He made those sounds 1966-1970 Waaay more influential and creative than any guitarist before or since. Wrote lyrics & created great music, sang. Invented techniques used by thousands of guitarists. Played in eclectic styles. Created the great rock classics Are You Experienced, Axis, Electric Ladyland ... oh and don't forget Band of Gypsies. When Kirk Hammett starts thinking he is getting good he puts Jimi on to remind himself who the master is, like Bruce Lee of the guitar... hardly overated

I too remember the day in 1970 when I came home and saw the newspaper laying on the step and there was this small article on the front page announcing the death of Jimi Hendrix. I was crushed by this horrible news, but life must go on and Jimi`s music is still very much alive today.

I could sit down and listen to this guy all day!

uf - he is very eloquent - great to listen to.

Wow, what a great guy!

Love Satch. Brilliant man.

talk about stars aligning ...jimi dies= satriani decree's, great interview

oh yes jimmy is my friend for ever

Great bit from Joe. Huge Jimi fan. I was 13 in '70 and lining up for Jr High roll call and a classmate ask if i heard Jimi had died. I was numb. Seemed like i'd just seen him on Dick Cavett the night before. Get home and the phone is ringing,,,it's my older sister wondering how i was doing. Still numb. Took a long time to process and grieve.

The majority of Hendrix's critics will never understand the immense impact he had on guitar/ music back then because they didn't experience first it hand. Will never get it. Damn near everyone who heard the "Are You Experienced" album for the first time in 1967 can tell you how fresh it was. Never heard nothing like it before. Sounded like something from another dimension, Martian music or some shit.

i love jimi hendrix music his way was of playing still amaze's me and he new it when it was just the right pitch and feed back he was feeling it body and sole ya they he was one of the best ( rip ) jimi god bless

For me its Petrucci for the Alternate picking, Gilbert for the Legato and Alternate and Satriani for Legato. Just by listening to these 3 guys i have learned so much.

Some rock stars these days are just junkies man...But I have mad respect for Satriani. He's got enough speed and all to keep up with guitarists now days and but he also respects his roots and knows where he came from. He's such a class guy.

Thats great..Jimi would be proud!

@CommBreakDown i agree 100 percent just the feeling of his music keeps me listening

Joe, I relate! My siblings, parents, your Hendrix relationship....so similar....I'm your age! Best to you, ZZ & Rubina

Most brave guitarist story ever.

The soul of Hendrix went to Joe!!!! Thanks God!!!

Jimi wasnt about being fast. 4 him it was about feeling the music thats wat blues is and thats the style jimi prodominately played he also experimented with alot of other different styles and techniques abit like how bruce lee played around with different fighting styles and took his music 2 a whole new atmosphere, he was even doing those noises tom morello does way back in the 60's thats why his music cant be beaten and will continue to inspire....

@TheMetalGuy852 wow......just appreciate music, jimi was famous because he wrote hundreds of songs, that are still listened to today. he has had more of an effect on music in his death, than any other musician in the world has had, and most spend decades writing music! jimi wrote songs for only about four years of his life, nobody has come close to his accomplishments, and the majority of musicians live to be over 60, jimi died when he was 27 have respect for all music.

@runingblackbear Yeah. The drive to Jimi's last concert was half way across Germany, well worth it to see & hear his awesome magic. Thirteen days later he died, but his music lives! Ohrwurm, translated from Deutsch to English: earworm; I have a Hendrix earworm, re-playing in my head for 40 years! He was the best.

I don't see why people dislike Hendrix. If you like Joe Satriani, you should respect his inspirations. You need to listen Machine Gun, Little Wing, or Hey Baby (New Rising Sun) if you dislike him enough to comment about it.

I love hearing about "ah hah" moments in music

If he's wearing that tea cosy to look different he's certainly achieved it. It's a crazy world. I'm not keen on his pyrotechnic stuff but things like Ten Words are good,though if I had to choose it would be Jimi. No one else has had such an influence on other guitarists and no one else probably ever will.

What is it like 2 or 3 of his songs that he made where he sings, the rest is guitar. Don't focus everything on the singing, focus on the guitar playing, the feeling he puts into his music both live and on album :)

@StealAwayTheN1ght Yea. I listened to a lot of hendrix to and I respect hendrix. He is a big influence to almost every guitarist and he made a few good songs but I just want people to realize that he is history. He made himself a place in the stars but I hate when people think that he is the top of the world and that there is no upper level in guitar playing.

