What's your favorite Jimi Hendrix song? What's your favorite song he covered?

He was the coolest guy back then, way ahead of everyone.

There's Jimi & then there's everybody else

Absolutely. You are experiencing talent beyond talent, performance beyond phenomenal. Plays rhythm and lead simultaneously. This is next level. Jimi was ten blocks up the street musically from every other musical artist. Look carefully at that guitar. Yes, it is a standard stratocaster BUT it has been turned upside down and strung to play left hand which means the stringing is reversed and the control knobs are in the way of playing the guitar. Jimi could play with his teeth, over his head, behind his back, and between his legs. Seen live by me on more than one occasion. Conclusion? Genius!

And that chaps is why he was the best guitarist ever.....

The effortless charisma. The man was incredible ✌🏼

The thing a lot of people either miss or don't mention is the rhythm playing in general and during this song, that kind of chord work influenced everyone, it's beautiful how he did it.

Actually, this is from 1967, not 1970. It was the group's first live performance in front of an American audience.

Music videos started in the late 1920s. The Beatles and Elvis did them. Most big hit songs had them in the 1970s. MTV was born in 1981, and that's when it pretty much became mandatory to make a music video if you wanted to have a hit.

Good observations, guys! This is concert footage of the Monterey Pop Festival of mid June 1967, and the American debut of The Jimi Hendrix Experience band, formed in London, after Jimi was first discovered and brought to London. Prior, Jimi had worked for some time as a side musician for a number of different touring R & B artists, during which he refined his alternating rhythm & lead guitar style. The producing of a true music video for the release of a given popular music recording began around the 1981 start of MTV (Music Television), a 24 hr cable television network, dedicated to showing music videos. Because earlier concert footage was often shot by just general videographers & cinematographers, who weren't dedicated to shooting music band concert performances, concert shot footage was often frustratingly poor. Footage of other band members was often omitted. The camera often wouldn't focus on a musician performing a solo. If the frontman was singing while also playing guitar, the camera would often be focused on only the frontman's face. A faster arrangement of the song Hey Joe was performed by a number of mostly west coast bands, during the mid '60s. Though Billy Roberts claimed songwriting credit for it, Hey Joe reportedly was originally one of a number of folk music murder ballads that have existed for years. East coast musician, Tim Rose, had recorded a slower version of Hey Joe, which Hendrix based his version on. You usually didn't see Hendrix chewing gum during concert performances. But I did read that, backstage prior to his Monterey Pop performance, Hendrix had accepted certain recreational offerings made by someone. So, the chewing gum may have been to prevent dry mouth.

Was 12 years old when i heard about Jimi for the first time. Saw Woodstock in the cinema. That was my startingpoint to buy records from him. Never been to a life performance, I'm from the Netherlands and was to young to do this. The wind cries Mary, Manic depression, All over the Watchtower and Machinegun are other good songs from him. Still got the vinylrecords Are You Experienced, Electric Ladyland and Band of gypsys.

Ha, be thankfuk the camera stayed on Jimi for this one, most of the live video recordings show anything besides him playing for 75% of the time. Favorite Jimi cover? National anthem at woodstock. All along the watchtower. Born under a bad sign (Blues compilation). Check out voodoo child live at woodstock and machine gun on band of gypsys to really see why hes the best ever. ❤

ADDENDUM: Per my other comments re concert camera work, the concert footage too often was shot by camera generalists who would default to shooting almost exclusively the frontman, who in the case of Cream was bassist, Jack Bruce, who sang most of Cream's songs. Also, during Cream, bassist Jack Bruce & drummer Ginger Baker were considered by the music world then to be music GIANTS. So, that may have also accounted for some of the camera attention given to them. With other music artists at the Monterey Pop Festival performing throughout the daytime over three days, there was plenty of footage shot of the festival audience, if you watch the festival documentary. Bear in mind also that Monterey Pop was one of the very first big Rock Concert Festivals! Jimi also performed at night. So, like with the Woodstock Festival documentary, when most of the audience is in nighttime darkness outdoors, the camera might only capture shots of the audience front rows, during the night time. These weren't stadiums, and low-light camera technology 56 years ago wasn't like what it is today! What you're also witnessing here is Jimi's singing early in his solo career. Jimi aways thought that he didn't have a good singing voice. Though he must have been doing some singing in clubs before being discovered. He apparently was very self conscious about his singing, when making takes of his just singing, during studio recordings. Plus, playing guitar while also singing, during a live performance, is also challenging. Jimi's singing when recording, and when performing live, improved over time

