Jimi Hendrix: His final gig was anything but peaceful
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- Опубліковано 13 кві 2024
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Yes he really was originally named Johnny Allen. His dad, Al thought that he may have been named after somebody that Lucille was seeing, so he immediately renamed him to James Marshall. Like and subscribe Thank you!
Could that have implied that Al was not the biological father, or was it her being mean to Al, or perhaps Al being paranoid, or simply Al being upset that Jimi wasn't initially named after him?
@@ReeseMac We'll never know :)
@@shmockette7158 Probably......unless a family member or 2 would be open enough to confirm or deny.
It happens a lot more often than one might think
No one will ever be like Jimi. They can imitate bit not Originate like he did. He was truly a Shooting Star passing by us for a Magical moment in Time, Thank You Jimi for the Inspiration and thanks to GMS for an Awesome video of him being Jimi...
Thank you Albert I agree 100%. Jimi Hendrix was such a legend - and in a lot of ways I don't even think he knew it.
A frequent statement about Jimi Hendrix is that he often played rhythm and lead guitar simultaneously and therefore often sounded like two guitarists playing at the same time.
Three, some bass with it
Jimi had HUGE hands. Allowing him to simply manhandle the neck of the guitar into submission to create any sound in his head. As a guitar player with small hands, I envy his hands most of all. Dudes thumb could probably fret the high E string if he wanted to. Mine can barely fret the low E while trying to play Jimi's songs. He made guitar sound so effortless and easy to play. Until you pick up a guitar and realize he is playing some of the most intricate and complex positions ever. And that thumb is constantly putting in WORK. He's a genius, gifted both musically and physically.
Exactly right!!!
Yep the same thing with Paul Gilbert, my favorite player. Huge hands are a real advantage in playing the guitar.
As a drummer,I saw Jimi on my 14th birthday, 6-22-69 at Devonshire Downs - Granada Hills, California. They called it The Newport Pop Festival. It was on that day I realized I needed to be in FRONT of the stage, not behind drums. I became a professional singer/guitarist from that day forward till today!
Very cool story thanks for sharing that!
Good. All about you, isn't it?
I was playing on the road in Cuyahoga Falls, OH with a 4 pc rock band when Jimi passed. That night 3 of us had nightmares involving Jimi and commented on it in the morning. We didn't find out til the next day when the cab driver told us on the way to the gig. We are all one.
Pretty damn freaky I must say so myself! Thank you for sharing that! Wow
Very interesting. There was a Massive Growth period for me in my playing, and After having played for many many yrs. I'd dream at night of jimi standing at the tailgate of old ford farm truck, with some elder gentlemen, he'd smile, nod, and point to his flying V in the bed of the truck telling me to pick it up and play something. Each time that happened, and was only a few times, I'd wake up the next morning and absolutely freaking Blaze chops I'd been struggling with. Do I think Jimi blessed me in my sleep with something extra. No. I simply think it's cool as shit the way it happened. And Love the fact it was Jimi and that white Flying V. Is funny what the unconscious sleeping mind can and will do. Much love ppl.
I had a similar experience with Garcias death.
Just a few nights ago, I had a dream that I was at Jimi Hendrix's funeral, and the next night, I had a dream where Jimi Hendrix came back to life.
i see in my dreams people and animals that have passed on. it always surprises and comforts me to see them happy and alive. usually these dreams happen a couple weeks after their passing but can occur as much as a year after. i feel i will see them all again. hope so.
I always think if he never passed what more he could’ve done for the history of music
Exactly! He would have done a lot - was starting to explore more jazz and rhythm oriented stuff, combined with his explosive way of playing I think by the mid-70s he would have been doing some pretty incredible stuff!
Even if he felt like taking a break from the road and recording his music, Jimi was behind the board doing mixing and production on Electric Ladyland and the album he was working on after that. Imagine if he mentored and produced guys like Edide Van Halen.
He did it plenty while alive! The influence and history immortalized him, his music and his style. Yes we would have had more Hendrix, but there is a ton for the 4 short and fast years of fame. His death contributed to the power of his legacy and influence. We still have his 80 songs, that is a lot!
I see it as we were lucky to have the time and recordings we do have of Jimi.
Force of nature 🔥🔥🔥
Jimi Hendrix was really good playing guitar.
Ya think 😂
Yeah, he wasn’t bad.
@@RandyB521 I mean, he's no jimi hendrix
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Fair for an average innovator that only comes once on a lifetime. ☝🏼😅🎸
Hendrix 🔥LIVES FOREVER🔥
Definitely Fact that's a true statement !
