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Pick 2 Bands, Let Someone Else Decide Who's Better

#326
Funky Ghost said:
Listen to Scuttle Buttin' and tell me how much Hendrix you hear in that. . . or anyone for that matter. Super heavy strings massively strong fingers and a ridiculous touch made for a sound unlike anyone. His merging of influences into his own thing is the very definition of innovation. I know I wont convince you but the cat was a force unto himself. He massively respected those that came before ( and they respected him just as much ) but he didn't just stand on their shoulders, he took a dead form of music and put it back in the public conscience in the era of hair metal and synth bands. No mean feat.

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Huey Lewis and the News or Husker Du
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Plenty of Hendrix in that; you wouldn’t have ‘Scuttlebuttin’ without Jimi’s supercharged cover of Earl King’s ‘Come On’, which is just a sleepy R&B workout; Hendrix took it into overdrive. Then SRV later does his cover of it, ‘Pt. 3’, owing more to Jimi than the original. Covers of covers don’t do much for me. In the end, Vaughn will never ‘best’ Hendrix; Jimi changed the course of electric guitar playing(and, with the help of Eddie Kramer, created soundscapes in the studio never heard before). Granted, the Beatles may have done backwards taping and tape loops, and there were early flanging experiments like Timi Yuro’s “The Big Hurt”, but no one integrated those techniques into his style and exploited the possibilities to the fullest than him. To his credit, SRV revived a particular style against all odds but sonically played it safe, recording-wise. Heavy strings? Jazz guys have had those for years. I find what Django(with his physical disability and no amplification!)and Joe Pass did far more astounding.
 
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#327
Michedelic said:
Which Purps line-up? I realize the default is MK 2, but Bolin has his fans. Overall I say DP.
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Any of the lineups you would like to compare. I’ve never been impressed by a band (lately) like STP. They are amazing musicians and Weiland had such a great voice. Robert DeLeo is one of the most overlooked bass players EVER! Take a listen to some of his lines (especially on tracks that never got airplay). I think you’ll agree. Although I am aware Glover was no slouch either.
 
#329
Michedelic said:
Plenty of Hendrix in that; you wouldn’t have ‘Scuttlebuttin’ without Jimi’s supercharged cover of Earl King’s ‘Come On’, which is just a sleepy R&B workout; Hendrix took it into overdrive. Then SRV later does his cover of it, ‘Pt. 3’, owing more to Jimi than the original. Covers of covers don’t do much for me. In the end, Vaughn will never ‘best’ Hendrix; Jimi changed the course of electric guitar playing(and, with the help of Eddie Kramer, created soundscapes in the studio never heard before). Granted, the Beatles may have done backwards taping and tape loops, and there were early flanging experiments like Timi Yuro’s “The Big Hurt”, but no one integrated those techniques into his style and exploited the possibilities to the fullest than him. To his credit, SRV revived a particular style against all odds but sonically played it safe, recording-wise. Heavy strings? Jazz guys have had those for years. I find what Django(with his physical disability and no amplification!)and Joe Pass did far more astounding.
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Yes... heavy strings! And jazz guitarists don’t do bends like Stevie! SRV had been known to use string gauges with .014 high E! Nugent was at one of SRV’s concerts and Stevie called him up to jam with him. Ted picked up one of Stevie’s guitars and started playing. After a couple riffs, he laughed and put the guitar back on the stand. He was quoted as saying that he found it impossible to play with a gauge as thick/heavy as that.
 

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