@@lissawillis6829Hendrix yes he plays the guitar upside down left-handed and right-handed play rhythm League guitar sing at same time it's what you call is Hendrix is a universal guitar player. Stephen Ray Vaughan he's not in the same league as James Marshall Hendrix nobody comes close to James Marshall Hendrix.
If Jimi Hendrix isn't your favorite rock guitarist I will almost guarantee he's your favorite rock guitarist's favorite guitarist. Jimi didn't die, he just returned to his home planet.
He did return to his home planet. Little story: a New York Post reporter said to him "I'm from the NY Post...and Jimi replied : "I'm from Mars"....lol...true story.
The really impressive thing about Jimi, was that he could play a right handed guitar that was strung for a right handed player, with almost the same facility. That's a really incredible level of dexterity and coordination.
I heard that S.R.V.s wife once said that sometimes he would wake up in the middle of the night and get out of bed and go and play his guitar because he had dreamt that Jimi Hendrix had taught him something new.
I was lucky enough to see the Jimi Hendrix Experience twice in 1968, and I would have to agree that, yes, he was the best. Not only was he a virtuoso on the electric guitar, but he also created a style of playing that was brand new and thrilling to watch. And don't forget he wrote most of the songs he played; songs that had beautiful lyrics and melodies. I consider him a creative genius, and I still think back to those 2 concerts, over a half century ago .....
@@raiderfan71269 I saw him at the Rochester War Memorial in Rochester, New York on March 21, 1968 and 2 days later, March 23, 1968, at the Buffalo War Memorial in Buffalo, New York. The Buffalo show was by far the better of the two. My friend and I had fantastic seats, 2nd row, left section, directly below Jimi, looking up at Jimi, who was in a great mood, pulling out all the stops, doing backward somersaults, while playing amazing guitar, playing with his teeth, playing behind his back, and humping his amps until they shook. And all the time, chatting & joking with the audience. I still think back to that day, and realize how lucky I was to be there ....... mind blowing!
@@davidzimmerli489 Saw him July 1970. A month and a half later he left us behind, but the "Experience" stays with me and millions more, and millions yet to come who will be influenced his musical genius.
Jimi is playing with his TEETH here. You really need to watch his entire Monterey Pop performance. He lights his guitar on fire. Plays and does a somersault
YES he played the rhythm and lead , teeth, one handed , behind his back, chewing gum, singing and summer-salts.....you just witnessed the legend. Hendrix wrote Voodoo child
People who have seen this a thousand times still get shivers hearing the tone, seeing the presence, knowing this guy bows to nobody in the pantheon of guitar greats. It's not just the ability, it's the construction of the movements and little yelps and sneers from his melodies, and it IS the melodiousness of it. Even when he drives hard solos it's always sweet to the ear. He's not showing off, he's sensing the sound. But of course, it's also the completeness of it all. Bass and Drums do their part perfectly.
Jimi absolutely changed the way the electric guitar was played. It's hard to keep perspective via today's standards of what a great guitar player is, as the evolution of the instrument continues to reach higher levels. You only need to grab a few quotes from his peers of the day to see the impact he had at the time. He also had an everlasting impact on how recordings were made- "painting" soundscapes with guitar. Listen to some of his original studio material to get a feel for what a true master composer he was. To me, he and Duane Allman were to two greatest losses in terms of potential in the history of Rock.
I got to see Jimi Hendrix live a few weeks before he died. Jimi was the one that so many others copied - including SRV. He was an innovator and an absolute phenom. He changed how people approached guitar playing and blew the lid off the music scene when he came out. This was the first time for teeth playing and playing behind your back.
Good as SRV was - and I saw him live - I wish I had seen Jimi. And no disrespect to SRV but I never got why so many people like him and don't know Jimi's music. Likewise Prince (another who took hugely from Jimi)
Jimi could play with his teeth, behind his back, over his head, and between his legs. These stunts he learned in his youth by attending gigs and witnessing other guitar artists around Seattle.
Jimi opened up an entire new world for all those who came after him . His unique talent and songwriting skills started a whole movement in Rock n Roll. He is playing with a 3 piece band, bass, and drums and everything else is him.
Yep, Jimi was left handed and took a right hand , much more common, guitar and restrung it to play left. I think it was Lennon whowas going to give him a left about the time Jimi died
He was a master. Check out his rendition of the star spangled banner. Epic. He has many great songs. Purple Haze, Foxy Lady, The wind Cries Mary. Voodoo Child has a fantastic solo from the live version.
