An excerpt from the bbc documentary 'the seven ages of rock - Episode 1 the birth of rock'.
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@celt6710 жыл бұрын
Think of being in London in the mid to late 60's ... You could walk along to your local clubs and see stuff like the Beatles, Rolling Stones, The Who, Cream, Jimi Hendrix, The Animals, The Kinks....all at the top of their game. Must have been a cool time to be in your early 20's.
@caseymather19577 жыл бұрын
celt67 but then u would be old enough to be drafted in Vietnam
@celt677 жыл бұрын
Not many British people were 'drafted' for Vietnam. Stop assuming everyone in the world is American.
@comanchio19767 жыл бұрын
+Shibo Almighty You do know where London is, don't you?
@caseymather19577 жыл бұрын
Remember, british people had suffered during that time. Britain was almost becoming a third world country, before they discovered oil in the north sea. They had lost all of their men.
@danijel-ch2gk6 жыл бұрын
And Barrett's Pink Floyd ^^
@mehdiSupp9 жыл бұрын
"The first time I saw Eric, I thought : Oh ! He's a master guitar player. But Eric was a guitar player, Jimi was some sort of force of nature"
@jonahwizard16 жыл бұрын
Mehdi Armachi "He killed God man, you know?"
@MrWompusscat6 жыл бұрын
he s black
@bodbn6 жыл бұрын
He chopped a mountain down using just the edge of his hand. Definitely something only a god could do.
@shottotheface756 жыл бұрын
jeff miller okay?
@CHlEFFIN6 жыл бұрын
jeff miller Thank you very much for providing us with your brilliance. Is there an actual valid point you are attempting to accomplish...?
@davidrpriest10 жыл бұрын
People shouldn't have started calling Clapton God. The real God has a sense of humor and Hendrix was sent down as the punchline.
@hendrixdali100510 жыл бұрын
yup
@jennyjenny86624 жыл бұрын
That's the coolest comment! You win!
@Bulletguy074 жыл бұрын
@Dave Priest....I have a recording of a tv interview with Clapton and he explains how he didn't like the "Clapton is God" thing at all. He said he thought they've gone too far and this is ridiculous.....but then said, "what was i supposed to do about it? I could hardly run round rubbing the slogans out so just had to live with it".
@onlyjoetee4 жыл бұрын
That’s a great way to put it 👍🏿
@macewbee4 жыл бұрын
Yep
@MrMoggyman11 жыл бұрын
I was there! It was tough on Clapton. Jimi really nailed Killing Floor. Everyones mouth was open. Nobody had ever seen anything like it, and I was hooked. Clapton and Beck both realised that Jimi was awesome. But then they realised that Jimi was not selfish. These two were Jimi's idols, and he was prepared to share. They all became good friends. They were all borrowing bits from one another to make music that would change a generation. It was a truly wonderful and magical time.
@steelysam7189 Жыл бұрын
Would love to hear more🙌
@Phoenix-md8sh Жыл бұрын
Awesome you got to see this live. My mom introduced me to all kinds of music and educated me on many guitarists because I always loved how the guitar sounds. I remember listening to so many 70s rock bands and artists growing up although I came up during the Hip Hop era. I'll always cherish music from the 7o's. It has that special charm to it that can't be matched in my opinion.
@MrMoggyman Жыл бұрын
@@steelysam7189 What would you like to know about Jimi Hendrix?
@anonymous-zv1jh Жыл бұрын
@@MrMoggyman Hi I’m just getting into 60s and 70s music, I have listened to Electric Ladyland. Who else that similar to Jimi from that era should I listen to.
@elainekerslake6865 Жыл бұрын
@@anonymous-zv1jh robin Trower. Disciple of Jimi. Bridge of Sighs.LP 1974
@thebp999910 жыл бұрын
Eric was buying blues records and mimicking the blues guys in America. Jimi was a blues guy in America.
@pelumaad3319 жыл бұрын
eddrum100 ...LOL...good point
@scottmatheson23909 жыл бұрын
thebp9999 an astute observation.It must have been hard for EC to be basically humiliated in front of that crowd because he worked so hard at being a great player and Jimi himself dug EC and Beck etc. but I'm sure it was little consolation for poor Eric for a long time.
@yochill17 жыл бұрын
he was shaking.... is he really that good.... pretty much sums up clapton... an amazing guitarist who opened many doors... hendrix ripped the hinges off nd broke tha walls... a force of nature
@pelumaad3317 жыл бұрын
Eric came to it....Jimi came from it....
@snidelywhiplash83997 жыл бұрын
concise and insightful Pelu Maad
@YouriCarma10 жыл бұрын
"Eric (Clapton) was a guitar player but Jimmy was some force of nature" LOlz
@Songs2ShareVideos10 жыл бұрын
YEP+
@robbinbanx74397 жыл бұрын
Youri Carma Jimi Hendrix was a SuperNatural musician!!
@totaltwit5 жыл бұрын
yeh that made me titter too, I will use that one myself
@dannygjk5 жыл бұрын
@@robbinbanx7439 JH's most important contribution was his creativity and innovation.
