Once saw a tv report what a successful painter had been to a Rembrandt exhibition. He was visibly moved and said to the reporter 'I just want to home and paint my heart out'. This is how I feel about Hendrix. I want to play according to whatever the muses allow me to understand until the guitar falls from my aging worthless hands and I shall have no disapointment or resentment.
In 1967 I was singing and playing in a blues band. We had a rehearsal and the guitarist brought 2 albums 1. a T Bone Walker 60s comeback and 2) "Are You Experienced" I had not heard Jimi Hendrix at that point. There were stories on the grapevine that Hendrix had been playing free concerts in the Golden Gate Park "Panhandle" near the Haight. "At the rehearsal "Are You Experienced" was played. To me it sounded atavistic; a throwback to psychedelia. I remember saying "He sings like Dylan" and "The guitar sounds psychedelic!" We learned 2 songs at that rehearsal "Foxey Lady" and "Manic Depression" ...oh and a T Bone Walker song which I still remember and can still play.
Electric Ladyland has it all. Jazz, rock, rock 'n roll, blues, prog rock...you name it, it's all there. The best album ever recorded and will never be equalled IMO.
I saw Jimi Hendrix at the Fillmore Auditorium one night in 1968. The placed was packed! About 350 people ha ha. It was 4 dollars at the door no reservations and you got a free poster. I sat middle front row balcony. I was a blues purist at the time and was not a fan of Hendrix or Cream. I went that night to see Albert King who was also on the bill. But I enjoyed it very much. Jimi had a vibe like Miles Davis! And He came across as a very nice person.
Jimi Hendrix was and still is the most special and original musician the world has ever seen. He didn't write one bad song and he is highly underrated.
@jimimurti There are still lots of people who think he was mediocre (idiots) and there are lots of people who like him but they think he was the same level as a lot of players ( even though he was levels apart). Of course there are lots of people who rate him very highly/properly. So overall he is still underrated by too many people.
As a long time fan of Hendrix and a guitar player as well, listening to you talk about Hendrix has given me a whole new appreciation of his work, and I think you're 100% right when you say he's not as venerated as he should be in terms of music as a whole, rather he's just venerated as "the ultimate guitar hero" and people diminish his influence on music as a whole.
Recently listened to the episode of The History of Rock in 500 Songs on Hey Joe. In it the presenter talked about an event early after Hendrix arrival in UK when on encouragement of Chandler, who knew Cream, Hendrix was invited onstage to play with Cream. Clapton’s jaw dropped and Beck, who was in audience looked on in wonder. Wish I had been there.
On the wall of my studio I have two portraits on my wall, that represent the two aspects of music that I always attempt to include in my own. The virtuoso (JimI Hendrix) that is the mastery of an instruments possibilities vs composing, songs and production; (the Beatles). I love a lot of newer music since, Pil, Brian Eno, Depeche Mode, Slayer, Moloko, Röyksopp, Siouxsie and the Banshees but those decades old two pictures still represent the peaks of music's potential. The composed vs the improvised. I love Zeppelin because they were the first to mix the two aspects so well! Great point about Hendrix playing like a synth. That is what I strive for and am proud that for EVERY guitar part I searched for THE specific tone required and mostly succeeded.
The 2 most supreme live improvisation suites from Hendrix on record are: Hear my Train Coming from Band of Gypsies 2 and Machine Gun from Live at Isle of Wight. Both are from 1970 and there is a shift in the quality of his improvisation on that period until his death: he’s not so much for the show as before, but he is very much concerned about the sound. Sound creation on both songs is unparalleled, the tone range expands his vocabulary and is carefully used to perfection, the dynamics of his solo are perfect, it is indeed like a Coltrane solo. These 2 to me are the best improvisations on the history of rock all genres comprised and amongst the best in jazz. Should check, it is really a shame that the managers of his legacy make it so hard for us to have access on these things in RUclips
Hear my train a coming from live at Berkeley and Machine Gun from the album Band of Gypsys are better. Then there is the incredible 14 minute version of Red House from Hendrix in the West.
There was great deal of Jimi hendrix music still in his vault and much of that music hasn't seen the light of day because of the court battle of his estate. The Royal Albert Hall 1969 hendrix concert is still not released. The 1970 Maui concert recently came out and it's awesome. Hendrix's 68 Miami Pop festival album was all put out after late 90s court settlement to his Father and later Sister Janie . They also released alot of crappy Hendrix along with the good and therein lies the problem.
I think the first black crossover rock guitarists were Chuck Berry who basically played Hank and other “Hillbilly/ rockabilly” styles and wrote songs about suburban teens. Also there is Bo Diddley who adapted that New Orleans stomp into a flashy rock and roll act. Neither one of them was seen as a soul or blues artist, just rock. Thanks for interesting video.
Another great video Andy - so glad to have found your channel. I remember hearing the Are You Experienced album when it was first released (my older brother had bought it) and to be honest some of the tracks almost frightened me. Nobody had heard sounds like that from a guitar before. But the more I heard that album the more I loved it. I rate it as maybe the greatest first album by any artist. It was a game changer and overnight Pop Music had become Rock Music. Glad that you have pointed out that Hendrix was also a first class song writer. None of his studio albums sound dated to me and not long before they will be 60 years old - incredible. Also thanks for mentioning Mitch Mitchell who was fantastic for Hendrix - no surprise as he was really a jazz drummer.
Something about Hendrix I've come to appreciate more over time as I learn more about guitar amplification and equipment is how he produced this amazing array of tones, tenderness, and colour using an early Marshall Super Lead with primitive fuzz faces, octavia, wah, and univibe. I can't imagine standing a few meters in front of a cranked Super Lead on a huge stage, where the guitar is essentially out of control and every tiny sound is amplified straight at your face dry as a bone without reverb, and having any sort of confidence to make nuanced, beautiful sounds. I don't think most guitarists would be able to control a rig like that, and most of us will probably never even get a chance to try.
For me, what is incredible about Jimi is: (i) incredible song writer with little repetition; so much diversity; (ii) incredible vocalist with incredible powers of communication; (iii) equally could literally talk or communicate or paint imagery with his guitar to express the themes of the songs; (iv) could do all of the above at the same time. To me, he is the greatest, without compare. John McLaughlin a distant 2nd. Of course, Stevie Wonder is a different genre and maybe equal to Jimi. Beatles were good in their era. Coltrane was a master. Jimi is up there with Coltrane.
I gotta say that “Band of Gypsys” is my favorite Hendrix album. A drummer friend of mine asked me how I could prefer Buddy Miles over Mitch Mitchell. Don’t know, it just sounds more timeless to me. Funkier. Its openness gives Jimi more room to roam. Hard to believe that the only reason he put that album out was to get out of a bad record contract.
Andy, you put up a strong case for Jimi Hendrix, but 'Greatest rock star' is, of course, a subjective term, and I can't think of any individual who REALLY deserves that status. However, if pushed, I would suggest Frank Zappa, for his knowledge of and brilliant integration of so many genres that gave rise to his distinctive 'Zappa sound'. He could do complexity and simplicity, long instrumentals and short songs, political satire and vulgar comedy. He is the most advanced rock composer and the most articulate public speaker to come from the rock world. Jimi is a legendary rock guitarist. Frank is much more than that.
