Loved listening to you guys. My husband was a huge hendrix fan and this is exactly the type of convo I can hear him having. He'd love this too. He passed march 2022 to an unexpected heart attack while we were away on vacation. Great man and a very talented guitarist. Miss this type of conversation. Take a minute to love the important people in your life! Value the good moments and move through the crappy ones. Everyone just wants to be happy and enjoy this increasingly dystopian planet. We all need to feel kindness and compassion. Be apart of sharing it
I'm sorry for your loss. My uncle turned me on to Hendrix and Beck and Vaughn and so many others and he passed away too young. I don't have anyone to talk about music with anymore..
I don't mean to rain on your parade - I respect and appreciate what you are saying about your husband - goodonya. It sounds like you and your husband lived a good life but that's all over now. The problem is that this isn't the flower child, hippie era anymore. I hope you are ready for what comes with the Obama/Biden "compassion" ?? It's time to get real (as we are thinking of Jimi and our lost loved ones).
@78tag I hear you and it's hard to see the light through such deep darkness but the universe works on a pendulum.. so ya, there have been horrible times in previous times/civilizations but we grow and become stronger through it all. We will again. I just try to focus on being one of the positive lights in someone's day. If I can make eye contact and smile at someone.. even if they don't smile back.. I may have made a positive difference in just that single moment of their day. That makes it worth it. I want to be apart of the good. PS. I'm Jewish so as the world chants for my destruction. I am 100% aware that 6M of us were killed only 75/80 yrs ago.. so ya.. no hippies anymore. Just rightous insanity 😉
Hendrix was a pure genius - a true rock God. His guitar playing was sublime and his imagination was other worldly. He seemed to be playing not from his brain but from his spirit or his soul. Just an incredibly expressive and artistic performer. Thank you Mr Hendrix for the magnificent music you left us with. RIP brother.
one of my favorite quotes from Jimi " people say ,it didn't sound like the record he said "if ya want to hear the record then JUST STAY HOME and listen to the record" Your comment is why I love live music and why I play live music and record it also
Every time though it would be exactly the same, just with different notes and alternative timing - we all will hear exactly the song. The same story, just told in shades and textures of feeling that bring the message perfectly home every time...
I was a teenager at the time, Hendrix just blew all our dumb little minds and somehow that feeling of sonic wonderment I had when I first heard Jimi all those years ago has never diminished. He really was something else and it's so tragic that he moved on so early. I still remember seeing the headline of his death on a newspaper in North Sydney railway station on a rainy Saturday morning in Australia like it was yesterday.
Shattered by the loss of my hero, l was on the verge of turning 14 l think. Or was it 15? I stole some of my dad's whiskey& day outside the bowling alley/pool hall got shit faced asking strangers if they understood the significance of our loss as a human race.
his voice was incredible and is inimitable, it's insane that the general opinion is that he wasnt a good singer. His dad even told him he wasnt a good singer. Bizarro world.
It amazes me when people say he wasn't a very good singer. You don't have to be Robert Plant or Roger Daltrey or (fill in the blank) to be a great singer. Jimi had so much character in his voice, and it was such a perfect contrast to his playing. He could belt it out when he wanted to (not like those I mentioned , but still...), or sing very softly.
Jimi was a character voice. Like Johnny Cash, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan and Tom Petty, Jimi had a voice that no one would confuse for an opera singer or balladeer by any means, but it fit his music perfectly and worked for his songs.
If you ever get the chance to hear a high level West African rhythm ensemble live, youve got to experience that. Specifically from Guinea. Talk about the pure essence of music!!!!
Beethoven, Mozart, Vivaldi and dozens of other classical composers were in another solar system as far as musical talent. I also think Miles, Coltrane and Hendrix would have admitted it.
That single note Jimi holds in the live song Machine Gun said more than many famous guitar players can say playing all day.Other guitarists play notes.Jimi painted sound
Jimi makes so many of today's shredders sound mechanical and predictable. What we hear is what was inside his mind, pouring out, and here we are more than 50 years later, in awe.
Jimi was channeling his demonds from the terror of being a paratrooper high in vietnam; you can hear and feel it in his music. Imagine knowing you are going to die soon it's just a matter of time.
After being diagnosed with Bipolar, Jimi’s music has a whole new level of meaning for me. Listening to “castles made of sand” or “manic depression “ it’s almost like he’s talking to me.
I'm not a professional musician, nor do I pretend to be one tv, but I'm sure I've watched every one of the videos on this channel at least three or more times. Every time I feel like I am learning something new.
@@ilichiregius2884 A "professional musician" has a profession in the industry, hence the term, and you can't "pretend" it's your main income and profession otherwise. The term doesn't mean "good". So yeah, don't "pretend" to have a job in the industry! 😉
I was 17 when I got my 1st 2 electric guitars. I'd been playing this folk style finger picking stuff on an acoustic guitar for about a year, but I wasn't really progressing that much. I wanted an electric. I wanted to freaken _ROCK!_ My mom made me wait a year before she finally caved and took me to a music store. I was trying to convince her that a less expensive guitar would be fine, but for some reason she wasn't having any of that. She looks up on the wall and points out two guitars hanging at the apex of a literal pyramid of guitars hanging in their hooks. One was a Les Paul Gold top, 1971. The other was a blonde wood grain Strat with a whammy bar. The two most expensive guitars in the place. My mom didn't care. She told the sales guy to pull em down and let me play a bit. This dude, man...he hands me the Strat first, then plugs me into a 100 watt marshall stack. He flips the power on so I hit a big chord and nothing. No sound. I didn't know about the standby and how you let tube amps warm up before you play anything. I thought the amp was turned down or something, so I took the volume knob and sound it right up to 10. Sales guy didn't see that, so he pops it off standby and that Strat just starts going _VVWWWEEEEEE EEEEOOOOOOOOO AAAAAEEEEEE_ I mean that shit was howling! That sound went right through me & into my bone marrow. I had no idea what I was doing, but I had these weird urges to turn the guitar just like _that_ and then yank the whammy bar like _this_ ...... In total ignorance and even more total bliss, I somehow made melodies out of the feedback. It was the most intense moment of my life, I felt like the sound was cutting through my soul and then laying it out for anyone to see. It was almost an out of body experience. That _sound_ I couldn't get enough. The sales dude just stood there and made no attempt to stop me. After about five minutes of _Whale Songs From Alpha Centauri_ , or whatever I was playing, i just stopped, my knees buckled and I had to lean in the amp stack to avoid falling down. "Don't go anywhere, the Sales dude says, " I gotta go get something." About 2 minutes later he comes back and hands me an album. _Band Of Gypsys_ it said. "Take that home. I'm giving it to you. Listen to it til the grooves collapse. I think you're gonna love the guitar player on this record." So I went home with a new Strat, a new Les Paul, and a Marshall half stack, ......and Band Of Gypsys, by Jimi Hendrix. To say that day and that record changed my life would be an understatement. I didn't know how to articulate what I was feeling, but Jimi Hendrix was playing the guitar like it was a whole _orchestra_ , and he was creating sounds that existed _inside my head_ !! That was magic. Sorcery. But my mom did not ever again have to worry that she'd spent so much money on musical instruments, only to have me lose interest. That never happened with guitar. I've had an ongoing love affair with the guitar ever since. It's the control interface that my soul uses to exist in this world. When I die, I will be playing guitar at my own funeral. That's how deep it goes, and I do believe that I owe Jimi big time for that. 💥🎸
You should title it "memoirs of a silver spoon". A Les Paul & a strat for your first electric gifts, oh to have that luxury... For me, grinded my ass off washing trucks, mowing lawns and working a waiters job from 12 to 14 years old to buy my first guitars , the 1st electric was a beat up old rusty Chinese strat copy which I rebuilt & reconditioned over time. Though dozens of guitars have joined & later left my side, even a few Les Pauls, that old strat still holds its own corner 28 years later.
Metal , blues , funk , jazz , country , opera , he could play it all without being able to read music , a songwriter , composer , visionary , his legacy runs deep and he will never ever be forgotten because people who know real genius will always find him . I've been listening to Jimi since I was 14 I'm 48 now and I still find things in his songs I've never heard before .
Why do we caucasians continually overexaggerate the importance, Value and influence of ALL black people s achievements?? Jimi Hendrix was no “ genius”. Hendrix was in fact so lazy from so much pot consumption and unintelligent the Army discharged him early. RE: “Metal, blues, punk, jazz, orchestra…” He could’nt literally compose any music as he did nt know How to read or write music. He was a songwriter in the weakest sense in that he threw a bunch of noise together while playing highon acid involving feedback and distortion mostly. His voice sucked. But the majority of whites and Hebrews continue to worship an overhyped pot and acid head black guitar player as if music wouldnt exist without him. Stop it already.
hi everybody. i am a guitar player of 73. when i heard jimmy ,i just wanted to play like him. for years i studied his approach to guitar. his style has all styles rolled into one. jazz,blues,funk,rock, fusion of all styles, and studio experemtation . there is also a freedom of expresion that allows his playing to play strange notes outside of normal structure. he was and is the god of guitar.
Jimi was a brilliant performer, I was fortunate enough to see him perform live twice, in 68 and again in 70. Ive seen all the greats over the years, and nobody comes anywhere near Jimi's level of talent.
You are so so right, no one acknowledges his song writing, his song writing is the only thing that rivals his guitar playing; not to mention he could sing and play guitar at the same time. To just take time and read the lyrics is mind blowing. "FOXY LADY, I"M COMING TO GET YA"
Great episode guys - just a quick note for yall; Fender Stratocasters didn't come with a 5-way switch until 1977 so Jimi's brand new guitars would still have had 3-way switches installed! When I learned that I was amazed at how many musicians and artists still utilized the in-between sounds despite the inconvenience for literally decades before it was a standard feature of the instrument
I came here to say that too haha. I think a lot about Clapton’s out of phase tones that would’ve been position 2 or 4 all over the “Layla” album and wonder how annoying it must have been to accomplish that.
