27 years old and already packed enough into his life to revolutionize something as widespread as rock music and still be a resounding, relevant legend half a century later. I've lived two years longer than he did, and I can barely brush my hair or demonstrate basic social skills.
To be entirely fair it doesn’t look like Jimi spent much time brushing his hair either…I had a little poster of him once and my dad asked: “Does he look like that on purpose?” Me: “Pretty much, yeah…”
Politricks I agree! If you’ve watched Simon long enough, you can tell this is his version of gushing. Especially when he’s talking about Are you experienced? Talking about all of the songs on it, I agree with you 100% 😍
If you see the take by Billy Cox he says that when jimi and him were doing the chitlin circuit he put 25 years of guitar in 5years every he went he had his unplugged guitar jamming in a picture theatre, walking along the road with Billy in toe, in the toilet and even cooking breakfast, so there you go.
Actually in the interview with Billy Cox talking about Jimi, Billy stated that when they were doing the chitlin circuit in Tennessee. Jimi put 25 years of guitaring in 5years and Billy was there to see it and it was a night and day affair with his guitar, playing it while walking down the street, going to the toilet, playing in a picture theatre and cooking breakfast, he was preparing himself for the days ahead.
If i had a nickle for everytime a musical genius that defined rock in their era from seattle died at 27, I'd have 2 nickles. Which isnt a lot but its weird that it happened twice.
First part is true but the second part isnt. He very much "opened a door" to several aspects of the guitar and how to play it but it all has been studied, copied , picked apart and built upon by MANY guitarists. That is not to say that it is considered "basic" in this day and age but 99,8% of what he brought to music is understood
@@MarsLonsen -To play like Hendrix is like to paint like Van Gogh. Many many guitarist has played Hendrix, but they lack that extra emotion. So, Pete Brown above her is totally right. (I play the guitar myself) (Stevie Ray is closest in my mind. Even he couldn`t do it 100%)
@@MarsLonsen I'm glad you said it. He innovated, created a style truly unique, which can only be said for a handful of musicians and guitarists throughout history. That said, there are countless guitarists influenced by Hendrix that are "better" guitarists than he was, but these folks didn't innovate like Hendrix did for almost every aspect of modern guitar. Any time I make this point in a conversation about Hendrix, people will respond like Jimi was, is, and always shall be the greatest guitarist of all time, but this is almost always said by people that aren't guitarists themselves and know little about guitar outside of the records they've listened to and what they've been told by other people.
Ham 'Housekeeping' Sarris I don't hear lotz of whut Hendrix wuz doing. Sum musicianz play elementz, BUTT there iz lotz, only Hendrix did. Then u have da imitatorz. Sum r good, BUTT they only do whut Hendrix did live. Jimi n da studio, wuz a different animal.
There was a point in time that Eric Clapton was considered the best guitarist in the world, even being endorsed with a signature model by Fender, one of the biggest and still one of the biggest guitar brands in the world, the Eric Clapton Blackie Stratocaster. At one of his concerts, the then unknown Jimi Hendrix asked to come and play with him. After a while, Eric Clapton stormed off the stage and a stagehand found him backstage smoking a cigarette. When asked why he was so upset, Clapton replied: “you told me the kid was good. You didn’t tell me he was THAT good”
Hendrix has a lasting and profound impact and legacy. Blues, Fusion, Psychedelic, Hard Rock, Funk and Metal. Making sounds and sonic tapestries never heard before. Raw and improvisational live. An architect in the studio. Embodiment of experience, imagination, impression, expression and free being. No matter what, you feel his voice and playing. All people pass but with his creations he still lives and loves. A Hendrix fan is a fan for Life.
To be a true Jimi fan you must refer to that album. I still remember the exact moment I dug it out of my dads CD pile and it blowing me away. I had just started to play guitar and even then I could tell how different and amazing he sounded on that album.
Hendrix recorded over 170 songs in the 4 years before he left us, that's like one and a half so gs every 2 weeks! And toured continuously for a large part of his career. That's crazy!
I never knew the critics didn't like Hendrix at first... I was 13 years old when I first heard the Jimi Hendrix Experience " Are You Experienced". Never forget the first time I heard it . That first night over and over I played it until the dawn. The first Rock concert for me as well was the Experience at the Hollywood Bowl. Everyone was taller than me . Critics be damned.
Perhaps the most famous member of club 27. I’ve been a jazz snob for the last 35 years never the less I view Jimmy’s star spangled banner as perhaps the most significant moment in American music history . It really captures the angst of America’s youth and the horrors of war, it’s a remarkable solo. I would say by by ms American pie is the second most significant song in American music history .
When I was a teenager I used to take my dates to the village in New York City to to electric Lady studios and I told them this is where Jimi Hendrix played.
I think this is one of Simon's best bio's. So much in this I had hear bits and pieces of but this filled in a lot of blanks. I stole every book about Jimi from libraries, and book stores I could into the early 80's. I did pay for his music Anthology. I'm not Frank Marino who I heard had Jimi's soul infect his fingers. I did see Frank Marino and Mahogany Rush in concert, He is Awesome. Thanks Simon, You've done me proud. Jimi Hendrix is never far from my thoughts. He was a God for the people. And a Man of his time.
Undeniably the most influential guitarist of all time, leaving an unrivaled musical legacy. No mention of his biological legacy though, two rarely referenced children, one boy and one girl, by different mothers.
You are absolutely right. I'm surprised Freddie hasn't already been covered on this channel. Surely he must be next. Especially as Simon seems to be covering musicians (Elvis and then Jimi).
This is one of my favourite Biographics, Freddie would be good, but I also think one about Lemmy would be good as well, the life he lived would be a fine testament for this channel.
When I was in school at TN Tech one of my teachers told me about how he was stationed at fort campbell with Jimi. Said he saw a guitar at the pawn shop on base that had JH carved into it and regrets not buying that thing.
Bob Dylan Was it a Danelectro? I’d have been really bummed if it was that Danelectro. With how much his guitars have last sold for, I’m sure one of the first 3 guitars he ever owned would be valued at LUDICROUS! 🤣
@Gipsy Danger Imo there are plenty of better film composers than Zimmer. As far as contemporaries I'd say Jon Brion, Clint Mansell, and Johnny Greenwood. And plenty before him like Basil Pouledouris, Bernard Hermann, John Williams, Jerry Goldsmith, and Carl Stalling to name a few.
There wuz nterest n Hendrix, composing 4 moviez. Hendrix wuz super young, & a partying Rock star. If he'd been given a chance, I'm pretty sure, datz 1 of da bagz, he woulda easily slipped n2.
Absolutely love videos like these. They combine two of my favorite things: music and history. 🧡 Jim Hendrix is a legend and still influences people today, like myself!