@ayushmanbhalla87374 жыл бұрын
stop copying comments of others
@plumberman53697 жыл бұрын
I've seen Eric Clapton play many times and he always seems to stay within certain boundaries whereas with Jimi it was raw and no limits, extraordinarily mixed with feedback and emotion, just simply an incredible guitar player. I'm a guitar player also, the technical stuff that's played in the eighties and nineties it's easy to learn but the raw emotion that Jimi puts into his music takes you to another place
@IgnorancEnArrogance7 жыл бұрын
Clapton is amazing, but he stopped progressing in the mid 70's and veered toward the pop charts more. Now he just recycles the same blues riffs over and over. Stevie Ray Vaughn had already passed him in the 80's I think too.
@neilus7 жыл бұрын
Also a player of 30+ years, I think Clapton is highly regarded by people who dont play the guitar. Cos when you do, you realise ECs box of tricks is incredibly limited. He always plays what seems obvious, and it never really surprises you and therefore its rather dull. He changed the role of the guitarist forever, he was the first young white man to make the guitar player a superstar (ironically by regurgitating old black mans music) and he deserves credit for that but as a player rather dull and predictable imho.
@heishephaestion41787 жыл бұрын
Electronic Adventures smh..you people kill me..he's revered by TRUE guitar players..you have to understand the time period in which he became enormous..The modern Eric clapton licks you hear today are not a true image of what he used to be during the electric guitar pioneering era. personally I'm a Peter Green fan through and through but to hear the same old "clapton is boring" is moronic. had you been in the front row at a bluesbreakers or cream concert in the 60s you would have a much different tune.
@CharlieMcowan7 жыл бұрын
"Electronic Adventures smh..you people kill me..he's revered by TRUE guitar players" Quite right, and I wouldn't include myself even in TRUE guitarrists. But it's simply gobsmacking that people can use words like "dull", "obvious", "limited" to refer to EC. The only explanation is ignorance. I spent the better part of the 60s, early 70s learning, practicing Clapton's solos (and not only, there was a hell of a lot of players to learn from) and by the end I could probably deliver a pretty convincing version of at least half of them. But so what? I'd never have come up with any of them in the first pleace and could never play them with the same taste. Hendrix? A fucking genius. Jeff Beck was another one who was left speechless by JH. So why argue when you can just listen? Otherwise, whole thing sounds like Beyoncé fans against Rihanna ;-)
@jeffblydenburgh59386 жыл бұрын
Just listen to Machine Gun. No more words needed.
@ABLYamimash37 жыл бұрын
"Eric was a guitar player; Hendrix was a force of nature."
@jamesk21137 жыл бұрын
Alex Lockley Slight misquotation leads to significant misquotation dpmo pls.
@gregorydavis47423 жыл бұрын
And Jimi taught himself
@stevewilliams36092 жыл бұрын
Yeah for 7 years Clapton is still jamming
@psychedelicsoul32602 жыл бұрын
@@stevewilliams3609 Clapton who?
@yearginclarke Жыл бұрын
@@gregorydavis4742 Yes he did teach himself...he was a left handed guy playing on a right handed guitar with the strings inverted. Now tell me that's not the mark of a determined genius!
@petemartin2958 жыл бұрын
Jimi was a veteran of the "Chitlin' Cicuit" in the American south while he was with the Isley Brothers in the early 60's. In those days, for you to survive, it wasn't enough to play well, you had to be a good showman (which Jimi obviously was). This is also true of anyone playing at the Apollo Theater in New York. The audience there expects a show and expects to be entertained and heaven help you if you just stand up there playing guitar because you'll get quickly yanked off the stage. As a result, Jimi learned to be more than a guitar player. He learned how to put on a show.
@uaala5 жыл бұрын
So people basically prefer clowns than musicians...Guess that's why most popular music in America sucks nowadays and everybody is a fan of Justin Bieber and company...
@markgigiel27224 жыл бұрын
@@uaala You are correct about our culture and today's music. But, Jimmy was no clown. The notes and sounds he made can't be duplicated by most. He was an expert guitarist as well as a showman.
@teleguy56993 жыл бұрын
@@uaala He was a showman. Black audiences have different views of what's entertaining. Most every artist copies black music and style. Jimi was no clown,
@Mossb3rg2063 жыл бұрын
@@teleguy5699 "black audiences have dif views of whats entertaining" ?? Apparently not. They were segregated then and when their culture got out it became universal
@teleguy56993 жыл бұрын
@@Mossb3rg206 I was replying to the person inferring that Jimi was a 'clown" "So people basically prefer clowns than musicians.." Jimi was far from a clown.
@john24783 жыл бұрын
I was at this gig. I was at the Regent St Polytechnic and they held regular concerts at Little Tichfield Street with many of the great musicians of the day. As I recall it it cost 50P to go and we were not in a very large room. We went to see Cream as they were favourites of ours but on came this black guy with them and was amazing, we had no idea who he was and we kept asking who was this guy. A few years later I saw a much more polished Hendrix at the Albert Hall which was what turned out to be his last ever performance. Amazing guitar player. In the year above us among the architect students was a group called Pink Floyd. They were very experimental at the time and we couldn't have imagined that they would become so huge. I was at college on the day that the Beatles played on the roof of the Apple building and remember it well as word went out that they were playing. I missed seeing the Stones at the Poly as they performed the year before I went there. We did see many of the top groups of the day The Who, The Animals, The Kinks etc and it was all affordable to us even though were were students. It truly was a great time to be in London and be a student. John
@Death-Fab8 ай бұрын
John Deacon?
