Alan Douglas did justice to Jimi's work. Jimi was a perfectionist. Crash Landing and Midnight Lightning align with Jimi's musical vision. Jimi had left a lot of recordings behind and Alan Douglas chose recordings that had potential to be great albums. I have to ask the naysayers what is wrong with removing tracks and re-recording them? The end result is what matters. Crash Landing and Midnight Lightning are great albums musically and sonically. Thank you, Alan Douglas.
Was fortunate to have witnessed the Experience twice. Nobody past,present or future compairs. He totally blew our minds. Took the guitar to new places. The attitude, swagger the total experience.
Jimi Hendrix had been an honest a kind of dreamer of a better world like I am As a songwriter as a musician as a poet he had been magically as very few I can' t stop listening to his wonderful tunes
My introduction to Jimi was in 1986 seeing him play 5 seconds of Wild Thing on a Beatles TV documentary called "It Was 20 Years Ago Today". I was immediately taken by Jimi and wanted to find out who he was. The feeling his music gives is still the same to me today. Hope I can get this book. Thank you Alan Douglas for the releases you have worked on. I Love Kiss The Sky and The Jimi Hendrix Concerts. My favorite still is Nine To The Universe.
Nine to the Universe was a good idea but the tracks were severely edited.....Experience Hendrix has released 4 of the 5 tracks in their original full unedited form ( albeit on different releases with other great tracks ) and they sound fantastic....
I had the the honor and pleasure to work for Alan when he managed the Hendrix estate and did transcription books and musical projects based on Jimi's recordings. I was paid very well and treated with the utmost respect as he thought of me as the best person to chronicle the music on paper, thanks to kudos from Guitar World magazine where I was a music editor or in their words, "guitar music maven. Alan was no vulture.
I worked with Alan Douglas from 89 to 92 on the beautiful people ( Featuring Jimi Hendrix) album if 60's were 90's I was in the band and spoke to him practically every day in those years ..he was either in Paris at Gravity Sarl his record label... New York in a hotel ..London at the Mayfair where he had an office in Charlotte St at Screen Ventures..or at his pad on malibu beach..I would call at 3pm when he was in LA and catch him doing yoga on the beach at 7am US time. He introduced me to Mitch Mitchell...Bruce Garry from the Knack and eventually to Jimi Hendrix Jnr who who ended up becoming a friend and was in our video for the single of the same name as the album.....He gave me my first break in this world of music he was my Mentor....and a very creative talented man. I went to see Leon Hendrix gig at the half moon in putney and was lucky enough to chat with Leon and it was he who told me of Alans passing.....i am not ashamed to say i cried right there on the half moon front of stage ......Du Kane
I just think it's beautiful the way this woman though she doesn't know much she just adores Jimmy and she understands the love truth vibe the he emanated it's really beautiful damn it brings me to tears
To me, Alan Douglas was a cool cat. I have copies of "Crash Landing", "Midnight Lightning", "Nine To the Universe" and "Voodoo Soup". I like ALL of them. They sound like finished albums. I like the "Experience Hendrix" stuff as well-such as "Valleys of Neptune", "People-Hell and Angels" and "Both Sides of the Sky". But the stuff issued by the Hendrix family sounds a little stripped down-like demos-at times. Their approach was to rely mainly on the original recordings, and use Pro Tools to cut and paste things until they had a completed work. Alan didn't have access to such technology, so he had to hire musicians to re-record certain things that were poorly done. That's the story folks. It's really that simple. Alan did good things. Janie did good things too.
That was a great interview , Alan Douglas used to be Jimi's acid tester , so if you wonder why he's mumbling he did the best drugs back in the 60s and made it through a long journey of life
acid tester? Dude you are contributing to the hype and fiction that surrounds Jimi. Alan was a jazz music producer, sure he took acid but tester? C'mon man get real. Their relationship was business related, with a friendship that was necessary for that biz back then.
