and fortune: Albert, especially later on in his life, got tired of the music business and the hassle of touring and once even stated he'd rather return to his job as a bulldozer operator. He loved music, he loved the Blues, but there is not a single source indicating that Albert ever strived to become a superstar a la Jimi or SRV. But he was a proud man, had his set views on what the Blues were meant to be, and voiced that opinion. That is all it was: an opinion. No hate, no jealousy, an opinion. Oh... and to all those extreme Jimi fans who probably never even heard of Albert King, Jimi himself would be ashamed to read the vile comments you post about a great musician that just wanted to do the Blues as he saw fit. And talk about snobbery? Having ZERO knowledge of the history of the Blues - and Albert's place in it - not an ounce of understanding of contemporary American history (and geography) and even less pertaining to the biography of Albert King, is the APEX of Rock Elitism. There was something before Jimi, you know. And Jimi would be the first to tell you.

[@privateprivate4378]

Amen brother.

[@mako-g90]

Jimi could full well play the blues, it's just that he ventured into realms that took Blues into another direction as well, and was a showman. Jimi had imagination, and it flowed through his fingers.

[@privateprivate4378]

If you don't know squat about music or guitar playing, you love hendrix, srv and jimmy page, the one album wonder.

[@anz2441]

Albert was a blues puriest...Jimi wasnt blues enough in his book, and Albert obviously didnt care for the stage show jimi put on....doesnt surprise me. Albert didnt say Jimi couldnt play, but he was way too critical. Reminds me of the jazz snobs

[@carlsmith1263]

Jimi had ego man he knew what he was doing with that guitar though but he was Rock and blues in the heart, Stevie had blues in his soul and had a lot of time to play, he led from the soul. Stevie did a lot of charity as well. All together wonderful artists and musicians. Also King liked that Stevie learned and listened

[@stevenmonte7397]

Am I the only one that doesn't think King was hating on Jimi? He was just drawing a strict line between Jimi and real blues. Maybe a hardcore stance, but not hate, in my opinion.

[@dstu1699]

I'm feeling like that in a way. King was just not feeling that Jimi wasn't a purist. King was strick blues. Hendrix wouldn't allow himself to stay in a box. He had too much music in him. Albert just didn't care and understand that.

[@stevenmonte7397]

@@dstu1699 Jimi could of course PLAY the blues, but he didn't solely fit in that box. I agree.

[@DrsJacksonn]

I'd agree with you until he had to place himself above Jimi by claiming "I could have easily played his songs, but he could play none of mine".

[@dstu1699]

@@DrsJacksonn yeah, you're right on that. He was bugging on that one. I never heard Albert play a song with chord progressions like, Valley of Neptune or creative like, If a Merman I should be or power rock Blues like Machine Gun.

[@ronaldduchac7396]

I've seen that set. It's fantastic.

[@poindextertunes]

I bought this CD when it came out. Phenomenal record 🔥

[@basslinephunk3441]

I think Albert King was a 'purist' and protective of the blues (which is cool) and he felt Jimi was desecrating the genre. Like when I started learning the upright bass, my teacher told me that my electric bass was a "toy" and I should put it down a just play the upright because "that's Jazz".

[@mrjehupitchfork]

If you're talkng straight blues, I agree with Albert about Jimi.

[@user-bt3tj6we7b]

me too!!! clapton can play the blues (structured, melodic, harmonic) not hendrix

[@Anonymous-xq5cs]

Listen to his Blues compilation album, he fucking eclipses Albert in blues on HIS OWN SONG

[@neddobrijevic3183]

​@@user-bt3tj6we7b🤡👈🫵🤣

[@ronmorey3475]

As much as I love Albert, I think he was a little unfair to Jimi. Something maybe personal happened between them at a gig or whatever and he took it out on Jimi's blues playing. No matter what, I like all three of these guys!

[@joeshoe6184]

Perhaps his first impression was hearing Purple Haze or Foxy Lady, both songs are dated pop drivel.

