The new Hendrix. It's a bit like the new Dylan. Except Dylan always was - and is - the new Dylan.
Jimi has the disadvantage (and advantage) of having been dead for 40 years or so.
The new Hendrix, they say, is Gary Clark Jr. Well, he is and he ain't.
Some are calling him the new Hendrix because he's black. But Jimi was as white as he was black, and, if anything, his shade of white was rainbow-coloured.
The real question is: is Gary Clark Jr any good. And the answer is: yes.
Like Hendrix, he goes beyond the bounds. He takes the guitar off the track. And he manages to play at tangents to where one might expect him to be.
If Jimi were still alive, he probably would not be playing a million laid-back miles from Eric Clapton's (rather lovely) Old Sock album. But if is a big word.
Forget Jimi for a moment. Check out Gary Clark Jr...
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