The Best. some came after him, but none did what he did. He changed Rock music overnight in a London Pub. Jaws were dropping, including Eric Clapton's, and Pete Townsand of The Who. Townsand looked at a visibly shaken Clapton, who's trembling hand could not light the cigarette in his mouth. "Pete grabbed Eric's shaking hand, and steadied it, lighting his smoke for him. Townsand looked at Clapton and whispered, "This Bloke is going to put us all out of business." This isn't Bull, you can find Pete Townsand's account, out of his own mouth on you tube, along with other stars who witnessed Hendrix bring the house down, playing "Killing floor with Jack Bruce on Bass, and Ginger Baker on Drums. Yes, Hendrix played with "Cream" and took Erics spot on guitar. That's crazy. It's all true.
Mitch was purely a jazz drummer ( He hated rock'n'roll ) ... But he was thrown together with Jimi along with Noel Redding ( Who was a guitarist and never played bass before ) Together the three of them established a deep connection and made something great.
Mitch did not hate rock, he even filled in with the Who when they were between their first drummer and Keith Moon. He also wasn't thrown together with Jimi, he auditioned and ended up in a tie with Ansley Dunbar. He got the gig with Jimi by winning a coin toss. Noel had come to audition as a guitarist with the New Animals, Jimi's manager Chas Chandler's old band. That job was filled but Jimi liked Noel's hair style so they asked him if he wanted a job playing bass. He said he would if Chas would give him bus fare home and that was that.
He was a force of nature. And I can tell that just from my brief encounters with his work. I can’t imagine those who were there when he first entered the atmosphere
Jimi may not have invented the language of rock guitar but he expanded it enormously and his influence totally changed the playing field for everyone else. For decades...
That double-stop heavy, rhythm-as-lead style of a song like Little Wing, you really can't do anything like that now without everyone knowing where it comes from. And so many people think of him as just a guitar slinger, when songs like these demonstrate how adventurous they were in the studio.
Jimi is the goat and don't you ever forget it could go on forever the end of bold as love phasing is used for the first time on Jimi's guitar hendrix was light years ahead of his time
Changes how people thought about music. Thing had been very tight and muted. Folks wore suits on stage and had dance numbers. Jimi came along and all of that went out the window. Changed everything forever.
Owsley Stanley is the “chemist” you’re referring to as being the main character in Steely Dan’s “Kid Charlemagne”. He was primarily a “sound tech” guy with The Grateful Dead and his chemistry was a sideline designed to supply “The Acid Tests” of the day. He brought The Dead’s sound system to a level never seen before, or since, with The Wall of Sound. He also was a recording engineer and responsible for many of The Dead’s early performances as well as other Bay Area bands (New Riders of The Purple Sage, Old and In The Way, etc) That’s the “Cliff Notes” view of Owsley. Brilliant guy!
Great choices! Two great songs from a great album. Jimi in the studio can be a surprise to those more familiar with his live performances. And the outro on Axis still brings the shivers every time....
When this song was first out, I fell in love with it. Some friends and I were partying in Topanga Canyon. A lot of us had taken LSD that day, including myself. We had a little transistor radio. We could barely get the "good" rock station to come in. They played "Axis" 3 times that day. Great day!
First heard these back in 1985 , when I was 15 , loved it ! I started collecting Hendrix albums , now I have about 30 albums , half dozen CD's , and a few DVDS , posters , ! I can listen to Hendrix for hours and hours !
BOLD AS LOVE is a very underrated track. I think it is one of the group's best songs. There is an earlier instrumental take of Bold As Love that is fantastic. Jimi goes off on it. It is about 7 minutes long. It is on UA-cam and is definitely worth checking out.
Lee...you need to react to "MAchine Gun"..from the Band of Gypsies album... it's a masterpiece and will blow your mind at how much he gets out of that guitar.
