Phil Keaggy

[black max]

I read an interview with Clapton where he was talking about Jimi Hendrix, and he said something like "the difference between Jimi's approach and mine is that Jimi saw the edge and leapt over it, for better or worse. I get as close to the edge as I can, but ultimately I back away from it." That's why, for me, Jimi Hendrix is a guitar god and Clapton sunk into a morass of MOR sludge. Of course, Clapton's still alive and Jimi ain't. But Jimi was fearless when it came to taking the guitar to new places. Clapton always played it safe.