FIRST TIME listening to JIMI HENDRIX "Hey Joe" REACTION 

"If Jimi Hendrix isn't your favorite guitar player, he's your favorite guitar player's favorite guitar player." Singing, chewing gun, playing with his teeth, playing behind his neck all while being charismatic and incredible at everything he did. Jimi Hendrix was light years ahead of his time and he changed music forever. He came here from somewhere else, gave us his tremendous gifts and then went home.

What this young lady probably does not realise is at that time these sounds had never been heard before. It was revolutionary, for me anyway. And the first time I heard “Hey Joe” on the radio my first reaction was to wonder which planet was this coming from.

Don’t ignore the drummer. He’s top notch.

I saw Jimi a few months before he passed. The tender young age of 13, thanks to my parents letting me go with my best friend and older brother.

1: All along Watchtower 2: Burning of the midnight lamp 3: Castles made of sand 4: The wind cries Mary 5: Little Wing 6: Voodoo Child/Voodoo Chillie Just a small list to get you going on the Jimmi Hendrix Experience

Great to see yet another young person "discover" how it's done...... No boy bands, no girl bands......just real talent

It was like Jimi was a part of his guitar. They melded together.

He´s not a legendary guitarrist, he´s the greatest ever!! PERIOD!! Love your reaction thoug😃😃h

A little fun fact, he was actually playing the guitar with his teeth a true legend🤘

There will never be another Hendrix. He was unique, a legend and a genius.

When it comes to great guitarists. There's Jimi & then there's everyone else

Hey Joe is an ancient blues song

You need to sit down some afternoon and listen to Jimi’s double-album, “Electric Ladyland”. Listen to every track. Jimi’s musical genius is at full display. One of a kind. Jimi is the greatest guitarist. Also a very humble, kind and thoughtful man.

Jimi Hendrix is the GOAT GREATEST of ALL TIME!!!!!!❤❤

"All Along The Watchtower" . On July 4th 1970 Jimi played Star Spangled Banner for us at Atanta Pop. David Gilmour now uses the same strap that Jimi used in most of his performances since 2006. Two Guitar Gods!!! I'm so lucky to have shared their time on Earth.

He's not kissing it, he's eating it lol. Awesome reaction haha. Thank you.

"Hey Joe" was the first Hendrix song I heard on the radio. It was immediate! It was 1967, I was15 years old, and he's still my hero!

When first hearing Terry Kath play, Jimi Hendrix was quoted as saying that he thought Terry Kath played guitar better than he did. It was later on reported that Jimi Hendrix also called Terry Kath the “Best Guitarist in the Universe.” The late Chicago lead guitarist.

Jimi and SRV were both just truly gifted guitarists with natural talent I don't think we will see again

“Angel” was a posthumous song that is ironically beautiful. Or “Red House” which a great blues number that is still widely covered today. You’re right, no one will ever come along and play the guitar like Hendrix.

He was left handed but didn't restring it so is essentially playing the guitar upside down. Lots of his stuff is worth watching, his performance of the star spangled banner at woodstock is pretty incredible.

Being an old school rock/metal musician, you can't help but acknowledge what Jimi did for guitar and music. All the early stuff was awesome. But for me his Band of Gypsys stuff is what really influenced my own guitar playing. You go with the early Hits as suggested but, do yourself a favor and get you some Band Gypsys in your life. Great reaction as always, keep up the good work young lady.

I saw Jimi live twice. It was like nothing any of us had ever heard! You can hear his influence now more than half a century later on so many guitar players. I loved your comment about people today not having the commitment to be that good. Jimi would play all night in his room and fall asleep holding his guitar. He would keep it strapped on around the house during the day..even while washing dishes!...and play when he had an idea. I saw Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton, Jerry Garcia, and many others. I think Jimi was and is the best!!!

