Without any doubt whatsoever for every reason including originality, total control over the instrument, technique, and hitting those notes to Mars......
@@doctorcrichton the best thing he did was innovate, he actually wasn't the cleanest player often hiding mistakes with wah and distortion, and his skill level was honestly like 7/10. I can count 10-20 current players who would absolutely smoke hendrix. What he did was powerful and important for the time. That's about it
Jimi was a force of nature for sure! A revelation and a revolutionary musician who influenced everyone from rock and blues to the jazz community. Gone too soon.
Yep ,there's a bit around ,need to check out more reactors ,but I know what you mean .Let's face it Jimi ,is the coolest dude and the goat. And what an entertainer. Love him.
Those young hippies are all in their late 60's and early 70's now and those little children are all 50 years old. Billy Cox, the bass player is the only one living and he is 81 years old.
Appreciate you two keeping your eyes glued to Jimi the whole time. A lot of reactors tend to start dancing, close their eyes, and take their eyes off the performance
I saw him live. That was nothing compared to a two hour show. See his other stuff. Hey Joe and Wild Thing at Monterey Pop. Star Spangled Banner at Woodstock. He invented wild guitar.
Always strange it took time for his fame to travel from England to his native America, Chandler put it down to racism being more endemic in America than England.
@@1969JohnnyM Or maybe Little Richard only wanting to have one star on the stage. There were lots of major black acts in the US and had been for years. Or, maybe just that Rock and Roll had not advanced far enough that anyone had understood that yet. Look at what wailing rock guitar was before he came along. See Walk, Don't Run, by the Ventures.
His ability to simulate the sounds of helicopters, explosions, gunfire (he served in the 101st Airborne Division) stopped audiences cold in the era of the Vietnam War. It is hard to imagine him today, though, as an old man still reproducing that sound and performance! I expect he'd be a venerated elder-statesman playing the blues.
His idea was to learn how to read music. He also listened to the iconic composers such as Hayden, Beethoven, and Mozart for example. Before he left us he was already playing along with Miles Davis from time to time in New York working on new ideas.
Stevie is good. Jimi is a gypsy, sorcerer, shaman, mythic hero, spiritual medium for the ancestors, gift of the muses, and the closest thing the last century has had to a living, breathing, embodiment of possibility that this world has seen! The man will be remembered 500 years from now, the way we remember Mozart. Period!
It took the bass player Chas Chandler from the English band The Animals so see a then Hendrix playing as Jimmy James and going nowhere and after countless rejections seeing Hendrix play a version of Hey Joe. Chandler believed he could be a star if helped and offered Hendrix his help and the chance to go to London and try make it big. Thankfully Chandler was as good as his word and paid for Hendrix's flight, hotel accommodation and overheads and then set out to recruit a band. He soon hired Englishmen Noel Redding on bass and Mitch Mitchell on drums and got Jimmy to revert to his real surname Hendrix and a catchy Jimi instead of Jimmy and Jimi Hendrix Experience was born. Chandler hoped after paying for practise time and getting the new band gigs he'd get them a record contract but it didn't happen so Chandler paid the recording time and for singles to be cut of 'Hey Joe' and thankfully this was a huge hit and resulted in the record contract they sought. Whilst they were big in Europe strangely it took a couple of years for his fame to cross the pond to America. It was even Chandler's idea for Jimi to set his guitar on fire as a stage stunt. Sadly the band are all now gone as is Chandler.
I grew up with Jimi Hendrix and the Woodstock era and believe me, he had me hooked for a lifetime, no doubt about his talent and greatness, also his tremendous contributions to the rock genre. Many years later up pops Stevie Ray Vaughn who is also a fantastic talent and as he's said many many times, Jimi Hendrix inspired him, he was paying court to the Master. I really love SRV, but in all honesty, I will always stay loyal to my first love JMH. There's room for both of them in my life, but at the end of the day, I'll always go home with Jimi every single time.
