Al Kooper said it best: "Jimi Hendrix blazed through our lives like a fireball-supernova that most likely originated in a black hole in the middle of some uncharted universe. This was not just some Elvis or Beatle-everything about Hendrix was otherworldly. He had an understanding of sonics and how they related to music, which no human had ever conceived before. He was able to express these non-verbal expressions as blasts of feedback and warfare emulations; personal, unique grace notes that were apropos for the times in which he performed. Before his genius reached maturity (he died at age 27), all that was left were some blinking sparks in the tail of a once-in-a-lifetime comet. A true alien in his lifetime-now as an immortal-too much wasted effort is spent by others in trying to compartmentalize him."
Jimi will never be topped. You can pass the master but you will never master the master. Prince was the only one who came close to touching jimis level.
Bryce Valdez : While Prince was a phenomenal guitarist, the difference between he and Hendrix is that he wrote music on multiple instruments (he was at least as electrifying on piano/keyboards as he was on guitar) while, Hendrix wrote exclusively on guitar.
Jimi was murdered. I had the privelege of seeing him when I was 18, I held his guitar in my hands, I got to talk to him for a single minute, he was very shy, he blew every single guitar player in our town out of the water, they were visibly blinded by his talent. He's still out there somewhere in the dimensions having fun.....
Chaplin G The facts are that Jimi was going to leave his manager Michael Jeffries. Jeffries had a million dollar life insurance policy on Jimi's life. Jeffries was involved with the Mafia. Jeffries collected the million dollars after Jimi's death. Without Hendrix Jeffries would have been in major debt. Hendrix's autopsy showed very low alcohol in the bloodstream yet his lungs and stomach were literally full of red wine. An old Mafia way to kill someone is hold their head and empty a bottle down their throat forcefully and they drown. Jeffries confessed to the murder to one of Jimi's roadies one night when they were drinking together. There never was criminal investigation despite some big red flags in the autopsy. Jeffries died a few years later. Jimi was actually abducted by some junior Mafia guys trying to extort money, but that was resolved. Its fascinating story, Jimi knew he was going to die that year and told his best closest friends the month and year of his death. Look it up....Google....
+Brendan McDonald 😩😂🤧 still love the quote though. You think of how helium floats in stuff and you automatically get a visual. Pretty much saying his music will whisk you away to heights unknown.
It's only recently that I've begun to truly appreciate Jimi Hendrix... He was incredibly talented and pure musical genius, and yet he never let any of it go to his head, he had no hint of ego.
@@musselchee9560 so did people trying to tell him that a man of the universe was one color or another, or that it could possibly make any difference. Those folks who think this never got Jimi, IMHO.
Mitch Mitchell playing drums like that doesn't make much sense to me pre empting garage rock punk rock nick Mason would say years later punk rock reminded him of 67 era ; hendrix was doing something entirely as prolific as his drummer
It's fascinating, how extremely talented showmen, like Elvis, Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, and SRV, had very calm and soothing speaking voices. Reflective of their humble natures. Never to be seen, or heard again.
I’m only 18 and I always say to myself that maybe I would have lived a much happier life if I was alive in the 60s. But then I come to interviews like this and I learn that it’s ppl like me that have to make sure to keep legacies like Hendrix’s alive. I think Jimi will still have an impact on the new generation in 15 years.
Dear J.4.5.0.N, thanks for this. Such a thoughtful, sensitive, unselfish comment. I’m a child of the 60s and it wasn’t all cool all the time. But I can see how it might seem so. If u want to do please keep Jimi alive and relevant to generations to come. Honesty, faith and love are timeless, fashions, record and PR companies come and go. Stu X
The last thing he said makes me smile so much. "Is that luxurious? I was thinking about a tent over a stream" This man is my hero. He's just so chill and humble at all times.
Jimi Hendrix is more than just a role model for me, it's amazing how the people that you've never met can influence you more than those in reality. It's like you met them in another world. The main reason I idolize Hendrix is because I really see myself in him - his personality, philosophy and just everything about him is paralleled to me. Hendrix has proved to people like me and others that anything is possible with a little bit of love, an instrument and a dream. R.I.P James Marshall Hendrix
I have an update LOL: I had a dream that me and Jimi did the sexytime a few weeks ago. Is that weird or? It was like oddly.. serene. When I think of sex I don't think serene. It's like he made love to my soul. It was mindblowing. I mean that's what it feels like when I listen to his music but man.. it was a real trip. I'm f*ckin nuts lol but I felt so honored and lucky to have met him there because I was always so blue about how I would never be graced by this amazing mans presence. It was truly beautiful. I wish he was still in this world, he was just a beacon of pure love & light - something we desperately need but his lessons to humanity will live on as well as his wonderful stories & music, so ahead of his time. A real trailblazer.