Jimi Hendrix was born in Seattle... he joined the US Air Force but was playing guitar from a very young age... After being discharged, Jimi Hendrix became an active musician playing w/ the likes of Little Richard and Isley Brothers in the early 60's. In 1966, he was seen performing by Chas Chandler of the UK band The Animals... Chandler offered to manage Hendrix and introduced him to the London music scene that included The Beatles and Cream... Jimi Hendrix formed the Jimi Hendrix Experience w/ Noel Redding (bass) and Mitch Mitchell (drums) and the trio became a sensation in concert... In 1967, they released their debut album 'Are you experienced?' ... which turned the rock world on its head and introduced his incredible guitar playing 🤘🤘 The Experience toured the UK, Europe... and then the US, as they released 2 more albums 'Axis: Bold as Love'... and 'Electric Ladyland'... but by 1969, Jimi Hendrix was building his own Electric Lady Studio in New York... he decided to break the Experience and hired new musicians. At the Woodstock festival in '69, Jimi Hendrix stole the show giving an iconic performance at the early hours of the morning. He became the highest-paid rock performer that year. But by 1970, Jimi Hendrix had not delivered a new record in years and was spending a fortune recording hours of music on tape... He was forced to tour in order to raise money for his musical objectives... Hendrix had also developed a drug habit which had contributed to his erratic behavior. Tragically, Jimi Hendrix was found dead in London in 1970 after apparently asphyxiating on his own vomit while passed out... He was only 27 years of age. Jimi Hendrix's records sold more after his death and his unreleased music was released bit by bit over the years... either live recordings or studio sessions.

The tone he gets, the sound just incredible

Machine gun live at Fillmore east version is the greatest live performance of all time!!!

Jimi was and still is the best, every kid that ever picked up a guitar wanted to be just like him, the things he did back in the days people were just amazed, RIP

He does my favorite rendition of the Stars Spangled Banner. Legend has it he was frying balls at the butt crack of dawn during his Woodstock performance. He segued Voodoo Child in to what i believe is the greatest rendition of the Star Spangled Banner, and I blast it every 4th

In the 1960’s jimi took guitar to another level

I am nearly 53 yrs old & still remember seeing this video at the age of 13. Even today I am still in awe when I see Jimi playing. Up until a few years ago I would've argued till the moon turned purple with green spots with anyone about Jimi being the greatest guitarist ever & then I finally broke down & watched Stevie Ray Vaughan Texas Flood live at the El Macambo. If you're looking to increase views & see who the greatest guitarist who ever lived then check it out. FYI SRV idolized Jimi & Jimi would've loved SRV

The man, the myth, the legend! Nobody better on a guitar!

Jimi Hendrix, Wild Thing, Monterey festival. His cover of a Bob Dylan song, All Along The Watch Tower. Dylan loved his version so much he started playing like that live. Jimi's Voodoo Child and after that see Stevie Ray Vaughn covering Hendrix Voodoo Child , another great guitarist heavily influenced by Jimi Hendrix. RIP to both for passing away so young.

Jimi was a whole 'nother kind of dude. There's a classic performance of his where he literally lights his guitar on fire. The camera pans out over the audience, and they're all just staring. Minds blown. Jimi was one hell of a showman. We will not see his like again.

He doesn’t have a bad song in his entire catalog. I also enjoyed his interviews on the Dick Cavett show.

every time I hear Jimmy I have tears in my eyes. He brings so much emotion. FOR ME no doubt he is the greatest !

Of course, it has become so easy to learn to play guitar today that finding more "technical" musicians is not difficult. But finding today someone more inventive, more charismatic and who is as much brought to guitar and popular music as Jimi is impossible!!

I saw him live in 1968 from 2 rows back from the stage it was the wildest thing I had ever seen. He was a force of nature and captivated the entire crowd. Find a live clip of the song Killing floor because when I saw him he laid down the most insane guitar work like it was nothing. He changed music for me and made me start really playing guitar with feeling and experimenting different styles. The album Axis Bold as Love is an excellent collections of songs that I still love today.

Fine reaction! I'm 60 plus. Glad that young people still gets it. Stay safe and greetings from Jonas Gothenburg Sweden. ❤

One thing I appreciate of this song is that, as a foreigner learning English, he repeats every quote.

Voodoo Child (Slight Return), Little Wing, and Castles Made of Sand are three I think you’d like. But really you can’t go wrong with his catalog.

I believe that's from the Monterey Pop Festival. You need to see his entire performance!!