I remember the first time I heard Jimi and it was Voo Doo Child. People said Jimi could make his guitar talk. But he could make his guitar whisper and cry and scream as well. In the song 1983 Mermaid, I believe he taps into another dimension all together
1983 is my F'n jam ! First time I heard Hendrix I was a little kid, I grew up in a wild house full of people always stopping in smoking weed and listening to music . I was on the floor plating with toys and my dad put on band of gypsies record and it rocked my shit . I was in disbelief at what I was hearing and I was afraid that my dad didn't realize I was in the room and he was going to turn it off . It was Like a drug from the instant I heard it . Life was never the same since
1983 takes me to a different place, even giving me gooses bumps writing this, when I first heard it, 1983 was a long way in the future and I did wonder if he had a vision of how things would be, sadly he didn't make it that far, and the shitty mess the World is in now maybe that is not so bad.
This is/was an exceptionally education review. I’m up here in North Florida listening to clips and stumbled upon your discussion and I’m both amazed and encouraged by what your discussion. Oh. I’m 72 and retired and up at 4am listening to your channel and so amazed and happy because of the interest and respect you all give to the works. I grew up listening to Hendrix and am so happy and encouraged by your respect and interest in the music and Jimi. Thank you all…
This is awesome. I am slightly obsessed with Jimi and have been since about 1990. He released 4 albums while he was alive and all 4 are very different than the last. As a musician, that is incredibly hard to do .For me it is impossible to choose one of them as the best, because they are all incredible. These guys chose 2 awesome tunes to dissect. I first heard Power of Love around 1990 and it still blows me away every time hear it. RIP Jimi.
On a purely mechanical level, the position of Hendrix’s picking hand meant that the pick would slightly lift the string away from the fretboard and snap back, giving his notes a lot of zap and front end - not unlike what country players sometimes do with their thumb and fingers. This means that even with, or especially with, a relatively clean sound, his notes really hit home.
WOW I got chills, I have not heard power to love in decades and I had forgotten just how other worldly that beginning is when Jimi kicks in the wawa pedal. The the strength of his fingers was phenomenal. I don't have words to describe the aggressiveness of that passage.
Music in the 60s was a mix of various groups. Cover bands tried to imitate the songs. But no one could replicate Hendrix. His playing was unique. Even his early songs like Foxy Lady and Hey Joe were a challenge for the average guitarist. And his later music was more innovative. He dramatically changed how the electric guitar was played.
Thank you for giving "Power of Soul" so much love!!!! It's so fun to see the way it hits seasoned professionals. Power of Soul is my Desert Island song. I can listen to it daily and it never gets old. And Lyle Workman's explanation of the sounds of "Machine Gun" is dead on. It's the sound of war, destruction, bombs dropping, sirens wailing. Thanks for the discussion guys!
“Power To Love” was THE song which got me into the BoG album, and it was that first, wide-open, balls-to-the-wall solo which did the trick. That first B and the wah just punched me straight in the brain, and after that, I was hooked! 🤘🏻 This solo is so badass. It has STRUT and ATTITUDE! It makes me feel like I'm 10 feet tall and bulletproof. Miss you, Jimi!
You guys made me cry. Thanks for getting it. He’s still my favorite in so many ways…… I believe that there is a literal energetic physics in his sound. Those elements of tone and harmonic shaping, echo fundamental energetic exchange and transition at fundamental scales. It’s a resonance thing. Peace,Love
I was fortunate to see Jimi live in 68 in Toledo as a 16. year old. One of two life changing events! Have been chasing tone ever since as a guitar player.(The other life changer was Stevie Wonder live in 1986.)
As a non-musician, but simply someone who loves Hendrix (I was born in '52 so I discovered him in 'real time'.) I am fascinated to learn why he was so great from a nuts and bolts perspective. I only recently discovered, and subscribed, to your channel. It is extremely satisfying to hear superb musicians, like yourselves, share why a song, a riff, a composer or a singer is so fabulous. I'd never liked "Castles Made of Sand" until you all broke it down. Do you have ANY idea how exciting it is for an old coot to discover a treasure that's been under his nose for nearly half a century? I hope when you all are ready to tip over, some young Turks take you to school. 🥰
I'd love to see an episode about Tom Waits. His evolution throughout his career is unlike any other artist. From Jazz/blues to strange apocalyptic beatboxing, it's just incredible. When you talked about how Power To Love felt like being chased, it reminded me of "Knife Chase" by Waits, which has such a hilariously familiar sound.
One of my best friends (a guitarist) and I talk about Hendrix a lot, but the other day we were talking about these two songs in particular. When I saw the title of the video, I knew what it had to be about -- the heaviest solo I've ever heard. It's nice to know that people 25 - 35 years younger than me (67) have found it. As for Axis Bold as Love, it's the most underrated album of all time. Even detractors can't help but acknowledge the massive influence Jimi Hendrix had on music, but Castles Made of Sand exemplifies the reasons that no one has ever really sounded like Hendrix. People take this piece or that piece, but as whole we're talking about a Mozart or a Bach -- a musical genius without peer.
My band mate, three times the guitarist as me, thinks Hendrix is sloppy. I told him to substitute soulful for sloppy. Emotion, not clinical perfection, was Jimi's raison d'être. Nobody has done it better.
Jimi's music meant so much to all of us who grew up in the 60's, and there are many many people who pay tribute to him as the greatest of all time, but many of them are just paying lip service, repeating what they've heard others saying for years, but theres no power of conviction in their testimonies. You four guys are bringing Jimi's music alive again with such conviction, we can see your truths. We can see it in your eyes, in your facial expressions as you breakdown some of the sonic expressions and Jimisms, and the solo interpetations that only Jimi could hear, and left behind for all of us to remember and learn from in his liferime. The love you have for his music comes across without question, and you have no idea what that would mean to everyone from thàt generation, if only they could all have seen it. Thank you all.
I received the Band of Gypsys album for my 10th birthday. It's the reason I became a guitarist and remains my favorite Hendrix album of all time. Buddy Miles and Billy Cox lay so much pocket on the tarmac that Hendrix not only had the space to create elegant phrasing, but also the freedom to invent numerous guitar tones. Its' a Masterpiece! And just think, the album was born as a settlement for a lawsuit from a contract Hendrix signed with Curtis Knight before he met Chas Chandler.
This song is one of the prettiest guitar pieces ever put to tape. I remember playing this to a friend who in his own rite is a great player who didn't like Jimi's music because all he heard was Purple Haze and whatever was on the radio. When he heard this, it changed his whole perspective.
It's 1968, I'm 13yo, my brother 2yrs older; Beatles, Stones, many others causing our musical awakening. Then my (more aware) best friend gives me an EP with Purple Haze, Wind Cries Mary, Fire and (I think) 51st Anniversary... My brother can still remember vividly the moment when I put it on the turntable and said excitedly 'listen to this'! The freshness and uniqueness of his music lyrically, structurally, emotionally and the guitar playing (!!!) still astonishes me to this day. Like some others I haven't listened to the Power of Soul intro or BOG for that matter for quite a while; thanks for your commentary, spot on!
I’ll never forget the 1st time I heard Power to Love. I was 16, in my buddy’s Ford ranger hauling ass on the freeway. Literally made me shake from the raw power and emotion, just a life changing moment.
Damn...so gratifying to see this generation respecting and analyzing style in reference to who came before them, Curtis Mayfield, Burt Bacharach, and of course Jimi...whoa! That solo intro will forever burn a hole your brain. Been listening to it for over 50 years - never gets old AND may just be the greatest song intro. EVER. Rock on.
My Dad had Jimi on vinyl playing when he used to feed me as a baby. If he took the needle off the record I stopped eating. Seems I had good taste from early life. :D Great episode guys.
Band of gypsies wired my neurons for musical patterns when I was 13. I still listen to this album regularly and am still amazed at the pure genius, fluidity and fusion between the artist and his medium. To watch you fellers feel this music the way that I do is a gift. Subscribed.
Band of gypsies is a really good album, but d I d you know that Who Knows and Machine Gun where left untouched and the rest of his tunes or bit's and pieces of it where dubbed in the studio and the best of lthe live stuff he left in .I read it in a book about Jimi Hendrix years ago but can't remember what it was called but to prove the point I also purchased a DVD called Band of Gypsies live at the Fillmore East and you will see songs like Power of Soul
I love how when they listen Jimi, it's like they can't contain themselves almost, making funny faces, You can really tell they feel it! I am sitting here doing the same. Not everyone gets it but when you do, It's life altering. I always wanted to learn to play the guitar but once I listen to Hendrix at Woodstock on tape in the 90's, it was over with, I had to have a guitar then. I still admire Jimi and his beautiful playing all these years later. I feel like he was just finding himself musically when he died. Jimi did so much for music in a short time really closer to 4 or 5 years total from the start of The Jimi Hendrix Experience. 67ish really then till 1970 ish.. And a Band of Gypsies album. I wish he had another album or 2.. Just imagine how different and possibly better music might be. Like blues that flows through the galaxy from some far of place parallel to us somehow but fitting through the emotion of the notes the the beautiful blues is playing that shouldn't be possible with blues yet so soothes. What he did in the few shorts years was probably more than any guitar player will ever do for the aspects of creativity and entrepreneurism in modern music. His music is still on par with great editing today in 2022. Better sounding then more albums ever will be if you listen to it on vinyl and the right oldschool stereo. Or even just a good stereo but oldschool receivers have the right sound frequencies, especially in the mids and lows that aren't in new stereos to really feel it. He basically invented surround sound. But I gotta end this somewhere,lol.. I could talk Jimi for days .. Great video guys!
Along with the late John Till's intro to Janis Joplin's "Half Moon", Hendrix's playing on "Wait Til Tomorrow" is an absolute master class in rhythm playing. Quite frankly it is almost the peak of his playing AFAIC, with the rhythm on "Night Bird Flying" down just a tiny notch from there.
The Mayfield influence is so clear in Castles. And that intro on Power of Soul is amazing. The intro is something that you don't hear too often anymore. He incorporated them so well.
Mayfield and Hendrix are the same age. I highly doubt he was as big of an influence on Hendrix as people would like to believe. I'm sorry, I really don't hear a Curtis Mayfield influence in Jimi's playing.
