The closest thing to Jimi that is still alive. Ernie Isley does not get enough love for his talent. This man is a legend that does not get the love he deserves.
This is the man who inspired me to wanna start learning how to play the guitar, this besides Jimi Hendrix is my favorite guitarist, l wanted to be just like these guy's, these two men are the reason l started liking guitar, l spent thousands on pedals, to try to make a sound similar to theirs, this man is my idol in Guitar.
ernie can't get his props for being 1 of the greatest guitar players ever , the isley brothers don't get their props just like the group chicago no one can top these 2 groups but the isley brothers have had a multitude of hits in the 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s i don't think the temptations can top this great achevment
Gotta toss Chris Jasper in there..huge part of their song Writing and producing. Along with Ron's voice, Ernie is probably the most identifiable part of their sound.
@Ronald Williams yes bro ernie was actually a drummer before he picked up the guitar, he would drum for his brothers at around age 12 and 13, and he still can drum of course but when he later discovered guitar it became his main thing
🗣Erie, U Are Still One Of The Best Guitarist"In The Business & In The Universe,You Should Be Lock Up For This Great Groove⚘I Was Suppose To Be Doing My Homework To, Instead I Was Listening To You & Your Brothers🤣🤣
Not me, lol. He definitely was the most talented one in that musically gifted family. In terms of his guitar playing, few have managed to combine rock, funk, and soul better than him (thanks, Jimi!!!). He's also an accomplished drummer to the point where his playing has often been sampled by many hip-hop artists. He also has an underrated singing voice, which makes me wonder if he ever got to use it on any of the 70s and early-80s Isley brothers lps. Had a hand in writing many of their big hits.
We love and miss Jimmy Hendrix truly but now we have a another master of the strings as he prove himself so many times as the best in 2017 and beyond it's Ernie Isley that carry that load on his shoulders. He paid his dues over years as well as he's #1 now------------Dunmore Music of Monee IL
Wow amazing! Jimi won a talent contest to help get him started at The Apollo Theater. Jimi was also "discovered" near there in Harlem at The Cheetah Club & auditioned at the Cafe Wah? by Linda Keith (Keith Richard's girl friend at the time) & Chas Chandler of the rock group The Animals looking for new talent. My dad was a NYPD cop in Harlem (beat cop at 5th & 125th?) back in the early-mid sixties as well, said he used to chat with famous boxer Sugar Ray Robinson near a tennis court. Julius Erving (aka Dr. J) was also discovered near there at Harlem's famed Rucker Park. Small world! :)
We all sat on the side of our beds and copied our favorite guitarists licks in the 70’s. I missed Jim I was there for Ernie. Man I saw him in Cleveland upfront and personal a few months ago. My old ass cried during Summer Breeze. Love you Dude thanks for the memories. ‘Diamond in the rough”,’ be good to me”! Real ERNIE FAN!
Thanks for posting! I’m revisiting my Isley Bros memories on UA-cam but rediscovering the great guitarist here and on Isley Brothers channel. On other songs you get beautiful vocals
Just like Hendrix. We didn’t understand at first but then we get to realize that this something way different. And for young boy in the living staring in awe what a great contribution to one of the greatest guitar players of all time . Ernie is one of the greatest of all time now. If not the greatest. Ernie and Carlos are my favorite than George Benson. LB Nov 2022
Thinking the same thing Steve ...So many times a performer stops to tell a story its about sex drinking or drugs to get the crow hyped up but I much rather hear unknown rock history like that ...You could always tell Ernie was deeply influenced by Hendrix...Now we know why !.lol
What a great story. I knew Jimi played backup for the Isley Brothers, but I did not know he was their house guest. I also had heard that Ernie was a student of Jimi's but I did not know to what extent. What an experience for Ernie to cherish.
3 separate standard strat pick ups just gold plated. telecasters had just two pick ups. 70's version had two humbucking pickups or one top humbucking and one angled pick up
Everytime I hear Ernie ... I just stare at his videos premeditatively stare at the video like a guitar junkie and ask ... what's Ernie's got for me??? To me there's Jimi and there's his lil bro Ernie! And lil bro's are always copying their big bro!