@john24788 ай бұрын
No not him.
@Backfromthestorm6 ай бұрын
Wasn't his last performance though, not even in England, isle of wight was, followed by a jam at Ronny Scotts
@SteveMontuno3 ай бұрын
@@Backfromthestorm His last gig was at a Festival in Fehmarn in Germany .
@Backfromthestorm3 ай бұрын
@@SteveMontuno I meant in England (isle of wight was the last gig here). His last performance was a jam at Ronny Scotts in London
@rievans574 жыл бұрын
"Eric was a master guitar player but Jimi was a force of nature" - That pretty much sums it up!
@loungejay85553 жыл бұрын
For the most part, Jimi's live playing was a noisy mess.
@tattyshoesshigure57313 жыл бұрын
“Eric was a guitar player... Jimi was some kind of force of nature...” I think Jack Bruce pretty much nails it there!
@trickydick61527 жыл бұрын
"Is he really that good?". No, actually much more, but nobody, including Hendrix himself, knew it at the time. And, unfortunately, nobody knew what he could have achieved had he been living longer.
@tomsmith94795 жыл бұрын
Maybe, but I believe he had peaked before he died. Cry of Love was good but average for Hendrix
@tomsmith94794 жыл бұрын
@showlogicprod ??. Yours is an opinion just like mine, OK. Axis was his peak IMHO even tho it was his first release, he never topped it. Cry of love WAS average for a Hendrix album regardless of who produced it and Hendrix had completed several tracks for it.
@tomsmith94794 жыл бұрын
@showlogicprod So I got the release dates turned around, big deal. To ME, it was his best album. I do know how Cry of Love actually DID turn out and it was average for ME, regardless of who produced it. Of course nobody knows how a Hendrix produced version would have differed. You take away his wah, his fuzz and feedback then he was just a good rock guitar player. Steve Howe, Jimmy Page, Johnny Winter and Clapton were as good or better to my ears. In your above post you are just pissing into the wind, blowing hot air.
@tomsmith94794 жыл бұрын
@showlogicprod Just your feelings on how it would have turned out, that's cool, everyone has their own opinion. Lots of good artists produced good work after peaking. In my opinion he was NOWHERE NEAR the level of those two guys and would have never made it. No, you started it , my first comment here was not even to you .
@true.26524 жыл бұрын
Ok everyone just calm down and listen to Hendrix
@haroldlertora99304 жыл бұрын
Just a heads up: Eric And Jimi were friends.
@NJtoTX3 жыл бұрын
Later, right? Not before this.
@ernieadams11843 жыл бұрын
@LionsAllday DETROIT Did Eric cry after he was discovered to be a racist?
@freakbennett22633 жыл бұрын
Just wanted to make sure everyone understands that Jimi got all that from Buddy Guy, playin behind his head, wif his teeth, and between his legs, they jammed together,, Hendrix was blown away by his showmanship, somewhere, there's a tape of the jam session, it's Phenomenal, jus sàyin ¡😎¡
@harringtonbenton3343 жыл бұрын
Hey JIMI, thanks for HUMILIATING ME!!! I LOVE U MAN!
@joshualessore76523 жыл бұрын
incredibly close friends
@abidababida70967 жыл бұрын
eric was a master guitar player...but jimi was a force of nature ... Best description I ever heard of Jimi Hendrix
@floydzepplin12183 жыл бұрын
Jimi was no disciple of anyone, he was an original. Music is subjective, and I like both, but I do have my favorite. Jimi
@imdr9116 күн бұрын
In music, sound and feel is subjective...... ability is not....... One may prefer the sound of Clapton, but Jimi was simply better
@modelotime36082 күн бұрын
@@imdr911i do prefer erics tone but jimis skill far exceeds that
@johnallen27713 жыл бұрын
I was a teenager through these years and I saw a lot of these groups play live. I have total respect for Eric but he ran into a whirlwind. I had seen Cream in SoCal in '66 I think it was. I saw Jimi later on. I love Cream but when Hendrix started playing it was like he was from another planet. Remember that Marshall's were relatively new at that time. Hendrix sure knew how to exploit them. He made sounds that none of us had ever heard before. I still like to listen to both of them, Cream and Hendrix.
@JessieSnoopp9 жыл бұрын
One of the coolest stories. I watch videos on this story all the time cause it's that cool!
@markconnors73107 жыл бұрын
Amen to that!
@kurthenze29003 жыл бұрын
After reading some of the comments, there seems to be two different views as to who was the best guitar player. And there are very strong opinions on the topic. This is my point of view and I am a guitarist myself. In my early years I preferred Clapton's style, then later as I progressed, I learned to appreciate Hendrix. Now comparing the two is a bit like apples to oranges. Clapton is more structured and precise, and plays within the box (I don't mean the fretboard box for lead solo's). And Hendrix was the unstructured creative, outside the box player. It's like saying what is more beautiful. Well, it's in the eye of the beholder. They both have their niche. It's a no win argument. It's just personal taste. I love them both, and am thankful for their gifts to the world. There are so many unbelievable guitarists living and dead. That are technically as good as either one of them, so that argument seems rediculus to me. They both had a huge impact.
