AMAZING!| FIRST TIME HEARING Jimi Hendrix - The Star Spangled Banner REACTION 

Exactly this. I've always heard critique rather than commendation in this rendition.

I have read interviews where he stated the exact opposite. He was was quite anti-communist and supportive of the war although his support was waning by ‘69 he insisted that playing the national anthem at Woodstock was NOT a protest but him being patriotic. He was actually pretty conservative politically, especially when it came to communism, but liberal when it came to social issues like race issues.

@@bretdalton3268 Very cool. Thank you for the correction!

I kind of agree. Amazing rendition. Melissa Ward here The pain of that war on our generation was devastating. So much credit to Mr Jimi. Genius.

Thats absolutely Incorrect Hendrix loved his country and was playing a homage

I never thought of it that way! It makes sense now.

Yes Preeesh on the insight!!!

This is why I can't stand Hendrix type tributes when guitarists play the national anthem. They make it seem like he was just noodling away on his guitar, when he was actually recreating the sounds of war

Absolutely right. But, the war reached its zenith 9 months prior with the Tet offensive. Then, Cronkite announced the war was un-winnable. An unbelievable waste.

@@boballen818 What you say is correct. Nevertheless, 11,788 American soldiers gave their lives during the twelve months of 1969, the second highest of the war. Therefore when I stated the war was still at it’s height when Jimi played Woodstock is still reasonably valid.

I believe your opinion is 100% correct 👍

"Vet" is a strong word... but yeah. Jimi joined in a plea bargain with prosecutors to avoid a possible 10 year jail sentence after being arrested twice in a week for "riding in a stolen vehicle." While in the military, he was apparently a terrible soldier - missing bed checks, napping on duty, being a poor shot, performing poorly on physical tests, and even got written up for masturbating in the latrine. According to a report written by James C. Spears, Hendrix’s platoon sergeant, Jimi had "no interest whatsoever in the Army... It is my opinion that Private Hendrix will never come up to the standards required of a soldier. I feel that the military service will benefit if he is discharged as soon as possible." 10 months into his 36 month enlistment, Jimi was hating military life. He wrote a letter to his father saying, "There’s nothing but physical training and harassment here for two weeks, then when you go to jump school… You get hell. They work you to death, fussing and fighting." Jimi decided he wanted out of the Army but knew he couldn't just go AWOL or leave because, under his plea deal, he'd be sent to jail. Knowing the Army regulations against homosexuals in the service at the time, Jimi went to the Army psychologist and claimed to have developed "homosexual tendencies." On another visit, he claimed to be in love with one of his bunkmates. They gave Jimi a discharge for "unsuitability" and thus he escaped the Army early without having to go AWOL or face jail when he got back. Basically, he worked the system to get out of going to jail by joining the military, then worked the system to get out of the military by pretending to be gay. He later told friends that he was discharged for physical disability after breaking his ankle on his 26th jump (he was in the 101st Airborne) but the Army has no record of such an injury. Also, he never saw action or anything. Just the insides of bases, lots of training, and playing weekend music gigs at various military bases with Billy Cox and several other fellow soldiers. So, *technically* a vet... but it wasn't exactly the honorable stint of a man serving for his country that people make it out to be. Personally, not being a military man, none of that bothers me. In fact, if anything, it just adds to the 60s-ness of it all, if you know what I mean. But in comment sections where so many people are reverently sharing the knowledge that Jimi was a "veteran," "served his country," and that this service adds depth to his patriotic feelings in this rendition of the national anthem... well... let's not get crazy. I agree with your take on the song though. Wooh. So powerful!

You know- I never knew the details! And you’re so level headed about it all- you must be telling us facts👍 Very nice!

19-year-old Jimi Hendrix jumped out of airplanes during his time in the 101st airborne, US Army, 1961.

Your dad is a legend!

I saw your dad at Woodstock when I was 14. They were my favorite band and still are. 😍😃

Saw you performing with your dad a few years ago (unless you have a brother). He was awesome!

@@bobbyb2725 my dad is Tom, my Uncle is John. So you saw my cousin Shane playing with my Uncle John. Shane's younger brother , Tyler also plays with Uncle John. I am in PFUNK and played lead guitar on tour wirh George Clinton from 1996-2002. I just don't tour anymore. My solo album with be released early 2024.

Wow

😂😂😂😂😂❤

Today's downstairs neighbors, most likely are armed and dangerous.😅🤣😂

Good, because I am too.@@deependz3231

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Well done!

AGREE!!! Jimi did hizzown SSB n it wuz ICONIC!!! Not everyone can do this but he did. . ! In ALL R FACES!!!

@@allensams1773 I agree 💯👍🏾

amazing !

@@allensams1773if we can feel this on RU-vid,imagine being there listening through those Marshall amps🎸

@@koden24 That would have been amazing!

And in memory of 2 Million dead Vietnamese.

His was the last act, not many people left to be taken aback.

@@deependz3231 I think the estimate was 10,000 during this moment. Stephen Stills once stated "If the people who claimed to be there during Jimi's performance actually were there,the Earth would tilt on it's axis"

My buddy Steve saw this live. it cured his stutter and he never forgot it.