Great chat and insights into Hendrix. One thing I think may be important and overlooked about Hendrix’s music is that Hendrix used to be a paratrooper in the Air Force. Jimi used to jump out of airplanes and that sound and feeling came out in his playing. Dick Dale played with the sounds of waves curling in behind a surfer and Dale said he knew Hendrix and bonded over both being lefties. Maybe Dale mentioned this aspect of his playing and Hendrix took that idea and used it to create Sky Dive Rock as opposed to surf rock. I don’t know just a theory.
sorry about all my posts Andy but I've never heard a commentator before, such as yourself, that I personally see eye to eye with on so many matters (John, Spectrum. etc)! great video!
I loved everything he did musically. Such an influence on me at 15 being a guitar player only 2 years and then I heard Purple Haze on AM radio and I was stunned. Hard to believe he only released 3 albums in his lifetime.
Thank you for an excellent video Andy. I am a huge fan of Jimi H. He is the reason why I am a musician today. In 1972 when I was in grade 12, I listened to “In the West” by JH literally everyday. I would take the album to school and listen to it on headphones in the library during my lunch break. Then go directly to my next class. I was raised in a musical family and played guitar and mandolin with my parents (who were also very good musicians) and during the 60s I played and sang folk music on acoustic guitar. At a young age I was swayed by the shear emotion of JH music and guitar playing. As a huge fan I would like to contribute some of my thoughts about JH. For shear funk, I would suggest listening to “Freedom” from the album “Cry of Love”. In this studio version Hendrix overdubs at least two more guitars to layer the most amazing funk groove. Although JH was a master of playing more than one part on the guitar and singing at the same time, there are clearly some overdubs on the piece. He plays over the changes in at least two examples that I can think of, and both examples are from the album “War Heroes”. The first example is from the outro of “I Just Came Back from the Storm” where he is clearly and beautifully playing over changes. Hendrix may not be aware he was playing over the changes, but he was. In the beautiful and stately “Midnight” he solos over a series of parallel (mis-named) “Hendrix Chords” (dominant sharp nine chord) (a chord used by others long before JH). Here his solo build and builds on the ascending chords to an incredible climax. The second chorus is drenched with guitar and studio effects, creating that typical JH other worldly sound. According to Pete Townsend; Hendrix “is at his best live”. For the best live blues performance check out “Red House” and the best live version of “Voodoo Chile”, both from “In The West”. Thanks again Andy for this great tribute! Jack G. from Canada
Absolutely (i wrote elsewhere), both Voodoo Chile/Child are fusion. Rainy Day is fusion. 1983 is the ultimate birth of real prog. One can hear later Pink Floyd & King Crimson in 1983. Gypsy Eyes has that incredible metal riff (ala Immigrant Song), to add to Jimi's previous metal. Watchtower weaves many perfect solos, preceding what would follow such as Sultans of Swing or Comfortably Numb. And that is only Electric Ladyland. Don't forget the amazing outro solos on Bold As Love and Little Wing, surely another first. Jimi is the greatest. There is no comparison. Stevie Wonder was great but not sure as innovative. Listen to how his Living For The City sounds like a mix of Jimi's Have YOu Ever Been and Straight Ahead. Jimi is everywhere. His riff writing & ability to blend vocal & guitar is all over Led Zep. Page, Beck, McLaughlin, etc, were all searching for their voice and formula before Jimi. Jimi showed this guys the massive diversity they could achieve and he set them free to find their own voice, 🌹🌹🌹Machine Gun the greatest.
Hendrix was of his time. He could write cool songs. Stuff that others could cover. And that Band of Gypsies record is an amazing album. Machine Gun still slays me. You nailed it its the whole package. Great vid. Thanks
Great subject, in fact he was so big at the time that what I really struggle to get is how generally not known this is! He was as big or more than Elvis at his time or Michael Jackson at his peak. He was the most well paid artist on the planet, the biggest live scene, and (what really is not mentioned) his albums had a complete dominion over the pop culture, they were the best selling albums of the time, and everyone would stop to listen to a new release of him at the time. For those couple of years he was just as big as the Beatles and his footprint on the pop culture is probably as big as theirs. So why everyone praises the Beatles and remember their achievements but not Hendrix’s? There’s a lot of conspiracy theories out there, but at the end of the day I think poor Jimmy was poised to have a bad management of his art both during his lifetime and after his death, so much so that his legacy is going to disappear for the present generation just because they can’t see him on RUclips. So it is great that your doing this video and I hope loads of people come to watch it 👍☺️🙏❤️🌈
It's amazing to tbink that at the time of his death he had been playing for 12-13 years. And his 4 years of fame caused a huge splash felt to this day.
I have sixty or seventy Hendrix albums and Odd ones like Gil Evans plays Jimi Hendrix and someone doing Bango covers of Hendrix . Hendrix doesn't fill my lust for music because there aren't alot of his songs . His legacy was only four years. Jimi opened my ears to Jazz music such as Miles Davis and Ornette Coleman. There are other greats out there like Bowie ,Zappa and Amon Duul that I enjoy but I still will buy Hendrix's latest release. His Los Angeles 1969 concert is due out in October.
I really liked Mitch Mitchell, You mentioned Ginger Baker briefly, I really liked him as well... categorizing music is tough, but I always felt Hendrix was more acid rock, psychedelic as most bands back then were taking acid and it really influenced their creativity
I used to listen to Electric Ladyland in the dark! I even used to tape over the front of the Hi Fi (now there is a blast fom the past) so there was NO LIGHT! Brilliant album!
I remembered Hendrix name and image from the late 60s while still growing up in the 70s and remember my dad talking about him in1970 when he died but first got into his music in 1980 when a certain dj who is now persona non grata played Purple Haze on his weekly radio show where he did charts from the archives. It was around the same time as the NWOBHM and I had been aware from the late 60s even as a small child that Hendrix was a loud guitarist and the music was heavier and for older people than the poppy Peter Noone or Archies stuff that resonated me with 5 year old me around 1969. Hearing Purple Haze that day in 1980 fascinated me how similar in sonic power and energy it was to the NWOBHM bands like Saxon and Whitesnake who were in the charts at the time. I remember the late 60s and all the crooners like Engelbert Humperdinck my mum played and the sugary pop acts and the fact a record like Purple Haze with the opening two note attack had been in the charts in 67 amazed me, still does to this day. I wonder whether I heard it as a 3 year old in 67 and it simply didn't register as music to my soft brain as a lot of other 60s hits registered as famaliar when I heard them years later.
In terms of under appreciated guitarists just check out "Johnny Winter And Live" one of the most important and influential albums for me personally- and you hardly ever hear people mention it. Blues/rock playing that is simply brain melting. Johnny's playing is so fluid and the energy of the band just takes it to another level...it is almost heading towards fusion.....and hearing this album just made it a natural evolution for me to get into jazz/rock .... If you don't know this one Andy, give it a listen and you will be very surprised if you only know of Johnny's work with Muddy Waters etc..... His version of Jumping Jack Flash is the definitive version.....