@pakONEoh2 жыл бұрын
Well, according to Clapton, Jimi was IT.
@kennethmilam28942 жыл бұрын
I think it's a shame Jimi never played with David on some Pink Floyd. That would have reached another universe...
@adambishop57392 жыл бұрын
I agree. I think Jimi was wild on a guitar. There seemed to be no rigid form or structure really, he was a consumate improvisor and an incredible showman! He was also uber cool! The likes of this had not been seen before, so it had a massive impact on audiences and Jimi opened the floodgates for new styles of guitar playing. Without Jimi's influence, rock would not have taken the turn that it did and would have subsequently sounded alot tamer as a result. Eric Clapton is a wonderfully gifted and clean playing, textbook guitar player! He is the epitome of guitar playing perfection. Never puts a foot wrong, or a note out of place (the same cannot be said of Jimi by the way) and never ventures into the realms of the darkside, so to speak. Just a very brilliant, safe, guitar player! Eric was like a Jedi Master on the guitar, true to the art..but Jimi was like a Sith Lord and pushed boundaries that were not considered appropriate at the the time. I think he was something akin to the naughty schoolboy of guitar playing and he opened a new doorway for us future musicians to experiment with. Jimi made it ok for us to experiment and be what you want to be; the rule book was now torn to pieces and it was ok to do whatever you liked with that instrument, which is the way it should be. I think Eric was the more technically proficient player but Jimmy was the flamboyant whirlwind that could not be contained. I think its probably right to say that you should not compare them, because they are both better and worse than each other, depending on what catagories we are judging them on. I just think we are blessed to have have enjoyed their wonderful music, they both deserve the utmost respect and praise!
@buttievandermerwe8986 Жыл бұрын
@@pakONEoh according to Hendrix Rory Gallagher and Billy Gibbons were the best
@pakONEoh Жыл бұрын
@@buttievandermerwe8986 , what do you think about Jimi's comment? Do you agree?
@TheNightmare75II8 жыл бұрын
What an awesome speaking and singing voice Jack Bruce has.
@gyrofoam110 жыл бұрын
Jimi was a player that comes along maybe every other generation and sets a standard like no-one else. He had his big heroes too, sitting at the feet of Buddy Guy when he was jamming with HIM. He did for the electric guitar, blues-wise, what Robert Johnson did for the acoustic. Harmonica; Little Walter. Sax; Charlie Parker. Trumpet; Miles Davis..etc etc. Having great imagination develops the technique to express it with.
@roadwarrior40805 жыл бұрын
Buddy Guy Lmfao !!!!! I would rather hear Muddy Waters by himself
@eargasm10722 жыл бұрын
Spot on observation....all these great artists and players pushed the envelope and were a revolution on their respective instruments
@eivindgjengstjohansen96252 ай бұрын
@@roadwarrior4080 Jimi Hendrix attended a Buddy Guy show and was mindblown by the fact that a man 6 years older than him played a guitar behind his back and did long jam solo's he's the same level as Jimi
@roadwarrior40802 ай бұрын
@@eivindgjengstjohansen9625 hardly! It’s not even close Jimi was the juggernaut.
@eivindgjengstjohansen96252 ай бұрын
@@roadwarrior4080 it's the drugs that made him play as he did he was never drug free on stage
@lauranceemory44489 жыл бұрын
When you get to the skill level technically of Beck, Clapton & Hendrix, then it is more "who's personality/essence do you prefer?". Didn't hurt that Hendrix was also a pipeline to the awesome infinity of the universe, with a good sense of humor.
@roadwarrior40805 жыл бұрын
Man Jimi upset all of their apple carts just listen to all the greats talk about him not modern interviews either listen the ones that they did not long after his death then you hear the truth about their feelings and what he did to and for the music scene
@loucifer42052 жыл бұрын
Hate to break the news Hendrix is not even close to Clapton or Beck he just played slop that's why he couldn't any songs like they were supposed to sound
@lauranceemory44482 жыл бұрын
@@loucifer4205 You're entitled to your opinion, no matter how wrong it is. "Like they were supposed to sound"... what does that even mean? Love Beck. Clapton is too formula
@dirtywater53369 жыл бұрын
There will never EVER be another guitarist that can play even close to the level that Hendrix did. I'm convinced he wasn't even human
@dirtywater53369 жыл бұрын
WIL SUPER calm down. I know he was human. it was a joke
@pelumaad3319 жыл бұрын
Sam Buca ...he was a "voodoo chile".....Hendrix had that old black magic.
@shamuswinston9 жыл бұрын
Sam Buca Hendrix was an extraordinary player for his time, however guitar playing has evolved dramatically since then. There's a million players out there who can play like Hendrix or better. EVH and SRV are two examples of guitarists who surpassed Hendrix's ability big time.
@pelumaad3319 жыл бұрын
Shamus O'Kane ....LOL.......Eddie and Stevie would laugh at you too. Hendrix was one-of-a-kind. No imitator will ever surpass him. Stevie Ray is a legitimate Texas blues player whose playing stands on it's own despite being heavily influenced by Hendrix. Eddie Van Halen?.......give me a break!
