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How does it feel to be the world's greatest guitarist?

by joe golfer
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Someone asked Jimi Hendrix once, "How does it feel to be the world's greatest guitarist?"

He said, "I don't know, you'll have to ask Rory Gallagher."

Here is Rory live in Montreux in 1979:

"Wooooooo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo."

You can read about him here:
Rory Gallagher - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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    Here's the first song I every heard by him:

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    Eddie Van Halen for me.
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      That reminded me of when someone asked Ice T who the worlds greatest rapper was, his reply?
      "I am Motherf****er."
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        Originally Posted by ThomM View Post

        That reminded me of when someone asked Ice T who the worlds greatest rapper was, his reply?
        "I am Motherf****er."
        Funny line. Good answer.

        Too bad Ice T couldn't touch Tupac.
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        • Profile picture of the author ThomM
          Originally Posted by joe golfer View Post

          Funny line. Good answer.

          Too bad Ice T couldn't touch Tupac.
          That was my thought on it also
          In fact I use that line whenever anyone asks me who the greatest drummer is
          Not that I think I'm the greatest, just that I think it's a dumb question.
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    Originally Posted by TimPhelan View Post

    Rory was good but Jimi never said that:
    A good sized discussion on this subject took place in the Rory forum:

    http://forum.rorygallagher.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=443



    Rory with a tiny bit on Jimmy @ 3:20

    Tim's snopes link and those two videos are found there as well.

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    From Wikipedia...

    Keaggy has long insisted that such stories are completely unfounded, noting that "it was impossible that Jimi Hendrix could ever have heard me...We...recorded our first album at Electric Lady Studios two weeks after his unfortunate death, so I just can’t imagine how he could’ve heard me. I think it’s just a rumor that someone’s kept alive, and it must be titillating enough to keep an interest there...So I don’t think it was said…and that’s it for that!"[34] Keaggy's recollection of the time frame during which Glass Harp's first album was recorded differs slightly from Glass Harp's officially-published history (which have the recording sessions ending on September 17, 1970, just hours before Hendrix's early-morning death in London, and not two weeks after).[35]

    In a July 2010 interview, Glass Harp bassist Daniel Pecchio commented on the ongoing Hendrix rumors saying "It’s a true urban legend. I still have people coming up to me claiming to have a Dick Cavett Show tape where Hendrix says that. We never pushed that rumor, you know, but it didn’t hurt us."[36]
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    My choice would be Jeff Beck.
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  • Profile picture of the author ForumGuru
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    I can't name an all time greatest, just too many to name IMO, but for sure Hendrix and Beck are two of my favorites.


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    The greatest guitarist ever would be Dennis Gaskill. Lead Belly himself said so on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson.
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