I agree as well. That’s why I’m sitting hear listening to him. When I was 14 maybe in the mid 80’s, MTV played that old promo film that had the Monterey footage, and I was transfixed by what I heard and saw. That one simple moment changed my whole life. And not in the “I’m gonna be a guitar player now” way. It was just pure amazement and it touched my soul. It’s so much deeper that pop records and all the hype. There was SOMETHING THERE! Jimi has been a spirt animal for me since the night I discovered him. I play drums firstly, but bass and guitars as well. I’m more of a Rundgren type of musician. Liking to play multi instruments. Like Kravitz. I’m that type. But Hendrix is always with me when I make music. Like no other musician ever. Peace and love! I loved what you wrote above. Inspired me! Thank you
You will notice that Jimi is laugthing in all phrases ,the guy is naturely over all ,and naturely a happy soul !that makes most of peoples jalous !Thanks Jimi for showing us the way to be !
Having written some of the greatest songs of the 20th century he states: "I'm still trying to get that together" when asked about being appreciated as a songwriter. Talk about a humble man.
tbh that wasn't his forte, he was taught how to do it and was still learning it. Chaz Chandler apparently coached him. He's a music guy, songwriting is something different. a lot of the best songwriters can barely play instruments
We "may" never see another Jimi. He definitely left a musical path that inspires others to follow. Those who follow will probably never be legends like Jimi, but they will carry a bit of Jimi's spirit in their work. Legends will continue to return in other forms, they just need to stick around longer...
I got to see him on June 10, 1970 in Evansville, IN. Amazing, amazing talent. He was a proud American and never forgot his service in the 101st Airborne. He refused to be drawn into political issues.
Despite all of the accolades and everything I still feel Hendrix is Underrated. He was one of those cats that literally changed music. Music would be totally different now without Hendrix influence. Not just music and pop culture but civil rights and things he effected unintentionally. Definitely one of the most influential people in HISTORY
" In only four short years 1966-70 Hendrix changed the entire direction of rock-n-roll music forever. Jimi was light years ahead of his contemporaries ... his music is absolutely timeless..
It was only 22 or 23 months from his first album to his last. A short span for a star burning bright in sky to darkness. Such a short history for a huge legend. So many stars have burnt out too quickly.
Jimis voice was beautiful 🥺... and his heart was pure❤️... and he just trusted the wrong people and his fast lifestyle was an impact on his abandonment ❤️.. by his mother like my mom said “if you ain’t got love at home you’ll go searching for it somewhere else “ and that’s what he did
Jimi Hendrix has influenced every single generation since he's passed, I was born in 1990, 20 years after his death, and I can say without question that Jimi shaped me as a musician and music listener. You can here is influence all over the spectrum of today's music. It sucks that he died at such an early age, with so much momentum and extra potential, but I'm glad that we live in a society today (although a messed up one), where Hendrix can be shared for free with people all around the world for years to come.
Hearing this makes me realise what a humble and gifted savant Jimi was. If you had met him then, you couldn't not love him. he was such a self effacing gentleman and an artist th at changed everything in the music sphere. It looks like he was aware of the power of his art, but was really reserved about letting ego get into it. that's an awesome artist. Everyone who loves music is grateful that we were here to hear this Masters sounds.
Left too soon? I think you mean Taken too soon. Because that's what happens to people similar to Jimi in this shitstem you want to be free theres a fee wont pay get taken away.
Agreed on all points! I remember jamming with Jimi's Electric Ladyland album and was in an altered state and he just looked at me with a smile. Better than any dream I ever had!
I've love Jimi Hendrix's music most of my life... This interview is sad because it is indeed his last, he seemed so down to earth and not false unlike the so called self appointed stars of today that are hyped, manufactured, greedy and egotistical.
I can see how he was a favorite among ladies... even his voice... the kind of resonating voice that could only sound more beautiful if you were lying against his chest.
@@musselchee9560 Well, yeah, sure, he was a horny guy, I mean he was 24 years old. But his voice is soothing and honest, and it’s beautiful to envision lying next to him with your head on his chest. Come on, don’t be jaded. He also appeared to be kind. He said in the interview that he wouldn’t want to hurt anyone.
