but when he was asked what it was like to be the greatest guitar player, he said "I don't know, ask Terry Kath." He's humble and brought us Chicago Transit Authority all in six words.
In case you didn't notice.... this version of Hey Joe is a great example of Jimi playing both rhythm and lead, at the same time. Also, if you listen carefully (at 5:11 for example), you can hear him incorporating feedback from the Marshall amps.. basically playing the guitar, AND the amplifiers. Before Jimi.. nobody even came close to this level.
@@jamesHadden-l6lisn't it though? That's one thing that brought me to these reaction videos. To see them hearing this stuff for the first time. They may have heard About it before (from parents, grandparents, etc.), but now it's to experience for yourself. Definitely changes your feeling about music in general, and it's possibilities. Do you recall the first time you heard 'Purple Haze' Fire', 'Hey Joe', or whatever it was from the first album? My head shook, jaw dropped, and I probably said 'what the ______ was that?!!?' Then when the 2nd came out... and then the 3rd one. Words like unbelievable and amazing were coming out Everywhere!
Jimi exploded everyone’s ideas of what was possible on guitar. He died in London while SRV was still a kid in Texas, but Stevie studied everything he did and covered a couple of his songs. Check out Jimi’s versions of Voodoo Chile (Slight Return) and Little Wing (which Stevie covered), as well as Purple Haze and Foxy Lady.
@@danielschaeffer1294 There are so many covers of this. And yet there are even people who should know better that think Jimi's was the original. (Not directed at you.)
I’m 73 and have seen Hendrix play three times I have also seen Clapton, Jeff Beck , Led Zeppelin, the stones, the Who and many many more. It’s nice to see kids react to Hendrix like he is amazing. Your grandparents are amazing because we lived through this music. Rock, soul R&B, blues the first time around. So I hope you kids enjoy it the same as we did.
I saw Hendrix play at the Byron Pop Festival about a year before he died. Also saw Zep, the Allman Brothers, CSN, the Who performing Who's Next right before the album was released, Fleetwood Mac, the Stones numerous times, the Moody Blues, Santana, Cream, Yes, the Beach Boys, most of the notable bands of that era. My two biggest regrets: missed seeing the Beatles or Pink Floyd live. A story about Hendrix when he was in London right before he made it big. Eric Clapton was widely considered the top guitarist at that time because of his stints with the Yardbirds, Cream and Blind Faith. Clapton was hanging out in a club one night where Hendrix was on the bill. Jimi saw him in the crowd, got up on stage and played several of Clapton's hits even better than Eric could. [Yes, Jimi had an ego]. Clapton later said he never knew why he had the "best" rep because he knew a dozen lead guitarists as good or better. Jimi was indeed the best. It is a kick to see the kids listen to songs from that era for the first time with their mouths open. Fact is, it was a golden era for rock 'n roll, we didn't realize then how special it was. To us, it was just what was on the radio.
Gosh, two posts that make me want to eat my heart out! How I wish I could transport myself back in time to that incredible era. I was too young and unaware of the times, alas.
When Jimi started his solo career he was already a fully developed guitarist after working in bands for other big artist, but he never thought that he could be a front man cause he didn't have a technically good singing voice. And it was after Jimi heard Bob Dylan who also didn't have a good singing voice at all, but was a huge star, that Jimi realized that you don't have to have a good voice to sing..You just had to sing from your heart with emotion
Bob Dylan once said in an interview that of all the people who have covered his songs, only one person did it better than his original.. Jimi Hendrix All Along The Watch Tower
@@marymargaretmoore9034 John Lennon famously didn't either, which probably led to a lot of cool tech like ADT and anything imitating his Leslie speaker.
Jimi is the goat. Whilst later guitarist might be more technically proficient, Jimi revolutionised what a guitar player was. Every guitar player that followed is his disciple.
Sam Clarke, you are 100% correct. I saw Jimi perform at the Atlanta Pop Festival. Jimi best disciple was Randy Hansen who I saw 3 times, backed up the original Experience who claim that Randy was a better guitarist then Jimi in playing Jimi`s songs - Randy also would hang upside down, at The Roxy in Hollywood, from the balcony while playing. Those tapes of Randy and the Experience are no more because Randy was caucasian and wore full makeup to look like Jimi.
He also revolutionized what the electric guitar could sound like. There were notes to the studio engineers to *not* correct the distortion on his guitar.
THE F’N GOAT- he changed the way everyone played. He revolutionized the sound of Rock music. That’s why he is the best. I am 54 and been playing since I was 11. It is extremely difficult to play complicated scales and chords with the timing of your singing. Like when people say you can’t walk and chew gum at the same time. Notice how when he sings and plays, he NEVER looks at the guitar fret board, his fingers no where to go flawlessly. Oh by the way….. he is also chewing gum lol. 🎸🐐
He's also not playing with his mouth, you literally see him knock the volume up and play the frets further up the neck of the guitar. Its a great trick that Jimi did well but its an old one.
All Along the Watchtower has a unique sound among Hendrix's work, due to it being a remake of an earlier Bob Dylan song. Hendrix's superb guitar work in All Along the Watchtower is a direct (and very good) attempt to reproduce Dylan's harmonica part in his original version of the song.
Yes , Little Wing's is a All Time Great Hendrix Rock Ballet Song, It far Out Shine All Along On The Watch Tower , I'm sure he's probably looking down to Earth and smiling at all the People's that like his Music.....
@@tommacik185 , Hendrix is the Original, meaning He's the Best , S.R.V , is great too but there only one Hendrix, even though he's been gone over 50 years, He a Pioneer of Rock Electric Guitarist of all time.....
As you progress on this music journey you’re going to see so many musicians influenced by him. So, so many. He was ridiculously ahead of his time. No one head ever seen anything like him before. Enjoy the ride! ❤️
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when eric clapton saw jimi playing for the first time he thought his own carrier had came to an end.
He was so far ahead of what anyone had ever done before him. To truly appreciate his greatness; compare what anyone was doing with a guitar the same year. 1960s technology was pretty basic. SRV was a great guitarist too. He really advanced what Hendrix started. But his sound also benefited from newer technology when compared to what Jimi created his groundbreaking riffs with. The original GUITAR GOAT !
Jimmy Page may not be the greatest guitarist of all time (although he's way up there), but he did write more iconic riffs than any other guitarist in the history of rock. By a mile, no one even comes close.
He's also responsible for the greatest cover song ever. His version of Bob Dylan's "All Along The Watchtower" was so good that Bob Dylan changed the way he performed it to make it more like Jimi's version. It also has a genius guitar solo.
@@flitsertheo I think if I were to choose the best cover that no-one thinks is a cover, I would go with Respect by Aretha Franklin, especially as it being recorded by a woman totally changed the meaning of the song.
Jimi was, is, and always will be the GOAT. I LOVE that you come into these videos with no knowledge beforehand, but seriously, treat yourself and get into Jimi's history and performances. Left-handed, but played a right-handed Fender strung upside down. Just amazing.
Watching you talk about Stevie and then Jimi plays with his teeth. Not only was Jimi a phenom on guitar, he was an innovator of sound produced from an electric guitar and amp and some outstanding showmanship, yet when you hear interviews, he's very quietly spoken and reserved
Jimi Hendrix is the Goat of Goats, the most amazing guitar player of all time, this was during the 1969’s and this was revolutionary, it’s still amazing today!
Jimi Hendrix - “All Along The Watchtower” Also, I think this is an appropriate video to request: The Doors - “The End” SRV was amazing but he was standing on Jimi’s shoulders.
I hope you paid attention to his guitar, it is a right-handed guitar but sets it up to be played left-handed, it is literally upside down. Jimmi was the first to use different sounds and distortion, he inspired many upcoming guitarist
Jimmy was voted the greatest Guitarist in history by Rolling Stone. He was Stevie's Hero as well as Princes. They did not have left handed guitars at the time he played so he had to take a right handed guitar and restring it upside down backwards. I saw him in concert when I was 14 years old. He is the most amazing guitarist I have ever seen and I played in a band when I was 20.
Why did he need to restring it? He could do it all backwards. It has been done. But, ..... if he reversed the order of the strings when he found the bass string was "on the bottom" for a left hander, then he was no longer playing it in any way unconventionally, but simply "left handed". Apart from the technical aspects to do with pick ups etc.
@@gastrickbunsen1957 Jimi Hendrix DID restring the guitar. He took a right handed guitar, shifted it to the other side and restrung it in the standard position. A guitarist that played completely upside down and left handed was Albert King. Same with Seal. Watch any performance of Jimi Hendrix with the camera zoomed in on his guitar and you will see it for yourself.
Jimi had just completed his dream studio "Electric Lady Land" beyond any other studio, but he died before recording in it. Big people were recording in his studio for many years after he was gone.