Bold As Love is just the BOMB. What a set of lyrics combining with awesome music! Noel Redding and Mitch Mitchell were KILLERS in their own right. When you make timeless music, it always seems like it’s ahead of its time.
This & Experienced are 2 of my fav albums of all time. Keep in mind I was 10 years old when they came on the scene & nobody was releasing or playing music like this so it was a total mf.
Dude I bet this shit absolutely blew the doors off of peoples craniums back when it came out. There is nothing you could compare it too. It’s almost completely original. Obviously Inspired at points. But they were decades ahead of the rest it seems
Jimi's grandmother was Native American, so that's what he meant when he requested an Indian theme lol And if you're into Anunaki and ufo legends, check out Curtis Knights story about when he and jimi had a ufo encounter. He claims jimi had been learning to telepathically contact aliens. Just a story? Idk but Jimi was different. Bold As Love possibly his best studio offering. They used phasing on the drum track which had never been done before iirc. Using stereo outputs they were able to achieve the 3d sound effect that would inspire the creation of surround sound. Jimi and his engineer Eddie Kramer were both ahead of their time. There are some tracks that have become progressively brickwalled over the digital editions, so if you can pick up a cd or vinyl some tracks will be a better experience. I've noticed on bold as love, on the cd the drum fill in the middle from right to left is much more subtle than the digital version.
Fan since 69. Bold As Love outro solo, imo is the greatest guitar solo of our time. Takes you beyond the Stratosphere and you ain't comin back. This is the album regular blues and rock fans get lost. For me this was the most creative album back to back produced, and he knew it!
This was the first album I purchased as a kid when it first came out. It was followed by Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band", and then "Star" by Steppenwolf ("Magic Carpet Ride").
Jimi wanted the album cover art to reflect and honour his heritage, which was Cherokee on his mother's mother's side, probably said "Indian" and was misunderstood. It was cool art anyway and though Jimi was displeased, they went with it. Chas Chandler had been the bassist for the Animals, wished to get into management and producing. Linda Keith, then Keith Richards' GF told Chas he must see the guitarist she'd just seen in Greenwich Village. He did and scooped Jimi up and took him to London. Love the "flanging" effect on 'Bold As Love', love everything about it in fact. Jimi often played bass on Experience records, especially by the next record, 'Electric Ladyland', by which time Noel was tiring of endless experimentation and overdubs. I read something from Mitch Mitchell yesterday saying that Jimi's bass playing gave them the firmest foundation until army buddy Billy Cox came on board. Rest In Peace and Power, Jimi, Noel and Mitch. God bless Billy Cox. 🙏🏽🙄😊🤙🏼🎶❤🍁❤️✨️🕊
Chas Chandler was the bass players in "The Animals". He discovered Hendrix in a US club, brought him to England and put the other two players around him.
For me, there was Jimi when it came to guitar-oriented rock, and The Beatles when it came to songwriting. They were above all others. And that's no disrespect to the Stones, The Who, Zeppelin, Cream, etc. - so many truly phenomenal bands back then. One thing I've never understood - a lot of people didn't think Hendrix was a great singer. I alwyas thought he was. And a great songwriter as well. He was THE creative force in the band. Just as The Beatles inspired so many people to start up bands and to write their own songs in the mid 60's, Jimi inspired guitar players. And they both continue to inspire people all these years later. There are some great songs on Axis Bold As Love - this, Little Wing, Castles Made Of Sand, Spanish Castle Magic, You Got Me Floating...
"This came from our generation of peace, love, tolerance, and forgiveness. We didn't shoot kids in schools. We didn't shoot people in grocery stores. We advocated PEACE, LOVE, ACCEPTANCE. We didn't own guns. We had the courage and guts to love"
It's also the same generation a lot of gun loving Trump cultists are from. I was born in 1960, in Houston Texas, a lot of the young people I grew up with hated hippies. In school there were a few of us hippy heads, but it was mostly shitkickers and jocks. I guess the generation of peace, love, tolerance, and forgiveness depended on where you came from.