If you listen to Hendrix Manic Depressive performance at Winterland in 68, Ernie's version really captures Hendrix spirit although I must say that Ernie is cleaner and more precise. Similar to SRV performing Litte Wing which I find very clean, precise and beautiful. Hendrix is Hendrix but in the terms of virtuosity Earnie is right there.
@@michaeldavies4871 @Jay Fender - If you listen to Ernie he usually plays like this. It’s a normal procedure for him to over work a song. It isn’t just about the length of time but how musically interesting of what’s being played and what it sounds like. Isley is boring after one bar. I already want to turn it off. Do either of you play an instrument? If so then you might understand the elements of music. Did everything always turn out perfect when Hendrix when he was on stage and did he ever over work a song? He might have. Listen to this version of Who’s That Lady with Isley: ua-cam.com/video/TKsBEg9pp1o/v-deo.html It too is completely over done and boring. He plays the same thing over and over again. Hope this helps.
@@TheseusTitan - Whether or not any of us play an instrument doesn't matter, the mere question offers nothing but an assumption of expertise when all you're really doing in offering a personal opinion. It's a logical fallacy. Frankly UA-cam and most of other social media sites are full of self-styled experts who claim some kind of providence over others. That said, you're welcome to an opinion, but it doesn't matter more than any other just if you happen to play and "understand the elements of music". The last time some said something similar to me, he was claiming that SRV was a far better guitarist than Hendrix..uh-huh. Incidentally, I've been listening and playing for nearly 40 years.
@@TheseusTitan upload a video of you playing like Ernie dog. Do it, do it...you talking about music like Ernie didn't learn from Hendrix himself. Ernie has been playing for decades, he knows what he's doing. That's why people like Ernie, that's why so many people viewed this video. Ernie knows 1000x more about playing music than you do or ever will. Get out of here with that inflated ego.
Ernie may play with the opposite hand than Jimi. Both played with their mouths and behind their backs like the baddest black axe men to ever strap on a Fender Stratocaster.
Tony Spanakos No, he's a "regular" righty. The picking hand is the "important" one. Jimmy was picking with his left hand and had a righty guitar upside down.
He seems like he is playing with so little effort or problem at All I guess that’s the way it is when you are Earnie Isley oh and may I say that the bass player is having entirely too much fun up there..
The closest thing to Jimi that is still alive. Ernie Isley does not get enough love for his talent. This man is a legend that does not get the love he deserves.
thats true my friend - his solo cd HIGH WIRE shows this
Ernie is so under rated.He just happened to be in a band with some brothers that were just as talented.
Jimi probably couldn't have conceived just how many guitarists owe him a debt of gratitude
Wow... Ernie is no joke, he plays with allot of power, all these guys do. That bass player is legit. So is the drummer. Total wall of sound.
Drummer Will Calhoun from Living Colour
a lot*
Ernie is truly one of the best guitarist around. He can really play the heck out of that guitar. 🔥🎸
Legendary!!! Jimi Hendrix, Ernie Isley, Eddie Hazle (The Holy Trinity)
Don't forget Mike Hampton. your on point with that one
Ernie ishley should be in the rock & roll hall of fame
Technically he is along with the rest of The Isley Brothers, but I know what you mean. He's a bad ass guitar player and VERY underrated!
He's not because the R&R Hall of Fame is owned by The Man who infiltrated rock music.
@@camilledavisrusso9509 Start a campaign! I'm right there with you!
THAT is a badassed version! Jimi would definitely approve!
He would be too high to disapprove...
One of the best guitar players in the world.
This is the man who inspired me to wanna start learning how to play the guitar, this besides Jimi Hendrix is my favorite guitarist, l wanted to be just like these guy's, these two men are the reason l started liking guitar, l spent thousands on pedals, to try to make a sound similar to theirs, this man is my idol in Guitar.
