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Originally Posted by bigjohnbates
Not to be a d*ck but are you guys kidding? Hendrix was a great blues guitarist .. he was a sideman way before he did his own thing. He was flashy yes but could he play blues? Hell yes he could. He was very advanced in a lot of ways and lots of his famous stuff is smoke and mirrors but I've heard recordings of him scaled down and killing it
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he was a sideman to R n B acts
although Howlin' Wolf wanted to hire him and he said (quote) - "you guys play the real thing" - meaning he wasn't really into "authentic" blues