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An interviwer asked Jimmy Hendrix " Whats it like being the best guitarist in the world" Jimmy replied "Ask Rory gallagher"

That story is false, the "original" story said Jimi answered "ask Phil Keaggy". From wikipedia:

Years later, a story would circulate widely and persistently concerning Keaggy and Hendrix. It has been said that during an episode of The Tonight Show, Johnny Carson asked Hendrix, "Who is the best guitarist in the world?" Hendrix is said to have answered, "Phil Keaggy." Another version of the story has Hendrix being asked, "Jimi, how does it feel to be the world's greatest guitar player?" To which Hendrix supposedly replied, "I don't know, you'll have to ask Phil Keaggy!" This account is sometimes attributed to a magazine interview in either Rolling Stone or Guitar Player. Occasionally the story has the setting for the question being the Dick Cavett Show. Other versions have the question being posed to Eric Clapton. A more recent variant has Eddie Van Halen being asked the question by either David Letterman or Barbara Walters. 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!

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An interviwer asked Jimmy Hendrix " Whats it like being the best guitarist in the world" Jimmy replied "Ask Rory gallagher"

That story is false, the "original" story said Jimi answered "ask Phil Keaggy". From wikipedia:

Years later, a story would circulate widely and persistently concerning Keaggy and Hendrix. It has been said that during an episode of The Tonight Show, Johnny Carson asked Hendrix, "Who is the best guitarist in the world?" Hendrix is said to have answered, "Phil Keaggy." Another version of the story has Hendrix being asked, "Jimi, how does it feel to be the world's greatest guitar player?" To which Hendrix supposedly replied, "I don't know, you'll have to ask Phil Keaggy!" This account is sometimes attributed to a magazine interview in either Rolling Stone or Guitar Player. Occasionally the story has the setting for the question being the Dick Cavett Show. Other versions have the question being posed to Eric Clapton. A more recent variant has Eddie Van Halen being asked the question by either David Letterman or Barbara Walters. 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!

So where do you think the rory Gallagher story came from?

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but in a sense I actually respect what he does as much, and sometimes more, than what the Stones do today, as far as live shows. Clapton doesn't do the spectacle thing. Never has. Some people may find it boring but I find more substance in him coming out and playing than in the bombast and posing that is a Stones show. I wish the Stones would just come out and play the hell out of everything the way they did in their great golden age. By the way, I'm not saying Clapton is as good as he, or the Stones, were in their hey-day, just that he doesn't pose and choreograph his shows with pyrotechnics and such..

Completely agree to your post, Tumbling Dice - and I think the sentence(s) I quoted are the main reason there's so many "bashers" of Clapton on this board. It's like that if the artist is over 55......a certain percentage of the audience expect to see phoney posing and pyrotechnics - and get their kicks over that shit. I presume that's the reason there's so many Dylan bashers, as well.....when it comes to his live shows, not his records. I wish Rolling Stones never had gotten into that silly tivoli thingy.....they'd have had to work harder to make the show going if they didn't....instead of relying on "the amusement show" - and they were able (especially Keith and Ronnie) to do a lot better, at least in the 90s, than what they actually did.

I bet a big percentage of the audiences at Clapton concerts goes home disappointed because there was no "fake orgasm by the end of the show".
Hope they can get that longing for fake orgasms fullfilled elsewhere

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An interviwer asked Jimmy Hendrix " Whats it like being the best guitarist in the world" Jimmy replied "Ask Rory gallagher"

That story is false, the "original" story said Jimi answered "ask Phil Keaggy". From wikipedia:

Years later, a story would circulate widely and persistently concerning Keaggy and Hendrix. It has been said that during an episode of The Tonight Show, Johnny Carson asked Hendrix, "Who is the best guitarist in the world?" Hendrix is said to have answered, "Phil Keaggy." Another version of the story has Hendrix being asked, "Jimi, how does it feel to be the world's greatest guitar player?" To which Hendrix supposedly replied, "I don't know, you'll have to ask Phil Keaggy!" This account is sometimes attributed to a magazine interview in either Rolling Stone or Guitar Player. Occasionally the story has the setting for the question being the Dick Cavett Show. Other versions have the question being posed to Eric Clapton. A more recent variant has Eddie Van Halen being asked the question by either David Letterman or Barbara Walters. 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!

