But Tommy Chong got something wrong about Hendrix...Jimi was never "stationed" in Seattle in the early 1960s...but he did visit his grandma-a big influence in his life-, who lived in Vancouver BC...so it is likely that Jimi DID stop by a famous Vancouver club, named Dante's Inferno, to see Bobby Taylor and the Vancouvers. And it is very doubtful, that when Jimi walked into that club Tommy mentions, that 300 people followed him in! Sad, that so many people who encountered Hendrix, tend to expand on their interactions!
Hendrix was never "stationed" in Seattle, his 13 month stint in the Army was over by July of 1962. But he DID visit his grandma, who lived in Vancouver BC, while on tours he was a part of, from 1964-65, likely when he was with Little Richard. And yeah, he did stop by and catch tommy Chong's group, Bobby Taylor and the Vancouvers, at least once! It is so cool, that Hendrix met up with Tommy in London, in 1967! I had thought their meeting took place in Vancouver, earlier on.
After Jimi played at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto he went with Mitch Mitchell to an all-night shelter. This was a big shelter in downtown Toronto with a stage and a band playing. Jimi was offered a guitar but he said he played guitar already that night and wanted to play bass. Terry Walsh from St. Catharines was the bass guitar owner, someone I know.
@@curbozerboomer1773 I called it a shelter because the real word didn't come to me. Hostel. If you were hitch-hiking around the country you could stay over-night for free, probably getting a fried egg sandwich with an orange or apple in the morning for free. At the time, if you worked eight weeks and were laid off, or something, you could claim Unemployment Insurance, getting 90% of your pay for fifty weeks.
According to my calculations there are multiple dimensions stating that there are alternative versions of ourselves throughout a multiverse. Therefore, there may be multiples like Hendrix. Who knows? Maybe one of them out there is slightly better than our Hendrix 🤔
The 70's was all about Jimi, every movie that has a guitar solo as the soundtrack, every aspiring rock star... he lived on and grew even though he was no longer here. and I was just thinking as I watch a few of these and am seeing a parallel, the 80's was all about Randy Rhoads in the exact same way. I think those two are in the rare group that can be called the GOAT's. (It's not Technique or mechanical ability, it's inspiration).
I have a deep & abiding appreciation for Hendrix & I now also see that Jeff Beck's playing had an original & expressive character beyond simply rock & roll style playing. Neither Jimi nor Jeff "shredded" on the guitar, they both expressed themselves uniquely on EVERY solo they ever did.
That is one of the secrets of Jimi, I believe. He didn’t just play amazing guitar overnight. He watched all kinds of different acts for years absorbing everything he could around him until he was finally ready to blast off!
One other thing...he was an absolutely OCD category, when it came to studying guitar...he practiced constantly, even slept with his guitar next to him at times...a few of his girlfriends complained about having to compete with the guitar for his affections!
Wow I didn't know that Jim I a guy before his time the same as they said the guy in doors can't think of his name right now oh what else is new rite Sam
Yvonne Shearer jim Morrison he grew up in Florida near me he went to St.Petersburg jr.college took poetry thats how he wrote his music was through poetry music came secondary out of his poetry
Hendrix was never stationed in Seattle. He was in the 101st Airborne division in Fort Campbell KY. He was born and raised in Seattle so he probably just got the two confused
@@antarcticorb9197 There used to be a small Hendrix shrine in a shop just off Main Street near an overpass- not sure if it's still there as it's been over 20 years since I went down there. There was some memorabilia and stories all over the walls; the owner had some connection I think. Something about his grandma or aunt or something had a club that served food and all the names would come through there, and Hendrix hung around when he was younger. The Vancouver Hard Rock Cafe, when it existed, had one of Hendrix's amps and stage costumes. It wasn't a Marshall though- might have been a Sunn, something like that; I can't remember exactly- he used it on a few gigs or something.
Hendrix definitely is the God of Guitar , imagine how amazing it must have seemed to Tommy to have an icon just stroll into your club randomly, but Hendrix was a very humble and nice guy , he was fed up with fame and the celeb life by the end of 1970 as a lot of people had said, if he had been granted a few months off the road so he could get his sleep and a good break then he would still be here today but sadly i call it fate, same as with other really famous icons who passed, if its meant to be sadly its meant to be.
