This is the best biography/documentary about Jimi Hendrix I have ever seen. Thank you, so much, for this highly emotional experience. Love, love, love!
Saw him play at the Atlanta 2nd Annual Pop Festival July 4th, 1970 (which was actually held in Byron, Georgia just south of Atlanta) two months before his death. The performance is forever etched in my memory. It was midnight and he played his iconic Star Spangled Banner only this moment a gigantic fireworks display was exploding behind the stage. As the streamers rose as they do before the fireworks explode into an array of colors… Jimi watched and produced the feedback so recognizable to his version of America’s anthem and as the fireworks exploded he ran up and down the fingerboard re-creating the explosions on his guitar. Needless to say the audience was mesmerized. Even though an estimated 500,000 attended that festival, much more than Woodstock…I felt privileged and still do. Thank you Jimi Rest in eternal peace my brother !
I had an Atlanta Pop Festival on VHS. I totally worn it out lol. The version of Red House...oooooosh !!!!! Makes my spine tingle ha. Im a 45yo Scottish guy & i've been listening to Hendrix since I was a 9yo lol. Finally got a Strat copy when I was 12. First thing I learned was Hey Joe...thats all I played for about a year...oh yeah...by the end of that year all my friends, family & neighbours knew who Jimi was lol. I still cant play the solo mind you ha ✌️❤️
Well Woodstock attracted 450,000 people; nobody has exact figures for Atlanta - they range from 150,000 to 500,000 over 3.1 days. I remember I had the Grand Funk Live lp as a kid - a very kick ass record but I always wondered why the picture on cover was from the Atlanta Pop Festival (where they did play) but NONE of the songs on the LP were taken from THAT gig, lol. 🎸
In my humble opinion there is still no guitarist to touch Hendrix. His sound was so original and nothing like anything before, or since. When he turned The Star Spangle Banner into the Vietnam war at Woodstock, electric guitar transcended into art.
I am lucky to live next door to his final resting place in Renton, WA. I am always obliged to guide visitors, mostly weeping fans to his museoloeum. It's such a great honor for yours truly! There certainly is an Angel living in our neighborhood! Sleep well Jimmy, our neighbor, Angel 🙏!
That is so cool except angels and humans are separate entities. Jimi's 100% human, just like you and I, however exceptional he was at the time of his death. RIP ❤🔥
I was there at the Newark Armory gig, couldn't been more than a few hundred showed up. We were in the balcony and when soft machine started we all went down to the front of the stage, maybe filling the first few rows. Jimi came out and said something about "ya all came here so I'm gonna do it for ya" (paraphrased) then blew the whole thing off the hooks, I WAS DRAINED WHEN IT WAS OVER!! Changed my life, no shit.
Being one of the fans from the original 1969 6867 I had a chance to see him at Woodstock and only the Blue&Gold shriner's sponsored High school football game prevented me from going to NY to see jimi for the first time... but it's OK ... fab
There are these moments in Hendrix. The ‘Purple Haze’ moment when he suddenly jumps into one of the most psychedelic solos ever played. The ‘Bold as Love’ moment…just one would be remembered but he managed so many.
This is the best document about Jimi Hendrix I fell in love with Machine Gun first I was very political backing, losing friends love ones to the Vietnam war but Purple Haze and Watch Tower also favorite plus he was very exotic, looking and sexy bellbottoms was the thing and soft velvet pants with bright colors my younger son who 35 told me that my generation was acid heads LSD and that why my daughter got the PHD and he came later and didn’t I laugh at him but I wouldn’t change my generation with todays because we had the best artists that set a stage for musicians today the Prince was like a a breath of fresh air picking up following Jimi so many loved his music and his style guitar playing thank UTube for putting this up SO GREAT now at 72 it like visiting late 60’s and early 70’s
Rock music back then was top notch but it came at a heavy price due to the drugs, just as your son tried to tell you. Too bad the artists of your generation had to go up in flames like that. Little did they know their talent was showcased to the world mainly to front drugs and brainwash an entire generation of people. Here we are today with the same problems. Prince was exceptional.
England 1970, Black and white TV, 17.40, Leonard Parkin on ITV, Jimi Hendrix is dead, I was 8, I had to tell my late brother John He'd passed away at my Mum's request when He came home from school, He'd obviously heard of it but He couldn't believe it....Cry of love will remain with me till the day I die, because that was the album that he played most of all......I still remember that moment.....54 years later....
If I had single occasion only use of a time machine, wirhout hesitation, I would see Jimi Hendrix play live. I remember watching this docu new late on a Sunday night, with school in the morning.
thanks so much for this ,, excellent quality..i recorded this years ago with somewhat grainy quality. every Hendrix freak and those curious or new to Jimi should have this. Beats the hell out of some of the crap Janie's released.
Amazing, loved that twelve string accoustic song at the end. So great he lives on through these precious memories/videos and the stories still being shared.
I’ve been a Hendrix fan since I was 10 (1970) when a friend’s older brother came back from Vietnam and turned us on to it. I thought I’d seen all the footage there was to see on him, but there is some great stuff here I had never seen. Thanks for posting. 🙏👍🏼
I have all his early LPs, [except 'Are you experienced vinyl but no turntable,do they exis?] ] All along the Watchtower written by Bob Dylan, my favorite
@@stephenfiore9960 I know exactly who the girl is, that he is referring to! She looked scared, amazed, in mild shock, etc. No doubt, she was high on something!