If you haven’t done so yet, listen to ‘One Rainy Wish’ from the Axis album; you will love it! And you mentioned ‘Little Wing’, which is maybe the best one on the album. Thanks for helping to keep great music alive. Cheers mate!
Two absolute masterpieces from one of only a handful of true geniuses in rock music. And it's not just Hendrix's revolutionary guitar playing, it's also his songwriting and production. Nobody else was doing what you just heard back in 1967. He was building layers and layers of guitars years before Jimmy Page incorporated it into Zeppelin's 1970's albums. From this album, you should also check out "Little Wing", "Castles Made Of Sand" and "Spanish Castle Magic". It's a groundbreaking album, as was every album Hendrix did during his lifetime. From his debut album, Are You Experienced?, you should just react to the album in it's entirety. Same goes for his third album, the double LP, Electric Ladyland. And while we're talking about the most important figure in rock music history, you MUST react to his performance of "Machine Gun" from the Fillmore East on January 1st, 1970. It was on his 1970 live album Band Of Gypsys, and there is also a colour video footage of it floating around in UA-cam. Trust me, you've never seen or heard anything like his guitar playing in that song. It's like watching God play guitar. He makes it look like a toy. Thanks for going down the Jimi Hendrix rabbit hole with us, man. And of these two tracks, I personally like "Bold As Love" slightly better, but they're both awesome. Thanks man.
Two of my favorite Hendrix tunes. Mitch and Jimi had a special communication. With all due respect, please go back and listen to the lyrics you talked over. You have a great channel.
Chas Chandler,the "Animals" Bass Player, Hendrix's Manager put together the Experience,with two English players,Noel Redding on bass, and super drummer,Mitch Mitchell on drums! Jimi got famous in England first then came back to U.S. for Monterrey Pop!
Lots of debates on who the Guitar Goat is. I give the edge to Jimi because of his impact and muscianship. He wrote beautiful songs and pioneered sound effects/production techniques that changed music forever. Listen to Castles Made of Sand also from Axis. The lyrics are so bittersweet about loss, and the solo was recorded backwords! Im a huge SRV fan, and saw him perform 8 times live. Stevie could channel Jimi for sure. He revitalized blues/rock in the 80s, and i still miss him today. Jimi and Stevie are hopefully jamming together for eternity. RIP.
Cosmic man 🌩️remember when i bought this lp played it blew my mind, without drugs or drink loved it ever since. Hippies, free loe clouds of cannabis and woodstock! What a time for music, never likely to be seen again.
Listening to? Genius! Once he left the Isley Brothers,and moved to London, he started a musical journey that only lasted 4 years, but changed rock forever. Listen to what Clapton and Townsend had to say about him,if you doubt! @827dusty tells you about it right below, coincidentally enough. Thanks Dusty!
The production quality was really a step up starting with Axis Bold as Love, and carried on through Electric Ladyland. If 6 was 9 is a statement of sort, and Bold as Love is must beautiful. Mitch Mitchell is one of the most under-rated drummers in my opinion, and I put him up in my top 5 all time.
Noel Redding once played through my bass amp at a club in Ft. Lauderdale called The Flying Machine where my band was doing a gig. He and Mitch Mitchell came in with Mike Pinera of Blues Image and Iron Butterfly to do a set. He asked to use my bass rig and of course I said yes.
I saw a short clip when Jimi was playing in London in 66, I think at the Bag of nails… and all the Brits “Gods of guitar and rock ” came to see him, The Beatles, Stones. Who , all in awe of him. I’m sure all of them that I saw there were inspired by him in someway or another as well as generations of future musicians. I think I have my mouth open just like all those Rockstars watching that clip
This was a rough mix on 7 inch tape Mitch or Noel took home. They spent a day in the studio trying to make the mix for the album but used the 7 inch tape. Why the quality is not great. They remixed it from the 4 track for the 1997 Hendrix box set that had the parts cut out and far better quality.