Well...we do not know why we are born, or even why we have to die...but the space in between, is where we spend our time. Jimi clearly sensed that he had a musical statement to make, and somehow made it happen! After being so appreciated for making his awesome statement, he had a period of creative frustration, and was in process of moving forward again, when his mounting drug interactions took him away...we were so lucky, to even have him around for those few years of brilliance.
Jimi Hendrix grew up in Seattle and lived in Vancouver with his grandmother in strathcona and went to high school there for a while. He used to come up and visit when he was a bit older and play there too. Got fired from the Smiling Buddha for playing too loud.
@@daniel213141 That is correct...no high school for Jimi in Canada...he attended, but did not graduate, from Garfield High in Seattle...he dropped out by 1961, hung out for awhile, but was told to either join the Army, or spend some time in jail, for riding in stolen cars!..He was 18 and a half, when he joined the Army.
He actually could have been one of Hendrix influencers to play the guitar ! Amazing path crossings ! Goes to show that positive energy in this universe inspires creativity that can change lives. Cool butterfly effect !
Loads of recordings, all along the watchtower the most famous, but he played bass on a fair few of his tracks.. Can't think of any video off hand though
Yes indeed...but he did come home on leave, maybe in late 1961, but did NOT visit his Seattle family! Likely, he did visit his grandma in BC...later on, he visited her again for a short period of time in 62-63, but then made his way back to the South, where he took up again with Billy Cox and that Chitlin Circuit lifestyle. He gave that up in 1964, and headed to NYC, where he thought his chances for success would be better...eventually, he was correct!
i saw jimi play bass and guitar with jimmy soul at a college in '66, his band mates called him maurice. after the gig they took their equipment to a fraternity basement bar nearby and played til the middle of the night for 200 bucks...we all knew and he knew he was gonna be a star, everybody was awestruck
What a great story!...Was that DePaw University?...There was published in the Annual for 1966, a photo of Jimi playing at a dance on campus there. He indeed was called "Maurice James" during that period.
how tragic that we live in a day and age when people film themselves eating a hamburger to get likes, but there is so much from the past that we would KILL to see that SHOULD have been filmed. I would love to see Jimi playing bass.
Hey Bobo - There are more videos on different subjects that Tommy talked about plus a full audio file of the segment. - He had been on the show a few times and as always a great guest however, this is not the interview he did after the raid. That was at our other studios but again, I do have that audio. Maybe I'll post it up here since he wrote about it.
I visited that original gravesite, back in 1979...Al Hendrix showed up, and talked with me for over an hour!...A photographer from Life magazine also showed up, and took a few photos of me with Al Hendrix...But later, the photographer wrote me, saying that because virtually no one was visiting the grave on Jimi's birthday, he had decided that there was no story to be printed...he did however, send me a nice 8x11 photo of me with Al Hendrix.
I actually sold Tommy a Hendrix songbook, strap, and picks at GCSherman Oaks back in 2002. He was nice, though a bit guarded. Which, after his fairly recent release from prison at the time, was to be expected. It was just cool to help an icon.
You know, Jimi toured with Little Richard and with the Isley Brothers. He also had his own band, Jimmy James and the Blue Flames. Hewas playing in that band when the bass player from The Animals, Chaz Chandler, saw him in New York and took him to England. The rest, as they say, is history!
@@curbozerboomer1773 Thanks Boomer, It was Shot when Tommy came to our studio over 10 years ago but there are many that didn't know this story so I am glad they get a chance to hear it from Tommy.
Its lovely to see the past and all these stars are getting together, you know who would of known. Hey come check out my band play voodoo chile tell me watch you think...
In 1967 hendrix's career had just taken off he wasn't specifically famous yet. So for him to say it was like God appeared and there was 300 people behind him. Is a lie also how could Hendrix know who Tommy Chong was in 1967
A point however, musicians are a different breed and you'll find even if they don't know the band or anybody in the lineup, they'll still support? Just a thought
Jimi would have only been just starting out in 67, only a year into his fame in London. Americans didn’t even know of him, I doubt Tommy knew too much about him, never mind thinking he was a god back then. Tommy probably didn’t even recognize him when he walked in, he may have heard of him, but that’s it.