My wishlist of upcoming biographics: 1. Sidney Reilly(spy) 2. Carl Rogers(psychologist) 3. Julian Assange (hacker) 4. Allan Moore(comic book writer) 6. Ray Crock (Mcdonalds)
As a left-handed guitarist myself, Jimi, (along with Randy Rhoads) was my original inspiration to pick up the guitar the first time I ever heard Purple Haze, Foxy Lady, his cover of 'All along the Watchtower' etc. He was a true musical genius, and inside a very fragile soul who needed hard drugs to be his shield against a world that either ignored him or wanted to benefit from him. Great video, Simon.
There will never be another guitarist like Jimi Hendrix. I still get chills when I listen to his music. He was so innovative. A true virtuoso. I wonder how he would view the music of today.
@Biographics One thing you left out mate. The part where Hendrix showed up Eric Clapton. When Chandler wanted to take Hendrix to London, Hendrix asked if he could meet Clapton and Jeff Beck. Jimi went to a Cream gig and asked to play. Clapton agreed but had a funny feeling about him. The BBC Documentary "The Seven Ages fo Rock" claim this was an audacious request. He then did the song 'Killing Floor' Clapton loved the song itself, but found it too difficult to play. Hendrix...raged through it, does his tricks and stunt. Even Cream's bassist Jack Bruce thought Clapton was a Master and Hendrix...a force of Nature. Eric apparently just...near dropped and walked off the stage. Chandler claims he knew this would happen. When Chandler found Eric, his hands were shaking, trying to light a cigarette. "Is he really that good?" He asked Chandler
You mentioned the concert on New Years Eve as being totally a disaster, but Jimi belted out the amazing guitar work in “Machine Gun,” which is quite possibly his greatest guitar work ever! Everything hey he knew he put into that song that night. What a way to close out the decade of the 60s!
I remember you guys said a couple months ago that you dont often do musicians because they aren't popular on the channel. I'm so glad that you've given them another chance with Elvis and Hendrix! Thank you!
Entropope yeah it just never lets me down, like Lenny Kravitz says, "Every time you listen to the solo, you have to lie down and take a nap to recover! "
The TH-cam comment sections suck. In 10months no one left you a "like"! That plus your comment is sincere, thanking the staff for a video. Shell Harris(Producer) used to respond to my comments when they were complementary to the staff. She's cool, but it's a shame that nothing happened with your comment. Well, I like it! I hope that means a lil' something? Have a gr8 evening!
The paramedic who arrived to find Jimi said he was soaked in red wine, a story backed up by the physician. In fact, they had to turn him over to drain out the wine. In other words, he was drowned. (I was alive, albeit young, when Jimi died. It was a scary time, with rock gods dropping dead. It was chaos, with Vietnam raging and brilliance dying.)
Forget to mention that Jimi told Chas that he will only go to London if Chas introduces him to Eric Clapton, Chas told Jimi that Eric was a personal friend and that Eric will meet them at Heathrow Airport, Eric didnt make that meeting but sent his Limo to pick them up. The reason The Jimi Hendrix Experience was set up as a Trio was in homage to Cream, with Clapton, Ginger Baker, and Jack Bruce. Jimi and Eric later became good friends even though Eric was somewhat in fear of losing out his "Best Guitarist ever" mantle... Both are/were the greatest.
Hey Simon, you should do a video on Newgrange next. It's a massive Neolithic structure in Ireland that's older than the Pyramids (the oldest one being the Pyramid of Djoser at 2600 bc)and Stonehenge(3000bc) being built in 3200 bc. It has a door with a roof box above it that perfectly aligns with the sun on the Winter solstice and a roof so well made that it's still waterproof to this day. Archaeologists are baffled on how these people were able to build such a sophisticated structure before the advent of writing and the crane and how advanced their knowledge of the cosmos and the exact alignment of the sun was. Shows how skilled my ancestors were in construction techniques,lapidary design, mathematical calculations and astronomical observation. And for April fools day you should do a video on Nat Tate and for pride month you should do Judy Garland. Anyway great video, as always. Keep up the good work.
So when they're building baffling structures they're "your" ancestors, but when they're beating babies to death and shitting in the woods they're not? I can see you're still at the I-am-a-unique-human-being phase of your life.
Odd... my favorite JH album is Band of Gypsies... which for me, captures Jimi's fire and brilliance, ehich IMO, was inspired by the hallowed venue, Filmore East, full of fans who absorbed every nuance, sending their energy back to Jimi, further inspiring him. His dynamics, dramatic, expressive playing, only listenable, perceivable, on vinyl, just blows me away. I have the CD. It is not listenable... His studio albums are by no means throw-aways... his body of work is up there with all musical greats. Another oddity, his Blues. I personally do not like his Blues playing... Red House is a perfect example of him missing the target of the genre's core of tone + timing... of which he misses both targets. Jimi is best as the rock musician, and studio tech he was.... I hold him in high esteem... as he has inspired generations of guitarists, who are endlessly challenged by his work... he played with deep soul, a quality many of these proteges don't get... and thus, why they are so challenged.
That’s so incredibly sad to hear of Lucille’s struggles during so many pregnancies; it’s hard to determine what may have been truly erratic behavior and what was derived from pre-and-post- natal traumas...who she was in her heart versus the minds of others can never be recovered, but we may (and must) thank her for bringing such influential life into this world.
I used to know Juma Sultan. We lived in the same apartment building and he was friends with my son even though Juma was much older. He always had time to stop and talk to my son. He is one of the coolest people that I have ever met.
Jeffries had Jimi murdered on my birthday in 1970. The coroner reported that his lungs were full of wine - he literally was drowned while he was held down and wine was poured into his nostrils. There were also downers found in his bloodstream. For some reason this info has been lost in the mix. Are there no musicians at Biographics? Your chords are wrong - the first "Hendrix chord" on record was Foxy Lady - E9.
Jimi was a friend of a friend. Biographics, you get a C-Minus. If you're a casual Hendrix fan, keep scrolling. You may see this as 'Gate- Keeping' in the common parlance. Hendrix lovers, we got a bit of 'Crosstown Traffic', so please leave a comment. I would like to know how you feel. You do 2 Seconds on his stint with the Isley Brothers Band? A Super group of talent, where he honed his chops? What about the Cafe Wha? residency in the Village NYC? How he jammed with the best from the LES to Harlem? The fear of Jimi packing Stadiums across America with kids of all races? White women losing their F'n minds every time they saw him. This was a problem in 1960's America. How he felt about Vietnam? Knowing how close he got to being deployed with the 101st Airborne. How he made his Guitar sound like an entire Battlefield when he played The Star Spangled Banner. You quote drug dealers and thugs? Lazy work ethics and irresponsibility? Jimi wrote Rock, Blues, Jazz, & Pop? Quincy Jones influence, he wrote music & songs non stop, EVERYWHERE! What about Mike Quashie (RIP Limbo King) His best friend who taught him Vodun? Hello? VooDoo Child. Burning guitars? Afro-futuristic Spiritualism. Not everything is Psychedelic. Nothing how Jimi brought Glam Mainstream? Only Little Richard and Liberace dressed like he did, and he looked the best! Funny you should mention Guitars. If Y'all really want to know the REAL story about Jimi's 'lost' $100k Guitar... True Hendrix fans please google Mike Quashie. This Gentleman brought the Limbo Dance Craze to the U.S. and the World. Jimi lived with him when he was in NYC. His apartment in the Village was THE Rock & Roll after hours, from Bowie to Zappa. I was blessed to call him friend & mentor. The music industry had too much invested in the status quo, and America was not ready for a Black Guitar God, Sex Symbol, Genius, Virtuoso, period. We had to wait until '77 for Prince. This episode was a bit too tabloid and fetishistic. Kill that 'Scary Black Man' noise too. How would YOU act if you knew you were slowly being poisoned to death?: Manic Depression, frustrating mess... All he wanted to do is make music. C-Minus.
