mklotz

February 28, 2012 at 9:47pm

Paul Rose "All along the watchtower"-great cover.
check it out

virginiapicker

February 22, 2012 at 10:14pm

Paul Gilbert's Tribute to Hendrix, Frankfurt 1991. Covers of Red House, Purple Haze, Midnight, Highway Chile, Hey Joe. Total awesomeness. There used to be videos of the actual performances on YouTube, but they were deleted for some reason, so now only the audio is available. Here's Red House: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ul5tCrE-9RA

doubleg23

February 19, 2012 at 6:29pm

Eric Clapton's cover of "Voodoo Chile" with Steve Winwood both captures the spirit of Jimi while being absolutely pure Clapton. How could you possibly have missed this one? Plus it is played live with no overdubs or fix-ups.

devilsshadow666

February 18, 2012 at 4:43pm

What about Ozzy's cover of Purple Haze? Zakk Wylde rips the shit out of that track in his own way.

daveotr

November 05, 2011 at 9:40am

One of my favorites that didn't make the list is Sting's cover of "Little Wing" on "Nothing Like the Sun". The arrangement was by jazz giant Gil Evans and it featured a great guitar solo from the late Hiram Bullock

stlrockn

November 03, 2011 at 9:25am

I had always hope that a major Country Music star would record a
Hendrix tune but was terribly disapointed at Emmylou Harris'
lame attempt. This is one of the worst Hendrix covers ever. It
shouldn't even be on this list. Can't say much more then that.
They changed lyrics and the guitar playing is not good.

pianoman220

November 01, 2011 at 12:54pm

My favorites that didn't make the list are King's X - "Manic Depression", and Body Count - "Hey Joe".

robertjohnson011

October 26, 2011 at 12:46am

The Jimi Hendrix Experience began to record their cover version of Dylan's "All Along the Watchtower" on January 21, 1968, at Olympic Studios in London.[19] According to engineer Andy Johns, Jimi Hendrix had been given a tape of Dylan’s recording by publicist Michael Goldstein, who worked for Dylan’s manager Albert Grossman. "(Hendrix) came in with these Dylan tapes and we all heard them for the first time in the studio”, recalled Johns.[20] According to Hendrix’s regular engineer Eddie Kramer, the guitarist cut a large number of takes on the first day, shouting chord changes at Dave Mason who had appeared at the session and played guitar. Halfway through the session, bass player Noel Redding became dissatisfied with the proceedings and left. Mason then took over on bass. According to Kramer, the final bass part was played by Hendrix himself.[20] Kramer and Chas Chandler mixed the first version of "All Along The Watchtower" on January 26, but Hendrix was quickly dissatisfied with the result and went on re-recording and overdubbing guitar parts during June, July, and August at the Record Plant studio in New York.[21] Engineer Tony Bongiovi has described Hendrix becoming increasingly dissatisfied as the song progressed, overdubbing more and more guitar parts, moving the master tape from a four-track to a twelve-track to a sixteen-track machine. Bongiovi recalled, "Recording these new ideas meant he would have to erase something. In the weeks prior to the mixing, we had already recorded a number of overdubs, wiping track after track. [Hendrix] kept saying, ‘I think I hear it a little bit differently.’”[22] The finished version was released on the album Electric Ladyland in September 1968. The single reached number five in the British charts,[23] and number 20 on the Billboard chart, Hendrix's only top 20 / top 40 entry there.[24] The song also had the #5 spot on Guitar World's 100 Greatest Guitar Solos.[25]

robertjohnson011

October 24, 2011 at 7:11pm

nobody can cover anyone to the point of perfection, and nobody should want to. we all want to emulate are heros' but we can't duplacate a sound that comes from the very densidy of our bones, and the depths of our souls.

machwi

October 24, 2011 at 6:17pm

Joan Osborne does a great version of Axis:Bold As Love

epicdiyom

October 24, 2011 at 6:07pm

Not a bad bunch of covers, but you're overlooking a few real gems:

Frank Zappa/Adrian Belew medley tribute to Hendrix:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjI7017yyIo

Marc Ribot, "The Wind Cries Mary":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ie54gex3-k

Tuck & Patti, "Castles Made of Sand/Little Wing":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M56QwDjE6PQ

Bootsy Collins/Axiom Funk, "If 6 Was 9":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXXgR3Eflx8

Buckethead, "Stone Free":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1AYnRihySE

adaptiv

October 24, 2011 at 6:05pm

Props for the Devo mention, boo-hiss to no mention of NOMEANSNO's amazing version of Manic Depression http://youtu.be/xyvOaZKlqKA