What a loss. Hendrix was one of the best Black musicians the planet will ever see. His creativity and innovative guitar playing was simply sublime. RIP Jimi.
@@jamesrobertson432 ; Hendrix was a great black musician, I repeat great black musician. So go away and take all that white 'Melting Pot' BS with you. Rest in black power Jimi
Can't argue that he was great and humble. There is no such thing as the greatest though. Many jazz, classical, flamenco guitarists had just as much control, technique, creativity and expression.
Hendrix did end this interview with a tremendously witty joke: after describing swimming to breakfast and then swimming on for shave ... the interviewer says that apparently (all that swimming) Hendrix apparently needed enough $$ to live luxuriously. Hendrix said "a tent over a stream." very clever!
I was 13 when Jimi died. I remember it wad a Friday, and I was delivering newspapers. I saw "Jimi Hendrix Dies" when folding a paper...and at the corner of Seneca St and Princeton Ave I sat down on the curb and cried. Now, at 66, I still play live in a band, and Jimi was my total influence and teacher, to this day. Nobody ever will approach him in every aspect. He was NY friend, although I regret never having the honor to meet him.
I can't imagine what classic music covers would sound like if Jimi lived longer to cover it. Wagner, Bach, Beethoven and Mozart and Jimi playing it full tilt would of been beyond incredible.
@@artistaccount Jimi loved Wagner, Strauss and Beethoven, amongst others. He had been speaking about working with an orchestra and choir since 1968. It's such a shame that he never got to do it. One of his biggest interests was attempting to get the older and younger generations to understand each other more. Some of the songs for what would have become "First Rays of the Rising Sun" hint at this. Had he turned his hand to integrating classical music into (one or some of) his projects, I think that it would have been under this aegis. That also would have been ground-breaking and would have pre-dated later music which tried to do likewise.
@@d2dar459 I don't think that he ever voiced any wish to do a jazz / classical fusion project specifically. However, it wouldn't surprise me if something like that had materialised at some point. He had already integrated so many sounds and styles into his music, such as rock, blues, experimental, country, jazz, funk, folk and more. He mentioned keeping the three-piece combo at the same time as he was talking about expanding to use other musicians in different contexts. As such, I suspect that he would have devoted himself to various projects in a multitude of areas concurrently.
I've admired Jimi my whole life. I never heard this before. So sad to hear him talking of future plans that would never happen. So full of life and yet so close to death.
@@jerrywoods4066 Those are are great players, of course. It also shows your understanding, appreciation n range of knowledge is teeny tiny weeny. Many years from now- you will agree.
Im 47, my dad is 67, my son is 23, my daughter is 27, my grandson is 2...an my papa is gone now....but HENDRIX is a part of us. Thank God for bringing his talent to our family. His always in our lives with his awsumness! He will be here when Im gone.
Didn’t he align himself with the black panthers tho? That’s pretty political. He may not have done it on purpose but I feel like that’s how the mainstream viewed jimi. Thoughts?
I miss you Jimi. There was so much more to come. You were looking to a new direction. You were transitioning into another phase of music that would have left us all spellbound. You wanted to do big and small. You wanted to do what you had always done....experiment. Having been with Jimi at the beginning in the UK, and having followed him to most gigs, his loss can only be described as the musical loss of a generation. Truly gifted, for this loss I wept. May God bless you Jimi.
Hendrix was always mellow. He didn't really change at all. The crappy aspect of the business of music, burns everyone out, We were notdeprived of anything Hendrix would have created. God took him at the perfect time. He was who he was, and gave us everything he had.Absolutely no one, Clapton, Page, Beck,Santana,,, whoever, were more creative than Jim. He was the best,period. He floored evry guitar player who went to see him play. AS Townsend said, he was doing all the stuff we dreamed of, and wanted to do...Turn me on guitar man!
ditto ever hear machine gun live at the filmore with buddy miles the guitar solo is from another planet star spangled banner sounds like bombs going off his feedback jimi I heard was going too do things with an orchestra behind him , but died too soon could u imagine if he was still alive the shit he would have came up with?