Good video. Thanks. It's too bad Hendrix and Miles never collaborated. Back in the 70s I had a bootleg of Hendrix playing in the studio, and allegedly he was working on stuff he wanted to try out with Miles.
I don’t know why I feel I need to apologize, and I don’t know if anyone is actually reading my comment, but I am absolutely mental about Jimi. What I consider my absolute treasure is my first copy of Band of Gypsys… And of course I also bought the new release of it with the booklet full of photographs. I feel in this regard it borders on idolatry, but what the hell! He is Jimi.
@@AndyEdwardsDrummer When you hear all the familiar tracks within the context and flow of the original album, all the elements that you alluded to in your video loom even larger, the blues , prog, fusion and pop all synthesize into a magical suite that certainly altered my perception of Hendrix. There is a ton of music to listen to and it's not always easy to find the time - but in this instance it is worth the effort, without doing so can you honestly answer the question 'Are You Experienced?' in the affirmative?🎸
The music of Hendrix can not be categorized into any one specific genre. Most of his songs consists of a variety of musical styles and genres. That really makes his music quite unique and stand out to me.
Hendrix took the R&B he first made a living with, that indeed borrow Jazz harmony. It also included the same Blues players that Clapton copied. He added the simply power chords used in the same way as Pete Townsend. He also added the high powered amplifiers that the Who, Cream and many other Brit players used. He then put it across with the kind of showmanship which was expected from the R&B audiences he performed for from his early days. The whole package was very successful so any young player was going to hear just by having on a local radio station all over the planet. A young player started with that then was eventually instructed to learn the more advanced palette of Jazz. When it came a time to make their own music they Incorporated Hendrix since they were not going to "Throw the baby out with the bath water'. I doubt Hendrix contrived a formula but never the less what he did has all the math of a good Science theory. Yes the social culture and even the technology of that time all were in perfect sync. But looking at it on paper, it couldn't fail.
I saw the same documentary in 1979. However I was into early who ,stones,small faces. I bought Jimi's Smash Hits and have been a fan ever since. Still love the 63-66 era, but Jimi changed the game. I dont dislike Zep, but dont see they did much Jimi wasnt already doing.
Hendrix's guitar solos were almost exclusively minor pentatonic! The bending, slides, hammer-ons, pull-offs were from the blues greats BB, Albert and Freddie King, Buddy Guy. His solo on "Red House" which people usually mention in reverent hushed whispers is mostly BB King licks plugged into a kind of weird echo, chorus effect. I know those licks (without the effect) and used to play them. Jimi didn't play them very well. Jimi Hendrix is 1000 times more famous than he was in US in 1967! I don't we'd be talking about him now if he hadn't of died young. I noticed that in my district in Northern California there were huge cardboard figures of Hendrix in the windows of the record stores a few days after he died.
One of the things that makes me so sad is that Jimi never got to fully go deep into prog, think about, blues, soul, psychedelic, rock, r&b and the black folk stories from america could’ve been another bridge to connect the white audience to learn more of our culture, and our people to learn more of English culture and understanding rock n roll breaks barriers. Part of me wants to try that, I have an urge to write psychedelic music and slowly progress to prog music and incorporate Afro-beat and jazz, get that Fela Kuti type beat into rock and see where it goes. I’m sorry if I sound idpol, but Jimi hendrix is one of the reasons as to why I’m proud to be black, and it shows me my people aren’t useless and that we have skill counter than what we have faced in America at least and to an extent the world, he gave me hope and like Fela Kuti, Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, and many more, that we have a few tricks up ourselves we like to share with the world too so they can enjoy and play it themselves.
TY, good introduction into the guitarplaying of JH. and yes it needs another part, another 20min minimum i think his 1966 period in England was a give and take. As much he impressed the scene there, Beck, Page, Clapton, mcLaughlin etc. could play the guitar 66 . He was the rolemodel for this guys to stay as mainactor in front. With playing guitarsolo and improvisations. And he came back to USA 1967 as an English rock act. As an American act no chance to be a black rock act. For the American industry Rock music was for white musicians only. Electric Ladyland as a result of innovative and successful experiments with new studiotechnology.Revolutionary. His studiowork with Stephan Stills and the talks that H ELP was in discussion are signals that he was not at the end of his way 1970 when he was stopped. Since Jack Bruce is the Miles Davis of rock, Jimi Hendrix can be the greatest rock star.
Nice companion to your vid on Identity politics and racism. In 1967, people couldn't have cared less about Jimi's race because of his talent. In 2020, Rolling Stone has a quota system for its album ranking.
Jimi was always very "rhythmic" or "boppy", whatever the term is. Where as Cream were very "boxy" or "rectangular" and the early fusion (of Lifetime, Miles etc) was very "horizontal". Jimi was always, from the beginning, whatever he did, extremely "integrated". Jimi perfectly blended all aspects of music. I am not sure he and Miles would have been a successful collaboration.
When I first heard the first record of tye Experience I was blown away. Axis was a step further and I was hooked. Electric Ladyland took me places I never dreamed of. Then, the bottom fell out. I didn’t care for the Band of Gypsies. Then, the internet arrived and I was able to hear the Experience live. From that moment on I’ve had a love hate relationship with Jimi. I find his live performances boring. 20 minutes of one chord jams and Jimi noodling was a distant cry from the first three records. I have tried listening to more live recordings/videos and I keep having the same view. I’ll stick with his first three studio records……
Yes! Spot on. Jimi was EASILY the greatest rock artist of all time. One thing though; McLaughlin was not the first jazz/rock guitarist incorporating the influence of Hendrix; it was actually Larry Coryell. Coryell was a much better blues and rock player than McLaughlin at that time in the late 60’s. Listen to Coryell’s 1969 album Spaces. Coryell and McLaughlin as a guest playing together.
I have heard Spaces. Check out Solid Bond from 1964. JM playing rock before it even existed and before Hendrix came along. The lineage is more complex than just hearing Hendrix and being influenced by him. JM was from the scene that birthed Hendrix and was playing with Jack and Ginger before Cream existed.
@@AndyEdwardsDrummer Wrong. McLaughlin was NOT "from the scene that birthed Hendrix." Completely wrong. The scene that "birthed Hendrix" was the American chitlin' circuit which Mclaughlin had absolutely NOTHING to do with. What are you talking about? Hendrix was on the chitlin' circuit as early as 64-65, so Mclaughlin wasn't playing blues and rock BEFORE Hendrix. You're wrong. The Graham Bond Organization was not BEFORE Hendrix's formative blues and R&B experience in the American south. Hendrix in turn influenced Mclaughlin.
@@AndyEdwardsDrummer Yes, the lineage is more "complex" because Jimi's chitlin circuit period, which obviously you're aren't really as familiar with, is EXACTLY during the same years as Mclaughlin was with Bond. That's more "complex" for you.
