I can easily believe that Jimi would lend a hand to someone in need. Offstage, many people described him as shy and very humble. Others described him as a supreme musician but he never thought so himself.
I heard recently (maybe on the JH biography on RUclips) that, when he joined the Isley Brothers, someone described him as quiet, respectful and a fast learner.
Bill Graham, quote, "The Band of Gypsy's 1969 new years eve show was the best damn live performance I've ever witnessed, bar none.. Jimi touched the hand of god that night"..
I can well believe it was all probably a bit uneven overall but for what it's worth I think We Gotta Live Together from the album is great. It made a huge impression on me when I heard it in the early 70s as an example of raw soul.
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Love that version of machine gun !! I had it on cassete and the machine i had played at a slower speed id put on headphones and it would bring tears to my eyes. ALs nuts..lol and he's also crazy lol
I saw Jimi Hendrix at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto in 1969. And like everyone I've met since who was there, he changed our lives. "Castles Made of Sand", the third verse, describes his influence very well.
I found this way too randomly. I accidentally closed the youtube app and it was gone so I literally spent like half an hour or so trying to find it. This is sucha gem. Don't ever let this disappear from the "youtube land". Thank you
Jimi is my favorite and to hear this story is only adding to the amazing character he had! Also why I show everyone respect because you never know there life story and what they’ve been through perfect example! Long live Jimi
Fabulous story! My brother in law who now lives in Canada, grew up in London England... he tells the story of how one day in the mid 60s when he was a young teen ager, he was in a pharmacy and standing in line at the cashier was the Jimi Hendrix Experience - Hendrix, Redding, Michael. He recalls they were wearing wild outfits but there was no kafuffle. My brother in law said he did not recognize them at the time but being a rock music fan, it was not long after that he realized what a brush with fame he had had.
What a story ! Imagine being 14 and an electrician already and working at the Fillmore and meeting Jimi in such a way and at 16 working at building Electric Ladyland ! That's quite a life. What a great story. That was fun hearing.
And that life continues this is your Al Bob if you wish to be part of the show go to my channel dreamy Dreamland with Sensei Owl Bob and you can get ahold of me at my Gmail the dude awake 42 at gmail look forward to hearing from you stay well go to my channels
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Jimi Hendrix was standing around and asked - he asked! - if he could help unload a truck. He didn't presume anything.Yes! Jimi was "a real human being."
I am a life-long Hendrix fanatic, and have done much research on his life and times...and this guy's stories do ring true!..Jimi played the Fillmore East for the first time, on 10 May 1968. That must have been the day OWL met helpful Jimi!...Hendrix did play the Fillmore West, for a couple nights in 1967. It is hard to believe, that OWL was a qualified electrician at age 14!...I am sure he was not being paid a Union wage!...It took, and still takes, a long apprenticeship, in order to be an actual "Electrician"...My late uncle was one, in Seattle, for 40 years, and made great money during his career. Bill Graham was a very tough venue owner, but fair to most of his hired musical acts. Much has been written about his friendship with Hendrix. Graham died years ago, in a freak accident, when a helicopter he was riding in, crashed into high-tension power lines, falling around 200 feet to the ground. He is a Bay Area legend, for sure! On Jimi's amazing "Band of Gypsy's album, recorded live at the Fillmore East, it is Bill's voice that introduces the "new" band to the audience. I am so happy that you recorded this man's story, as Hendrix passed through this life so quickly, and so many of his contemporaries have died, making original material concerning Jimi very rare information!
Some definite inaccuracies here, from one who lived in the SF Bay Area and went to the Fillmore ballroom (prior to Fillmore West) starting in '66. Bill Graham was the manager of the S.F. Mime Troupe. They did a benefit for the troupe at the old Fillmore ballroom (not a movie theater), he saw the prospects of concert promotion and moved into it from managing the mime troupe. When I first went the Fillmore there were some of the new local groups, i.e. Quicksilver, the Dead, Big Brother, Jefferson Airplane, playing with some of the old, black, local (I think) soul groups. (First time I ever saw someone play a guitar with their mouth). The Fillmore on Geary and Fillmore in S.F. went on for several years before Graham took over Winterland and eventually the Carousel, which became the Fillmore West. Then came N.Y. and the Fillmore East.
