[LS]

Yes, he’s a great player. But he’s no Hendrix.

[FreedomPoster]

No arguments there. Worth going to see, though.

[DoodleBob]

Ritchie Blackmore recently gave backhanded compliments to Joe Satriani and Steve Morse, stating that though they are brilliant players, they are never "searching for notes...Jimi Hendrix used to play lots of wrong notes, because he was searching all the time...and when he did find that right note, WOW"

I never saw Hendrix live, but I get what Blackmore is saying through the live footage I've seen of Jimi...the embodied of Daltrey's saying of "give me a bum note and a bead of sweat."

Ritchie's greatness is not to be denied - the Made in Japan version of Highway Star is the greatest song for driving (watch the speedometer!).

That said, I've seen Satriani and Morse live and they were awesome. And truth be told, their shows were more exciting then when I saw DP in the 1980s. Different strokes.