Good to have context on it first - like how he tried to emulate bombs dropping over Vietnam with his guitar as a kind of anti war protest. Without knowing that a casual observer may think he’s just making noise for no reason
@@cassandracyr Jimi Hendrix loved rock music from the time he was still a young boy. He occasionally listened to rock and roll from his home and attended some of the locally organized music concerts. His influence as the master of rock can be attributed to the people he admired such as the Beatles, Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley and Little Richard among others. Much of influence can however be attributed to Elvis Presley whose performance and music made Jimi’s spirit boil within himself. At the age of 15, Jimi has Elvis Presley’s little image which he drew himself. On the picture, Elvis was drawn standing and holding a guitar. Jimi drew this picture two months after attending Elvis Presley’s concert that was organized at the local stadium, Sick’s Stadium, in Seattle
The guitar might be upside down, but the strings are strung reversed as well, so that they're still the same as a right handed guitar. e,a,d g,b,e. He wasn't the only left handed guitar player, and if you wanted a left handed guitar, then you had to order one to be specifically made for you. I worked for a band that had two left-hand guitar players. I'm right handed, so stringing and tuning them was a pain in the arse having to remember that the strings are on reverse. Yes, they were right handed guitars, stratocaster and telecaster and a les Paul, and gretch. Right handed bass player.
Albert king who is a great blues guitarist was left handed but played a right handed guitar upside without reversing the strings. He played a flying v. Jimmy learned from him but could not play blues as well as him.
Unlike all the others who have come afterwards and copied him, Jimi had no one to copy because the stuff he came up with was raw and as out there as you could get. What's more, it was all TOTALLY ORIGINAL. What we see and hear of Jimi, is what we had for a millionth of a second back then, but the show was not destined to go on, but the vibes sure do, even after all this time; the goosebumps are testimony to that. Old un's like me still get them and so many younger ones of the generations since, as will those to come.
Remember Jimi is doing this in the 1960s.. His live concerts when they show the crowd they are always just staring in awe. He was so far ahead of his time and nobody had seen anything like him before..I still dont think we have seen anyone like him since.
Jimi showed us what was capable with a guitar and a creative mind.There are two other greats that were influenced by Jimi,and they were playing before Jimi passed.Robin Trower and Frank Marino.Two guys who don't get the credit they deserve.They also influenced SRV.Robin dedicates his song Daydream to Jimi on his Winterland concert from '75,by saying this one is for the man.Listen to that and to Frank play All Along The Watchtower from '79 and tell me what you think!
@@jettechdonatkins I took a listen to both of your recommendations, which I really appreciate you taking the time to share. I have to say I am impressed with Marino's take on this song. The guitar obviously does not fully replicate Jimi but you can hear the influence and his own really unique sound, I love it. Daydream took me a bit but as I kept listening I really started to feel it around the 3 minute mark, really good vibe and superb guitar. Thanks again for introducing me to new stuff!
He played a right-handed guitar as a lefty and had it strung in reverse order which was why he could make those incredible sounds and effects. You,ll never find a more innovative guitar player like him.
SRV, Jimmy Hendrix, Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck. Eric Clapton, Rory Gallagher, Gary Moore, Chet Atkins, Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Vince Gill, Jerry Reed, Mother Maybelle Carter, Freddie King, B.B. KING, Albert King, Buddy Guy. Goat is so subjective, truth is they are all masters of the instrument that they play.
@Devil doc It was not a list of comparative greatness, I cannot name every top flight guitarist, and someone will always be offended. I left off ChuckBerry, I left off Robert Johnson, Left off Bily Gibbons, Prince, Tom Keifer, Roy Clark, Glenn Campbell, Joni Mitchell, ot any number of technical savants, Shredders classical virtuosos, etc, etc, etc. the point was preferance does not equate to understanding or knowledge, and truly they are all goats in their own way. that my friend is why it was not a list but rather an explinarion. if Jimmy is somneones Goat, I won't argue that because to do so would mean a complete understanding of the art of guitar, even these goats do not possess that level of mastery and never will. Enjoy what they bring set it in its proper chronolgy and time becuase technique and music grows and adapts. I am a guitarist.
It's not just about the tricks, its about the feel and just the way he played was like a force of nature. So many guitarists for decades after him were imitators.
till this day no one sounds like jimmy..he self taught himself left handed on a right hand guitar backwards and upside down cause he was so poor and thats all he could buy
I reccomend finding his playing of the National Anthem if you want to see his skill. And as a vet I understood the respect he was layin' down. Prince straight up took his fashion from Jimi. He'd said as much in earlier interviews. It is why he learned to play just like Stevie.
I'm also a Vet and love Jimi's way of producing the sounds of bombs dropping, machine gun fire. A lot of people think that it's just noise, but Jimi did what Jimi does and that's to express himself through his playing!
It's simple, Jimi Hendrix is the greatest Fender Stratocaster player of all time,.....it took London to understand how good he was when he came over the England unknown, we sent him back a star. You're welcome America!
Jimi got up on stage to Jam with Eric Clapton at a concert in London and Clapton walked off because he was totally outclassed. So Jimi is known as the guitarist who killed Clapton (the then rock guitar god)
I’m laughing at how shocked you guys got!!! When I was a kid, I heard purple haze on my hand held transistor radio. I thought my radio was broken cause nobody in my mind could possibly play like that!!!!!! 50 years later, apparently, Jimi can still cast that spell and shock a new generation all over again. The talent is timeless! Tragically the world only got to see him for about three years on stage, but I’ve been his fan for at least 50. He pulled you both in too!!!! I love it!!!! LOL
He went all out on 3 or 4 Songs, Are You Experience, The Solo Is Off World; Third Stone From The Sun, Love Or Confusion, He's Tapping the Feedback in this Song, I've heard No other Guitarist in Rock History Do This.
Yes that performance was on a different level! Him playing the star spangled banner always tears me up because of all the emotions that he literally shreds out of the guitar
Jimi Hendrix himself when asked "What's it like being the best guitar player in the world?" responded by saying "Ask Roy Clark". Check out Malaguena played by Roy.
Roy Clark is another Master.. He was doing amazing rifts before electric guitars became the thing.. Like many other older musicians.. skilled with several instruments
Trust me kids. I've been listening to Jimi since 1967. He's the GOAT and always will be. You've just scratched the surface of his genius. Now dig deeper and you'll understand. Have fun!
Jimi helped set the standard.. SRV ran with it, and pushed the bar even higher.. totally agree if Jimi was still alive the bar would have been even higher
I'd take Jimmy Page as second. His influence is as wide and deep as Hendrix. It's not just about being a virtuoso, it's about invention and style, too. And Page could add production skills. Hendrix did things nobody had done before on guitar. So did Page. SRV and Eddie Van Halen were virtuosos, no doubt, but it takes more than that. And then there's David Gilmour, Django Reinhart and Joe Pass.
@@LynneConnolly , I have to say that David Gilmore is overrated but still a good Guitarist, in his case, I'll say he was at the right place at the right time....
Yes. Jimi was the goat. If Stevie was still with us he would tell you himself. Bottom line if there was no Jimi Hendrix then never would have been a Stevie Ray Vaughan. I would love to be in heaven just to see that jam session. Jimi was the one who actually wrote Voodoo Child. As a matter of fact, the first time Pete Townsend of The Who saw Jimi Hendrix play, he turned to Keith Richards from the Rolling Stones and said, " what the f*** are we supposed to do now?" No one had ever seen anything like this style of guitar playing ever. He was the pioneer
I disagree. Hendrix was a pioneer of rock guitar, but not at all the only influence on SRV. Clapton and many of the old blues guitarists greatly influenced SRV.
I agree whole heartedly 100%. SRV was a great guitarist, but Jimi was not only a great guitarist (the greatest of all time in my opinion - I saw him live twice, and the Jimi Hendrix Experience could take you higher then any drug.) Jimi was a game changer. The electric guitar would never be the same after Jimi. SRV would admit it. People in the know realize this, but you'll never convince these ignorant kids who have no historical perspective on the subject. Their vision is narrow and subjective. Whatever is most current has to be the best in their line of "thinking".
@@storbokki371 I never said he was the only influence. But he was one of the biggest. On the special with Albert King and Stevie Ray Vaughan, Albert talked about how he used to play with Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin, and ask Stevie to play the Jimi parts.
I disagree on a few points. I believe SRV would still have become a legend as he was influenced by a bunch of guitarists who weren't influenced by Hendrix. As a teen, SRV would sit in with Albert King. SRV's style would have been impacted though, but he was so good, he would still be a legend. The other is that Jimi wasn't the only one doing those things. The Isley Brothers and others talk about how there were other players on the Chitlin Circuit who would do many of the same tricks. Jimi just combined them all, but ended up in a rock band in London where all of that was completely new. So he wasn't the first nor the onlybone doing that, just the first one to perform infront of unsuspecting white crowds, often filled with fellow musicians, but ones who never played the segregated Chitlin Circuit. And also, none of that takes away from Jimi's talent. It was Jimi, not those other guys, the The Isley's hired and wanted so bad, they git his guitar and amp out of the pawn shop and got him an apartment as he was completely broke. There is a wonderful video of them telling that story on here somewhere.
@@mdanam You said, "Bottom line if there was no Jimi Hendrix then never would have been a Stevie Ray Vaughan". I disagree. SRV was influenced by many artists, including Clapton.
Stevie Ray Vaughan was 16 years old when Jimi Hendrix died. So Jimi inspired Stevie and generations of guitarists after him. There was a lot of historical social context at play in this song, it's one of my favorites.