Y'all need to dive into his machine gun performances at and after the filmore east concerts. Every time he played that song live in 1970 was a haunting mess of pure shredding madness. Legit 3-4 minutes of the fastest hardest picking and fretboard stroking you ever hear in your life. When the "change" in machine gun stars its the most beautiful thing i've ever heard. The recording of machine gun at the la forum in 1970 is the craziest one i've heard so far. its such a shame the audio quality is poor. Praise to the amateur recording folks that brought their own rigs to his concerts to immortalize them. His live recordings are the greatest shredding masterpieces of all time. Nothing will come close. Nowadays you have crews of sound engineers. It was all him up there cranking the knobs at will.
There's a clip on YT of an interview with Eddie Kramer explaining how Jimi recorded The Wind Cries Mary at the end of a session with only 20 minutes or so. One pass for bass/drums/guitar/vocals then added 3 perfect overdubs in one take each.
I think we should all stand up and give Randy Hansen a Great big bow of thanks. Thanks Randy you’re the only one that keeps the faith !!!!!!!!!!!! Jimi so proud of you
I've always wondered why "Power To Love" never got more attention. It's just so mind-blowing and I've never heard ONE player come close to being able to nail it.
If people asked me to name a single Hendrix song that was everything "Jimi" in one song I'd maybe say Gyspy Eyes. It's an insanely cool riff. It's blues. It's rock. It's insane rhythm playing and he's doing it WHILE SINGING. Gypsy Eyes is outrageous. Check it out if you've never heard it for those of you that have maybe been living under a rock. LOL!
I've thought Power To Love was not just Hendrix's greatest solo, but the greatest rock solo ever, since I first heard it 50 years ago. Why it's so rarely mentioned is a complete mystery. No one has ever made a guitar howl like that - pure emotion.
These are my two favorite Hendrix albums. Axis because I feel it was a more of a sincere expression of him and what he wanted to create than "Are you experienced". It's like every track is a connection to what he was feeling at the time. Band of Gypsys because it gave him a platform to really let loose over a more traditional blues rhythm section. I love The Experience, but Mitch and Noel were usually so busy in their playing that Jimi didn't have the breathing room musically he had with the Gypsys.
Yup definitely my two favourite Hendrix albums as well. Axis for its showcasing Jimi”s flowering as a song writer and player, but before the slightly laboured and lengthy Electric Ladyland, (a great album in itself though) and Band of Gypsys for the free flowing, jazz inspired expressionist guitar playing over a solid funk groove that doesn’t get in the way.
@@geetarman I agree that Jimi needed top tier musicians to make his albums what they were. I play bass and I feel Noel is terribly underrated, he's never on any list of great bassists. If Band of Gypsies was his main band, I feel he still would've done great things musically but his songwriting would've suffered.
I saw Hendrix in Nottingham in the UK. The ‘stage’ was only 6” high, no barriers, no security. We were close enough to have a conversation but his concentration was completely on the music and the atmosphere was pure respect.
everybody playing the guitar into their own way was fantastic! I love hearing everyone's version and makes me wonder how people hear songs a little differently from each other. Like what parts stick out to people or which notes to emphasize or include is brilliant. This channel is sick...
Everyone has their own interpretation which is great. I play guitar and I notice players approach jimis songs a if they're reading and playing each note as they arrive on the conveyor belt. I think if you approach it (A. as a backing to a singer ) you leave space for other sounds and (B. as a full band. I can almost hear jimi thinking " this is the bass, then a 3note piano lick and here are the horns." As fab a guitarist he is his music isn't a guitar noted they're sounds. Someone said there's a difference between being a singer who plays blues guitar and being a blues singer that plays guitar. That's my tip. Don't approach his music thinking as a guitarist. It's a bit zen but that's why jimi stood out from other 60s players.
Nailed It!!! Definitely, two of my all-time favorite songs. Got the Band of Gypsies album in 7th grade(am 40yrs old,now) and still unapologetically share "Power to Love" with everyone.
Really love this. Sa fascinating to listen to downstrokes versus upstrokes in Castles Made of Sand and how it can change the way it sounds. His rhythm playing was literally on another level. You make the analogy of driving a car, and Jimi was like a formula 1 racer but in total control no matter the speed or loudness..
My mates and I would always get Hendrix albums as soon as they came out . So glad to hear you guys still loving what we loved all them years ago AND STILL DO !!! There aren"t many musicians since that time who have filled the gap left by our beloved Jimi RIP
Jimi was the main reason I started playing electric guitar. Tone, or even pitch did not matter as much as his feeling of the notes. He was pure energy. And yes, he did have a great voice: listen to "Angel" from his anthology recording. That was a dry recording in a hotel room. A jewel.
Really nice to hear real musicians talk about what real music and free expression is all about. Thank you so much guys for the kindness and respect to all those that are trying despite those that profit.
Thank you for your tribute to a master by analyzing the artistry of his unique songs, singing and playing. I will always deeply feel his music as if it was the first time.
Discovered Hendrix when I was ~13 (in the mid-'90s) and immediately went from "listening" to music to "hearing" it. It also did a ton for my own playing when I realized that substance was much more important than perfection. Thankfully there are still artists out there that play with their heart: Scout Niblett, Joanna Newsom, Blake Mills & Pino Palladino (you should do an episode on him btw), Lonnie Smith (him too)... I could go on. Most music I enjoy today is directly a result of Hendrix showing me what's up back in my early teens.
Pretty much the same story here, though I was 15. My music regime changed drastically after 'Hearing' Axis Bold as Love. The light came on in a huge way. My Metallica phase was instantly over! (though I still love their early stuff) Jimi and SRV were my musical obsession for years after.
@@beachcomber4141 Hehe, yeah, I was into Metallica too - also Guns n' Roses, AC/DC and Iron Maiden. All bands with great guitarists but Hendrix just hit completely different.
in the intro of "Power of Love", there is a moment when Buddy Miles hits a flam and either Jimi or Buddy shout an off-mic "yeah!" that is one of the most exciting moments in rock music. and has been for 50 years.
Jimi was like a messenger dropped on to a isolated island. We were like childred with virgin ears. Once you heard him your cherry was crushed. I heard motown and the bluez in my mothers womb. My favorite was " born to love you" soul music was my existence .then one my brother in law asked me, have you heard jimi? Jimi who? I said? He then handed me , " are you experienced? I looked at him for a few seconds .My mind was blown at the very young age of 10. My motown sound days had to take a backseat .jimi was a new God.
In "Power to Love", he was talking to his fellow paratroopers -- he'd been in the 101st Airborne Division at Fort Campbell where he was trained as a paratrooper. So when he says, "It's so groovy to float around, sometimes even a jellyfish will agree to that. I said flotation is groovy and easy, even a jellyfish will agree to that", a "jellyfish" is a paratrooper. When you see them floating down, it's pretty obvious. He's telling them to quit the Army, just like he did: "Shoot down some of those airplanes you've been driving, especially the ones that fly too low. Shoot down some of those airplanes you've been driving, especially the ones that fly you too low. Come on back to earth, my friend, come on back'up with me. We all been thru the nite time, babe. Now let's reap the waves of reality." He's saying it's time to quit fighting and end the war. Hendrix also chides the paratroopers for being spineless, "but old jelly's been floatin' so long and so slack, lord, ain't no kinda bone in his jelly back."
All I know is, to quote my wonderful wonderful Dad- "you gotta be a bad sumbitch to jump out of an airplane." (And your read on those lyrics could be completely right on too.)
you guys got it completely out of context, he was talking about coming back down to earth and quit doing drugs, the jellyfish was a person on drugs, may I reccomend the Hendrix lyric book too, people been floating so long and so SLIME, lord they aint got a bone in their jelly back, sound like someone you know?
@@mbmillermo come on fellow Hendrix fan, he was beyond talking about jumping out of an airplane, he was talking about getting a backbone and dealing with overcoming getting too high, "yeah Im saying with the power of you, anything you want to do". for proper lyrics I will refer you to the book, Jimi Hendrix, the ultimatel yric book, compiled by Janie Hendrix
Excellent presentation . June 7 1970 @ Tulsa Oklahoma . Standing room only after the crowd threw all the chairs out . I was 14 about 3 feet from him . Change my life forever.
I love this! I was on a micro dose last night and I was talking to myself saying the exact if not similar things, the spirit and jimi jammed in his own improvisational way unique the one and only and man his soul, he was one with that guitar and, he was a natural born musician, and I think the best are naturals. If your picking it up like HendriX, you already read music, the organic way amazing talent. . Yall are ny kind of dudes. I need friends like yall. Especially as a musician, I relate. Early today I was watching jimi voodoo Chile live in Maui. And yes he's so one with the guitar its like wow! That is the experience of jimi HendriX. What a gem. No one had the magic jimi had. Its good to hear dudes that know what they talk about, as well as keeping this legacy alive. To me music is the celebration of life. Whose coming to incubus this summer! Happy live music shows and like always, trip responsivey. .. And if u already haven't looked into his death, it's astounding the holes in the story. wanna look into some interesting facts on his death, his autopsy is extremely suspicious in the fact zero alcohol in the blood and lungs full of wine. No stomach acid. And the other shady fact that he was kidnapped and held at random by one of his music deal piece of cap trying to steal all his money. Everyone just believed the headlines back then. He was murdered like alot of them, look it up yourself. Not debating just a comment to help shed light on truth!
It’s probably not completely accurate to say that “Jimi was ahead of his time.” In some ways, yes of course he was. But historically he’s one of those very few people who are simply timeless. He’s Mozart, Jackie Robinson, Elvis, MLK, as well as being the baddest man to ever pick up a guitar. There will absolutely never be anyone like him again.
He played on the edge of what was possible for him. He made some playing mistakes becuase of it but he cranked everything so high it would just cause more distortion or feedback and made it sound even more amazing. Thats what made him crazy is that everytime he picked up a guitar he was fighting with going faster and harder than he would before. Always pushing. Always wanting to get better and never settling.
