I saw Hendrix at Clark University in Worcester MA on March 15, 1968. Atwood Hall held 640 people. The ticket was $3.50. Soft Machine played first and they were awful. A wall of noise with no discernible melody. Someone would walk up to the microphone and ‘sing’ unintelligible words. Hendrix was magnificent. The BBC was there recording the concert so the band was at their best. My best memory was when Jimi addressed the crowd and said “we’re going to play a song from our newest album coming out soon’ and launched into Voodoo Child Slight Return. Electric Ladyland was released in October 1968. We sat there stunned and amazed. The first time I ever heard it was live. It’s still one of my all time favorites.
As always, this episode is packed with amazing detail. The anecdotes, reviews and stories recounted here help to bring us closer to the man, his life and his music. The pictures are fantastic, too. Thank you very much indeed!
Thank you so much. This series is so amazing and the amount of information and details you've collected is unbelievable. It's a great thing you're doing and it's something that needs done. All of this info you're collecting, wouldn't be around forever so it's good it's being 'logged' into one complete package. I'm sure this is all very time consuming but please keep it going!
I really like all the details that I don't remember hearing at the time when this occurred.. I remember only getting a sentence every once in a while in newspapers... and stories you'd hear at parties and gatherings,...that you couldn't trust the information because people would make up all kinds of nonsense and you could never verify almost all of it. I'm now always looking forward to all these Belly Button Window episodes and hoping the info is 'on the mark'. Thanks again-- 5 out of 5, juicy pink tacos '🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮'
yeah I remember a huge Hendrix "coffee table" book my brother had. A bunch specious first hand "accounts" (mostly political soapboxing & recondite testimonials about about God knows what )by hippies and musicians. These archival newspaper and journal entries make an actual narrative
Very enjoyable, you are getting good at producing these videos, and this was the first time in a very long time that I saw a copy of the underground paper "it" - the international times - I used to buy that in the early '70s :)
That is a nutty tour schedule. Blue Cheer were a strange group with a weird guitar sound but they had a hit with summertime blues cover which is worth hearing for a heavy metal take & which pointed the way for the mainstream metal genre to come, a long way from hendrix complexity which can't really be duplicated.
Having been in my teens during Jimi's life, an a lifelong fan, in Jimi's own words his trips to Seattle were miserable an mostly all about Al an even extended family members including ones Jimi hardly knew begging for money. He only spent about 20 minutes of time with Janie who didn't adopt the Hendrux until Al started to exploit control over the post mortom money making machine it remains to this day. It is reported Jimi had about 2500 dollars in the bank when he died. Experience Hendrix is reported to make around 40 million a year. Poor Jimi was whored during his brief life and so sadly that remains true to this day. Personally I never will buy anything controled by experience Hendrix.
Its a shame how Leon was treated by his "sister". Leon and Jimi were sometimes all they had as kids, and if Jimi knew how Janie has treated Leon he'd be heart broken. Janie is a blood sucker.
@BELLY_BUTTON_WINDOW yeah, any pics of Jimi are good, but she is still a blood sucker! Lol She got to meet Jimi like twice or something like that, but Jimi and Leon went through hell together. Al was hard on his kids, and sometimes all they had were each other. I like the pictures of Leon at the airport with Jimi better... look at his smile. His brother was home.
BLUECHEER- From a lsd brand name they called themselves was a piece of crap ,famous for their cover of summertime blues which was meant to be heavy metal maybe that's why they said they would blow Hendrix ect away ,Electric Flag I'm gonna check them out having read about
Great Episode. The Racism and some of the stupid jiveass negative criticism reminds me of the negativity of the day. Many Critics are self important snobs anyway but when you here Jimi being described essentially as not "Black " enough is insulting. It's also an honest reflection of what Jimi and other acts went through back then. Like the Great Kurt Cobain said about "Music Critics" " Like What do They Know Anyway "? 😊
It's kinda weird to think Jimi deprived an already, almost certainly, underfunded inner-city black school of a joyous musical event because of insecurity. Imagine how bad it would have looked to play a school that was enthusiastic about his tunes? After that, he couldn't ever play a free highschool concert ANYWHERE...well, these days, anyways
I saw Hendrix at Clark University in Worcester MA on March 15, 1968. Atwood Hall held 640 people. The ticket was $3.50. Soft Machine played first and they were awful. A wall of noise with no discernible melody. Someone would walk up to the microphone and ‘sing’ unintelligible words.
Hendrix was magnificent. The BBC was there recording the concert so the band was at their best.
My best memory was when Jimi addressed the crowd and said “we’re going to play a song from our newest album coming out soon’ and launched into Voodoo Child Slight Return. Electric Ladyland was released in October 1968. We sat there stunned and amazed. The first time I ever heard it was live. It’s still one of my all time favorites.
Wow! What an awesome story. Thanks you so much for sharing that. Cheers
Lawd Mercy..you lucky joker😅
I wonder if Janie still has those newspaper cuttings of Jimi and the Experience? Excellent photos from the concerts!
Interesting question!
The greatest voice on the internet. Thanks man.
Thank you so much! Best wishes.
Another top notch episode! 👍💯
Thank you so much! Best wishes.
Il più grande di tutti i tempi🎉🎉❤❤
Avete capito bene! Auguri!
Every episode is deserving of the best Award on Earth 🌎 !!
Wow! Really appreciate it. Best wishes!
As always, this episode is packed with amazing detail. The anecdotes, reviews and stories recounted here help to bring us closer to the man, his life and his music. The pictures are fantastic, too. Thank you very much indeed!