No commentz, huh? Thank u 4 ur contributionz! YUPPERZ!!! Lil Richard, TRUELY wuz da father of Rock & Roll & all da androgenous rockerz, from Hendrix, 2 Bowie, 2 Mercury, 2 Prince, have Lil Richard, 2 thank! I read a Hendrix bio, which dscussed Quashie & his great nfluence on Jimi. THANK GOD, 4 HIM!!! Dat nfluence, gave Hendrix, an xtra edge & contributed 2 Hendrix doing a heartfelt sacrifice & ode 2 Jerry Lee Lewis, @ Monterry Pop Festival. Da gig, dat made him, n America! P.S. - They still ain't ready! Perhapz, if Prince had CLAIMED he wuz a whiteboy, nstead of going n da opposite direction...... N otha wordz, Prince started off, murkying da notion of his racial status, BUTT after PURPLE RAIN or mo aptly, The Revolution, Prince wuz unashamededly BLACK! Bsidez gittin his catalog of songz back ( Da MASTERZ ) his unapologetic blackness, may have helped 2 kill him. SMH
@@Einnor084 Peace Brother! You know the 'Real Deal'. RIP Prince! RIP King Richard! RIP Jimi! That man didn't have an evil bone in his body, and they killed him. Manic depression, frustrating mess!
@@tonybennett3 Welp God, n his infinite wisdom, don't dsign ,tihs 2 last 4ever. Datz y he letz evil reign supreme. Good ALWAYZ provez itz better tho, once peephole reflect back. Sort of like lookin @ starz. By da time u c em, they have been dead, along time & whut u c, iz merely, their story. Datz how we got 2 live, on da Earth. We don't appreciate goodness, when we have it. Then, when itz gone, murdered by evil, we sit up, take notice, & reflect, on DUH story. SMH PEACE 2 U!
0:50 - Chapter 1 - Jimi , Jimmy or Johnny ? 3:45 - Chapter 2 - A, D, Em 7:10 - Chapter 3 - Joyriding 10:40 - Chapter 4 - Playing to the stars 14:15 - Mid roll ads 15:50 - Chapter 5 - Are you experienced ? 18:15 - Chapter 6 - Yes i am 20:20 - Chapter 7 - Undesirable people 22:45 - Chapter 8 - Summer of 69 26:15 - Chapter 9 - Burning of the midnight lamp
Great video! I'm a huge Hendrix fan and this was fantastic. I'd love to see you do Jim Morrison! The Lizard King was my idol growing up and I'd love to see your take on his life.
Jim Morrison and Janis Joplin, along with other greats, all died when they were 27, leading to the legend of a rock and roll heaven. Also, I believe "The Monkeys" were Jimi Hendrix's opening band at one point in his career, one of the stranger pairings in history.
C Ray Starling: You have it backwards, Jimi opened for the Monkees, which of course is one of THE strangest pairings in Rock N Roll History. At that time The Monkees were famous, Jimi wasnt, but I often wondered what the reaction of those Teeny Boppers must have thought when Jimi played before their Monkee heros appeared.
@@WayneKitching The reality was...Jimi was "dying the Death" on that tour, as his music was way too much for Monkees fans..so Jimi's manager arranged to have the Experience be dismissed, due to being too vulgar for the little girl crowd!
FIVE DECADES of sex n drugs n rock n roll and yet he was always one of the most intelligent, polite and self depreciating rock stars to have ever drawn breath.
Jimi and Bill Cox lived on Ford street in Clarksville Tn for 3 months before they moved to Nashville. There use to be a music store around the corner where people say he sold the danelectro and the owner claims to still have the receipt which he signed. Some of the night clubs that jimi played in Nashville, the buildings still stand. The Wild Blue Angels (Billy Cox on bass and Mitch Mitchell on drums) his last band is how his band should have always been. That was his best band. The Fabulous Thunderbirds opened for Jimi in Texas. This is where Jimmy Vaughan traded Jimi for a Vox wah pedal which he later gave to one of Jimi's biggest fans. His brother Stevie Ray Vaughan.
The first cassette I ever bought was Jimi Hendrix playing Monterey (11 years old). I went into the record store not knowing the artist's name or even song title. I was approached by a assistant who asked if I needed any help. I start to sing the guitar intro to Purple Haze. The assistant knew exactly what it was; 'come with me son, that was Jimi Hendrix'. Never looked at music the same ever since 🎸
I saw him play 3 times, and met him one night at The Village Gate nightclub. He was my hero as a teenager. I was 15 when I first heard "Hey Joe" on the radio. I rushed to the record store and bought "Are You Experienced". It was then that I found out that he was Black like me. As a young Black rocker in The South Bronx, I needed a hero real bad. They say you should never meet your heroes, but I'm so glad I got to meet mine!
that's harsh pigeonholeing les paul to just guitar hero. the dude practically invented recording technology and studio work as we know it today. the fact he was a great jazz guitarist and had the second most recognized electric guitar named after him is secondary.
It's not that us players can't figure out what he was doing, it's that none of us can ever TRULY GET HIS TONE, FEEL, SOUL!!!!! That's how real & HONEST HIS PLAYING IS!!!!!
As a self confessed Hendrix nut , I was dreading this tbh ! To be honest I have seen tons more worse bios on Jimi and this isn't bad if someone hasn't a clue about his life already. Incidentally , if anyone is interested in the real life of Robert Johnson and not the selling his soul story bollocks ,then check out the best book on the subject ; Escaping The Delta by Elijah Wald. Cheers ✌️😊🎸
0:26 I play guitar and Hendrix is my favorite but he wasn’t the first guitar hero he admired Eric Clapton and the older blues players like B.B. King and Muddy Waters but even if you don’t consider the blues players guitar hero’s Clapton definitely is a guitar hero.
Johnny Teisco 1 author said it best. Either he wuz treated azz a god, or treated azz if he were subhuman ( Jerry Lee Lewis - told Hendrix 2 - GIT AWAY FROM ME N- word, when Hendrix wanted 2 shake his hand & thank him 4 his contribution 2 Rock & Roll. Unblievable.... cause I actually dig Jerry Lee Lewis & OBVIOUSLY, he nfluenced Hendrix! VERY SAD!!! [ Lotz n parenthesis = my mphasis. ] ) Whut Hendrix needed, according 2 da author, wuz 2 b treated like a human being & have sum true, non-handz-out, friendship.