Every guitar showman for 50 years has looked to this guy. They can't do what he could, but many come close. He was surprisingly humble behind all that, regarding the badge of 'greatest guitar player in the world' as a distraction from actually improving.
in my book, he is the best guitar player every. out songs, All Along the Watchtower, Foxy Lady, Hey Joe, Purple Haze, The Wind Cries Mary, Fire, Bold As Love, he play the (Star Spangled Banner) at woodstock..... these get you started on Jimi Hendrix.....
React to Jimi's Red House in New York 1968... That's one of Jimi's masterpieces. Jimi made that version sound like a movie! As a true Hendrix fan, take my word on that. Great reaction, btw.
I first reacted to Jimi Hendrix at the age of 14 way back in 1968 when I listened to his Electric Ladyland album on one of those new fangled cassette players...
Ah yes the seventies were a blast! Jimi justt made that guitar make noises you never thought it could. I truly feel like an old man now, that kid is now in his fifties.
Edison invented the phonograph. That doesn't make wax cylinders sound better than vinyl records. SRVs version is better. Hendrix is the Picasso of guitar. SRV is the Rembrandt.
My first ever live concert was Jimi Hendrix at Maple leaf Gardens in Toronto in 1968. I was 14 years old. I've been a guitarist and musician since then. His first song was "FIRE" l may be old but l still ROCK!! l know you've heard Jeff Healy, another great Canadian musician is Colin James. Great guitar player. Nice job 👏 kids. ✌.
Just so you know.......... He is the original GOAT of the guitar....................... Made it talk, played it with his teeth, behind the back..................... One badass.........................people have done better nowdays but imagine being the one person that did it all first........... In the 60's with riots going on over race........ I love every song he has ever recorded...............
This is crazy... Hendrix and a small crowd like that. This old white dude who grew up in the 70's knew this gentleman was the master at the time as far as rock guitar. I didn't see Jimi but I did see Stevie Ray Vaughn several times in the 80's. Music, like alot of things in life is subjective... enjoy music for the place and mood you are in... I love Jimi and SRV...who am I to judge whose best... it's music man, no color, just good vibes. Rest in peace you two gentleman ... this old man appreciated you both. Music is what brings us all together... no color, no prejudice....peace ✌
You two are great. I like that your 80s babies. Jimilaying is unreal because he is playing a right hand guitar left hand. That means he is also playing upside down
Hello Shawn and Mel. This is LB Writing from SouthernWest Spain 🇪🇸. Long Live USA! Mainly so Grateful for Giving to the World the Figure of JIMI HENDRIX. I Was so Lucky for Having Lived at the Same Time. When Jimi died I was 17 yrs Old. THANKS TO U.S.A., THANKS TO BLACK PEOPLE! 🇪🇸 ❤️ 🇺🇸 JIMI FOREVER, THE GREATEST ONE !!
💗 💖 💘 💝 💟 ☮️!!!!!!!!!!!! OMG... I am so happy... I've been waiting for you two to react to Jimi... and I just found it!!! YES!!!!!!! Please, do keep going!!!!!!!!!