I just know Hendrix was basically a quiet unassuming guy that loved to play his guitar and make loud music. I totally see him helping unload a truck. Great video Thanks
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I agree...but read a couple of books on Hendrix...it seems that during the last couple of years of his career-and life--he was very troubled, using too many drugs, sometimes abusing his women, etc. He was truly astonishing on guitar--I saw him twice, and actually met and talked with his dad, at Jimi's gravesite, many years ago. His dad was nice enough, but clearly did not really understand how amazing his son was!
it is not unbelievable, it is not a surprise, it is a great story for you, but anyone who has grown up to know and love him, would not think this as extraordinary as it sounds.
May 10, 1968 had to be when this encounter happened...by Jimi's 2nd appearance at Fillmore East, he was not as casual with the public, and was hanging out with an entourage of messed up people.
Hi there this is al the storyteller you love so much that was at John's Channel John's Channel calls me Al but everyone knows me by another name Sensei Owl Bob and I have my own channel on RUclips it is called dreamy Dreamland with Sensei L Bob so I look forward to seeing you and if you want to get ahold of me I am at gmail at the dude awake 42-inch email you stay well be good
This is that guy and I have many stories and they're not on John birmingham's Channel anymore I have my own RUclips channel it is dreamy Dreamland with Sensei Alba do you want to get ahold of me you can get ahold of me at gmail the dude awake 42 at gmail forward to hearing from you saying you on my live chats which I do in the morning sometime between 7 and 9 a.m. and in the evening sometime around 7 p.m. John is still my friend I just needed to stretch my legs stay well be good
This is Al I'm John's Channel but everyone else in the world quotes me Sensei owl Bob I had to stretch my legs and walk away and start my own RUclips channel which is called dreamy Dreamland with Sensei Owl Bob can you can reach me at gmail the dude awake 42 at gmail stay well be good look forward to hearing from you
@@GodJesusandTheHolySpirit I do not let anyone try to steer my own soul in any one direction...I think is the height of rudeness, no matter how well-meaning the advice is.
Jimi would be the one to hang out and help unload and do some work with no ego and b.s. at all. Yes he did Record at Electric Ladyland, a good bit, for sure.
Remember he was working. He was unloading a truckload of equipment. You think a memorable conversation was not in his mind. And he didn't know who Jimi Hendrix was.
OK.. I knew the Fillmore East was in NYC, wasn't the Fillmore West in San Francisco? where is Owl Bob, where is this conversation taking place with Bob? This looks like a real cool place where this is being filmed, or taped.. wow, I wish I had some place way out in nature like that.. awesome..
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I think Jimi did record "Axis Bold as Love" at Electric Ladyland, possibly more, but that may be the best-known music to come out of there. I also saw him in 1967 at City Park in New Orleans, but didn't get to meet him. He held a concert in the park's 15,000-seat ( or so) stadium, but only about 500 of us were there. He just wasn't well-known in this country at that time. Fat Mattress opened for the Experience (Noel put in a full shift that day.) The fans who were there were sort of sad at the low turnout, but Jimi was incredibly nice, laughing and joking between songs off the first Hendrix album--I call it the "fisheye album" because of the photo on the cover. We thought he might jam for 30 minutes and shut down, but he played for us for about two hours, all the first album and many wonderful old blues classics, including "Born Under a Bad Sign," smiling all the while and thanking us for coming out. He did all of his stage act, the tongue-flick thing, the part where he buried the neck of the guitar in his amp, and an interlude where he got incredible sound out of the part of the guitar covered by the little metal plate (I don't know what it is called, or the strings underneath it, but he played it.) 'll never forget it! He was a remarkably nice, outgoing, friendly man and such a breathtaking musician. To this day I still dearly love every note of his music. I know the band finally fell apart (I liked Band of Gypsies too, however) but I did think Noel and Mitch added so much to Jimi's playing. Those were the days when all was well among them. Arguments and disagreements caused the breakup a few years later.
Electric Lady Studios was opened on August 26, 1970 (nearly a month before Hendrix's death) and Axis was finished December 1, 1967, so he didn't record that album there. In fact if I recall right only a few songs were recorded by Jimi there including Freedom, Dolly Dagger, and Night Bird Flying, and maybe a few more. What a rare sight to see, hendrix in front of merely 500 people. I'm glad you had that experience, maybe when I'm dead I will too.
Nope, your encounter with Jimi in New Orleans was in 1968...no Fat Mattress yet formed. AXIS was recorded at Olympic Studios, in London, 1967. It's been a long time ago, so I forgive you for your timeline mistakes!