JIMI 😊😊 did grow up listening 👂 😊 2 the blues music 🎶 😊 that was all old school even back then and JIMI did play the saxophone 🎷 😊 be 4 pick up the electric guitar 🎸 😊 and he was always writing down lyrics 4 songs all of the time and idea 💡 S 4 songs he always had alot of ideas 4 music 🎶 😊 and songs JIMI 😊🎉 had 2 good friends that he met 4 music 🎶 😊 that was long friends 😊😅 until the end U have 2 remember JIMI was a kid of the 1940s and the music 🎶 😊 changed from the 1950s /2 the 1960s and he had his view points on the 60s and what was happening in the world at that time and how JIMI saw the world and JIMIS music 🎶 😊 did change at the end w the band of gypsies those 2 friends they had even more music 🎶 😊 ideas and they worked well 2 gether it was everybody's idea 💡😊 4 the music 🎶 🎉 and all knew what they wanted the new music 🎶 😊 2 sound like and JIMIS energy was from a live audience also it was the vibe U got from other people most of all it was the kids 2 help JIMI relax and be his self that also got ideas 4 from kids also 😊😊 there should've been more kids around JIMI U have 2 listen 👂😊 2 them 4 the ideas 4 the music 🎶 😊😅🎉 ❤😂/😊😅🎉❤🎉😊 OMG 3 16 2O24
Alan gets a lot of grief because he somewhat took over the Hendrix legacy after Jimi's death, mostly due to his position in Jimi's cabal and life at the time of his death. I believe Jimi would have actually chosen him instead of Mike Jeffries and eventually Jaime Hendrix and the "family". Microsoft founder Paul Allen was the force behind taking the control of Jimi's music assets and control away from Alan and give it to his blood family . What a strange and difficult action to judge. He didn't know his family hardly at all and was planning on using Alan to produce some of his future work. I'm split on my opinion all that stuff. I did work with Alan on the Are You Experienced video and found him to be an interesting man who followed his heart and insticts to make critical decisions. (he sat down and smoked a joint before he did a first review of the final video product). He's a cool cat.
@@thebeatcreeper the original recording in it's complete form and as mixed by Hendrix and Eddie Kramer on August 22 , 1970 clocks in at 6 min and is on Both Sides of the Sky......the butchered edited and truncated version on Crash Landing ( with the song title changed to With the Power ) was chopped almost in half at 3 min. 15 sec...the incredible opening with 2 soaring guitar leads were inexplicably scrapped......and to add insult to injury session percussionist Jimmy Maulen added overdubs.....for the record Power of Soul ( With the Power ) and Message of Love are the only 2 tracks on those 2 blasphemous releases where Douglas kept the original bass and drums but still added percussion overdubs and edited the tracks.....there is absolutely no comparison to the original awesome track released by Experience Hendrix on Both Sides of the Sky and what Alan Douglas did to it on Crash Landing.....
Furthermore....Eddie Kramer is involved with all of the EH releases....in case your not aware he's the guy who recorded and mixed the 3 Experience albums as well as working with Hendrix on all of the material that was released posthumously......a direct connection to Hendrix in the studio....it doesn't get any better than that.....
alan douglas had great perception and taste, putting together jimi's posthumous albums 'Crash Landing' and 'Midnight Lightning',which are the very best.alan obviously understood jimi. the journalists at rolling stone magazine couldn't see the wood for the trees,belittling those exceptional albums.they probably stil do today.alan was genius.
@@hesch-tag I agree with you....The Jimi Hendrix Concerts was an awesome release ( albeit a compilation ) featuring some of Hendrix's greatest live moments ( not all just some )....a lot of fans and critics discount Randall's Island....claiming Red House was great but the rest of the show sub par.....I think the whole show was great......McDermott was down on that show in his book....yeah I disagree.....
I've always considered those albums (Crash Landing and Midnight Lightning ) unnecessary blasphemy......Experience Hendrix has released most of those tracks in their original unediited form and they sound fantastic....they never should have been altered.....by far the best Alan Douglas release was Blues......the only release that Experience Hendrix kept in the catalog.....and rightly so....