Listen to J.S in Chickenfoot and I think you'l find alot of Jimi in his playing. When you idolize a played, you emulate him until you get to the point where you "make it yours'. Many guitarists never do ... the great ones listen, learn and create. All musicians "steal"...if you hear something that gets you in your heart and soul...you use it.....it's all about feel.

i wish i had parents like he had.

u know that Jimi call Billy Gibbons his fav guitarist. Also, Satch named his first born ZZ!!! Nothing speaks louder than that regardless of how u want to paint it. Billy rules!

pretty cool that Joe is schooled and Hendrix didn't read a note but yet they are both 2 of the most soulful musicians in the world.

I was actually coming home from football prctice...bought a newspaper at a convenient store ...10th grader...10 cents, front page Lorain, ohio, with the picture ive seen many times afterward of him in all white ,kinda glittery top, wide collar side view of him smiling as if hes handling a bucking bronco, days later 'stole' his 1st album in high school lost & found, older girlfriend gave me axis & greatest hits.but the whole incident with playing football was so similar...

Joe Satriani is perhaps the only "shredder" that deserves to be revered. He has an uncanny ability to create melodies and sounds without becoming tedious. He is a master of his craft. Otherwise, "shredding" is more or less guitar masturbation.

I hope Joe writes a book someday. :)

I argued this with my electronic engineering tutor a few days ago, we agreed that jimmi Hendrix was not overrated for his time.

Wow, I can't believe some people will post the stuff they do. It sure shows their immaturity. Hendrix was one-of-a-kind. Listen to the album, "Electric Ladyland" or any of his three studio albums, if you don't like his live soloing. As for his live stuff, listen to "Machine Gun" from the Band of Gypsys album.

Born in 1917? Wow, no disrespect but his folks were older. I'm 55, and my dad died at 73 in 2009. More power to them for being active lol. Glad they had you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! When I was a 19 y.o courier, Surfing With The Alien was on as loud as possible while i drove my deliveries. Saw him at The Government in Toronto back in mid 90's.

I'd argue Alan Holdsworth was the best guitar player of all time, and was one of the rare ones in the upper echelons that didn't really require Hendrix as an influence; he was a jazz god that crossed over into rock when his chops were already eons ahead of everyone else.

that would be awesome, I'm sure hes gonna settle down a bit in the next decade so hell have to to write an autobiography like clapton did last year

@guitarguy316 Same here, Satch's music has been an influence in my life and i depend on it. His last album, by the way, is really good. The Golden Room, esp. Cheers,

Don't get me wrong you guys I dont like Malmsteen, but in that interview he was saying that he was influenced by hendrix burning his gat at monterey pop fest, he was influenced by the act. There was no music just "noise". He didnt say jimis music was noise because he never heard it. Hes not influenced by iy. There was no radio in Sweden, no music on tv. It was on the news when hendrix died, thats all he saw.

JS was 14 when he started playing guitar, just Googled his birthday, doesn't sound like a whole lot of musical inspiration by Jimi was going on in JS's head and in his blood up to Jimi's death, he musta heard JH at some point prior. Yngwie started at age 7 and hadn't heard JH at all, but both started on the same day.

yeah me too : )

he was talking about Handrix smashing the guitar..not about his music...that's why he was talking about "noise".

@EtcEtcAndEtc calm down man i just saw that video and i guess a lot of people didn't understand what he meant. He didn't say the music was not good. When he said "it was not music, it was noise" he was talking about the moment Jimi was burning and smashing his guitar. He was influenced by his attitude and way of being which he passed through his music. It's a big respect to Hendrix. How can he not respect him if he does covers of him live? It's a big deal for a guitarist to cover someone else.

Yeah, lucky for us, he took up the guitar. The man is just incredible...

I think what ever he was going to do, he would perfect it..

On the Live in SF DVD Satch talks about how Hendrix totally influenced him stylistically and technique-wise. And because of that, he deliberately avoided playing anything that resembled Jimi, and so you will not hear any hendrix riffs per se on his originals - but listening to Satch you will get that he plays with feeling and has an inate sense of melody and a great imagination - just like Jimi.

man this guy is actually a gods messanger for the ppl of earth as a role model

He's definitely really likable and not self obsessed like certain other guitarists with his technical ability

@jimmyleppard6 yeah jason becker dude. inspiration. Paralized and still playing

Satriani and Malmsteen started on the same day with playing guitar :)

@EMGlespaulMESA - I know it hard to believe but the most famous one played guitar for Van Hagar.

@TheCpr74 Actually Yngwie said that what Hendrix played wasn't music, just noise. Pay attention!

