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trailblazing guitarists before jimi hendrix:
chuck berry
buddy guy
hubert sumlin
muddy waters
wes montgomery
charlie christian
jeff beck
pete townshend
eric clapton
sonny sharrock
link wray
dick dale
dude who played with gene vincent
lou reed and sterling morrison
t-bone walker
albert king
lonnie mack
not to mention tons of soul, garage, surf, blues and rockabilly dudes.
it's not like hendrix came out of thin air.
plus, FACT: i have a cd of hendrix playing live in greenwich village in '66 and dude was playing straight up r&b/blues with hardly any feedback or anything; it's also interesting to know that this is when the velvet underground were playing out in new york. so i do think hendrix was influenced by the velvets.
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