This is Excellent Ms Martinson... A Very Well Done Interview.. You Covered a Vast Amount of Ground and Pulled Out of Alan Many Answers We as Fans of Jimi Love/Loved Hearing So We Thank You Evaaa Evaaa SoSo Very Very Much for This ☺☺💖💖💯
Charles Cross wrote a Biography on Jimi Hendrix Titled "Room Full of Mirrors" it is the most in Depth Research done on Hendrix from Childhood up to his Death According to Friends; Family , Musicians, Producers & Recording Engineers. Jimi Hendrix considered Bob Dylan a Master Lyricist and studied his Compositions, Jimis Original work decimates Blues Clone Derivative jammers being heralded as being Better than Hendrix or even in his League. Plus! Jimi Hendrix loved Jazz; Classical, Gospel, Folk, Country, Rock, Soul, R&B, Funk, Blues and African & Native American Rhythms. Jimi Hendrix compiled an Extensive list of Soul and R&B Acts he played Backup for before going Solo, This set him apart from Top Guitarists because one has to know Rhythm; Jazz Chords, Different Time Signatures and Inverted Chords to Function in these Genres that Used Guitar Primarily as a Rhythm Instrument. Jimi also Jammed with Jazz Musicians Miles Davis; John Mclaughlin, Larry Young, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Wayne Shorter, Les Paul, Kenny Burrell, Stanley Clarke, Mitch Mitchell, Tony Williams, Larry Coryell, Marvin Gaye & Stevie Wonder who learned from Motown's in House Jazz Band aka "The Funk Brothers." Jimi Hendrix heard Chicago play "Introduction" written by their Guitarist Terry Kath and became an Immediate Fan & Friend, He told his Band & Musicians "I just heard this Band called Chicago and their Guitar Player is as good as Me." Terry like Jimi didn't just Riff around they wrote Songs and took it places and even into complete Feedback then back to the Beginning, That's the mark of a Genius! Ironically; After meeting Terry, Jimi expressed plans to do a Jazz Lp with lots of Horns & Featured Guests with Miles Collaborating as Bandmate & Producer, and Terry wanted to do a 3 Piece Band Lp after meeting & Jamming with Jimi, Both Decimated Blues Clones being Heralded as equal to Hendrix while ignoring Terry Kaths Prowess as a Songwriter and Guitar Player. Finally; Jimi Hendrix acknowledged his Grandmother was a Full Blood Cherokee, Dad Al was Half and Jimi often wore Beaded Moccosins, Vests and Fringed Leather Shirts in Concerts Honoring his Native American Bloodline, He also Dedicated "I Don't live Today & Freedom" to The American Indian. Universitys regard Miles Davis & Jimi Hendrix as 2 of the most innovative Musicians of the 20th Century. Jim learned every Harmonic on every String on an Acoustic before he plugged in, he then bent the Note with the Whammy Bar.
Alan Douglas- a superb producer. He produced the first two Richie Havens albums, which are jewels. Legal problems, both should be on a single cd for sale. He recorded Richie singing and playing. Later, Alan added the other instruments and choral vocals. I read in a book, Jimi was depressed and spoke with Richie Havens about his situation, such as no money forth coming. Richie must have recommended Alan Douglas. Alan must have started working with Jimi. Jimi’s contract with Michael Jeffry was expiring. Jimi was going to change management and go with Alan Douglas. Michael Jeffry took out a $2 million dollar life insurance policy on Jimi. I believe Michael Jeffry had Jimi murdered and collected the insurance. Alan produced 2 Jimi albums after his death. My favorite is Crash Landing. Alan was criticized for removing some of the original drum and bass parts. His studio musicians did a great job replacing the parts with better recording quality. This interview focused on Jimi’s early compositions. I vastly feel his later works were far superior. Jimi’s playing got better. His composition skills improved. Jimi’s words became more mature, as on the Crash Landing album. Alan Douglas is dead now. But, we can see from his demeanor, he would compliment Jimi’s personality. They would be good working together.
It is interesting because you watch Hendrix being interviewed say on Dick Cavett and I really had no clue what is was talking about. But he picked up a guitar and with his lyrics I totally understand what he is saying. If this makes sense musicality he was more gifted then a human should be.
Never knew Alan Douglas' brother is the actor Jerry Douglas who played the role of John Abbott on the soap opera The Young and The Restless. Jerry passed away on November 9, 2021.. just 3 days before his 89th birthday. May they both rest in peace.
Hendrix had a very poor early life and he made himself mostly by himself. He had a lot of help from a few women throughout his musical career. Fayne Pridgeon helped him when he was a poor struggling not famous artist trying to be heard.
***** His brother tried to release a vodka line with Jimi's name on it. His so called sister Janie went so far as to Create a purse with Jimi's picture on it .
+Dana Harris I''n not a fan of his step sister who cut Jimi's own blood brother out of the winnings .. although I did buy this book and it's a good piece of work
Alan Douglas- music producer…you'd think a guy this far up the ladder in his field would have a little more respect for his lapel mic…maybe not swat the thing every 10 secs. Maybe a more visionary videographer will wipe his portion of the interview & have a session man fill in.
it's not science fiction it was far out and inside out about love and wisdoms and truth and getting down and his music you can't really describe it you have to let it take you it's not for everybody like psychedelic drugs isn't but science fiction real experiences if you want and to be done without bringing drama
Jimi Hendrix learned how to dress freaky, from Little Richard! Hello! He wore Bitch Blouses and reversed the buttons!! Little Richard impressed and influenced Jimi a lot! They damn near looked like twin brothers!