Axis is decidedly different than anything in the rest of Jimi’s catalog. Rather than primarily blues rock or soul/funk influenced, this is mote experimental and jazz based. It takes more time to get it and some never do. As a die hard fan since ‘67, even I need to be in the mood for it, while I am always up for his other works.
This entire album is incredible. "Up From the Skies" might be my favorite on it. Lee, if you'd like to revisit Rickie Lee Jones, she does a great cover of Hendrix's "Up From the Skies"...
Funny story about the album cover. Jimi had some Cherokee on his maternal side. So when he said he wanted some Indian motifs on this album cover the record company thought he meant India when in fact he meant native American. A similar thing happened on his next album cover as well for Electric Ladyland.
Jimi was a poet, his lyrics were unique and so '60's. Mitch Mitchell so challenged by Jimi, Noel Redding, too. Super Talent...self-taught👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼 TRULY PSYCHEDELIC😎😎😎😎😎
Jimi personified the difference between the technically proficient guitar player and the pure innovator. Copying is easy, creating is difficult
Bingo!! Nailed it !!
I concur. Take it, mash it, reinvent it. Leave enough of a hint of its roots.
Those first three Hendrix albums are well over 50 years old..... and they still sound futuristic in 2024!
Burning of the midnight lamp!! 1983. Hendrix will live forever.
Little Wing is Jimi's homage to his mother. This song is floating above the sky.
The Best. some came after him, but none did what he did. He changed Rock music overnight in a London Pub. Jaws were dropping, including Eric Clapton's, and Pete Townsand of The Who. Townsand looked at a visibly shaken Clapton, who's trembling hand could not light the cigarette in his mouth. "Pete grabbed Eric's shaking hand, and steadied it, lighting his smoke for him. Townsand looked at Clapton and whispered, "This Bloke is going to put us all out of business." This isn't Bull, you can find Pete Townsand's account, out of his own mouth on you tube, along with other stars who witnessed Hendrix bring the house down, playing "Killing floor with Jack Bruce on Bass, and Ginger Baker on Drums. Yes, Hendrix played with "Cream" and took Erics spot on guitar. That's crazy. It's all true.
Mitch was purely a jazz drummer ( He hated rock'n'roll ) ... But he was thrown together with Jimi along with Noel Redding ( Who was a guitarist and never played bass before ) Together the three of them established a deep connection and made something great.
Mitch did not hate rock, he even filled in with the Who when they were between their first drummer and Keith Moon. He also wasn't thrown together with Jimi, he auditioned and ended up in a tie with Ansley Dunbar. He got the gig with Jimi by winning a coin toss. Noel had come to audition as a guitarist with the New Animals, Jimi's manager Chas Chandler's old band. That job was filled but Jimi liked Noel's hair style so they asked him if he wanted a job playing bass. He said he would if Chas would give him bus fare home and that was that.
Jimi Hendrix was that man on the guitar
Jimi was so damn good. He was such a guiding point in my youth and still today. Bold As Love is so soulful....Such a great album...
He was a force of nature. And I can tell that just from my brief encounters with his work. I can’t imagine those who were there when he first entered the atmosphere
Jimi may not have invented the language of rock guitar but he expanded it enormously and his influence totally changed the playing field for everyone else. For decades...
That double-stop heavy, rhythm-as-lead style of a song like Little Wing, you really can't do anything like that now without everyone knowing where it comes from. And so many people think of him as just a guitar slinger, when songs like these demonstrate how adventurous they were in the studio.
Bold as Love is underrated. Def in my top 10 Hendrix songs! ♥
I'm the one that has to die when it's time for me to die, so let me live my life the way I want to, is one of the things that has governed my life
Yeah, me too.