A loser? Well he was a musical great. Anyway losers often make the most interesting people. Biographics isn't about wonderful people, it's about people who made a mark. No matter whether a good mark or bad. Though I admit, millions of people have made a mark I'm some way and obviously you can't cover them all. Bio features a lot of people I've never heard of. Perhaps that's good.....there are many biographies and documentaries on famous and infamous people. No point adding to that.
Listened to Woodstock '69 on Spotify yesterday on LSD - I imagined I was sitting on a hill, somehow lucky enough to see hendrix, closed my eyes and by the end, the importance of the star spangled banner really hit me - I had never heard it as explosions and machine gun fire before, but after listening to the whole set and having that context, noting Jimi had said people could leave long before he played it.. well it's a great quarantine so far, great video timing :)
Check out Squarespace: squarespace.com/biographics for 10% off on your first purchase.
PLEASE do your Biography.
Yes you finally listened, I am complete
You gotta cover Stevie Ray Vaughn
Pridd Gone?
Piggy On?
Can you do a biographic on the Salem Witch Trials please?
I sometimes hear Simon narrating my life, and then doing an ad for Squarespace
He thought it would be a good idea to take the jump. You know who else should take the jump? You, with a word from our sponsor SquareSpace.
'....and it doesn't matter if youre crushed that Tom Brady signed with the Buccaneers, you can express it to the world on Squarespace....'
LOL can you imagine waking up and your voice sounded like his? I'd be overjoyed but wouldn't know what to do with it. I'm just not that suave.
Hahahah. If I could pick someone to speak about me at my funeral it would be Simon Whistler.
*...How about “Spongebob Square Pants”...*
Electric alchemist, loved the title!
Same here
I'm sure Jimi would've been honored by such a title
Marcos Marín Yeah its a cool description of jimi
Yepp, so great!
Yeah this word is the closest to something that can actually define Jimi Hendrix
27 years old and already packed enough into his life to revolutionize something as widespread as rock music and still be a resounding, relevant legend half a century later. I've lived two years longer than he did, and I can barely brush my hair or demonstrate basic social skills.
Nothing wrong with that. Do what makes you happy and fulfilled and screw the rest. If you change the world, great. If not, at least you enjoyed it.
Harriet TheShy hahaha!!! I don’t think I even have any of that going for me...
Everyone starts from somewhere.
you died when you were 29?
To be entirely fair it doesn’t look like Jimi spent much time brushing his hair either…I had a little poster of him once and my dad asked: “Does he look like that on purpose?” Me: “Pretty much, yeah…”
the smile on your face, Simon, when you said "today's protagonist is Jimmy Hendrix" was priceless. i spy a true fan?
Jimi
Simon is a metal head, he quotes metal songs in many of his videos.
you might be attracted to him
whatch it with subs
Politricks I agree! If you’ve watched Simon long enough, you can tell this is his version of gushing. Especially when he’s talking about Are you experienced? Talking about all of the songs on it, I agree with you 100% 😍
Here's something to contemplate, Jimi first picked up the guitar only 12 years before his death.....fascinating
But played everyone's lifetime of music ✌️
If you see the take by Billy Cox he says that when jimi and him were doing the chitlin circuit he put 25 years of guitar in 5years every he went he had his unplugged guitar jamming in a picture theatre, walking along the road with Billy in toe, in the toilet and even cooking breakfast, so there you go.
Actually in the interview with Billy Cox talking about Jimi, Billy stated that when they were doing the chitlin circuit in Tennessee. Jimi put 25 years of guitaring in 5years and Billy was there to see it and it was a night and day affair with his guitar, playing it while walking down the street, going to the toilet, playing in a picture theatre and cooking breakfast, he was preparing himself for the days ahead.
It's not the age at which you start but the amount of time you spend practicing
@@DistantLights wasnt referencing his age, was referring to the amount of time he actually played the instrument.
This guy at 27 lived more than we could ever live in a lifetime. A cosmic talent much like a zeppelin.
Truth!
If i had a nickle for everytime a musical genius that defined rock in their era from seattle died at 27, I'd have 2 nickles.
Which isnt a lot but its weird that it happened twice.
“Knowledge speaks wisdom listens”
Jimi Hendrix
Ethan Ramos
Yet Idiots Rule
@@CorbCorbin he didn't say life was perfect. 🤷🏿♂️
Marill Sweatshirt
Real tawk!
One of my Axioms: "If you are Speaking, You are Not Listening..."
My Boys (9 & 11) still have difficulty with this one...
@@CorbCorbin Power attracts the corruptible. (Frank Herbert)
Still influencing guitarists 50 years after his death. There are things he played folks still can't figure it out.
First part is true but the second part isnt. He very much "opened a door" to several aspects of the guitar and how to play it but it all has been studied, copied , picked apart and built upon by MANY guitarists. That is not to say that it is considered "basic" in this day and age but 99,8% of what he brought to music is understood
@@MarsLonsen -To play like Hendrix is like to paint like Van Gogh. Many many guitarist has played Hendrix, but they lack that extra emotion. So, Pete Brown above her is totally right. (I play the guitar myself) (Stevie Ray is closest in my mind. Even he couldn`t do it 100%)
@@MarsLonsen I'm glad you said it. He innovated, created a style truly unique, which can only be said for a handful of musicians and guitarists throughout history. That said, there are countless guitarists influenced by Hendrix that are "better" guitarists than he was, but these folks didn't innovate like Hendrix did for almost every aspect of modern guitar. Any time I make this point in a conversation about Hendrix, people will respond like Jimi was, is, and always shall be the greatest guitarist of all time, but this is almost always said by people that aren't guitarists themselves and know little about guitar outside of the records they've listened to and what they've been told by other people.
Ham 'Housekeeping' Sarris
I don't hear lotz of whut Hendrix wuz doing. Sum musicianz play elementz, BUTT there iz lotz, only Hendrix did.
Then u have da imitatorz. Sum r good, BUTT they only do whut Hendrix did live. Jimi n da studio, wuz a different animal.
Pete Brown he's that badass of a guitarist
There was a point in time that Eric Clapton was considered the best guitarist in the world, even being endorsed with a signature model by Fender, one of the biggest and still one of the biggest guitar brands in the world, the Eric Clapton Blackie Stratocaster. At one of his concerts, the then unknown Jimi Hendrix asked to come and play with him. After a while, Eric Clapton stormed off the stage and a stagehand found him backstage smoking a cigarette. When asked why he was so upset, Clapton replied: “you told me the kid was good. You didn’t tell me he was THAT good”
That "stagehand" you mention, was actually Jimi's manager, Chas Chandler.
@@curbozerboomer1773no it was me dipchris
@@curbozerboomer1773i heard jimis ball tasye good too
honestly you guys talk about these accomplished men liks they are gods… get a grip
@@nicklauslandry1980couldn’t agree more
He wasn't one of, he was THE most influential guitarist of all time. Constantly topping lists of greatest guitarists of all time.
