“It's not the same, but one thing eventually led to the other…” Vernon Reid on the Jimi Hendrix riff that inspired Living Colour's Cult of Personality

Vernon Reid.

Vernon Reid doesn't shy away from crediting the guitarists who came before him. In fact, he has recently named the Jimi Hendrix riff that directly inspired Living Colour's iconic hit Cult of Personality.

In a recent Guitar World video interview, Reid starts by playing Hendrix's Power of Soul from the 1970 live album Band of Gypsys, before saying, “I think that riff is so hot. It influenced a lot of fusion music as well.”