[@dananthony6258]

Lol Albert King couldn’t play Hendrix tunes like he just said, lmao. I love them both. Some people just weren’t ready for Hendrix. Hendrix didn’t want to just play the blues. Hendrix just played. I love all these guys. What a great video, thank you for sharing.

[@Capnamerica84]

I love Jimi, but SRV is the goat to me. His life without you performance at the capitol theatre could be among the greatest live performances I've ever seen.

[@morrisalanisette9067]

agreed completely. thats my fav performance too. i'm a jimi guy but srv is the best guitar player ever. Jimi is a composer and his guitar is his instrument and SRV is just a straight up guitar player who just plays the shit out of a song

[@QuinnJACKSON-zx1dx]

Albert was very jealous of Hendrix. Not to mention, Stevie Ray worshipped Albert King like he was a god, which stroked Albert's ego. Jimi respected Albert but didn't kissed his butt. Hendrix was an innovator. Huge innovator.

[@jimbeam-ru1my]

"Albert was very jealous of Hendrix. " No he wasn't. He was right. Hendrix didn't play blues. People have always given hendrix too much credit, and claiming he was a great blues player is an example of that.

[@dennisbattle9406]

Jimi played the blues. He put the blues into outer space.

[@jimbeam-ru1my]

@@dennisbattle9406 is that the best you can do, parroting some rock journalism cliche?

[@Anonymous-xq5cs]

@@jimbeam-ru1myhe literally covered born under a bad sign better than Albert played it, youre talking out of your ass

[@jimbeam-ru1my]

@@Anonymous-xq5cs you're a complete and total idiot if you think hendrix was a better blues player than albert king. Albert king is that guy guy jimi and everyone else learned to bend strings from.

[@NathanThePrezPretlow]

Jimi Hendrix play things way over Albert King's head and understanding King was right Hendrix was not a stone cold blues player Hendrix was a force of nature Hendrix innovative way he play the blues,Rock was something to behold and I think Mr. King was jealous of that.I listen to a lot of versions of Hendrix Red House among other blues songs hendrix did and I can say Jimi could play the blues with the best of them.What Albert King didn't realize Hendrix was more than a blues player .Hendrix musical imagination didn't limit himself only to that genre.Jimi Hendrix was a versatile and innovative musician who transcended genres.Even though Hendrix was indeed a phenomenal blues player, his musical imagination and creativity allowed him to explore and blend various styles, including rock, psychedelic, and funk. This ability to push boundaries and experiment with different sounds is what made Hendrix such a revolutionary figure in music.

[@howlinhog]

Albert is definitely right! I like Jimmi, love Jimmi, but he has an extremely overblown image by the public. And if you want to talk about musical influence, for the life of me I can't figure out why Rory Gallagher gets left out of the conversation way too often.

[@dstu1699]

Hold up... Explain what you mean by, "overblown image" I got to hear this... 🧐

[@howlinhog]

@dstu1699 any single person held up as the pinnacle of influence when there are so many others with greater technical skills and similar style would make said person's influence overblown. Kinda like Elvis. King of rock and roll? Wow, what a joke! Just because it became a popular saying doesn't make it so. Elvis never wrote a single song and you sure as he'll don't see him ripping it on guitar. Hendrix didn't come from a void, he had influences of his own. Do you think B.B King is a worse player than Hendrix? Preposterous! Just because Rolling Stone said it doesn't make it so. Adding feedback to your guitar sound is some musical light from heaven?

[@dstu1699]