Well, mainly he took his influence in clothes and accessories from a guy in Greenwich Village called Mike Quashie who was an African dancer who performed at the same venues as Jimi.
To Milford kemi, Hendrix got his dress ideals from his Original Manager Chad Chandler of the Animals, bass player, you trying to put Hendrix in the same Zone of Little Richard, You need to check out Prince, now that more like Little Richard...
Mister I knew little Richard who was Jimi Hendrix's model for success, and after Jimi made it, he put Richard down by calling his music "crap!" What an insult.
I worked for Jimi estate after he died and I knew Little Richard in Los Angeles. You don't much about his dress. Little Richard taught Jimi that the best and freakiest shirts are women's blouses! They bought them and flipped the buttons to turn them into men's shirts. Are you Experienced? Well I am! I worked his estate and Jimi was doing that before he ever knew Chas! He didn't make Jimi Hendrix! Jimi Hendrix made him!
First of all yawl Need to have your shit together and do your home work and /RESEARCH BEFORE YOU START talking about Jimi or whom ever it may be thats being presented as such... JIMI "s mother was NOT ONLY BLACK NOT AFRICAN AMERICAN... she was also American Indian and WHITE. damn sam all you have to do is look @ HER PICTURES and you can see with you own two eyes that she was at least half white!! LOOK at how fair she is in some pictures and at times when the lighting is 'right' on video of jimi on film you can see that he's of a litter hue(Mixed!!)... Lucielle Jeitters was from washington state. think about it for a minute!! any idea how many american indian tribes are there in washington state, Jimi's mother again was at least part indian and more than likely like many many blacks in this country they're tri-racial...black/white/american indian. Thats NO new news. JIMI 's Great grandmother ON HIS Daddy's side was the Full Blood Cherokee women she was married to a white man who was an Irishmen, I Believe they were married in either 1810 or 1820,something like that... Jimi's grandmother on film was already 100 years old or damn close back in 1969.... LOOK@ Leon,IM mean come on,even though he's jimi's half brother,he's still got the same kinds of features and 'looks'... h';es got naturally str8 hair,from where??? His mothers side of the family..... IM of white and american indian ancestry and the lineage goes back to the 12th century in england/ireland/scotland and wales.... there is sooo much racial education needed in this country its unreal. NOT every thing or every one is as cut and dry as BLACK & WHITE as it seems.. I Love Jimi too much to NOT say something and represent,in the best possible light. Keith.
ikr , i was like um no his mother was quite mixed , you can look at her and see it she was so pretty. and jimi is very mixed himself. she doesn't seem to even know much at all.
+Keith McCaslyn I bought Jimi's mom a headstone for her grave. We had a second funeral for her and the whole family showed up. Her old stone was cement and 4 inches by two inches. Then new stone is nice. She had lots of talent from being in vaudeville. She could sing, dance, tell jokes and juggle.
+Keith McCaslyn You can't tell if someone is "half white" just from appearance. Some who have one parent that self-identifies as Black and another who self-identifies as White, are fairly dark.
ok , most of the time you can absolutely tell someone is mixed , i can tell idk but everybody else. and pipsie james i don't have a problem with worshiping a blackman i worship black woman everyday. but i am just pointing out a fact.
Keith McCaslyn Jimi was black. his mother and father were black. us black people have all sorts of mixed heritage and ancestry. still doesn't change the fact that we were black. Jimi's grandmother was not full blooded Cheeroke. maybe 25 percent. I spoke to the family historian, who has accurately traced everything. Jimi's grandmother had very dark skin, as did many native Americans. it's very curious that many white people want to dilute Jimi's blackness. very shameful. the man was black. case closed. move on.
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Alan Douglas did justice to Jimi's work. Jimi was a perfectionist. Crash Landing and Midnight Lightning align with Jimi's musical vision. Jimi had left a lot of recordings behind and Alan Douglas chose recordings that had potential to be great albums. I have to ask the naysayers what is wrong with removing tracks and re-recording them? The end result is what matters. Crash Landing and Midnight Lightning are great albums musically and sonically. Thank you, Alan Douglas.
Was fortunate to have witnessed the Experience twice. Nobody past,present or future compairs. He totally blew our minds. Took the guitar to new places. The attitude, swagger the total experience.