Jimi started his career playing with people like Little Richard, The Isley Brothers and others. He was playing what was called the Chitlin Circuit down south and the playing with teeth, behind your back was part of the showmanship in those performances. However, as you noted Jimi's facility with the guitar and brilliant rhythm and solo licks made him one of the best to ever do it. Add to that Jimi's personal style, smoothness, songwriting gifts and mastery of blues and rock and you've seen someone who absolutely changed guitar and music forever. Jimi was absolutely the epitome of a legend!
And then there's Jimi. He was a force of nature when he showed up. The top rock guitarists of the time, Pete Townshend, Eric Clapton etc. were totally blown away, and said so publicly. Stories of him playing a club in London, with the entire audience being made up of musicians. Cream. The Stones. The Who. Truly the who's who of the bands of the time all flocked to see this guy. Monterey was his coming out party. Insisting on being the final band, he closed the show with his legendary burning of his guitar. He was also the closing act at Woodstock. The concert ran late so Jimi played on Monday morning. Imagine waking up in a mud-soaked field to Jimi Hendrix. Hendrix for breakfast, and The Star-Spangled Banner played like it had never been done before. There are several films of his concerts out there but hard to find. It was fascinating to see how he changed up the way he played certain of his iconic songs such as Machinegun (sound effects) Red House ( heavy Blues) and Voodoo Chile ( It is Chile, not Child ). Purple Haze about LSD. He was so versatile. Check out SRV's version of Little Wing. Stevie was massively influenced by Hendrix.
I've watched a few reactions to this video and one of the things that makes him unique often gets overlooked despite being obvious. He plays left-handed but plays a right-handed guitar strung for a left-handed player. When I first saw a video of Hendrix playing, and it wasn't with his mouth so I wasn't as distracted, the first thing I noticed was how weird the head of his guitar looked. That's when I realized he was a lefty
Jimi was a master at combining lead and rhythm. He was a (if not the) main innovator of many different chords, solos, licks, riffs, and combining them all. His style and talent combined with his guitar effects and the new wave of psychedelic rock had never been seen or heard before. When Jimi hit the scene people were hearing noises they had never heard from a guitar.
If you dig into Jimi going to England to play, you find out how much he impacted so many other guitarists. All the greats at the time were freaking out over Jimi!
It's not just the guitar playing. What we lost with Jimi was great song creation. He's one of the best song creators ever and the songs were created through the guitar.
Thank you for your reaction to the Jimmy Hendrix Hey Joe. I was at his concert in Copenhagen in 1967, and he and his band literally blow me away, with his way to play the guitar and using distorsion and feedback in his performance. At this period, there was only the group Cream with Eric Clapton playing a powerful blues/rock, progressiv rock, and the beginning of psychedelic rock, when Jimmy Hendrix arrived with his way to play the guitar, and changed the guitar performance forever.
Copenhagen my hometown. Not quite I grew up 30 miles south of Copenhagen, but did live there for awhile as an adult. When I was a teenager my friends and I would take the train or bus to Copenhagen to go to Montmatre, a Jazz club, Dexter Gordon was living in Denmark then and played in that club often. In 1967 I was an au pair in Westport, and that was the year I really got into rock and roll, not I forgot about jazz, but all sudden rock changed in the mid to late sixties, Jimi, The Doors, The Band many others.
The Jimi Hendrix studio version of All Along the Watchtower blows my mind every time I hear it. Did you notice that he was playing left handed with a right handed guitar upside down?
Saw Jimi Hendrix Aug 2,1968 in San Antonio and sat on 3rd row. He blew our minds. All the sounds were created on stage without any special gear. Just Jimi and his guitar. Soft Machine was the opening act. Privileged to be there.
Good as this is, if you want to hear Jimi at his very best - here are the two tracks at the very too of the list: 1- Machine Gun (from Band of Gypsies album, it is a live performance from the Filmore East on New Years Eve 1969->1970 (video is available!)) and 2- Voodoo Child, slight return (studio version only please - off the Electric Ladyland album). The best of the best (and there are many other bests!)!
Excellent suggestion, I tend to feel people need to work their way up to Machine Gun with A Band of Gypsys. I think people that I have seen react to that song were not fully ready to take that in!
He's the best guitarist of all times, with incredible influence creativity and talent. Also that scene presence... He's the god of guitar players for a reason.
Thats why his music had depth, he absolutely played bass tones mid range rhythms and high end leads, moving mixing the combinations. The cat was something else.
Three men bands always kill me! Noel and Mitch leave nothing in the bag behind him! His life was short, his mark indelible, his influence indefinite! Great reaction!
Yes, you're right! He was playing lead and rhythm at the same time. It was a common practice on the Chitlin Curcuit for the R&B, BLUES and even GOSPEL of the day on stage. You'd b e surprised at the tricks needed to set yourself apart!