Jimmy's chewing gum while he's singing LOL my man is feeling good

Well said saw him several times, always extraordinary and a true master of the guitar, he adds layers and nuance where others just play the notes.

quit being amazed by his backward playing, burning the guitar, etc. LISTEN to the beauty of what he is playing, WHERE HE IS, that's why he's the best

He wasn't kissing his guitar. That was his teeth. One of the greats and I see other suggestions below so I will add to the conversation Jeff Beck circa 2007 2009 when his NOT daughter Tal Wilkenfeld is on bass. Even Wikipedia has to be corrected about her and Jeff. She had been playing bass for only a couple of years when that young unknown little girl auditioned for the 2007 tour and Jeff though it was a joke when she showed up. During the audition he gave her the guitar solo in ... Cause We've Ended as Lovers .. (& performed at Cross Roads 2007. ... and I guess that is when he was sold and realized her talent and took her in.

You need to order his CDs, only way to hear his greatness, this was his first perfomance in the US as Jimi Hendrix, he attained stardom in England first, Jimi had a very traumatic childhood and died tragically at 27.

This performance was from Monterey Pop Festival, his first show in America after coming back from England. It was an important event at the time, and definitely cemented it's place in Rock history. It was the perfect opportunity to expose his act to a big audience in America, and the world at that. So with that in mind, he wanted to put on a hell of a performance...which he definitely did. His performances that night with the opening of Killing Floor, and ending version of Wild Thing are the best of the best of that performance IMO. But also this version of Hey Joe and Like a Rolling Stone are amazing also. The whole show was amazing of course, but the aforementioned performances are my favorites from that night.

Jimi Hendrix is the best guitar player of all time, and 2nd is not even close...

Jimi was 20 years ahead of his time. He did things on his guitar nobody had even thought of yet. He was here and gone in a flash. For 50 years I've wondered what he would have been playing in his 50s. I'd give almost everything to have heard that. Check out his Woodstock version of the Stars Spangled Banner and studio version of The Wind Crys Mary

I can’t believe anyone, no matter how young doesn’t know who Jimi is !! By the way darling, this concert was Jimis introduction to America!✊🇨🇦

Hendrix was indeed a very unique guitar player. Sometimes it was like he'd throw a bunch of notes in the air and play with them as they fell to earth. There are many great performances, but if you do a search for Voodoo Child (actually Voodoo Chile (slight return)) and Hawaii you'll get a great version of that song. He is also famous for performing the Star Spangled Banner at the original Woodstock, one of the vanishingly few times rock has come close to creating actual art.

Red house is a very good song too by Jimi Hendrix

For me, Eddie Van Halen and Jimi Hendrix will always be the greatest. A great Hendrix song to check out: Voodoo Child (Slight Return).

He was playing with his teeth and tongue. That was real. He will always be the best, ever.

That videos of him in concert, in Hawaii open air, are totally classic!!

Jimi Hendrix, the best guitarist in history and master of the best, Mitch Mitchell, one of the best drummers in history, and Noel Reding another master of the bass.

Jimi Hendrix played loosely (some might say sloppily) in his live concerts. I don’t understand why reactors avoid the studio albums. They’re great and display the band’s musical skill and innovation.

"Purple Haze," "If 6 Was 9," "Fire," "Foxy Lady," and "All Along the Watchtower" are good songs to listen to and react to. Also, don't miss his rendition of "The Star Spangled Banner" that he performed at Woodstock, in which he allows his guitar to provide social commentary on the Vietnam War.

This was in the mid60s. Most of us were either stoned or trip'n and hardly were in any shape to fathom what the lyrics meant, but the light show was grooooooovy! AND Jimi was playing a right-hand guitar playing it left handedly (is that a word)

Song by The Jimi Hendrix Experience. Not just Jimi I hate the disrespect for his bassist and drummer like they don’t even matter Noel Redding (the bassist) wrote 75-80% of the bands songs, and Mitch Mitchell is one of the most technically talented and underrated drummers of all time A band is only as good as it’s drummer and it’s bassist. They are the foundations of a great band. It’s a proven fact that’s survived the test of time.