Love your reaction to Power to Love! (19:18) It's the same for me everytime! One other intro that gets overlooked is "Driving South" from The BBC One Radio sessions (the original release, not the double disc that had an alternate version of it on there), that is KILLER energy
That note (the one played) Jimi plays when he launches off the solo on machine gun floors me everytime. Also, that song has my favorite Jimi tone. (Strat > Silicon Fuzzface? or Octavia Fuzz > Uni-Vibe > Wah-Wah > Marshall Stack.... perfection
Thank you! Nice to see Power to Love acknowledged. I've been telling people for years that the first minute of Power to Love is the greatest guitar solo ever recorded. Definitely the best live solo. I feel like people miss it coz it gets overshadowed by Machine Gun which is the other greatest solo of all time!
I love when McCartney talks about that time, when he'd see Hendrix at a bar with 25 people, then the next day it would double, then double again, and after a few days, there would be a line out the door because everyone knew that change was coming
Another influence that's never mentioned is Pops Staples. I am really enjoying this. I would love to hear these guys talk about the album Cry of Love and the new direction Hendrix was heading.Oh yeah Machine Gun at Fillmore is the most perfect Hendrix performance masterpiece. I was at the New Years Eve show this is where he just stood there and was amazing. .
This is the first time I’ve seen your show. Great insights into Jimmy. I’ve been music since I was 5 and what I appreciate about this one show is that you’re showing reverence to the talent and exploring the depth and impact of music on people. We can’t just let music become something we click on on the internet and not interact with it. That’s why live music is so important to the world’s sanity and our interrelations between each other.
Thank you for doing a video in Jimi Hendrix. Because of the issues, he doesn't get as much coverage as he deserves in these types of videos. Also, thank you for covering Band of Gypsys, I think it is the culmination of his expressiveness, especially in Machine Gun.
I still remember watching Jimi Plays Monterey & just being blown away, changed me musically forever. There may have been better technical guitarists out there, but none of them can touch Jimi's mojo. Great song choices to delve into, Castles is my second favorite by him, his studio version of Send My Love to Linda I have on a bootleg is just haunting. Power of Love/Soul just kicks you in the head, goes beyond living up to it's name. That man dropped so much in a short amount of time, just wish the Hendrix Estate would release his art, so much great material that doesn't see the light of day.
Wow! this quality is top level, the subject is well covered, the style is yours and original, i fell on to this channel by you tube doing its random thing and am so glad, the ending with the signing was super funny and a great wrap up, thank you you have a new sub :)
I heard the host saying Hendrix career was about 7 years. It was closer to 4, which is even more remarkable considering what he did in that time and the massive influence he had and is still having. An absolute one off which I doubt I will ever see the like of again in my lifetime. Sure there are techniqually better guitarists but are they as exciting? Do they move you like Jimi does? Have they written the amount of great songs that Jimi did? Jimi was the complete package all round. Composer, musician, singer, arranger and all round risk taker.
Hats off to you guys for highlighting Jimi’s unbelievable playing on Power to Love. He puts the pedal to metal, and then some. To me, Jimi’s playing on this first Band of Gypsie’s album is consistently some of the very best I’ve ever heard from him. Hendrix wore his soul on his sleeve, and he was always trying to break through to new heights while playing live. To me, Jimi is the free Jazz musician who not only found the note, but, was able to jump over to a land where only he was able to operate (think- Third Stone From The Sun)(the octave divider on these recordings make him sound partially atonal in this B.O.G’s NYE album) (also, It seems that this B.O.G.’s LP could have been the beginning of the merging of Soul and Hard Rock, would have loved to have heard more!) Someone mentioned Coltrane above, and even though Coltrane and Hendrix get to their place in very different ways, there is that soul thing that they both exude, while changing the sound of music from then on, because of their unique and often radical approaches to music. And Yes, a groove behind Hendrix, gave him so much more to work with. This sound was also inclusive of elements of metal, and Jimi is amazing in Who Know’s. His Scat singing with the guitar has been almost completely overlooked, and he takes that solo through like 5 gear changes, which he also does in Rainy Day Dream away and Still Raining and Still Dreaming. Both great, but the ending of Still-Dreaming is another overlooked Gem. That’s some of the most lyrical playing ever, it is soul drenched! Guys, thanks for making my night, and for gravitating to some of the more overlooked playing of a visionary, who taught me so much of what I learned about music. Kindest regards to all here
You guys hit on the one thing that is a factor in all music & all things really- its theunteachable, the unlearnable, its the intangable,the "energy" or "spirit" of something- it can never be captured, bottled, or bought & sold
From what I understand, Jimi didn’t have a 5 way switch. He DID balance the switch between positions 1 & 3 and 3 & 5 to get those quacks tones and that was inspiration for Fender to add a 5 way switch. Maybe it’s a legend, but that’s what I heard.
The five way switch was a common mod in those years, commercially it wasnt available but it was well know that the craftman, the people behind what ended being the Custom Shop years later, or any guitar tech really, regularly did to those modifications upon request.
I think he did more of that with the wah pedal. Until 69’, he had to adjust to the Fuzz Face sometimes, because the temperature can really mess with the biasing. He also changed tones by turning on the Octavia, then with a lot with the Uni-Vibe, by 69.
There were 3-way switches and we used to use the "in-between positions" to get the out-of-phase sound. I heard that some people put tape on the switch to help make it stick in place.
@@Schizotasteguy Not in the sixties they didn't. Most guitar players didn't have techs or other people to do the work on their guitars. Roger Mayer says he worked on Jimi's guitars but he was an engineer not a luthier or guitar tech so his claims need to be taken with a large grain of salt. All his life Jimi was forced to use right handed guitars which not only required restringing but also reversing the nut and resetting and intonating the bridge, all which he would have had to learn to do himself. In an interview once he talked about how a Strat was like a sportscar and how a quarter of a turn of a screw here or tightening of a spring there made all the difference in how his guitar played. But as far as mods go his guitars were all stock without any modifications. 5 way switches weren't introduced until 1977 on Fenders so Jimi never used one. I am 65 and I can tell you that it wasn't a common mod back in the 60's.
Loved listening to you guys. My husband was a huge hendrix fan and this is exactly the type of convo I can hear him having. He'd love this too. He passed march 2022 to an unexpected heart attack while we were away on vacation. Great man and a very talented guitarist. Miss this type of conversation.
Take a minute to love the important people in your life! Value the good moments and move through the crappy ones. Everyone just wants to be happy and enjoy this increasingly dystopian planet. We all need to feel kindness and compassion. Be apart of sharing it
Love & peace to you. Sorry for your loss. Meet you in the next world don't be late❤
I'm sorry for your loss. My uncle turned me on to Hendrix and Beck and Vaughn and so many others and he passed away too young. I don't have anyone to talk about music with anymore..
Sorry for your loss.Just in case ,please avoid any more of the shots.
I don't mean to rain on your parade - I respect and appreciate what you are saying about your husband - goodonya. It sounds like you and your husband lived a good life but that's all over now. The problem is that this isn't the flower child, hippie era anymore. I hope you are ready for what comes with the Obama/Biden "compassion" ?? It's time to get real (as we are thinking of Jimi and our lost loved ones).
@78tag I hear you and it's hard to see the light through such deep darkness but the universe works on a pendulum.. so ya, there have been horrible times in previous times/civilizations but we grow and become stronger through it all. We will again.
I just try to focus on being one of the positive lights in someone's day. If I can make eye contact and smile at someone.. even if they don't smile back.. I may have made a positive difference in just that single moment of their day. That makes it worth it. I want to be apart of the good.
PS. I'm Jewish so as the world chants for my destruction. I am 100% aware that 6M of us were killed only 75/80 yrs ago.. so ya.. no hippies anymore. Just rightous insanity 😉
Hendrix should be more considered as a song writer. He was brilliant
Very true!!!
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He was the Blueprint..EVERY Box was checked
You guys get it the world before Hendrix🤔...He changed everything
When I saw the thumbnail to this video I though, "If this isn't about power to love I'm going to lose it" so my thanks goes to you all!
Hendrix was a pure genius - a true rock God. His guitar playing was sublime and his imagination was other worldly. He seemed to be playing not from his brain but from his spirit or his soul. Just an incredibly expressive and artistic performer. Thank you Mr Hendrix for the magnificent music you left us with. RIP brother.
If Jimi played this live 25 times, you probably would hear 25 varieties.
you're so right, tabs and notation for Jimi are just a very rough guide.
EXACTLY 💯!!!
one of my favorite quotes from Jimi " people say ,it didn't sound like the record he said "if ya want to hear the record then JUST STAY HOME and listen to the record"
Your comment is why I love live music and why I play live music and record it also
Every time though it would be exactly the same, just with different notes and alternative timing - we all will hear exactly the song. The same story, just told in shades and textures of feeling that bring the message perfectly home every time...
Because he was clueless as to what he was doing hence the mess his music was.
I was a teenager at the time, Hendrix just blew all our dumb little minds and somehow that feeling of sonic wonderment I had when I first heard Jimi all those years ago has never diminished. He really was something else and it's so tragic that he moved on so early.
I still remember seeing the headline of his death on a newspaper in North Sydney railway station on a rainy Saturday morning in Australia like it was yesterday.
Shattered by the loss of my hero, l was on the verge of turning 14 l think. Or was it 15? I stole some of my dad's whiskey& day outside the bowling alley/pool hall got shit faced asking strangers if they understood the significance of our loss as a human race.
I really enjoyed this convo about truth in the art of the soul of Jimi. Fly on🎸
Jimi was a painter. He painted with sound. A true audio artist.
.....and silence was his blank canvas.....
Music is a picture of sound painted on a canvas of silence.
Glad they briefly talked about Jimi's singing. I always thought his voice was underrated.
He did have a very soulful voice indeed...
his voice was incredible and is inimitable, it's insane that the general opinion is that he wasnt a good singer. His dad even told him he wasnt a good singer. Bizarro world.
It amazes me when people say he wasn't a very good singer. You don't have to be Robert Plant or Roger Daltrey or (fill in the blank) to be a great singer. Jimi had so much character in his voice, and it was such a perfect contrast to his playing. He could belt it out when he wanted to (not like those I mentioned , but still...), or sing very softly.
