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“I don't think Jimi Hendrix was a guitarist. Eric Clapton is excessively tedious.” Robert Fripp on his 1960s contemporaries — and the one guitarist he thought was fun
By Phil Weller published
With news that a new King Crimson album is in the works, Fripp's past comments highlight the left-field ideas that make him an original

Jeff Beck told Stevie Ray Vaughan he reminded him of Jimi Hendrix. Here’s why
By Elizabeth Swann published
The two Stratocaster supremos sat down to talk shop in 1989 near the end of their celebrated Fire Meets the Fury tour

Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Duane Allman, George Harrison and John Lennon performed with him. Today he’s virtually unknown
By Ben Fisher published
Delaney Bramlett helped Clapton and Harrison find their footing as they approached their solo careers at the end of the 1960s

Stephen Stills on the guitar skills he learned following Jimi Hendrix for two years
By Christopher Scapelliti published
Stills said he also befriended Duane Allman while the future Allman Brothers Band legend was performing in the group Hour Glass in the late 1960s

Ernie Isley recalls sitting next to Jimi Hendrix as the Beatles made their American television debut on The Ed Sullivan Show
By Andrew Daly published
Isley said he and his brothers had no idea they were sitting next to a future guitar deity. "We just knew he played extremely well"

Gibson launches hunt for the 'Back to the Future' guitar that inspired John Mayer and Coldplay's Chris Martin
By Phil Weller published
Used by Michael J. Fox in the film's dance scene, the guitar set a litany of greats on the road to playing, but it hasn’t been seen since 1985

Brian May on the mind-blowing difference between seeing Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix perform in the 1960s
By Christopher Scapelliti last updated
May also cited Jeff Beck as a guitarist who changed his thinking about guitar playing in his most formative years

Grace Slick on Hendrix at Monterey, Jefferson Airplane and the Spanish origins of “White Rabbit”
By Jude Gold published
The former Jefferson Airplane vocalist took a trip into her guitar past on our latest No Guitar Is Safe podcast
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