14:05 Right there you can see why music was so great back then. Look at the variety of music we were exposed to and from a very young age. I remember waiting for a Sinatra or Sammy Davis record to finish in hopes of hearing The Stones or Cream or even iron Butterfly to come on next. We were exposed to it all so I also looked forward to hearing, at 10 years old no less, 'Cast Your Faith To the Wind' or 'Take 5' or California Dreaming' or even Percy Faith or even that Tom Jones song and so on, if I were in the proper mood. Such an amazing time to grow up in compared to today. I feel VERY sorry for the kids growing up now adays. So sad.
i agree...we were surrounded from the greatest from every genre- RnB, pop, folk, jazz, country, rock, rock n roll, the great vocalist. i remember watching the Beatles for the first time on Ed Sullivan..the Stones ect.. but ..when Jimi exploded on the scene it was stunning , shocking as we as guitar players felt that the center of what he was doing was tantalizing out of reach. it was a unique and very special time to experience music.
Hendrix was a part of my life, more, even, than my two brothers. I'm a musician, played my first blues club gig at age 15, in Madrid Spain, 1967. I've had sweet dreams where I was gigging alongside Jimi.
My mother and I stayed with him at the Shokan House. Stephen Stills was a frequent guest and they were both smitten with her. Helplessly Hoping is about Stephen, Jimi and my mother and she was the inspiration for Jimi's song Angel. She passed away two years before Jimi died and the last verse of Voodoo Child says "I'm sorry for taking up all your sweet time... I'll meet you on the other side, don't be late". Jimi continued to stay in touch with me until he passed away and when he was at the Hollywood Bowl he dedicated the show to the girl in the 14th row with the yellow ribbon in her hair... me. He had a beautiful soul and I'm proud he was part of my life.
@@Lisa-pl6gv Hi Lisa, thanks for you note. Your mom must have been a total dish at the time. I'm 72, and just spent 7 weeks in Timor Leste, Asia. I was looking for a place to retire (which I found), but wasn't planning on any romance. But it happened, pow! So now I've got an added reason to return there. P.S. I could be Stephen Stills' long lost twin brother, except I'm a better song-writer (wink wink). All the best to you.
I came up as a drummer in the Bay Area music scene. Now 60 years of Gigs later. I’ve never so much as had ANY DRUGS, smoke, beer, Weed Nothing!!’ And now at age 73 Still Rocking out… making Great money (for a govt. retiree)
Just how many drummers does the government need? I came up as a multi-instrumentalist/vocalist, and now 60 years later. I've had drugs, smoke, beer, Weed, etc. And now approaching age 73 Still Rocking out… making Great money.
Jimi Hendrix was a unique Electric Guitarist. Eric Clapton , Jimmy Page, Rory Gallagher, Jeff Beck, Gary Moore -- and more. No doubt, they are All class Guitarist. And, all were awed at Hendrix. Jimi was Something Else. At the end of the day, its down to personal preference. (Jimmy Page is my Favourite Rock Guitarist.) Hendrix was only 28/29 Yrs.old when he died. RIP Jimi 🙏🏽❤ TU 🎸🎶 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
@@marrerowski i spent $300 on a Uni Vibe to get the effect Hendrix got Robin Trower uses it on "Bridge of Sighs" I have a Deja Vibe it is the exact schematic I heard a company bought the original company out , got the right to the original 60s pedal schematics one is in "stereo"
I've been a Hendrix fan since 1968 and will die a fan. No one has been close to his visceral talent. Lot's of great technical guitarists but never that level of playing. Machine Gun solo is chilling. It's other wordly. I visited his grave and it was more than a bucket list event It was THE bucket!! Still wish he had lived on.
People now seem afraid of personal freedom!...Jimi once spoke of people making "timid compromises" in their lives...He was right...but then again, he died at 27, not wanting to compromise in certain ways. No one really knows how to handle their personal choices in life!
@@RonaldWilliams-lp3bg This video was made by Melvyn Bragg and his research team for a high quality Arts program that was called the South Bank Show on British TV. That's Melvyn introducing the program at the beginning of the video. You can Google him.
Dreamt a funny dream about Jimi Hendrix. In the dream there was a huge Hendrix tribute festival in the English countryside with lots of great guitar players headlining and I was right at the back of the massive crowd. A young girl came up to me and said 'Forget all that!' and led me by the hand through some woods where in a clearing Jimi himself was playing on a small stage to just a few people. I asked the girl her name and she said 'I am little wing.' then Jimi looked straight at me from the stage and I woke up weeping.
Jimi took the guitar to next level. Others may argue about the degree of his skill, but it is undeniable he elevated the guitar by maximizing tone with maximum volume from the Marshall amps and showing just how edgy the instrument can be if you play with abandon and aren't afraid to use feedback in novel ways. A true pioneer.
anyone who was there in 1967 for his debut album as i was would never question his "skill" that''s ridiculous,, if you listen to everything at that time music sounded very different especially guitar players. Jimi was light yrs ahead of them. Today Jimi's jazz chords , rhythm patterns, voicings and rock funk -jazz -fusion ideas ect are taken for granted , feedback was Jim's bitch as he was able to coax any sound he wanted from it.. today music sounds better and guitarist are better today because of Jimi's far reaching influence. Billy Cox said it best- "There's only two types of guitarists around today, those who admit being influenced by Jimi Hendrix, and those who try to pretend they aren't"
@@tonetone7572 I said "others" may argue about his degree of skill. I am not in that group. His skill level easily matches any guitarist of any time. He has so many signature chords and phrases, unlike the unmemorable shredding of the last few decades. So I gave a thumbs up to your reply. I was there for Jimi's debut album and still have my vinyl copy I bought back in the day. I still want to hear every chord and note he ever played.