Jimi was on fire that night because The Who preceded him on stage... and The Who did what they did best, tearing appart the whole stage and blowing people's minds. So, Jimi used his full bag of tricks, he played with his teeth, behind the back and on the ending climax literally burned his guitar, he put fire on his stratocastet
@ps3737 YES! That is exactly what Jimi told Pete Townsend right before going on & did so standing up on a chair right in front of Pete's face. As kick ass as that is just wait right there.... As the The Who walked away from that room laughing at Jimi...... According to Noel Redding & Lemmy Kilmister (yes the front man of Motörhead & guitar tech for Jimi until his death) Jimi asked Lemmy to run into town & get him a can of lighter fluid......
From what I've read, the groups from England who knew Jimi did not want to follow his performance because they knew what he could do. The group that did follow him was flat (I think they broke up after this show).
You can literally divide rock and roll into two eras: before Jimi Hendrix and after Jimi Hendrix. If you ask a large number of rock guitarists who influenced them, Jimi Hendrix is the name you will hear most often.
This is my fave live version of Jimi's "Hey Joe". The visuals, the tight musicianship is second to none. So glad you chose this version. I just luuuurve your reactions!! ❤️🎶
He certainly changed guitar playing. He's not my favorite guitarist, but was a game changer. He was also a Vietnam vet, who served our country, and loved this country it's such a shame that he was criticized for playing the national anthem on the guitar at Woodstock back in 1969. Definitely worth reacting to God Bless Jimi Hendrix
He was brilliant and certainly changed guitar playing but, like you, he wasn't my favourite guitarist. SRV is way out in front, to me personally. That said, I so dislike seeing brilliant guitarists, singers, drummers or anyone who has worked at becoming brilliant being pitted or ranked against each other. They all brought their brilliant to the round table.
What I read, true or not. He volunteered was stationed at Fort Campbell and broke his ankle on a jump. He was discharged. That's where he met Billy Cox, bass player for Band of Angels
And SRV had Eddie and Hair bands to bury. Underrated? Jimi was great. Opened doors. Stevie even beat the demon that makes you say what if!? Top 2. No doubt
Stopped reading your comment after I got to underrated. Underrated? On what GD planet was Jimi ever underrated on? He was never, ever underrated. If he's not the GOAT, he in the top five. Underrated. Holy f****n shit.
Jimi was the first guitar god. He picked with his teeth and played behind his head. He was also the first to experiment in the studio and do things no one had done before. He was a huge influence on Stevie Ray and it shows in his playing…along with other blues guitarists.
It was a joy watching your reaction to Jimi. It reminded me of leaving a Jimi Hendrix concert 56 years ago as a teenager and being 'literally' speachless. Thanks!
When Jimi plays the guitar, you simply cannot tell where the guitar ends and Jimi begins. He and his guitar become one being and the music created comes from that union directly from his soul. That is what makes him the GOAT!
Take the time to listen to the double-album set, “Electric Ladyland”. Songs like: “Have You Ever Been To Electric Ladyland”, “...and the Gods Made Love”, “Crosstown Traffic”, “Rainy Day, Dream Away”, “Voodoo Chile (slight return), “Voodoo Child” (recorded live in the studio, one take!), “Burning of the Midnight Lamp”, “All Along the Watchtower”, “Long Hot Summer Night”, “Come On”, “Gypsy Eyes”, “Still Rainin’, Still Dreamin’”. Jimi created ALL of this on a DOUBLE ALBUM set! A creative force that will never be duplicated.
Remember, guys, that performance was recorded back in the mid- 60s. Jimi Hendrix was way ahead of his time. Nobody came close to his talent back then or now. A lot of our modern artists were influenced by him, including Stevie Ray Vaughan, Prince, and many more.
car user manuals back in the 1960s taught how to adjust the valves in the engine, whereas the same manuals in the 2020s advise not to drink the battery acid for health & safety reasons. Hendrix was the last artist in the analogue era, prior to the digital era. Very good fortune for us purveyors of fine real music is that a genius like Jimi Hendrix happened to be in the right place at the right time doing the best thing.
I’ll try again! There’s audio of Jimi playing the Star Spangled Banner when he tells the crowd to “stand up for once in your life.” He was a military vet and loved America. We owe respect to these men and women who have sacrificed for our freedoms! God Bless America! ♥️
Hendrix went to the army instead of going into jail for 2 years. But he was kicked out after 13 months because he never got along with orders but instead playing guitar whenever he could.
@@TubetakerBHV lot of guys did,I was in college but yes he had problems with the Army but he wanted to be jump qualified. fk that shit anyway we loved the dude.
Jimi Hendrix was also a great songwriter. Voodoo Child, Wind Cries Mary, Castles Made of Sand, Crosstown Traffic, Little Wing, Manic Depression were all terrific songs. Stevie Ray was a great guitarist, and his renditions of Voodoo Child and Little Wing are extraordinary, but he was playing sons that others wrote. Hendrix wrote his own.
Didn't write what were arguably his 2 best known songs, this - "Hey, Joe" and "All Along the Watchtower". Not arguing your point, he was a great songwriter.
More than 50 years later, I still mourn Jimi. All the innovative musical inventions and what he might have done had he lived past the age of 27. If anyone can claim credit for "Heavy Metal" it's Hendrix. RIP, The Greatest of All Time.
when I was a kid I fell in love with Jimi's music because he is LEFT-handed, if you look his guitar is upside down. Which as another left-handed person is not easy to do, and hard af to work around all the components of the guitar.
I had to learn the right-handed way of doing things a lot growing up, too. Right-handed teachers couldn’t figure out how to adapt. I even had a teacher try to get me to become right-handed! There were never enough left-handed scissors to go around, either…..so by the time I was a teenager I could bat right or left-handed, play ping pong equally well with either hand, write with both hands, but i could only kick and hit with my right, lol. They say we have a shorter life expectancy because mechanically things are made for a right-handed world, but I like to think it’s made us adapt to such an extent that our brains and senses are a little sharper to make up for that deficit. 😹💕
I don't think Jimi ever met Stevie. At the time of Jimi's death Stevie was only 15 or 16. Jimi did say that Billy Gibbons was one of the best he had heard. They toured together when Billy Gibbons was in a band called The Moving Sidewalks.
also toured with CTA (Chicago Transit Authority, aka; Chicago) after hearing them at the whiskey. Big fan of Terry Kath to the point they were about to collaborate on a project, then Jimi Died.
It is possible that Jimi may have met SRV's bassist, Tommy Shannon as he was in Johnny Winter's band and they also played Woodstock. Though Jimi was last and I'm sure they were long gone by then. Tommy never jammed with Jimi, but there is a photo of Jimi playing bass with Johnny Winter and people claim it was Tommy's bass. And that was a tangent.
He also said that about Terry Kath and Rory Gallagher. Jimi was always very humble, never thought of himself being the best. In an interview he was asked what it felt like to be the best in the world, he said “let’s just say, I’m the best in this seat”.
@@johncampbell756 You know what the opposite of humble is right? Arrogant, that's not what Jimi was on stage. Though, he was also shy in interviews and indeed the opposite on stage.
There is no competition in art, that is why sports are made for, both Stevie and Jimi are amazing in their own way, plus, they are from different music eras
I have to disagree on the "competition bit"(I'm a musician). Musicians DO compete with each other. Having said that--AGREED. Vaughn and Hendrix really can't be compared. Both artists blow me away with their artistry.
Kudos to the rest of the band. The bass, and the drums are just brilliant. It's so sad he passed away too soon. He would have been dominating in the 1970's.
You gotta check out "Star Spangled Banner...from Woodstock" to see what a great player he was. He makes the guitar do things in that song that will blow your mind.
I was at Jimi Hendrix's last big gig before he died. Right up front at the Isle of Wight festival 1970. He looked me in the eye, just as he set fire to his Strat. I was only 16, but that memory will last forever.
Hendrix was a shy person offstage. He really let loose when he was on stage. Check out "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" by Hendrix. Very ethereal intro that erupts into pure guitar bliss.
If you watch the video of it, you can actually see him tuning his guitar in the middle while playing. No one could control feedback at high volumes with those primitive electronics like Jimi could.
Jimi was a genius considering that he played guitar on a broom as a young boy and didn't have a teacher like we do today!It It also moves me to tears when super Musicians cover his songs and incorporate their own ideas! First up Stevie Ray Yaughan, Eric Johnson, Steiner Gregertsen, Eric Clapton, Steve Lukather, Eric Bibb, Walter Trout, Eric Burdon, Jeff Beck, Slash, Spin Doctors, Nigel Kennedy, Living Colour, Randy Hansen, Remi Charmasson, Oreo Blue, Orianthi, Phil Brown and many others!
Jimi used to put the guitar on the moment he woke up and kept it on all day. He is well known for taking the back panel off the guitar and experimenting with the wiring. He is the Master Signaler hands down the GOAT!
@@mrjules1982 As an adolescent in the 1950s, Hendrix became interested in rock and roll artists such as Elvis Presley, Little Richard, and Chuck Berry.