"Hey Joe" entered the UK top-10 in January 1967 after Jimi appeared on two TV shows (Ready Steady Go and Top of the Pops) in December 1966. This, combined with the fact that the Beatles, Stones, The Who, Cream, etc. (and their fans) had been watching him perform live in London clubs as early as October 1966, means Tommy (a fellow musician) obviously knew who he was and was well aware of his abilities...
Known to other English groups yes. London is a small town they all ran in very small circles. I doubt Tommy knew exactly who he was and how good he was yet.
@@alecs6492 Alec, after Hendrix was discharged from the Army and before he went to NYC he spent time around Vancouver as his grandmother lived in Van in a neighbourhood called Hogan's Alley. Tommy Chong's club was on East Hastings about 10-12 blocks from Hendrix's grandmother's place. In the early '60s the population of metro Vancouver was well below a million people. Everyone knew everyone and JH sat in with many locals to jam. Tommy Chong and Jimi Hendrix definitely knew each other from Vancouver days.
Like the time we were playing in Philadelphia with Santa Clause man. And Jimi walks in and wants to sit in and play Grandma got run over by a reindeer! That was far out man! ❤
@Loz1234567 I absolutely know what you mean... My parents talk about how kick ass it was back then and all. Yeah, nowadays are fucking boring man, I totally agree, man. Here's one little loop-hole though; Humboldt, CA (very known for their weed) is like a flashback to the 60's I'd heard, and I went there and it is fucking hippie central, haha. Not just the people, but the mindset. So awesome. I'm gonna be moving there soon :)
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Tommy's such a cool dude, he totally deserves to live forever so that everybody who ever lives has a chance to experience his gentle humor.
So true and he's humble!
But Tommy Chong got something wrong about Hendrix...Jimi was never "stationed" in Seattle in the early 1960s...but he did visit his grandma-a big influence in his life-, who lived in Vancouver BC...so it is likely that Jimi DID stop by a famous Vancouver club, named Dante's Inferno, to see Bobby Taylor and the Vancouvers. And it is very doubtful, that when Jimi walked into that club Tommy mentions, that 300 people followed him in! Sad, that so many people who encountered Hendrix, tend to expand on their interactions!
Cool that Tommy was a musician on the Vancouver scene, and signed to Motown.. before he met Cheech... and partied and jammed with Jimi... awesome!!
It's cool that Jimi Hendrix knew a stoner icon wayyyyy before he was known as one!
Or Jimi says..., hold my bong chong 😆
Yes!! It’s also just as cool that Cheech Marin auditioned for the lead singer spot in Frank Zappas Mothers Of Invention band!!
no way, he would have been a great fit @@energyasylum997
Why is it cool ?
What instrument did Tommy play? And what kind of music?
Hendrix was never "stationed" in Seattle, his 13 month stint in the Army was over by July of 1962. But he DID visit his grandma, who lived in Vancouver BC, while on tours he was a part of, from 1964-65, likely when he was with Little Richard. And yeah, he did stop by and catch tommy Chong's group, Bobby Taylor and the Vancouvers, at least once! It is so cool, that Hendrix met up with Tommy in London, in 1967! I had thought their meeting took place in Vancouver, earlier on.
Great Info! Thank you!
After Jimi played at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto he went with Mitch Mitchell to an all-night shelter.
This was a big shelter in downtown Toronto with a stage and a band playing.
Jimi was offered a guitar but he said he played guitar already that night and wanted to play bass.
Terry Walsh from St. Catharines was the bass guitar owner, someone I know.
The story rings true, as Hendrix frequently wanted to jam on bass...but tell me, what exactly is a "shelter"?
@@curbozerboomer1773 I called it a shelter because the real word didn't come to me. Hostel. If you were hitch-hiking around the country you could stay over-night for free, probably getting a fried egg sandwich with an orange or apple in the morning for free. At the time, if you worked eight weeks and were laid off, or something, you could claim Unemployment Insurance, getting 90% of your pay for fifty weeks.