@@georgestevens1502 I sympathise with your having to clarify your earlier comment for the benefit of those who can't seem to read...makes me wonder sometimes why we bother to contribute a well thought-out observation.
He was one of the few that had hundreds of riffs/music compilations going through his mind and it was impossible for anyone to get close to expressing such brilliance , one of the rare genius's. Sadly "his mind fell out of his face and the wind blew it away". Electric Ladyland is one of the best albums ever!
Jimi was an enigma. He had no place in modern music of his time. He wasn't blues enough for the black community. And he wasn't rock'n-roll enough for the white community. So, as Pete Townsand suggested. Go to England, where they will dig your vibe... Man. Because that is where the new sounds are a happening. So Jimi went across the pond to England, where new vibes were happening, and as Pete predicted, Jimi's sound was fire. They dug him very much because he was so groovy, and "ON". And because he was so, ON, he got to crash the stages of artists like Cream, with Clapton, who left the stage because he was bullshit that this unknown "Yank" was over-running his gig. Not that it was Jimi's intention to show him up on his stage. In fact, Jimi was a big fan of Clapton, and happy to jam with him. But Eric didn't see it that way. Anyway, they eventually became guitar-bros, with great respect for each other. And when Jimi returned to the States, he was met with groovy love and respect from all audiences. Because we Americans thought Jimi was British. And the rest was history.
I remember when I lived in London in the late 1960s that once I was in Hyde Park tripping heavy on Acid and the sky was a purple haze...Jimi lived in London then.
He was discovered, the same way Columbus discovered america. he had already become a member of Little RIchards band, and a member of The Isley Brothers, in quick fashion. He was far from done.
Voodoo Chile was released as a single only months after Jimi's death and hit no 1 on the UK charts. I have always thought the Brits were Jimi's biggest fans. Jimi should have been buried in London.
Linda Kieth found Jimmy in NYC, not Chas. She tried to get several people to sign him, but they all passed. Chas was massive in Hendrix’s breakthrough and as a songwriter, but Linda found Jimmy before he was Jimi
Jimi's death seems much more strange than this official version we are used to, maybe someone helped him, it's amazing you really have to dig to find part of what really happened that night.....
Jimi Hendrix was of a mixed genealogy that included African American, Irish, and Cherokee ancestors. His paternal great grandmother, Zenora, was a full-blooded Cherokee from Georgia who married an Irishman named Moore. In 1883, they had a daughter whom they named Zenora "Nora" Rose Moore, Hendrix' paternal grandmother. The illegitimate son of a black slave woman named Fanny and her white overseer, Jimi's paternal grandfather, Bertran Philander Ross Hendrix (born 1866), was named after his biological father, a grain dealer from Urbana, Ohio, and one of the wealthiest white men in the area at the time. On June 10, 1919, Hendrix and Moore had a son they named James Allen Ross Hendrix (died 2002); people called him Al. In 1941, Al met Lucille Jeter (1925-1958) at a dance in Seattle; they married on March 31, 1942. Drafted into the United States Army due to World War II, Al went to war three days after their wedding. Born Johnny Allen Hendrix on November 27, 1942 in Seattle, Washington, the first of five children born to Lucille, in 1946, having been unable to consult Johnny's father Al Hendrix, serving in the US army at the time, about his son's name, they changed Johnny's name to James Marshall Hendrix, in honor of Al, and Al's late brother Leon Marshall. As a young child, friends and family called James "Buster"; his brother Leon claims that Jimi chose the nickname after his hero Buster Crabbe, of Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers fame.
Good summary of a confusing lineage. Hendrix himself, according to Kathy Etchingham-a main girlfriend-Jimi would sometimes cry to himself, wondering just who he was to identify with, racially.
I wrote a book titled: BUDDHA, JESUS AND THE HIPPIE. Hendrix makes an appearance in the story. It's a fictional account which takes place at Woodstock 1969. It's available online.
He played left handed , but the strings were strung in the normal configuration, low e on the top, with the thin high e closest to the floor, just like everybody else.
You're right, and some famous guitarists from the 60's (Clapton and the guy from the Eagles, and perhaps others) got it wrong. If you want to see an excellent left hander play with the high strings up, and the low strings down, check out Albert King - who is another of my all-time top guitar heroes.
@@thepromiseman7745 I didn't know that. I write lefty but am mostly right handed, such as throwing, shooting pool, etc. I wish I could play stringed instruments right handed but never could get the coordination for the fretting hand. When I flip a right handed guitar upside down, my brain struggles with the chord and scale patterns.
@@jimdep6542 im right handed I write right handed I play right handed but sometimes when play those chords on fret with my left fingers it's hurts sometimes I guess it's come when you play to long I been playing guitar since I was 5 andi still play
His then Greedy white manager was of the opinion that the Band of Gypsies was too Black for the white fans, and that Buddy Miles had to leave. That brought tension but Jimi never wanted to dismantle the Band. There is some interview on YT by Buddy Miles on this issue.
Great guitar player but never appreciated his burning and busting up of a Fender Strat; I worked to hard to buy my guitars and cherish them. But, he knew how to coax powerful music out of his guitar. I appreciate him more at 78yo, than when I first heard him. He sounded out of tune to me on some songs. But, his emotion and feelings are unique and above all else.