I've always thought of Stevie Ray Vaughan and Prince as two branches that came from Jimi Hendrix. The beautiful part is Stevie was Texas blues rock and Prince was R&B pop. Jimi's influence was so prolific that it crossed multiple genres and eras.
THIS is why the older generation (like me. . . 74 years old) say that Jimi was the GREATEST guitarist ever. . YES there WERE and there ARE *FABULOUS* guitarists. . . But until Jimi came along NOBODY had ever heard anything like *THAT!* . the style. . The technique. . all of it. . amazing It was revolutionary. . It kicked EVERY other 'good' guitarist in the world in the BUTT. . made them look at what they were doing and how they were doing it and made them think about NEW approaches to everything.
When I was in college I bought "Are You Experienced" three times because it was stolen. I still love that album - especially All Along the Watch Tower. That song will take you on a ride if you relax and let it take you - it is like sliding down a waterfall that has gentle turns.
Definitely are you experienced is one of the best debut albums ever, however all along the watchtower isn't on that album. I believe it's on electric ladyland. But you are right, it is definitely a great song and better than Dylan's original
I love watching people experience Jimi for the first time. As a teenager s and a 20's something in the 70's I grew up listening to Jimi. He was a local hometown music wiz here in the Seattle area. I drove right past his grave a month ago on Memorial Day to visit a friends grave in the same cemetery. I said Hi to him as I went past.
Brilliant as Jimi was I always feel that the other members of the experience don't get enough credit , Noel Redding on Bass and especially Mitch Mitchel on drums
"Castles Made of Sand" is my favorite Hendrix tune. This is an OLD blues song, and it's been covered by countless artists, including Hendrix, Deep Purple, and Ice T with his band Body Count.
That one and The Eind Cries Mary. As much as he's known for his guitar pyrotechnics these quiet and evocative songs are the ones that stuck with me the most.
@@rancidcrawfish was keeping it simple. Personally I have a copy of Red House live that’s my favorite blues song ever. Little Wing & Machine Gun can always go on & on with Hendrix
@@jnagarya519 don’t troll if you don’t know. I’ve 17 albums including out of print rare concerts. Red House from some concerts in 69 is my actual favorite song. Have 3 of 4 live versions of Little Wing
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"If Jimi Hendrix isn't your favorite guitar player, he's your favorite guitar player's favorite guitar player."
Underrated comment !
GIVE IT UP PEOPLE!
Pretty much
but when he was asked what it was like to be the greatest guitar player, he said "I don't know, ask Terry Kath." He's humble and brought us Chicago Transit Authority all in six words.
Bring the feel
Gospel. Amen.
In case you didn't notice.... this version of Hey Joe is a great example of Jimi playing both rhythm and lead, at the same time. Also, if you listen carefully (at 5:11 for example), you can hear him incorporating feedback from the Marshall amps.. basically playing the guitar, AND the amplifiers. Before Jimi.. nobody even came close to this level.
And don't forget he is chewing gum
It's fun watching young people discover Jimi for the first time
And he's playing the guitar left handed upside-down.
Please reacting wild thing , Hendrix in the Monterrey pop festival.
@@jamesHadden-l6lisn't it though? That's one thing that brought me to these reaction videos. To see them hearing this stuff for the first time. They may have heard About it before (from parents, grandparents, etc.), but now it's to experience for yourself. Definitely changes your feeling about music in general, and it's possibilities. Do you recall the first time you heard 'Purple Haze' Fire', 'Hey Joe', or whatever it was from the first album? My head shook, jaw dropped, and I probably said 'what the ______ was that?!!?' Then when the 2nd came out... and then the 3rd one. Words like unbelievable and amazing were coming out Everywhere!
Jimi exploded everyone’s ideas of what was possible on guitar. He died in London while SRV was still a kid in Texas, but Stevie studied everything he did and covered a couple of his songs. Check out Jimi’s versions of Voodoo Chile (Slight Return) and Little Wing (which Stevie covered), as well as Purple Haze and Foxy Lady.
Little Wing is such a great song that the vastly different covers by SRV, Derek and the Dpminoes (Eric Clapton) and Sting are all also fantastic.
@@johncampbell756 Monty Montgomery does a version on acoustic that is astonishing.
@@johncampbell756 Live at the San Diego Sports Arena, is the "BEST" live version. Johnny B. Goode was EFFIN AMAZING! :)
@@MrGlastar1 Very cool.
@@danielschaeffer1294 There are so many covers of this. And yet there are even people who should know better that think Jimi's was the original. (Not directed at you.)
I’m 73 and have seen Hendrix play three times I have also seen Clapton, Jeff Beck , Led Zeppelin, the stones, the Who and many many more. It’s nice to see kids react to Hendrix like he is amazing. Your grandparents are amazing because we lived through this music. Rock, soul R&B, blues the first time around. So I hope you kids enjoy it the same as we did.
I saw Hendrix play at the Byron Pop Festival about a year before he died. Also saw Zep, the Allman Brothers, CSN, the Who performing Who's Next right before the album was released, Fleetwood Mac, the Stones numerous times, the Moody Blues, Santana, Cream, Yes, the Beach Boys, most of the notable bands of that era. My two biggest regrets: missed seeing the Beatles or Pink Floyd live.
A story about Hendrix when he was in London right before he made it big. Eric Clapton was widely considered the top guitarist at that time because of his stints with the Yardbirds, Cream and Blind Faith. Clapton was hanging out in a club one night where Hendrix was on the bill. Jimi saw him in the crowd, got up on stage and played several of Clapton's hits even better than Eric could. [Yes, Jimi had an ego]. Clapton later said he never knew why he had the "best" rep because he knew a dozen lead guitarists as good or better. Jimi was indeed the best. It is a kick to see the kids listen to songs from that era for the first time with their mouths open. Fact is, it was a golden era for rock 'n roll, we didn't realize then how special it was. To us, it was just what was on the radio.
Gosh, two posts that make me want to eat my heart out! How I wish I could transport myself back in time to that incredible era. I was too young and unaware of the times, alas.
"Your grandparents are amazing because we lived through this music" AMEN. Though a lot of us didn't. Jimmy and Janis being two prime examples.
I saw Jimi at the Fillmore East in NYC, 1968. Sly and The Family Stone opened the show. Unforgettable.
@@badmattam So much. x
When Jimi started his solo career he was already a fully developed guitarist after working in bands for other big artist, but he never thought that he could be a front man cause he didn't have a technically good singing voice. And it was after Jimi heard Bob Dylan who also didn't have a good singing voice at all, but was a huge star, that Jimi realized that you don't have to have a good voice to sing..You just had to sing from your heart with emotion
Bob Dylan once said in an interview that of all the people who have covered his songs, only one person did it better than his original.. Jimi Hendrix All Along The Watch Tower
I heard that Jimi didn't like his own singing voice; I love his voice!
@@marymargaretmoore9034 John Lennon famously didn't either, which probably led to a lot of cool tech like ADT and anything imitating his Leslie speaker.
John Lennon disliked his own singing voice. He wished he could add catsup to it to make it sound better
I totally agree except.....Dylan's Lay Lady Lay shows his voice is beautiful but he doesn't always sing that way.
Jimi is the goat. Whilst later guitarist might be more technically proficient, Jimi revolutionised what a guitar player was. Every guitar player that followed is his disciple.
He has always been the goat - actually he invented the goat
Absolutely, ask Gilmour, Clapton etc and they'll all agree
Sam Clarke, you are 100% correct. I saw Jimi perform at the Atlanta Pop Festival. Jimi best disciple was Randy Hansen who I saw 3 times, backed up the original Experience who claim that Randy was a better guitarist then Jimi in playing Jimi`s songs - Randy also would hang upside down, at The Roxy in Hollywood, from the balcony while playing. Those tapes of Randy and the Experience are no more because Randy was caucasian and wore full makeup to look like Jimi.
He also revolutionized what the electric guitar could sound like. There were notes to the studio engineers to *not* correct the distortion on his guitar.
Steve Vai said it best. There are a lot of great guitar players but only 2 game changers. R.I.P. Jimi and Eddie
Jimi was left handed so if you noticed he took a right hand Fender turned it upside down and restrung it. Look at the head of the guitar. Upside down.
And because it is reversed strung, it has an effect on the harmonics of the guitar giving a distinct tone.
🎯 That was going to my comment!!!
👍👍
that leaves the whammy bar hanging down almost as an obstacle
Yep.
I was just thinking about that.
I believe that guitar wasn’t available left handed , he improvised to our ever lasting awe
THE F’N GOAT- he changed the way everyone played. He revolutionized the sound of Rock music. That’s why he is the best.
I am 54 and been playing since I was 11.
It is extremely difficult to play complicated scales and chords with the timing of your singing. Like when people say you can’t walk and chew gum at the same time.
Notice how when he sings and plays, he NEVER looks at the guitar fret board, his fingers no where to go flawlessly. Oh by the way….. he is also chewing gum lol. 🎸🐐
He's also not playing with his mouth, you literally see him knock the volume up and play the frets further up the neck of the guitar. Its a great trick that Jimi did well but its an old one.
All Along the Watchtower has always been a favourite of Mine, Little Wing is another great one!
Little Wing, is a whole lot better than ,Bob Dylan's Along the Watch Tower...