I started listening to my parent's Jimi Hendrix records in 1970 - I liked the whole package : vocals, guitar, bass, drums.
Jimi was a character voice. Like Johnny Cash, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan and Tom Petty, Jimi had a voice that no one would confuse for an opera singer or balladeer by any means, but it fit his music perfectly and worked for his songs.
For me it has always been and will always be, Hendrix and Coltrane. They weren’t musicians or performers- they were the pure essence of music.
Me too! Hendrix, Coltrane and Miles.
Both were pure emotional channels that gave us some of the most unique and powerful music ever created.
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If you ever get the chance to hear a high level West African rhythm ensemble live, youve got to experience that. Specifically from Guinea. Talk about the pure essence of music!!!!
Beethoven, Mozart, Vivaldi and dozens of other classical composers were in another solar system as far as musical talent. I also think Miles, Coltrane and Hendrix would have admitted it.
That single note Jimi holds in the live song Machine Gun said more than many famous guitar players can say playing all day.Other guitarists play notes.Jimi painted sound
Soooo true
Amen brother!
Jimi makes so many of today's shredders sound mechanical and predictable. What we hear is what was inside his mind, pouring out, and here we are more than 50 years later, in awe.
Jimi was channeling his demonds from the terror of being a paratrooper high in vietnam; you can hear and feel it in his music. Imagine knowing you are going to die soon it's just a matter of time.
@@averychilco Didn't go to Viet Nam. There were other demons...
@@averychilco Jimi was discharged in 1962. He didn't serve in Vietnam. Btw, what is a "demond"?
@@thekeysman6760 I'll bet yt comments is your best and only friend. LOL
@@averychilco Hardly. Strange thing to say, unbased. Are the YT comments the only place you make incorrect statements and judgements?
After being diagnosed with Bipolar, Jimi’s music has a whole new level of meaning for me. Listening to “castles made of sand” or “manic depression “ it’s almost like he’s talking to me.
He IS talking to you!!!
'Um, You may also be hearing voices... '
Just kidding.
Hendrix as a rock, Blues, funk, metal and even Hiphop/rap musician. He did it all. Creating a new musical genre.
The quality of these vids is through the roof. I can't believe more people aren't watching them because you guys totally deserve it!!
I'm not a professional musician, nor do I pretend to be one tv, but I'm sure I've watched every one of the videos on this channel at least three or more times. Every time I feel like I am learning something new.
@@ilichiregius2884 A "professional musician" has a profession in the industry, hence the term, and you can't "pretend" it's your main income and profession otherwise. The term doesn't mean "good". So yeah, don't "pretend" to have a job in the industry! 😉
I was 17 when I got my 1st 2 electric guitars. I'd been playing this folk style finger picking stuff on an acoustic guitar for about a year, but I wasn't really progressing that much. I wanted an electric. I wanted to freaken _ROCK!_
My mom made me wait a year before she finally caved and took me to a music store. I was trying to convince her that a less expensive guitar would be fine, but for some reason she wasn't having any of that. She looks up on the wall and points out two guitars hanging at the apex of a literal pyramid of guitars hanging in their hooks.
One was a Les Paul Gold top, 1971.
The other was a blonde wood grain Strat with a whammy bar. The two most expensive guitars in the place. My mom didn't care. She told the sales guy to pull em down and let me play a bit.
This dude, man...he hands me the Strat first, then plugs me into a 100 watt marshall stack. He flips the power on so I hit a big chord and nothing. No sound.
I didn't know about the standby and how you let tube amps warm up before you play anything. I thought the amp was turned down or something, so I took the volume knob and sound it right up to 10.
Sales guy didn't see that, so he pops it off standby and that Strat just starts going _VVWWWEEEEEE EEEEOOOOOOOOO AAAAAEEEEEE_ I mean that shit was howling!
That sound went right through me & into my bone marrow. I had no idea what I was doing, but I had these weird urges to turn the guitar just like _that_ and then yank the whammy bar like _this_ ......
In total ignorance and even more total bliss, I somehow made melodies out of the feedback. It was the most intense moment of my life, I felt like the sound was cutting through my soul and then laying it out for anyone to see.
It was almost an out of body experience. That _sound_
I couldn't get enough. The sales dude just stood there and made no attempt to stop me. After about five minutes of _Whale Songs From Alpha Centauri_ , or whatever I was playing, i just stopped, my knees buckled and I had to lean in the amp stack to avoid falling down.
"Don't go anywhere, the Sales dude says, " I gotta go get something." About 2 minutes later he comes back and hands me an album. _Band Of Gypsys_ it said. "Take that home. I'm giving it to you. Listen to it til the grooves collapse. I think you're gonna love the guitar player on this record."
So I went home with a new Strat, a new Les Paul, and a Marshall half stack,
......and Band Of Gypsys, by Jimi Hendrix. To say that day and that record changed my life would be an understatement. I didn't know how to articulate what I was feeling, but Jimi Hendrix was playing the guitar like it was a whole _orchestra_ , and he was creating sounds that existed _inside my head_ !!
That was magic. Sorcery. But my mom did not ever again have to worry that she'd spent so much money on musical instruments, only to have me lose interest.
That never happened with guitar. I've had an ongoing love affair with the guitar ever since. It's the control interface that my soul uses to exist in this world. When I die, I will be playing guitar at my own funeral. That's how deep it goes, and I do believe that I owe Jimi big time for that. 💥🎸
Memorable experience, man. Thanks for sharing. Those were the days.
Great Story Bro.
Every Mother’s Day is meant for moms like that.
I love it. Cheers!!
You should title it "memoirs of a silver spoon". A Les Paul & a strat for your first electric gifts, oh to have that luxury... For me, grinded my ass off washing trucks, mowing lawns and working a waiters job from 12 to 14 years old to buy my first guitars , the 1st electric was a beat up old rusty Chinese strat copy which I rebuilt & reconditioned over time. Though dozens of guitars have joined & later left my side, even a few Les Pauls, that old strat still holds its own corner 28 years later.
Metal , blues , funk , jazz , country , opera , he could play it all without being able to read music , a songwriter , composer , visionary , his legacy runs deep and he will never ever be forgotten because people who know real genius will always find him . I've been listening to Jimi since I was 14 I'm 48 now and I still find things in his songs I've never heard before .
Why do we caucasians continually overexaggerate the importance, Value and influence of ALL black people s achievements?? Jimi Hendrix was no “ genius”. Hendrix was in fact so lazy from so much pot consumption and unintelligent the Army discharged him early.
RE: “Metal, blues, punk, jazz, orchestra…”
He could’nt literally compose any music as he did nt know How to read or write music. He was a songwriter in the weakest sense in that he threw a bunch of noise together while playing highon acid involving feedback and distortion mostly. His voice sucked. But the majority of whites and Hebrews continue to worship an overhyped pot and acid head black guitar player as if music wouldnt exist without him. Stop it already.
🌏💯🙏🔥🎸🌠 jimi was awesome and the best memories ever his mind travels in his music 🎶 amazing music was created by his soul he didnot judge no one
I would say Mitch Mitchell is so underrated. That’s probably one of the best drummers ever.
He's not underrated, he's absolutely recognised as one of the all time greats.
@@pietzsche you hardly hear him in conversation. But you are correct
@@edwardrichard2561 might be because I'm a drummer, but he's absolutely unquestioned as one of the greats in drumming, among drummers.
Absolutely, of course, Buddy Miles is on drums on "Power To Love".
The best drummer I ever played with who played around my city for decades, and who is a teacher, said Mitch Mitchell was his top influence.
hi everybody. i am a guitar player of 73. when i heard jimmy ,i just wanted to play like him. for years i studied his approach to guitar. his style has all styles rolled into one. jazz,blues,funk,rock, fusion of all styles, and studio experemtation . there is also a freedom of expresion that allows his playing to play strange notes outside of normal structure. he was and is the god of guitar.
Jimi was a brilliant performer, I was fortunate enough to see him perform live twice, in 68 and again in 70. Ive seen all the greats over the years, and nobody comes anywhere near Jimi's level of talent.
Jimi was a visionary. He reinvented us as listeners.
Did you ever see Zeppelin live? I'd be curious to hear them compared.
Hendrix was still better live than Zeppelin because Jimi was a showman.
@@morriypoulsen1238 Interesting, Zeppelin were also known for being pretty great performers too, but Hendrix was that much more I guess.
@@marKism69 Jiminy played the guitar..Hendrix became the music
Jimi was so special. Overlooked as a songwriter because he hit the scene as such a gamechanging iconic guitarist.
You are so so right, no one acknowledges his song writing, his song writing is the only thing that rivals his guitar playing; not to mention he could sing and play guitar at the same time. To just take time and read the lyrics is mind blowing. "FOXY LADY, I"M COMING TO GET YA"
Great episode guys - just a quick note for yall; Fender Stratocasters didn't come with a 5-way switch until 1977 so Jimi's brand new guitars would still have had 3-way switches installed! When I learned that I was amazed at how many musicians and artists still utilized the in-between sounds despite the inconvenience for literally decades before it was a standard feature of the instrument
I came here to say that too haha. I think a lot about Clapton’s out of phase tones that would’ve been position 2 or 4 all over the “Layla” album and wonder how annoying it must have been to accomplish that.
Absolutely! I missed that detail. 👍
Some guys even taped the switch so it wouldn't get knocked out of one of the in between positions while playing.
I noticed that too, but you could get them installed earlier than 77 but not sure if they were available then or not.
Jimi took out the springs in the switch to make it easier to put it into the #2 and 4 positions.
I remember the first time I heard Jimi and it was Voo Doo Child. People said Jimi could make his guitar talk. But he could make his guitar whisper and cry and scream as well. In the song 1983 Mermaid, I believe he taps into another dimension all together
1983 is my F'n jam !
