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Old 08.16.2007, 07:34 PM   #93
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Please give me an example of him being innovative.

There was a much more southern style to his guitar playing than Hendrix's, but a lot of that style of stuff (Pride and Joy, Texas Flood) was already being done by black blues guitarists, and he was just bringing it to a white mainstream artist in a less soulful way.

Maybe SRV isn't a complete Jimi ripoff, but you got to admit, SRV had a pretty big hard on for Jimi and was heavily influenced by him. Sort of like GNR to Led Zeppelin.
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