@@AndyEdwardsDrummer Yeah I know all that about JM playing with Jack and Ginger before Cream, that's basically common knowledge. Where your statement is inaccurate is in referring to that scene with Graham Bond at the Cromwellian Club, The Crawdaddy Club etc etc as being "the scene that birthed Jimi Hendrix." Not correct. If you mean the London scene as being the vehicle which initially brings Hendrix to the attention of the world, then yes. But MUSICALLY speaking, no, it was not the London scene that SHAPED Jimi's playing and group concept. That was shaped in the USA on the southern American chitlin circuit AT THE SAME EXACT TIME AS JM PLAYING WITH THE BOND ORGANIZATION. You're not correct.
Compared to Hendrix, what the so-called top guitarists were doing was more or less tail-chasing. They were playing their guitars to fill up the time; Hendrix made music that was logical and had true forward movement.
I don’t think you can pigeonhole Hendrix into a genre or sub-genre. He was (like I think you may have said) a space alien. He was beamed down to us for a few years before being recalled to the mother ship. I don’t know a single person who loves rock music and grew up in the 60s or 70s who wasn’t amazed and enthralled by Jimi and his guitar.
Would say that Hendrix is the most innovative rock star but Jagger just based on sheer longevity/sustained energy/creativity is the greatest rock star. Jagger is still setting the bar not only for all future rock stars/entertainers, but also redefining what it means to be "elderly" in a supposed young man's world which is rock and roll.
YOU ARE RIGHT! lets say with 100year distance in a Rock Encyclopedia is written "he delivered well into his 80s" . Sure no other will generate this Wow effect
Perhaps Hendrix is not staying in the public eye, kids aren't hearing his music because of the litigious nature of the inheritors of his estate. Try broadcasting his music anywhere on the interweb and in no time the lawyers descend like locusts. You've been Rock Blocked!
You can't really comprehend Hendrix until you've listened to Experience and Electric Ladyland beginning to end. Your theoretical analysis of Jimi misses the seminal force in his music LSD. Without LSD Jimi would have never been Jimi. He would have been great but he was the Greatest because of LSD.
Jimi Hendrix was just too much, too mind-blowing, too superior, too stupendously great… for any band or rock artist, not just in rock but in jazz and blues, that followed him. And so they tried to publicly ignore his influence, or they just stole and copied from him. Like they stole from James Brown. A LOT ! With a few exceptions, people who did give Jimi credit in interviews and books included high-level musicians Miles Davis and Stevie Ray Vaughan. And of course there were also a lot of bands and artists that just didn’t get Hendrix, never connected to him and his music, they only heard distortion and noise. Or thought they didn’t connect, but still were somehow influenced by him. Lol
Jimi Hendrix is a overrated guitar player! the idealization of JH began in 1970 with the Rolling Stone magazine after they choose him as the greatest guitar player of all times in their first list they did, in their last list they did before only a few years ago the number one is still JH as if in the last 50 years there were no new guitar players on planet earth, the idealization continues in your channel and in a lot of channels on RUclips, magazines, radio stations and more, i get all day links to musical papers and they all about the Beatles, Led Zeppelin and Jimi Hendrix, nobody writes about Grand Funk Railroad ar about Free for Example, Jimi Hendrix was as good as a guitar player as Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton, Carlos Santana, Peter Green and others and these are only some great guitar players from his era, there are a lot of great guitar players that started in the late seventies and eighties, like Yngwie Malmsteen who is the master of arpeggio variations, Allan Holdsworth, Eddie Van Halen who called Allan Holdsworth the autority to all guitar players, there are new technics that every modern guitar player control them, Albert King said that JH didn't know to play the blues, Marty Friedman said that JH is a boring guitar player, come on people, there is a new world out there, open your eyes and ears, stop living in the past, i wish all the best to you Andy and to all the commeters.
I'm afraid I disagree....technically he is not the greatest. But that is not what makes him great. When i listen to his solo om Voodoo Chile I cannot think of a guitarist that comes close to what he does there. It's absolutely out of control and from the heart. It's astonishing...
@@AndyEdwardsDrummer He had a few great moments in his short career, Third Stone From The Sun, All Along The Watchtower and Voodoo Chile and his best album in my humble opinion Axis: Bold As Love, but he wasn't outstanding over guitar players even from his own era, and even much less when compared to the great shredders of the eighties, in life there is a golden rule: you can grow up as a human being, in intelectual terms, or you can stay the same!!! i rest my case.
@@RobertWeingherYou are clueless and you don't even deserve to mention his name. You listen to guitar with your eyes. You don't understand his unique genius yet you think you know stuff. It's like saying The fast and the Furious is a better film than Casablanca because it is in colour and has more pace and better camera work and the sound is much better. You focus on the wrong things completely. It's lost on you so stay out.
In the last years a lot of famous musicians open their mouth against Jimi Hendrix, Neil Young said once that he played guitar as good as Jimi Hendrix, Prince said that Jimi was great but Carlos Santana played prettier, you said a lot of things against me but haven't said nothing to support why Jimi was great, this is exactly the meaning of idealization, to say that someone is great or something is great without explaining why, now you also have turned Jimi to a "saint", as you said i don't deserve to say his name, what a joke, don't you think you're exaggerating? take care and all the best.@@hesch-tag
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Once saw a tv report what a successful painter had been to a Rembrandt exhibition. He was visibly moved and said to the reporter 'I just want to home and paint my heart out'. This is how I feel about Hendrix. I want to play according to whatever the muses allow me to understand until the guitar falls from my aging worthless hands and I shall have no disapointment or resentment.
In 1967 I was singing and playing in a blues band. We had a rehearsal and the guitarist brought 2 albums 1. a T Bone Walker 60s comeback and 2) "Are You Experienced" I had not heard Jimi Hendrix at that point. There were stories on the grapevine that Hendrix had been playing free concerts in the Golden Gate Park "Panhandle" near the Haight. "At the rehearsal "Are You Experienced" was played. To me it sounded atavistic; a throwback to psychedelia. I remember saying "He sings like Dylan" and "The guitar sounds psychedelic!" We learned 2 songs at that rehearsal "Foxey Lady" and "Manic Depression" ...oh and a T Bone Walker song which I still remember and can still play.
Electric Ladyland has it all. Jazz, rock, rock 'n roll, blues, prog rock...you name it, it's all there. The best album ever recorded and will never be equalled IMO.
Agreed!!
I saw Jimi Hendrix at the Fillmore Auditorium one night in 1968. The placed was packed! About 350 people ha ha. It was 4 dollars at the door no reservations and you got a free poster. I sat middle front row balcony. I was a blues purist at the time and was not a fan of Hendrix or Cream. I went that night to see Albert King who was also on the bill.
But I enjoyed it very much. Jimi had a vibe like Miles Davis! And He came across as a very nice person.
Jimi Hendrix was and still is the most special and original musician the world has ever seen. He didn't write one bad song and he is highly underrated.
No way he is underrated. He is properly rated.