One in 3 blillion
I wish I could like this more than once 🎸🎸
ernie can't get his props for being 1 of the greatest guitar players ever , the isley brothers don't get their props just like the group chicago no one can top these 2 groups but the isley brothers have had a multitude of hits in the 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s i don't think the temptations can top this great achevment
People will probably disagree with me, but I think Ernie was the most talented out of all the Isley's,
no one dissagrees. dude has played bass for them and drums, he made and played the drums for footsteps in the dark
No disagreement here.
Ron had the gift as well. You cant fake the range he used to have in his vocals. Still does to some degree.
Gotta toss Chris Jasper in there..huge part of their song
Writing and producing. Along with Ron's voice, Ernie is probably the most identifiable part of their sound.
@Ronald Williams yes bro ernie was actually a drummer before he picked up the guitar, he would drum for his brothers at around age 12 and 13, and he still can drum of course but when he later discovered guitar it became his main thing
🎸JIMI HENDRIX FOR LIFE, R.I.P JIMI,YOU WILL LIVE ON IN YOUR HEARTS, TIL THE END OF TIME🕊✝🎸❤️💔✝🕊🎸
The Zeal Strat with the gold hardware and pickup covers wow a beautiful guitar thanks Ernie 💕
Yeap absolutely the most talented out of his family with his guitar N writing one of the best period I'm sure most of his peers would agree
Chris Jasper and Ernie wrote most of the Isley's tunes!
Chris Jasper was the man behind the Isley Brother sound!
Ernie Isley is the Greatest r&b guitarist ever.
AWESOME !!! 1 of THE Greatest guitarist alive, my top 5 .
#1 in my book....
that "Amazing Grace" at the end was AMAZING!!!! best melody I've heard played on a guitar...Ernie is so SOULFUL
Obviously Ernie’s show. But Will Calhoun is an absolute monster on this.
That was awesome, clearly Ernie paid attention 😁👍
Ernie is the freakin bomb.
🗣Erie, U Are Still One Of The Best Guitarist"In The Business & In The Universe,You Should Be Lock Up For This Great Groove⚘I Was Suppose To Be Doing My Homework To, Instead I Was Listening To You & Your Brothers🤣🤣
What a band! I wish they'd stick together. Will Calhoun and the mighty Ernie Isley!
Ernie is a Bad Man....he is the Isley brothers sound..always loved them and his sound
HENDRIX & ISLEY BROTHERS
✌😍✌👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Not me, lol. He definitely was the most talented one in that musically gifted family. In terms of his guitar playing, few have managed to combine rock, funk, and soul better than him (thanks, Jimi!!!). He's also an accomplished drummer to the point where his playing has often been sampled by many hip-hop artists. He also has an underrated singing voice, which makes me wonder if he ever got to use it on any of the 70s and early-80s Isley brothers lps. Had a hand in writing many of their big hits.
GrandMaster Cosmic R&B and Rock , Funk Guitarist. Ernie Isley🎸🎶🎵🎼. Is a True Musical Genius.
Man that gave me the chills such a great tribute to the one and only James Marshall Hendrix 🎸 as Jimi would say " PLAY ON CHILD "
That shit was intense. Jimi probably loved it, rock on!
I was there and liked his story about Jimi living at their home before his great perfomance of Manic Depression.
We love and miss Jimmy Hendrix truly but now we have a another master of the strings as he prove himself so many times as the best in 2017 and beyond it's Ernie Isley that carry that load on his shoulders. He paid his dues over years as well as he's #1 now------------Dunmore Music of Monee IL
Will Calhoun on the drums- he was Living Colour's drummer! He is badass!
Mister ERNIE ISLEY...
FANTASTIC MUSICO.
This bass player is fire, hot diggity damn
Wow amazing! Jimi won a talent contest to help get him started at The Apollo Theater. Jimi was also "discovered" near there in Harlem at The Cheetah Club & auditioned at the Cafe Wah? by Linda Keith (Keith Richard's girl friend at the time) & Chas Chandler of the rock group The Animals looking for new talent.