@shamuswinston9 жыл бұрын
Pelu Maad You a guitar player?
@jimw.41613 жыл бұрын
My God... I would love to have seen Jimi jam with Eric. They are the two greatest guitar players in the history of rock-and-roll. Two rock GODS!
@ShackInc.3 жыл бұрын
I idolized Jimi when I was in my teens. I was blessed to see him live 2 months before he died. Atlanta Second Annual Pop Festival. And yes the performance was filmed and there’s a DVD available of the performance. July 4th, 1970 ! At midnight he played the Star Spangled Banner to a gigantic fireworks display behind the stage. True story !
@stevetomich72810 жыл бұрын
There is only one Jimi. There is only one Eric. Both brilliant. Let it be.
@roadwarrior40805 жыл бұрын
Thats the Beatles ha Ha !!!!
@alecsanderharrison26914 жыл бұрын
@403 Forbidden this is what you think
@andyallan22023 жыл бұрын
Like trying to compare an apple with an orange for best fruit. You can't compare. Both great but in different ways.
@jasonkileen4063 жыл бұрын
clapton is not good...at all....scumbag
@johnkurtz77053 жыл бұрын
Brilliance × two
@n0isyturtle9 жыл бұрын
"He killt Gud man, ye know."
@caiobandeira51737 жыл бұрын
Jimi Hendrix playing with Eric Clapton, that's like having Newton and Einstein solving a physics problem together
@terraceyouth29617 жыл бұрын
Mike Bloomfield from an interview with Guitar Player magazine: “I was performing with Paul Butterfield, and I was the hot-shot guitarist on the block. I thought I was _it_ . I went right across the street and saw him. Hendrix knew who I was, and on that day, in front of my eyes, he burned me to death. I didn’t even get my guitar out. H-bombs were going off. Guided missiles were flying - I can’t tell you the sounds he was getting out of his instrument. He was getting every sound that I was ever to hear him get right there in that room with a Stratocaster, a Twin (amp) and a Maestro fuzz tone, and that was all - he was doing it mainly though extreme volume. How he did this, I wish I understood. He just got right up in my face with that axe, and I didn’t even want to pick up a guitar for the next year”
@neilphelan1453 жыл бұрын
Hey Mike, at least you had the God given sense to not bring a knife to a gun fight! 🤯 But seriously, you are one hell of a guitar player!! I was always mesmerized when I listened to you when I was a teen 8n the 60s. Thank you for the joy you brought to the world with your music.👍
@TboneI9898 жыл бұрын
No Brits, Hendrix is not the disciple of Clapton as much as you want to tell yourself that.
@ghetuyi8 жыл бұрын
+Rusty hahahaha Exactly!
@Two_Seat_Pete_FatA558 жыл бұрын
+Rusty Maybe not a disciple but he did ask Chas Chandler if he would be able to meet Clapton and also Jeff Beck when he got to England. So he certainly admired him.
@TboneI9898 жыл бұрын
Lazarus Solomon Sure, like all great musicians admired each other back in the day. I hate how the brits try to put an elitish spin on everything that stinks of their arseholes.
@stalkek8 жыл бұрын
Dead right Rusty. The Brits and the Yanks - hard to know who are the bigger arseholes. You got my vote.
@kezothehappylurker7878 жыл бұрын
Ironic though, as most Brits based their music on American Blues _(Which not many Americans appreciated at the time!)_...But thank god for that, as I consider Britain my most _favoured_ kin!
@tannerthornburg49778 ай бұрын
I watch this every now and then to get inspired to achieve a fraction of his greatness - and to answer Erik Clapton’s question at the end …. A resounding YES, and there hasn’t been another like him. He might not be your favorite guitarist, but he is your favorite guitarist’s favorite guitarist. I hope to one day see his level of musicianship and creativity again.
@johnnycarlton44207 жыл бұрын
There never was and never will be a "Greatest Guitarist Alive"!
@tapangasoul69283 жыл бұрын
Jimi hendrix really was a force of nature. One with his instrument and the universe.
@stamatisarvanitidis24303 жыл бұрын
Like music is a competition and we can rank guitarists. Why cant you psychopaths just appreciate these legends and the masterpieces they gave us?
@monstergod8888 жыл бұрын
Wow,it's hard to believe that Jimi Hendrix walked on Earth,he seems to be like a extraterrestrial who came to this planet to show humans how to rock,i mean,he is the definition of LEGEND!
@nicksundby3 жыл бұрын
Clapton never did bring me out in goosebumps, Jimi always did
@alexisrosalesruiz73343 жыл бұрын
Clapton about the only good solo he ever did was the Crossroads. Everything is boring imo
@ndon853 жыл бұрын
@@alexisrosalesruiz7334 omg man stfu
@guitarlover13702 жыл бұрын
Sleepy Time and the tone on Sitting On Top of the World at Madison Square Garden always give me goosebumps
@alexsicko Жыл бұрын
for you maybe. not everyone likes hectic solos only, some like how the whole band performs. guitarists always be egocentric, they think world spins around them xD
@MerkinMuffly8 жыл бұрын
I always liked Clapton's overall tone better than Jimi's, but Hendrix was a much better rhythm player than Clapton: "Meeting Clapton had been among the enticements Chandler had used to lure Hendrix to Britain: "Hendrix blew into a version of [Howlin' Wolf's] 'Killing Floor'," recalls Garland, "and plays it at breakneck tempo, just like that - it stopped you in your tracks." Altham recalls Chandler going backstage after Clapton left in the middle of the song "which he had yet to master himself"; Clapton was furiously puffing on a cigarette and telling Chas: "You never told me he was that fucking good." Clapton was more a disciple of BB King which explains his limited rhythm playing early in his career, but that fucking tone? I mean, there's Clapton's tone on Steppin' Out and then there's everything else.