He wasn’t ahead of his time, it was his time, then his time ended.
jimi was my first concert seeing him play with his teeth and fire was crazy. always remember it. fantastic
One of my favourites. Funny, the sound quality seemed quite poor compared to my vinyl bought the week it came out.
He wasn't ahead of his time...his timing was perfect. 😊
The masses are out of time!
He created the time.
Mitch is one of my favorite drummer's.
Jimi was in awe of Eric, Jeff and Jimmy. I saw him say he takes his hat off to Beck and Page for their use of echo, feedback and distortion. 1967.
Jimi is the goat and don't you ever forget it could go on forever the end of bold as love phasing is used for the first time on Jimi's guitar hendrix was light years ahead of his time
Jimi is SO GOOD 🎉❤
‘Are you Experienced’ is the best mesmerizing album of 1967… I was also 10y.o
That was our introduction to best Rock Guitarist…Even still today
Yeah I bet this was earth shattering when it landed. I can’t even imagine.
Changes how people thought about music. Thing had been very tight and muted. Folks wore suits on stage and had dance numbers. Jimi came along and all of that went out the window. Changed everything forever.
@@claytonpaul4259The roll from rock'n'roll was dead after Jimi. "You'll never hear surf music again."
Im glad you love him too ❤
Owsley Stanley is the “chemist” you’re referring to as being the main character in Steely Dan’s “Kid Charlemagne”. He was primarily a “sound tech” guy with The Grateful Dead and his chemistry was a sideline designed to supply “The Acid Tests” of the day. He brought The Dead’s sound system to a level never seen before, or since, with The Wall of Sound. He also was a recording engineer and responsible for many of The Dead’s early performances as well as other Bay Area bands (New Riders of The Purple Sage, Old and In The Way, etc) That’s the “Cliff Notes” view of Owsley. Brilliant guy!
Jimi my #1
Two more bangers by Jimi. Thanks Joel and Lee.
I cry every time I hear his music, knowing he was here...and then he was gone....
Great choices! Two great songs from a great album. Jimi in the studio can be a surprise to those more familiar with his live performances. And the outro on Axis still brings the shivers every time....
First time I listened to this a long time ago it blew me away probably almost cried
When this song was first out, I fell in love with it. Some friends and I were partying in Topanga Canyon. A lot of us had taken LSD that day, including myself. We had a little transistor radio. We could barely get the "good" rock station to come in. They played "Axis" 3 times that day. Great day!
One of the best albums ever
Jimi,Jimi,Jimi. Fearless creativity!!!
As far as Jimi goes, Nobody was ever that good. He is the best that ever was and ever will be.
They weren’t ahead of their time. It was the time.
You got that right 👍
That sound Jimi gets can't put into words out of this world
First heard these back in 1985 , when I was 15 , loved it ! I started collecting Hendrix albums , now I have about 30 albums , half dozen CD's , and a few DVDS , posters , ! I can listen to Hendrix for hours and hours !
Same, and only Jimi.
BOLD AS LOVE is a very underrated track. I think it is one of the group's best songs. There is an earlier instrumental take of Bold As Love that is fantastic. Jimi goes off on it. It is about 7 minutes long. It is on UA-cam and is definitely worth checking out.
Can't hear this tune without thinking of the flick 'Easy Rider' where most heard it for the first time
Lee...you need to react to "MAchine Gun"..from the Band of Gypsies album... it's a masterpiece and will blow your mind at how much he gets out of that guitar.
The best snd most iconic solo in history.
Bold As Love is just the BOMB. What a set of lyrics combining with awesome music! Noel Redding and Mitch Mitchell were KILLERS in their own right.
When you make timeless music, it always seems like it’s ahead of its time.
BTW, DMT was first synthesized in 1931.
Thank you for your comment!
And the use of it predates that for centuries too. I meant on wide scale usage like it is today. My apologies
Wonderful!!!
Hendrix is not for the timid. ✌️❤️
My favorite Jimi song.