I love Jimi hendrix laid-back voice it sounds cool as he is

For some reason people are always more amazed at the playing behind the head than with his teeth but as a guitarist I can assure you that playing accurately with your teeth is 100 times harder than playing behind your head

Music Videos came about in the early 1980's - Needing a platform to showcase them, in 1984 MTV was born and was carried over cable TV outlets!

I'm 72 yrs old. I saw JIMI twice in Houston. I am truly Blessed. All praise JIMI

Yeah, I'll argue. Top tier vocalist!

no ones gonna comment on how you predicted the lyrics at the end 100% accurately

STILL HAS THE GUM!!

And casually chewing his gum at the same time....

Good job! A few notes: This was 1967, not 1970. He was known professionally only for a year before that, after going to London. But he exploded there, right away considered the electric guitar G.O.A.T. in that town by all his peers: Beck, Clapton, Townsend, et al. The Monterey Festival was huge and a first, tens of thousands in the audience, and Hendrix was the biggest star. Jimi's raw ability shown in countless ways: at Woodstock in "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" he hammers (plays one-handed, only the frets) for around 8 seconds straight, and you *can't tell* by the sound! He was on fire. His greatest performance was, I believe, "Machine Gun" live at Fillmore East on NewYear's Day, 1970: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gt1if8KnrLuxpHk.htmlsi=Sz3MACo86Ba-OOji

Hendrix magic goes beyond his playing. Are you aware he played his guitar upside down? (Watch the video.) He was left-handed, but couldn't afford a left-handed guitar when he first started. So he took a right-handed guitar flipped it over to his left, and re-strung it. He continued that way---as you see in the video.

JII was in 191st Airborne.in there he slept with his guitar. He KNEW his guitar. Later

you should watch the Monterey pop festival video. 1967, nearly all the big names of the day, and the camera pans around indeed. You know why he chews gum while singing and playing with his teeth? Cos he can. And his voice matches his guitar.

Did you notice that he was playing the guitar upside down. Check out the string tuners.

Music videos really did not become a thing until MTV in the very early 1980's.

that why he's still the best until someone tops that he really set the bar high and i don't know if you didn't notice he's playing the guitar upside down as well

Playing the guitar with his teeth with gum inhis mouth behind his back

Guys, when it comes to Jimi, that was nothing. Check out "Machine Gun".

The bass player wasn`t really a bass player, he was OK guitarist. He was able to keep up with Jimi. The drummer Mitch Mitchell, the drummer was one of the top 20 drummers of all time. A blues and Jazz drummer. Simply awesome drums!! Jimi didn`t have a great voice, but playing lead and rhythm guitar at the same time. Most guitarist don`t sing. Clapton did, but he didn`t have a great voice SRV - Didn`t have a great voice Eddie Van Halen was a super guitarist, but never sang. Johnny Winter played super guitar, but his voice wasn`t good I don`t know who is in the top 50 guitarist that had a great voice. Listen to him Jimi on the Bold As Love album. His voice is quite beautiful

He played with his teeth and he had gum in his mouth when he played.

Hey can you guys react to the new Intervals song Mnemonic? Thanks.

Think it was Monterey

chewing gum so he doesnt get cotton mouth...he did smoke pot you realize

No its in 1967 not in the 70 😂

Music videos started up in the early 1980's which led to needing a platform to showcase them, thus in 1984 MTV was born!

“Not the greatest technique wise” he was self taught. It may look sloppy but listen to the innovative music…..

The gum.......is a tab of acid