So where do you think the rory Gallagher story came from?

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An interviwer asked Jimmy Hendrix " Whats it like being the best guitarist in the world" Jimmy replied "Ask Rory gallagher"

That story is false, the "original" story said Jimi answered "ask Phil Keaggy". From wikipedia:

Years later, a story would circulate widely and persistently concerning Keaggy and Hendrix. It has been said that during an episode of The Tonight Show, Johnny Carson asked Hendrix, "Who is the best guitarist in the world?" Hendrix is said to have answered, "Phil Keaggy." Another version of the story has Hendrix being asked, "Jimi, how does it feel to be the world's greatest guitar player?" To which Hendrix supposedly replied, "I don't know, you'll have to ask Phil Keaggy!" This account is sometimes attributed to a magazine interview in either Rolling Stone or Guitar Player. Occasionally the story has the setting for the question being the Dick Cavett Show. Other versions have the question being posed to Eric Clapton. A more recent variant has Eddie Van Halen being asked the question by either David Letterman or Barbara Walters. 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!

So where do you think the rory Gallagher story came from?

Probably Rory's brother, if his claim that he 'turned down the Stones' is any yardstick.

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but in a sense I actually respect what he does as much, and sometimes more, than what the Stones do today, as far as live shows. Clapton doesn't do the spectacle thing. Never has. Some people may find it boring but I find more substance in him coming out and playing than in the bombast and posing that is a Stones show. I wish the Stones would just come out and play the hell out of everything the way they did in their great golden age. By the way, I'm not saying Clapton is as good as he, or the Stones, were in their hey-day, just that he doesn't pose and choreograph his shows with pyrotechnics and such..

Completely agree to your post, Tumbling Dice - and I think the sentence(s) I quoted are the main reason there's so many "bashers" of Clapton on this board. It's like that if the artist is over 55......a certain percentage of the audience expect to see phoney posing and pyrotechnics - and get their kicks over that shit. I presume that's the reason there's so many Dylan bashers, as well.....when it comes to his live shows, not his records. I wish Rolling Stones never had gotten into that silly tivoli thingy.....they'd have had to work harder to make the show going if they didn't....instead of relying on "the amusement show" - and they were able (especially Keith and Ronnie) to do a lot better, at least in the 90s, than what they actually did.

I bet a big percentage of the audiences at Clapton concerts goes home disappointed because there was no "fake orgasm by the end of the show".
Hope they can get that longing for fake orgasms fullfilled elsewhere

Not only that. I remember Clapton played here about six years ago and I was unable to go as I'd other things on that night. I asked a couple of people who had paid about £60 for a ticket what it was like and the response was "he didnt say a word all night". They were actually annoyed about this to the point where it was of more significance than the peformance. You get the same whining with Dylan. I dont get this mentality at all - people pay money to see a major artist, and then seem to be under the impression that they have to be something akin to a stand up act as well as a musician. Maybe they just like being pandered to with insincere platitudes about how they're the greatest audience theyve played to for the entire tour or crap like that.

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An interviwer asked Jimmy Hendrix " Whats it like being the best guitarist in the world" Jimmy replied "Ask Rory gallagher"

That story is false, the "original" story said Jimi answered "ask Phil Keaggy". From wikipedia:

Years later, a story would circulate widely and persistently concerning Keaggy and Hendrix. It has been said that during an episode of The Tonight Show, Johnny Carson asked Hendrix, "Who is the best guitarist in the world?" Hendrix is said to have answered, "Phil Keaggy." Another version of the story has Hendrix being asked, "Jimi, how does it feel to be the world's greatest guitar player?" To which Hendrix supposedly replied, "I don't know, you'll have to ask Phil Keaggy!" This account is sometimes attributed to a magazine interview in either Rolling Stone or Guitar Player. Occasionally the story has the setting for the question being the Dick Cavett Show. Other versions have the question being posed to Eric Clapton. A more recent variant has Eddie Van Halen being asked the question by either David Letterman or Barbara Walters. 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!

So where do you think the rory Gallagher story came from?

Probably Rory's brother, if his claim that he 'turned down the Stones' is any yardstick.

He also said that Terry Kath was the greatest.

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[hey! i went to a clapton concert where he did tell us (me, personally, as i recall) that we/I was the best audience of the tour. it was by far the best part of the show...i really don't remember if the music was any good.

