Originally Posted by blastingas10

SRV was a more pure blues player, so maybe Hendrix couldn't play Texas Flood like him; but he'd add his own Hendrix style and possible make it even better, just in a different way.

I think Hendrix was miles ahead of him when it came to songwriting, and obviously innovation. Just about all SRV songs were fairly typical blues songs. Hendrix had some pretty complex songs, having Mitch Mitchell certainly didn't hurt. The song "One Rainy Wish" changes the time signature from the chorus to the verses.

You just don't get much diversity with SRV, there's definitely a lot more with Hendrix.