EVERYTHING in this story is correctly correlated. Yes, the Joshua Light Show is well known. We all are familiar with Chip monk, Bill Grahm, The Fillmore's East and West, etc... HOWEVER..... The Grateful Dead "WALL OF SOUND" was not created until after, or maybe late in 1972. The Fillmore East closed (I think) in 1970 or at the VERY LATEST 1971. Probably the guy simply blew all the amps the Dead were using because everything else in the story is well documented. Also, Electric Lady Studios opened in 1968 if I'm not mistaken and the final 2- LP record, Electric Ladyland, Hendrix's masterpiece was recorded there. the song All Along the Watchtower was the biggest hit from that LP. Finally, I don't think that the Fillmore EAST even opened until 1968. So, GREAT story, but the timing is a little off and when he says years, it was more like months or maybe a year at most. Lucky and brilliant guy!
I was just trying to figure out why plugging into 110V would blow up the system? All P/A gear runs on 110 . That's a standard wall outlet. And in the event a system does "blow", the speakers wouldn't break free of their mounting screws and get launched through the grills and out into the street! lolll... with the speaker cable "unfurling!" lolll smh All that would happen is that a fuse would blow... And there can't be any speaker cable flying around and unfurling, becs the speaker cable doesn't get connected to the speakers themselves. All of the speaker cable is behind the cabinet on the floor and gets connected to a terminal on the back of the box. You'd need a half a stick of dynamite inside each cabinet to do any of that kind of stuff... Oh, and I guess I was wondering how you become a Master Electrician by the age of 14 and you're learning a lot on the job? But, I don't want to split hairs..
bill graham's the "fillmore east" didn't open until march 8, 1968, altho he did have possesion of the building (the fillmore auditorium) in 1967. jimi played "filmore east" on may 10th 1968. however, bill graham did book jimi at "the fillmore" (west) june 20-26 1967 directly after jimi's u.s. debut at the monterey pop festival a week earlier. jimi was scheduled in london for a studio session july 6-7 1967 and is known to have played nyc between studio sessions in los angeles june 28-30 and the london sessions. it would have still been the "fillmore auditorium" at this time (if this is where he played).
Dude - from here on in set up the camera on a TRIPOD , don't move it, and try not to interrupt and say stuff that doesn't add anything. This guy is a treasure trove and obviously feels a calling for storytelling. Do him and us some justice while he is still with us.
built by Owsley Stanley, the guy who distributed the first mass dosages of LSD to the Bay Area music community, in 1966. He was some kind of genius, but wound up doing time in prison, and eventually migrated to Australia, where he had a thriving business making cool, expensive jewelry. He died at age 74, in a one-car accident. His nickname was "The Bear"...why, I do not know, as he was not a huge guy.
When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro is a Hunter S Thopson quote. My bullshit meter is off the charts on this one. "Owl Bob" seems like a really cool dudes who is full of shit.
Hey, maybe that is right! I don't know. I hope AL sees this, maybe he can reply to some of these comments. Hey, I think my great grandfather nad great grandmother were named Martines, Sicilian and changed their name to Martinez at Ellis Island. AL I think had the same family name and they changed it to something different but don't want to say his real name in public, because he keeps his real name private and calls himself "Owl Bob" or "AL."
Oh OK I get it! He said he is a Griot! "The main job of the griot was to entertain the villagers with mythical stories... " ......and so Screech Owl Bob's Jimi story is strictly for entertainment! Nice :)
This particular story I am almost for sure was something that really happened. Some of his other stories are hard to tell if they are true or not, but the way he explains this story and based on how I know him, I could tell he was telling the truth, repeating himself that it actually happened, looking me directly in the eye, etc.
Yes, it would actually be almost unforgivable to tell a story about meeting Jimi, if it didn't really happen! Does Screech Owl Bob have any pictures..from that time? Of anything , not necessarily Jimi! But maybe of his apartment..? Or the Fillmore? Or NYC? Or anything else cool? (I'm from Carmel, Ca btw, and met Bill Graham (Uncle Bobo he was called by the Merry Pranksters) a couple times..I used to go to Grateful Dead and other shows alot in the 80's ;) )
Sounds fun! Here is a video of Owl talking about the New York City art scene he was a part of in the 1980s with a whole photo album of his friends, many of them turned into famous artists, other people in the album like the owner of CBGB and these art scene people. ruclips.net/video/3DyG7kJwUpI/видео.html
+EnchantedStarlight I think it has something to do with the fact that there were a lot of poisonous snakes at my house when he used to live here, around the time he first lived here. He claims that he warned them to leave or they would die. Most of them left. Then he called out to a big Owl who lived in the woods. The Owl came and killed and ate the remaining snakes. I bought the house from him many years later, and the owl still lives in the woods. You can hear him nearly every day in the summer. So I guess he was kind of saying he was like an owl for that and other reasons.