First time I heard Hendrix I was a little kid, I grew up in a wild house full of people always stopping in smoking weed and listening to music . I was on the floor plating with toys and my dad put on band of gypsies record and it rocked my shit . I was in disbelief at what I was hearing and I was afraid that my dad didn't realize I was in the room and he was going to turn it off . It was Like a drug from the instant I heard it . Life was never the same since
1983 takes me to a different place, even giving me gooses bumps writing this, when I first heard it, 1983 was a long way in the future and I did wonder if he had a vision of how things would be, sadly he didn't make it that far, and the shitty mess the World is in now maybe that is not so bad.
This is/was an exceptionally education review. I’m up here in North Florida listening to clips and stumbled upon your discussion and I’m both amazed and encouraged by what your discussion. Oh. I’m 72 and retired and up at 4am listening to your channel and so amazed and happy because of the interest and respect you all give to the works. I grew up listening to Hendrix and am so happy and encouraged by your respect and interest in the music and Jimi. Thank you all…
This is awesome. I am slightly obsessed with Jimi and have been since about 1990. He released 4 albums while he was alive and all 4 are very different than the last. As a musician, that is incredibly hard to do .For me it is impossible to choose one of them as the best, because they are all incredible. These guys chose 2 awesome tunes to dissect. I first heard Power of Love around 1990 and it still blows me away every time hear it. RIP Jimi.
On a purely mechanical level, the position of Hendrix’s picking hand meant that the pick would slightly lift the string away from the fretboard and snap back, giving his notes a lot of zap and front end - not unlike what country players sometimes do with their thumb and fingers. This means that even with, or especially with, a relatively clean sound, his notes really hit home.
WOW I got chills, I have not heard power to love in decades and I had forgotten just how other worldly that beginning is when Jimi kicks in the wawa pedal. The the strength of his fingers was phenomenal. I don't have words to describe the aggressiveness of that passage.
I know man! My face melted when that wah-wah kicked in ! 😂
Jimi manhandled the guitar
Ok... I was going to correct the song title, but I see it's different on every record it appears on. Carry on.
Music in the 60s was a mix of various groups. Cover bands tried to imitate the songs. But no one could replicate Hendrix. His playing was unique. Even his early songs like Foxy Lady and Hey Joe were a challenge for the average guitarist. And his later music was more innovative. He dramatically changed how the electric guitar was played.
In 3 1/2 years..... Incredible!!!
Thank you for giving "Power of Soul" so much love!!!! It's so fun to see the way it hits seasoned professionals. Power of Soul is my Desert Island song. I can listen to it daily and it never gets old. And Lyle Workman's explanation of the sounds of "Machine Gun" is dead on. It's the sound of war, destruction, bombs dropping, sirens wailing. Thanks for the discussion guys!
“Power To Love” was THE song which got me into the BoG album, and it was that first, wide-open, balls-to-the-wall solo which did the trick. That first B and the wah just punched me straight in the brain, and after that, I was hooked! 🤘🏻
This solo is so badass. It has STRUT and ATTITUDE! It makes me feel like I'm 10 feet tall and bulletproof.
Miss you, Jimi!
You guys made me cry. Thanks for getting it. He’s still my favorite in so many ways…… I believe that there is a literal energetic physics in his sound. Those elements of tone and harmonic shaping, echo fundamental energetic exchange and transition at fundamental scales. It’s a resonance thing. Peace,Love
I was fortunate to see Jimi live in 68 in Toledo as a 16. year old. One of two life changing events! Have been chasing tone ever since as a guitar player.(The other life changer was Stevie Wonder live in 1986.)
As a non-musician, but simply someone who loves Hendrix (I was born in '52 so I discovered him in 'real time'.) I am fascinated to learn why he was so great from a nuts and bolts perspective. I only recently discovered, and subscribed, to your channel. It is extremely satisfying to hear superb musicians, like yourselves, share why a song, a riff, a composer or a singer is so fabulous. I'd never liked "Castles Made of Sand" until you all broke it down. Do you have ANY idea how exciting it is for an old coot to discover a treasure that's been under his nose for nearly half a century? I hope when you all are ready to tip over, some young Turks take you to school. 🥰
I'd love to see an episode about Tom Waits. His evolution throughout his career is unlike any other artist. From Jazz/blues to strange apocalyptic beatboxing, it's just incredible.
When you talked about how Power To Love felt like being chased, it reminded me of "Knife Chase" by Waits, which has such a hilariously familiar sound.
YESSSS!!! Tom Waits indeed. Talk about an original.
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@@dildoit Had it on my Watch Later since it came out, very excited to watch. Thanks for sending it though!
Love Tom waits
One of my best friends (a guitarist) and I talk about Hendrix a lot, but the other day we were talking about these two songs in particular. When I saw the title of the video, I knew what it had to be about -- the heaviest solo I've ever heard. It's nice to know that people 25 - 35 years younger than me (67) have found it. As for Axis Bold as Love, it's the most underrated album of all time. Even detractors can't help but acknowledge the massive influence Jimi Hendrix had on music, but Castles Made of Sand exemplifies the reasons that no one has ever really sounded like Hendrix. People take this piece or that piece, but as whole we're talking about a Mozart or a Bach -- a musical genius without peer.
My band mate, three times the guitarist as me, thinks Hendrix is sloppy. I told him to substitute soulful for sloppy. Emotion, not clinical perfection, was Jimi's raison d'être. Nobody has done it better.
Whenever I hear these tributes to Jimi like this one it always makes me fall in love with the Stratocaster all over again
Jimi's music meant so much to all of us who grew up in the 60's, and there are many many people who pay tribute to him as the greatest of all time, but many of them are just paying lip service, repeating what they've heard others saying for years, but theres no power of conviction in their testimonies. You four guys are bringing Jimi's music alive again with such conviction, we can see your truths. We can see it in your eyes, in your facial expressions as you breakdown some of the sonic expressions and Jimisms, and the solo interpetations that only Jimi could hear, and left behind for all of us to remember and learn from in his liferime. The love you have for his music comes across without question, and you have no idea what that would mean to everyone from thàt generation, if only they could all have seen it. Thank you all.
I'm so glad Ryan pointed out that the refrain drifts away from you. I've always felt that. One of the reasons this song makes me Feel it.
I received the Band of Gypsys album for my 10th birthday. It's the reason I became a guitarist and remains my favorite Hendrix album of all time. Buddy Miles and Billy Cox lay so much pocket on the tarmac that Hendrix not only had the space to create elegant phrasing, but also the freedom to invent numerous guitar tones. Its' a Masterpiece! And just think, the album was born as a settlement for a lawsuit from a contract Hendrix signed with Curtis Knight before he met Chas Chandler.
This song is one of the prettiest guitar pieces ever put to tape. I remember playing this to a friend who in his own rite is a great player who didn't like Jimi's music because all he heard was Purple Haze and whatever was on the radio. When he heard this, it changed his whole perspective.
It's 1968, I'm 13yo, my brother 2yrs older; Beatles, Stones, many others causing our musical awakening. Then my (more aware) best friend gives me an EP with Purple Haze, Wind Cries Mary, Fire and (I think) 51st Anniversary... My brother can still remember vividly the moment when I put it on the turntable and said excitedly 'listen to this'! The freshness and uniqueness of his music lyrically, structurally, emotionally and the guitar playing (!!!) still astonishes me to this day. Like some others I haven't listened to the Power of Soul intro or BOG for that matter for quite a while; thanks for your commentary, spot on!
I'm glad I'm not the only one who gets an ear to ear grin from the intro to Power of Soul. Pure Transcendence.
I’ll never forget the 1st time I heard Power to Love. I was 16, in my buddy’s Ford ranger hauling ass on the freeway. Literally made me shake from the raw power and emotion, just a life changing moment.
Damn...so gratifying to see this generation respecting and analyzing style in reference to who came before them, Curtis Mayfield, Burt Bacharach, and of course Jimi...whoa!
That solo intro will forever burn a hole your brain. Been listening to it for over 50 years - never gets old AND may just be the greatest song intro. EVER. Rock on.
My Dad had Jimi on vinyl playing when he used to feed me as a baby. If he took the needle off the record I stopped eating. Seems I had good taste from early life. :D Great episode guys.
Wow❣️ What a sweet story and an amazing dad you had...blessings to you❣️😊
Band of gypsies wired my neurons for musical patterns when I was 13. I still listen to this album regularly and am still amazed at the pure genius, fluidity and fusion between the artist and his medium. To watch you fellers feel this music the way that I do is a gift. Subscribed.
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Band of gypsies is a really good album, but d I d you know that Who Knows and Machine Gun where left untouched and the rest of his tunes or bit's and pieces of it where dubbed in the studio and the best of lthe live stuff he left in .I read it in a book about Jimi Hendrix years ago but can't remember what it was called but to prove the point I also purchased a DVD called Band of Gypsies live at the Fillmore East and you will see songs like Power of Soul
And them changes where the best parts left in and the rest dubbed in the studio.
@@morriypoulsen1238 I didn't know this thanks.
I love how when they listen Jimi, it's like they can't contain themselves almost, making funny faces, You can really tell they feel it! I am sitting here doing the same. Not everyone gets it but when you do, It's life altering. I always wanted to learn to play the guitar but once I listen to Hendrix at Woodstock on tape in the 90's, it was over with, I had to have a guitar then. I still admire Jimi and his beautiful playing all these years later. I feel like he was just finding himself musically when he died. Jimi did so much for music in a short time really closer to 4 or 5 years total from the start of The Jimi Hendrix Experience. 67ish really then till 1970 ish.. And a Band of Gypsies album. I wish he had another album or 2.. Just imagine how different and possibly better music might be. Like blues that flows through the galaxy from some far of place parallel to us somehow but fitting through the emotion of the notes the the beautiful blues is playing that shouldn't be possible with blues yet so soothes. What he did in the few shorts years was probably more than any guitar player will ever do for the aspects of creativity and entrepreneurism in modern music. His music is still on par with great editing today in 2022. Better sounding then more albums ever will be if you listen to it on vinyl and the right oldschool stereo. Or even just a good stereo but oldschool receivers have the right sound frequencies, especially in the mids and lows that aren't in new stereos to really feel it. He basically invented surround sound. But I gotta end this somewhere,lol.. I could talk Jimi for days .. Great video guys!
