Jimi Hendrix vs Ravi Shankar

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

In a pick-tastic battle royal - who is the victor?

[Burma Jones]

1. Shankar - no contest

If Hendrix had lived and spent 30+ years treating his guitar as a religion, he may have equalled Shankar.

[Wickerman]

2. Throw in Bill Monroe

for the hell of it.

[el_gato]

3. I wouldn't pit these two great people against each other

It's just not right.

[OneBlueSky]

4. Ravi, if only because . . .

the sitar is so much more difficult to play than the guitar . . .

[bif]

5. Oh, I thought you meant Ravi Coltrane

Just kidding. Shankar all the way. I love Indian music.

[Bongo Prophet]

6. Woulda been one helluva collaboration!

What the heck kinda comparison is this anyway.
Hendrix, master of snaky guitar and tonal magic.
Shankar, master of fluid flurries and intricate rhythms...on sitar.

Watching both of them, I was always struck as to how the hell this beauty was coming as their hands just caressed their instruments. Magicians, both.
:loveya:

[chaska]

7. Yeah, music is not a competition. You buncha capitalist pigs.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

8. Prove it!

[Karenina]

9. Really.

This idea of music as a "competition" has brought so much RAW PAIN to my life... :cry: :cry: :cry: There IS no comparison, nor is it necessary.