@jimimurti There are still lots of people who think he was mediocre (idiots) and there are lots of people who like him but they think he was the same level as a lot of players ( even though he was levels apart). Of course there are lots of people who rate him very highly/properly. So overall he is still underrated by too many people.
@@hesch-tag yes I know what you mean now, I agree.
As a long time fan of Hendrix and a guitar player as well, listening to you talk about Hendrix has given me a whole new appreciation of his work, and I think you're 100% right when you say he's not as venerated as he should be in terms of music as a whole, rather he's just venerated as "the ultimate guitar hero" and people diminish his influence on music as a whole.
Just need a complete video of the Electric Ladyland album now.
18:17 spot on Andy. You understand! Jimi was the consummate "communicator". 😎😎
Recently listened to the episode of The History of Rock in 500 Songs on Hey Joe. In it the presenter talked about an event early after Hendrix arrival in UK when on encouragement of Chandler, who knew Cream, Hendrix was invited onstage to play with Cream. Clapton’s jaw dropped and Beck, who was in audience looked on in wonder. Wish I had been there.
🌠Good One Andy ...
I m also a huge fan since 1979 and over the years I gathered 32 albums and about 25 cd's, videos, dvd
. Can and couldn't get enough of this hero.
On the wall of my studio I have two portraits on my wall, that represent the two aspects of music that I always attempt to include in my own. The virtuoso (JimI Hendrix) that is the mastery of an instruments possibilities vs composing, songs and production; (the Beatles). I love a lot of newer music since, Pil, Brian Eno, Depeche Mode, Slayer, Moloko, Röyksopp, Siouxsie and the Banshees but those decades old two pictures still represent the peaks of music's potential. The composed vs the improvised. I love Zeppelin because they were the first to mix the two aspects so well! Great point about Hendrix playing like a synth. That is what I strive for and am proud that for EVERY guitar part I searched for THE specific tone required and mostly succeeded.
The 2 most supreme live improvisation suites from Hendrix on record are: Hear my Train Coming from Band of Gypsies 2 and Machine Gun from Live at Isle of Wight. Both are from 1970 and there is a shift in the quality of his improvisation on that period until his death: he’s not so much for the show as before, but he is very much concerned about the sound. Sound creation on both songs is unparalleled, the tone range expands his vocabulary and is carefully used to perfection, the dynamics of his solo are perfect, it is indeed like a Coltrane solo. These 2 to me are the best improvisations on the history of rock all genres comprised and amongst the best in jazz. Should check, it is really a shame that the managers of his legacy make it so hard for us to have access on these things in RUclips
Hear my train a coming from live at Berkeley and Machine Gun from the album Band of Gypsys are better. Then there is the incredible 14 minute version of Red House from Hendrix in the West.
There was great deal of Jimi hendrix music still in his vault and much of that music hasn't seen the light of day because of the court battle of his estate. The Royal Albert Hall 1969 hendrix concert is still not released. The 1970 Maui concert recently came out and it's awesome. Hendrix's 68 Miami Pop festival album was all put out after late 90s court settlement to his Father and later Sister Janie . They also released alot of crappy Hendrix along with the good and therein lies the problem.
I think the first black crossover rock guitarists were Chuck Berry who basically played Hank and other “Hillbilly/ rockabilly” styles and wrote songs about suburban teens. Also there is Bo Diddley who adapted that New Orleans stomp into a flashy rock and roll act. Neither one of them was seen as a soul or blues artist, just rock. Thanks for interesting video.
Another great video Andy - so glad to have found your channel. I remember hearing the Are You Experienced album when it was first released (my older brother had bought it) and to be honest some of the tracks almost frightened me. Nobody had heard sounds like that from a guitar before. But the more I heard that album the more I loved it. I rate it as maybe the greatest first album by any artist. It was a game changer and overnight Pop Music had become Rock Music. Glad that you have pointed out that Hendrix was also a first class song writer. None of his studio albums sound dated to me and not long before they will be 60 years old - incredible. Also thanks for mentioning Mitch Mitchell who was fantastic for Hendrix - no surprise as he was really a jazz drummer.
The Jimi Hendrix Concerts released in ,83 has some stunning playing on it.
The 1st Jimi discs i bought. Incredible stuff.
Stone free and Red House, incredible versions, totally improvised solos.
Absolutely amazing album.
Something about Hendrix I've come to appreciate more over time as I learn more about guitar amplification and equipment is how he produced this amazing array of tones, tenderness, and colour using an early Marshall Super Lead with primitive fuzz faces, octavia, wah, and univibe. I can't imagine standing a few meters in front of a cranked Super Lead on a huge stage, where the guitar is essentially out of control and every tiny sound is amplified straight at your face dry as a bone without reverb, and having any sort of confidence to make nuanced, beautiful sounds. I don't think most guitarists would be able to control a rig like that, and most of us will probably never even get a chance to try.
The first artist I obsessed over .... I have a soft spot for "Pali Gap" from Rainbow Bridge. Top video Andy.
For me, what is incredible about Jimi is: (i) incredible song writer with little repetition; so much diversity; (ii) incredible vocalist with incredible powers of communication; (iii) equally could literally talk or communicate or paint imagery with his guitar to express the themes of the songs; (iv) could do all of the above at the same time. To me, he is the greatest, without compare. John McLaughlin a distant 2nd. Of course, Stevie Wonder is a different genre and maybe equal to Jimi. Beatles were good in their era. Coltrane was a master. Jimi is up there with Coltrane.
What about “Bird”, Charlie Parker ?
I gotta say that “Band of Gypsys” is my favorite Hendrix album. A drummer friend of mine asked me how I could prefer Buddy Miles over Mitch Mitchell. Don’t know, it just sounds more timeless to me. Funkier. Its openness gives Jimi more room to roam. Hard to believe that the only reason he put that album out was to get out of a bad record contract.
I love them both, but Band of Gypsies somehow points to what Jimi may have done if he had not died.
Andy, you put up a strong case for Jimi Hendrix, but 'Greatest rock star' is, of course, a subjective term, and I can't think of any individual who REALLY deserves that status. However, if pushed, I would suggest Frank Zappa, for his knowledge of and brilliant integration of so many genres that gave rise to his distinctive 'Zappa sound'. He could do complexity and simplicity, long instrumentals and short songs, political satire and vulgar comedy. He is the most advanced rock composer and the most articulate public speaker to come from the rock world. Jimi is a legendary rock guitarist. Frank is much more than that.
Great chat and insights into Hendrix. One thing I think may be important and overlooked about Hendrix’s music is that Hendrix used to be a paratrooper in the Air Force. Jimi used to jump out of airplanes and that sound and feeling came out in his playing. Dick Dale played with the sounds of waves curling in behind a surfer and Dale said he knew Hendrix and bonded over both being lefties. Maybe Dale mentioned this aspect of his playing and Hendrix took that idea and used it to create Sky Dive Rock as opposed to surf rock. I don’t know just a theory.
sorry about all my posts Andy but I've never heard a commentator before, such as yourself, that I personally see eye to eye with on so many matters (John, Spectrum. etc)! great video!
