He was so underrated. People talk about him and say yeah, he was really great: but they don’t know; they don’t know. They missed it, I think; they really miss it. I think in about twenty years’ time people may really catch on. His scope was so wide, y’know? His scope was endless. I was always into the blues, and I was very much a blues purist until I heard what Hendrix did. I was in Procol Harum at that time; he made me put down my Les Paul, pick up a Stratocaster and change my style. Hendrix’s ability to play streams of notes that seemed to melt together was inspiring to me. His playing had an almost liquid . . .

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