@MysterioFan02 I think Joe was flat out jealous, blown away, and hating to admit that this guy (Hendrix) could probably take his girlfriend from him. Malmsteen is another envious person who in 10 yrs., no one will remember. Hendrix will be listened to in 100 yrs. like Mozart and Beethoven are listened to today. Malmsteen and Joe won't even be a memory to their own grandchildren.

2:09 yeah, all moms think that way LOL

@ScumbagJack dude, I'm a guitarist myself, has been for 4 years now. I listened to a lot of guitarists for the past 6 years or so and I also listened to a lot of hendrix. As you probably don't know, there is no best guitar player in the world cause music is not a competiton and you can't compare guitarists. what gives you the right to say that hendrix is the best? what song of hendrix can you tell me that can overcome the feeling and emotions of jason becker's song called altitudes for example?

Interesting, how Joe said he started out on the drums. I did also and guitar came much later for me. As far as Yngwie stating hendrix was niose at Montere Pop fest. Hendrix made a statement that day and the impact on music and rock music culture has lasted to this very day. I view hendrix as i do Bethoven. He needed a bath and a makeover. hendrix might have needed some anger management. Especially during those days when people were saying Love not War. but we all have our quierks don't we.

maybe, but up to that point he was 'just a fan.?' Joe was already how old at that time, heard Jimi already, and had that time to nurture influence, but didn't? My opinion is he also, like Yngwie (yes they started playing the same day!) was more affected by Jimi's image and the atmosphere of the times, and an icon of those times suddenly being gone, than he was by Jimi's actual music. Good comment from you though.

Wow,,,These threads really show how immature most of you are. Joe has transformed today’s rock music. Jimi started the revolution Joe. Steve and EVH continue his legacy. This tripe snipping back and forth is classless.

satriani has played on Deep Purple.

I couldn't agree with you more, see my response to NIHHFS >>> Jimi overated? That is like saying food and water are optional to survival. The man was pure vitamin noise... And I do mean the good kind of "noyz"

...when one of those 10yr olds have a gold record, that is...

@MysterioFan02 I've never heard Blackmore speak negatively of Hendrix. It wouldn't surprise me if he had, because I've read interviews with him where he's shit on the playing of everyone from Clapton to Srv to EVH. Yet I personally have never read or heard him put down Hendrix. I did however, read an interview where he said Hendrix "Must have had an incredible mind because he never ran out of ideas. He never repeated himself."

'...my daddy was a really smart guy...' BRAAAGGING?!.....

@TheMetalGuy852 I see no reason why anybody would not like hendrix. if you don't like hendrix, don't listen to, or talk about him. I watched the video and i agree, smashing a guitar tends to make a lot of "noise" and not music.Yngwie says nothing about hendrix's music, he only talks about him smashing his guitar and setting it on fire. Just let it go, our opinions are different because i respect music, and you judge it based on your flawed view of others opinions, and refuse to give it a chance.

You're wrong Hendrix is Thee man when it comes to Rock guitar playing.

@MysterioFan02 Yeah, I've definitely read interviews where he has shit on Yngwie. I recall one where he did take some shots at EVD though. He mentioned tapping and said something like, "Oh, thank god it's gone away," regarding the technique. He went on to mention Ed's keyboard playing and how that excited him more than his guitar playing. He went on to say the EVH could "be the next Thelonious Monk," but that he never cared much for his guitar playing. It's silly, all of the trash talking...

Well, when one of those little boys also writes songs that will get him a gold record and a major guitar mag cover, then let us know.

Really? i missed that part, where he said 'hendrix is the best.'

first time i see him not wearing sunglasses

Thank god for that. Besides, why would he have wanted to when he played with more soul and originality than any player to touch the instrument?

@TheMetalGuy852 i like buckethead too, but bashing other guitarists and talking about someone you think is better just disrespects both guitarists. my point was you can ask any musician today about hendrix, and at least 8/10 will say he's an inspiration to them. he wrote songs for himself, if you don't like them just don't listen to them or talk about them. If you think that what hendrix made is noise, you obviosly dont appreciate music, listening to classical doesn't change any of that.

Noone is better.

@EtcEtcAndEtc, would it be harsh if I said Yngwie doesn't play music, he only plays scales lol :)

Satch is famous for playing guitar. At least should agree that he's talented. And he's not a technician. That's not clever, it's stupid. I don't mean to be insulting, but that is actually stupid. Hendrix was also great, and of course more inspirational. Ya know, at one point in history people were saying Hendrix was just noise. Which is basically the same as you saying Satch isn't a real musician. If you can't see the beauty in it (either of them that is), you're not looking hard enough.