AR$3N OK Beck is amazing, noo one like him, yoou are right, but my point was simply that it is impossible to say anyone was better than Jimmi, or even Beck. Though I believe Jimmi will be renowned more for his early arrival, and short career. I think of Beck as a the guy who did what Jimmi might have done had he lived. Yes Beck is that good, and no one can touch him either
Lol, i had no idea he liked Pink Floyd! Makes me like him even more... " _Sometimes you just lay back by yourself and appreciate them._" I wonder what would he think if he would have got a chance to listen to the dark side of the moon. That's exactly how i enjoy this album every now and then, just sit back and relax press play and let the speakers pour out 43 minutes of a magical sound journey...
perfect calls and responses, along with mitch mitchell, prolly my favorite with the self protaganizing lyrics and references to blues greats , what a story teller ! 💉
I watched a video in class today about the history of rock and roll and some footage of Jimi playing live came up for a bit and I immediately got goosebumps and started to tear up just watching him go up there, god bless his beautiful soul
If Jimi were still alive, he would have possibly changed the world. I love his songs. I mostly only play his songs. The first electric guitar song I learned was Purple Haze. Best soloist with an electric guitar. Talent and wisdom. Best role model.
Jimi was likely murdered, and the fact that there has been so little inquiry and investigative aspects of his death should be the catalyst for his fans (us!) to push forward to seek out all the facts and let the world know how, why, and who may have murdered this tremendously gifted man.
Dean A. But Jimi's legacy often becomes frowned upon due to common assumptions of a death by overdose. He doesn't deserve all that disrespect if he didn't really die that way... ya know?
Who would murder him tho? It doesnt matter. To all the hardcore fans out there, imagine if he was really found to choke on his own vomit. Do you really need it confirmed?
A gunja smoking, heroin injecting coke sniffing, LSD taker a threat. No fool in their right mind would have listened to this boof head back when he was around... You kidding me?
It's kinda sad to hear how many ideas and Plans he still had stuck in his head, but wasn't able to make them happen, because he died. Imagine how his music would have been evolved when he just had lived a few years longer. Rest in Peace you legend.
At 59, Jimi Hendrix is a hero of mine. No hate in him, just love for all. Today’s world could learn a lot from this young man who was wise beyond his years.
There was no more tragic death than of Jimi Hendrix...there was then and always will be a very deep, spiritually profound coolness about him. I salute you for eternity Jimi Hendrix!!!
I met his dad in Seattle and he was running a rock and roll place and driving a gold caddy and i felt after talking to him that he had no idea what jimi was about ...he was capitolizing on his son's death ...I almost got physically ill over it
Read a book by music journalist Sharon Lawrence called The Man, The Music, The Magic. She was the person who informed Al of his son's passing. You will be disgusted, and then resolved as to which camp you belong. The book was written long after Al's death. It highlights all the litigation after Jimi's death.
Man such a shame he died so young, think of all the amazing music we would have :( I can imagine him releasing sow crazy space-jazz funk shit in the 80s or something hehe
you're right, at the very end of his life he was more and more intrested in jazz music style. He would have played with Pastorius himself, the god of the bass !
_leafhouse _ might be a shame but the way i see it he did what he had to do, then he knew it was time for him to check out... when you think of jimi you think of the young genius, would you picture him being 60 or 70? I wouldnt. Because he passed away so young, we will always remember him as he was then. He will never get old, and this is part of what makes him a legend (as opposed to clapton which we've seen in his prime and then slowly loosing it to get to the point he is at today.... far from the early bluesbreaker or cream-era clapton )
He was a shy individual. Yet when he was allowed to speak freely, his voice was as free, creative and expressive as 6 strings in his fingers. Would love to have a Q & A with Jimi. What a cool artist. Born in America, made in England.
I just cannot imagine how a guitarist can play the guitar both left and right handedly the way this dude was blessed to do. I believe he is the only person who passed doing that and I don't think there will be another person with that caliber. His brain was wired uniquely!!
Individual expression is personified in the musical performances of Jimi Hendrix. It seems to be difficult to be truly original today or am I just getting old? Jimi Hendrix never got old and never will. His music lives on and is appreciated by people today. The energy in his music is what makes it unique.
This man was really was a head of his time, we a great artist of the times. This man was talking about making music videos before anyone ever thought of the idea. Wow! A true lost for society.
This was definitely one of the better interviews of Jimi that I've heard. Most of the other ones were full of rather ludicrous questions. This interviewer was relaxed and thoughtful and Jimi's responses reflected this. I really enjoyed listening to this...but the end clip of "Jimi died 7 days after this interview" really bummed me out. What a complete waste. At least we have a legacy of his words and music. It could have been so much more had he lived.
@@joeguy6351 The 50 year legal moraltorium on Jimi's music comes off on 18 September 2020 (however, I've just learned only in some countries, apparently).
He seems so chill he gives off summer vibes. To all the people who got to see him perform in real life are truly lucky. I could only daydream about it.