A really great Documentary on Jimi Hendrix . Well worth watching to Understand the Times , Vibe and feel of the Entertainment scene . The Finks like war and ciaos . Sure was a Jamming Guitarist
Sounds like Jimi had a slight lisp when he spoke, may have been the reason for him being so quiet and shy. His quiet speech reminds me a bit of Michael Jackson.
I thought south bank was the entire ‘lulu fall out’. Lulu was offended because she asked Jimi if she could sing duet, When Jimi started the song he Ignored Lulu. Lulu’ I’ll make sure you never work BBC AGAIN! Years later Mitch Mitchell said’ I don’t believe we ever did. Lulu wanted to sing duet with Jimi on ‘heyJoe’. In America Jimi Hendrix already shared the stage with many known artist. Lulu didn’t ask she just used to being on stage singing with artist. Lulu, In case you did know I WAS IN MOVIE WITH SYDNEY POITIER! Most popular
A very fun watch, full of factual error, naturally. The real story is....way more interesting, believe it or not. See the late Charles R Cross epic bio "Room Full of Mirrors" audio or text. E.G. he got out the 101 not because of any injury...He did not "breakthrough" in the UK...but in France. "Wind cries Mary" was about Kathy Etchingham and her terrible cooking and a fight over it, and the pressure to write is own songs for the royalaties coming from Chas and Terry ( i think that was his name---007). It was not easy to get into the UK. Etc etc. If you like Hendrix you will love that biography. HIs GranMa was not "full Cherokee" though maybe part, stranded in Vancouver during a Vaudeville tour. The Black community in Seattle was vibrant and populus, Vancouver.....not so much. His skills were no accident....
To those who made this and to whoever uploaded this - Thank You.
This is the best biography/documentary about Jimi Hendrix I have ever seen. Thank you, so much, for this highly emotional experience.
Love, love, love!
Saw him play at the Atlanta 2nd Annual Pop Festival July 4th, 1970 (which was actually held in Byron, Georgia just south of Atlanta) two months before his death. The performance is forever etched in my memory. It was midnight and he played his iconic Star Spangled Banner only this moment a gigantic fireworks display was exploding behind the stage. As the streamers rose as they do before the fireworks explode into an array of colors… Jimi watched and produced the feedback so recognizable to his version of America’s anthem and as the fireworks exploded he ran up and down the fingerboard re-creating the explosions on his guitar. Needless to say the audience was mesmerized. Even though an estimated 500,000 attended that festival, much more than Woodstock…I felt privileged and still do. Thank you Jimi Rest in eternal peace my brother !
Thanks bro awesome to write to someone who got to see Jimi Hendrix, AWESOME!!!
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I had an Atlanta Pop Festival on VHS. I totally worn it out lol. The version of Red House...oooooosh !!!!! Makes my spine tingle ha. Im a 45yo Scottish guy & i've been listening to Hendrix since I was a 9yo lol. Finally got a Strat copy when I was 12. First thing I learned was Hey Joe...thats all I played for about a year...oh yeah...by the end of that year all my friends, family & neighbours knew who Jimi was lol. I still cant play the solo mind you ha ✌️❤️
Well Woodstock attracted 450,000 people; nobody has exact figures for Atlanta - they range from 150,000 to 500,000 over 3.1 days. I remember I had the Grand Funk Live lp as a kid - a very kick ass record but I always wondered why the picture on cover was from the Atlanta Pop Festival (where they did play) but NONE of the songs on the LP were taken from THAT gig, lol. 🎸
In my humble opinion there is still no guitarist to touch Hendrix. His sound was so original and nothing like anything before, or since. When he turned The Star Spangle Banner into the Vietnam war at Woodstock, electric guitar transcended into art.
Shame he couldn't tune a guitar though! Lol 😂
I am lucky to live next door to his final resting place in Renton, WA. I am always obliged to guide visitors, mostly weeping fans to his museoloeum. It's such a great honor for yours truly! There certainly is an Angel living in our neighborhood! Sleep well Jimmy, our neighbor, Angel 🙏!
That is so cool except angels and humans are separate entities. Jimi's 100% human, just like you and I, however exceptional he was at the time of his death. RIP ❤🔥
The opening notes of Purple Haze changed my entire life, forever.
Same!
jimi hendrix sucks!
I was there at the Newark Armory gig, couldn't been more than a few hundred showed up. We were in the balcony and when soft machine started we all went down to the front of the stage, maybe filling the first few rows. Jimi came out and said something about "ya all came here so I'm gonna do it for ya" (paraphrased) then blew the whole thing off the hooks, I WAS DRAINED WHEN IT WAS OVER!! Changed my life, no shit.
got a recording of it? ;o)
The recording i want is the. Soft Machine @@simpsimpson5175
mpls armory?
Lucky Brother . One wish to see anyone live would have been the one and Only Jimi Hendrix
Being one of the fans from the original 1969 6867 I had a chance to see him at Woodstock and only the Blue&Gold shriner's sponsored High school football game prevented me from going to NY to see jimi for the first time... but it's OK ... fab
There are these moments in Hendrix. The ‘Purple Haze’ moment when he suddenly jumps into one of the most psychedelic solos ever played. The ‘Bold as Love’ moment…just one would be remembered but he managed so many.
