Well, you've opened a big door for comments, RR. Where to begin?

I'll offer just one broad example: Despite the iconic status of Jimi Hendrix and his most familiar songs--"Purple Haze," "Foxy Lady," and "All Along the Watchtower"--little if any large-scale homage has been paid to his most brilliant work. Those are, IMO, his live performances, which are even better than most of his terrific studio work. They are spread out over a large number of posthumous releases, such as "Hendrix in the West," "Hendrix Blues," "Woodstock," "The Concerts," "Stages," "The Jimi Hendrix Experience," "Band of Gypsies," etc. "Here My Train a'Comin'" (from "Rainbow Bridge" and "Blues") is, IMO, his greatest recorded song--a work of surpassing genius. "Johnnie B. Goode," "Lover Man" and "Red House," from "West" ("Red House" is also heard on "Stages") are all world-beating. And "The Jimi Hendrix Experience" has a version of "Haze" that contains one of Jimi's patented Big Finishes--every note, every harmonic, deliberately placed.

Too bad more people aren't familiar with live Hendrix.