A standout riff / intro for me has always been Wait Til Tomorrow. No one can play that lick like Jimmy.
You ain't kidding... That riff is tough to do consistently....
John Mayer does it pretty well
Along with the late John Till's intro to Janis Joplin's "Half Moon", Hendrix's playing on "Wait Til Tomorrow" is an absolute master class in rhythm playing. Quite frankly it is almost the peak of his playing AFAIC, with the rhythm on "Night Bird Flying" down just a tiny notch from there.
None of my friends listens to Hendrix, so thank you for jumping in - this is the kind of conversation I would love to have every day!
The Mayfield influence is so clear in Castles. And that intro on Power of Soul is amazing. The intro is something that you don't hear too often anymore. He incorporated them so well.
Mayfield and Hendrix are the same age. I highly doubt he was as big of an influence on Hendrix as people would like to believe.
I'm sorry, I really don't hear a Curtis Mayfield influence in Jimi's playing.
I could be wrong, I just don't hear it.
@@KingKull1971Listen to the Impressions sweet soul from the 60s rather than Curtis's 70s solo stuff. You'll hear it.
I never liked the Band Of Gypsys album but you guys have helped me understand, that it was what Jimi was feeling and now I can appreciate that !
Y'all need to dive into his machine gun performances at and after the filmore east concerts. Every time he played that song live in 1970 was a haunting mess of pure shredding madness. Legit 3-4 minutes of the fastest hardest picking and fretboard stroking you ever hear in your life. When the "change" in machine gun stars its the most beautiful thing i've ever heard. The recording of machine gun at the la forum in 1970 is the craziest one i've heard so far. its such a shame the audio quality is poor. Praise to the amateur recording folks that brought their own rigs to his concerts to immortalize them. His live recordings are the greatest shredding masterpieces of all time. Nothing will come close. Nowadays you have crews of sound engineers. It was all him up there cranking the knobs at will.
There's a clip on YT of an interview with Eddie Kramer explaining how Jimi recorded The Wind Cries Mary at the end of a session with only 20 minutes or so. One pass for bass/drums/guitar/vocals then added 3 perfect overdubs in one take each.
I think we should all stand up and give Randy Hansen a Great big bow of thanks. Thanks Randy you’re the only one that keeps the faith !!!!!!!!!!!! Jimi so proud of you
I've always wondered why "Power To Love" never got more attention. It's just so mind-blowing and I've never heard ONE player come close to being able to nail it.
If people asked me to name a single Hendrix song that was everything "Jimi" in one song I'd maybe say Gyspy Eyes. It's an insanely cool riff. It's blues. It's rock. It's insane rhythm playing and he's doing it WHILE SINGING. Gypsy Eyes is outrageous. Check it out if you've never heard it for those of you that have maybe been living under a rock. LOL!
And super funky as well. He truly was a one-off.
Agreed!
Its a poppy dance beat too lol
House burning down is one of my favs too
Any song from Hendrix is really, really incredible the best.
I've thought Power To Love was not just Hendrix's greatest solo, but the greatest rock solo ever, since I first heard it 50 years ago. Why it's so rarely mentioned is a complete mystery. No one has ever made a guitar howl like that - pure emotion.
Agreed
These are my two favorite Hendrix albums. Axis because I feel it was a more of a sincere expression of him and what he wanted to create than "Are you experienced". It's like every track is a connection to what he was feeling at the time. Band of Gypsys because it gave him a platform to really let loose over a more traditional blues rhythm section. I love The Experience, but Mitch and Noel were usually so busy in their playing that Jimi didn't have the breathing room musically he had with the Gypsys.
Yup definitely my two favourite Hendrix albums as well. Axis for its showcasing Jimi”s flowering as a song writer and player, but before the slightly laboured and lengthy Electric Ladyland, (a great album in itself though) and Band of Gypsys for the free flowing, jazz inspired expressionist guitar playing over a solid funk groove that doesn’t get in the way.
@@geetarman I agree that Jimi needed top tier musicians to make his albums what they were. I play bass and I feel Noel is terribly underrated, he's never on any list of great bassists. If Band of Gypsies was his main band, I feel he still would've done great things musically but his songwriting would've suffered.
I saw Hendrix in Nottingham in the UK. The ‘stage’ was only 6” high, no barriers, no security. We were close enough to have a conversation but his concentration was completely on the music and the atmosphere was pure respect.
everybody playing the guitar into their own way was fantastic! I love hearing everyone's version and makes me wonder how people hear songs a little differently from each other. Like what parts stick out to people or which notes to emphasize or include is brilliant. This channel is sick...
Everyone has their own interpretation which is great. I play guitar and I notice players approach jimis songs a if they're reading and playing each note as they arrive on the conveyor belt. I think if you approach it (A. as a backing to a singer ) you leave space for other sounds and (B. as a full band. I can almost hear jimi thinking " this is the bass, then a 3note piano lick and here are the horns." As fab a guitarist he is his music isn't a guitar noted they're sounds. Someone said there's a difference between being a singer who plays blues guitar and being a blues singer that plays guitar. That's my tip. Don't approach his music thinking as a guitarist. It's a bit zen but that's why jimi stood out from other 60s players.
Nailed It!!! Definitely, two of my all-time favorite songs. Got the Band of Gypsies album in 7th grade(am 40yrs old,now) and still unapologetically share "Power to Love" with everyone.
Really love this. Sa fascinating to listen to downstrokes versus upstrokes in Castles Made of Sand and how it can change the way it sounds. His rhythm playing was literally on another level. You make the analogy of driving a car, and Jimi was like a formula 1 racer but in total control no matter the speed or loudness..
My mates and I would always get Hendrix albums as soon as they came out . So glad to hear you guys still loving what we loved all them years ago AND STILL DO !!!
There aren"t many musicians since that time who have filled the gap left by our beloved Jimi RIP
That intro to Power to Love is all Albert King, Jimi's favorite guitarist. What a great homage that is.
Where is the proof that Albert King was Jimi's favourite guitarist. He loved many players.
It was Jimi's "MOJO" his feel, his touch, his attitude, his groove, his creativity, his SOUL!
Jimi was the main reason I started playing electric guitar. Tone, or even pitch did not matter as much as his feeling of the notes. He was pure energy. And yes, he did have a great voice: listen to "Angel" from his anthology recording. That was a dry recording in a hotel room. A jewel.
Really nice to hear real musicians talk about what real music and free expression is all about. Thank you so much guys for the kindness and respect to all those that are trying despite those that profit.
Thank you for your tribute to a master by analyzing the artistry of his unique songs, singing and playing. I will always deeply feel his music as if it was the first time.
Power To Love might be the greatest song kickoff in the history of Hendrix songs that include the word TO in them.
I'm adding a snarky comment to whatever idiot made this comment originally... only to look and see that the comment was made by MYSELF 4 months ago.
Discovered Hendrix when I was ~13 (in the mid-'90s) and immediately went from "listening" to music to "hearing" it. It also did a ton for my own playing when I realized that substance was much more important than perfection. Thankfully there are still artists out there that play with their heart: Scout Niblett, Joanna Newsom, Blake Mills & Pino Palladino (you should do an episode on him btw), Lonnie Smith (him too)... I could go on. Most music I enjoy today is directly a result of Hendrix showing me what's up back in my early teens.
Pretty much the same story here, though I was 15. My music regime changed drastically after 'Hearing' Axis Bold as Love. The light came on in a huge way. My Metallica phase was instantly over! (though I still love their early stuff) Jimi and SRV were my musical obsession for years after.
@@beachcomber4141 Hehe, yeah, I was into Metallica too - also Guns n' Roses, AC/DC and Iron Maiden. All bands with great guitarists but Hendrix just hit completely different.
@@akmadsen He sure did.
in the intro of "Power of Love", there is a moment when Buddy Miles hits a flam and either Jimi or Buddy shout an off-mic "yeah!" that is one of the most exciting moments in rock music. and has been for 50 years.
I had really hoped they’d point that out. It’s been a favorite part of the track for me for a long long time.
I absolutely agree.
It was Buddy yelling YAHHHHHHHH.... Fits perfectly...
It truly is!! It's like saying "watch out, here it comes!"
That is one of the most bitching things ever caught live - YAH! And then a firestorm of Strat out of those big Marshall’s!
Power to Love: Listen to Miles Davis’ ‘70s band. Al Foster’s drumming, Pete Cosey’s guitar, Miles’ wa-wa trumpet came right out of that.
Jimi was like a messenger dropped on to a isolated island. We were like childred with virgin ears. Once you heard him your cherry was crushed. I heard motown and the bluez in my mothers womb. My favorite was " born to love you" soul music was my existence .then one my brother in law asked me, have you heard jimi? Jimi who? I said? He then handed me , " are you experienced? I looked at him for a few seconds .My mind was blown at the very young age of 10. My motown sound days had to take a backseat .jimi was a new God.
In "Power to Love", he was talking to his fellow paratroopers -- he'd been in the 101st Airborne Division at Fort Campbell where he was trained as a paratrooper. So when he says, "It's so groovy to float around, sometimes even a jellyfish will agree to that. I said flotation is groovy and easy, even a jellyfish will agree to that", a "jellyfish" is a paratrooper. When you see them floating down, it's pretty obvious. He's telling them to quit the Army, just like he did: "Shoot down some of those airplanes you've been driving, especially the ones that fly too low. Shoot down some of those airplanes you've been driving, especially the ones that fly you too low. Come on back to earth, my friend, come on back'up with me. We all been thru the nite time, babe. Now let's reap the waves of reality." He's saying it's time to quit fighting and end the war. Hendrix also chides the paratroopers for being spineless, "but old jelly's been floatin' so long and so slack, lord, ain't no kinda bone in his jelly back."
I disagree... He didn't like the war (nobody does) but he respected the troops... I think your thinking too much...
All I know is, to quote my wonderful wonderful Dad- "you gotta be a bad sumbitch to jump out of an airplane." (And your read on those lyrics could be completely right on too.)
you guys got it completely out of context, he was talking about coming back down to earth and quit doing drugs, the jellyfish was a person on drugs, may I reccomend the Hendrix lyric book too, people been floating so long and so SLIME, lord they aint got a bone in their jelly back, sound like someone you know?