Long Live the Legend of Jimi Hendrix…
The Jimi Hendrix experience will never die.
..."had to accept the fact that 'this cute little heartbreaker, could never be all his.'" NICE, Simon. I see what you did there.
What did he do?
@@mrsx7944, It's a reference to one of Jimi Hendrix's songs called Foxey Lady.
@@henry7001 oh 🤣🤣
Hendrix has a lasting and profound impact and legacy. Blues, Fusion, Psychedelic, Hard Rock, Funk and Metal. Making sounds and sonic tapestries never heard before. Raw and improvisational live. An architect in the studio. Embodiment of experience, imagination, impression, expression and free being. No matter what, you feel his voice and playing. All people pass but with his creations he still lives and loves. A Hendrix fan is a fan for Life.
Brendan Cronin
Yes sir!!!!
I actually believe & will argue til I'm blue in the face that Hendrix's music was the true birth of heavy metal.
Once I listened to Jimi Hendrix, I was never the same....
same here. his music changed my life.
True. Jimi and the Doors had a huge influence on my teenage years
@hagnuj : If you swerve of into a mountain you can chop it down with the edge of your hand.
Amen!! The same here!
Purple haze
The role Hendrix played in the creating of Heavy Metal and with that modern music is just insane.
Fucking metal, man you are so right ✅👏
You didn’t mention the band of Gypsies!! That album is one of the greatest albums ever made
Thank you! Honestly I find that album more interesting than the debut even if it was just an obligatory contract album.
Billy Cox and Buddy Miles. Legendary power performance preserved by them.
To be a true Jimi fan you must refer to that album. I still remember the exact moment I dug it out of my dads CD pile and it blowing me away. I had just started to play guitar and even then I could tell how different and amazing he sounded on that album.
ha. just commented the same thing . also , I think machine gun may be a bit more political than wanking on the star spangled banner..
And Robert Plant stole the name
Hendrix recorded over 170 songs in the 4 years before he left us, that's like one and a half so gs every 2 weeks! And toured continuously for a large part of his career. That's crazy!
I never knew the critics didn't like Hendrix at first... I was 13 years old when I first heard the Jimi Hendrix Experience " Are You Experienced". Never forget the first time I heard it . That first night over and over I played it until the dawn. The first Rock concert for me as well was the Experience at the Hollywood Bowl. Everyone was taller than me . Critics be damned.
RIP Jimmy, one of if not the best guitarist ever.
It's Jimi not Jimmy
Certainly the most creative guitarist.
Perhaps the most famous member of club 27. I’ve been a jazz snob for the last 35 years never the less I view Jimmy’s star spangled banner as perhaps the most significant moment in American music history . It really captures the angst of America’s youth and the horrors of war, it’s a remarkable solo. I would say by by ms American pie is the second most significant song in American music history .
When I was a teenager I used to take my dates to the village in New York City to to electric Lady studios and I told them this is where Jimi Hendrix played.
I think this is one of Simon's best bio's. So much in this I had hear bits and pieces of but this filled in a lot of blanks. I stole every book about Jimi from libraries, and book stores I could into the early 80's. I did pay for his music Anthology.
I'm not Frank Marino who I heard had Jimi's soul infect his fingers. I did see Frank Marino and Mahogany Rush in concert, He is Awesome.
Thanks Simon, You've done me proud. Jimi Hendrix is never far from my thoughts. He was a God for the people. And a Man of his time.
A guitar used by Jimi Hendrix, especially one that is so essential in his history, could easily fetch a million dollars at auction.
Tuisku Roininen absolutely agree
I was just about to write that when I saw your post......Any Hendrix guitar could be priceless now.
i’d give both of my legs and one of my kidneys (maybe both if i was a little older) for his white tele
Simon, you should do a Bio on Steve Ray Vaughn.
Yesssss
Yes!!!!! The GOAT!
Babyqueen901 Lol
No he was lame
It wouldn’t make for a great biography because words can’t describe his playing. Seriously.
Totally agree.
I already knew how this was gonna end and was still sad :(
I've waited for this one so much I wanna cry :') , thank you so much
I thought the müdslïmé religion condemns people who play instruments.
"was jimi an illegitimate child" did you see that picture of his father Al? they're paractically identical
Agree
You said Billy and Jimmy without cracking a smile. That's professionalism to the highest degree.
Undeniably the most influential guitarist of all time,
leaving an unrivaled musical legacy. No mention of
his biological legacy though, two rarely referenced
children, one boy and one girl, by different mothers.
And one of those children has now decided to not be a boy anymore!
One of the first Biographics additions about a musician I've ever seen! Glad I got to know about Hendrix.
PLEASE DO ONE ABOUT FREDDIE MERCURY!!!! :)
You are absolutely right. I'm surprised Freddie hasn't already been covered on this channel. Surely he must be next. Especially as Simon seems to be covering musicians (Elvis and then Jimi).
This is one of my favourite Biographics, Freddie would be good, but I also think one about Lemmy would be good as well, the life he lived would be a fine testament for this channel.
When I was in school at TN Tech one of my teachers told me about how he was stationed at fort campbell with Jimi. Said he saw a guitar at the pawn shop on base that had JH carved into it and regrets not buying that thing.
Bob Dylan
Was it a Danelectro?
I’d have been really bummed if it was that Danelectro.
With how much his guitars have last sold for, I’m sure one of the first 3 guitars he ever owned would be valued at LUDICROUS! 🤣
🤤🤤🤤
Also a Tech Alumn, what professor?
@@byronbass3014 It was in jackson TN. My teachers name was Bob I don't remember his last name.
No pawn shop would be on a military base.
Jimi Hendrix is our modern Mozart
Gipsy Danger I agree, I’d say Hendrix was our modern Hendrix.
@Gipsy Danger Imo there are plenty of better film composers than Zimmer. As far as contemporaries I'd say Jon Brion, Clint Mansell, and Johnny Greenwood. And plenty before him like Basil Pouledouris, Bernard Hermann, John Williams, Jerry Goldsmith, and Carl Stalling to name a few.
Thirty Year Old Mulberry Field that’s subjective my dude. Can’t deny zimmers impact though.
Thirty Year Old Mulberry Field How about Ennio Morricone, Nino Rota and Philip Glass?
There wuz nterest n Hendrix, composing 4 moviez. Hendrix wuz super young, & a partying Rock star.
If he'd been given a chance, I'm pretty sure, datz 1 of da bagz, he woulda easily slipped n2.
You should do a Biographical video on legendary guitarist, Robert Johnson!!!
That will be pretty hard considering that his life was not very well documented and thus all the legends arojnd him started
thats were he got the influence from, i think....
Also Johnny "Guitar" Watson
Yes please. I'd love to hear him narrate all the myths about him
What about Danny Kirwan, the most forgotten genius of the 60s???