This is the best document about Jimi Hendrix I fell in love with Machine Gun first I was very political backing, losing friends love ones to the Vietnam war but Purple Haze and Watch Tower also favorite plus he was very exotic, looking and sexy bellbottoms was the thing and soft velvet pants with bright colors my younger son who 35 told me that my generation was acid heads LSD and that why my daughter got the PHD and he came later and didn’t I laugh at him but I wouldn’t change my generation with todays because we had the best artists that set a stage for musicians today the Prince was like a a breath of fresh air picking up following Jimi so many loved his music and his style guitar playing thank UTube for putting this up SO GREAT now at 72 it like visiting late 60’s and early 70’s
👍🥁🥁🎸
Rock music back then was top notch but it came at a heavy price due to the drugs, just as your son tried to tell you. Too bad the artists of your generation had to go up in flames like that. Little did they know their talent was showcased to the world mainly to front drugs and brainwash an entire generation of people. Here we are today with the same problems. Prince was exceptional.
England 1970, Black and white TV, 17.40, Leonard Parkin on ITV, Jimi Hendrix is dead, I was 8, I had to tell my late brother John He'd passed away at my Mum's request when He came home from school, He'd obviously heard of it but He couldn't believe it....Cry of love will remain with me till the day I die, because that was the album that he played most of all......I still remember that moment.....54 years later....
If I had single occasion only use of a time machine, wirhout hesitation, I would see Jimi Hendrix play live. I remember watching this docu new late on a Sunday night, with school in the morning.
…Time Machine: Jesus on the Cross
I would go for the last days of Bodecia
thanks so much for this ,, excellent quality..i recorded this years ago with somewhat grainy quality.
every Hendrix freak and those curious or new to Jimi should have this. Beats the hell out of some of the crap Janie's released.
I heard Jimi for the first time in Nashvile from a guy from New York in 67. It blew me away... ❤
Amazing, loved that twelve string accoustic song at the end. So great he lives on through these precious memories/videos and the stories still being shared.
I’ve been a Hendrix fan since I was 10 (1970) when a friend’s older brother came back from Vietnam and turned us on to it.
I thought I’d seen all the footage there was to see on him, but there is some great stuff here I had never seen. Thanks for posting. 🙏👍🏼
Great documentary. Loved the black and white footage of Jimi playing that SG. Just mindblowing.
Excellent work on this! Thank you for posting it! Brings back many great memories..........
Brilliant documentary !! Before Prince, before Bob Marley, there was Jimi - and a big shout out to my distant cousin Noel Redding.
Voodoo Chile (Slight return) Is the only song that ever sent a chill down my spine. Magical.
Brilliantly put together -- edited --. Thanks. This gave me the best insight into Noel Redding and Chas Chandler I've seen yet.
Wow, I had this on video over 30 years ago, watched it dozens of times. I wondered when it would show up on UA-cam. Great upload .
Me too I had it on video tape, must of wore it out. Probably one of the best docs on him as everyone is still alive.
I have all his early LPs, [except 'Are you experienced vinyl but no turntable,do they exis?] ] All along the Watchtower written by Bob Dylan, my favorite
Indeed Jimi is still the greatest guitar player ever, floats like a butterfly and stings like a bee ❤😂🎉RIP Jimi ❤😂🎉
The look on that girl's face at Monterey is priceless 😮!!!
…Timestamp???
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@@stephenfiore9960 I know exactly who the girl is, that he is referring to! She looked scared, amazed, in mild shock, etc. No doubt, she was high on something!
There will never be another…..how could there be.
Wow! Thank you very much for posting this! Peace
14:05 Right there you can see why music was so great back then. Look at the variety of music we were exposed to and from a very young age. I remember waiting for a Sinatra or Sammy Davis record to finish in hopes of hearing The Stones or Cream or even iron Butterfly to come on next. We were exposed to it all so I also looked forward to hearing, at 10 years old no less, 'Cast Your Faith To the Wind' or 'Take 5' or California Dreaming' or even Percy Faith or even that Tom Jones song and so on, if I were in the proper mood. Such an amazing time to grow up in compared to today. I feel VERY sorry for the kids growing up now adays. So sad.
i agree...we were surrounded from the greatest from every genre- RnB, pop, folk, jazz, country, rock, rock n roll, the great vocalist. i remember watching the Beatles for the first time on Ed Sullivan..the Stones ect.. but ..when Jimi exploded on the scene it was stunning , shocking as we as guitar players felt that the center of what he was doing was tantalizing out of reach.
it was a unique and very special time to experience music.
Hendrix was a part of my life, more, even, than my two brothers. I'm a musician, played my first blues club gig at age 15, in Madrid Spain, 1967. I've had sweet dreams where I was gigging alongside Jimi.
My mother and I stayed with him at the Shokan House. Stephen Stills was a frequent guest and they were both smitten with her. Helplessly Hoping is about Stephen, Jimi and my mother and she was the inspiration for Jimi's song Angel. She passed away two years before Jimi died and the last verse of Voodoo Child says "I'm sorry for taking up all your sweet time... I'll meet you on the other side, don't be late". Jimi continued to stay in touch with me until he passed away and when he was at the Hollywood Bowl he dedicated the show to the girl in the 14th row with the yellow ribbon in her hair... me. He had a beautiful soul and I'm proud he was part of my life.
@@Lisa-pl6gv Hi Lisa, thanks for you note. Your mom must have been a total dish at the time. I'm 72, and just spent 7 weeks in Timor Leste, Asia. I was looking for a place to retire (which I found), but wasn't planning on any romance. But it happened, pow! So now I've got an added reason to return there. P.S. I could be Stephen Stills' long lost twin brother, except I'm a better song-writer (wink wink). All the best to you.
Excellent documentary! Love you Jimi
An interdimensional being that graced us for a short time
I came up as a drummer in the Bay Area music scene. Now 60 years of Gigs later. I’ve never so much as had ANY DRUGS, smoke, beer, Weed Nothing!!’