Al Whitney

October 24, 2011 at 5:08pm

Two relatively unknowns I would like say are definitely worth honorable mention: Chris Caddell of Toronto(Check him on You Tube doing Jimi) and also on You Tube check out "If 6 Was 9 by JimiColors" a basement band from Switzerland

MahoganyRush

October 24, 2011 at 5:08pm

Nice try "Guitar" World. Frank Marino's entire career has been tainted with the duly unwarranted "Hendrix Clone" label by the media and yet he is not included in these type of lists. When the Hendrix estate needed to fix up some unfinished tapes, guess who they called? Yep, Frank Marino! His understanding of Hendrix goes way beyond the playing as he taps into the vast universe of emotion and soul that goes way beyond just playing the notes. Most people who cover Jimi, play what Jimi was supposed to be playing, but not what he actually played. This is what sets Frank apart from almost everyone. This is not to say that Jimi was sloppy, but his approach was not conventional and therefore the end result wasn't either. Listen to Franks live playing of Purple Haze from Cal Jam 2 (1978) as he doesn't do a cloned version, but not a conventional one either. Look on youtube for the Frank Marino Hendrix cover's (live) and you will be amazed. Axis Bold as Love played live ain't easy and he nails it. Frank also sings all of the songs too, which makes them even more special. Dylans All Along the Watchtower by Frank Marino is really a cover of Jimi's version which rivals Jimi's version. If this post gets just one person to discover Frank Marino, I will considerate a success and they will thank me forever!

xchekker94

October 24, 2011 at 1:10pm

Eric Johnson's version of "Are You Experienced", best experienced on the "Live From Austin TX" CD or DVD is amazing. This cover of the Hendrix classic is best served loud and the DVD version will have your mouth hanging open as you watch EJ perform the backwards guitar parts live and move just so to get the bits of feedback he needs.

Kenny Wayne Shepherd covers "I Don't Live Today" on the "Trouble Is..." CD. Listen to this in headphones and crank it up to 11. The outro is heavily overdubbed with screaming feedback, whammy bar dive bombs and psychodelic blues riffage that fades in and out while panning from side to side. It is just flipping brilliant.

And both of these covers deserve to supplant a couple of the picks that the GP staff made in this list.

zwiggin

October 24, 2011 at 11:52am

John Mayer, "Bold as Love." Would much rather see someone take a little more ownership than copying someone else's version of a Hendrix song (KWS pretty much mimeographed SRV's version – which was great!). Would also mention that Jimi was a vocalist, too. So taking ownership of vocals, as well as guitar, are essential. Mayer does both.

gibsonkid1993

October 24, 2011 at 12:11am

im really surprised that Kenny Wayne Shepherd's version of Voodoo Child isn't on here... I would argue that it's just as good (if not even a little better) than SRV's version. I've heard KWS play Voodoo Child live twice - once at the Experience Hendrix 2010 tour, and this past summer on his tour for How I Go - and I can honestly say I've never heard or seen any performance quite like it... He had the whole audience riveted for the entire 13 minute finale.

Shame on you GW... you guys always seem to do this. I dont understand how you can put ANY song by the Cure (esp. one where they crucify a Hendrix song by turning it into a synthy piece of garbage) in one of these lists, but NOT include KWS's version of Voodoo Child, which is pretty much considered a masterpiece and is in fact one of the songs that makes KWS so well known....

zedthewizard

October 23, 2011 at 11:12am

hey joe by roy buchanan isn't on the list so, the list sucks.

Alex Rude

October 22, 2011 at 12:04pm

King's X cover of Manic Depression is outstanding and should certainly have been included in this list. http://youtu.be/EOUhpMjxJDk

GUITARZILLA

October 22, 2011 at 11:26am

I THOUGHT For Sure Someone would have mentioned BEAR MACREADY'S Version of "ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER" From the latest "BATTLESTAR GALACTICA" Series where the Crew of the Galactica started to hear the notes from the song playing in their heads,and started to realize that they were in fact CYLONS and NOT Humans,...? Any other B.G. Geeks out there? I thought when the song finally came together in the sequence that they all came to know that they were in fact Cylons was a GREAT,Haunting Version of JIMI'S SONG.

oldrhoadsfan

October 22, 2011 at 11:21am

Personally I woulda put SRV's version of "Little Wing" at #1. Steve Vai doing his version is pretty damn good too.

GatorStudio

October 22, 2011 at 9:39am

Stevie was a god! The closest I've ever seen to this performance was Kenny Wayne at last year's Experience Hendrix concert in SF. He blew the doors off that place!

Borneman

October 22, 2011 at 5:19am

What about Popa Chubby?