@@johnwattdotca I seen Jimi the night before in Detroit I was 13 :-) Peace
Terry Walsh is a great guitarist
In from the Storm.
Jimi Hendrix left us music which is probably the best electric guitar music in the galaxy and I think maybe the whole universe .
Dave Schulz, that’s why the little grey aliens are here-trying to find the next Hendrix!
According to my calculations there are multiple dimensions stating that there are alternative versions of ourselves throughout a multiverse. Therefore, there may be multiples like Hendrix. Who knows? Maybe one of them out there is slightly better than our Hendrix 🤔
@@JakeFields92 according to the multiverse theory, there exists a universe where *I’M* Jimi Hendrix!😂
@@jamesthe-doctor8981 no I’m Jimi Hendrix! Experience music project!!! Clapton is god.
@@jamesthe-doctor8981 FACTS! ..or rather THEORIES!
Jimi's playing was both unique and expressive. Easily one the most important guitarists ever.
What??? Easily??? Foh...HENDRIX is the most influential Guitarist of all time!
The most important.
Not "one of"...he clearly was THE most important guitarist of them all.
The 70's was all about Jimi, every movie that has a guitar solo as the soundtrack, every aspiring rock star... he lived on and grew even though he was no longer here.
and I was just thinking as I watch a few of these and am seeing a parallel, the 80's was all about Randy Rhoads in the exact same way.
I think those two are in the rare group that can be called the GOAT's.
(It's not Technique or mechanical ability, it's inspiration).
I have a deep & abiding appreciation for Hendrix & I now also see that Jeff Beck's playing had an original & expressive character beyond simply rock & roll style playing. Neither Jimi nor Jeff "shredded" on the guitar, they both expressed themselves uniquely on EVERY solo they ever did.
Wow, just wow !
What a fantastic story. Thanks Tommy!
Bobby Taylor & The Vancouvers...IMHO...is one of the GREATEST singing bands of ALL TIME !! I'm sure Jimi Hendrix felt
honored to play with them.
That is a great story, and I know a great memory for Tommy.
When he opened the door it was like God appeared!
That is one of the secrets of Jimi, I believe. He didn’t just play amazing guitar overnight. He watched all kinds of different acts for years absorbing everything he could around him until he was finally ready to blast off!
One other thing...he was an absolutely OCD category, when it came to studying guitar...he practiced constantly, even slept with his guitar next to him at times...a few of his girlfriends complained about having to compete with the guitar for his affections!
Jimmi was the best guitarist ever
Wow I didn't know that Jim I a guy before his time the same as they said the guy in doors can't think of his name right now oh what else is new rite Sam
Yvonne Shearer jim Morrison he grew up in Florida near me he went to St.Petersburg jr.college took poetry thats how he wrote his music was through poetry music came secondary out of his poetry
You got to be joking man I was hot for him you lucky
Yvonne Shearer not joking seriously
Lucky you!!!!
Back in the 60's it was cool to talk like Tommy Chong, even though he wasn't known yet, like far out man🖖
I am the last one to be still Breathing Man, |In My family, awesome,63.
Hendrix was never stationed in Seattle. He was in the 101st Airborne division in Fort Campbell KY. He was born and raised in Seattle so he probably just got the two confused
Brain damage.
I think that was what Tommy meant..whenever he was over in Seatle...maybe even when he was younger and not in army...
I know Hendrix's Cherokee grandmother lived in Vancouver and jimi loved her very much and would visit any time he could.
@@antarcticorb9197 There used to be a small Hendrix shrine in a shop just off Main Street near an overpass- not sure if it's still there as it's been over 20 years since I went down there. There was some memorabilia and stories all over the walls; the owner had some connection I think. Something about his grandma or aunt or something had a club that served food and all the names would come through there, and Hendrix hung around when he was younger. The Vancouver Hard Rock Cafe, when it existed, had one of Hendrix's amps and stage costumes. It wasn't a Marshall though- might have been a Sunn, something like that; I can't remember exactly- he used it on a few gigs or something.