From this LP: Castles Made of Sand, Little Miss Lover, & Spanish Castle Magic
AMAZING MUSIC FROM JUST THREE PEOPLE!!🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🙏RIP BROTHER🙏❤❤❤❤❤
This & Experienced are 2 of my fav albums of all time. Keep in mind I was 10 years old when they came on the scene & nobody was releasing or playing music like this so it was a total mf.
Dude I bet this shit absolutely blew the doors off of peoples craniums back when it came out. There is nothing you could compare it too. It’s almost completely original. Obviously Inspired at points. But they were decades ahead of the rest it seems
@@L33Reacts The quote I remember from one of his posthumous album's liner notes was "This was certainly nothing like the Cowsills!"
His cover of All along the Watchtower is " his own" says Bob Dylan
And don't doubt Bob ever!!
Jimi expanded our appreciation of what's next. What a great time musically to be alive. 🍄🟫❤🤩✌️
They did have DMT in the 60s. It was made illegal in 1971.
I thought so. I was thinking maybe he's talking about a different DMT, but it definitely was used in the sixties (but not by me).
Jimi's grandmother was Native American, so that's what he meant when he requested an Indian theme lol And if you're into Anunaki and ufo legends, check out Curtis Knights story about when he and jimi had a ufo encounter. He claims jimi had been learning to telepathically contact aliens. Just a story? Idk but Jimi was different. Bold As Love possibly his best studio offering. They used phasing on the drum track which had never been done before iirc. Using stereo outputs they were able to achieve the 3d sound effect that would inspire the creation of surround sound. Jimi and his engineer Eddie Kramer were both ahead of their time. There are some tracks that have become progressively brickwalled over the digital editions, so if you can pick up a cd or vinyl some tracks will be a better experience. I've noticed on bold as love, on the cd the drum fill in the middle from right to left is much more subtle than the digital version.
Wonderful album.
I hope I can listen to the rest! This was utterly fantastic.
The piece melody of the guitar in Bold as Love is a Masterpiece
Loving your channel little brother.
Psychedelia at its best!! Most likely to be your favorite guitar players favorite guitar player. Awesome reaction Lee.
Yeah, Chas Chandler, bass player for the Animals. They met when Jimi went to England and then joined up with Noel and Mitch.
Thanks Joel! Great picks as usual.
Fan since 69. Bold As Love outro solo, imo is the greatest guitar solo of our time. Takes you beyond the Stratosphere and you ain't comin back.
This is the album regular blues and rock fans get lost. For me this was the most creative album back to back produced, and he knew it!
This was the first album I purchased as a kid when it first came out. It was followed by Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band", and then "Star" by Steppenwolf ("Magic Carpet Ride").
Wave your Freak Flag High!!!
🕊️🎶🇺🇸🇵🇸✌️
Jimi wanted the album cover art to reflect and honour his heritage, which was Cherokee on his mother's mother's side, probably said "Indian" and was misunderstood. It was cool art anyway and though Jimi was displeased, they went with it. Chas Chandler had been the bassist for the Animals, wished to get into management and producing. Linda Keith, then Keith Richards' GF told Chas he must see the guitarist she'd just seen in Greenwich Village. He did and scooped Jimi up and took him to London.
Love the "flanging" effect on 'Bold As Love', love everything about it in fact.
Jimi often played bass on Experience records, especially by the next record, 'Electric Ladyland', by which time Noel was tiring of endless experimentation and overdubs. I read something from Mitch Mitchell yesterday saying that Jimi's bass playing gave them the firmest foundation until army buddy Billy Cox came on board. Rest In Peace and Power, Jimi, Noel and Mitch. God bless Billy Cox. 🙏🏽🙄😊🤙🏼🎶❤🍁❤️✨️🕊
No one had heard anything like this guitar at the time.
Chas Chandler was the bass players in "The Animals". He discovered Hendrix in a US club, brought him to England and put the other two players around him.