Thank you!
i like how he told as it was back then
Thank you, because that's how I'm trying to tell it. Your feedback means a lot! Best wishes.
I Love everything about Jimi...
Every soundbite, every filmframe
I love your channel i have been bingewatching!!!✌🏻🙂
Hendrix Forever🙏🏻💜🎼🎸🔥
Awesome! Thank you so much!
Thank you so much. This series is so amazing and the amount of information and details you've collected is unbelievable. It's a great thing you're doing and it's something that needs done. All of this info you're collecting, wouldn't be around forever so it's good it's being 'logged' into one complete package. I'm sure this is all very time consuming but please keep it going!
Thank you so much! Cheers
I really like all the details that I don't remember hearing at the time when this occurred.. I remember only getting a sentence every once in a while in newspapers... and stories you'd hear at parties and gatherings,...that you couldn't trust the information because people would make up all kinds of nonsense and you could never verify almost all of it. I'm now always looking forward to all these Belly Button Window episodes and hoping the info is 'on the mark'. Thanks again-- 5 out of 5, juicy pink tacos '🌮🌮🌮🌮🌮'
Thank you so much! You are correct, pre-internet, the sources of information were very limited. It is a process of discovery for me also! Best wishes.
yeah I remember a huge Hendrix "coffee table" book my brother had. A bunch specious first hand "accounts" (mostly political soapboxing & recondite testimonials about about God knows what )by hippies and musicians. These archival newspaper and journal entries make an actual narrative
These pictures tell a story.
Thanks!
love the LA show review. so bad ass
Totally agree!
Unreal detail. Great thing you’re doing here. 💯
Thank you so much!
Great episode amazing what he went through but still gave this amazing musIc
Totally agree! Thanks.
Impressive series....really!
Thank you!
Very enjoyable, you are getting good at producing these videos, and this was the first time in a very long time that I saw a copy of the underground paper "it" - the international times - I used to buy that in the early '70s :)
Awesome! Glad you liked it. Just had to share that IT edition, plus thanks for the feedback. Cheers!
That is a nutty tour schedule.
Blue Cheer were a strange group with a weird guitar sound but they had a hit with summertime blues cover which is worth hearing for a heavy metal take & which pointed the way for the mainstream metal genre to come, a long way from hendrix complexity which can't really be duplicated.
Great comment! Thank you.
I'm about to make a You tube list for your articles of the Jimi Hendrix Experience
Awesome!
Having been in my teens during Jimi's life, an a lifelong fan, in Jimi's own words his trips to Seattle were miserable an mostly all about Al an even extended family members including ones Jimi hardly knew begging for money. He only spent about 20 minutes of time with Janie who didn't adopt the Hendrux until Al started to exploit control over the post mortom money making machine it remains to this day. It is reported Jimi had about 2500 dollars in the bank when he died. Experience Hendrix is reported to make around 40 million a year. Poor Jimi was whored during his brief life and so sadly that remains true to this day. Personally I never will buy anything controled by experience Hendrix.
For sure, but who would have known this then? Great comment nonetheless. Cheers!
his sister is milking his life as a cash cow
She's not his sister.
Today, business is business, not suggesting that I agree with it. It will all be middle-management decisions. Execs etc
No guitarists did what
Jimi had done.
Totally agree!
Sorry, it wasn't a wedge of Thomas Edison's paisley light. It's accurately called Nicola Tesla's wedge of light...alternating current....
All good! Thanks
Its a shame how Leon was treated by his "sister".
Leon and Jimi were sometimes all they had as kids, and if Jimi knew how Janie has treated Leon he'd be heart broken.
Janie is a blood sucker.
Amen! 10-4 on that!!
I won't buy into the politics. Did you like the picture of Jimi and Janie?
@BELLY_BUTTON_WINDOW yeah, any pics of Jimi are good, but she is still a blood sucker! Lol
She got to meet Jimi like twice or something like that, but Jimi and Leon went through hell together. Al was hard on his kids, and sometimes all they had were each other. I like the pictures of Leon at the airport with Jimi better... look at his smile. His brother was home.
I'm with you dude.@@BIZARBIES
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isint she his half sister the woman who stops all his films on utube
.. yep ..step sister
Yes, step-sister.
BLUECHEER- From a lsd brand name they called themselves was a piece of crap ,famous for their cover of summertime blues which was meant to be heavy metal maybe that's why they said they would blow Hendrix ect away ,Electric Flag I'm gonna check them out having read about
Yeah, me too! I thought it was interesting and worth including. Cheers
Great Episode. The Racism and some of the stupid jiveass negative criticism reminds me of the negativity of the day. Many Critics are self important snobs anyway but when you here Jimi being described essentially as not "Black " enough is insulting. It's also an honest reflection of what Jimi and other acts went through back then. Like the Great Kurt Cobain said about "Music Critics" " Like What do They Know Anyway "? 😊
Totally agree with you! That's why I included it, to shine a light on how things were then. Many thanks for your contribution, cheers!
He definitely should have played at his school. Those kids might have preferred Motown but who cares? He had hits. Kids like hits.
Well, the kid knows how to write a song now. It was a good lesson.
Yeah, it's a great story that illustrates the segregation of music back then. Cheers!
It's kinda weird to think Jimi deprived an already, almost certainly, underfunded inner-city black school of a joyous musical event because of insecurity. Imagine how bad it would have looked to play a school that was enthusiastic about his tunes? After that, he couldn't ever play a free highschool concert ANYWHERE...well, these days, anyways
Given choices of playing for kids that don't know his music, and sitting down for some one-on-one, Jimi made the right choice.