Absolutely love videos like these. They combine two of my favorite things: music and history. 🧡 Jim Hendrix is a legend and still influences people today, like myself!
He is definitely a legend...
My wishlist of upcoming biographics:
1. Sidney Reilly(spy)
2. Carl Rogers(psychologist)
3. Julian Assange (hacker)
4. Allan Moore(comic book writer)
6. Ray Crock (Mcdonalds)
I want one on Robert Johnson
@@D3FC0N96 I would also like that one.
Gilgamesh!
Ray Crock would be interesting!
Never heard of Sidney Reilly but the other four are great choices that will almost certainly be covered at some point. I wonder who number five is...
Thank you!!!!!! Just what we need to get our minds off of everything!!
As a left-handed guitarist myself, Jimi, (along with Randy Rhoads) was my original inspiration to pick up the guitar the first time I ever heard Purple Haze, Foxy Lady, his cover of 'All along the Watchtower' etc. He was a true musical genius, and inside a very fragile soul who needed hard drugs to be his shield against a world that either ignored him or wanted to benefit from him. Great video, Simon.
Finally, you covered the man himself.
There will never be another guitarist like Jimi Hendrix. I still get chills when I listen to his music. He was so innovative. A true virtuoso. I wonder how he would view the music of today.
I admire his artistic taste of music and his skills are undescribable yet touches your soul.
@Biographics One thing you left out mate. The part where Hendrix showed up Eric Clapton.
When Chandler wanted to take Hendrix to London, Hendrix asked if he could meet Clapton and Jeff Beck. Jimi went to a Cream gig and asked to play. Clapton agreed but had a funny feeling about him. The BBC Documentary "The Seven Ages fo Rock" claim this was an audacious request. He then did the song 'Killing Floor' Clapton loved the song itself, but found it too difficult to play. Hendrix...raged through it, does his tricks and stunt. Even Cream's bassist Jack Bruce thought Clapton was a Master and Hendrix...a force of Nature. Eric apparently just...near dropped and walked off the stage. Chandler claims he knew this would happen. When Chandler found Eric, his hands were shaking, trying to light a cigarette. "Is he really that good?" He asked Chandler
You mentioned the concert on New Years Eve as being totally a disaster, but Jimi belted out the amazing guitar work in “Machine Gun,” which is quite possibly his greatest guitar work ever! Everything hey he knew he put into that song that night. What a way to close out the decade of the 60s!
He didn't mention NYE that was at the Fillmore, he said Madison Square Garden on January 28th.
I remember you guys said a couple months ago that you dont often do musicians because they aren't popular on the channel. I'm so glad that you've given them another chance with Elvis and Hendrix! Thank you!
Listen Machine gun, from the album band of gypsys! It's Jimi at his purest imo..
Entropope yeah it just never lets me down, like Lenny Kravitz says, "Every time you listen to the solo, you have to lie down and take a nap to recover! "
Just wanted to say how much I appreciate your channels right now. Thank you!
The TH-cam comment sections suck. In 10months no one left you a "like"! That plus your comment is sincere, thanking the staff for a video. Shell Harris(Producer) used to respond to my comments when they were complementary to the staff. She's cool, but it's a shame that nothing happened with your comment. Well, I like it! I hope that means a lil' something? Have a gr8 evening!
The paramedic who arrived to find Jimi said he was soaked in red wine, a story backed up by the physician. In fact, they had to turn him over to drain out the wine. In other words, he was drowned. (I was alive, albeit young, when Jimi died. It was a scary time, with rock gods dropping dead. It was chaos, with Vietnam raging and brilliance dying.)
Pure BS.
Forget to mention that Jimi told Chas that he will only go to London if Chas introduces him to Eric Clapton, Chas told Jimi that Eric was a personal friend and that Eric will meet them at Heathrow Airport, Eric didnt make that meeting but sent his Limo to pick them up.
The reason The Jimi Hendrix Experience was set up as a Trio was in homage to Cream, with Clapton, Ginger Baker, and Jack Bruce. Jimi and Eric later became good friends even though Eric was somewhat in fear of losing out his "Best Guitarist ever" mantle... Both are/were the greatest.
Since youve covered jimi and john, why not completele the tripple j"s with jim Morrison the lizard king
Dollars to donuts Mr. Mojo Risin is next. That'd be a great one.
.....and or Janis Joplin (JJ), or Joni Mitchell
@@stephenfiore9960 both :)
Coyote on peyote ; Jim Morrison was a good Poet but a Lousy Rock Star, Who Clown Hendrix on stage, Morrison SUCKS!!!!!!!!
The thing that still fascinates me about Hendrix is that he was self taught yet totally revolutionized the instrument.
Hey Simon, you should do a video on Newgrange next. It's a massive Neolithic structure in Ireland that's older than the Pyramids (the oldest one being the Pyramid of Djoser at 2600 bc)and Stonehenge(3000bc) being built in 3200 bc. It has a door with a roof box above it that perfectly aligns with the sun on the Winter solstice and a roof so well made that it's still waterproof to this day. Archaeologists are baffled on how these people were able to build such a sophisticated structure before the advent of writing and the crane and how advanced their knowledge of the cosmos and the exact alignment of the sun was. Shows how skilled my ancestors were in construction techniques,lapidary design, mathematical calculations and astronomical observation.
And for April fools day you should do a video on Nat Tate and for pride month you should do Judy Garland.
Anyway great video, as always. Keep up the good work.
So when they're building baffling structures they're "your" ancestors, but when they're beating babies to death and shitting in the woods they're not? I can see you're still at the I-am-a-unique-human-being phase of your life.
I’m going to go out on a limb and say that Simon is a Hendrix fan.
Not anymore than anyone else his age I'd reckon...not to diss the guy, but this isn't the most accurate source of info on Jimi, not by a longshot.
Odd... my favorite JH album is Band of Gypsies... which for me, captures Jimi's fire and brilliance, ehich IMO, was inspired by the hallowed venue, Filmore East, full of fans who absorbed every nuance, sending their energy back to Jimi, further inspiring him.
His dynamics, dramatic, expressive playing, only listenable, perceivable, on vinyl, just blows me away.
I have the CD. It is not listenable...
His studio albums are by no means throw-aways... his body of work is up there with all musical greats.
Another oddity, his Blues. I personally do not like his Blues playing... Red House is a perfect example of him missing the target of the genre's core of tone + timing... of which he misses both targets.
Jimi is best as the rock musician, and studio tech he was.... I hold him in high esteem... as he has inspired generations of guitarists, who are endlessly challenged by his work... he played with deep soul, a quality many of these proteges don't get... and thus, why they are so challenged.
Thomas Walz - That's always been my favorite Jimi too. Good to see I'm with like minded people.
Your dissing of his blues style is eccentric, to say the least. And you seem to have some sort of fetish for vinyl recordings?
Great. Such a good presentation. Learned a lot, and seeing this really puts the timeline of his life into perspective
That’s so incredibly sad to hear of Lucille’s struggles during so many pregnancies; it’s hard to determine what may have been truly erratic behavior and what was derived from pre-and-post- natal traumas...who she was in her heart versus the minds of others can never be recovered, but we may (and must) thank her for bringing such influential life into this world.