He called out to a big Owl to come and eat poisonous snakes living around his house that didn't heed his verbal warning to leave or die. And the Owl flew over and ate them, huh??.. Eastern screech owls like to keep texas blind snakes in their nests to keep it clean of insects and parasites. So I think he should be called "Screech Owl Bob". :)
I once knew someone who heard of another guy that was neighbors with someone who knew someone else that heard about some guy that had a sister that went out with a guy that his father knew someone that went to a Hendrix concert. Does that make me famous?
We are filled with guru's in the world that have met so many greats , someone should set up a RUclips page for gurus to tell their tails aka stories....
Likely was mentored by a relative at an early age...He may have been competent, but was not a Union-approved Electrician...that achievement takes a long apprentice-ship! But it is a lucrative skill!...My uncle retired as a low-ball millionaire, after 40 years, investing his money wisely.
Very cool story man, facinateing period artistically.
Great storyteller
awsome! Thank you!
great story
I can easily believe that Jimi would lend a hand to someone in need. Offstage, many people described him as shy and very humble. Others described him as a supreme musician but he never thought so himself.
I heard recently (maybe on the JH biography on RUclips) that, when he joined the Isley Brothers, someone described him as quiet, respectful and a fast learner.
Bill Graham, quote, "The Band of Gypsy's 1969 new years eve show was the best damn live performance I've ever witnessed, bar none.. Jimi touched the hand of god that night"..
I can well believe it was all probably a bit uneven overall but for what it's worth I think We Gotta Live Together from the album is great. It made a huge impression on me when I heard it in the early 70s as an example of raw soul.
PRE CBS FENDER u mean the hand of God touched jimi
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Love that version of machine gun !! I had it on cassete and the machine i had played at a slower speed id put on headphones and it would bring tears to my eyes. ALs nuts..lol and he's also crazy lol
When things get weird people get professional that's a great quote and you were a very lucky young man
❤I love this guy " Are U Filming mÿ ' Nuts'............. .beautiful .BLESS
Amazing
"you're not shooting my balls are you" 😂😂😂
Wow. Al & Jimi unloaded a truck. Thank god you have this story recorded for us to hear today” !!!!
I saw Jimi Hendrix at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto in 1969.
And like everyone I've met since who was there, he changed our lives.
"Castles Made of Sand", the third verse, describes his influence very well.
Now that’s a real modest man🎸. R.I.P Jimi
I found this way too randomly. I accidentally closed the youtube app and it was gone so I literally spent like half an hour or so trying to find it. This is sucha gem. Don't ever let this disappear from the "youtube land". Thank you
Just amazing.
Wow what a great story nice i would have loved to meet jimi.
Great story, thank you.
I like this story because it's more amazing that Jimi Hendrix was a human being than a supernatural being
Jimi is my favorite and to hear this story is only adding to the amazing character he had! Also why I show everyone respect because you never know there life story and what they’ve been through perfect example! Long live Jimi
Fabulous story!
My brother in law who now lives in Canada, grew up in London England... he tells the story of how one day in the mid 60s when he was a young teen ager, he was in a pharmacy and standing in line at the cashier was the Jimi Hendrix Experience - Hendrix, Redding, Michael. He recalls they were wearing wild outfits but there was no kafuffle. My brother in law said he did not recognize them at the time but being a rock music fan, it was not long after that he realized what a brush with fame he had had.
What a treasure,thanks for sharing,,,
Al when things get weird, the weird get professional! Awesomeness !!!!
What a story ! Imagine being 14 and an electrician already and working at the Fillmore and meeting Jimi in such a way and at 16 working at building Electric Ladyland ! That's quite a life. What a great story. That was fun hearing.
electric lady studios is also in manhattan, not san francisco
local union 3.