Jimi Hendrix
had
been
an
honest
a kind of dreamer
of a better world
like I am
As a songwriter
as a musician
as a poet
he had been
magically
as
very
few
I can' t stop
listening
to his wonderful tunes
My introduction to Jimi was in 1986 seeing him play 5 seconds of Wild Thing on a Beatles TV documentary called "It Was 20 Years Ago Today". I was immediately taken by Jimi and wanted to find out who he was. The feeling his music gives is still the same to me today. Hope I can get this book.
Thank you Alan Douglas for the releases you have worked on. I Love Kiss The Sky and The Jimi Hendrix Concerts. My favorite still is Nine To The Universe.
Nine to the Universe was a good idea but the tracks were severely edited.....Experience Hendrix has released 4 of the 5 tracks in their original full unedited form ( albeit on different releases with other great tracks ) and they sound fantastic....
I had the the honor and pleasure to work for Alan when he managed the Hendrix estate and did transcription books and musical projects based on Jimi's recordings. I was paid very well and treated with the utmost respect as he thought of me as the best person to chronicle the music on paper, thanks to kudos from Guitar World magazine where I was a music editor or in their words, "guitar music maven. Alan was no vulture.
I worked with Alan Douglas from 89 to 92 on the beautiful people ( Featuring Jimi Hendrix) album if 60's were 90's I was in the band and spoke to him practically every day in those years ..he was either in Paris at Gravity Sarl his record label... New York in a hotel ..London at the Mayfair where he had an office in Charlotte St at Screen Ventures..or at his pad on malibu beach..I would call at 3pm when he was in LA and catch him doing yoga on the beach at 7am US time. He introduced me to Mitch Mitchell...Bruce Garry from the Knack and eventually to Jimi Hendrix Jnr who who ended up becoming a friend and was in our video for the single of the same name as the album.....He gave me my first break in this world of music he was my Mentor....and a very creative talented man. I went to see Leon Hendrix gig at the half moon in putney and was lucky enough to chat with Leon and it was he who told me of Alans passing.....i am not ashamed to say i cried right there on the half moon front of stage ......Du Kane
My bad...ahem.
I just think it's beautiful the way this woman though she doesn't know much she just adores Jimmy and she understands the love truth vibe the he emanated it's really beautiful damn it brings me to tears
Yess.. She Did an Excellent Interview ☺☺💖💯
Jimi you
@@gforce4063 LOL!! But yes, it is cool to see an interview with Alan Douglas.
To me, Alan Douglas was a cool cat. I have copies of "Crash Landing", "Midnight Lightning", "Nine To the Universe" and "Voodoo Soup". I like ALL of them. They sound like finished albums. I like the "Experience Hendrix" stuff as well-such as "Valleys of Neptune", "People-Hell and Angels" and "Both Sides of the Sky". But the stuff issued by the Hendrix family sounds a little stripped down-like demos-at times. Their approach was to rely mainly on the original recordings, and use Pro Tools to cut and paste things until they had a completed work. Alan didn't have access to such technology, so he had to hire musicians to re-record certain things that were poorly done. That's the story folks. It's really that simple. Alan did good things. Janie did good things too.
Who are you?
Agreed.
That was a great interview , Alan Douglas used to be Jimi's acid tester , so if you wonder why he's mumbling he did the best drugs back in the 60s and made it through a long journey of life
acid tester? Dude you are contributing to the hype and fiction that surrounds Jimi. Alan was a jazz music producer, sure he took acid but tester? C'mon man get real. Their relationship was business related, with a friendship that was necessary for that biz back then.
@@TheNaturalust Smack tester, actually. He admits it himself in the Film about Jimi Hendrix.
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Alan gets a lot of grief because he somewhat took over the Hendrix legacy after Jimi's death, mostly due to his position in Jimi's cabal and life at the time of his death. I believe Jimi would have actually chosen him instead of Mike Jeffries and eventually Jaime Hendrix and the "family". Microsoft founder Paul Allen was the force behind taking the control of Jimi's music assets and control away from Alan and give it to his blood family . What a strange and difficult action to judge. He didn't know his family hardly at all and was planning on using Alan to produce some of his future work. I'm split on my opinion all that stuff.
I did work with Alan on the Are You Experienced video and found him to be an interesting man who followed his heart and insticts to make critical decisions. (he sat down and smoked a joint before he did a first review of the final video product). He's a cool cat.