My dad was a NYPD cop in Harlem (beat cop at 5th & 125th?) back in the early-mid sixties as well, said he used to chat with famous boxer Sugar Ray Robinson near a tennis court. Julius Erving (aka Dr. J) was also discovered near there at Harlem's famed Rucker Park. Small world! :)
Its to bad Hendrix had to get Manage by M.Jeffrey, I really do believe he mite still be alive today but Ernie was a good Student of his...
Great tribute!
We all sat on the side of our beds and copied our favorite guitarists licks in the 70’s. I missed Jim I was there for Ernie. Man I saw him in Cleveland upfront and personal a few months ago. My old ass cried during Summer Breeze. Love you Dude thanks for the memories. ‘Diamond in the rough”,’ be good to me”! Real ERNIE FAN!
All of these guys are legit out of control. This is a total thing of beauty.
Hendrix was great,great guitarist, but so was Ernie.
@john thonig Long may it be so!
Thanks for posting! I’m revisiting my Isley Bros memories on UA-cam but rediscovering the great guitarist here and on Isley Brothers channel. On other songs you get beautiful vocals
One of my all time favorite Hendrix songs
Just like Hendrix. We didn’t understand at first but then we get to realize that this something way different. And for young boy in the living staring in awe what a great contribution to one of the greatest guitar players of all time . Ernie is one of the greatest of all time now. If not the greatest. Ernie and Carlos are my favorite than George Benson. LB Nov 2022
Absolute fantastique ,génial!all mens ,the sound i'm imagin at this New moment ! Yes
ernie you are awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks for posting this !! Just for the story.
Wow, that was a great story & incredible guitar work!
Thinking the same thing Steve ...So many times a performer stops to tell a story its about sex drinking or drugs to get the crow hyped up but I much rather hear unknown rock history like that ...You could always tell Ernie was deeply influenced by Hendrix...Now we know why !.lol
What a great story. I knew Jimi played backup for the Isley Brothers, but I did not know he was their house guest. I also had heard that Ernie was a student of Jimi's but I did not know to what extent. What an experience for Ernie to cherish.
Amen
Yes, they stayed in the same house for a couple of years, but Jimi never taught Ernie to play the guitar.
As soon as he started singing i couldn't help but smile :)
What is that delicious looking Strat Ernie's playing? Love the inlays and the Tele-style pickups!
Zeal custom Fender Strat.
Lipstick pick-ups, I think.
3 separate standard strat pick ups just gold plated. telecasters had just two pick ups. 70's version had two humbucking pickups or one top humbucking and one angled pick up
Everyone has their choice of whose the best guitarist but I say ernie is no doubt in my mind the BEST
My hero is forever jimi n Ernie
ERNIE, WHAT A TRIBUE TO JIMI AND, MOST OF ALL, OUR GOD !!!!
Everytime I hear Ernie ... I just stare at his videos premeditatively stare at the video like a guitar junkie and ask ... what's Ernie's got for me??? To me there's Jimi and there's his lil bro Ernie! And lil bro's are always copying their big bro!
And out of everybody who studied and carried on what Jimi started if there was gonna be 5-100 cats Ernie was the closest by era and spirit
Ernie you great.
GrandMaster Cosmic R&B and Rock Funk Guitarist. Ernie Isley🎸🎶🎵🎼
Jimmy Hendrix taught him how to be the best guitarist ALIVE 🏆💍
Jimi's little brother Erine.
Wow super cool guy.
Love who's that lady.
Brilliant!!
When will we see the Isley Brothers story in full? Wow...
I had no idea! WOW!
Very accurate version.... awesome
If you listen to Hendrix Manic Depressive performance at Winterland in 68, Ernie's version really captures Hendrix spirit although I must say that Ernie is cleaner and more precise. Similar to SRV performing Litte Wing which I find very clean, precise and beautiful. Hendrix is Hendrix but in the terms of virtuosity Earnie is right there.
Great guitar
Jimi had the good musical common sense not to overwork a song
Really? The Star Spangled Banner is about as overworked as it gets.