HENDRIX, BOWIE WERE THEIR OWN "GENRES" 🎸❤❤❤❤🎸🎸🎸🎸😎😎😎😎👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
For me, there was Jimi when it came to guitar-oriented rock, and The Beatles when it came to songwriting. They were above all others. And that's no disrespect to the Stones, The Who, Zeppelin, Cream, etc. - so many truly phenomenal bands back then. One thing I've never understood - a lot of people didn't think Hendrix was a great singer. I alwyas thought he was. And a great songwriter as well. He was THE creative force in the band. Just as The Beatles inspired so many people to start up bands and to write their own songs in the mid 60's, Jimi inspired guitar players. And they both continue to inspire people all these years later.
There are some great songs on Axis Bold As Love - this, Little Wing, Castles Made Of Sand, Spanish Castle Magic, You Got Me Floating...
Nothing beats this tune on a great system thru speakers than can handle the No 11 setting on the dial
"This came from our generation of peace, love, tolerance, and forgiveness.
We didn't shoot kids in schools. We didn't shoot people in grocery stores. We advocated PEACE, LOVE, ACCEPTANCE. We didn't own guns. We had the courage and guts to love"
It's also the same generation a lot of gun loving Trump cultists are from. I was born in 1960, in Houston Texas, a lot of the young people I grew up with hated hippies. In school there were a few of us hippy heads, but it was mostly shitkickers and jocks. I guess the generation of peace, love, tolerance, and forgiveness depended on where you came from.
Congrats - Axis, Electric Ladyland, and Band Of Gypsies are incredible
Some trippy Jimi ... and then Bold as Love ... nice pair
One of the best song of Jimmy.I don't mind🤘
If you haven’t done so yet, listen to ‘One Rainy Wish’ from the Axis album; you will love it! And you mentioned ‘Little Wing’, which is maybe the best one on the album. Thanks for helping to keep great music alive. Cheers mate!
Two absolute masterpieces from one of only a handful of true geniuses in rock music. And it's not just Hendrix's revolutionary guitar playing, it's also his songwriting and production. Nobody else was doing what you just heard back in 1967. He was building layers and layers of guitars years before Jimmy Page incorporated it into Zeppelin's 1970's albums.
From this album, you should also check out "Little Wing", "Castles Made Of Sand" and "Spanish Castle Magic". It's a groundbreaking album, as was every album Hendrix did during his lifetime.
From his debut album, Are You Experienced?, you should just react to the album in it's entirety. Same goes for his third album, the double LP, Electric Ladyland.
And while we're talking about the most important figure in rock music history, you MUST react to his performance of "Machine Gun" from the Fillmore East on January 1st, 1970. It was on his 1970 live album Band Of Gypsys, and there is also a colour video footage of it floating around in UA-cam. Trust me, you've never seen or heard anything like his guitar playing in that song. It's like watching God play guitar. He makes it look like a toy.
Thanks for going down the Jimi Hendrix rabbit hole with us, man. And of these two tracks, I personally like "Bold As Love" slightly better, but they're both awesome.
Thanks man.
Two of my favorite Hendrix tunes. Mitch and Jimi had a special communication. With all due respect, please go back and listen to the lyrics you talked over. You have a great channel.
Chas Chandler,the "Animals" Bass Player, Hendrix's Manager put together the Experience,with two English players,Noel Redding on bass, and super drummer,Mitch Mitchell on drums! Jimi got famous in England first then came back to U.S. for Monterrey Pop!
Jimi liked both Mitch and Aynsley Dunbar - he decided by a coin toss.
Yeah, it's crazy, and part of the soundtrack of my life!
FIRE, DOLLY DAGGER, CROSSTOWN TRAFFIC.
Lots of debates on who the Guitar Goat is. I give the edge to Jimi because of his impact and muscianship. He wrote beautiful songs and pioneered sound effects/production techniques that changed music forever. Listen to Castles Made of Sand also from Axis. The lyrics are so bittersweet about loss, and the solo was recorded backwords!