@@thebeatcreeper the original recording in it's complete form and as mixed by Hendrix and Eddie Kramer on August 22 , 1970 clocks in at 6 min and is on Both Sides of the Sky......the butchered edited and truncated version on Crash Landing ( with the song title changed to With the Power ) was chopped almost in half at 3 min. 15 sec...the incredible opening with 2 soaring guitar leads were inexplicably scrapped......and to add insult to injury session percussionist Jimmy Maulen added overdubs.....for the record Power of Soul ( With the Power ) and Message of Love are the only 2 tracks on those 2 blasphemous releases where Douglas kept the original bass and drums but still added percussion overdubs and edited the tracks.....there is absolutely no comparison to the original awesome track released by Experience Hendrix on Both Sides of the Sky and what Alan Douglas did to it on Crash Landing.....
Furthermore....Eddie Kramer is involved with all of the EH releases....in case your not aware he's the guy who recorded and mixed the 3 Experience albums as well as working with Hendrix on all of the material that was released posthumously......a direct connection to Hendrix in the studio....it doesn't get any better than that.....
Great! Anything about Jimi is good to see.
I remember seeing him on 'Top of the Pops', doing Purple Haze.
Those of us who are close to the inner circle know the truth.
And what may that be?
He wanted to work with Alan Douglas. Jeffrey had other ideas.
Could you tell me more?
alan douglas had great perception and taste, putting together jimi's posthumous albums 'Crash Landing' and 'Midnight Lightning',which are the very best.alan obviously understood jimi. the journalists at rolling stone magazine couldn't see the wood for the trees,belittling those exceptional albums.they probably stil do today.alan was genius.
star cloud played it alot, still one of my favorites
I prefer the Jimi Hendrix concerts album.
@@hesch-tag I agree with you....The Jimi Hendrix Concerts was an awesome release ( albeit a compilation )
featuring some of Hendrix's greatest live moments ( not all just some )....a lot of fans and critics discount Randall's Island....claiming Red House was great but the rest of the show sub par.....I think the whole show was great......McDermott was down on that show in his book....yeah I disagree.....
I've always considered those albums (Crash Landing and Midnight Lightning ) unnecessary blasphemy......Experience Hendrix has released most of those tracks in their original unediited form and they sound fantastic....they never should have been altered.....by far the best Alan Douglas release was Blues......the only release that Experience Hendrix kept in the catalog.....and rightly so....
This is Excellent Ms Martinson... A Very Well Done Interview.. You Covered a Vast Amount of Ground and Pulled Out of Alan Many Answers We as Fans of Jimi Love/Loved Hearing So We Thank You Evaaa Evaaa SoSo Very Very Much for This ☺☺💖💖💯
I think this is a beautiful interview🐱🌲🍀🐍💙💚💛💖
Charles Cross wrote a Biography on Jimi Hendrix Titled "Room Full of Mirrors" it is the most in Depth Research done on Hendrix from Childhood up to his Death According to Friends; Family , Musicians, Producers & Recording Engineers. Jimi Hendrix considered Bob Dylan a Master Lyricist and studied his Compositions, Jimis Original work decimates Blues Clone Derivative jammers being heralded as being Better than Hendrix or even in his League. Plus! Jimi Hendrix loved Jazz; Classical, Gospel, Folk, Country, Rock, Soul, R&B, Funk, Blues and African & Native American Rhythms. Jimi Hendrix compiled an Extensive list of Soul and R&B Acts he played Backup for before going Solo, This set him apart from Top Guitarists because one has to know Rhythm; Jazz Chords, Different Time Signatures and Inverted Chords to Function in these Genres that Used Guitar Primarily as a Rhythm Instrument. Jimi also Jammed with Jazz Musicians Miles Davis; John Mclaughlin, Larry Young, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Wayne Shorter, Les Paul, Kenny Burrell, Stanley Clarke, Mitch Mitchell, Tony Williams, Larry Coryell, Marvin Gaye & Stevie Wonder who learned from Motown's in House Jazz Band aka "The Funk Brothers." Jimi Hendrix heard Chicago play "Introduction" written by their Guitarist Terry Kath and became an Immediate Fan & Friend, He told his Band & Musicians "I just heard this Band called Chicago and their Guitar Player is as good as Me." Terry like Jimi didn't just Riff around they wrote Songs and took it places and even into complete Feedback then back to the Beginning, That's the mark of a Genius! Ironically; After meeting Terry, Jimi expressed plans to do a Jazz Lp with lots of Horns & Featured Guests with Miles Collaborating as Bandmate & Producer, and Terry wanted to do a 3 Piece Band Lp after meeting & Jamming with Jimi, Both Decimated Blues Clones being Heralded as equal to Hendrix while ignoring Terry Kaths Prowess as a Songwriter and Guitar Player. Finally; Jimi Hendrix acknowledged his Grandmother was a Full Blood Cherokee, Dad Al was Half and Jimi often wore Beaded Moccosins, Vests and Fringed Leather Shirts in Concerts Honoring his Native American Bloodline, He also Dedicated "I Don't live Today & Freedom" to The American Indian. Universitys regard Miles Davis & Jimi Hendrix as 2 of the most innovative Musicians of the 20th Century. Jim learned every Harmonic on every String on an Acoustic before he plugged in, he then bent the Note with the Whammy Bar.