@@oldtimer794 wow❣️ Your friend has a serious testimony that he should write about and publish. Blessings 🙌

BB King famously said: "I sing with my guitar" Jimi Hendrix famously never said: "I can speak with my guitar."

People back then lacked imagination, getting drafted, burning draft cards, some running to Canada, when all they had to do was produce a bone spur letter from a doctor to their draft board.

As it is

I played this version at couple of benefits my band did for veterans. Talk about pressure! They all stood at attention. I was glad I could do it.The effects are amazing. Just Jimi and a couple of guitar pedals. Back then, it was controversial as the Vietnam War was still raging.

Veterans who fought paper cuts sitting behind a desk are to be excluded.

Country Joe, who also sang there, was a veteran who had joined the Navy at 17. His anti-war song "I Fell Like I'm Fixin' to Die" caused some outside uproar.

Except the ones who got captured.

@@deependz3231 Whether free or captured, we SALUTE their bravery and courage. Most importantly, we support their families as well. 💯🇺🇲❤️💜🌟

There are no heroes in war, only victims and the dead.

@@janjacobi973 Our family and friends are certainly heroes. We support them and their families. 💯🇺🇲💪❤️💜🌟

Let’s be clear . Love his music but Jimi was a terrible serviceman and was allowed a honorable discharge for sprained ankle after 1 year of service to leave. And his version of star spangled banner was an anti war song, which is not a tribute to veterans.That said The world had never heard these sound’s coming out of a guitar before and it was brilliant

The most didn't want to come on after him. Jim

uhhhh no

You guys are incorrect. Jimi was the festival MAIN HEADLINER. We in the contract the he was the last last to play, that no one played after him.

Loved your dad’s music. Are you the proverbial “Fortunate Son “? Sorry my sarcasm needs work!

He actually began playing it like that a year earlier at a show in Maryland. He wasn't improvising as much as you'd think.

The best

The reverb was out of this world

That reverb was added after the fact. Marshall super lead amplifiers do not have reverb, and there was no such thing as a reverb pedal back then.

Vet or no vet, people back then had a lot more freedom than today.

@@deependz3231some people did, but most people did not have more freedom then.

@@deependz3231 White, middle class people had a lot more freedom back then. Everybody else, not so much.

Damn, that is epic. I had the privilege of seeing George Clinton and the Parliament Funkadelic about 2 decades ago...and that show still hits hard when I remember the experience. It was not a concert...it was an actual physical and visceral experience (and also kinda completely insane lol. In the best of possible ways tho)

Exactly...this was not patriotic in the normal sense of the word (to say the least) ...btw, as I mentioned above, I was there.

God bless your dad RIp sir

He actually washed out during training.

Did you play the Fish Cheer for him?

@bigbow62. When Jimi arrived in the UK in 1966, Fender Stratocaster’s were very hard to come by due to import restrictions. Left handed versions were as rare as hens teeth. Therefore Jimi’s manager, the former bass player of the Animals, Chas Chandler, took a right hand Strat and restrung it with the low e string at the top, and replacing the string nut at the top end of the neck. Jimi loved this arrangement, because the whammy bar was now at the top of the guitar body which have him greater access to hold it while “dive bombing” the strings as Jimi is doing in this remarkable video.

"90% of America was furious", get real, I was 12 years old in 1970 when Woodstock the Album came out, The Fish Cheer was a lot more controversial because of its explicit nature. Only 90% that can even be claimed furious at the time would be Nixon Republicans, and they were furious all the time about anything and everything related to the counterculture. There was no major push back against Hendrix, on the other hand, John Lennon was a different story, the right wing wanted him arrested, thrown out of the country, or worse, as a matter of fact, we found out much later the FBI had composed a secret secret dossier on John Lennon with the evil intent of eventually barring him from America.

I would not say that 90% of Americans hated this performance. Most of us hated that stupid war! Jimi was expressing what a lot of us were feeling. However, some of my best friends fought in that war. They were serving their country. I am grateful for their service, even if politics were misguided. One of my best friends volunteered with the Marines and took three rounds over there. I'll call him tomorrow and thank him for his service as I do every year. Luckily (?) a blonde threw me through a windshield three days before graduating high school and I didn't have to go.

@@hudsonhollow "Caution- I brake for animals."🤣😂

90% of America didn't even know about it at the time, it wasn't like today when a big fuss is made about anything on social media. They might have heard about Woodstock on the news in 1969 just because it was the biggest single gathering of civilians in American history and it was long-haired hippies but that's about it. When the Woodstock movie came out in 1970 the only people who would have seen it were mostly young and into the music so nobody wanted him arrested, deported or worse because 90% certainly of conservative America would have been oblivious to any of the music of the counter-culture.

Anytime guys,,

No, there is a vox wah, a fuzz face and a uni vibe all being used throughout this performance. I have no clue where you got the no pedals idea, but he was definitely using pedals. A marshall super lead amp cannot produce those sounds by itself its a fact.