8:23 Jimi's Woodstock band Gypsy Sun and Rainbows had Mitch Mitchell on drums, not Buddy Miles. Buddy joined later for Band of Gypsies.
Thank you
Yes that's the case most are unaware tho
With Mitch Mitchell eventually coming back after Band of Gypsy disbanded early 1970 Playing with Jimi until his death
My favorite lineup. Always Mitch over Buddy Miles and Billy and Jimi were old friends.
Buddy Guy was Jimis favorite. He took most everything he did from Buddy Guy. To not mention Buddy Guy while talking about Jimis influences is just tragic. Listen to Buddy. Youll hear it
You could definitely hear a lot of buddy's influence in Hendrix's playing
I was talking to an older lady a few years ago . She said she managed to smuggle herself with her friend into Jimi’s dressing room in Blackpool , England 1967 before his concert . By the way, l did get to see him myself just before his death at The lsle of Wight Festival 1970. He was very tired and not at his best . His equipment kept malfunctioning as well. It was still a great thrill though to see him live..
That must've been one hell of an experience!!!
He didn't just learn from ear like some super human, he was taught by local blues guitarist. According to his autobiography, "Room Full of Mirrors".
But he did. He developed his own style by ear, aswell as by traditional tutoring.
I have two cousins, one of whom played with the royal jazz orchestra for a year, and another, a bassist, who attended the Royal college of music.
Both of them struggled for ears ro play without reading music, despite being very a accomplished young musicians in their own rights.
Playing by ear is compatible with reading music traditionally.
As a PNW guitar guy, the story of Jimi Henderix makes me so sad
Once again I’m very impressed with the effort and thorough research which went into this video!!! Well done Jim!!!!!
Thank you Marc!!! Stay cool man
There was an actual college course at the College of Marin in northern California
on the life and times of Jimi. This was about 2006 or so.
Still kicking myself for not enrolling. It was $86 Taught by a historian of this genious. I have the brochure somewhere....
I used to jam with Jimis second cousin Tony a few times in 1999
he knew every song. Tony was in a modern version of the Drifters.
Really resembled his cousin.He didnt get to play with him sadly.
Steven Roby is the historian. I went to a presentation he put on in Fairfax Ca 2005 ish
Steve is not the murderer Steve Roby.
Damn - that is pretty cool I must say!
I have read differing accounts of his death.
Anyone read the book? Electric Gypsy? Eric Burdon says there was a hospital 5 min away but the emt’s insisted on taking him to the one 20 min away. Hmm 🤔 💭
Hmm.
Because he was already dead.
Might have been the better choice.
@@Shadowman-1960 Always speculations I suppose but the universe always has a plan … Guitar Player mag had an article in the early 90’s about if Jimi had lived would he have burned out? Would he be the legend we respect him as today? Blew all our minds and that’s what matters 💥 😉.
What you’re kidding
Seeing Jimi in the velvet jacket and perfectly coiffed hair is pretty funny.
Haha yep those are rare shots - Jimi in his Sundays best
I was but 4 days old when Hendrix passed.
It's interesting that considering the time when he passed, he still remains larger than life. I think the legend has only grown.
Good doc. Theres some out of order info in the period of his death. His death is hard to say what really happened and the actions of monika ect. She called the guy from the animals first and they cleaned the place up witch wasted time that could of been the difference and he would of lived....thats just one theory. Its sketchy but anyways i think hes the most influential guitarist. And no one could play like him
Thanks for your take on that - yeah it is very sketchy. The part that really got me was the fact that she had said she had checked on him a couple times through the night so I'm not sure why she would have felt the need to. But again I think all the accounts are pretty hazy from all sides. Long story short - it's a shame that he couldn't stick around so we could see what else he would have come up with. Thanks for your comment I appreciate it!
Sure didn’t sound like Jimis gf wasn’t all that trained as a nurse huh?
Exactly!! I thought the same thing when I was putting this together. Also weird is that she said she checked in him periodically through the night.... They struck me as really odd.
@@guitarmeetsscienceIt was common to sign a music contract involving three albums and three tours in five years. Along with the contract was signing a life insurance policy for five years in case the musican expires.
The reality was if a musican angered his management, he may end up worth more dead than alive.
The Medics who came were found years later and said he was already Dead for hours before they Got there. Danimon wasn't there contrary to popular belief. I am of the belief that Hendrix was murdered by his Manager, who he was due to testify about in court for ripping him off Millions.
