https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/prince-favourite-guitarists-playlist/?fbclid=IwAR3xVCdZwBYZZZQxE_6eoiRhVhtgVagYkxVZ1HXCV5RTOh5sC58vupkjFKc#amp_tf=Van%20%251%24s&aoh=16709647360528&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&ampshare=https%3A%2F%2Ffaroutmagazine.co.uk%2Fprince-favourite-guitarists-playlist%2F

Here ya go!

https://faroutmagazine.co...-playlist/

funkaholic1972 said:

Here ya go!

https://faroutmagazine.co...-playlist/

Bort

Trash list. All conjecture. The org is more empirical.

He worshipped the ground P-Funk walked on but no Eddie Hazel? Trash list. Hendrix #1 even after including his Santana quote? k.

During the 2001 Celebration he told us how he when he was a kid he was obsessed with Jimmy Nolen, Eddie Hazel, Freddy Stone, Ernie Isley and Santana. No Hendrix mentioned then.
In the 80s there were stories how Prince ws into and listened to guitarists like Neil Schon, Todd Rundgren and even Ted Nugent for there sound.

anyone who saw him on the 3EG tour could see he had been studying hendrix.

funkbabyandthebabysitters said:

anyone who saw him on the 3EG tour could see he had been studying hendrix.

Anyone who had seen any of his tours icluding the 3EG tour (or plays guitar) could see Hendrix wasn't his main influence or even a big influence.

JorisE73 said:

funkbabyandthebabysitters said:

anyone who saw him on the 3EG tour could see he had been studying hendrix.

Anyone who had seen any of his tours icluding the 3EG tour (or plays guitar) could see Hendrix wasn't his main influence or even a big influence.

Excactly !

Hendrix and Prince... more compared because of their appearances.

Their guitar styles were completely different.

Yes Prince covered songs by Hendrix, but that's about it, and doesn't mean shit.

Prince never played like Hendrix and vice versa.

funkbabyandthebabysitters said:

Influence does not mean 'he sounded just like him. '

Nobody said that here.
i rather take Prince's own words on who he was influenced by than specualtion from fans or some clickbait article.

prince was shrewd though - you know he didnt want to be too compared with the most famous black guitarist of all time.

so he was clever in trying to avoid that. BUT, its clear he was a hendrix fan, and id wager that he studied hendrix more as he got older. how much he actually sounds like him though, i am not that sure, but hes in there *somewhere*, even if i think on the whole prince has a cleaner tone, and plays with much more control.

funkbabyandthebabysitters said:

prince was shrewd though - you know he didnt want to be too compared with the most famous black guitarist of all time.

so he was clever in trying to avoid that. BUT, its clear he was a hendrix fan, and id wager that he studied hendrix more as he got older. how much he actually sounds like him though, i am not that sure, but hes in there *somewhere*, even if i think on the whole prince has a cleaner tone, and plays with much more control.

Eddie Hazel was like a littl bit more advanced version of Hendrix and because Prince namechecked him as someone he listened to alot for guitar playing I would say Prince was indirectly influenced by Hendrix through Eddie Hazel.
I hear much more Eddie Hazel and Santana in his playing than Hendrix.

WhisperingDandelions said:

Trash list. All conjecture. The org is more empirical.

He worshipped the ground P-Funk walked on but no Eddie Hazel? Trash list. Hendrix #1 even after including his Santana quote? k.

co-sign

lurker316 said:

funny how no one objects to joni mitchell being listed in this.

i mean there are more examples of him playing more like hendrix than her. and yet mention hendrix and everyones like 'but he said he didnt sound like him!'

artists arent always the most objective on their own stuff. and they often have their own take on how they play. and i doubt prince would wanna be compared to hendrix as thats a big beast to take on, and it would also mean he doesnt sound like himself, which he would also not want to happen.

but there is absolutely no way that hendrix wasnt an influence or a favourite. maybe not top ten favourite, but id be surprised if he wasnt - prince loved to play rock guitar after all and he would have been of the right age to be exposed to hendrix right around or just after the time he was really blowing up.

plus, if he likes ernie isley, hazel, michael hampton etc, youre telling me hendrix wasnt their big influence, and that prince didnt know that? cmon. he could have said, 'oh i sound more like eddie hazel, santana, curtis mayfield, ernie isley' but he didnt, he just denied hendrix was that big of a deal for him, and bigged up santana.

i think the real reason he didnt talk about hendrix that much is as he said once, hendrix played brilliantly and like only he could, and it would be wrong to try and sound like that. it was a respect thing. but there was an article once where a journalist visited PP and what was on the cd player? are you experienced!

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Any list that doesn't have Jeff Beck is worthless!

FunkJam said:

Any list that doesn't have Jeff Beck is worthless!

Matter of taste. Prince obviously wasn't impressed by him (neither am I, jeff Beck has some really great stuff but also alot or more uninteresting things) tha's why he isn't on his list. But this list is incomplete anyway.