All Along the Watchtower has a unique sound among Hendrix's work, due to it being a remake of an earlier Bob Dylan song. Hendrix's superb guitar work in All Along the Watchtower is a direct (and very good) attempt to reproduce Dylan's harmonica part in his original version of the song.
Yes , Little Wing's is a All Time Great Hendrix Rock Ballet Song, It far Out Shine All Along On The Watch Tower , I'm sure he's probably looking down to Earth and smiling at all the People's that like his Music.....
If y'all really want to compare, Jimi and JRV both did Voodoo Child. Both are amazing!
@@tommacik185 , Hendrix is the Original, meaning He's the Best , S.R.V , is great too but there only one Hendrix, even though he's been gone over 50 years, He a Pioneer of Rock Electric Guitarist of all time.....
Arguably the greatest guitarist to have ever held a guitar
UNarguably!
As you progress on this music journey you’re going to see so many musicians influenced by him. So, so many. He was ridiculously ahead of his time. No one head ever seen anything like him before. Enjoy the ride! ❤️
when eric clapton saw jimi playing for the first time he thought his own carrier had came to an end.
He was so far ahead of what anyone had ever done before him. To truly appreciate his greatness; compare what anyone was doing with a guitar the same year. 1960s technology was pretty basic. SRV was a great guitarist too. He really advanced what Hendrix started. But his sound also benefited from newer technology when compared to what Jimi created his groundbreaking riffs with. The original GUITAR GOAT !
@ I believe it. I know I would have been the same like ‘oh nooooooo’. 🔥
This☝
Jimmy Page may not be the greatest guitarist of all time (although he's way up there), but he did write more iconic riffs than any other guitarist in the history of rock. By a mile, no one even comes close.
He's also responsible for the greatest cover song ever. His version of Bob Dylan's "All Along The Watchtower" was so good that Bob Dylan changed the way he performed it to make it more like Jimi's version. It also has a genius guitar solo.
Hey Joe could also be considered the greatest cover ever because nobody thinks it's a cover.
@@flitsertheo I think if I were to choose the best cover that no-one thinks is a cover, I would go with Respect by Aretha Franklin, especially as it being recorded by a woman totally changed the meaning of the song.
He was the first to do his version of Star spangled banner at Woodstock
I agree
Mr. Hendrix is known for playing with his teeth, smashing guitars on stage and setting them on fire 🔥.
Hendrix was a 60s icon. Yes he was considered the best and Stevie would have said so.
My nickname was Hendrix back then because of my hair being very curly. I didn't mind a bit.
Totally agree..Got to see SRV and WOW..
They're both the GOATS!!!!
@@sharonbrady-methvin9722 my nickname all through high school was Purple because of my last name.
"Reverend!!"
Gabby ~ Blazing Saddles
Jimi was, is, and always will be the GOAT. I LOVE that you come into these videos with no knowledge beforehand, but seriously, treat yourself and get into Jimi's history and performances.
Left-handed, but played a right-handed Fender strung upside down. Just amazing.
Watching you talk about Stevie and then Jimi plays with his teeth. Not only was Jimi a phenom on guitar, he was an innovator of sound produced from an electric guitar and amp and some outstanding showmanship, yet when you hear interviews, he's very quietly spoken and reserved
Jimi Hendrix is the Goat of Goats, the most amazing guitar player of all time, this was during the 1969’s and this was revolutionary, it’s still amazing today!
1967 Monterey Pop Festival
This is 1967 monterey festival
Jimi Hendrix - “All Along The Watchtower”
Also, I think this is an appropriate video to request:
The Doors - “The End”
SRV was amazing but he was standing on Jimi’s shoulders.
Great song!!!
I hope you paid attention to his guitar, it is a right-handed guitar but sets it up to be played left-handed, it is literally upside down. Jimmi was the first to use different sounds and distortion, he inspired many upcoming guitarist
Jimmy was voted the greatest Guitarist in history by Rolling Stone. He was Stevie's Hero as well as Princes. They did not have left handed guitars at the time he played so he had to take a right handed guitar and restring it upside down backwards. I saw him in concert when I was 14 years old. He is the most amazing guitarist I have ever seen and I played in a band when I was 20.
Why did he need to restring it? He could do it all backwards. It has been done. But, ..... if he reversed the order of the strings when he found the bass string was "on the bottom" for a left hander, then he was no longer playing it in any way unconventionally, but simply "left handed". Apart from the technical aspects to do with pick ups etc.
He didn't restring it, he learnt to play with the guitar upside down.
Genius!
@@gastrickbunsen1957 Jimi Hendrix DID restring the guitar. He took a right handed guitar, shifted it to the other side and restrung it in the standard position. A guitarist that played completely upside down and left handed was Albert King. Same with Seal. Watch any performance of Jimi Hendrix with the camera zoomed in on his guitar and you will see it for yourself.
@@kgunitkeese17
You're right, sorry 😔
Randy Rhoads was Better sorry no contest
We were robbed of his talent way too soon. It’s good to see a new generation find him.
Him and Janice
Jimi had just completed his dream studio "Electric Lady Land" beyond any other studio, but he died before recording in it. Big people were recording in his studio for many years after he was gone.
Robert Johnson
“The Wind Cries Mary”
“Castles Made of Sand”
“All Along the Watchtower”
“If 6 was 9”
"You Got Me Floating"
"Axis:Bold As Love"
"Up From The Skies"
"Still Raining, Still Dreaming."
Machine gun...
1983.
Voodoo Chile
Purple Haze (yeah, I know, I know, it's the "popular" one, but it earned that status for a reason) ;)
Jimi Hendrix "star spangled banner" at Woodstock is a much listen too guys
It's amazing to hear for sure
Good to have context on it first - like how he tried to emulate bombs dropping over Vietnam with his guitar as a kind of anti war protest. Without knowing that a casual observer may think he’s just making noise for no reason
Also a must see.
A fan for about half a century. Try "All Along the Watchtower". A personal favorite.
Mine as well... all day long!
@@cassandracyr Jimi Hendrix loved rock music from the time he was still a young boy. He occasionally listened to rock and roll from his home and attended some of the locally organized music concerts. His influence as the master of rock can be attributed to the people he admired such as the Beatles, Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley and Little Richard among others. Much of influence can however be attributed to Elvis Presley whose performance and music made Jimi’s spirit boil within himself. At the age of 15, Jimi has Elvis Presley’s little image which he drew himself. On the picture, Elvis was drawn standing and holding a guitar. Jimi drew this picture two months after attending Elvis Presley’s concert that was organized at the local stadium, Sick’s Stadium, in Seattle
That song has always been my absolute favorite from Jimi.
If you haven’t noticed, he plays his guitar upside down !!! It’s a right handed guitar he plays left handed!!! Incredible talent.
The guitar might be upside down, but the strings are strung reversed as well, so that they're still the same as a right handed guitar. e,a,d g,b,e. He wasn't the only left handed guitar player, and if you wanted a left handed guitar, then you had to order one to be specifically made for you. I worked for a band that had two left-hand guitar players. I'm right handed, so stringing and tuning them was a pain in the arse having to remember that the strings are on reverse. Yes, they were right handed guitars, stratocaster and telecaster and a les Paul, and gretch. Right handed bass player.
Albert king who is a great blues guitarist was left handed but played a right handed guitar upside without reversing the strings. He played a flying v. Jimmy learned from him but could not play blues as well as him.
I know this was from 2 years ago but I just saw it. If you want to hear a song that Jimi shows out in....Star Spangled Banner. No contest.🎉
he could but restrung it
@@ddullawaycool info👍 didn't know that about Albert King Dick Dale did the same thing. Incredibly difficult, the chords are so crowded that way
Back in the 60's Jimi blew our minds because nobody played like that before.
Or since, close but no...
Or since
Ernie Isley and Eddie hazel styles were influenced by jimi.
Or since.
LOL. Just saw Gregory's reply, awesome.
Unlike all the others who have come afterwards and copied him, Jimi had no one to copy because the stuff he came up with was raw and as out there as you could get. What's more, it was all TOTALLY ORIGINAL. What we see and hear of Jimi, is what we had for a millionth of a second back then, but the show was not destined to go on, but the vibes sure do, even after all this time; the goosebumps are testimony to that. Old un's like me still get them and so many younger ones of the generations since, as will those to come.
Remember Jimi is doing this in the 1960s.. His live concerts when they show the crowd they are always just staring in awe. He was so far ahead of his time and nobody had seen anything like him before..I still dont think we have seen anyone like him since.
And I don't think we ever will see anyone even remotely like Jimi Hendrix. He only comes along once in the history of the universe.
Only Stevie was. That’s why the crowds are quiet they are in awe.
Jimi showed us what was capable with a guitar and a creative mind.There are two other greats that were influenced by Jimi,and they were playing before Jimi passed.Robin Trower and Frank Marino.Two guys who don't get the credit they deserve.They also influenced SRV.Robin dedicates his song Daydream to Jimi on his Winterland concert from '75,by saying this one is for the man.Listen to that and to Frank play All Along The Watchtower from '79 and tell me what you think!