@williamreid24347 жыл бұрын
MerkinMuffly
@jeffblydenburgh59386 жыл бұрын
I disagree. If you have just about everything Hendrix put out in his short lifetime ( and there is so much), Hendrix is the Electric Church of tone. I own so much stuff and I can honestly tell you no one can match Hendrix’s tone. Even Clapton. Irs all his own buddy.
@martinadshead32986 жыл бұрын
MerkinMuffly pussy strat? Get a real guitar
@Hendrix672976 жыл бұрын
Jeff Blydenburgh spot on. Can you imagine Eric's brown pants?
@magicdaveable6 жыл бұрын
First of all it should be pointed out that while Hendrix certainly demonstrated musical genius he learned much of his stage theatrics from watching Buddy Guy. He also learned much technique from watching Buddy. Now it is also important to understand that the song Manic Depression was autobiographical. During some of his Manic Episodes he played his guitar nonstop for 2 or 3 days. It is really difficult to not develop mechanical excellence on a musical instrument spending that much time playing. Now addressing tone..... It is historical fact that Jimi used a White Les Paul Custom with 3 humbuckers on Are You Experienced? The arguments about tone are simply absurd. I am a guitarist of 48 years performing experience. I spent hours wearing out Jimi's albums in the late 60's. Learning from the masters is how we all learned. Suggesting that we didn't would be lying. I learned from Bach, Beethoven, and especially Mozart but many others including The Beatles, Zappa, Carlton, Lukather, Duane, Garcia, Gibbons, SRV, Page, et al. Arguing about tone is bullshit since it is purely subjective. My Music Man Silhouettes have unbelievable tone. Both are as good or even better than my Gold Top Les Paul or my '59 Strat. That's why I sold them. Why keep guitars that I don't play? The vintage argument is bullshit especially since amplifiers are involved. When I was trying out my first Silhouette I played it for a really long time without plugging it in just to hear the tone. Anyone that suggests humbucker or single coil pickups don't greatly affect tone is living in fantasyland. Get Real. Clapton for instance has used a huge variety of guitars but "Blackie" is his main axe according to him. That said I have often seen him using his Strat Signature model with Lace Sensor pickups. Do you really know about either of these musicians? My experience as a performer began when I was 11 years old. No I never achieved fame but made a good living playing rock'n'roll. Speaking of Hendrix, I learned much from his recordings but never attempted to copy his sound. I did emulate Clapton early in my career but was a really early fan of the Dead and Quicksilver. Hendrix dud not have the opportunity to fully realize his genius. Clapton has demonstrated his musical genius and even conquered his demons. Both are at the top of my best guitarist list but..... There ard many others.
@Mr.56Goldtop8 жыл бұрын
Yes, he was that good. I can't even imagine what he would have done by today if he had lived. Even by 1969 and 70 he was already expanding musically. Just compare Are You Experienced to Electric Lady Land, only two years later!
@davidwile68 жыл бұрын
And Cry of Love as well.
@mundicox89518 жыл бұрын
Are You Experience and Electric Ladyland are actually just one year and a four months apart. Amazing how much he grew in such a short time
@Mr.56Goldtop8 жыл бұрын
+Mundi Cox Exactly.
@byrdz23133 жыл бұрын
Clapton’s no slouch either. I’m right into The Experience and Cream; two completely different beasts,
@MizQue11 жыл бұрын
I found your posts both informative and very interesting. It's great to read comments from someone who was actually there. I was a couple of years too young to see Hendrix live, but by '73 I was going to see all the huge acts of the day. Hendrix was and remains my all time favorite guitar player. You were so fortunate to be there to see him LIVE. All I have are KZfaq videos and records, and memories of exactly where I was when I got the call that Jimi was dead. I cried for 6 months.
@MrMoggyman11 жыл бұрын
It is the innovative things that Jimi did for electric guitar which guaranteed his place in guitar history. By the way I was at this! Jimi's rendition of Killing Floor blew everyones ears off. We had never heard anything like it. I was hooked and followed Jimi all over the UK! Jimi was always very modest about his capabilities, and as you noted cited Rory as being the best guitar player. But it has to be said, this guy was truly gifted. He was the real deal. I know, I was there!!
@jkryanspark10 жыл бұрын
As long as we're back in the day, throw a little love Duane Allman's way. He's becoming way too forgotten.
@calrichey92855 жыл бұрын
Haha, never forgotten, ever. Duane was the happy guitar player who got along with everyone and played extremely well with others. He and Dickey played very very well together.. Wish they could have put more music out together.
@telephonic3 жыл бұрын
Yes, another great Guitar icon.