ALL THE Way man.
I loved this episode. I listen to this channel EVERYDAY at work and it brings me so much joy. Thank you for making these videos.
Love the performance of Killing Floor Blues at Monterey
The soundtrack of Vietnam
I have Monterey Pop at home and play it often. His and Otis' segments were just wow!
I used to know Juma Sultan. We lived in the same apartment building and he was friends with my son even though Juma was much older. He always had time to stop and talk to my son. He is one of the coolest people that I have ever met.
Jeffries had Jimi murdered on my birthday in 1970. The coroner reported that his lungs were full of wine - he literally was drowned while he was held down and wine was poured into his nostrils. There were also downers found in his bloodstream. For some reason this info has been lost in the mix. Are there no musicians at Biographics? Your chords are wrong - the first "Hendrix chord" on record was Foxy Lady - E9.
bamboosa
Thank God 4 u!!!
Great video for a Legend
You missed the part when B.B. King found Hendrix drunk in a bar in (forgot southern state) playing for dollars.
I have been waiting for this for so long. I am so happy !
Jimi was a friend of a friend. Biographics, you get a C-Minus.
If you're a casual Hendrix fan, keep scrolling. You may see this as 'Gate- Keeping' in the common parlance.
Hendrix lovers, we got a bit of 'Crosstown Traffic', so please leave a comment. I would like to know how you feel.
You do 2 Seconds on his stint with the Isley Brothers Band? A Super group of talent, where he honed his chops?
What about the Cafe Wha? residency in the Village NYC? How he jammed with the best from the LES to Harlem?
The fear of Jimi packing Stadiums across America with kids of all races?
White women losing their F'n minds every time they saw him. This was a problem in 1960's America.
How he felt about Vietnam? Knowing how close he got to being deployed with the 101st Airborne.
How he made his Guitar sound like an entire Battlefield when he played The Star Spangled Banner.
You quote drug dealers and thugs? Lazy work ethics and irresponsibility?
Jimi wrote Rock, Blues, Jazz, & Pop? Quincy Jones influence, he wrote music & songs non stop, EVERYWHERE!
What about Mike Quashie (RIP Limbo King) His best friend who taught him Vodun? Hello? VooDoo Child. Burning guitars? Afro-futuristic Spiritualism. Not everything is Psychedelic.
Nothing how Jimi brought Glam Mainstream? Only Little Richard and Liberace dressed like he did, and he looked the best!
Funny you should mention Guitars. If Y'all really want to know the REAL story about Jimi's 'lost' $100k Guitar...
True Hendrix fans please google Mike Quashie. This Gentleman brought the Limbo Dance Craze to the U.S. and the World. Jimi lived with him when he was in NYC. His apartment in the Village was THE Rock & Roll after hours, from Bowie to Zappa. I was blessed to call him friend & mentor.
The music industry had too much invested in the status quo, and America was not ready for a Black Guitar God, Sex Symbol, Genius, Virtuoso, period. We had to wait until '77 for Prince.
This episode was a bit too tabloid and fetishistic.
Kill that 'Scary Black Man' noise too. How would YOU act if you knew you were slowly being poisoned to death?: Manic Depression, frustrating mess...
All he wanted to do is make music.
C-Minus.
No commentz, huh?
Thank u 4 ur contributionz!
YUPPERZ!!!
Lil Richard, TRUELY wuz da father of Rock & Roll & all da androgenous rockerz, from Hendrix, 2 Bowie, 2 Mercury, 2 Prince, have Lil Richard, 2 thank!
I read a Hendrix bio, which dscussed Quashie & his great nfluence on Jimi. THANK GOD, 4 HIM!!! Dat nfluence, gave Hendrix, an xtra edge & contributed 2 Hendrix doing a heartfelt sacrifice & ode 2 Jerry Lee Lewis, @ Monterry Pop Festival. Da gig, dat made him, n America!
P.S. - They still ain't ready! Perhapz, if Prince had CLAIMED he wuz a whiteboy, nstead of going n da opposite direction...... N otha wordz, Prince started off, murkying da notion of his racial status, BUTT after PURPLE RAIN or mo aptly, The Revolution, Prince wuz unashamededly BLACK! Bsidez gittin his catalog of songz back ( Da MASTERZ ) his unapologetic blackness, may have helped 2 kill him.
SMH
@@Einnor084 Peace Brother! You know the 'Real Deal'. RIP Prince! RIP King Richard! RIP Jimi! That man didn't have an evil bone in his body, and they killed him. Manic depression, frustrating mess!
@@tonybennett3
Welp
God, n his infinite wisdom, don't dsign ,tihs 2 last 4ever. Datz y he letz evil reign supreme. Good ALWAYZ provez itz better tho, once peephole reflect back. Sort of like lookin @ starz. By da time u c em, they have been dead, along time & whut u c, iz merely, their story. Datz how we got 2 live, on da Earth. We don't appreciate goodness, when we have it. Then, when itz gone, murdered by evil, we sit up, take notice, & reflect, on DUH story.
SMH
PEACE 2 U!
This was beautifully written, you made me cry. You’re still loved Jimi
Thanks
0:50 - Chapter 1 - Jimi , Jimmy or Johnny ?
3:45 - Chapter 2 - A, D, Em
7:10 - Chapter 3 - Joyriding
10:40 - Chapter 4 - Playing to the stars
14:15 - Mid roll ads
15:50 - Chapter 5 - Are you experienced ?
18:15 - Chapter 6 - Yes i am
20:20 - Chapter 7 - Undesirable people
22:45 - Chapter 8 - Summer of 69
26:15 - Chapter 9 - Burning of the midnight lamp
I'd love one of the frontman of Motorhead called Lemmy: Born to lose, Lived to win. Lemmy was even Jimi's Roadie and scored him dope sometimes.
Lemmy was one of jimi's Roadies when he was 16.
Great video! I'm a huge Hendrix fan and this was fantastic.
I'd love to see you do Jim Morrison! The Lizard King was my idol growing up and I'd love to see your take on his life.
Great video! I’d love to see a biography of Duane Allman.
Great work as always. Please do Townes Van Zant, would be a very interesting bio
Jim Morrison and Janis Joplin, along with other greats, all died when they were 27, leading to the legend of a rock and roll heaven. Also, I believe "The Monkeys" were Jimi Hendrix's opening band at one point in his career, one of the stranger pairings in history.
C Ray Starling: You have it backwards, Jimi opened for the Monkees, which of course is one of THE strangest pairings in Rock N Roll History. At that time The Monkees were famous, Jimi wasnt, but I often wondered what the reaction of those Teeny Boppers must have thought when Jimi played before their Monkee heros appeared.
@@abw48 Apparently Jimi was fired from that tour because the teeny boppers and their moms complained.