Loved your reaction. You are in for a real treat in explorations of Jimi's music. He was truly a transformative influence both musically and culturally. Take a look at how Stevie Ray Vaughn dressed on stage and you'll see more of Jimi's influence than just in SRV's guitar playing. What Jimi did was to change the way that the guitar is seen and the role it could play in a musical composition. There are a couple of things to keep in mind about watching Jimi Hendrix. For one thing. it always amazes me how cool, calm and collected Jimi seems to be when he was playing a live gig. He's smiling, chewing gum, having a laugh with Noel Redding (bass player) &/or a myriad of different things. On the other hand, Stevie Ray Vaughn always looks like he's working his ass off as he rips that Stratocaster to shreds. Take nothing away from SRV here. He was a pure Blues master, a great songwriter and one of the greatest guitar talents the world ever saw. I can count on one hand, with fingers to spare, the number of white men I have ever heard who played the Blues like SRV did. That said, even SRV himself would say that Jimi was the GOAT. The other thing I'll add is that in 1970 the concept of "digital guitar processing" was a long, long was off yer. What you are hearing when you listen to Jimi is 100% Jimi. The only thing he is using to create that sound is a stock Fender Stratocaster guitar going through a Cry Baby Wah-Wah pedal and a Fuzz Face distortion pedal into stock Marshall Super 100 amp heads paired w/two 4x12" speaker cabinets. That's it. The rest is pure Jimi. Jimi's cover of Bob Dylan's "All Along the Watchtower" is one of the best cover versions of any song ever recorded. Bob Dylan himself said that he was "overwhelmed" by Jimi's version. Hendrix was able to find things in that song that Dylan himself didn't realize were in there. Most definitely one you should check out. Also Jimi's version of the Blues classic "Hear My Train A'Comin'" is essential listening. There is an acoustic version as well as an electric "Blues in Technicolour" version. Thanks of making my morning mood a bit brighter. Which reminds me of the song "The Spirit of Radio" by Rush. If you've not checked that one out, you really, really should. Peace!
I was about 20 and tried some mushrooms this guy had. What a wild night that was, we all just sat around and listened to music (this was way before videos) and got pretty high. Voodoo Child has been one of my favorites since then 👵🏼☮️🔥
This comes from the times when musical artists actually played instruments and did not use them as fashion accessories. You are witnessing a musical genius. His name is Jimi Hendrix. I saw him a number of times live. There are many copies, but this man is the real deal. Next song? The Watchtower. Bob Dylan song, definitive version is the Jimi Hendrix cover of the song. Who said so? Bob Dylan. After that? Purple Haze, Foxy Lady, Fire, Little Wing, The Wind Cries Mary etc. The most outrageous Jimi song I ever heard? No doubt about it, Howlin' Wolfs Killing Floor. If you watch the Stockholm concert on You Tube you will see Jimi perform that. It was his gig warm up song.
So Jimi wrote Voodoo Child. Sadly we lost him in September of the same year, 1970. There is controversy surrounding his death as his manager was not handling Jimi's money right. Come to find out the Mafia was heavily involved in the record business. Anyway, Jimi was writing some of the best music out there even after all these years. "Dolly Dagger" "Drifting" "Angel" "Freedom" is my favorite, "Night Bird Flying" are just a few of the songs that were released after his untimely death.
Playing a right handed strat upside down and strung backwards to make it "left handed". It's hard to hand out "GOAT" in guitar because there are so many factors, but there are some players who don't seem mortal, like Jimi. He just makes it look effortless while bending minds with music.
Gen Z: Let’s go watch (insert artist name) sing auto tune to a sound machine. Boomers: Let’s go to a farm, trip acid, and enjoy one of the most iconic 3 day concerts ever!
This was a concert set up for a spacey movie called Rainbow Bridge. Bad and weird 70s New age theme with some amazing live footage and other songs by Jimi.
It's hard to judge who is the best because they both could shred it. I have seen them both live and been a student of both of them they play a little bit different but they both loved Texas blues. Stevie Ray Vaughan was self taught and mentored with Albert King and BB king even as a teenager Jimi Hendrix was left handed so he had to turn his guitar upside down but Steele could strike those notes . Both of those guys had a guitar in their hand most of their life in they lived and breathed it it was part of them. My hats off to both of them in like I said, I am a blues guitarist and there is no way to pick a winner
Did you know Jimi was playing a right handed guitar? He just flipped the strings ..lol that's hilarious ,you can see the guitars upside down...thought I let you know...go Jimi
Jimi was also 100% self taught and he couldn't read or write music so what he plays is straight from his mind to the strings. He also hated his voice and was very humble. He was only famous for four years but is the #1 guitar God. He could play with his teeth, between his legs and behind his head.
If you notice his guitar is right handed he just flipped it upside down he is the true master look we’re he is playing it looks like in somebody’s backyard
He alone as a guitarist captured a pure unadulterated sexual expression--The height and inspiration of music and art generally speaking. That's the entrance to understanding him--imo.