I did not know this.... Very interesting
When they found Jimi he had been Gone for a couple of hours and he was alone. Jimi was about to Testify against his Manager who had been fleecing him for Millions. There were no Narcotics in his system. This comment has been removed once before for no reason. Very strange
SRV. BOUGHT JIMIS HAT....AND WORE IT CONSTANTLY.
I guess the guitar Ju-Ju in Jimi's hat couldn't help keep SRV's helicopter in the sky.
Constantly? Are you sure?
This is a fantastic video, very informative and concise!
Thank you so much I appreciate it! 🙏
He played at the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island in Michigan on September 7, 1970. It was an unannounced appearance at a labor day jazz festival. It was the second to last time he played guitar in public.
Hendrix was on the other side of the world in September 1970
Cosmic...Epic...Ahead of his time...🎸
Good content glad you didn't go crazy with the Click bait that going wild on UA-cam now
Thank you surfernorm!!!! Sadly everything is clickbait at this point.... The old days of UA-cam are gone lol much much appreciated bud! 🤘😎🤘
rip jimi you rocked stevo
wow never knew Jimi was born Johnny Allen. The Woodstock band line-up was Jimi, Larry Lee, Billy Cox, Juma Sultan, Jerry Velez and Mitch Mitchell on drums not Buddy Miles. I always thought the famous guitar burning was at Woodstock too, but no, that was 2 years earlier at Monterey, although he did set fire to his guitar on many occasions, the first ever at the Astoria, Finnsbury Park London.
Finally, i think it quite obvious Jimi was murdered/assassinated. Too deep to get into here except to say Jim drank very little that night yet his autopsy found litres of wine in his lungs but very little in his stomach or blood alcohol count. 'Tappy' Wright wrote a book about his time as a roadie and notes a pre-death confession of Hendrix's manager Michael Jeffery who had a lot to be gained by Jimi's death as well as the backing of some heavy London gangsters.
Sir James Marshall Hendrix ✨🎸✨🇺🇸☮️
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@@guitarmeetsscience I have a Stage Pass from a 1969 Concert
Total collector's item right there - very cool!
Can't image the legendary music we've lost with the loss of Hendrix.
Rap would've probably sounded a bit different
I've really been enjoying your deep dives. Especially this one!! Wanting to play Hendrix got me kicked out of my 1st band back in'67! Rock On Jimmy!! ☮-Roady
Thank you so much Roady!! Haha, if you're going to get kicked out of a band do it right. Funny that you mention it, because when we used to play for a Neil diamond tribute we would play Hendrix on breaks, and he would come in and be like what the hell are you guys doing lol. Rock on brother 🤘🤘
Medics said he had about a gallon of wine in his lungs. Bro had a jug forced down his throat, he didn’t just OD.
I've written the guy who produced this video telling him the same. You are correct... Hendrix was murdered. Drowned in wine. Probably by his very spooky manager Michael Jeffrey.
Man I just thought this toooo.
It’s called aspiration and isnt hard to believe. Mixing drugs has this fatal outcome all the time with alcoholics who mix drugs. If you pass out on your back and start vomiting it all goes down your windpipe.
@@Jules_73 it was a mixture of vomit AND like a gallon of wine. As if it was forced down his throat, and he puked during the process. Way too much wine for it to make sense otherwise…
Plus he had no wine in his blood stream. Pure sign of waterbording
Never seen the footage of Jimi playing acoustic around the 7:30 mark in the video. Anyone got a link to the full clip of it? Would definitely like to check it out
It should actually be all over the place on UA-cam. If you just search out Jimi Hendrix acoustic you'll find it.
“Hound dog Jimi Hendrix” in UA-cam and you’ll find it.
There's a video documentary Jimi Hendrix out I've the VHS it's probably on DVD now he plays acoustic Hear my Train several times n a photo of him on the stole n Jame clothes on the cover
Back in the 80’s I had a picture of that session on my wall. I thought for years it was a painting of him. It wasn’t until around 5-7 years ago I saw him play that session or whatever it was . I had no idea it wasn’t actually a painting. The colors were so vibrant and wild that I thought someone was just trying to make him look cool. My pops ripped up all my concert shirts and posters for some reason. I’m sure it was me being a bit rebellious but I was really pissed.🤣
"Knowledge speaks but wisdom listens." jh
...you ask pretty much any professional rock guitarist from the 70s to 90s, who their influences are, and oftentimes the two top names are Jimi Hendrix and Jimmy Page... check out 'Band of Gypsies' LP... if memory serves, Hendrix uses a ringmod on 'Who Knows', and a univibe on 'Machinegun'... once, i told my sister that 'Little Wing' is 'the perfect song'... she's a bit older than me, and saw Hendrix live, twice... she gave me 'Are You Experienced?'... said she had 2 copies so she could give one away... i used to spin it backwards on a small record player... then one day played it forward (that vinyl was very tough), and life was never the same... Jimi might have done more than anyone else, to influence what came next.... did you know Uli Roth 'hung out' with Monika Dannemann? ...she painted 2 or 3 of his 'Electric Sun' album covers, and previously wrote the lyrics to 'We'll Burn The Sky' (about Jimi) by the Scorpions... you can hear Hendrix/Ernie Isley influences in Roth's playing...