I was privileged to see Jimi live in 1970. His warm up band was Strawberry Alarm Clock. After their set, the stagehands swapped out the drum set and actually nailed it all to the stage. The amps literally formed a wall at the rear of the stage. The Experience (Jimi's band) consisted of himself, his bass player, and his drummer. About halfway through his concert, they had to come out and reset all the nails in the drum set. Yeah, it was that energetic and loud. I think Jimi was pretty much deaf by this point in his career. An unforgettable experience though, no pun intended.
Been a fan of Jimi as long as I can remember. His playing is like no other. Besides his performance at Monterey Pop in 1967, his Woodstock performance in 1969 is truly legendary. His rendition of the Star Spangled Banner is one for the ages as it creates a unique experience of the composition. You should check it out when you get a chance. You won't be disappointed.
Hendrix was great at improvising on the guitar. He was a pioneer in his day. As far as I know, T-Bone Walker - the first man to play the electric guitar with his teeth. 9 of of 10 dentists do not recommend playing guitar with your teeth, lol. Other songs of his I recommend - All Along the Watchtower, Purple Haze, Foxy Lady
I saw Jimi Hendrix in 1967 He was backing up the Monkees ! My mom was a Monkees fan who made me go and Jimi was getting pissed off when he was playing because all the girls were yelling "We Want Davie ,We want Davie non stop lol ! I was 12 now i have all Jimi's albums and over 30 CD's Thanks Y'all
Almost 60 years later and Jimi is still blowing people minds. Not because of nostalgia but because still great music and guitar playing. Incredible :-) What you see is what you get, no backing tracks or guitar player hidden in the wings. It's three piece and nothing else. No guitar effects just his guitar and amp.
This is what made Jimi world famous. The man invented a new way of playing the guitar along with the unique sounds that emanated from it - and I don't mean with his teeth but his virtuoso yet melodic style, mixing lead and rhythm like you said. Hey Joe and Wind Cries Mary are my favourite Hendrix songs. I've always liked his voice too. Apparently he was also a very nice guy. He was in the U.S. Army for a year in the early 1960s.
He was so influential and it's more than just his skill set, he was a fascinating individual. They had been in the army and also he was left-handed but rather than buying a left-handed guitar, and by the way Ringo Starr of The Beatles was also left-handed playing with a mostly right-handed drum set, Jimi Hendrix just took a right handed guitar and turn it upside down and play it left-handed. Everything about that is just so odd and challenging. But he had a lot more than that too, he just was at the time, this new definition of cool, of just being so hip, just being so amazing. That just added to all the emotion when he died way too early.
I saw Jimi play 3 times and met him once. He was The G.O.A.T.. He's also playing the guitar upside down! The essence of his style was playing rhythm and lead at the same time! And by the way, Jimi wrote Voodoo Chile!
a lot of these things, playing w teeth, behind his head, jimi was the first. GOAT! also, he was left-handed, so took a right-handed guitar and strung it upside down and just ran w it
I don’t know if you noticed, but he’s also playing a Right handed guitar, strung upside down in order to play it left handed…. As a left handed kid, his first guitar was a standard, old beat up second hand right handed guitar which had to be strung upside down, so that’s what he got used to, and carried on for the rest of his short life…
A simple tale told with amazing guitar. I always love his left handedness on a right hand guitar. One time Jimmi's manager told him to go out and play with the feedback because the audience loved it. He went out and did nothing but feedback, walked off and asked "Is that what you wanted?"
Love that song and Jimi and the band. A few years ago i showed that clip years ago to my Grand daughter when she was 9 and i asked her whats different about him playing his guitar she said " it's a right handed guitar and he's playing on the leftside and the guitar is upside" I nearly died when she got it almost immediately.
He was the first do all he did. Everyone came after him. He raised the bar for the established guitarist of the day and future guitarist who came later. Hendrix is the father of modern guitar techniques. He also introduce new technology via effect pedals and marshal amps.
I loved Hindix so much I bought a 60 year edition of his Guitar, that was quiet a while ago. I have only played it twice . He plays left handed on a right handed Fender Straticastor. When I was young my brother drove me nuts playing Hindrix night and day. Now I listen to him a lot .
HELLO, JIMI HENDRIX 1967. I WAS 16 YRS OLD HEARING HIS SONG FOR THE FIRST TIME CALLED MANIC DEPRESSION. I NEVER HEARD ANYTHING LIKE THIS BEFORE! HIS MUSIC BACK THEN. HE HAD A MAJOR EFFECT ON ME. HE IS THE GOAT , THAT PERIOD OF TIME WAS GREAT TIME FOR MYSELF. PLENTY OF GIRLS, WE ALL WENT WILD.. HE ONLY HAD 3 ALBUMS 4 YRS RUN TIME, AND STILL TALKING ABOUT HIM TODAY.