@@jettechdonatkins I took a listen to both of your recommendations, which I really appreciate you taking the time to share. I have to say I am impressed with Marino's take on this song. The guitar obviously does not fully replicate Jimi but you can hear the influence and his own really unique sound, I love it. Daydream took me a bit but as I kept listening I really started to feel it around the 3 minute mark, really good vibe and superb guitar. Thanks again for introducing me to new stuff!
He played a right-handed guitar as a lefty and had it strung in reverse order which was why he could make those incredible sounds and effects. You,ll never find a more innovative guitar player like him.
There would not be a Steve Ray Vaughan, without Jimi Hendrix.
Wouldn't have been an Eddy Van Halen or Prince either.
@@bug-lf4sg Yep!
Yup, there wouldn't be a lot of guitarests without his breakthrough style. At the time he blew us all away.
Stevie and Jimi would have hung out.
@@chopperdeath Jimi and Randy California did hang out.
It is worth noting that Jimi was doing that more than 20 years before SRV was even a item.
SRV, Jimmy Hendrix, Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck. Eric Clapton, Rory Gallagher, Gary Moore, Chet Atkins, Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Vince Gill, Jerry Reed, Mother Maybelle Carter, Freddie King, B.B. KING, Albert King, Buddy Guy. Goat is so subjective, truth is they are all masters of the instrument that they play.
@Devil doc It was not a list of comparative greatness, I cannot name every top flight guitarist, and someone will always be offended. I left off ChuckBerry, I left off Robert Johnson, Left off Bily Gibbons, Prince, Tom Keifer, Roy Clark, Glenn Campbell, Joni Mitchell, ot any number of technical savants, Shredders classical virtuosos, etc, etc, etc. the point was preferance does not equate to understanding or knowledge, and truly they are all goats in their own way. that my friend is why it was not a list but rather an explinarion. if Jimmy is somneones Goat, I won't argue that because to do so would mean a complete understanding of the art of guitar, even these goats do not possess that level of mastery and never will.
Enjoy what they bring set it in its proper chronolgy and time becuase technique and music grows and adapts. I am a guitarist.
I love that you included Mother Maybelle on the list. She and Merle Travis definitely shaped the sound of country guitar picking.
And there's Jerry Garcia, Mark Knopler, Willie Nelson, Brad Paisley, Steven Stills...... so many.
Eddie Van Halen has to be on that list!
ALVIN LEE !!!!!
Check out his performance at Woodstock of the "Star Spangled Banner".
Now thats a Serious Rockin song
Absolutely. Bet they’ve never heard a guitar cry until they hear that masterpiece
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Not only with his mouth but he's chewing gum if you watch. Just crazy. But definitely watch Star Spangled Banner by him. Truly shows his talent.
I mean it's impressive but doesn't sound good
KEEP IN MIND HE’S PLAYING A RIGHT HANDED GUITAR…LEFT HANDED.
Yup he plays his guitar upside down
Or did he ?
@@Nhevreno but it's strung left handed. That's a myth that he plays a conventionally strung guitar upside down. He didn't.
@@kingcassius2586 in this video the guitar is upside down
the guitar has the strings put conventionally for a left handed player... the strings are standard tuned in E, A, D, G, B and E
It's not just about the tricks, its about the feel and just the way he played was like a force of nature. So many guitarists for decades after him were imitators.
I saw him do this on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. Johnny's reaction was nothing short of shock and awe.
Jimi developed some of the "effects" pedals and techniques that influenced future players...like SRV...they never met
"Purple Haze," "Foxy Lady," "Voodoo Child"....and only do live versions.
Voodoo "chile" slight reprise.
Jimi is one of the best.
Another member of the '27' club. Gone too soon.
till this day no one sounds like jimmy..he self taught himself left handed on a right hand guitar backwards and upside down cause he was so poor and thats all he could buy
And also because he could.
He had no choice, there were no left handed Strats made at the time...and his strings were standard orientation....low E on top.
His first "guitar" was a broom.
Jimi Hendrix. Absolutely totally Unique. Thank you, Jimi.
I reccomend finding his playing of the National Anthem if you want to see his skill. And as a vet I understood the respect he was layin' down. Prince straight up took his fashion from Jimi. He'd said as much in earlier interviews. It is why he learned to play just like Stevie.
Yea, the Star Spangled Banner at Woodstock, thats the one I think he is talking about.
I'm also a Vet and love Jimi's way of producing the sounds of bombs dropping, machine gun fire. A lot of people think that it's just noise, but Jimi did what Jimi does and that's to express himself through his playing!
Definitely! I was thinking about recommending the same thing.
What often gets overlooked about Hendrix is that he was a studio genius and pushed studio recording boundaries
Funny thing in the studio is that he always faced away from the glass because he had such a low opinion of his vocals.
Absolutely correct. Not only an incredible musician but a great composer 🎸
It's simple, Jimi Hendrix is the greatest Fender Stratocaster player of all time,.....it took London to understand how good he was when he came over the England unknown, we sent him back a star. You're welcome America!
Jimi got up on stage to Jam with Eric Clapton at a concert in London and Clapton walked off because he was totally outclassed. So Jimi is known as the guitarist who killed Clapton (the then rock guitar god)
Bullshit...
England, America, Canada gifting the earth with rock domination!!!!!
@@peddytendergrass6845 Triggered? :D
@@peddytendergrass6845 Nope, I lived in England at that time and he is right!
I’m laughing at how shocked you guys got!!! When I was a kid, I heard purple haze on my hand held transistor radio. I thought my radio was broken cause nobody in my mind could possibly play like that!!!!!! 50 years later, apparently, Jimi can still cast that spell and shock a new generation all over again. The talent is timeless! Tragically the world only got to see him for about three years on stage, but I’ve been his fan for at least 50. He pulled you both in too!!!! I love it!!!! LOL
Oh yeah!
At least we got to see him.
Definitely the Star-Spangled Banner that Jimmy played at Woodstock would be a song where he went all out!
He went all out on 3 or 4 Songs, Are You Experience, The Solo Is Off World; Third Stone From The Sun, Love Or Confusion, He's Tapping the Feedback in this Song, I've heard No other Guitarist in Rock History Do This.
Yes that performance was on a different level! Him playing the star spangled banner always tears me up because of all the emotions that he literally shreds out of the guitar
Jimi. Learn name first
Jimi Hendrix himself when asked "What's it like being the best guitar player in the world?" responded by saying "Ask Roy Clark". Check out Malaguena played by Roy.
Interesting
Roy Clark is another Master.. He was doing amazing rifts before electric guitars became the thing.. Like many other older musicians.. skilled with several instruments
Actually, the video shows him saying Billy gibbons...... and there are other interviews where he says Terry Kath
Roy Clark is excellent guitarist but I've never seen any video or heard any audio where he says that.
@@mikemclaughlin3306 Jimi gave props to several talented guitarist.. like many of us.. each one has amazed folks at some point
Jimi Hendrix was an inspiration for a lot of guitarists. Him just playing his guitar, you might want to look his Star Spangled Banner from Woodstock.
Yes, one of his most memorable performances.
Trust me kids. I've been listening to Jimi since 1967. He's the GOAT and always will be. You've just scratched the surface of his genius. Now dig deeper and you'll understand. Have fun!
😂😂😂 Same here. I'm now 71. I always felt SRV was 2nd to Jimi.
Hendrix is the goat. I love SRV, and would hate to bet on who had more technical skill, but Jimi INNOVATED the whole style!
Well Said!
Jimi helped set the standard.. SRV ran with it, and pushed the bar even higher.. totally agree if Jimi was still alive the bar would have been even higher
@Jay R opinions vary.. so go hate somewhere else
Fighting about it is ridiculous. Hendrix and SRV were both greats in their own right and both were gone too soon. We were blessed to have them.
Hendrix is the greatest guitarist of all time!
Second place is where all the arguments start!
#Facts
Heh -- I suggest third place is where the arguments start. Second place HAS to be SRV. :)
I have to say most positively, Eddie Van Halen Is( Second Best In The World).....
I'd take Jimmy Page as second. His influence is as wide and deep as Hendrix. It's not just about being a virtuoso, it's about invention and style, too. And Page could add production skills. Hendrix did things nobody had done before on guitar. So did Page. SRV and Eddie Van Halen were virtuosos, no doubt, but it takes more than that. And then there's David Gilmour, Django Reinhart and Joe Pass.
@@LynneConnolly , I have to say that David Gilmore is overrated but still a good Guitarist, in his case, I'll say he was at the right place at the right time....
Yes. Jimi was the goat. If Stevie was still with us he would tell you himself. Bottom line if there was no Jimi Hendrix then never would have been a Stevie Ray Vaughan. I would love to be in heaven just to see that jam session. Jimi was the one who actually wrote Voodoo Child. As a matter of fact, the first time Pete Townsend of The Who saw Jimi Hendrix play, he turned to Keith Richards from the Rolling Stones and said, " what the f*** are we supposed to do now?" No one had ever seen anything like this style of guitar playing ever. He was the pioneer
I disagree. Hendrix was a pioneer of rock guitar, but not at all the only influence on SRV. Clapton and many of the old blues guitarists greatly influenced SRV.
