Pretty good, not completely the same but sounds great. I hung out with a dude when I was in Boston that could sit there and play Little Wing, Wind Crys Mary and it was equivalent to Hendrix, long slappy fingers, the groove, the voice everything. It was a great experience, he was also the one that turned me on to fusion. I witnessed him through a process of writing this song that completely blew me away it was kinda fusion but more grounded like rock, very deep, very intence. I swore up and down within 5 years everyone would know his name but I have never even found him as a studio musician. A real waste of natural talent, he knew little of written music and didnt spend all his time copying others, he just knew the fretboard and could play what he felt, or what he heard, on the spot. I waited in line a few guys behind him for the improv eval and we watched him, he walked in, plug in and no matter what they threw at him he just kept that guitar singing, it was awesome. Didnt help my nerves much though... lol. The instructors were intimidated as well and it showed because even though he had this natural gift and astonishing ability for on the spot improv and rhythms they used the "you know nothing about 'music'" vise. He claimed to have know the Isley Brothers and had jamed with them a few times, he said Earnest played "bullshit". In away I believed him because when I asked if he had also met Hendrix he said no but when he was young he had seen him around when he(Hendrix) hung out with the Isley Brothers. So if he was all talk I figured the stories would have been bigger, if you know what I mean. He was actually very down to earth, deep, somewhat ecentric and similiar to Hendrix he was humble about his playing, not an egotist, he had strong feeling about music though and said most rock bands played "bullshit", they didnt try hard enough to explore new territory and had no rhythmic groove. Just a great experience I felt I should share.
For country/blues try Townes Van Zandt.