Jimi Hendrix .... Machine Gun .... Hear My Train A Coming ....In From The Storm .... Total Genius . Between 1967 and 1970 Jimi's playing changed immensely . Take a look at his Isle Of Wight Festival ... 500,000 people ( England )
In 1969, I saw The Jimi Hendrix Experience perform at the Dorton Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina. I was 16 and it was my first rock concert. It was one of the best concerts I ever saw. (I still give the best to Led Zeppelin who gave a 4 encore performance in Dorton Arena the following year.) It was his 1st performance in the States after a European tour. So it was the first time he performed the Star Spangled Banner in the USA since adding it to the act on the European tour. We saw history made in Dorton Arena that night!
The tricks are cool and all but what makes Jimi the greatest was his creativity. Absolutely out of this world and has given us some of the most beautiful songs ever. Not to mention he revolutionized how the guitar is played. Like what.
There are only 3 musicians in the Jimi Hendrix Experience (guitar, bass, drums). Hendrix has influenced just about every guitarist to this date. And yes, he's also chewing gum. Great reactions
His violent Dad walked in on Jimmy when he was a kid and witnessed him playing an old style broom 🧹. His eyes were closed and his fingers were bleeding from playing a brush. Pure music coming out of him. So glad he eventually got a guitar 🎸 ❤
Jimi was a musical genius. He has to restring his guitar as he is a left handed maestro & many are right handed. His music has always been significantly his own sound. Thank for this one!
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He absolutely is playing rhythm and lead.. 3 piece band.. .Him on guitar, Noel Redding on Bass and Mitch Mitchell on drums.
Those drums!!
Well said! And I love Mitch's drums so much as well.
Wild!
Yes, I've read that Jimi and Stevie Ray Vaughan are both known for playing both lead and rhythm.
@@lissawillis6829Hendrix yes he plays the guitar upside down left-handed and right-handed play rhythm League guitar sing at same time it's what you call is Hendrix is a universal guitar player. Stephen Ray Vaughan he's not in the same league as James Marshall Hendrix nobody comes close to James Marshall Hendrix.
If Jimi Hendrix isn't your favorite rock guitarist I will almost guarantee he's your favorite rock guitarist's favorite guitarist. Jimi didn't die, he just returned to his home planet.
Jimi didn't die, he just returned to his home planet. - i love that😂
He did return to his home planet. Little story: a New York Post reporter said to him "I'm from the NY Post...and Jimi replied : "I'm from Mars"....lol...true story.
Such a perfect explanation of Jimi's playing
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So true.
Well Said!!
Most people miss the fact when they first see Jimi that he plays a right handed guitar left handed upside down.
He reversed the strings as in standard right hand tuning ( low E string on top)🎸
Totally missed that!
@@barsandbarbells2022 that's where that unique sound you mentioned comes from! Good ear!!!
He liked having the vibrato bar (whammy bar) and controls closer to the top of the guitar.
The really impressive thing about Jimi, was that he could play a right handed guitar that was strung for a right handed player, with almost the same facility. That's a really incredible level of dexterity and coordination.
AND LET'S NOT FORGET THAT HE DID ALL OF THESE AMAZING THINGS AND STILL CHEWED GUM THE WHOLE TIME!!!
I heard that S.R.V.s wife once said that sometimes he would wake up in the middle of the night and get out of bed and go and play his guitar because he had dreamt that Jimi Hendrix had taught him something new.
I was lucky enough to see the Jimi Hendrix Experience twice in 1968, and I would have to agree that, yes, he was the best. Not only was he a virtuoso on the electric guitar, but he also created a style of playing that was brand new and thrilling to watch. And don't forget he wrote most of the songs he played; songs that had beautiful lyrics and melodies. I consider him a creative genius, and I still think back to those 2 concerts, over a half century ago .....
That's awesome. What concerts did you see him at?
Well davidzimmerli489 my new most jealous moment?! Must of been Magical Cool!! And Groovy , Cherry and Far Out Man!!
@@raiderfan71269 I saw him at the Rochester War Memorial in Rochester, New York on March 21, 1968 and 2 days later, March 23, 1968, at the Buffalo War Memorial in Buffalo, New York. The Buffalo show was by far the better of the two. My friend and I had fantastic seats, 2nd row, left section, directly below Jimi, looking up at Jimi, who was in a great mood, pulling out all the stops, doing backward somersaults, while playing amazing guitar, playing with his teeth, playing behind his back, and humping his amps until they shook. And all the time, chatting & joking with the audience. I still think back to that day, and realize how lucky I was to be there ....... mind blowing!