And now at age 73 Still Rocking out… making Great money
(for a govt. retiree)
To Rock ,needs not Age or Youth,you need Blues!!
Cheer on,Friend,Greetings from Germany!!!
So, was this relevant to this doc? A musician that lived a sober life?
Just how many drummers does the government need?
I came up as a multi-instrumentalist/vocalist, and now 60 years later. I've had drugs, smoke, beer, Weed, etc. And now approaching age 73 Still Rocking out… making Great money.
Jimi Hendrix was a unique Electric Guitarist.
Eric Clapton , Jimmy Page, Rory Gallagher, Jeff Beck, Gary Moore -- and more.
No doubt, they are All class
Guitarist. And, all were awed at Hendrix.
Jimi was Something Else.
At the end of the day, its down to personal preference.
(Jimmy Page is my Favourite Rock Guitarist.)
Hendrix was only 28/29 Yrs.old when he died.
RIP Jimi 🙏🏽❤
TU 🎸🎶 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
He was 27 when he died.
"machine gun" was powerful
to this day
One of his best live performance recorded and my favorite Jimi Hendrix track. Love the whole "Band of Gypsies" album.
@@marrerowski i spent $300 on a Uni Vibe to get the effect Hendrix got
Robin Trower uses it on "Bridge of Sighs"
I have a Deja Vibe
it is the exact schematic
I heard a company bought the original company out , got the right to the original 60s pedal schematics
one is in "stereo"
@@Nigel-ry1po
Yeah,....there is only a couple of good ones nowadays,....
Almost a grand for a good one.
@@marrerowskiBand of Gypsys was Hendrix 's best band imo.
There was a real musical bond between them.
@@stepanbandera5206That and the experience with Mitch and Billy 👍🏻imo
I've been a Hendrix fan since 1968 and will die a fan. No one has been close to his visceral talent. Lot's of great technical guitarists but never that level of playing. Machine Gun solo is chilling. It's other wordly. I visited his grave and it was more than a bucket list event
It was THE bucket!! Still wish he had lived on.
I was the youngest out of 3 brothers and my eldest bro gave me a Hendrix album that I still have and have all his music now🎉 what a amazing fellow🎉
The freedom of those times is sorely missed!
Then crushed by the creepy weirdo straight war mongers and corporate criminals
People now seem afraid of personal freedom!...Jimi once spoke of people making "timid compromises" in their lives...He was right...but then again, he died at 27, not wanting to compromise in certain ways. No one really knows how to handle their personal choices in life!
Where TF do you live,..?
@@curbozerboomer1773
Speak for yourself,.. please.
Your personal delusions are creepy.
and they do not apply,.. normally.
SEEKHELP.
So you love PC America?@@Steven-re3tx
Of all those rockers who died young, he was the greatest loss. Imagine what he might have done, especially if he went into fusion (moreso).
I first heard Joni in 1967, and I was 14 years old. He was a quantum leap. And there was no going back
Who’s Joni?
@@JamesFolkers Joni Mitchell, but he meant Jimi, probably.
You couldn't beat Melvyn Bragg and the South Bank Show for quality documentaries and interviews.
That really doesn't make any sense what you just said I'm scratching my head trying to figure out what the f*** are you talking about seriously !
@@RonaldWilliams-lp3bg This video was made by Melvyn Bragg and his research team for a high quality Arts program that was called the South Bank Show on British TV. That's Melvyn introducing the program at the beginning of the video. You can Google him.
Greatest Guitar player ever.
Jimmy Page is technically and artistically brilliant, but he isn't Hendrix. Hendrix was 'liquid.' There has never been anything like him.
Ansley Dunbar was the other drummer, who was passed over, due to the flip of a coin.
Greatest electric guitarist EVER
A left handed player who played a right handed guitar upside down! Done!
G.O.A.T.!!
Simply bull sh*t 🤣🤣 put Hendrix next to Eddie hazel of funkadelic or Johnny winter who are REAL top shelf guitarist 😅
one of the most beatifull songs ever written,..one night to fill b side of purple haze..wow
Jimi Hendrix let his soul free through his guitar. Thank you.
Linda Keith was the one discovered him then showed to Chas Chandler.
New respect for Chas Chandler. What a career he had!
From the RRHOF Animals during the British Invasion to cutting edge of the Psychedelic Era
the exaggerated STEREO on the albums was groundbreaking
thanks to Eddie Kramer
I always thought that the panning sweep between left and right speaker was quitte a mess during the purple haze solo. I did not like that at all...
Dreamt a funny dream about Jimi Hendrix.
In the dream there was a huge Hendrix tribute festival in the English countryside with lots of great guitar players headlining and I was right at the back of the massive crowd. A young girl came up to me and said 'Forget all that!' and led me by the hand through some woods where in a clearing Jimi himself was playing on a small stage to just a few people. I asked the girl her name and she said 'I am little wing.' then Jimi looked straight at me from the stage and I woke up weeping.
I'd turn on the radio after something like that experience and see If " Dream Lover" is playing.
Jimi took the guitar to next level. Others may argue about the degree of his skill, but it is undeniable he elevated the guitar by maximizing tone with maximum volume from the Marshall amps and showing just how edgy the instrument can be if you play with abandon and aren't afraid to use feedback in novel ways. A true pioneer.
anyone who was there in 1967 for his debut album as i was would never question his "skill" that''s ridiculous,,
if you listen to everything at that time music sounded very different especially guitar players. Jimi was light yrs ahead of them.