@@leerichardson4317 -- What context? Did Hendrix write a book telling us how to interpret his lyrics?
@@mbmillermo come on fellow Hendrix fan, he was beyond talking about jumping out of an airplane, he was talking about getting a backbone and dealing with overcoming getting too high, "yeah Im saying with the power of you, anything you want to do". for proper lyrics I will refer you to the book, Jimi Hendrix, the ultimatel yric book, compiled by Janie Hendrix
Excellent presentation . June 7 1970 @ Tulsa Oklahoma . Standing room only after the crowd threw all the chairs out . I was 14 about 3 feet from him . Change my life forever.
Ryan - He took what everyone else was doing and exploded it in different colors.
I couldn't say it better.
I love this! I was on a micro dose last night and I was talking to myself saying the exact if not similar things, the spirit and jimi jammed in his own improvisational way unique the one and only and man his soul, he was one with that guitar and, he was a natural born musician, and I think the best are naturals. If your picking it up like HendriX, you already read music, the organic way amazing talent. . Yall are ny kind of dudes. I need friends like yall. Especially as a musician, I relate. Early today I was watching jimi voodoo Chile live in Maui. And yes he's so one with the guitar its like wow! That is the experience of jimi HendriX. What a gem. No one had the magic jimi had. Its good to hear dudes that know what they talk about, as well as keeping this legacy alive. To me music is the celebration of life. Whose coming to incubus this summer! Happy live music shows and like always, trip responsivey. .. And if u already haven't looked into his death, it's astounding the holes in the story. wanna look into some interesting facts on his death, his autopsy is extremely suspicious in the fact zero alcohol in the blood and lungs full of wine. No stomach acid. And the other shady fact that he was kidnapped and held at random by one of his music deal piece of cap trying to steal all his money. Everyone just believed the headlines back then. He was murdered like alot of them, look it up yourself. Not debating just a comment to help shed light on truth!
It’s probably not completely accurate to say that “Jimi was ahead of his time.” In some ways, yes of course he was. But historically he’s one of those very few people who are simply timeless.
He’s Mozart, Jackie Robinson, Elvis, MLK, as well as being the baddest man to ever pick up a guitar.
There will absolutely never be anyone like him again.
He played on the edge of what was possible for him. He made some playing mistakes becuase of it but he cranked everything so high it would just cause more distortion or feedback and made it sound even more amazing. Thats what made him crazy is that everytime he picked up a guitar he was fighting with going faster and harder than he would before. Always pushing. Always wanting to get better and never settling.
I agree 100%
I agree totally with this. Though he was innovative, he was a completely unique musician who is now a cornerstone of music.
Who's MLK ??? I don't know...Please help us... Thank you...about response who was MLK... Merci
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Martin Luthier King.
Love your reaction to Power to Love! (19:18) It's the same for me everytime! One other intro that gets overlooked is "Driving South" from The BBC One Radio sessions (the original release, not the double disc that had an alternate version of it on there), that is KILLER energy
Driving South & BBC theme song are my favorite off radio One
As a huge Hendrix fan, this was fantastic. Thanks guys
I heard it; I've been yelling about the strength of this performance for decades. Well done fellas
That note (the one played) Jimi plays when he launches off the solo on machine gun floors me everytime. Also, that song has my favorite Jimi tone. (Strat > Silicon Fuzzface? or Octavia Fuzz > Uni-Vibe > Wah-Wah > Marshall Stack.... perfection
I use to crank machine gun and "try" to cop the vibe of that "one" note with G&L strat(hot rail pick-ups)
Thank you! Nice to see Power to Love acknowledged. I've been telling people for years that the first minute of Power to Love is the greatest guitar solo ever recorded. Definitely the best live solo. I feel like people miss it coz it gets overshadowed by Machine Gun which is the other greatest solo of all time!
The look on the guy’s faces when that first stinging note of the solo kicks in is priceless! 😀🙏🏻🎼🎵🎶🎸🌅
I love when McCartney talks about that time, when he'd see Hendrix at a bar with 25 people, then the next day it would double, then double again, and after a few days, there would be a line out the door because everyone knew that change was coming
Jimi planted the seeds for all of our futures.
Another influence that's never mentioned is Pops Staples. I am really enjoying this. I would love to hear these guys talk about the album Cry of Love and the new direction Hendrix was heading.Oh yeah Machine Gun at Fillmore is the most perfect Hendrix performance masterpiece. I was at the New Years Eve show this is where he just stood there and was amazing.
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This is the first time I’ve seen your show. Great insights into Jimmy. I’ve been music since I was 5 and what I appreciate about this one show is that you’re showing reverence to the talent and exploring the depth and impact of music on people. We can’t just let music become something we click on on the internet and not interact with it.
That’s why live music is so important to the world’s sanity and our interrelations between each other.
Thank you for doing a video in Jimi Hendrix. Because of the issues, he doesn't get as much coverage as he deserves in these types of videos. Also, thank you for covering Band of Gypsys, I think it is the culmination of his expressiveness, especially in Machine Gun.
I wonder if Jimi ever thought technically, or just felt the whole way through
Ok, I will just accept a guitar video instead of another bass video because it's Jimi Hendrix
The intro when the bass "enters" then builds and Jimi eventually connects with the same motif is amazing.
I love that you included a picture of The Beatles with their substitute drummer, Jimmie Nicol and not Ringo. That's gonna confuse a LOT of youngsters.
If they're confused enough, maybe they'll do their (rock history) homework.
Man, those opening distorted riffs in Power To Love were pure heart...
I still remember watching Jimi Plays Monterey & just being blown away, changed me musically forever. There may have been better technical guitarists out there, but none of them can touch Jimi's mojo. Great song choices to delve into, Castles is my second favorite by him, his studio version of Send My Love to Linda I have on a bootleg is just haunting. Power of Love/Soul just kicks you in the head, goes beyond living up to it's name. That man dropped so much in a short amount of time, just wish the Hendrix Estate would release his art, so much great material that doesn't see the light of day.
Wow! this quality is top level, the subject is well covered, the style is yours and original, i fell on to this channel by you tube doing its random thing and am so glad, the ending with the signing was super funny and a great wrap up, thank you you have a new sub :)
I heard the host saying Hendrix career was about 7 years. It was closer to 4, which is even more remarkable considering what he did in that time and the massive influence he had and is still having. An absolute one off which I doubt I will ever see the like of again in my lifetime. Sure there are techniqually better guitarists but are they as exciting? Do they move you like Jimi does? Have they written the amount of great songs that Jimi did? Jimi was the complete package all round. Composer, musician, singer, arranger and all round risk taker.
Awesome!
Jimi could take you from the Mississippi Delta to Venus..in a heartbeat.
Hats off to you guys for highlighting Jimi’s unbelievable playing on Power to Love. He puts the pedal to metal, and then some. To me, Jimi’s playing on this first Band of Gypsie’s album is consistently some of the very best I’ve ever heard from him. Hendrix wore his soul on his sleeve, and he was always trying to break through to new heights while playing live. To me, Jimi is the free Jazz musician who not only found the note, but, was able to jump over to a land where only he was able to operate (think- Third Stone From The Sun)(the octave divider on these recordings make him sound partially atonal in this B.O.G’s NYE album) (also, It seems that this B.O.G.’s LP could have been the beginning of the merging of Soul and Hard Rock, would have loved to have heard more!) Someone mentioned Coltrane above, and even though Coltrane and Hendrix get to their place in very different ways, there is that soul thing that they both exude, while changing the sound of music from then on, because of their unique and often radical approaches to music. And Yes, a groove behind Hendrix, gave him so much more to work with. This sound was also inclusive of elements of metal, and Jimi is amazing in Who Know’s. His Scat singing with the guitar has been almost completely overlooked, and he takes that solo through like 5 gear changes, which he also does in Rainy Day Dream away and Still Raining and Still Dreaming. Both great, but the ending of Still-Dreaming is another overlooked Gem. That’s some of the most lyrical playing ever, it is soul drenched! Guys, thanks for making my night, and for gravitating to some of the more overlooked playing of a visionary, who taught me so much of what I learned about music. Kindest regards to all here
You guys hit on the one thing that is a factor in all music & all things really- its theunteachable, the unlearnable, its the intangable,the "energy" or "spirit" of something- it can never be captured, bottled, or bought & sold
From what I understand, Jimi didn’t have a 5 way switch. He DID balance the switch between positions 1 & 3 and 3 & 5 to get those quacks tones and that was inspiration for Fender to add a 5 way switch. Maybe it’s a legend, but that’s what I heard.
The five way switch was a common mod in those years, commercially it wasnt available but it was well know that the craftman, the people behind what ended being the Custom Shop years later, or any guitar tech really, regularly did to those modifications upon request.
I think he did more of that with the wah pedal.
Until 69’, he had to adjust to the Fuzz Face sometimes, because the temperature can really mess with the biasing.
He also changed tones by turning on the Octavia, then with a lot with the Uni-Vibe, by 69.
There were 3-way switches and we used to use the "in-between positions" to get the out-of-phase sound. I heard that some people put tape on the switch to help make it stick in place.
@@mbmillermo you can get it to stay in the "in between positions" by removing the spring on the 3 way switch.
@@Schizotasteguy Not in the sixties they didn't. Most guitar players didn't have techs or other people to do the work on their guitars. Roger Mayer says he worked on Jimi's guitars but he was an engineer not a luthier or guitar tech so his claims need to be taken with a large grain of salt. All his life Jimi was forced to use right handed guitars which not only required restringing but also reversing the nut and resetting and intonating the bridge, all which he would have had to learn to do himself. In an interview once he talked about how a Strat was like a sportscar and how a quarter of a turn of a screw here or tightening of a spring there made all the difference in how his guitar played. But as far as mods go his guitars were all stock without any modifications. 5 way switches weren't introduced until 1977 on Fenders so Jimi never used one. I am 65 and I can tell you that it wasn't a common mod back in the 60's.