@scottrussell22815 ай бұрын
I'm 60, so I was too young to be a part of any of the happenings back then, but after idolizing Jimi for most of my youth, I can't image what it would have been like to be there when Eric and Jimi met on stage. It makes the hair stand up on my arms thinking about it. Jimi always made what he was doing looks SO effortless, like he was channeling it from somewhere else. Like I'm sure we all have, I've often wondered his impact had he not died in 1970.
@kengibbens50597 жыл бұрын
I always had a respect for Claptons early work, and have always been a Jimi fan, lately have been watching the Cream reunion alot and other Clapton videos, he's growing on me finally after 3 decades of ignoring him... Let's be happy Eric, Beck, Page, Gilmour are still around and playing!
@stefanthorpenberg8875 жыл бұрын
I saw Clapton with Cream 2 times in 1967 and Hendrix 3 times. Hendrix was seroulsly good and just over the top, but Clapton was very very good too. One thing with Cream was that it was collective improvisations, but Jimi improvised himself, with Noel just repeating a theme for 10 minutes.
@JohnJohnJeep10 жыл бұрын
I'll never understand why some people think Clapton is over rated. Much of what he created with Cream and the Dominos was stunning. Whether he was blazing away with Cream,or hanging back a bit during his pop career, he's never tried to over power his band mates. Some people interpret this to mean others on stage are better than he is. It's not true. He's played everywhere with everyone. There's no larger living legend. If you only know him by what you have seen in the past several years, remember he's approaching 70. Discover what he did in the 1960s.
@gyrofoam110 жыл бұрын
Because it's fashionable. This is the 21st century - time to re-write the 20th, in case anyone e.g. teens, get the idea that they missed something.
@roadwarrior40805 жыл бұрын
He didnt try to over power Clapton had the biggest EGO of anyone and personally didnt have the goods to back it up, he was on top until they through a true pioneer of his instrument at him and then he folded worse than a cheap suit on a hot sunday he didnt even want be on the same planet as Hendrix because his act couldnt compare he had NO show and played redundent mediocre blues licks he learned from listening to african american blues guitarist and guess what Jjmi was an african american/cherokee blues guitarist Phenom force of nature, he was also ambidextrous and he is the Master
@greenbrightly5 жыл бұрын
Yes I agree, my perspective is Hendrix live was a bit of a mess but a master in the studio, and gifted songwriter. Clapton was better live, and to do what he did with the blues breakers at 20 was ridiculous, with Cream he’s incredible plus he played on the white album and was in a band with John Lennon so case rested!
@roadwarrior40805 жыл бұрын
BORING AS HELL !!!
@roadwarrior40805 жыл бұрын
@@greenbrightly Clapton has NO fire and is a boring blues player so very predictable many others better than him in the genre of blues, its just a fact he was no pioneer of anything except getting drugged out accolades, he really ripped off the african american blues men and guess what jimi was an african american r&b blues man that learned directly from the source because he lived it, not from a watered down source of musical mis representation and EGO driven BS, Clapton is NOT a nice person at all
@mtadams200911 жыл бұрын
I love them both, it has nothing to do with who is better, its simply art, simply listen and enjoy, we are lucky to have had both of these great artist in our lives.
@revolver336 жыл бұрын
If anyone is wondering the Cream song playing in the background is crossroads live at the Royal Albert hall 1968 (farewell concert) The Jimi hendrix song is Killing Floor (BBC Sessions)
@kiljoy52239 жыл бұрын
Clapton was Chuck Norris to Hendrix' Bruce Lee
@stephenboyes51896 жыл бұрын
THATS A PERFECT COMPARISON..
@imdr9115 жыл бұрын
Too Funny! I just said that Hendrix was the Bruce Lee of guitarists
@angelserna81475 жыл бұрын
Crazy you say that did you know bruce lee and jimi hendrix share birthdays that shit is dope
@gtsteele62195 жыл бұрын
But Chuck Norris could play behind someone else's head, and still sound like Hendrix.
@hyzercreek5 жыл бұрын
@@gtsteele6219 Chuck Norris could play piano with his feet and make it sound like Hendrix on guitar.
@goonerdotcom10 жыл бұрын
This was the era when mere mortals had access to musicians and their trade, they might have put up graffiti that proclaimed they were gods but they were the peoples gods and didn't behave as if they were. NOW we worship them to such a degree they believe they are godly and untouchable.
@sebastiansebastiani85329 жыл бұрын
This is one of the best documentary i ever enjoy and never get tire to listen over and over again. The man who kill guitar god. Thanks o lot for sharing this.
@williamharris8033 жыл бұрын
I'm African American and Jimmy Hendrix gives me a great sense of pride knowing that he is considered one of the greatest of all time but personally I like the cleaner sound of Eric Clapton. I guess I can contribute that to growing up in Mississippi were a lot of blues artist are from....BB King and so on..... I can here a lot of that influence coming through in Eric's style of play. I also love a lot of rythm and feed back play on Jimmy's behalf. I just find my self perffering to listening and jamming to songs like "in the white room", "cocain" and" Layla" more than I do Jimmy's music. I just like Eric's sound better.
@suzie98743 жыл бұрын
Hey William, There is not 1 thing at all wrong with that. Me and im white as casper the freakin ghost. I will take Hendrix all day any day. (Shares a b-day with both him and Bruce Lee as well) But I can and do listen to both Clapton and Hendrix.