@@howlinhog Jesus Christ!!!😳 Read this WHOLE comment!😁 No disrespect but your ignorance to Hendrix is mind numbing! You said so much and so little at the same time. Lot to unpack here... First off, the only thing that's preposterous is you comparing Hendrix to Elvis. That's sooo disrespectful... Damn... That's like comparing Thor to Batman. Batman looks cool, he has cool gadgets but he really doesn't have any superpowers. He's just a regular guy with good moves. Of course there was better technical players than Hendrix. He taught himself how to play and he was only playing for a short time. The technicalities is not what we're talking about here. It's the feel, soul, emotion, creativity, innovation, versatility, etherical playing and virtuality that made Hendrix stand out above the rest... He played like he was from another planet with a message from the universe to bring the next level of guitar playing on a spiritual level. Yes, he took from other player as every other guitar player. Everything he did was from someone else but he did it in his own way that was never done before and it showed people a new way to play. The feedback was from Buddy Guy but Hendrix didn't just do feedback. He controlled it like a feedback tamer and used it to describe the emotion he was conveying or to imitate a sound that fit the song. It's like he made the feedback do what he wanted to do in the most soulful way with soulful razor sharp licks, unique use of the pentatonic and diatonic scale and phenomenal rhythm playing. Nobody was or still this day doing that with feedback. You can't compare him to BB King. They were two different players. Fuck Rolling Stone you need to listen to more Hendrix yourself and understand why he deserves all the accolades cause I can tell you didn't listen to much Hendrix.

[@howlinhog]

Oh my god!!! I knew you were going to think I was comparing Elvis to Hendrix. My God, what an idiot! I was showing how one person can have their image overblown by the media and public perception of their day. To put Hendrix in such a lofty position when there were people like Buddy Guy already doing what Hendrix became famous for is one definition of "overblown". Hendrix and Guy, an actual comparison. Presley, an example dumbass. P.S. I never said that Hendrix wasn't an awesome guitar player, nor did I say he had no influence! You may refer to my original post and see that I said I loved Hendrix. He kicked ass, no doubt about it. I said it was overblown. Over in overblown is subjective by the way. Elvis was overblown by twelve year old girls, Hendrix was overblown by stupid hippies with no awareness of what already existed.

[@1Moonchild]

@howlinhog ...that's because Rory was beyond compare. Rory on!

[@davidrpriest]

One of the best thing about this jam session is a bass player. If you want to learn how to give it bottom and really lay down solid lines, listen to his bass player.

[@user-wk9wq8yq5u]

The main issue with Hendrix is he’s stuck in time. He was still growing as a musician before he died. Would he have kept pushing forward with rock or gone back to the blues? Clapton did and so did Gary Moore.

[@THO743]

Good video! we cant all like each other.

[@rondarogercousins9498]

Didn't need the dramatic sounds when Albert King was speaking of Jimi Hendrix. His opinion was worthy of respect.

[@voxpathfinder15r]

I can’t name a single Albert King song, I can name dozens of Hendrix tunes. That’s the end result legacy

[@anthonykane201]

That's like saying that you can't name a single novel by Albert Camus or Herman Hesse, but you can name several by Stephen King or James Patterson.

[@kennethfink3835]

SRV played an entire album of Hendrix covers when he was messed up on drugs. That level of reverence says it all. And as far as Albert King, while I love him, he was a different generation of player.

[@jadenshaw6080]

this same studio session, albert was talking about him, jimi and janis joplin playing some blues together..??

[@calokid]

Imagine Albert is a shoemaker worried about the next generation of shoemakers. He has 2 apprentices who grow up to master his ways. One is dutiful and respectful of the tradition and the other,, well he can't contain his creative genius to traditional shoes...He still uses what he's mastered, but he's so colorful and experimental that the shoes he makes are something so personal to his senses that it can't be contained in a category like the master's work. The master looks upon him as a sort of failure who distracts from the tradition and would lead others astray...or maybe he is envious that the master had his creative ideas too, but chose to honor the tradition, so his strong feelings are really about his undiscovered and repressed creativity.

[@honda197056]

All three of these artist are unique in their own way. Art, wether it's painting, poetry, photography or music can be interpreted in 100 different ways by 100 people. If it doesn't work for you oh well, but if you really enjoy it then do you. We all look at things differently and i enjoy the music of all three men in my own way.

[@johnstevens9264]

Jimmy was an amazing talent and changed everything when he appeared… It doesn’t mean that someone can’t come along later and outshine him in certain aspects. History is built on the people and knowledge before you! When Stevie played you could feel the blues, he could feel the emotion… You could get lost in his playing as it sound like he was singing through the guitar. Jimi was absolutely an amazing guitarist, but I never got that same feeling. For me it was to psychedelic, although Stevie incorporated some of that in his playing especially early on. Basically, Stevie included more soul in his playing plain and simple!!