@@whatwouldhousedo5136 interesting.
Hendrix definitely is the God of Guitar , imagine how amazing it must have seemed to Tommy to have an icon just stroll into your club randomly, but Hendrix was a very humble and nice guy , he was fed up with fame and the celeb life by the end of 1970 as a lot of people had said, if he had been granted a few months off the road so he could get his sleep and a good break then he would still be here today but sadly i call it fate, same as with other really famous icons who passed, if its meant to be sadly its meant to be.
Well...we do not know why we are born, or even why we have to die...but the space in between, is where we spend our time. Jimi clearly sensed that he had a musical statement to make, and somehow made it happen! After being so appreciated for making his awesome statement, he had a period of creative frustration, and was in process of moving forward again, when his mounting drug interactions took him away...we were so lucky, to even have him around for those few years of brilliance.
@@curbozerboomer1773Hendrix WASN'T a drug addict,and his use was infrequent.
Great stuff, Thanks guys!
Thanks Robert! Appreciate you checking it out!!
(:56 mark) No one can utter the word “man” like Chong…man. Long Live the mid-60’s…man. 😂😂🤣
Maybe "The Dude"!
Beyond cool 💟☮️
Jimi Hendrix grew up in Seattle and lived in Vancouver with his grandmother in strathcona and went to high school there for a while. He used to come up and visit when he was a bit older and play there too. Got fired from the Smiling Buddha for playing too loud.
Hendrix went an elementary school called Sr. William Dawson (now closed).
@@daniel213141
That is correct...no high school for Jimi in Canada...he attended, but did not graduate, from Garfield High in Seattle...he dropped out by 1961, hung out for awhile, but was told to either join the Army, or spend some time in jail, for riding in stolen cars!..He was 18 and a half, when he joined the Army.
Wow. What a treat to see this 13 yrs later.
It's a Great story - Still trying to find the Entire Interview
My Bro was Larry Douglas, he only stuck with his friends, happy for you Tommy.
He actually could have been one of Hendrix influencers to play the guitar ! Amazing path crossings ! Goes to show that positive energy in this universe inspires creativity that can change lives. Cool butterfly effect !
Cool 😎
Thanks for checking it out Howard!
Thanks, and thank you for the jam video..awesome! and my favorite hendrix/srv tune.
Epic story from a epic guy
I wonder if there's a recording of Jimi playing bass out there. There has to be one somewhere.
Check this out Bill ruclips.net/user/shortsOkCfpKQgLFA?si=A08K8zdJ-zvWKwbs
Loads of recordings, all along the watchtower the most famous, but he played bass on a fair few of his tracks.. Can't think of any video off hand though
After watching this I'd say the 60's make just a little more sense.
So true!! Thanks Jon!
Respect Tommy.
Have i told you about the time Jimi came to England but never bothered to come & see me? 😭
Great story!
Brilliant
Hey Tommy, if Hendrix was a movie, PLEASE MAKE ONE!
If your still kicking, A old Canadian, Take care, My dad would like you, but he's gone. A vet.
Willy G said jimi loved truth lp. And listened all the time it couldn’t have been that boring !!!!
Excellent video!
Thanks!!
Of course every time Jimi went to Vancouver, he was just returning to visit his grandmother, who had raised him in Vancouver BC.
Great Movie Title. 🎬 Tommy Chong meets Hendrix.
Or The Purple Haze of Tommy Chong
omg not only did he party with jimi jimi played bass damn i wish i wulda seen dat i bet he was amazing on da bass
Well...listen to a few cuts on his best album, Electric Ladyland...he played bass on much of that album!
So epic.
Back in 1970 there was nothing called rehab unfortunately.
Jimi grew up in Seattle. He was stationed in the south.
Yes indeed...but he did come home on leave, maybe in late 1961, but did NOT visit his Seattle family! Likely, he did visit his grandma in BC...later on, he visited her again for a short period of time in 62-63, but then made his way back to the South, where he took up again with Billy Cox and that Chitlin Circuit lifestyle. He gave that up in 1964, and headed to NYC, where he thought his chances for success would be better...eventually, he was correct!