Wow Andy that is pretty awesome! Hendrix and Page really shaped things in the world of guitar for sure. I did not know that about Roth - a total monster himself. Thanks for sharing that Andy I really appreciate it!
Hate to be a stickler, but that wall of amps you show at 7:02 are not Fender Twin Reverb amps but 4 Sunn cabinets powered by a Sunn 100S amp head. He did use a Fender Twin Reverb with Curtis Knight and the Squires in 1965, but was using Sunn briefly (in '66) as a promotional deal before switching to Marshall. I heard he used Twin Reverbs for studio work as well.
Thank you no stickler-ness taken. I was just trying to show the breadth of his amp choices but probably didn't do the greatest job at explaining all the myriad of his amp choices. Good catch!
Thanks for this and for not focusing on his drug use and how that factored into his music and life - what most media do. A look at any of the popular bands of that era makes their impact a truism.
It's crazy he preferred right-handed guitars. I guess it's what he knew best.
Thank you so much! Often a lot of media outlets tend to let the drugs overpower his actual story - and really I think his playing should still take center stage. Yeah I was surprised by the fact that he preferred right-handed guitars, just like Eric gales who of course was influenced by him quite a lot though he actually plays even with the strings upside down. There is a slightly different feel with an upside down headstock, so I think Jimi was particularly drawn to that. Your kind words are very appreciated!
@@guitarmeetsscience Now that's creator feedback. Thank you so much for your reply - I didn't realize he didn't change the strings either, that is wild, he did everything upside-down and backwards. Even your replies are enriching!
I always wondered how he became such a force, and all you had to do was say Little Richard to explain everything. Those are quite some accolades. I have an electronics background, so I consider what he did to be elevating the area to the level of art. That's probably the greatest thing technology can offer us: it cannot make art itself, but it can enable us to create new visions. Bring us together and all that.
Thanks and again and keep rocking, brother
@WhiskeyRichard. Thank you! It is pretty cool that Eric gales figured out how to play the guitar just right off the rack in left-handed fashion. Where there is determination right. I agree with you elevating the area to the level of art. It all works hand in hand. Thanks again very much!
I've always wondered what Jimi would have done musically if he had lived. With the flower power movement dying out and the rise of metal it would have been interesting to see where he would have went musically.
Agreed 100% - he was already starting to dabble and stuff that was much more groove oriented, I think by the mid-70s he would have had some mind-blowing stuff out.
Jazz blues
@@guitarmeetsscience He'd become a turnip farmer, and put music behind him. I have this on good authority.
Nice bio sketch. Good job❤
Thank you so much! I really appreciate your kind words 🙏🤎
She didn’t immediately call paramedics. She called Eric Burdon freaking out, at which time he said “call an ambulance!” She eventually did, but it was after awhile.
Awesome Video Dude !!!
Thank you brother man 🤘🤘
Jimi would be very impressed with the many types and broad varieties of efx pedals and floor processors we have now. I think some of the especially strange efx included in many of Zoom’s processors would have appeared in a few of his songs, had he remained with us. Subdecay’s and Earthquaker Devices’ gear would keep him up for days on end. Imagine what he would think of guitar synthesizers.
Oh yeah - and Amplitube as well on the PC with a good low latency card. I could see him going nuts on that too lol
the amp shown at the 7:00 mark while mentioning fender amps is actually a Sunn 100s paired with 2x15s.
Thank you - yeah I know, I was just talking about the amps in general and showing some images of different ones he used over the years. It wasn't actually meant to be timed but it came out that way.
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Cool biography and storytelling ., lovely snippets of Jimi doing his magic .. shaping the landscape of music
Thank you John I appreciate it man!
@@guitarmeetsscience far out ☮️
Voodoo child IS the best song EVER WRITTEN. It cannot ɓe beaten .
Love that tune! It burns from start to finish!
Good info! Your voice sounds almost *identical* to the host of the Definitive Mac Upgrade Guide YT channel.