Today Jimi's jazz chords , rhythm patterns, voicings and rock funk -jazz -fusion ideas ect are taken for granted , feedback was Jim's bitch as he was able to coax any sound he wanted from it..
today music sounds better and guitarist are better today because of Jimi's far reaching influence.
Billy Cox said it best- "There's only two types of guitarists around today, those who admit being influenced by Jimi Hendrix, and those who try to pretend they aren't"
@@tonetone7572 I said "others" may argue about his degree of skill. I am not in that group. His skill level easily matches any guitarist of any time. He has so many signature chords and phrases, unlike the unmemorable shredding of the last few decades. So I gave a thumbs up to your reply. I was there for Jimi's debut album and still have my vinyl copy I bought back in the day. I still want to hear every chord and note he ever played.
@georgestevens1502 thanks for your post ✌️
@@georgestevens1502 I sympathise with your having to clarify your earlier comment for the benefit of those who can't seem to read...makes me wonder sometimes why we bother to contribute a well thought-out observation.
@@Gerard_2024 Merely pointing something out. I appreciate you admitting you're one of those who can't read.
NO one like him the master of the guitar or is the guitar it's self he made that guitar sing to his way.😊
He was one of the few that had hundreds of riffs/music compilations going through his mind and it was impossible for anyone to get close to expressing such brilliance , one of the rare genius's. Sadly "his mind fell out of his face and the wind blew it away". Electric Ladyland is one of the best albums ever!
... #cheers for posting this gem. #SouthBankShow #JimiHendrix
Watched this doco a million times in the early 90s
Most charismatic musician of that era
❤Jimi
r.i.p. and thank you for the gifts you gave to us jimi
Nigel in Canada🇨🇦
thanks so much for the upload
"time capsule" for us rockers
08:11 Jimi quotes the Beatles song "I Feel Fine" in the jazz tradition.
Nice documentary, thanks
I preferred Billy Cox on bass
he was more like John Paul Jones
Best biography ever😢
That is awesome killer documentary!!!!!!
If he had turned down, this live performance may have been listenable
Jimi was an enigma. He had no place in modern music of his time. He wasn't blues enough for the black community. And he wasn't rock'n-roll enough for the white community. So, as Pete Townsand suggested. Go to England, where they will dig your vibe... Man. Because that is where the new sounds are a happening. So Jimi went across the pond to England, where new vibes were happening, and as Pete predicted, Jimi's sound was fire. They dug him very much because he was so groovy, and "ON". And because he was so, ON, he got to crash the stages of artists like Cream, with Clapton, who left the stage because he was bullshit that this unknown "Yank" was over-running his gig. Not that it was Jimi's intention to show him up on his stage. In fact, Jimi was a big fan of Clapton, and happy to jam with him. But Eric didn't see it that way. Anyway, they eventually became guitar-bros, with great respect for each other. And when Jimi returned to the States, he was met with groovy love and respect from all audiences. Because we Americans thought Jimi was British. And the rest was history.
groovy 🎵🎶
I remember when I lived in London in the late 1960s that once I was in Hyde Park tripping heavy on Acid and the sky was a purple haze...Jimi lived in London then.
The sad thing is that Jimi trusted the people around him. One can only imagine what he would have done in the years to come. 🎸
He was discovered, the same way Columbus discovered america. he had already become a member of Little RIchards band, and a member of The Isley Brothers, in quick fashion. He was far from done.
Check out the lies about Columbus discovering America. Please desist! Total B.C.!
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*I'm eternally grateful to you Jimi.*
The comments about the Newark show at the end of part 2 really really said it all. WOW very profound
Voodoo Chile was released as a single only months after Jimi's death and hit no 1 on the UK charts. I have always thought the Brits were Jimi's biggest fans. Jimi should have been buried in London.
The greatest musician of all time
Thanls for the upload. 😊
Linda Kieth found Jimmy in NYC, not Chas. She tried to get several people to sign him, but they all passed. Chas was massive in Hendrix’s breakthrough and as a songwriter, but Linda found Jimmy before he was Jimi
Jimi's death seems much more strange than this official version we are used to, maybe someone helped him, it's amazing you really have to dig to find part of what really happened that night.....
Thankyou for uploading this!
I BELIVE IF THE SHOW SUMMER OF 68 FOLLOWING mlk ass is on you tube (1968.08.23) REST IN PEACE JIMI AND MLK
Jimi was a product of what was going on musicly in the USA at the time of his arrival he exploded
Jimi Hendrix was of a mixed genealogy that included African American, Irish, and Cherokee ancestors. His paternal great grandmother, Zenora, was a full-blooded Cherokee from Georgia who married an Irishman named Moore. In 1883, they had a daughter whom they named Zenora "Nora" Rose Moore, Hendrix' paternal grandmother. The illegitimate son of a black slave woman named Fanny and her white overseer, Jimi's paternal grandfather, Bertran Philander Ross Hendrix (born 1866), was named after his biological father, a grain dealer from Urbana, Ohio, and one of the wealthiest white men in the area at the time. On June 10, 1919, Hendrix and Moore had a son they named James Allen Ross Hendrix (died 2002); people called him Al.