Im a huge SRV fan, and saw him perform 8 times live. Stevie could channel Jimi for sure. He revitalized blues/rock in the 80s, and i still miss him today. Jimi and Stevie are hopefully jamming together for eternity. RIP.
@FURDOG1961 not a fan
This was not "ahead of its time." This WAS its time.
I think the end guitar effects were supposed to sound like seagulls, according to Jimmy.❤
GOAT
My favorite album of his. Have love listening to it over the decades.
Jimi was the god of guitarists.
They did have DMT in the 1960’s and 1970’s. They called it the “businessman’s trip”.
I was in 7th grade when I first heard Hendrix....loved him...Axis Bold as Love, favorite❤❤❤❤❤
Mitch was voted best up, and coming drummer in Europe in 1965.
Jimi didn’t get well known until he left America and came to England, and then America wanted him back
Cosmic man 🌩️remember when i bought this lp played it blew my mind, without drugs or drink loved it ever since. Hippies, free loe clouds of cannabis and woodstock! What a time for music, never likely to be seen again.
Love 😖
ALBUM COVERS WERE TRUE ART!!!🎨🖼🎨🖼🎨
Listening to? Genius! Once he left the Isley Brothers,and moved to London, he started a musical journey that only lasted 4 years, but changed rock forever. Listen to what Clapton and Townsend had to say about him,if you doubt! @827dusty tells you about it right below, coincidentally enough. Thanks Dusty!
The production quality was really a step up starting with Axis Bold as Love, and carried on through Electric Ladyland. If 6 was 9 is a statement of sort, and Bold as Love is must beautiful. Mitch Mitchell is one of the most under-rated drummers in my opinion, and I put him up in my top 5 all time.
Noel Redding once played through my bass amp at a club in Ft. Lauderdale called The Flying Machine where my band was doing a gig. He and Mitch Mitchell came in with Mike Pinera of Blues Image and Iron Butterfly to do a set. He asked to use my bass rig and of course I said yes.
I saw a short clip when Jimi was playing in London in 66, I think at the Bag of nails… and all the Brits “Gods of guitar and rock ” came to see him, The Beatles, Stones. Who , all in awe of him. I’m sure all of them that I saw there were inspired by him in someway or another as well as generations of future musicians. I think I have my mouth open just like all those Rockstars watching that clip
This was a rough mix on 7 inch tape Mitch or Noel took home. They spent a day in the studio trying to make the mix for the album but used the 7 inch tape. Why the quality is not great. They remixed it from the 4 track for the 1997 Hendrix box set that had the parts cut out and far better quality.
Orange Sunshine wasn't too bad.
Axis is decidedly different than anything in the rest of Jimi’s catalog. Rather than primarily blues rock or soul/funk influenced, this is mote experimental and jazz based. It takes more time to get it and some never do. As a die hard fan since ‘67, even I need to be in the mood for it, while I am always up for his other works.
As another fan since 67 I agree with you. Back then we loved this and got it.
The Dean of rock guitarists!
If 6 Were 9 was featured in Easy Rider.
They did have DMT in the sixties. It was just as visual then as now my friend.
'are you experienced , have you ever been experienced , well I have ' - expand !
This entire album is incredible.
"Up From the Skies" might be my favorite on it.
Lee, if you'd like to revisit Rickie Lee Jones, she does a great cover of Hendrix's "Up From the Skies"...
Funny story about the album cover. Jimi had some Cherokee on his maternal side. So when he said he wanted some Indian motifs on this album cover the record company thought he meant India when in fact he meant native American. A similar thing happened on his next album cover as well for Electric Ladyland.
Jimi was a poet, his lyrics were unique and so '60's.
Mitch Mitchell so challenged by Jimi, Noel Redding, too. Super Talent...self-taught👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
TRULY PSYCHEDELIC😎😎😎😎😎