And that life continues this is your Al Bob if you wish to be part of the show go to my channel dreamy Dreamland with Sensei Owl Bob and you can get ahold of me at my Gmail the dude awake 42 at gmail look forward to hearing from you stay well go to my channels
Amazing story.
PURE GOLD!!!!
what a great story...
Great story. How cool is that.. Didn't even know who he was. He helped you unload a truck... that just about sums up the 60's.
NIIICE Story !
Legend! I am a Native New yorker and very familar with all the spots you mentioned. exciting life you had! Wow!
This is awesome, thanks for sharing ..
The words Owl Bob has said here are TRUE,,,it was an amazing time and place and he was part of it ,,,God Bless Owl Bob
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Very Cool ,thanks for posting.
Yay -- awesome story!!
Such a real OG with the storytelling 🎸🔥🅰️
Thank you John for these recordings 🤙🌺
Tens minutes were worth it👌🏼
Jimi Hendrix was standing around and asked - he asked! - if he could help unload a truck. He didn't presume anything.Yes! Jimi was "a real human being."
Lovely!
I am a life-long Hendrix fanatic, and have done much research on his life and times...and this guy's stories do ring true!..Jimi played the Fillmore East for the first time, on 10 May 1968. That must have been the day OWL met helpful Jimi!...Hendrix did play the Fillmore West, for a couple nights in 1967. It is hard to believe, that OWL was a qualified electrician at age 14!...I am sure he was not being paid a Union wage!...It took, and still takes, a long apprenticeship, in order to be an actual "Electrician"...My late uncle was one, in Seattle, for 40 years, and made great money during his career. Bill Graham was a very tough venue owner, but fair to most of his hired musical acts. Much has been written about his friendship with Hendrix. Graham died years ago, in a freak accident, when a helicopter he was riding in, crashed into high-tension power lines, falling around 200 feet to the ground. He is a Bay Area legend, for sure! On Jimi's amazing "Band of Gypsy's album, recorded live at the Fillmore East, it is Bill's voice that introduces the "new" band to the audience. I am so happy that you recorded this man's story, as Hendrix passed through this life so quickly, and so many of his contemporaries have died, making original material concerning Jimi very rare information!
What a wonderful man
Some definite inaccuracies here, from one who lived in the SF Bay Area and went to the Fillmore ballroom (prior to Fillmore West) starting in '66. Bill Graham was the manager of the S.F. Mime Troupe. They did a benefit for the troupe at the old Fillmore ballroom (not a movie theater), he saw the prospects of concert promotion and moved into it from managing the mime troupe. When I first went the Fillmore there were some of the new local groups, i.e. Quicksilver, the Dead, Big Brother, Jefferson Airplane, playing with some of the old, black, local (I think) soul groups. (First time I ever saw someone play a guitar with their mouth). The Fillmore on Geary and Fillmore in S.F. went on for several years before Graham took over Winterland and eventually the Carousel, which became the Fillmore West. Then came N.Y. and the Fillmore East.
Thanks for that information...This OWL guy's story still rings true, even if the venue details were murky.
I just know Hendrix was basically a quiet unassuming guy that loved to play his guitar and make loud music. I totally see him helping unload a truck. Great video Thanks
Maybe the 30 min convo could have enlighted uss more
Hello my friend this is Al from John's Channel I have moved from John and I have my own channel on RUclips dreamy Dreamland with Sensei Owl Bob and you can get ahold of me at my Gmail the dude awake 42 at gmail look forward to hearing from you if you like my stories on John's Channel you'll love my channel till then
@@apachechief8815 I agree...I would love to hear more stories from OWL Bob!
I agree...but read a couple of books on Hendrix...it seems that during the last couple of years of his career-and life--he was very troubled, using too many drugs, sometimes abusing his women, etc. He was truly astonishing on guitar--I saw him twice, and actually met and talked with his dad, at Jimi's gravesite, many years ago. His dad was nice enough, but clearly did not really understand how amazing his son was!
Ace story. Thanks!
YEAH! Cool story
That is so cool! Rock`On! From Sioux City,Ia.
Love JIMI STORY!
Why would 110V blow up the system? All P/A gear runs on 110 .
it is not unbelievable, it is not a surprise, it is a great story for you, but anyone who has grown up to know and love him, would not think this as extraordinary as it sounds.