Very good.
Alan Douglas- a superb producer. He produced the first two Richie Havens albums, which are jewels. Legal problems, both should be on a single cd for sale. He recorded Richie singing and playing. Later, Alan added the other instruments and choral vocals. I read in a book, Jimi was depressed and spoke with Richie Havens about his situation, such as no money forth coming. Richie must have recommended Alan Douglas. Alan must have started working with Jimi. Jimi’s contract with Michael Jeffry was expiring. Jimi was going to change management and go with Alan Douglas. Michael Jeffry took out a $2 million dollar life insurance policy on Jimi. I believe Michael Jeffry had Jimi murdered and collected the insurance. Alan produced 2 Jimi albums after his death. My favorite is Crash Landing. Alan was criticized for removing some of the original drum and bass parts. His studio musicians did a great job replacing the parts with better recording quality. This interview focused on Jimi’s early compositions. I vastly feel his later works were far superior. Jimi’s playing got better. His composition skills improved. Jimi’s words became more mature, as on the Crash Landing album. Alan Douglas is dead now. But, we can see from his demeanor, he would compliment Jimi’s personality. They would be good working together.
Complaints aside, thank you for the post- I thought you did a nice job with the interview.
This Gentleman new Jommie Hendrix this is a true insight IMO.
Very true about purple haze, not about drugs but the inference isn't a bad one ;)
It is interesting because you watch Hendrix being interviewed say on Dick Cavett and I really had no clue what is was talking about.
But he picked up a guitar and with his lyrics I totally understand what he is saying.
If this makes sense musicality he was more gifted then a human should be.
Never knew Alan Douglas' brother is the actor Jerry Douglas who played the role of John Abbott on the soap opera The Young and The Restless. Jerry passed away on November 9, 2021.. just 3 days before his 89th birthday. May they both rest in peace.
Hendrix had a very poor early life and he made himself mostly by himself. He had a lot of help from a few women throughout his musical career. Fayne Pridgeon helped him when he was a poor struggling not famous artist trying to be heard.
Cathy Etchingham was one of his close GFs.
lol, I decided to search my own name
Loved the book
He in fact said he _wasn't a guitar player_
Jimi sells. Period!
I have a video where Alain Douglas tells that he was Jimi's drug taster.
Allen Douglas did a great job on crash landing at midnight lightning shame on the Hendrix family for suppressing those albums
love all things Jimi but the vultures are still circling his carcass and trying to live off his bones
+Franki beenz I agree
You got that right. People are just using his name to peddle products that Jimi has nothing to do with.
***** His brother tried to release a vodka line with Jimi's name on it. His so called sister Janie went so far as to Create a purse with Jimi's picture on it .
+Dana Harris I''n not a fan of his step sister who cut Jimi's own blood brother out of the winnings .. although I did buy this book and it's a good piece of work
+Induxvideos what album ? in any case, there is no mention of any unreleased album
Alan Douglas- music producer…you'd think a guy this far up the ladder in his field would have a little more respect for his lapel mic…maybe not swat the thing every 10 secs. Maybe a more visionary videographer will wipe his portion of the interview & have a session man fill in.
You think someone making a comment and watching this might have a little more respect for these people
This woman didn't participate in life to be this naïve.
“I must confess, I didn’t know too much about Jimi Hendrix before I read this book.” Really, lol 🙄
it's not science fiction it was far out and inside out about love and wisdoms and truth and getting down
and his music you can't really describe it you have to let it take you it's not for everybody like psychedelic drugs isn't
but science fiction real experiences if you want and to be done without bringing drama
Hendrix died after drinking a little wine? What about reports that his lungs were full of it?