I agree whole heartedly 100%. SRV was a great guitarist, but Jimi was not only a great guitarist (the greatest of all time in my opinion - I saw him live twice, and the Jimi Hendrix Experience could take you higher then any drug.) Jimi was a game changer. The electric guitar would never be the same after Jimi. SRV would admit it. People in the know realize this, but you'll never convince these ignorant kids who have no historical perspective on the subject. Their vision is narrow and subjective. Whatever is most current has to be the best in their line of "thinking".
@@storbokki371 I never said he was the only influence. But he was one of the biggest. On the special with Albert King and Stevie Ray Vaughan, Albert talked about how he used to play with Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin, and ask Stevie to play the Jimi parts.
I disagree on a few points. I believe SRV would still have become a legend as he was influenced by a bunch of guitarists who weren't influenced by Hendrix. As a teen, SRV would sit in with Albert King. SRV's style would have been impacted though, but he was so good, he would still be a legend.
The other is that Jimi wasn't the only one doing those things. The Isley Brothers and others talk about how there were other players on the Chitlin Circuit who would do many of the same tricks. Jimi just combined them all, but ended up in a rock band in London where all of that was completely new. So he wasn't the first nor the onlybone doing that, just the first one to perform infront of unsuspecting white crowds, often filled with fellow musicians, but ones who never played the segregated Chitlin Circuit. And also, none of that takes away from Jimi's talent. It was Jimi, not those other guys, the The Isley's hired and wanted so bad, they git his guitar and amp out of the pawn shop and got him an apartment as he was completely broke. There is a wonderful video of them telling that story on here somewhere.
@@mdanam You said, "Bottom line if there was no Jimi Hendrix then never would have been a Stevie Ray Vaughan". I disagree. SRV was influenced by many artists, including Clapton.
Stevie Ray Vaughan was 16 years old when Jimi Hendrix died. So Jimi inspired Stevie and generations of guitarists after him. There was a lot of historical social context at play in this song, it's one of my favorites.
they: freaks out at him playing with his teeth
me: he hasn't even lit it on fire yet
Didn't even spit out his chewing gum!
It's not like he played while it was on fire. I think they're talking about what he was playing and also how he was playing.
It was his tongue, the girls loved him ;)
I like when he throws in a little mic stand slide guitar.
Jimi was on fire that night because The Who preceded him on stage... and The Who did what they did best, tearing appart the whole stage and blowing people's minds.
So, Jimi used his full bag of tricks, he played with his teeth, behind the back and on the ending climax literally burned his guitar, he put fire on his stratocastet
Frank Zappas son has thar guitar
"If I'm going to follow you, I'm going to pull all the stops"
@ps3737 YES! That is exactly what Jimi told Pete Townsend right before going on & did so standing up on a chair right in front of Pete's face.
As kick ass as that is just wait right there....
As the The Who walked away from that room laughing at Jimi......
According to Noel Redding & Lemmy Kilmister (yes the front man of Motörhead & guitar tech for Jimi until his death) Jimi asked Lemmy to run into town & get him a can of lighter fluid......
Yes!!!🙌🙌👍🤘
From what I've read, the groups from England who knew Jimi did not want to follow his performance because they knew what he could do. The group that did follow him was flat (I think they broke up after this show).
You can literally divide rock and roll into two eras: before Jimi Hendrix and after Jimi Hendrix.
If you ask a large number of rock guitarists who influenced them, Jimi Hendrix is the name you will hear most often.
This is my fave live version of Jimi's "Hey Joe". The visuals, the tight musicianship is second to none. So glad you chose this version. I just luuuurve your reactions!! ❤️🎶
Try his version of "All Along the Watchtower" next, or "Purple Haze".
His All Along the Watchtower was so good that Bob Dylan changed the way he played it to be more like Jimi, and he wrote it
Yeap Purple Haze
Yes, please.
He certainly changed guitar playing. He's not my favorite guitarist, but was a game changer. He was also a Vietnam vet, who served our country, and loved this country it's such a shame that he was criticized for playing the national anthem on the guitar at Woodstock back in 1969. Definitely worth reacting to God Bless Jimi Hendrix
He was a screaming eagle but never went to VN...He wasn't a soldier material so he got discharged under honorable conditions....
He was brilliant and certainly changed guitar playing but, like you, he wasn't my favourite guitarist. SRV is way out in front, to me personally. That said, I so dislike seeing brilliant guitarists, singers, drummers or anyone who has worked at becoming brilliant being pitted or ranked against each other. They all brought their brilliant to the round table.
@@baekdutiger631 I actually was in his barrack room when stationed at Ft Campbell.
What I read, true or not. He volunteered was stationed at Fort Campbell and broke his ankle on a jump. He was discharged. That's where he met Billy Cox, bass player for Band of Angels
Lol nope..... no Vietnam
Jimi Hendrix was far ahead of his time and so underrated and passed way too young. He is the epitome of a legend.
And SRV had Eddie and Hair bands to bury. Underrated? Jimi was great. Opened doors. Stevie even beat the demon that makes you say what if!? Top 2. No doubt
Underrated???? On what planet?
Where’s the ratings office to start with? Got a few words for them!😡🤬
Stopped reading your comment after I got to underrated. Underrated? On what GD planet was Jimi ever underrated on? He was never, ever underrated. If he's not the GOAT, he in the top five. Underrated. Holy f****n shit.
Jimi opened a great big door...
Imagine all of the music we’ve missed out on because this man was sadly taken from us!
Jimi was a revolutionary guitarist, doing things that had never been done before.
One thing Hendrix and SRV definitely have in common - gone way too damn soon.
Very true.
Jimi was the first guitar god. He picked with his teeth and played behind his head. He was also the first to experiment in the studio and do things no one had done before. He was a huge influence on Stevie Ray and it shows in his playing…along with other blues guitarists.
It was a joy watching your reaction to Jimi. It reminded me of leaving a Jimi Hendrix concert 56 years ago as a teenager and being 'literally' speachless. Thanks!
"All along the watch tower" and one that was in the movie Easy Rider, not played much, "If 6 was 9" are my favs.
great Bob Dylan song
YES! Four splo styles in one song.
When Jimi plays the guitar, you simply cannot tell where the guitar ends and Jimi begins. He and his guitar become one being and the music created comes from that union directly from his soul. That is what makes him the GOAT!
Take the time to listen to the double-album set, “Electric Ladyland”. Songs like: “Have You Ever Been To Electric Ladyland”, “...and the Gods Made Love”, “Crosstown Traffic”, “Rainy Day, Dream Away”, “Voodoo Chile (slight return), “Voodoo Child” (recorded live in the studio, one take!), “Burning of the Midnight Lamp”, “All Along the Watchtower”, “Long Hot Summer Night”, “Come On”, “Gypsy Eyes”, “Still Rainin’, Still Dreamin’”. Jimi created ALL of this on a DOUBLE ALBUM set! A creative force that will never be duplicated.
Yeah, have the record and CD with the prostitutes cover, love it for 40 years
Remember, guys, that performance was recorded back in the mid- 60s. Jimi Hendrix was way ahead of his time. Nobody came close to his talent back then or now. A lot of our modern artists were influenced by him, including Stevie Ray Vaughan, Prince, and many more.
car user manuals back in the 1960s taught how to adjust the valves in the engine, whereas the same manuals in the 2020s advise not to drink the battery acid for health & safety reasons.
Hendrix was the last artist in the analogue era, prior to the digital era. Very good fortune for us purveyors of fine real music is that a genius like Jimi Hendrix happened to be in the right place at the right time doing the best thing.
I’ll try again! There’s audio of Jimi playing the Star Spangled Banner when he tells the crowd to “stand up for once in your life.” He was a military vet and loved America. We owe respect to these men and women who have sacrificed for our freedoms! God Bless America! ♥️
god bless america? why? cuntry . . .
yup Jimi broke his ankle during a practice jump,he was 101st Airborne all the way.
Hendrix went to the army instead of going into jail for 2 years. But he was kicked out after 13 months because he never got along with orders but instead playing guitar whenever he could.
@@TubetakerBHV lot of guys did,I was in college but yes he had problems with the Army but he wanted to be jump qualified. fk that shit anyway we loved the dude.
@@TubetakerBHV Have you served?
You should also check out The Doors - Break through to the other side. And you would probably enjoy Chubby Checker-Twist again
Jimi Hendrix was also a great songwriter. Voodoo Child, Wind Cries Mary, Castles Made of Sand, Crosstown Traffic, Little Wing, Manic Depression were all terrific songs. Stevie Ray was a great guitarist, and his renditions of Voodoo Child and Little Wing are extraordinary, but he was playing sons that others wrote. Hendrix wrote his own.
Didn't write what were arguably his 2 best known songs, this - "Hey, Joe" and "All Along the Watchtower". Not arguing your point, he was a great songwriter.
@@your_huge_ego_bores_meVoodoo child was also largely lifted from an earlier blues song. Doesn't diminish the magnificence and uniqueness of JH.