As mentioned by others, this performance was at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967. THE performance of his at that show is "Wild Thing." I won't give spoilers, but it cemented his legend forever and booted his budding career into the stratosphere. It can be found as part of the documentary film "Monterey Pop" by D. A. Pennebaker. Find it. Watch it. You gotta!

Jimi Hendrix is one of the best sorry the best guitar player that has ever existed the man literally did things that nobody else was and made guitar playing the coolest thing ever he will always be the legend and he will always be forever the best guitar player in the world

My favorite HENDRIX SONG 🎵- The Wind Cries Mary .

lefty playing a right handed strat upside down...his ENTIRE Monterey Performance (that this is from) is EPIC....

I love that this is the first time seeing Jimi's ground breaking guitar playing and style. I remember (long ass time ago) seeing footage of him playing. Yes, you were born in the wrong era. Check out Wild Thing from the Monterey Pop Festival 1967.

Thank you. Hendrix... best guitarist. Done.

"Purple Haze" is arguably the quintessential Hendrix song.

What most people probably don't know is Hey Joe was a folk song written in 1961 by Billy Robert's. I was lucky enough to see Hendrx in 69 and he pulled all the stops just like this video.

When i first saw that my jaw dropped now i won't tolerate less he was magic

I saw Jimi live in concert twice, and he really was an "experience" .....

The Jimi Hendrix Experience was founded in the UK. Jimi came over and was matched with 2 Brits to create a progressive sound that blew everyone’s mind including me!

He was the GOAT, and he remains the GOAT to this day.

This song wz for a Vietnam vet Jimi new who was hooked on street drugs, could not shake the monkey💥🔥🔥

I saw The Jimi Hendrix Experience perform at Dorton Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina in April 1979. I was 16. It was my 1st rock concert and was everything you think it was. All seats were reserved and ticket prices were $6, $5, $4 and $3. Unfortunately he was dead from a heroin overdose by September 1970. Check out him doing The Star Bangled Banner at Woodstock. There is video around. He perfected the performance on his European tour and performed it in the states for the first time at the Raleigh concert. RIP Jimi.

Jim Hendrix was another wonder of the world. Put it bluntly " bad ass"

I've never been able to picture Hendrix LEARNING how to play guitar. I mean who the hell was there to teach him. I'm sure he worked very hard, but the talent--OMG! And the distortion! I don't recall anyone else in the day who used it so powerfully.

What people miss with this performance is that, apart from playing guitar and singing, he's also managing to chew a whole stick of gum. Pure brilliance.

All Along The Watchtower is epic. You, Lilly Jane, are also epic.

When you said you were born in the wrong era,.. 😅you might be right 👍 Your knowledge in every song you react to, is so god-like. Keep up the great work 👏👏👏😃

I was born in 61' and saw the change from 50's style ( Buddy Hollly , Elvis ) music to the absolute firestorm of The Beatles and The Rolling Stones . To say music changed is such an understatement because it was a total reversal . Festivals , drugs , The Manson murders , Hells Angels . The Vietnam war made people believe America was doomed . But , the kids had enough of dying friends , ruined lives and futures destroyed . They went into religions , back to colleges and more positive things and music developed a " this is a show ( concerts ) and life is not for destruction ( a lesson we are forgetting again ) . People lived like Creedence Clearwater Revival , Steppenwolf and others carried the music on and people sadly died like Jimi Hendrix , Janis Joplin who couldn't separate the drugs and bad life choices with the notion of leave it at the concert hall and have limits . Those who don't learn and develop limits are the ones who die or waste their lives . Jimi was a humble man and to call him talented is a VAST UNDERSTATEMENT ! His talent was so superior that he has never ( close was Stevie Ray Vaughn ) copied with any measurable authority . He was so natural that his guitar style is not repeatable . Eddie VanHalen flew in that stratosphere but it was HIS STYLE not Jimi's both were other worldly . We miss them both so much . PK

The best guitarist to ever grace this earth, PERIOD!!

As a guitarist myself, I loved he’s music. But when I was burning his guitar on stage, I knew this was his showing his not far away death. You cannot kill the instrument you love forever.

Jimi Hendrix was the best guitarist of all time, the 60s and early 70s were magical.

