Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Diana Ross, Joan Baez--and why?
2006-07-23 10:57:30 · 10 answers · asked by kobacker59 6 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
Well I loved Janis, I loved and really thought Hendrix was amazing.. I mean really beyond amazing.. But if you want quality. And a sound with brilliance it's baez..
Well her voice is like a Mercedes.
2006-07-23 11:04:27 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Artist - Jimi Hendrix (He wasn't very influential as a singer but as a guitarist he influenced every guitarist who followed him in one way or another. He was even an influence of Miles Davis and many blues guitarists - Stevie Ray easily comes to mind.)
Singer - Janis Joplin (but if Aretha was a nominee ...) Joplin proved a white girl can sing the blues. And it wasn't a rich girl acting. She sang from experience and from the gut.)
Joan Baez should not even be listed.
2006-07-23 18:58:08 · answer #2 · answered by Stratobratster 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
jimi hendrix was NOT influential as a singer. janis joplin was probably the most talented vocalist out of this list but her level of influence isnt necessarilly as visible as ross's on modern female r&b acts and baez's on female singer song writers.
2006-07-23 18:12:40 · answer #3 · answered by ghost mice 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jimi Hendrix. He made sounds blaze from the strings of his guitar that had almost inconceivable at the time and explored a genre that was not exactly dominated by black people at that time. His passion and stage presence was unequalled, though I can only attest to this from what I've seen from video clips - he died when I was 7.
I admire ( and still listen to ) the talents of the other 3 artists, I think they all made valuable contributions to music, but they fade in comparison - at least in my mind - to they stylings of Jimi Hendrix.
2006-07-23 18:04:57 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think Jimi Hendrix because he started a new wave of music
2006-07-23 18:03:57 · answer #5 · answered by coolhandjoe 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I like Joplin better myself but Id have to say Hendrix. He was a pioneer of guitar-playing.
2006-07-23 18:02:18 · answer #6 · answered by Jesus W. 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, Jimi.
2006-07-23 18:01:08 · answer #7 · answered by yumyum 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
jimmi hendrix was a master of music........like everyone else said b4, he was a pioneer and made a whole genre explode ........ no one can beat him....... the other 3 are fantastic 2....
2006-07-23 18:09:14 · answer #8 · answered by r0ck_the_L0cks 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hendrix. he was a pioneer and a legend
2006-07-23 18:00:43 · answer #9 · answered by jbblackdog11 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
neither
2006-07-23 18:06:55 · answer #10 · answered by yukmouth 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