Thank you so much! I had to go check out that channel and sure enough my voice does sound like his lol. I'm really glad you enjoyed it and I appreciate your kind words!
He was one of a Kind! I always play Star-Spangled Banner, in his style, on the Fourth of July on my guitar In recognition of Jimi Hendrix..
He really was - that is the perfect routine for the 4th of July. I really love his take on The Star-Spangled banner.
Jimi recorded with the band Love as well
That is correct
Hendrix ,Stones, Beatles,,,,they could never have realize what they started. ❤IT.
Agreed 100%! So much kicked off right around that time. Thank you kindly!
You left out his closed friendship with Billy Cox who he had met and played with in the Army.Then later re-connected and lived to together in Nashville Tn. And playing together in various bands. Also Billy Is still alive but finally retired due to health in his 80s.
Thanks Lee - that is actually one really cool piece of history right there as well. Billy was the perfect compliment to Jimi.... I wonder what his earlier work would have sounded like had they have hooked up sooner. Thanks for sharing that I appreciate it!
The New York show you mentioned with Jim Morrison showing up was a complete disaster. Morrison was completely trashed. Hendricks wound up apologizing to the audience for Jim's actions.
I could see that
Did he do this guitar gig a lot, where it hit it on fire?
I knew a guy who'd gone to see him years ago, and he said he lit a white guitar on fire, and swung it around, and let it go.
He said, it hit this woman in the head, and knocked her out cold.
Oh damn I didn't know it hit somebody in the head! A flying Stratocaster could definitely do some damage. He did not do it often -actually twice that I know of both the 1967 but I'm sure others can weigh in if they know other incidents where he did that.
He got clipped. record company/contract dispute.
Thank you for what I think is the best biographical video of Jimi Hendrix.
I know he was born in Seattle. Where did that guy come from?
Thank you so much - I really appreciate your kind words. Right? He was from another planet!
Fun fact. My father was one of only two people other than his girlfriend who saw him the night he died.
Wow that is definitely a fun fact! I'm sure there are some serious stories there.
Does your dad think he was possibly murdered? That’s always been my thoughts.
@@Sam07989 He thought it was definitely possible. Jimi was dating the daughter of a higher up in the Royal Navy (from my recollection) who used to go mountain climbing with Sir Edmund Hillary. Basically close friends with a Knight. Without saying too much, the moral of the story is “Don’t hit women”. Especially if their father is one step away from the Royal Family. They can make anything happen to this very day
Chilling to say the least...
@@beauwhitlock5034 interesting! I always thought it might have been that Michael Jeffries and him having executed wishes from the Black Panthers. But I still can’t imagine them doing that to Jimi but then again that’s the way it was back then.
Was the final concert on the island of Fehmarn ? If so, I was there !! The train ride there was more fun than the concert.
Very cool! Yes that was the last official concert though he did perform with the animals in a small club a couple days later.
@@guitarmeetsscience the train ride really was fun. Standing room only. Hash pipes and wine bottles passing up and down the aisles. I recall that it was windy and cold at the concert. The music was short lived. Cheers !!
R I P Jimi 10-4
Now than im 2 times older than jimi now...its like now to me he looks like a teenager. So young. Murdered so young. And they know because had he really choked on vomit it be in his lungs...and undigested wine was in his lungs meaning he was already dead before someone shived a wine bottle down his throat. Poor dude
Rock in Peace Jimi
Jimi was not the best guitarist but he was the only one that was best at being Jimi
Hendrix died 11 years and 9 days before I was born (on 9/9/81)
He died 8 years and 8 months before I was born. Either way you were born too late to see him play live. My mom saw him play with Band of Gypsys in 1969.
@jesseroggio7260 your mom must have had some pretty cool stories about that! It would have been awesome to see him live during that time.
I was born in London in 1968, and although it may sound silly, as a huge Jimi fan I still consider it a privilege just to to have been alive in the same city at the same time!
That place, that period, and Jimi in particular, have always had a huge influence on me.
(My mother also saw Joe Cocker live a few weeks before I was born - I think that may have subliminally helped to form my lifelong musical tastes as well!)
I have loved this cat (James Marshall) my entire life and it’s only now-in 2024-that I learn his name is Johnny Alan?!? Thanks for your bid-I legit thought I knew everything…Rainbow Bridge still rules…right?!!
Thank you - Yes rainbow bridge was a pretty darn interesting project. Got a lot of flaming from people who think I got it wrong. He really was originally named Johnny Allen. By his mom Lucille, but his dad thought that Johnny Allen might have been a guy she was seeing while was out of town. Not too long after he was born his dad changed it to James Marshall and the rest is history....