@67goldtops In that same interview Blackmore said Hendrix was never that good, but he enjoyed the way he did everything else. He did mock SRV, Pete Townshend, Malmsteen, BB King, Clapton and a few others I can't remember. The only one he didn't say shit about was Page, and he thought EVH was innovative, as I recall.

Speed? WHAT ELSE? How about rhythm playing? How about tone? How about ability to control & manipulate feedback? How about diversity? Funny how jokers always bring up speed as if it's the end-all. Technique consists of mere competence in executing the physical manipulations of playing the instrument. WHAT ELSE? How about imagination? How about the ability to create something new EVERY time you touch the instrument. THAT was what Hendrix brought to the table. Satriani knows it. YOU clearly don't.

It's a marathone not a 100 meter dash.

back at ya pwatp. I give you that JS idolised JH, and also that I ought to simply ignore more of the Yngwie-haters shallow, baseless insults and poor comprehension skills, but my contention is: at what point did JS fully idolise JH? I'll assume he heard JH for the 5 or so yrs of JH's career, and never bothered to pick up the guitar until JH died. A 7yr old Yngwie, on the other hand never even HEARD of or seen the guy, and yet was inspired in literally an instant to want to play guitar...

I think we should have a whip-round to buy him a new hat.

@NIMHFS I agree

yup, i realize. My bone to pick tho, is i've seen YT users on YM's interview get mad 'cause he said rather openly and plainly that JH didn't influence him musically, and JS says the very same thing here in different words. JH's DEATH inspired JS to play, but not his music (which it's sure he already heard, and which he had YEARS to pick up the guitar, but didn't 'cause the musical influence wasn't there, that's all i'm saying. Peaceout.

@TheMetalGuy852 Oh my, you can't feel music, you just listen -.-

hahaha satch playing football... after seing him stand next to chad smith (chickenfoot, red hot chili peppers drummer) i find that hard to believe hahaha

JS was already what, 12 yrs old, when Jimi died?

yea but he stared playing drums first around that time

This is what is wrong with YT, when you can't even state in a peaceful manner a non-insulting opinion, without childish uneducated and unintelligent profanity-laced insults being hurled back at you. No one told YOU not to like Jimi or that YOU shouldnt. NOT every1 likes Jimi (i got bored listening to him about 1980,) NOT every1 was influencd by him musicaly or technically.) NOT every1 was inspird by him, his image, or his music. I'll take the pure rage AND other varied textures of metal any day

LOL...@ 1:08 Great stuff........

Yngwie, too?

its just a theory init? I dunno what to belive myself i just read it in a classic rock magazine :P

mmyeah, more or less my point, you might find only a crumb or morsel of JH's style in JS's, and probly not even on every other album. Thumbs up @ya.

"I was really just, a fan...' '...he thought i was into this Hendrix guy, and that i should know' (that JH just died.) So, let me get this straight: JS wasn't REALLY, REALLY into jh's music, where as it sounds, he already heard jh, but didn't get heavily into the guitar until the day jh died--could you describe that as 'jh's music didnt really inspire me (blasphemy!!!) but his image did more for JS. However, Yngwie is also inspired in a fleeting moment by jh's image of him burning a guitar....

So if Jimi didnt die when he did, we probably wouldnt have Satriani as a musician?

@67goldtops Yeah, it's silly but I laughed a bit at stuff he said about other guitarists. Maybe he's like that because he never got the credit he deserved, or maybe he's just weird, who knows. Gotta love his guitar playing, though.

i dont even kno why i said what i did it wasnt true and should have expected a comment like yours great guitarists arent better or worse than each other they are different and it only depends on the listener they are all good at their own style and it just happens that hendrix is my style

Jimi didnt OD´,,,, Sad that a boring "musician" ( Technician ) like Satriana is not corrected for saying that. And another thing, who on earth is interested in what he has to say about Hendrix.

...measure that against all the insults flung at Yngwie, for even saying he wasnt musicaly influenced (in his younger years learning gtr and quite possibly not even 'til after he broke out here in the states,) and see how hypocritical they appear for not railing on JS for basicaly saying the same thing, that he wasnt influenced musicaly by JH. Truthfuly does JSs music sound anything at all like it was influenced by JH? Absolutely not, worlds apart. But still haters regard Yng as ass/JSas niceguy

Is he lke, 50 or something ?

@cerebralanomaly Amen to that !

I am sorry but being the inventor of jimi's style and his magic hand means he is the one immortalized. Miles Davis said Hendrix played his guitar so it sounded like a horn . Without out Hendrix there would be no "bitches brew. " Check out Hendrix Copenhagen 1970 or atlanta pop . The later Hendrix was beter than early Hendrix . He also had new guitar effects and galactic imagination.