[@nathysilvio]

In my player there's always space for Albert and Jimi

[@MrHappyParties]

All three are great guitar players. You almost have to get into Albert Kings head to understand his thoughts. He couldn’t get past any variation other than blues. Jimi played it all while having a blues and rhythm and blues style was totally unique, inspirational and set a standard for so many future guitar players. Plus, the songs he came up with and the arrangement and the tone of his voice was also so very impressive. Stevie really laid out southern rock and blues style. He was so strong. Only getting better. You have to consider that both Stevie and Jimi learned a lot of their blues from Buddy Guy. And I know that Buddy loved Jimi Hendrix, and looked at Stevie as a son. It’s all great music and has helped the progression of what’s happening today.

[@Mathew269]

fair points from Albert King. Jimi's playing is so innovative, I wouldn't even call it blues. It's almost like he has a subgenre on his own. Passing the torch to Stevie was perfect. SRV IS the the perfect blues player.

[@privateprivate4378]

Oh wow, jimi hendrix, usually out of tune, sloppy as hell, burning his instrument, and having to spend the rest of his life trying to live it down.

[@3rdtonefromthesun]

Albert had never really heard Jimi play the blues, that much is obvious enough. He saw Jimi, he didn’t hear him. But well done for making cheap content and a mountain out of molehill. He didn’t HATE Hendrix…

[@raoulduke344]

He definitely hadn't heard him if he didn't consider Red House a good Blues song.

[@ronolds258]

I don't understand it , why Albert would say that about Hendrix & it's kind of uncalled for & disrespectful , seeing as how Hendrix lifted the guitar & sold it's popularity to massive audiences , larger audiences than Albert King ever did So Albert 's criticisms were quite unwarranted !! As one of these comments said " possible he was just jealous. " Just they criticized Miles Davis when he brought Electric Jazz in the 70s , Miles wanted to bring something new into Jazz & there's nothing wrong with that !! Hendrix brought something completely new to Biues & obviously Albert just couldn't rap his head around that & perhaps too old fashioned. Hendrix's surely took Blues to another level & gave Blues a new sound !! Hendrix was a huge influence on Stevie Ray & obviously Albert King missed out on seeing & hearing that too . Since Hendrix was such a big influence on Stevie Ray Albert should have realized this & therefore his criticism of Hendrix was unfairly wrong ... to make some logical sense to this .

[@privateprivate4378]

Hendrix sold the guitar to people that didn't know anything about music or guitar playing, and still don't.

[@hakitten6011]

each bring a special sound to the forefront. never judge a book by its cover. look inside it. get it?

[@elizaneals]

So wild… I read in Howling Wolfs book Albert came in a juke joint and saw a dead man on the floor with Howling still playing guitar and asked if he was dead? 💀 Wolf said Yep and kept going Wow

[@ollielindsay]

There’s more going on. On this Canadian recording, Albert tells a story of jamming with Jimi & Janis at the Fillmore on ‘Blues at Sunrise’ and asks SRV to mimic Jimi. Secondly the time between speaking in an interview about Hendrix & recording this with SRV sounds like different eras. With time Albert would have had a chance to let the craziness about Hendrix coming and shooting to the top then departing the earth, pass a bit and probably had a different perspective. In the interview it sounds like he’s not familiar with Hendrix beyond not even knowing the name of the radio hit ‘Foxy Lady’. He sounds like he’s lying when asked if he has heard ‘Red House’. Red House is written by Hendrix and alone puts Jimi in the same camp as Wolf, the Kings and Dixon. It is an amazingly authentic blues tune.

[@postnobills4806]

Interesting. There is a great Michael Bloomfield interview where he talked about jamming with Hendrix. Bloomfield was intimidated by Hendrix and said something to the effect of, "I just stood there thinking to myself, 'God damn I wish I was Albert King right now'." Meaning you would need to be Albert King to blow Hendrix off the stage. I guess Albert King would agree with that.