It's cool bro your still a true Hendrix fan there's lots of fun stuff to learn about Hendrix
I did here that Hendrix was not discharged because of an injury but because of drug use and undisciplined behaviour that was kept quiet
Eddie van Halen was very critical of Hendrix and didn't listen to his music.....he called Hendrix sloppy and out of tune
It's a fact that little Richard fired Hendrix for outshining him.......
It's not fair...his hands were bigger than his feet
Haha yep
His real name changes every 15 years.
Eric Clapton thought he was the best until Hendrix?
*laughing maniacally in Roy Clarke*
Jimi Hendrix was to Rock & Roll What Bruce Lee was to the Martial Arts. And in ironic cruelty, fate took both of them far before their time was due.
What a great comment! You hit the nail on the head perfectly.
@@guitarmeetsscience🎤🐥 same date of birth 27 November , same day as mine , same day crossroad blues was recorded
@jesusislukeskywalker4294 wow that is awesome!!!!!
What a fantastic video have a wonderful day also Thursday is my dad birthday ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊
Thank you so much. Happy birthday to your dad! 🥳
Clapton is so full of himself trying to sound humble by proclaiming himself as the 2nd best. Eric you’re not the 2nd, 3rd, or 4th… hundred
Agreed!
Stay away from drugs and live....
Jimi: The Apex of Rock Guitar; flanked by El Becko and EVH.
I'd argue Eddie is flanked by Beck and Hendrix, tbh. Nobody has done for the guitar what Edward Van Halen has done, not even Jimi.
He thought wrong
Jimi had a 200 watt Marshall and he used So did The Who those Amps are rare because of issues of breaking down
Tube amps sound great, but don't travel well.
@@user-hm3ez2dk9h That’s why bands carries back ups ! Nothing beats an Old Plexi but they are unbelievably loud lol .
Maybe if they didn't shove their guitar necks into the speakers they would have lasted longer.
There was definitely a lot back in the day. With inflation now stage antics like that have taken a backseat
@@Rhythmicons The Who started those stage antics, but Hendrix used it in a different way. Townsend used as violence, but Hendrix was more sexual in his violence. He fucked the amp with his guitar. His guitar tech held it up in in back while Hendrix fucked it round the front. I heard some great stories on those Hendrix documentaries I saw on VHS tapes.
Jimi was the shit!
I believe his Marshall Lead heads of that era were 200 watt heads, the Marshall Major. I have read several books and watched countless documentaries about Jimi Hendrix. I could be wrong, but I don't think so.
While in the UK, Jimi and his management were taken to meet Jim Marshall, the owner of Marshall, the amplifier manufacturer. Jim Marshall was the former drum teacher of Mitch Mitchell, who was then the drummer of the Jimi Hendrix Experience. Mitchell introduced both of the James Marshalls (Jimi was James Marshall Hendrix) to eachother and they had a good laugh. The plan of Jimi and his management was to have a Marshall head with a backup and speaker cabinets in each part of the world in which they had planned to tour. They surmised that it would save them money to transport and reduce the maintenance needed for those amps. The Marshall amps of that era were not very reliable and they were notoriously difficult to repair. Marshall made amps with whatever components that were readily available at the time, often mismatched components. It was extremely difficult to find replacement parts and exact replacements were even harder to find. Jimi was hard on his equipment also. They bought several identical amps from Jim Marshall that day. Their strategy did not exactly go according to plan in the future as his financiers had them criss-cross the USA and play shows and festivals wherever they could get paid.
How cool is that! Thanks for filling in the gap. Like some of the ironic stories of how these guitar players came to be, it looks like Marshall amps had a similar story. I didn't know they had such a tough time in the beginning. That is pretty cool!