@@WayneKitching The reality was...Jimi was "dying the Death" on that tour, as his music was way too much for Monkees fans..so Jimi's manager arranged to have the Experience be dismissed, due to being too vulgar for the little girl crowd!
I’m writing a 5 page essay on Jimi Hendrix and I just wanted to say thank you for uploading this video it has been extremely helpful.
I hope you didn't write that the Hendrix chord was Sharp7 add9 because it's Dom7th Sharp9
You should make a biography on one of the most famous rockstars to ever live he was born to lose and he lived to win lemmy kilmister
Yeah this would be cool
Fun fact Lemmy was Jimi's roadie when he moved to England, he loved him
That.
FIVE DECADES of sex n drugs n rock n roll and yet he was always one of the most intelligent, polite and self depreciating rock stars to have ever drawn breath.
Ciaran Duffner razorfist’s metal mythos of Motörhead. Check it out.
Jimi and Bill Cox lived on Ford street in Clarksville Tn for 3 months before they moved to Nashville. There use to be a music store around the corner where people say he sold the danelectro and the owner claims to still have the receipt which he signed. Some of the night clubs that jimi played in Nashville, the buildings still stand. The Wild Blue Angels (Billy Cox on bass and Mitch Mitchell on drums) his last band is how his band should have always been. That was his best band.
The Fabulous Thunderbirds opened for Jimi in Texas. This is where Jimmy Vaughan traded Jimi for a Vox wah pedal which he later gave to one of Jimi's biggest fans. His brother Stevie Ray Vaughan.
He’s been such an inspiration to young black boy’s his legacy and music will never die Rock on Brother🤘💜🤪💕💞✝️
The first cassette I ever bought was Jimi Hendrix playing Monterey (11 years old). I went into the record store not knowing the artist's name or even song title. I was approached by a assistant who asked if I needed any help. I start to sing the guitar intro to Purple Haze. The assistant knew exactly what it was; 'come with me son, that was Jimi Hendrix'. Never looked at music the same ever since 🎸
YES! I got goosebumbs! Please do more Rock'n'Roll idols (I'd love to see a Biograpgics show about Eric Clapton 😍) i really enjoyed this episode 🥰
I saw him play 3 times, and met him one night at The Village Gate nightclub. He was my hero as a teenager. I was 15 when I first heard "Hey Joe" on the radio. I rushed to the record store and bought "Are You Experienced". It was then that I found out that he was Black like me. As a young Black rocker in The South Bronx, I needed a hero real bad. They say you should never meet your heroes, but I'm so glad I got to meet mine!
Love this one, please do Gill Scott Heron next!
You’re awesome for this Simon! More rockstars please!!!!
"The first real electric guitar hero" - *Les Paul would like to know your location*
that's harsh pigeonholeing les paul to just guitar hero. the dude practically invented recording technology and studio work as we know it today. the fact he was a great jazz guitarist and had the second most recognized electric guitar named after him is secondary.
Hanging out at Django's place listening to Robert Johnson records.
@@eddyguizonde401 I fail to see where he said he was only a guitarist
And what about Clapton ?
BTW, Les Paul's wife, Mary Ford, was also a brilliant guitarist.
Thanks for posting, Simon. Of all the TH-cam hosts / narrators, you're the one I would have wanted to present the story of Jimi Hendrix.
Well done.
Last time I was this early Jimi was in b.b kings band
And Little Richard + The Isley Brothers.
Love how we got a mini Robert Johnson bio in the middle 😂 also can we get an Eric Clapton episode there’s so much to unwrap
It's not that us players can't figure out what he was doing, it's that none of us can ever TRULY GET HIS TONE, FEEL, SOUL!!!!! That's how real & HONEST HIS PLAYING IS!!!!!
The beard is getting more and more epic.
Fantastic Simon as always!!!
I'm in quarantine now and you are keeping me sane!!!
This is definitely my favorite one so far... please create one for Janis Joplin 👌
Hey, please do Eisenhower? 😁
I think they did. But if not, Ike should be next!
As a self confessed Hendrix nut , I was dreading this tbh ! To be honest I have seen tons more worse bios on Jimi and this isn't bad if someone hasn't a clue about his life already.
Incidentally , if anyone is interested in the real life of Robert Johnson and not the selling his soul story bollocks ,then check out the best book on the subject ; Escaping The Delta by Elijah Wald. Cheers ✌️😊🎸
Shaun W I find it hilarious that he himself fed it that myth so much tbh
Why don’t u do a vid on the “27 club?”
Agreed! Not sure but I think they're only missing a few.
Simon Whistler: The Life of an Absolute Legend
Another great video as always!
0:26 I play guitar and Hendrix is my favorite but he wasn’t the first guitar hero he admired Eric Clapton and the older blues players like B.B. King and Muddy Waters but even if you don’t consider the blues players guitar hero’s Clapton definitely is a guitar hero.
Yet, comparing the two is like comparing apples and oranges...
Awesome video, love your channels!
Such a legendary guitar player generations to come, but such a sad mistreated character. Remember the human being Jimi Hendrix.
Johnny Teisco
1 author said it best. Either he wuz treated azz a god, or treated azz if he were subhuman ( Jerry Lee Lewis - told Hendrix 2 - GIT AWAY FROM ME N- word, when Hendrix wanted 2 shake his hand & thank him 4 his contribution 2 Rock & Roll. Unblievable.... cause I actually dig Jerry Lee Lewis & OBVIOUSLY, he nfluenced Hendrix! VERY SAD!!! [ Lotz n parenthesis = my mphasis. ] )
Whut Hendrix needed, according 2 da author, wuz 2 b treated like a human being & have sum true, non-handz-out, friendship.
Excellent work. Your writing and narratives are concise yet comprehensive, and very well written and presented (graphics as well 👏🏻)
I love your videos! He'll yes Jimi! Time to do Kurt Cobain of you haven't
Patrick Eisert
He was a loser
A loser? Well he was a musical great. Anyway losers often make the most interesting people. Biographics isn't about wonderful people, it's about people who made a mark. No matter whether a good mark or bad.
Though I admit, millions of people have made a mark I'm some way and obviously you can't cover them all.
Bio features a lot of people I've never heard of. Perhaps that's good.....there are many biographies and documentaries on famous and infamous people. No point adding to that.
@@babiryeethel8582 this guys just trolling. He said SRV was lame in another comment and his name is Jefferey Epstein. Pay him no mind
@@chaseblauvelt7008 I thought he was talking about Cobain
Listened to Woodstock '69 on Spotify yesterday on LSD - I imagined I was sitting on a hill, somehow lucky enough to see hendrix, closed my eyes and by the end, the importance of the star spangled banner really hit me - I had never heard it as explosions and machine gun fire before, but after listening to the whole set and having that context, noting Jimi had said people could leave long before he played it.. well it's a great quarantine so far, great video timing :)
This could be a good segue into a video about Lemmy Kilmister, who allegedly started his musical career by selling Jimi LSD.
kyle Clark And his roadie, too!
Lemmy was well good in Hawwind.