When it comes to the electric guitar there is Pre Jimi Hendrix and Post Jimi Hendrix, he changed to way people listen and played the guitar, no other guitar artist is even in the Building. One of the few guitarists ever who could play rhythm, lead, sing on top of it and do acrobatics on stage. 1. He was incredibly creative 2. His technique was superb 3. He was a great songwriter 4. He was a great singer 5. He was a great frontman. He didn’t need to play fast alternate picking runs or sweep picking or tapping tricks , he was above that. No one even comes close to him He invented a whole new style of playing. He by himself changed the way people thought about the electric guitar. He singlehandedly redefined the musical vocabulary of the electric guitar and changed music forever. When Jimi hit the scene people were hearing noises they had never heard from a guitar.

Saw him in '68 in the Chi. at 13 & was never the same ( Thank God).

I saw Jimi Hendrix and The Experience on multiple occasions. I can confirm that live he was just as good if not better than anything seen filmed. If we were comparing guitar artists, there were guitarists and Jimi Hendrix ten blocks up the road from them. He was on a completely different level from all other guitarists. Self taught, Jimi and his guitar were one, and he was the first person to make the guitar speak. The next film you need to watch is Jimi Hendrix Johnny B Goode, Berkley. It is on You Tube. Prepare to be totally mind blown! I wish I could find the footage of his one man gig at Hammersmith Odeon, London. It was shown on TV shortly after his death as part of a tribute, and I have never seen the footage again. Jimi is on stage in his Woodstock outfit with his guitar and just a small Marshal practice amplifier. Out in the audience around 300 to 400 kids. The high level film shots show the audience moving and swaying like water to Jimi's playing. It was a remarkable sight.

He was with the 101st Airborne Division and jumped with his guitar. HOOYA!

Little known fact the Reverend Billy G of ZzTop went on tour with Jimi . Billy's band The Moving Sidewalks had to play 2 of Jim's songs to make a full set.

To add to the badassness…that’s a right handed guitar ….turned upside down and played left handed. Strings are upside down🤯

He plays his Fender upside down, because at the time they didn't make left hand fenders

Original was done in 62 by Billy Robert's insane how Jimi chose this song back in 67, love generation

The Great Jimi Hendrix!!!!!!!!! RIP in The Great Gig in The Sky!!!!!!!!! Left way way to Soon!!!!!! Got his Albums!!!!! Im 70! Still Rock n Roll!!!!!!! Jimi!!!!! Awesome Era!!!!! LSD!!!! Great Memories!!!!!!!!

I would recommend, Machine Gun, from Jimi's Band of Gypsies album. It has one of my personal all time favorite guitar solos. Keep up your reviews, they are appreciated!

Many players have more technical skill, but Jimi seemed to be channelling some raw wild spirit energy.

Yup! Everyone who watches Hendrix or the numerous bands that came out of the 60s and early 70s feel the same way too! 😅

Jimmy Hendrix was and still is the goat. No one had ever played or sounded like him before, and everyone bowed their heads and followed thereafter. Bowie wrote and paid homage to him with the opening lines in the classic, Life On Mars, Ziggy Played Guitar, left-hand, cool and gaylee with the spiders from Mars!! He blew everyone away, to the point where Bowie created this alien rock 'n' roll star Ziggy Stardust and his band The Spiders From Mars. What more can you say, all the great emerging rock guitarists and bands of that era including the biggest of all time The Beatles didn't just believe he was on another level he was on another planet in not just how he played, if that wasn't enough, it was as much about his stag performance, his guitar was apart of him. Hey, the playing behind his head and teeth, amazing as it was was just a trademark gimmick and only 10% of what he was.

And this is why Jimi Hendrix is the GOAT. Songs 'Purple Haze', 'All Along the Watch Tower' 'The Wind Cries Mary' 'The Star Spangled Banner (Woodstock), just to name a few.

JIMI plays a right handed stratocaster but he plays it left handed. You be blown away.

When you said "he keeps you on the edge of your seat", I smiled and said to myself. Just wait and see what comes next. Great reaction. Do yourself a favor and watch the entire set they did at Monterey.🤯🤯🤯🤯

Ran away from home to see,Jimi,at Atlanta International Pop festival!