jus my opinion,i voted for santana,i still think jimi is damn fuckin close,but the way santana can jam for hours and still make it sound unbelivable holds something.and i aint sayin jimi couldnt jam,i jus think it was a different kind of jammin.maybe its the combination of latin influences and bongos that really bring the best out of santanas sound,but that shit tickles my soul.hendrix to me was more of a classic rock jammer,some of his stuff sounded a lil too experimental,like maybe he was tweekin a lil too hard when he was banging on his guitar while it was behind his head.......oh ya and the dead were from the bay too(from the other post)