Re: Fwd: Jimmy and Jimi

[percy@xxxxxxx]

I think Jimi was more of an innovator on solo technique, but Jimmy Page
was just plain old better as far as feel, diversity, solo writing and
songwriting.

Love them both.

Dave

RoyalJelly@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> 
>   Pagey was on the radio a few years before
> Hendrix - possibly on half of all songs commimg
> out of London between '63 and '65 - Hendrix
> definately heard Jimmy play long before the oppisite. I've always felt
> that it is very,very
> possible that Jimi could have been influenced
> by Jimmy - before Zep and before the Experience . Jimi was definately
> taken with
> John Bohnam,as Robert Plant has said that
> John and Jimi would jam together in a small club in New York. Jimi asked
> John to join him,
> and of course he turned him down. Plant made no mention of these clash
> of the titans being
> recorded.
>   It would be interesting to hear what Jimi thought of Zep. We pretty
> much know how
> history has placed Jimi - and considering
> Jimi went to London to make things happen for himself, it's not hard to
> imagine him picking up
> some of HALF of everything being played on
> cotemperary radio in London, considering how he turned out.