11. Jimi HendrixThe Essential Jimi Hendrix Volume Two

This has all the hits and the title says it all: essential. You cannot not have Jimi Hendrix in your top ten – you just can’t. It’s impossible. What can you say about Jimi Hendrix? I’m at a loss for words other than to say that he’s a god. When people talk about a legend and a legacy – now we’re talking. All the songs on there are phenomenal. The Jimi Hendrix Experience – backed by the trustees of the Hendrix estate – is coming to the desert soon and one of the guitar players travelling with them is Robbie Krieger. I’ve never heard anybody play Jimi’s music live and I just have to see it.