[@ThisSteepHillIsALoverOfHorses7]

There wouldn’t have been an SRV without Hendrix

[@artjenkins2636]

Hendricks was like if someone for the sky open pulled the soul out of it and then sewed it up again music was never the same again after he came along

[@user-bt3tj6we7b]

albert king suits this quote: "one good melody is better than thousands scales" he can play the blues, jimi no!

[@larrypower8659]

Albert said, “Jimi Hendrix? I could very easily play what he plays, but he can’t play what I play.” As much as I love Albert King, the artist, that statement is so wrong. Hendrix cut his teeth on The Blues and surely could-and most likely did-play anything Albert played. I think Albert was jealous of Hendrix but loved Stevie because Stevie played Albert’s licks as well, or better, than Albert himself. Stevie was the absolute best Albert King style player I’ve ever heard and he was very respectful of Albert. Hendrix probably did not have a relationship with Albert like Stevie did. Different strokes for different folks.

[@poindextertunes]

i think this is a “get off my lawn” moment from Albert lol

[@reven-docta79]

Probably one of the reasons why Albert never reached the status of BB; you have to learn to get along and play well with others.

[@bluesatsun]

Side note…. The photo at the 0:26 second mark seems to be of Jimmie, not Stevie.

[@earlbutler6213]

Stevie is the shit and he would never dis Albert because he knew how it went then.

[@ScratchStrings]

Albert looks like beatlejuice

[@dianesaienni5466]

Yea i think your wrong sayin Stevie was influenced by Jimi. Stevie clearly said in an interview The only thing Jimi and I have in common is we both played music we loved. On the other hand nearly all of Stevie's interviews find him giving shout outs and props to his blues guitar heros like bb king albert king ect never mentioning Hendrix.

[@privateprivate4378]

And that should be some kind of 'heads up' for you, because hendrix didn't invent squat.

[@monsieurhercule]

Apples and oranges. Hendrix was a groundbreaking psychedelic blues rock pioneer while SRV was more of the blues purist that King Albert liked more.

[@Hotrod66149]

Jimi was Jimi and everybody else wanted to be like Jimi!

[@BotsWeekendCovers]

One thing Stevie never did was let his head get big!!!

[@longtalljay]

No argument with the Emperor among the Kings of blues. Jimi was the most important and most influential person to have ever played the gee-tar, but it was Son House and Albert King who played, and were, the bluze!

[@joeshoe6184]

My guess is Albert heard Foxy Lady or Purple Haze on the radio, correctly labeled them the pop drivel that they are, and was unable to overcome this first impression.

[@davidjamesferguson4491]

Not sure why Albert would say that ! Stevie and Jimi were equally good but different players :

[@maep1999]

Many Bluesmen dismissed Hendrix because he mixed Blues with Rock a true innovator of the genre Blues Rock. It was not Blues as they knew it so it was discounted like an illegitimate step child. SRV is an obvious combination of Hendrix and Albert. If my memory is correct he met and knew Mr. King before he became famous. When SRV had the opportunity to play with or in front of his idol I am sure he went strictly to his Albert' style and didn't blast out Voodoo Child. This is evident in the Albert/SRV recordings. As important as all three were, Hendrix was the innovator and a great creative song writer.

[@FuzzDuke]

You can’t televise and then record something after when it’s the same audio 😂 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@artjenkins2636]

Jimi Hendrix is quoted as saying that the blues was boring he was trying to be a blues player I think he wanted to expand into other areas such as possibly performing with an orchestra expanding his van to have horns and pianos but since Jimmy passed away at such a young age we will never know however he had great respect for blues players since he was on the road with a lot of them including Albert and BB King

[@theloaner4378]

Stevie learned a lot from Alberts records, And when they first met, Albert heard him and said"You owe me about 50 grand for taking all my shit", And according to Santana, Stevie paid him 50 grand. Maybe thats also why Albert seemed to like him so much.