He drank a bottle of wine hours earlier.
@@tomh1593 drinks go in to the stomac not the lungs
This is the guy that used overdubs guitars on Hendrix Albums when he died
Nah it was some other idiot I watched an interview yesterday of him confessing that was a shit album and only put it out because of deadlines.
He also wiped out Mitch Mitchell and Noel Redding backing Jimi on the tapes and replaced them with jazz musicians who didn't know Jimi's music.
Jimi Hendrix learned how to dress freaky, from Little Richard! Hello! He wore Bitch Blouses and reversed the buttons!! Little Richard impressed and influenced Jimi a lot! They damn near looked like twin brothers!
Well, mainly he took his influence in clothes and accessories from a guy in Greenwich Village called Mike Quashie who was an African dancer who performed at the same venues as Jimi.
Strings of Peace interesting
To Milford kemi, Hendrix got his dress ideals from his Original Manager Chad Chandler of the Animals, bass player, you trying to put Hendrix in the same Zone of Little Richard, You need to check out Prince, now that more like Little Richard...
Mister I knew little Richard who was Jimi Hendrix's model for success, and after Jimi made it, he put Richard down by calling his music "crap!" What an insult.
I worked for Jimi estate after he died and I knew Little Richard in Los Angeles. You don't much about his dress. Little Richard taught Jimi that the best and freakiest shirts are women's blouses! They bought them and flipped the buttons to turn them into men's shirts. Are you Experienced? Well I am! I worked his estate and Jimi was doing that before he ever knew Chas! He didn't make Jimi Hendrix! Jimi Hendrix made him!
First of all yawl Need to have your shit together and do your home work and /RESEARCH BEFORE YOU START talking about Jimi or whom ever it may be thats being presented as such... JIMI "s mother was NOT ONLY BLACK NOT AFRICAN AMERICAN... she was also American Indian and WHITE. damn sam all you have to do is look @ HER PICTURES and you can see with you own two eyes that she was at least half white!! LOOK at how fair she is in some pictures and at times when the lighting is 'right' on video of jimi on film you can see that he's of a litter hue(Mixed!!)... Lucielle Jeitters was from washington state. think about it for a minute!! any idea how many american indian tribes are there in washington state, Jimi's mother again was at least part indian and more than likely like many many blacks in this country they're tri-racial...black/white/american indian.
Thats NO new news. JIMI 's Great grandmother ON HIS Daddy's side was the Full Blood Cherokee women she was married to a white man who was an Irishmen, I Believe they were married in either 1810 or 1820,something like that... Jimi's grandmother on film was already 100 years old or damn close back in 1969.... LOOK@ Leon,IM mean come on,even though he's jimi's half brother,he's still got the same kinds of features and 'looks'... h';es got naturally str8 hair,from where??? His mothers side of the family..... IM of white and american indian ancestry and the lineage goes back to the 12th century in england/ireland/scotland and wales.... there is sooo much racial education needed in this country its unreal. NOT every thing or every one is as cut and dry as BLACK & WHITE as it seems.. I Love Jimi too much to NOT say something and represent,in the best possible light. Keith.
ikr , i was like um no his mother was quite mixed , you can look at her and see it she was so pretty. and jimi is very mixed himself. she doesn't seem to even know much at all.
+Keith McCaslyn I bought Jimi's mom a headstone for her grave. We had a second funeral for her and the whole family showed up. Her old stone was cement and 4 inches by two inches. Then new stone is nice. She had lots of talent from being in vaudeville. She could sing, dance, tell jokes and juggle.
+Keith McCaslyn You can't tell if someone is "half white" just from appearance. Some who have one parent that self-identifies as Black and another who self-identifies as White, are fairly dark.
ok , most of the time you can absolutely tell someone is mixed , i can tell idk but everybody else. and pipsie james i don't have a problem with worshiping a blackman i worship black woman everyday. but i am just pointing out a fact.
Keith McCaslyn Jimi was black. his mother and father were black. us black people have all sorts of mixed heritage and ancestry. still doesn't change the fact that we were black. Jimi's grandmother was not full blooded Cheeroke. maybe 25 percent. I spoke to the family historian, who has accurately traced everything. Jimi's grandmother had very dark skin, as did many native Americans. it's very curious that many white people want to dilute Jimi's blackness. very shameful. the man was black. case closed. move on.