vegetableman2 (January 1, 1970 at 12:59 am)

pure blues

dmholmes1 (January 1, 1970 at 12:59 am)

HendrixTreyGarciaZappaTerry ReidThe 5 most innovative guitarists that changed music!

matallica002 (January 1, 1970 at 12:59 am)

To great composers discussed, add Frank Zappa. Bella Flek made me think of Zappa in concert. But hel, l am just an ignorant savage who thinks Jimi Hendrix will stand the test of time. Beethoven and Bach also!

JLP078 (January 1, 1970 at 12:59 am)

@MothershipHD Agree with yeolstrat comments and I do not think we can compare Beethoven, Bach or any others of these great creators in their respective fields but Jimi in "his" area was certainly one of the best ones !!!I will try Bela Flek !!Cheers

MothershipHD (January 1, 1970 at 12:59 am)

@scuzzmang Alright, youre saying that the numerous composers you have mentioned trained and studied to become professional, where Hendrix never took one formal lesson. Jimi was a kid who grew up in Seattle in extreme poverty in a fractured family, yet he invented his own genre of music. There was also a long journey that Hendrix took to get to his destination. Plus taking the factor that he died at the age of 27, we will never know what he would have done with his life.

HillbillyJ (January 1, 1970 at 12:59 am)

@MothershipHD Hendrix was great but if you want to hear the "most creative" musician look for guys like Bela Fleck. Theres a good chance you've never heard anything like it before.

yeolstrat (January 1, 1970 at 12:59 am)

These are some of the longest comments I have ever seen.

scuzzmang (January 1, 1970 at 12:59 am)

@DragonerPhoenix Therefore, it was simply impossible for Jimi Hendrix to be as creative as Beethoven because Beethoven had a palette of musical techniques so large that, in comparison, Jimi knew virtually nothing about music. To use an analogy: saying Jimi Hendrix had the ability to be as creative as any of the composers I've mentioned is to say that a child who plays with Legos could build design better buildings than an architect. It's ludicrous.

scuzzmang (January 1, 1970 at 12:59 am)

@DragonerPhoenix (continued) The most renowned classical composers (Beethoven, Brahms, Rach, Tchai, etc.) spent their entire lives under professional training so as to be able to compose pieces of music meant to be played by massive orchestras and symphonies containing an incredibly diverse array of instruments. Composing a symphony not only requires a deep understanding of music theory, but an intimate understanding of every instrument you could imagine, from piano to violin to marimba.

scuzzmang (January 1, 1970 at 12:59 am)

@DragonerPhoenix (continued) Jimi was truly a special person of incredible ability, but his skill and talent were guitar and lyric centric and crafted the way most modern musicians skills were crafted: by playing the one instrument all the time, without any education outside of copying what is seen and heard in other people's performances. This is why I reject your assertion that Jimi could have composed classical music on the level of the composers I've mentioned.