I loved everything he did musically. Such an influence on me at 15 being a guitar player only 2 years and then I heard Purple Haze on AM radio and I was stunned. Hard to believe he only released 3 albums in his lifetime.
Thank you for an excellent video Andy. I am a huge fan of Jimi H. He is the reason why I am a musician today. In 1972 when I was in grade 12, I listened to “In the West” by JH literally everyday. I would take the album to school and listen to it on headphones in the library during my lunch break. Then go directly to my next class. I was raised in a musical family and played guitar and mandolin with my parents (who were also very good musicians) and during the 60s I played and sang folk music on acoustic guitar. At a young age I was swayed by the shear emotion of JH music and guitar playing.
As a huge fan I would like to contribute some of my thoughts about JH. For shear funk, I would suggest listening to “Freedom” from the album “Cry of Love”. In this studio version Hendrix overdubs at least two more guitars to layer the most amazing funk groove. Although JH was a master of playing more than one part on the guitar and singing at the same time, there are clearly some overdubs on the piece. He plays over the changes in at least two examples that I can think of, and both examples are from the album “War Heroes”. The first example is from the outro of “I Just Came Back from the Storm” where he is clearly and beautifully playing over changes. Hendrix may not be aware he was playing over the changes, but he was. In the beautiful and stately “Midnight” he solos over a series of parallel (mis-named) “Hendrix Chords” (dominant sharp nine chord) (a chord used by others long before JH). Here his solo build and builds on the ascending chords to an incredible climax. The second chorus is drenched with guitar and studio effects, creating that typical JH other worldly sound.
According to Pete Townsend; Hendrix “is at his best live”. For the best live blues performance check out “Red House” and the best live version of “Voodoo Chile”, both from “In The West”.
Thanks again Andy for this great tribute!
Jack G. from Canada
Quite the story! And hello to a fellow Canadian!
Absolutely (i wrote elsewhere), both Voodoo Chile/Child are fusion. Rainy Day is fusion. 1983 is the ultimate birth of real prog. One can hear later Pink Floyd & King Crimson in 1983. Gypsy Eyes has that incredible metal riff (ala Immigrant Song), to add to Jimi's previous metal. Watchtower weaves many perfect solos, preceding what would follow such as Sultans of Swing or Comfortably Numb. And that is only Electric Ladyland. Don't forget the amazing outro solos on Bold As Love and Little Wing, surely another first. Jimi is the greatest. There is no comparison. Stevie Wonder was great but not sure as innovative. Listen to how his Living For The City sounds like a mix of Jimi's Have YOu Ever Been and Straight Ahead. Jimi is everywhere. His riff writing & ability to blend vocal & guitar is all over Led Zep. Page, Beck, McLaughlin, etc, were all searching for their voice and formula before Jimi. Jimi showed this guys the massive diversity they could achieve and he set them free to find their own voice, 🌹🌹🌹Machine Gun the greatest.
May this be love - the greatest guitar solo ever bar none
Hendrix was of his time. He could write cool songs. Stuff that others could cover. And that Band of Gypsies record is an amazing album. Machine Gun still slays me. You nailed it its the whole package. Great vid. Thanks
Hendrix music composing and song writing puts him in a separate category by himself like a Mozart and Beethoven
Great subject, in fact he was so big at the time that what I really struggle to get is how generally not known this is! He was as big or more than Elvis at his time or Michael Jackson at his peak. He was the most well paid artist on the planet, the biggest live scene, and (what really is not mentioned) his albums had a complete dominion over the pop culture, they were the best selling albums of the time, and everyone would stop to listen to a new release of him at the time. For those couple of years he was just as big as the Beatles and his footprint on the pop culture is probably as big as theirs. So why everyone praises the Beatles and remember their achievements but not Hendrix’s? There’s a lot of conspiracy theories out there, but at the end of the day I think poor Jimmy was poised to have a bad management of his art both during his lifetime and after his death, so much so that his legacy is going to disappear for the present generation just because they can’t see him on RUclips. So it is great that your doing this video and I hope loads of people come to watch it 👍☺️🙏❤️🌈
This video deals with these things. I try and explain his unique brilliance. But you raise some points I may well have to discuss later.
where to start? start with Purple Haze. what an incredible musical composition for early 1967. its so advanced and its merely a pop song
Great review of my fave!
Glad you like it Dem...I thought of you when I made it....
It's amazing to tbink that at the time of his death he had been playing for 12-13 years.
And his 4 years of fame caused a huge splash felt to this day.
It's incredible. Like a shooting star.
19:09 don't overlook Voodoo Chile with Steve Winwood. Total telepathic electronic keyboard fusion with guitar in 1968.
I have sixty or seventy Hendrix albums and Odd ones like Gil Evans plays Jimi Hendrix and someone doing Bango covers of Hendrix . Hendrix doesn't fill my lust for music because there aren't alot of his songs . His legacy was only four years. Jimi opened my ears to Jazz music such as Miles Davis and Ornette Coleman. There are other greats out there like Bowie ,Zappa and Amon Duul that I enjoy but I still will buy Hendrix's latest release. His Los Angeles 1969 concert is due out in October.
I will do a video on that Gil Evans album at some point...
I really liked Mitch Mitchell, You mentioned Ginger Baker briefly, I really liked him as well... categorizing music is tough, but I always felt Hendrix was more acid rock, psychedelic as most bands back then were taking acid and it really influenced their creativity
I used to listen to Electric Ladyland in the dark! I even used to tape over the front of the Hi Fi (now there is a blast fom the past) so there was NO LIGHT! Brilliant album!
I remembered Hendrix name and image from the late 60s while still growing up in the 70s and remember my dad talking about him in1970 when he died but first got into his music in 1980 when a certain dj who is now persona non grata played Purple Haze on his weekly radio show where he did charts from the archives. It was around the same time as the NWOBHM and I had been aware from the late 60s even as a small child that Hendrix was a loud guitarist and the music was heavier and for older people than the poppy Peter Noone or Archies stuff that resonated me with 5 year old me around 1969. Hearing Purple Haze that day in 1980 fascinated me how similar in sonic power and energy it was to the NWOBHM bands like Saxon and Whitesnake who were in the charts at the time. I remember the late 60s and all the crooners like Engelbert Humperdinck my mum played and the sugary pop acts and the fact a record like Purple Haze with the opening two note attack had been in the charts in 67 amazed me, still does to this day. I wonder whether I heard it as a 3 year old in 67 and it simply didn't register as music to my soft brain as a lot of other 60s hits registered as famaliar when I heard them years later.
I too first got Stone Free. Like you, I couldnt believe what I was hearing. Then I got Electric Ladyland and I never looked back.
Good essay-further confirms Hendrix cannot be categorized and his genius sounds as fresh and alive today as a Van Gogh painting
Yes.
I think so. Along with Thelonious Monk and Bob Marley.. he is one of..my 3 all time favorite musicians.
In terms of under appreciated guitarists just check out "Johnny Winter And Live" one of the most important and influential albums for me personally- and you hardly ever hear people mention it. Blues/rock playing that is simply brain melting. Johnny's playing is so fluid and the energy of the band just takes it to another level...it is almost heading towards fusion.....and hearing this album just made it a natural evolution for me to get into jazz/rock ....