@guitarmeetsscience What I know about Marshall is that Jim Marshall was a drummer turned drum teacher, and he worked out of a music store. So he regularly overheard bunches of guitarists coming into the store and asking the owner if he could get Fender amps. In England at that time, I think all that they had for amps were Vox amplifiers, and I believe they were owned or distributed by Selmer Musical Instruments, who also did organs and accordions. Well, the Vox amps, although we appreciate them for their great sound, were not loud enough. Not even close. Back in those days, there were no high-powered solid state PAs yet. So, as a guitarist,if you wanted to be heard, you needed a Fender amp. Well, that music store had a problem getting Fender stuff. There was no distributor in the UK. So, to get them, you had to send your money to Fender, including the exorbitant cost of shipping, and it took awhile to get there. For financial reasons, this put that idea out of reach for 95% of the musicians. So, Jim Marshall took a look at the guts of one of the few Fenders that was ordered and saw an opportunity. He figured that he could make them himself and cut out all of that unnecessary expense. Obviously, the market was there. So Jim ordered the loudest amp Fender made, which was the Bassman and basically copied the entire electronic circuitry. He had to source all of the parts from what he could get in the UK, most notably the valves and transformers, but the same was true with the capacitors, pots, and everything else. In the UK, they did not readily have 6L6 tubes, but they did have EL-34 valves that were similar in power and dissipation (Mullards, if I remember correctly). The transformers that they sourced in the UK, although plenty adequate for that purpose, turned out to play a big role in how different a Marshall sounds from a Fender. All of the different parts combined made the Marshall sound different. Jim had a great idea to separate the amp from the speakers into a head unit and 412 speaker cabinets, respectively. That may have happened a little later on. My recollection is a little hazy on that part of the story. So, Jim went into business himself, making and selling bunches of British bastardized Bassmans. He would go on to do other designs and hire proper engineers at some point. The transformers remained the same, though. They had reliability issues for awhile with the amps though. Most likely because they used whatever parts were available. If they didn't have capacitors of a certain value, they would use a different value as close as they had. When you do that several times in a circuit, your results are going to be different. You are probably aware of the "Plexi." It isn't actually a model unto itself. There were a batch of amps that had a combination of different parts at the same time that they had to use a plexiglass control panel because they ran out of the regular panels that they used. That particular batch of amps was discovered later on to supposedly sound better than others. I'm not an expert on that story, but I think that is the gist of it. It is a good example of the parts mismatching that they did. It's crazy. Eventually Marshall built PAs and all kinds of stuff, but it all started with that Bassman. Cheers!
Great info but no; 200 W Marshall Majors were used by John Entwistle with The Who and Ritchie Blackmore. Jimi stuck to 100 W Super Leads and Fender Dual Showmans and sometimes Sunn amps.
@@vayabroder729 I am not suggesting that the Marshall Major was the only amp that Jimi ever used, I have a bootleg album that was recorded completely with him using a Fender amp oddly enough, but he did use the 200 Watt Marshall Major for a period of time. I believe that they purchased a few of them when Jimi was introduced to Jim Marshall. I don't remember the titles of the books I have read, but Jimi Hendrix is the first artist listed that is known for using the Major on the Marshall Major Wikipedia page. I just read your reply so I asked Google and it took me right there. You are free to do the same. Cheers.
@@TheRealcdawg22 Sure thing; I agree. I wouldn’t doubt he used them as well.
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Nobody talks about the fight the girl friend had that night and they guy extorting him for 1 million...smh mad FISHY
You failed to mention Jimmy James and the Blue Flames with Randy California and Skunk Baxter. Circa 1966. The greatest fecord never produced would be Stevie Ray Vaughn produced by Jimi Hendrix.
Thank you. Excellent lineup. And that SRV album would have been just incredible!
Maybe im in a different time line but I always thought Hendrix died from a heroin OD...interesting...none the less, RIP...then again, legends never die
A lot of those in the 27 club died from OD's, but in Jimi's case It was just a really powerful sleeping pill. Theories suggest that it relaxed his stomach and esophagus so much that he couldn't keep the wine and whatever else he had in his stomach down. Really terrible way to go.
@@guitarmeetsscience true and yeah that stuff happens more than people think. very sad.
He ate virtually nothing that whole evening, only drank, mostly wine. Barbiturates on a belly full of alcohol is a recipe for drowning. All they gotta do is sleep on their back. It's killed hundreds of people. I've known a couple personally.
He wasn't a junkie Clapton and Lennon were
@@guitarmeetsscience I wrote you a reply of how Hendrix died but maybe you haven't read it yet. He was murdered, drowned with wine, attacked with a bottle shoved down his throat. His lungs were filled with wine. He didn't die unconscious inhaling vomit. The medics who drove his corpse to the morgue testified in court years later that he was dead when they arrived at the flat. They also said it is ludicrous to suggest they'd allow a patient to suffocate via vomiting while driving to a hospital.
You are only as good as your last gig. I don't care who you are.
ywp. Segovia said the sane, oh sage one.
Dear Clapton, if you aren’t that guy when it comes to Jazz, you aren’t that guy.
Jazz is subjective music objectivified. Great music comes from the subconscious, not theory. I listen to jazz, some of it is junk
People don't listen to jazz for a reason
.... His lungs were filled with wine and tablets.
Funny how everybody glosses over that part, which doesn't match the story.