...15 minute Red House takes... cough cough
@@michaeldavies4871 @Jay Fender - If you listen to Ernie he usually plays like this. It’s a normal procedure for him to over work a song. It isn’t just about the length of time but how musically interesting of what’s being played and what it sounds like. Isley is boring after one bar. I already want to turn it off.
Do either of you play an instrument? If so then you might understand the elements of music.
Did everything always turn out perfect when Hendrix when he was on stage and did he ever over work a song? He might have.
Listen to this version of Who’s That Lady with Isley:
ua-cam.com/video/TKsBEg9pp1o/v-deo.html
It too is completely over done and boring. He plays the same thing over and over again. Hope this helps.
@@TheseusTitan - Whether or not any of us play an instrument doesn't matter, the mere question offers nothing but an assumption of expertise when all you're really doing in offering a personal opinion. It's a logical fallacy. Frankly UA-cam and most of other social media sites are full of self-styled experts who claim some kind of providence over others.
That said, you're welcome to an opinion, but it doesn't matter more than any other just if you happen to play and "understand the elements of music". The last time some said something similar to me, he was claiming that SRV was a far better guitarist than Hendrix..uh-huh. Incidentally, I've been listening and playing for nearly 40 years.
@@TheseusTitan upload a video of you playing like Ernie dog. Do it, do it...you talking about music like Ernie didn't learn from Hendrix himself. Ernie has been playing for decades, he knows what he's doing. That's why people like Ernie, that's why so many people viewed this video. Ernie knows 1000x more about playing music than you do or ever will. Get out of here with that inflated ego.
👍🇺🇸🎸🇺🇸🎸
😮😯😲😳🥺😦😧😨😰 And I am totally feeling like that today!! Gonna go upstairs and turn the amp to eleven!!
Ernie Isley is a virtuoso himself!
SUPER SUPER COOL!!
AWESOME!
godamm that was heavy
Michael Jackson hired other guitar players when Ernie was right there.
Sitting in living room with Jimi Hendrix,doing yer homework!😂😂😂
"U" Can't Beat It With A Stick !!!!!
This dude and Ike turner belong in hall of fame
They both are.
He was learning left handed at one stage years ago as a tribute to Hendrix.Always wondered if he kept it up...
Jimi could play both handed ...
@@CP-kb1du Baloney.He couldn't walk on water or levitate either.
Yeah baby! 😍
Awesome!!!!!!!
Ernie may play with the opposite hand than Jimi. Both played with their mouths and behind their backs like the baddest black axe men to ever strap on a Fender Stratocaster.
Great speech !!
Sweet Jesus, dude is fuzzed out. Buzzsaw tone!!!!!!!!
Wow!!!!
wow nuff said
MASSIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I feel u son
I got record band of gypsy *2 never release to Public.very very rare .
Post it on UA-cam before Janie finds out and you get a C&D letter. Would love to hear BOG 2...
Has no one noticed that he is playing with his right hand (he is a lefty, like Hendrix was)?
Tony Spanakos No, he's a "regular" righty. The picking hand is the "important" one. Jimmy was picking with his left hand and had a righty guitar upside down.
He is a righty but does play left handed also. He 's the only one I've seen do that.
Hendrix wrote right handed
Just a bad ass brother
Truestoryjimiplayedfortheisleysatonetime
Still the closest to Hendrix that you’re gonna get!
I would add Robin Trower, Frank Marino, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Eric Gales.
@@dmcpopo4027 Eddie hazel
@@richardbranton7396 Agreed, Underrated Eddie Hazel
Type in Randy Hansen Machine Gun...thank me later
@@dmcpopo4027 Randy Hansen ...thank me later
Can l get a ernie guitar with a maple neck and a widehead stock?
Hell ya
Go Ernie
He kicked it square in the arze, with that and pined it, hup-hup!
Yes sir!!!
A Killer Drummer Too!
It's good to keep the traditional rock going on
Great solo, I see he uses his thumb.
He seems like he is playing with so little effort or problem at All I guess that’s the way it is when you are Earnie Isley oh and may I say that the bass player is having entirely too much fun up there..
Having too much fun??? Wtf
Ernie is amazing!
Music starts at 2:22.
legit