This one should be much closer than the Marquee Moon/Horses lopsided dome.

Maybe the two best pure rock bands of the late 60s. Two awesome drummers. Live at Monterey vs Live at Leeds.

Which you choose? I can't vote at the moment, this will require some pondering.

Hendrix.

rsmurphy wrote: Mon Dec 18, 2023 11:09 am Hendrix.

Please post a poll.

Done and done.

Give me a break, dude...Hendrix. Points for The Ox, though.

Hendrix is unbeatable on most levels, but I like peak The Who's songs better.

I don't know how to vote here due to the very different paths their careers took, and the fact that both bands were such a force live. Their studio albums do not serve them proper justice.

Hendrix dead in 1970, seven years before I was born. Can only see videos of what he was like live.

I saw 3/4 of The Who plus Zak Starkey play live in the 1990s, and they were pretty good, but I'm sure nowhere near as good as they were in the late '60s / early '70s.

The Who's studio albums mean more to me, so I suppose that's who I should vote for. But Hendrix dying at 27 has to be the biggest loss in the history of rock & roll.

Jimi Hendrix by a landslide, but I’ve never been much of a Who fan.

Hendrix. The Who were a GREAT singles band between 65-70 but couldn't get it together album wise IMO. Sell out is the best IMO but even that one is a bit flakey and I don't like the 70s proto-AOR/FM rock era of the band at all. Meanwhile, the 3 Hendrix Experience albums are stellar IMO so he wins for me. Also, I love his vocals and guitar-playing whereas Daltrey was kind of lame. Mitch Mitchell at his best was better than Moon IMO and Hendrix was just as good a songwriter as Townshend though that side of him has been overshadowed by the guitar... Band of Gypsys and rhe Cry of love/Rainbow bridge stuff was spotty but still more enjoyable than Tommy or Who's Next to me...Hendrix wins

The Jimi Hendrix Experience.

I like the Who more.

Both Hendrix and Daltrey are underrated vocalists. Roger is really fantastic on Quadrophenia.