What do you mean exactly?
Mike jeffieris Goons forced fed Jimi red wine to kill him
@@guitarmeetsscience What he means is that tired old story of Hendrix inhaling vomit isn't how he died. His lungs were filled with wine meaning he was held still while another shoved a bottle down this throat thus drowning him. Very likely murdered by his manager, a spooky dude named Michael Jeffrey. The German girl Monika found Hendrix dead and then phoned up Eric Burdon who came over and helped her flush all the drugs. Then they left. The medics arrived, the door was standing open, no one was there except Hendrix lying on the bed... dead. The medics testified in court against Monika who made a decades long career of telling the vomit story and pretending she was Hendrix's girlfriend when she only knew him a couple of days. The judge ordered her to cease and desist and she killed herself, asphyxiation in her car shortly after. The lawsuit was instituted by Kathy Etchingham who was Jimi's longtime girlfriend. Read "Room Full of Mirrors" by Charles Cross and make another video informing everyone how it really happened.
How can you be so sure?
@@joeshoe6184 The Charles Cross book is in depth research and a convincing description of how Hendrix died. The tension his manager Michael Jeffrey was laying on him, literally working him to death, stealing his money, purchasing a life insurance policy on him plus the testimony from the actual medics who encountered Jimi's corpse... yes I'm quite sure of what happened.
"Jimi isn't that great"...Said no one in their right mind, in the past 60 years.
Haha yep!!!
Ted Nugent the loser always dissed Hendrix and others
@@samthunders3611Ted nugent is a great guitarist (I find his stuff with the Amboy dukes to be particularly good) but not in the same league as someone such as Hendrix, although he has a point when it comes to Joan Jett being in the rolling stone article list for the top 200 guitarists, she really doesn’t belong there
Did he mention 6 ("to name a few" he said) great musicians who died at age 27??? What's the probability of that happening normally??? Seems strange. But then, normally heard in show-biz in the 1980s, "forever young"??
Oh yeah! There's a fairly extensive list of great artists who died at 27, some more well-known than others, but the 27 club is pretty big! Forever young - yep exactly!
I wonder how many died at 24 for example...
DAAAM PHARMAS KILLED...HIM..
It got a lot of people 😞
Clapton never was the best guitarist...ever.
Agreed!!! Couldn't touch Jimi, or Jimmy for that matter
Eric Clapton was SO out of his head in self love that he literally said HE thought HE was actually the best guitar player in the world... He actually thought that... Clapton doesn't even make the top 20 best guitar players in the world.... He is so extremely limited in his abilities and range of musicianship...He would make the top 15 "popular" guitar players in the world, but nowhere near the "best" in the world... Not even back then... What a Dusch bag...
I have always felt that Clapton was highly overrated. He did some cool stuff in creem I'll give him that, But I certainly wouldn't put him on any of the best player lists because of that. Thank you for sharing your take!
You need to listen again. Jimi rated Eric Clapton very highly.
@@guitarmeetsscienceI would put him in a top 20 list purely for his work with Derek and the Dominoes, Layla and other assorted love songs is a masterpiece of an album
Indeed. Especially when you consider that the likes of George Benson, Pat Martino and Paco DeLucia were happening at the same time.
I like Jimi Hemdrix's music, but his version of "The star spangled banner" is 1 of the worst I've ever heard. Unbelievably sloppy.
Im a life long ( 70 ) Hendrix fan.
That anthem is not one of my favorites
but one should understand that then
it represented the mess the American
society was in. So its a mess.
@@piotr.leniec-lincow5209 At that rate, it should be played even worse today.
Exactly!
@@theSword- do it if you can
@@piotr.leniec-lincow5209 .I have already learned it in a recognizable way.
His version is pure zhit.
You didn’t mention that Huey Lewis is I want a new drug played purple haze on the league guitar Parr was freaking awesome. Can’t believe you didn’t mention it.
Damn now you tell me..... Haha Guess I got so caught up in everything I forgot that one. Thank you so much 👍👍
@@guitarmeetsscience
Keep rockin, dude
@edjones2199 🤘🤘 you too man!!
If someone explaining me how you’re exhausted where you show up to a gig on tour late as fuck but later later that same day, have the energy to be like I’m restless and need sleeping medication something fishy
Yeah there is a lot of messy detail around that. Hey you play nicely btw. 🤘🤘
It's absolutely normal for a persons energy levels to fluctuate over the course of a day.
I swear some folks always on the conspiracy tip...
I was born a couple of weeks after he died but I was a living thing then and heard the music from inside my mothers body . Yeah baby