More than 50 years later, I still mourn Jimi. All the innovative musical inventions and what he might have done had he lived past the age of 27. If anyone can claim credit for "Heavy Metal" it's Hendrix. RIP, The Greatest of All Time.
when I was a kid I fell in love with Jimi's music because he is LEFT-handed, if you look his guitar is upside down. Which as another left-handed person is not easy to do, and hard af to work around all the components of the guitar.
I had to learn the right-handed way of doing things a lot growing up, too. Right-handed teachers couldn’t figure out how to adapt. I even had a teacher try to get me to become right-handed! There were never enough left-handed scissors to go around, either…..so by the time I was a teenager I could bat right or left-handed, play ping pong equally well with either hand, write with both hands, but i could only kick and hit with my right, lol. They say we have a shorter life expectancy because mechanically things are made for a right-handed world, but I like to think it’s made us adapt to such an extent that our brains and senses are a little sharper to make up for that deficit. 😹💕
Hendrix reversed the strings. However, he also knew how to play a right-handed guitar upside down.
Jimi's instrument was his whole body. Played everything with heart and sole.
Most guitarists play the notes. Jimi Hendrix plays the sounds.
like that
Saw both of them live (hendrix twice and Stevie once). Hendrix the innovator and Stevie the purist. Both great...
I don't think Jimi ever met Stevie. At the time of Jimi's death Stevie was only 15 or 16. Jimi did say that Billy Gibbons was one of the best he had heard. They toured together when Billy Gibbons was in a band called The Moving Sidewalks.
also toured with CTA (Chicago Transit Authority, aka; Chicago) after hearing them at the whiskey. Big fan of Terry Kath to the point they were about to collaborate on a project, then Jimi Died.
It is possible that Jimi may have met SRV's bassist, Tommy Shannon as he was in Johnny Winter's band and they also played Woodstock. Though Jimi was last and I'm sure they were long gone by then. Tommy never jammed with Jimi, but there is a photo of Jimi playing bass with Johnny Winter and people claim it was Tommy's bass. And that was a tangent.
He also said that about Terry Kath and Rory Gallagher. Jimi was always very humble, never thought of himself being the best. In an interview he was asked what it felt like to be the best in the world, he said “let’s just say, I’m the best in this seat”.
Jimi was very humble...until he hit the stage. Then...not so much.
@@johncampbell756 You know what the opposite of humble is right? Arrogant, that's not what Jimi was on stage. Though, he was also shy in interviews and indeed the opposite on stage.
There is no competition in art, that is why sports are made for, both Stevie and Jimi are amazing in their own way, plus, they are from different music eras
I have to disagree on the "competition bit"(I'm a musician). Musicians DO compete with each other.
Having said that--AGREED. Vaughn and Hendrix really can't be compared. Both artists blow me away with their artistry.
This man was a human god of rock! How many times I’ve watched clips of Jimi and I’m always blessed!!!! He gave the Vietnam era it’s spice!
Kudos to the rest of the band. The bass, and the drums are just brilliant. It's so sad he passed away too soon. He would have been dominating in the 1970's.
The masterpiece of his career was his incredible rendition of the National Anthem at the Woodstock festival. Amazing.
His whole set at Woodstock was brilliant, playing to an almost empty field
Machine Gun @ the Filmore East was the high point of his career..
Only Jimi and The Chamber Brothers created anti war masterpieces by creating the chaotic sounds of war in their songs.
SRV was a huge fan of Jimi, but…SRV’s true mentor was Albert King.
Yes. Stevie's guitar licks on David Bowie's 'Let's Dance' were straight up Albert King.
Yeah saw em both I dont feel
qualified to compare them
@@joelutes9541
No need to compare them. 😁 Just sit back and enjoy them both!
And Stevie Ray Vaughn (SRV} is the real G.O.A.T guitarist.
@@johnwjr7
ABSOLUTELY!!
You gotta check out "Star Spangled Banner...from Woodstock" to see what a great player he was. He makes the guitar do things in that song that will blow your mind.
I was at Jimi Hendrix's last big gig before he died. Right up front at the Isle of Wight festival 1970. He looked me in the eye, just as he set fire to his Strat. I was only 16, but that memory will last forever.
Jimmie lead the way for modern guitarist, he was and still is the greatest.
Hendrix was a shy person offstage. He really let loose when he was on stage. Check out "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" by Hendrix. Very ethereal intro that erupts into pure guitar bliss.
Voodoo Chile (sight return) is The showcase for the uninitiated.... A crash course for the ravers
Play loud and enjoy x
I like Jimmy Hendrix’s national Anthem played at Woodstock. Just shows his guitar ability.
Would be a great request for the 4th.
If you watch the video of it, you can actually see him tuning his guitar in the middle while playing. No one could control feedback at high volumes with those primitive electronics like Jimi could.
Jimi was a genius considering that he played guitar on a broom as a young boy and didn't have a teacher like we do today!It It also moves me to tears when super Musicians cover his songs and incorporate their own ideas! First up Stevie Ray Yaughan, Eric Johnson, Steiner Gregertsen, Eric Clapton, Steve Lukather, Eric Bibb, Walter Trout, Eric Burdon, Jeff Beck, Slash, Spin Doctors, Nigel Kennedy, Living Colour, Randy Hansen, Remi Charmasson, Oreo Blue, Orianthi, Phil Brown and many others!
Jimi used to put the guitar on the moment he woke up and kept it on all day. He is well known for taking the back panel off the guitar and experimenting with the wiring. He is the Master Signaler hands down the GOAT!
Not the guitar “showcase” song you’re asking for but a great Hendrix song none the less “All Along The Watchtower”
My favorite GreatestOfAllSongs by the GOAT rocker!
Yes!
Bob Dylan, who wrote and recorded "All Along The Watchtower", said after hearing Hendrix's version, "It is Jimi's song now".
@@jayarr961 And the original is pretty great in itself...
@@mrjules1982 As an adolescent in the 1950s, Hendrix became interested in rock and roll artists such as Elvis Presley, Little Richard, and Chuck Berry.
I've always thought of Stevie Ray Vaughan and Prince as two branches that came from Jimi Hendrix. The beautiful part is Stevie was Texas blues rock and Prince was R&B pop. Jimi's influence was so prolific that it crossed multiple genres and eras.
And in the day Prince took guitar lessons from Jimi Hendrix
THIS is why the older generation (like me. . . 74 years old) say that Jimi was the GREATEST guitarist ever. .
YES there WERE and there ARE *FABULOUS* guitarists. . . But until Jimi came along NOBODY had ever heard anything like *THAT!* .
the style. . The technique. . all of it. . amazing
It was revolutionary. . It kicked EVERY other 'good' guitarist in the world in the BUTT. . made them look at what they were doing and how they were doing it and made them think about NEW approaches to everything.
Exactly right! Never had seen or heard anything like it before!
Listen to All Along the Watch Tower, one of Jimi's best.
When I was in college I bought "Are You Experienced" three times because it was stolen. I still love that album - especially All Along the Watch Tower. That song will take you on a ride if you relax and let it take you - it is like sliding down a waterfall that has gentle turns.
Definitely are you experienced is one of the best debut albums ever, however all along the watchtower isn't on that album. I believe it's on electric ladyland. But you are right, it is definitely a great song and better than Dylan's original
All along the watchtower has the best recorded solos but little wing shows off Jimis amazing rhythm guitar
I still have my original.
"All Along The Watchtower" was on Electric Ladyland 1968
I love watching people experience Jimi for the first time. As a teenager s and a 20's something in the 70's I grew up listening to Jimi. He was a local hometown music wiz here in the Seattle area. I drove right past his grave a month ago on Memorial Day to visit a friends grave in the same cemetery. I said Hi to him as I went past.
Jimi was one of one. Absolute legend.
Brilliant as Jimi was I always feel that the other members of the experience don't get enough credit , Noel Redding on Bass and especially Mitch Mitchel on drums
"Castles Made of Sand" by Jimi Hendrix. my fave Hendrix of all time! and yes, yes, he is the GOAT! his food was music and LSD...
What he was doing in the 60's was amazing. The best of his generation, gave direction to so many that followed.
Jimi was truly Blessed,🙏✌️!
"Castles Made of Sand" is my favorite Hendrix tune.
This is an OLD blues song, and it's been covered by countless artists, including Hendrix, Deep Purple, and Ice T with his band Body Count.
That one and The Eind Cries Mary. As much as he's known for his guitar pyrotechnics these quiet and evocative songs are the ones that stuck with me the most.
Listening to Hendrix ... it's like he's transmitting from Neptune straight into your mind. Yeah ... he's the GOAT.
No.
"I have only one burnin desire, let me stand next to your fire"🔥
All Along the Watchtower is probably his best recording. His Star Spangled Banner is his iconic performance
I'm a fan of his Villanova Junction from Woodstock: th-cam.com/video/dQwwxiBjLzI/w-d-xo.html
If you only know Hendrix from the radio then yes it is
@@rancidcrawfish was keeping it simple. Personally I have a copy of Red House live that’s my favorite blues song ever. Little Wing & Machine Gun can always go on & on with Hendrix
Those are the only two songs you've heard.
@@jnagarya519 don’t troll if you don’t know. I’ve 17 albums including out of print rare concerts. Red House from some concerts in 69 is my actual favorite song. Have 3 of 4 live versions of Little Wing