@@allengray5748 It was all of those and more, believe me, Allen!
@@davidzimmerli489 Saw him July 1970. A month and a half later he left us behind, but the "Experience" stays with me and millions more, and millions yet to come who will be influenced his musical genius.
Jimi is playing with his TEETH here. You really need to watch his entire Monterey Pop performance. He lights his guitar on fire. Plays and does a somersault
It is amazing how a three piece band gets such a full sound. So yes, Jimi is doing all of the guitar parts as well as singing.
No one will ever come close to Jimi, he was the coolest guy ever.
YES he played the rhythm and lead , teeth, one handed , behind his back, chewing gum, singing and summer-salts.....you just witnessed the legend. Hendrix wrote Voodoo child
Imagine if he'd made it past 27 dude. R.I.P Hendrix
Yeah too many RUclipsrs edit the best parts out of videos you need to watch the one where Jimi is humping the amp
Singing, playing with his teeth and still didn't lose his chewing gum. Fantastic.
He's not chewing gum he's tripping on acid
People who have seen this a thousand times still get shivers hearing the tone, seeing the presence, knowing this guy bows to nobody in the pantheon of guitar greats. It's not just the ability, it's the construction of the movements and little yelps and sneers from his melodies, and it IS the melodiousness of it. Even when he drives hard solos it's always sweet to the ear. He's not showing off, he's sensing the sound. But of course, it's also the completeness of it all. Bass and Drums do their part perfectly.
The most creative and innovative musician of the 20th century, regardless of instrument.
Jimi absolutely changed the way the electric guitar was played. It's hard to keep perspective via today's standards of what a great guitar player is, as the evolution of the instrument continues to reach higher levels. You only need to grab a few quotes from his peers of the day to see the impact he had at the time. He also had an everlasting impact on how recordings were made- "painting" soundscapes with guitar. Listen to some of his original studio material to get a feel for what a true master composer he was. To me, he and Duane Allman were to two greatest losses in terms of potential in the history of Rock.
Don't forget SRV!
I got to see Jimi Hendrix live a few weeks before he died. Jimi was the one that so many others copied - including SRV. He was an innovator and an absolute phenom. He changed how people approached guitar playing and blew the lid off the music scene when he came out. This was the first time for teeth playing and playing behind your back.
Good as SRV was - and I saw him live - I wish I had seen Jimi. And no disrespect to SRV but I never got why so many people like him and don't know Jimi's music. Likewise Prince (another who took hugely from Jimi)
Jimi could play with his teeth, behind his back, over his head, and between his legs. These stunts he learned in his youth by attending gigs and witnessing other guitar artists around Seattle.
Jimi opened up an entire new world for all those who came after him . His unique talent and songwriting skills started a whole movement in Rock n Roll. He is playing with a 3 piece band, bass, and drums and everything else is him.
Wow!! This IS exciting!! Both of you seeing Jimi for the first time!!!!
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Playing the guitar opposite hand, and he shreds it... Simply amazing...
Yep, Jimi was left handed and took a right hand , much more common, guitar and restrung it to play left. I think it was Lennon whowas going to give him a left about the time Jimi died
@@jimwilcox2964Clapton
@@robertnathan2843 yep, Clapton, Lennon is said to have given him a silver cuff bracelet after a show
@@jimwilcox2964 Cool, thanks. Paul recommended him for the Monterey show when the Beatles turned it down. He was well loved.🎸
I always felt that Jimi's guitar was just an extension of his body and soul.
Jimi will always be the man. Hands down.
He was a master. Check out his rendition of the star spangled banner. Epic. He has many great songs. Purple Haze, Foxy Lady, The wind Cries Mary. Voodoo Child has a fantastic solo from the live version.
The Wind cries Mary is my favorite of Hendrix's song, it is a little softer than the other. All are good but I lik that one the best.
Jimi started his career playing with people like Little Richard, The Isley Brothers and others. He was playing what was called the Chitlin Circuit down south and the playing with teeth, behind your back was part of the showmanship in those performances.
However, as you noted Jimi's facility with the guitar and brilliant rhythm and solo licks made him one of the best to ever do it. Add to that Jimi's personal style, smoothness, songwriting gifts and mastery of blues and rock and you've seen someone who absolutely changed guitar and music forever.
Jimi was absolutely the epitome of a legend!