[@thegreatshift9160]

and Jimi would've worshiped everyone. He would've fell in love with SRV; he obviously loved Albert King and just about everyone else he ran into...because he was a lover. He loved music and everything about music...period. That's why he can't be touched...he loved everything that touched him. He was a sponge. He absorbed everything. Most people are worried about what mark they made here, and how they rolled out the red carpet there. I don't think Jimi gave a shit about any of that. Just the music. Who's got time for anything else!

[@johngomez7314]

Albert couldn't play Hendrix stuff, no way!

[@jimgraves4601]

We are just better off because all of them were here for awhile. Thanks.

[@brandonterzic]

I wouldn't take one comment of Albert's as being his definitive take on Hendrix--as a matter of fact, Albert may not have listened to Jimi's music at all. We don't know.

[@seanculbreth7108]

Jimi wasn't a blues purist neither was Stevie , but Stevie played with the soul and intensity of the blues. Stevie played with that blues feeling. I like both. Just my opinion. I wouldn't take anything from from Hendrix.

[@DuoJet63]

Like most of the bluesmen of that time period. Albert King hated the lack of money he wasn't making.

[@dwaynejones1146]

A man likes ,what he likes.

[@greenmanalishi6963]

I wonder what Albert would have thought of Peter Green in his prime. BB Claimed he was the best

[@joshlight6892]

I never saw Jimi as a pure blues player. He was more of a rocker with a little blues mixed in.

[@steelysam7189]

Jimi didn't want to be confined to the blues. He wanted to expand and experiment musically. Stevie spent most of his career playing the blues.

[@rugbytimothy1315]

Say what you want about Hendrix there is little doubt on the influence he has on so many guitar players around the world. I do not think Hendrix considered himself a blues guitarist even though he could play and sing blues, he considered himself a guitar showman and artist. He was a master, and he did it with little effort and I think many guitar players from all types of music backgrounds were amazed and jealous of his natural ability. The first time he was in England the rock gods and groups there were lining up to see him play and could not believe the talent. If anything, Hendrix was an entertainer on a level that nobody could come close to touching, but sadly he and SRVs body of work is so short that we never got to see the full extent of their careers. We just feel the magnitude of brilliance they both left behind.

[@privateprivate4378]

There are only two truths being expressed here: Hendrix was a master showman.

[@lamarrjordan1969]

Albert needs to get past the jealous one trick pony attitude and realize that there was more to Jimi's than traditional blues style and the fact that he used all of his influences to create blues music mixed with everything else he grew up listening to...if we all played it the same, you couldn't tell anyone apart...grow up ole man,, this guy is an influence on musicians that don't even listen to the blues... I love em all!

[@robertshort2904]

Both Hendrix and Albert King were great gutarists without question. Jimi was light years ahead of Albert King and everyone else. He was more than a guitarist, He was an innovator. Albert may have been jealous. Although unique and special, he was not anywhere near capable of playing what Jimi played. I'm sure he knew that but was to proud of a man to admit it. His comments were ridiculous. I love his music anyway, along with Jimi and Stevie. All were blessed with great talent.

[@larrynolletti4594]

Die hard Hendrix fan....after that give me Johnny Winter and Freddy King......

[@plumberman5369]

There are 2 eras of guitar. Before Jimi Hendrix and after Jimi Hendrix. Nuff said

[@Musiclover03Gibsongu-bj6ey]

Albert King, like many other old, Black blues players were simply jealous of what Jimi Hendrix did in three year compared to their entire career. Albert said many times through the years that what Jimi did was not the Blues. Well, he was right. Jimi fused many influences into his music. It wasn't about being a blues purist. The old guys always inspired the younger upcoming guys. But that wasn't enough for Albert. He was always critical of Hendrix. Stevie Ray wasn't better than Jimi. They played different styles. Jimi came first and others built on his foundation. But the old blues guys hated that he became an icon after they had played all their lives, and only getting minimal commercial success. Play on brother Jimi !

[@joeshoe6184]

Or they recognized commercial pop drivel when they heard it... and Foxy Lady/ Purple Haze are definitely commercial pop drivel.