In 1941, Al met Lucille Jeter (1925-1958) at a dance in Seattle; they married on March 31, 1942. Drafted into the United States Army due to World War II, Al went to war three days after their wedding. Born Johnny Allen Hendrix on November 27, 1942 in Seattle, Washington, the first of five children born to Lucille, in 1946, having been unable to consult Johnny's father Al Hendrix, serving in the US army at the time, about his son's name, they changed Johnny's name to James Marshall Hendrix, in honor of Al, and Al's late brother Leon Marshall. As a young child, friends and family called James "Buster"; his brother Leon claims that Jimi chose the nickname after his hero Buster Crabbe, of Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers fame.
Good summary of a confusing lineage. Hendrix himself, according to Kathy Etchingham-a main girlfriend-Jimi would sometimes cry to himself, wondering just who he was to identify with, racially.
Great video.
Jimmy came ALIVE on stage; and so did his guitar; playing was his real rush. His breathing apparatus.
It’s “JIMI”.
Waiting on stupid buffering thank you tube ... been 9 minutes, what reload and start over with Auto (144p) ?
Phenominal!
I wrote a book titled: BUDDHA, JESUS AND THE HIPPIE. Hendrix makes an appearance in the story. It's a fictional account which takes place at Woodstock 1969. It's available online.
No copyright infringement b.s. thanks!
It's always wise to download a copy on your hard drive just in case it disappears from the cloud.
Linda Keith was the person who discovered jimi.
not chass chandler she talked him into seeing jimi play.
A lot of footage that I've never seen anywhere else.
The curve ball from outer space.
He played left handed , but the strings were strung in the normal configuration, low e on the top, with the thin high e closest to the floor, just like everybody else.
You're right, and some famous guitarists from the 60's (Clapton and the guy from the Eagles, and perhaps others) got it wrong. If you want to see an excellent left hander play with the high strings up, and the low strings down, check out Albert King - who is another of my all-time top guitar heroes.
I'm a lefty player too but I can't play that way when the guitar is strung for a right. I've tried but my brain is wired for lefty stings.
@@jimdep6542 Jimi Hendrix plays left handed guitar but he actually writes with his right hand
@@thepromiseman7745 I didn't know that. I write lefty but am mostly right handed, such as throwing, shooting pool, etc. I wish I could play stringed instruments right handed but never could get the coordination for the fretting hand. When I flip a right handed guitar upside down, my brain struggles with the chord and scale patterns.
@@jimdep6542 im right handed I write right handed I play right handed but sometimes when play those chords on fret with my left fingers it's hurts sometimes I guess it's come when you play to long I been playing guitar since I was 5 andi still play
NIGEL in Canada🇨🇦
Band of Gypsies showed promise
but he disbanded it
never understood that
His then Greedy white manager was of the opinion that the Band of Gypsies was too Black for the white fans, and that Buddy Miles had to leave. That brought tension but Jimi never wanted to dismantle the Band. There is some interview on YT by Buddy Miles on this issue.
Appalling beauty is Jimmy Hendrix im from fiji in the pacific 2024 September 22
J-I-M-I … JIMI !
Great guitar player but never appreciated his burning and busting up of a Fender Strat; I worked to hard to buy my guitars and cherish them. But, he knew how to coax powerful music out of his guitar. I appreciate him more at 78yo, than when I first heard him. He sounded out of tune to me on some songs. But, his emotion and feelings are unique and above all else.
As a health and safety officerof more than 3o years, I condemn his actions at 19.30
He had a permit. Ha
The last “Experience” with Mitchell and Billy Cox may have been the best group…..although Band Of Gypsy’s is very close. For me. ✌🏼
A really great Documentary on Jimi Hendrix . Well worth watching to Understand the Times , Vibe and feel of the Entertainment scene . The Finks like war and ciaos . Sure was a Jamming Guitarist
Sounds like Jimi had a slight lisp when he spoke, may have been the reason for him being so quiet and shy. His quiet speech reminds me a bit of Michael Jackson.
Anyone catch jimi playing the beatles lick of “i feel fine” in hey joe?
i bet the women at a Hendrix concert where different than the girls at a Monkees concert ?
You win that bet!
I thought south bank was the entire ‘lulu fall out’. Lulu was offended because she asked Jimi if she could sing duet, When Jimi started the song he Ignored Lulu. Lulu’ I’ll make sure you never work BBC AGAIN! Years later Mitch Mitchell said’ I don’t believe we ever did. Lulu wanted to sing duet with Jimi on ‘heyJoe’. In America Jimi Hendrix already shared the stage with many known artist. Lulu didn’t ask she just used to being on stage singing with artist. Lulu, In case you did know I WAS IN MOVIE WITH SYDNEY POITIER! Most popular
Greatjob
All these people made so much money off of Hendrix but none of them seems to have given a damn about his health & safety.
Jimi's health and safety--was his responsibility! His impulsiveness led to his success--but then to his downfall. Not uncommon, among artists.
A very fun watch, full of factual error, naturally. The real story is....way more interesting, believe it or not. See the late Charles R Cross epic bio "Room Full of Mirrors" audio or text. E.G. he got out the 101 not because of any injury...He did not "breakthrough" in the UK...but in France. "Wind cries Mary" was about Kathy Etchingham and her terrible cooking and a fight over it, and the pressure to write is own songs for the royalaties coming from Chas and Terry ( i think that was his name---007). It was not easy to get into the UK. Etc etc. If you like Hendrix you will love that biography. HIs GranMa was not "full Cherokee" though maybe part, stranded in Vancouver during a Vaudeville tour. The Black community in Seattle was vibrant and populus, Vancouver.....not so much. His skills were no accident....
Started 15 years old died 27 think about that
No wearing just T-Shirts like so many 70's bands ended up doing. They wore 60's London hip clothes.
Love it.