And then there's Jimi. He was a force of nature when he showed up. The top rock guitarists of the time, Pete Townshend, Eric Clapton etc. were totally blown away, and said so publicly. Stories of him playing a club in London, with the entire audience being made up of musicians. Cream. The Stones. The Who. Truly the who's who of the bands of the time all flocked to see this guy. Monterey was his coming out party. Insisting on being the final band, he closed the show with his legendary burning of his guitar. He was also the closing act at Woodstock. The concert ran late so Jimi played on Monday morning. Imagine waking up in a mud-soaked field to Jimi Hendrix. Hendrix for breakfast, and The Star-Spangled Banner played like it had never been done before. There are several films of his concerts out there but hard to find. It was fascinating to see how he changed up the way he played certain of his iconic songs such as Machinegun (sound effects) Red House ( heavy Blues) and Voodoo Chile ( It is Chile, not Child ). Purple Haze about LSD. He was so versatile. Check out SRV's version of Little Wing. Stevie was massively influenced by Hendrix.
Voodoo Child; Are You Experienced?; Purple Haze; All Along the Watchtower…….such great songs! King of psychedelic blues rock.
I've watched a few reactions to this video and one of the things that makes him unique often gets overlooked despite being obvious. He plays left-handed but plays a right-handed guitar strung for a left-handed player. When I first saw a video of Hendrix playing, and it wasn't with his mouth so I wasn't as distracted, the first thing I noticed was how weird the head of his guitar looked. That's when I realized he was a lefty
In Jimi's hands the guitar is not just a guitar....it's a weapon!
All along the watchtower. The studio version is a great one from Jimi Hendrix!
Jimi was a master at combining lead and rhythm. He was a (if not the) main innovator of many different chords, solos, licks, riffs, and combining them all. His style and talent combined with his guitar effects and the new wave of psychedelic rock had never been seen or heard before. When Jimi hit the scene people were hearing noises they had never heard from a guitar.
Yes and when Pete Townshend saw him oh The Who he was fearing for his lively hood. Peace 🕊️
Eric Clapton said he nearly threw his guitar away
Jimi was a force of nature!
So many great guitar players wowed
If you dig into Jimi going to England to play, you find out how much he impacted so many other guitarists. All the greats at the time were freaking out over Jimi!
Jimi is fantastic!!!
It's not just the guitar playing. What we lost with Jimi was great song creation. He's one of the best song creators ever and the songs were created through the guitar.
As will be said many times, 😀Jimi Hendrix is your favorite guitar players favorite guitar player!
Thank you for your reaction to the Jimmy Hendrix Hey Joe. I was at his concert in Copenhagen in 1967, and he and his band literally blow me away, with his way to play the guitar and using distorsion and feedback in his performance. At this period, there was only the group Cream with Eric Clapton playing a powerful blues/rock, progressiv rock, and the beginning of psychedelic rock, when Jimmy Hendrix arrived with his way to play the guitar, and changed the guitar performance forever.
Copenhagen my hometown. Not quite I grew up 30 miles south of Copenhagen, but did live there for awhile as an adult. When I was a teenager my friends and I would take the train or bus to Copenhagen to go to Montmatre, a Jazz club, Dexter Gordon was living in Denmark then and played in that club often. In 1967 I was an au pair in Westport, and that was the year I really got into rock and roll, not I forgot about jazz, but all sudden rock changed in the mid to late sixties, Jimi, The Doors, The Band many others.
R.I.P., Guitar Maestro.........gone at age 27.....what a loss to the musical world......we miss 'ya........
Voodoo Chile was a Hendrix original, you need to check it out
The Jimi Hendrix studio version of All Along the Watchtower blows my mind every time I hear it. Did you notice that he was playing left handed with a right handed guitar upside down?
Saw Jimi Hendrix Aug 2,1968 in San Antonio and sat on 3rd row. He blew our minds. All the sounds were created on stage without any special gear. Just Jimi and his guitar. Soft Machine was the opening act. Privileged to be there.
Jimi Hendrix. No one comes even close to this !!
Good as this is, if you want to hear Jimi at his very best - here are the two tracks at the very too of the list: 1- Machine Gun (from Band of Gypsies album, it is a live performance from the Filmore East on New Years Eve 1969->1970 (video is available!)) and 2- Voodoo Child, slight return (studio version only please - off the Electric Ladyland album). The best of the best (and there are many other bests!)!
Excellent suggestion, I tend to feel people need to work their way up to Machine Gun with A Band of Gypsys. I think people that I have seen react to that song were not fully ready to take that in!
Totally agree with your choices, especially the Fillmore Machine Gun ,mind blower of mind blowers
Machine Gun is the greatest guitar solo ever
A Legend right there. You’ve gotta watch him light his guitar on fire.
He's the best guitarist of all times, with incredible influence creativity and talent. Also that scene presence... He's the god of guitar players for a reason.
