QUOTE (Rooftop Shots @ Jul 20, 2010 -> 07:22 AM)
Here's one for ya! How about a tour with S.R.V. and Hendrix playing together? Styles and personal music choices may clash, but some pretty serious guitar playing would be brought to the audience.
There may be some faster guitar players, but nobody can make a guitar "speak" to you in so many different ways and so many different levels than SRV, Hendrix and Jeff Beck.
I could see it happening. Stevie was heavily influenced by Hendrix early in his musical career. While gigging with a few bands who liked playing covers of the Beatles and such, SRV was more lenient towards the more complicated material such as Hendrix, Freddie King and Lonnie Mack. In my humble opinion, Stevie managed to play well above his influences and his early departure has not revealed anyone close to matching such intensity and love for the music as he had.