If you don't know this one Andy, give it a listen and you will be very surprised if you only know of Johnny's work with Muddy Waters etc.....
His version of Jumping Jack Flash is the definitive version.....
That sounds really interesting. Will check it out.
Great album
Good video. Thanks.
It's too bad Hendrix and Miles never collaborated. Back in the 70s I had a bootleg of Hendrix playing in the studio, and allegedly he was working on stuff he wanted to try out with Miles.
I don’t know why I feel I need to apologize, and I don’t know if anyone is actually reading my comment, but I am absolutely mental about Jimi. What I consider my absolute treasure is my first copy of Band of Gypsys… And of course I also bought the new release of it with the booklet full of photographs. I feel in this regard it borders on idolatry, but what the hell! He is Jimi.
Andy, do yourself a big favour and give Electric Ladyland a listen from start to finish. You wont regret it.
I have always known that would be the case....
@@AndyEdwardsDrummer When you hear all the familiar tracks within the context and flow of the original album, all the elements that you alluded to in your video loom even larger, the blues , prog, fusion and pop all synthesize into a magical suite that certainly altered my perception of Hendrix. There is a ton of music to listen to and it's not always easy to find the time - but in this instance it is worth the effort, without doing so can you honestly answer the question 'Are You Experienced?' in the affirmative?🎸
The music of Hendrix can not be categorized into any one specific genre. Most of his songs consists of a variety of musical styles and genres. That really makes his music quite unique and stand out to me.
I agree
He was inspired by Johnny Guitar Watson as well, playing and performing
Hendrix took the R&B he first made a living with, that indeed borrow Jazz harmony. It also included the same Blues players that Clapton copied. He added the simply power chords used in the same way as Pete Townsend. He also added the high powered amplifiers that the Who, Cream and many other Brit players used. He then put it across with the kind of showmanship which was expected from the R&B audiences he performed for from his early days. The whole package was very successful so any young player was going to hear just by having on a local radio station all over the planet.
A young player started with that then was eventually instructed to learn the more advanced palette of Jazz. When it came a time to make their own music they Incorporated Hendrix since they were not going to "Throw the baby out with the bath water'. I doubt Hendrix contrived a formula but never the less what he did has all the math of a good Science theory. Yes the social culture and even the technology of that time all were in perfect sync. But looking at it on paper, it couldn't fail.
I saw the same documentary in 1979. However I was into early who ,stones,small faces. I bought Jimi's Smash Hits and have been a fan ever since. Still love the 63-66 era, but Jimi changed the game. I dont dislike Zep, but dont see they did much Jimi wasnt already doing.
Awesome 🔥🔥
Glad you like it
Jimi was the Brother from Another Planet
Ahhhhhhhhh Grateful Dead ! Come on Andy, do it! I know Jerry Ewing loves Grateful Dead!
axis bold as love was the 1st album I ever bought
Hendrix's guitar solos were almost exclusively minor pentatonic! The bending, slides, hammer-ons, pull-offs were from the blues greats BB, Albert and Freddie King, Buddy Guy. His solo on "Red House" which people usually mention in reverent hushed whispers is mostly BB King licks plugged into a kind of weird echo, chorus effect. I know those licks (without the effect) and used to play them. Jimi didn't play them very well. Jimi Hendrix is 1000 times more famous than he was in US in 1967! I don't we'd be talking about him now if he hadn't of died young. I noticed that in my district in Northern California there were huge cardboard figures of Hendrix in the windows of the record stores a few days after he died.
You don't understand Jimi Hendrix but the problem is you are convinced you do. You are so wrong, so incredibly and criminally wrong.
One of the things that makes me so sad is that Jimi never got to fully go deep into prog, think about, blues, soul, psychedelic, rock, r&b and the black folk stories from america could’ve been another bridge to connect the white audience to learn more of our culture, and our people to learn more of English culture and understanding rock n roll breaks barriers. Part of me wants to try that, I have an urge to write psychedelic music and slowly progress to prog music and incorporate Afro-beat and jazz, get that Fela Kuti type beat into rock and see where it goes. I’m sorry if I sound idpol, but Jimi hendrix is one of the reasons as to why I’m proud to be black, and it shows me my people aren’t useless and that we have skill counter than what we have faced in America at least and to an extent the world, he gave me hope and like Fela Kuti, Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, and many more, that we have a few tricks up ourselves we like to share with the world too so they can enjoy and play it themselves.
Drifter's Escape is a Bob Dylan song isn't it? I haven't heard that one,
Yes...check out Jimi's version, it's great
Gil Evans did a very good hommage album to Jimi
Thats my favourite Gil Evans album
TY, good introduction into the guitarplaying of JH. and yes it needs another part, another 20min minimum
i think his 1966 period in England was a give and take.
As much he impressed the scene there, Beck, Page, Clapton, mcLaughlin etc. could play the guitar 66 . He was the rolemodel for this guys to stay as mainactor in front. With playing guitarsolo and improvisations.
And he came back to USA 1967 as an English rock act. As an American act no chance to be a black rock act. For the American industry Rock music was for white musicians only.
Electric Ladyland as a result of innovative and successful experiments with new studiotechnology.Revolutionary.
His studiowork with Stephan Stills and the talks that H ELP was in discussion are signals that he was not at the end of his way 1970 when he was stopped.
Since Jack Bruce is the Miles Davis of rock, Jimi Hendrix can be the greatest rock star.
Nice companion to your vid on Identity politics and racism. In 1967, people couldn't have cared less about Jimi's race because of his talent. In 2020, Rolling Stone has a quota system for its album ranking.
Exactly...I love Jimi so much that it would abhorrent to call him the greatest 'black' anything....he was simply the greatest....
Andy, please listen to Electric Ladyland in one sitting.
At the very least, listen to the song 1983.
Please please please. You won’t regret it.
I have heard 1983 many times and it is so far out for the time or any time.
John McLaughlin discusses Jimi, saying his greats are Coltrane & Jimi.
What's the question mark for, Andy?
Jimi was always very "rhythmic" or "boppy", whatever the term is. Where as Cream were very "boxy" or "rectangular" and the early fusion (of Lifetime, Miles etc) was very "horizontal". Jimi was always, from the beginning, whatever he did, extremely "integrated". Jimi perfectly blended all aspects of music. I am not sure he and Miles would have been a successful collaboration.
When I first heard the first record of tye Experience I was blown away. Axis was a step further and I was hooked. Electric Ladyland took me places I never dreamed of. Then, the bottom fell out. I didn’t care for the Band of Gypsies. Then, the internet arrived and I was able to hear the Experience live. From that moment on I’ve had a love hate relationship with Jimi. I find his live performances boring. 20 minutes of one chord jams and Jimi noodling was a distant cry from the first three records. I have tried listening to more live recordings/videos and I keep having the same view.