Good story. Had to have been 1968 or later because the Fillmore East didn't open until 68 and closed in 71
May 10, 1968 had to be when this encounter happened...by Jimi's 2nd appearance at Fillmore East, he was not as casual with the public, and was hanging out with an entourage of messed up people.
I like this kind of stories
really good story- I love those little tid bits of history- thank u for sharing this with US ~ :)
He had nothing to say about jimi hendrix
great upload again!!!
Hendrix wanders in briefly at about 6:30. Nice place ya got there.
That's pretty cool.
awsome story of a great man. thanks for sharing
I wish I could just come and hang out with you guys. I'm sure I'd have a blast and leave a better person for it.
Hey man, I may rent out my house, and Al may stay here, not sure yet. If so I will make a video about it probably.
Hi there this is al the storyteller you love so much that was at John's Channel John's Channel calls me Al but everyone knows me by another name Sensei Owl Bob and I have my own channel on RUclips it is called dreamy Dreamland with Sensei L Bob so I look forward to seeing you and if you want to get ahold of me I am at gmail at the dude awake 42-inch email you stay well be good
omg... does this guy have any more stories!? i wanna know!
Here is a video of him giving a reading to help you better make your life what you want it to be. ruclips.net/video/XFAlvf91T1g/видео.html
This is that guy and I have many stories and they're not on John birmingham's Channel anymore I have my own RUclips channel it is dreamy Dreamland with Sensei Alba do you want to get ahold of me you can get ahold of me at gmail the dude awake 42 at gmail forward to hearing from you saying you on my live chats which I do in the morning sometime between 7 and 9 a.m. and in the evening sometime around 7 p.m. John is still my friend I just needed to stretch my legs stay well be good
This is Al I'm John's Channel but everyone else in the world quotes me Sensei owl Bob I had to stretch my legs and walk away and start my own RUclips channel which is called dreamy Dreamland with Sensei Owl Bob can you can reach me at gmail the dude awake 42 at gmail stay well be good look forward to hearing from you
@@GodJesusandTheHolySpirit I do not let anyone try to steer my own soul in any one direction...I think is the height of rudeness, no matter how well-meaning the advice is.
@@curbozerboomer1773 That's good to know. Owl Bob, AL, really believes in Jesus more than when I think he did that "reading" video.
That was a great video. Cool story
Great story
Cool story man thanks
Jimi would be the one to hang out and help unload and do some work with no ego and b.s. at all. Yes he did Record at Electric Ladyland, a good bit, for sure.
Electric Lady, NOT Electric Ladyland.
@@michaelgaskell7408 Correct!...built on the site of the former Generation Club.
He had nothing to say about his "30 min" conversation with Jim Hendrix.
Nothing
Remember he was working. He was unloading a truckload of equipment. You think a memorable conversation was not in his mind. And he didn't know who Jimi Hendrix was.
Do you remember every conversation you had with a random person? Maybe if he knew it was Hendrix then talked to him it would've been different.
OK.. I knew the Fillmore East was in NYC, wasn't the Fillmore West in San Francisco? where is Owl Bob, where is this conversation taking place with Bob? This looks like a real cool place where this is being filmed, or taped.. wow, I wish I had some place way out in nature like that.. awesome..
More like in an alleyway!..lol
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I think Jimi did record "Axis Bold as Love" at Electric Ladyland, possibly more, but that may be the best-known music to come out of there.
I also saw him in 1967 at City Park in New Orleans, but didn't get to meet him. He held a concert in the park's 15,000-seat ( or so) stadium, but only about 500 of us were there. He just wasn't well-known in this country at that time. Fat Mattress opened for the Experience (Noel put in a full shift that day.)
The fans who were there were sort of sad at the low turnout, but Jimi was incredibly nice, laughing and joking between songs off the first Hendrix album--I call it the "fisheye album" because of the photo on the cover. We thought he might jam for 30 minutes and shut down, but he played for us for about two hours, all the first album and many wonderful old blues classics, including "Born Under a Bad Sign," smiling all the while and thanking us for coming out. He did all of his stage act, the tongue-flick thing, the part where he buried the neck of the guitar in his amp, and an interlude where he got incredible sound out of the part of the guitar covered by the little metal plate (I don't know what it is called, or the strings underneath it, but he played it.)
'll never forget it! He was a remarkably nice, outgoing, friendly man and such a breathtaking musician. To this day I still dearly love every note of his music. I know the band finally fell apart (I liked Band of Gypsies too, however) but I did think Noel and Mitch added so much to Jimi's playing. Those were the days when all was well among them. Arguments and disagreements caused the breakup a few years later.