Awesome Tommy! Love you & all the Chong family! Cheryl (Jeffrey)Libbea_Lou's ex asst! Miss everyone!
If this was coming from anyone else I wouldn’t believe it haha
I was waiting for "I'm hip, man! That cat didn't know any tunes, man!"
Trying to imagine Hendrix on tour with Alice Bowie.
Right on! Good catch! -b
Tommy hung and worked out with Arnold Schwarzenegger and the boys as well. This guy has a lot of great, true stories.
wow!
i saw jimi play bass and guitar with jimmy soul at a college in '66, his band mates called him maurice. after the gig they took their equipment to a fraternity basement bar nearby and played til the middle of the night for 200 bucks...we all knew and he knew he was gonna be a star, everybody was awestruck
What a great story!...Was that DePaw University?...There was published in the Annual for 1966, a photo of Jimi playing at a dance on campus there. He indeed was called "Maurice James" during that period.
how tragic that we live in a day and age when people film themselves eating a hamburger to get likes, but there is so much from the past that we would KILL to see that SHOULD have been filmed. I would love to see Jimi playing bass.
agreed, even in our own lives think of those moments that we could have captured
I was in shock man, it was HENDRIX's!
ThaT! is just sO wAy wOWw NOW!! gF 904 2020 NM, USA ☮️✨
Damn Good Impression Sir!
Just a tidbit...Jimi was right handed. His hero was Albert King. Albert played left handed. Jimi must have learned watching Albert.
Gotcha to 1K. You're welcome.
Thank you?
Hey Bobo - There are more videos on different subjects that Tommy talked about plus a full audio file of the segment. - He had been on the show a few times and as always a great guest however, this is not the interview he did after the raid. That was at our other studios but again, I do have that audio. Maybe I'll post it up here since he wrote about it.
I've been to his grave. He exhumed from another spot in the graveyard long ago. The new one had many family members and his handwriting on granite.
I visited that original gravesite, back in 1979...Al Hendrix showed up, and talked with me for over an hour!...A photographer from Life magazine also showed up, and took a few photos of me with Al Hendrix...But later, the photographer wrote me, saying that because virtually no one was visiting the grave on Jimi's birthday, he had decided that there was no story to be printed...he did however, send me a nice 8x11 photo of me with Al Hendrix.
Didn’t his grandmother live on the DTES? I read that somewhere years ago..
I was reading Jimi’s Grandmother even had a street named after her?
According to Hendrix’s biography, they played together before this in Vancouver.
jimis grandmother lived in Vancouver .. Ive actually been in the house> cheers
Jimi Hendrix left us music which is probably the best electric guitar music in the galaxy . In a parralel universe Hendrix plays right handed .
I dont ever recall jimi being stationed in seattle, he was however born and raised there
Thanks Keith, Wasn't really sure about that?
Damn the music at the end. Not only is it no good but I cant hear Tommy!!
"Is it OK if I play?"
"Do you want to smoke a joint?"
I actually sold Tommy a Hendrix songbook, strap, and picks at GCSherman Oaks back in 2002. He was nice, though a bit guarded. Which, after his fairly recent release from prison at the time, was to be expected. It was just cool to help an icon.
Great story Craig!
Awesome true story!
This is a cool slice of life story...
2/5/24, 11:16 p.m.
You know, Jimi toured with Little Richard and with the Isley Brothers. He also had his own band, Jimmy James and the Blue Flames. Hewas playing in that band when the bass player from The Animals, Chaz Chandler, saw him in New York and took him to England. The rest, as they say, is history!
Great Info, thanks Brian!
@@Techtalkradio That info is very stale, it has been documented for many years now.
@@curbozerboomer1773 Thanks Boomer, It was Shot when Tommy came to our studio over 10 years ago but there are many that didn't know this story so I am glad they get a chance to hear it from Tommy.
No man, I wanna play bass 😂
Wonder if Tommy has film or audio from the gig!
You got that right!
Damn that must have been a crazy party. Totally movie worthy for sure. Just imagine all the hijinks those two got up to.