Thats why his music had depth, he absolutely played bass tones mid range rhythms and high end leads, moving mixing the combinations. The cat was something else.
The Wind Cries Mary
The guitar/teeth thing is an old blues showmen thing - Jimi just brought it to the masses 🌞🎶🎸😬😎🙌👍
Jimi - Manic Depression is FIRE!!!! The drumming and the guitar is top notch!
Do you know what Manic Depression is? This song is actually a competition between Jimi and Mitch to see who is the best musician. It's close!
Three men bands always kill me! Noel and Mitch leave nothing in the bag behind him!
His life was short, his mark indelible, his influence indefinite!
Great reaction!
Yes, you're right! He was playing lead and rhythm at the same time. It was a common practice on the Chitlin Curcuit for the R&B, BLUES and even GOSPEL of the day on stage. You'd b e surprised at the tricks needed to set yourself apart!
I was privileged to see Jimi live in 1970. His warm up band was Strawberry Alarm Clock. After their set, the stagehands swapped out the drum set and actually nailed it all to the stage. The amps literally formed a wall at the rear of the stage. The Experience (Jimi's band) consisted of himself, his bass player, and his drummer. About halfway through his concert, they had to come out and reset all the nails in the drum set. Yeah, it was that energetic and loud. I think Jimi was pretty much deaf by this point in his career. An unforgettable experience though, no pun intended.
Been a fan of Jimi as long as I can remember. His playing is like no other. Besides his performance at Monterey Pop in 1967, his Woodstock performance in 1969 is truly legendary. His rendition of the Star Spangled Banner is one for the ages as it creates a unique experience of the composition. You should check it out when you get a chance. You won't be disappointed.
Hendrix was great at improvising on the guitar. He was a pioneer in his day. As far as I know, T-Bone Walker - the first man to play the electric guitar with his teeth. 9 of of 10 dentists do not recommend playing guitar with your teeth, lol. Other songs of his I recommend - All Along the Watchtower, Purple Haze, Foxy Lady
I saw Jimi Hendrix in 1967 He was backing up the Monkees ! My mom was a Monkees fan who made me go and Jimi was getting pissed off when he was playing because all the girls were yelling "We Want Davie ,We want Davie non stop lol ! I was 12 now i have all Jimi's albums and over 30 CD's Thanks Y'all
Got out of service in Sept. 1967, and got to see Hendrix at Toledo University in either late 67 or early 68, one of the highlights of my life!
Jimi the GOAT of all time .
There is no better.
Jimi, the best guitarist of the rock and roll era!
Almost 60 years later and Jimi is still blowing people minds. Not because of nostalgia but because still great music and guitar playing. Incredible :-)
What you see is what you get, no backing tracks or guitar player hidden in the wings. It's three piece and nothing else. No guitar effects just his guitar and amp.
What an astounding way to make 5 chords sound so awesome. It makes me excited watching you both get excited over this masterpiece. ❤🎶
I think his music will live on. If anyone is going yo be classed as a classical musician in years to come it will be him.
This is what made Jimi world famous. The man invented a new way of playing the guitar along with the unique sounds that emanated from it - and I don't mean with his teeth but his virtuoso yet melodic style, mixing lead and rhythm like you said.
Hey Joe and Wind Cries Mary are my favourite Hendrix songs. I've always liked his voice too. Apparently he was also a very nice guy. He was in the U.S. Army for a year in the early 1960s.
awesome guitarist............. WOW
His whole performance at Monterey was literally 🔥. 😉
All along the watchtower, purple haze, the wind cries mary...all good songs
Incroyable la prestation
He was so influential and it's more than just his skill set, he was a fascinating individual. They had been in the army and also he was left-handed but rather than buying a left-handed guitar, and by the way Ringo Starr of The Beatles was also left-handed playing with a mostly right-handed drum set, Jimi Hendrix just took a right handed guitar and turn it upside down and play it left-handed. Everything about that is just so odd and challenging.
But he had a lot more than that too, he just was at the time, this new definition of cool, of just being so hip, just being so amazing.
That just added to all the emotion when he died way too early.
Jimi WAS my fave in 70s & 80s...Then came SRV!!!
At that show he plays behind his back also, and he "set the world on fire". When he played "Wild Thing", his guitar was 'fire'. 🎸
I saw Jimi Hendrix. In 1968. He was just amazing.
MUST HEAR Classics,, Jimi Hendrix "Crosstown Traffic" & "The Wind Cries Mary"
Yep, he is playing rhythm and lead guitar at the same time on top of everything else that he’s doing.
I saw Jimi play 3 times and met him once. He was The G.O.A.T.. He's also playing the guitar upside down! The essence of his style was playing rhythm and lead at the same time! And by the way, Jimi wrote Voodoo Chile!