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[hey! i went to a clapton concert where he did tell us (me, personally, as i recall) that we/I was the best audience of the tour. it was by far the best part of the show...i really don't remember if the music was any good.

I bet he says that to all the girls. Or something.

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i'd rather a musician say nothing than stick to the script and say something he says at every show such as "it's great to be here, it's great to be anywhere".

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new one on me. Hendrix DID join Cream onstage but I dont know if it was for a 'handful' of shows. Maybe Curtis Knight's band? Dont know to be honest.

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Not only that. I remember Clapton played here about six years ago and I was unable to go as I'd other things on that night. I asked a couple of people who had paid about £60 for a ticket what it was like and the response was "he didnt say a word all night". They were actually annoyed about this to the point where it was of more significance than the peformance. You get the same whining with Dylan. I dont get this mentality at all - people pay money to see a major artist, and then seem to be under the impression that they have to be something akin to a stand up act as well as a musician. Maybe they just like being pandered to with insincere platitudes about how they're the greatest audience theyve played to for the entire tour or crap like that.

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An interviwer asked Jimmy Hendrix " Whats it like being the best guitarist in the world" Jimmy replied "Ask Rory gallagher"

That story is false, the "original" story said Jimi answered "ask Phil Keaggy". From wikipedia:

Years later, a story would circulate widely and persistently concerning Keaggy and Hendrix. It has been said that during an episode of The Tonight Show, Johnny Carson asked Hendrix, "Who is the best guitarist in the world?" Hendrix is said to have answered, "Phil Keaggy." Another version of the story has Hendrix being asked, "Jimi, how does it feel to be the world's greatest guitar player?" To which Hendrix supposedly replied, "I don't know, you'll have to ask Phil Keaggy!" This account is sometimes attributed to a magazine interview in either Rolling Stone or Guitar Player. Occasionally the story has the setting for the question being the Dick Cavett Show. Other versions have the question being posed to Eric Clapton. A more recent variant has Eddie Van Halen being asked the question by either David Letterman or Barbara Walters. 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!

So where do you think the rory Gallagher story came from?

Probably Rory's brother, if his claim that he 'turned down the Stones' is any yardstick.

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So do you not think that Rory did turn down the Stones? I heard that he went to the netherlands with the stones to record but had to fly off somewhere for a gig then never heard from them again.

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So do you not think that Rory did turn down the Stones? I heard that he went to the netherlands with the stones to record but had to fly off somewhere for a gig then never heard from them again.

..which is not the same as him 'turning them down'.

He was never offered the job. Thats a fact.

He didnt record with them either. He auditioned, as did several other guitarists.

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To connect verbally and socially with the audience is to show it respect.

As opposed to charging them $500 or $1,000 for two hours entertainment where they can often only see the stage via a video screen, you mean? What does that say to you about 'respect' ?

I think your sense of perspective is a bit off here.

Some artists dont 'connect' socially because they feel awkward doing so. Its not a big deal. Some performers can feel shy and uncomfortable once they step out of the comfort zone of singing or playing, believe it ot not.

I can personally live without a musician patronising me with insincere platitudes. Not feeling ripped off is a far more significant factor in being able to come out of a show feeling reasonably satisfied with what I've seen.

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To connect verbally and socially with the audience is to show it respect.

As opposed to charging them $500 or $1,000 for two hours entertainment where they can often only see the stage via a video screen, you mean? What does that say to you about 'respect' ?

I think your sense of perspective is a bit off here.

Some artists dont 'connect' socially because they feel awkward doing so. Its not a big deal. Some performers can feel shy and uncomfortable once they step out of the comfort zone of singing or playing, believe it ot not.

I can personally live without a musician patronising me with insincere platitudes. Not feeling ripped off is a far more significant factor in being able to come out of a show feeling reasonably satisfied with what I've seen.

Charging $ 1000 is all about respect since they target wealthy people with those tickets. Not bothering to communicate with the audience on the other hand is sheer arrogance, especally when these artistst do bother about getting their hands on the audience's money.

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So do you not think that Rory did turn down the Stones? I heard that he went to the netherlands with the stones to record but had to fly off somewhere for a gig then never heard from them again.

..which is not the same as him 'turning them down'.

He was never offered the job. Thats a fact.

He didnt record with them either. He auditioned, as did several other guitarists.