I’ll stick with his first three studio records……
Yes! Spot on. Jimi was EASILY the greatest rock artist of all time. One thing though; McLaughlin was not the first jazz/rock guitarist incorporating the influence of Hendrix; it was actually Larry Coryell. Coryell was a much better blues and rock player than McLaughlin at that time in the late 60’s. Listen to Coryell’s 1969 album Spaces. Coryell and McLaughlin as a guest playing together.
I have heard Spaces. Check out Solid Bond from 1964. JM playing rock before it even existed and before Hendrix came along. The lineage is more complex than just hearing Hendrix and being influenced by him. JM was from the scene that birthed Hendrix and was playing with Jack and Ginger before Cream existed.
@@AndyEdwardsDrummer Wrong. McLaughlin was NOT "from the scene that birthed Hendrix." Completely wrong. The scene that "birthed Hendrix" was the American chitlin' circuit which Mclaughlin had absolutely NOTHING to do with. What are you talking about? Hendrix was on the chitlin' circuit as early as 64-65, so Mclaughlin wasn't playing blues and rock BEFORE Hendrix. You're wrong. The Graham Bond Organization was not BEFORE Hendrix's formative blues and R&B experience in the American south. Hendrix in turn influenced Mclaughlin.
@@AndyEdwardsDrummer Yes, the lineage is more "complex" because Jimi's chitlin circuit period, which obviously you're aren't really as familiar with, is EXACTLY during the same years as Mclaughlin was with Bond. That's more "complex" for you.
@@AndyEdwardsDrummer Yeah I know all that about JM playing with Jack and Ginger before Cream, that's basically common knowledge. Where your statement is inaccurate is in referring to that scene with Graham Bond at the Cromwellian Club, The Crawdaddy Club etc etc as being "the scene that birthed Jimi Hendrix." Not correct. If you mean the London scene as being the vehicle which initially brings Hendrix to the attention of the world, then yes. But MUSICALLY speaking, no, it was not the London scene that SHAPED Jimi's playing and group concept. That was shaped in the USA on the southern American chitlin circuit AT THE SAME EXACT TIME AS JM PLAYING WITH THE BOND ORGANIZATION. You're not correct.
Jimi Hendrix played what I call, er , Hendrix music.
Compared to Hendrix, what the so-called top guitarists were doing was more or less tail-chasing. They were playing their guitars to fill up the time; Hendrix made music that was logical and had true forward movement.
I don’t think you can pigeonhole Hendrix into a genre or sub-genre. He was (like I think you may have said) a space alien. He was beamed down to us for a few years before being recalled to the mother ship. I don’t know a single person who loves rock music and grew up in the 60s or 70s who wasn’t amazed and enthralled by Jimi and his guitar.
Would say that Hendrix is the most innovative rock star but Jagger just based on sheer longevity/sustained energy/creativity is the greatest rock star. Jagger is still setting the bar not only for all future rock stars/entertainers, but also redefining what it means to be "elderly" in a supposed young man's world which is rock and roll.
YOU ARE RIGHT! lets say with 100year distance in a Rock Encyclopedia is written "he delivered well into his 80s" . Sure no other will generate this Wow effect
Yes I know it's been said before, many times, infinity times but ................... what if he hadn't died so early! Where would rock music be now?!
Perhaps Hendrix is not staying in the public eye, kids aren't hearing his music because of the litigious nature of the inheritors of his estate. Try broadcasting his music anywhere on the interweb and in no time the lawyers descend like locusts. You've been Rock Blocked!
He is....
You can't really comprehend Hendrix until you've listened to Experience and Electric Ladyland beginning to end. Your theoretical analysis of Jimi misses the seminal force in his music LSD. Without LSD Jimi would have never been Jimi. He would have been great but he was the Greatest because of LSD.
Jimi Hendrix was just too much, too mind-blowing, too superior, too stupendously great… for any band or rock artist, not just in rock but in jazz and blues, that followed him. And so they tried to publicly ignore his influence, or they just stole and copied from him. Like they stole from James Brown. A LOT !
With a few exceptions, people who did give Jimi credit in interviews and books included high-level musicians Miles Davis and Stevie Ray Vaughan. And of course there were also a lot of bands and artists that just didn’t get Hendrix, never connected to him and his music, they only heard distortion and noise.
Or thought they didn’t connect, but still were somehow influenced by him. Lol
After Jim Morrison!
Way ahead of Jim Morrison
@@hesch-tagThank you for your opinion.
@@mixaliskokkinos1496 Glad to help out.
Jimi Hendrix is a overrated guitar player! the idealization of JH began in 1970 with the Rolling Stone magazine after they choose him as the greatest guitar player of all times in their first list they did, in their last list they did before only a few years ago the number one is still JH as if in the last 50 years there were no new guitar players on planet earth, the idealization continues in your channel and in a lot of channels on RUclips, magazines, radio stations and more, i get all day links to musical papers and they all about the Beatles, Led Zeppelin and Jimi Hendrix, nobody writes about Grand Funk Railroad ar about Free for Example, Jimi Hendrix was as good as a guitar player as Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton, Carlos Santana, Peter Green and others and these are only some great guitar players from his era, there are a lot of great guitar players that started in the late seventies and eighties, like Yngwie Malmsteen who is the master of arpeggio variations, Allan Holdsworth, Eddie Van Halen who called Allan Holdsworth the autority to all guitar players, there are new technics that every modern guitar player control them, Albert King said that JH didn't know to play the blues, Marty Friedman said that JH is a boring guitar player, come on people, there is a new world out there, open your eyes and ears, stop living in the past, i wish all the best to you Andy and to all the commeters.
I'm afraid I disagree....technically he is not the greatest. But that is not what makes him great. When i listen to his solo om Voodoo Chile I cannot think of a guitarist that comes close to what he does there. It's absolutely out of control and from the heart. It's astonishing...
@@AndyEdwardsDrummer He had a few great moments in his short career, Third Stone From The Sun, All Along The Watchtower and Voodoo Chile and his best album in my humble opinion Axis: Bold As Love, but he wasn't outstanding over guitar players even from his own era, and even much less when compared to the great shredders of the eighties, in life there is a golden rule: you can grow up as a human being, in intelectual terms, or you can stay the same!!! i rest my case.
You havent got a scooby
@@RobertWeingherYou are clueless and you don't even deserve to mention his name. You listen to guitar with your eyes. You don't understand his unique genius yet you think you know stuff. It's like saying The fast and the Furious is a better film than Casablanca because it is in colour and has more pace and better camera work and the sound is much better. You focus on the wrong things completely. It's lost on you so stay out.
In the last years a lot of famous musicians open their mouth against Jimi Hendrix, Neil Young said once that he played guitar as good as Jimi Hendrix, Prince said that Jimi was great but Carlos Santana played prettier, you said a lot of things against me but haven't said nothing to support why Jimi was great, this is exactly the meaning of idealization, to say that someone is great or something is great without explaining why, now you also have turned Jimi to a "saint", as you said i don't deserve to say his name, what a joke, don't you think you're exaggerating? take care and all the best.@@hesch-tag
He is the most overrated guitar player of all time.