Electric Lady Studios was opened on August 26, 1970 (nearly a month before Hendrix's death) and Axis was finished December 1, 1967, so he didn't record that album there. In fact if I recall right only a few songs were recorded by Jimi there including Freedom, Dolly Dagger, and Night Bird Flying, and maybe a few more.
What a rare sight to see, hendrix in front of merely 500 people. I'm glad you had that experience, maybe when I'm dead I will too.
@@IntScout3 The "Axis" album was recorded at Olympic Studios in London.
@@IntScout3 You are correct, sir!
Nope, your encounter with Jimi in New Orleans was in 1968...no Fat Mattress yet formed. AXIS was recorded at Olympic Studios, in London, 1967. It's been a long time ago, so I forgive you for your timeline mistakes!
Where is this filmed? Looks like pretty cool country
the dead's wall of sound, 1973, $100,000 setup.
It seems like Albert king was a staple at alot of these fillmore shows.
cool story
EVERYTHING in this story is correctly correlated. Yes, the Joshua Light Show is well known. We all are familiar with Chip monk, Bill Grahm, The Fillmore's East and West, etc... HOWEVER..... The Grateful Dead "WALL OF SOUND" was not created until after, or maybe late in 1972. The Fillmore East closed (I think) in 1970 or at the VERY LATEST 1971. Probably the guy simply blew all the amps the Dead were using because everything else in the story is well documented. Also, Electric Lady Studios opened in 1968 if I'm not mistaken and the final 2- LP record, Electric Ladyland, Hendrix's masterpiece was recorded there. the song All Along the Watchtower was the biggest hit from that LP. Finally, I don't think that the Fillmore EAST even opened until 1968. So, GREAT story, but the timing is a little off and when he says years, it was more like months or maybe a year at most. Lucky and brilliant guy!
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Stephanz Answer, suffered a - BIG DUH - moment.
LOL!!!
Stephens Answer Electric Lady Studio didn't open till Aug. 1970 right before Jimi died.
I was just trying to figure out why plugging into 110V would blow up the system? All P/A gear runs on 110 . That's a standard wall outlet. And in the event a system does "blow", the speakers wouldn't break free of their mounting screws and get launched through the grills and out into the street! lolll... with the speaker cable "unfurling!" lolll smh All that would happen is that a fuse would blow...
And there can't be any speaker cable flying around and unfurling, becs the speaker cable doesn't get connected to the speakers themselves. All of the speaker cable is behind the cabinet on the floor and gets connected to a terminal on the back of the box. You'd need a half a stick of dynamite inside each cabinet to do any of that kind of stuff...
Oh, and I guess I was wondering how you become a Master Electrician by the age of 14 and you're learning a lot on the job? But, I don't want to split hairs..
Electric Ladyland was recorded at the Record Plant in New York, NOT Electric Lady Studios, which only opened in 1970.
@@nodaysback1 There is room for doubt...yet his story does fit certain timeline, concerning the Hendrix part.
bill graham's the "fillmore east" didn't open until march 8, 1968, altho he did have possesion of the building (the fillmore auditorium) in 1967. jimi played "filmore east" on may 10th 1968. however, bill graham did book jimi at "the fillmore" (west) june 20-26 1967 directly after jimi's u.s. debut at the monterey pop festival a week earlier. jimi was scheduled in london for a studio session july 6-7 1967 and is known to have played nyc between studio sessions in los angeles june 28-30 and the london sessions. it would have still been the "fillmore auditorium" at this time (if this is where he played).
My freinds and I saw hendrix, led zepplin , & ten years at the Filmore East.
Dude - from here on in set up the camera on a TRIPOD , don't move it, and try not to interrupt and say stuff that doesn't add anything. This guy is a treasure trove and obviously feels a calling for storytelling. Do him and us some justice while he is still with us.
Dead's wall of sound wasn't built until 1974 but a cool story. the weird get professional ! haha awesome
early 1973 the WOS was being used.
built by Owsley Stanley, the guy who distributed the first mass dosages of LSD to the Bay Area music community, in 1966. He was some kind of genius, but wound up doing time in prison, and eventually migrated to Australia, where he had a thriving business making cool, expensive jewelry. He died at age 74, in a one-car accident. His nickname was "The Bear"...why, I do not know, as he was not a huge guy.