Now that would be cool to see, Who could be cast as Tommy?
it seems everyone has a jimi hendrix story
".....meets Jimi Hendrix " that's my algorithm jam
Far out !!
Another Read it Tommy’s Voice!
Hendricks was never stationed in Seattle
Interesting story!
omg hes so lucky
@HazeAssassin Keep digging. There's good stuff out there. It's just not easy to find.
Nice story!
Like the guitar is all.
Its lovely to see the past and all these stars are getting together, you know who would of known. Hey come check out my band play voodoo chile tell me watch you think...
It would be difficult to promote one of Tommy's bands in public these days... their name was 4 _____ and a _____. If you know, you know.
Never really hit me before but yeah, Tommy Chong is old enough to have played with Jimi Hendrix!
In 1967 hendrix's career had just taken off he wasn't specifically famous yet. So for him to say it was like God appeared and there was 300 people behind him. Is a lie also how could Hendrix know who Tommy Chong was in 1967
A point however, musicians are a different breed and you'll find even if they don't know the band or anybody in the lineup, they'll still support? Just a thought
I miss stuff, ok if I ask he comments?
@AndyTaylor - yeah, although this is not the interview from after the raid.
Jimi would have only been just starting out in 67, only a year into his fame in London. Americans didn’t even know of him, I doubt Tommy knew too much about him, never mind thinking he was a god back then. Tommy probably didn’t even recognize him
when he walked in, he may have heard of him, but that’s it.
"Hey Joe" entered the UK top-10 in January 1967 after Jimi appeared on two TV shows (Ready Steady Go and Top of the Pops) in December 1966. This, combined with the fact that the Beatles, Stones, The Who, Cream, etc. (and their fans) had been watching him perform live in London clubs as early as October 1966, means Tommy (a fellow musician) obviously knew who he was and was well aware of his abilities...
Known to other English groups yes. London is a small town they all ran in very small circles. I doubt Tommy knew exactly who he was and how good he was yet.
@@alecs6492 Alec, after Hendrix was discharged from the Army and before he went to NYC he spent time around Vancouver as his grandmother lived in Van in a neighbourhood called Hogan's Alley. Tommy Chong's club was on East Hastings about 10-12 blocks from Hendrix's grandmother's place. In the early '60s the population of metro Vancouver was well below a million people. Everyone knew everyone and JH sat in with many locals to jam. Tommy Chong and Jimi Hendrix definitely knew each other from Vancouver days.
Great Info, thanks R K
@@lussier1958 I believe you are correct about that...several bios of Hendrix mention that he did briefly hang with his grandma...but not for long.
I would love to see Jimi's face if Tommy said "Maybe last set".
That is cool Tommy, he was a Tommy Chong fan!
Awesome Dude!! Tommy Chong come to PDX and smoke the best weed in the WORLD!!
Like the time we were playing in Philadelphia with Santa Clause man. And Jimi walks in and wants to sit in and play Grandma got run over by a reindeer! That was far out man! ❤
🤣🤣
Like Mechendaen Mainline Blues.
@SHARJO23 He looks pretty much the same except for the grey, hits the best of us.
"Santa Claus? Yeah, I played with that dude..."
I read that in Tommys Voice 😁
As soon as Tommy said: 'Motown"...all I could think of was: "Nah, then he's with Buddha, man."
Yea ight Chong😾
420 subscibers - i love it!
I just noticed that! 🤣🤣
F’n criminal you cut this after a minute forty five
There’s more on the page, hell I have the entire interview but wanted to highlight this story
@Loz1234567 I absolutely know what you mean... My parents talk about how kick ass it was back then and all. Yeah, nowadays are fucking boring man, I totally agree, man. Here's one little loop-hole though; Humboldt, CA (very known for their weed) is like a flashback to the 60's I'd heard, and I went there and it is fucking hippie central, haha. Not just the people, but the mindset. So awesome. I'm gonna be moving there soon :)
Fucking cool! God i wish noel had been there at the party with his movie camera..Or anyone with that same set up whatever..
Jimi played with Bobby Taylor before he went to England.
Thanks Albert!
Really scary if you said hello, Don't Man!