I was 8 years old when I herd this master..the first time..and he blew me away..My dad played on the turntable...it is blues
a lot of these things, playing w teeth, behind his head, jimi was the first. GOAT! also, he was left-handed, so took a right-handed guitar and strung it upside down and just ran w it
I don’t know if you noticed, but he’s also playing a Right handed guitar, strung upside down in order to play it left handed….
As a left handed kid, his first guitar was a standard, old beat up second hand right handed guitar which had to be strung upside down, so that’s what he got used to, and carried on for the rest of his short life…
A simple tale told with amazing guitar. I always love his left handedness on a right hand guitar. One time Jimmi's manager told him to go out and play with the feedback because the audience loved it. He went out and did nothing but feedback, walked off and asked "Is that what you wanted?"
saw him/them live back then absolutely brilliant....
Love that song and Jimi and the band. A few years ago i showed that clip years ago to my Grand daughter when she was 9 and i asked her whats different about him playing his guitar she said " it's a right handed guitar and he's playing on the leftside and the guitar is upside" I nearly died when she got it almost immediately.
Queen- Now I'm here
live is a good example also of lead and rhythm combination at its best
Jimi, Janis and Jim Morrison. Will never be duplicated.
You've just been experienced 🎉🎉🎉🎉
He was the first do all he did. Everyone came after him. He raised the bar for the established guitarist of the day and future guitarist who came later. Hendrix is the father of modern guitar techniques. He also introduce new technology via effect pedals and marshal amps.
You nailed it, he plays lead and rhythm at the same time.
jimi hendrix the best ,il a tout inventer 😊👍🤘
LOOK AT HIS GUITAR ....Hes playing it LEFT HANDED strung RIGHT HANDED upside down .......
I loved Hindix so much I bought a 60 year edition of his Guitar, that was quiet a while ago. I have only played it twice . He plays left handed on a right handed Fender Straticastor. When I was young my brother drove me nuts playing Hindrix night and day. Now I listen to him a lot .
Jimi was making love with his guitar everytime he went on stage...
HELLO, JIMI HENDRIX 1967. I WAS 16 YRS OLD HEARING HIS SONG FOR THE FIRST TIME CALLED MANIC DEPRESSION. I NEVER HEARD ANYTHING LIKE THIS BEFORE! HIS MUSIC BACK THEN. HE HAD A MAJOR EFFECT ON ME. HE IS THE GOAT , THAT PERIOD OF TIME WAS GREAT TIME FOR MYSELF. PLENTY OF GIRLS, WE ALL WENT WILD.. HE ONLY HAD 3 ALBUMS 4 YRS RUN TIME, AND STILL TALKING ABOUT HIM TODAY.
I saw this performance when I was 13, it was Incredible! Jimi was the first to record Voodoo Child☀
Jimi Hendrix .... Machine Gun .... Hear My Train A Coming ....In From The Storm .... Total Genius . Between 1967 and 1970 Jimi's playing changed immensely . Take a look at his Isle Of Wight Festival ... 500,000 people ( England )
G.O.A.T. Greatest Of All Time.
Nuff said.
Legend❤
In 1969, I saw The Jimi Hendrix Experience perform at the Dorton Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina. I was 16 and it was my first rock concert. It was one of the best concerts I ever saw. (I still give the best to Led Zeppelin who gave a 4 encore performance in Dorton Arena the following year.) It was his 1st performance in the States after a European tour. So it was the first time he performed the Star Spangled Banner in the USA since adding it to the act on the European tour. We saw history made in Dorton Arena that night!
Jimi Hendrix 27 my favourite 4 ever,just 3 years only in industry but amazing ❤🎸🤘🥰💓👌🙏🙏🙏
Hendrix pre-dates all the great guitarists that you mentioned. He was a pioneer of the guitar, a revolutionary really
The tricks are cool and all but what makes Jimi the greatest was his creativity. Absolutely out of this world and has given us some of the most beautiful songs ever. Not to mention he revolutionized how the guitar is played. Like what.
There are only 3 musicians in the Jimi Hendrix Experience (guitar, bass, drums). Hendrix has influenced just about every guitarist to this date. And yes, he's also chewing gum. Great reactions
His violent Dad walked in on Jimmy when he was a kid and witnessed him playing an old style broom 🧹. His eyes were closed and his fingers were bleeding from playing a brush. Pure music coming out of him. So glad he eventually got a guitar 🎸 ❤
Part of Jimi's special guitar sound came from tuning down a half step.
Jimi was a musical genius. He has to restring his guitar as he is a left handed maestro & many are right handed. His music has always been significantly his own sound. Thank for this one!