When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro is a Hunter S Thopson quote. My bullshit meter is off the charts on this one. "Owl Bob" seems like a really cool dudes who is full of shit.
Where was that interview shot? Hudson valley? Feels like NY. Sullivan county?
Cool
cool story i got a friend who has the woodsock pa speakers and pa wikked big piles
I love u jon
Yeah! Yeah, really nice of you.
wall of sound wasn't around till 74 and would never fit in the Filmore East
Hey, maybe that is right! I don't know. I hope AL sees this, maybe he can reply to some of these comments. Hey, I think my great grandfather nad great grandmother were named Martines, Sicilian and changed their name to Martinez at Ellis Island. AL I think had the same family name and they changed it to something different but don't want to say his real name in public, because he keeps his real name private and calls himself "Owl Bob" or "AL."
Why did you stop at this story? Is there anymore?
Wall of sound was partly 72 and fully used from 73-74
''You're fired! Kid, do you want another job?'' ah the old days.
Cool story bro
We know Bill Graham ! We were around at the time!!!
2:39 ! no i cant see 'm! LMAO
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Just your peckrrr I mean your pants!
Fucking amazing. Great stories.
NO PUN INTENDED. WHAT A GREAT EXPERIENCE!
cool al thanks for sharing love an light
Oh OK I get it! He said he is a Griot!
"The main job of the griot was to entertain the villagers with mythical stories... "
......and so Screech Owl Bob's Jimi story is strictly for entertainment! Nice :)
This particular story I am almost for sure was something that really happened. Some of his other stories are hard to tell if they are true or not, but the way he explains this story and based on how I know him, I could tell he was telling the truth, repeating himself that it actually happened, looking me directly in the eye, etc.
Yes, it would actually be almost unforgivable to tell a story about meeting Jimi, if it didn't really happen! Does Screech Owl Bob have any pictures..from that time? Of anything , not necessarily Jimi! But maybe of his apartment..? Or the Fillmore? Or NYC? Or anything else cool? (I'm from Carmel, Ca btw, and met Bill Graham (Uncle Bobo he was called by the Merry Pranksters) a couple times..I used to go to Grateful Dead and other shows alot in the 80's ;) )
Sounds fun! Here is a video of Owl talking about the New York City art scene he was a part of in the 1980s with a whole photo album of his friends, many of them turned into famous artists, other people in the album like the owner of CBGB and these art scene people. ruclips.net/video/3DyG7kJwUpI/видео.html
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Why is he called "Owl Bob"..?
+EnchantedStarlight I think it has something to do with the fact that there were a lot of poisonous snakes at my house when he used to live here, around the time he first lived here. He claims that he warned them to leave or they would die. Most of them left. Then he called out to a big Owl who lived in the woods. The Owl came and killed and ate the remaining snakes. I bought the house from him many years later, and the owl still lives in the woods. You can hear him nearly every day in the summer. So I guess he was kind of saying he was like an owl for that and other reasons.
He called out to a big Owl to come and eat poisonous snakes living around his house that didn't heed his verbal warning to leave or die. And the Owl flew over and ate them, huh??.. Eastern screech owls like to keep texas blind snakes in their nests to keep it clean of insects and parasites. So I think he should be called "Screech Owl Bob". :)
I once knew someone who heard of another guy that was neighbors with someone who knew someone else that heard about some guy that had a sister that went out with a guy that his father knew someone that went to a Hendrix concert. Does that make me famous?
We get it!
hes say 67 the summer of love did no one else here that?😂
I did not hear that...and people, after nearly 60 years, have confused memories!
That's crazy
I didnt know they served alcohol at IHOP.
......... they have "hops" in their name after all........ so you shouldn't be surprised (one of the ingredients of some beer is hops)........
"When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro". President Richard Nixon
We are filled with guru's in the world that have met so many greats , someone should set up a RUclips page for gurus to tell their tails aka stories....
This man made the electricity for Jimi Hendrix's machine gun
How does one become an electrician at 14?
Likely was mentored by a relative at an early age...He may have been competent, but was not a Union-approved Electrician...that achievement takes a long apprentice-ship! But it is a lucrative skill!...My uncle retired as a low-ball millionaire, after 40 years, investing his money wisely.
CBIP MONK! how do you spell African tribe story telling? Chris