I have always thought he sucked at singing, because he does.

He is offbeat, his voice just plain sucks from smoking so much...

That isn't saying I don't like Jimi, I have almost all of his songs on my computer, and we all know he is the best guitarist ever, but he seriously could not sing. I have always thought that "Wind Cries Mary" would have been at least 3 times as good of a song if someone who could sing sang it.