@jk179133 жыл бұрын
i agree with this, Hendrix did things no other guitarist could do but Clapton is more enjoyable to listen to
@Dzo8262 жыл бұрын
I enjoy Clapton's smoothness more, at times, however, when it comes time to 'get down' it's Jimi all the way!!..Sadly, a majority of BOTH's music, isn't what floats MY boat, of course there are several tunes from both that are amazing, IMO.. There is, to me, NO comparison between the two of them, because they both do what they do, exceptionally well, and is hard as hell to immitate, replicate or originate in the fashion they did what they did... Again, I don't compare, I just enjoy!!!...
@yvonnewalrond50142 жыл бұрын
And the name is Jimi not Jimmy. You spelled Eric Clapton's name right.
@yvonnewalrond50142 жыл бұрын
@@suzie9874 if THEY want clean sounding music then go listen to the group bread or Fleetwood Mac. That should be soft and clean enough for them.
@bernhardnizynski44033 жыл бұрын
How soul destroying for Clapton! I guess the lesson is - no matter how good you are, there is always someone better out there!
@guydelusignan42723 жыл бұрын
Lets appreciate Clapton while we still have him, hes one of the few from those times still alive and the last member of Cream.
@heentlasaa99743 жыл бұрын
Jimi jammed "Killing floor," by Howling Wolf. Brits were doing covers of Basic American Blues and selling. Elvis Presley used Little Walters "My babe," chords for "My baby left me, and "Trouble," which is Muddy waters "Hoochie Coochie Man," written for him by Mr Willie Dixon. Hendrix went to England when Chas Chandler promised him a chance to jam with Clapton, Eric & Jimi became friends.
@bacchusnominus52515 жыл бұрын
The think about Hendrix is not the notes he played. Its the way he plays them. This wild and pure energy. He truly was a force of nature.
@eddiesan21876 жыл бұрын
Jimmy Hendrix was and is the wizard of OZ, master of the 6 string guitar..... thank you jimmy...
@roadwarrior40805 жыл бұрын
I love youre comment but please spell his name correctly JIMI so that people wont think youre talking about JP
@dmitrymaslov77794 жыл бұрын
He also was a master of the 12 string guitar...
@TarantuLandoCalcuLingus3 жыл бұрын
And bass!
@mcnowski7 жыл бұрын
Hendrix achieved a level of playing that contained so much soul that even to this day I can't think of another as high.
@eivindgjengstjohansen96252 ай бұрын
Buddy Guy was 6 years older and played a guitar behind his back
@MichaelLantz6 жыл бұрын
Did you know it was Mike Bloomfield, who was of Paul Butterfields Blues Band, who introduced Jimi Hendrix to Eric Clapton's music?Mike Bloomfield said "That the only guitar player that Jimi was familiar with at the time was Jeff Beck who was with The Yardbirds at the time.Mike played The Beano album for Jimi and he said that Jimi was in a daze when he heard Eric's playing".
@TheHumbuckerboy10 жыл бұрын
Both guys are legends . Clapton was/is the master craftsman but Hendrix was an incredible artist in the truest sense of the word . So bold, adventurous , inventive, creative an unlimited !
@Cefdfsacq5 жыл бұрын
This story is part of the Hendrix legend......he is still rocks greatest improviser........but during Jimi’s lifetime, the most memorable, eloquent solos on vinyl were developed and executed by Clapton. So well done you can sing or hum them like a pop lyric. Beautiful timing and Fluidity was Eric s game.......even when he dug in deep or was blazing with the Amp at 11 he was always musical.
@royfablooo28103 жыл бұрын
Clapton was friend with literally Guitar God's, Jimi Hendrix, George Harrison and SRV. Man's living a good life.
@lievliberant60193 жыл бұрын
You know you've made it when you're mates with Hendrix and one of the Beatles, and Eddie Van Halen is your biggest fan.
@sgshumblecrumb6046 Жыл бұрын
Clapton himself is one of the guitar gods lol.
@BeingPollock7 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing. Excellent cut. (Speechless)
@lgwappo3 жыл бұрын
There are technicians (shredders) & there are musicians (artists). Hendrix was one of the most musical guitar players I ever heard.
@RebelThoughts8210 жыл бұрын
I like Clapton but I never understood the hype he gets from some people. I never got the hype and still don't. He's good but he's also boring. All he does is rehash what the past blues players did. Jimi Hendrix was much more inventive, bold, and forward thinking as a musician than Clapton ever was.
@sondreschirmer-mikalsen32177 жыл бұрын
True, Hendrix was bold. Bold as love.
@steelekiller85406 жыл бұрын
RebelThoughts82 the deal with Clapton is he’s still alive. If Hendrix had lived there is NO doubt in my mind he would take Clapton’s place as the number one guitarist. There is no doubt that even when he was alive he was an AMAZING guitarist. But because Clapton lived he had time to go with the changes. And remember all forms of music is a descendant from the blues. Heavy metal blues with a lot of distortion. Listen to a heavy metal song without that distortion it’s just the blues.
@uaala5 жыл бұрын
Maybe this should enlighten you: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nb6CjNegl9ixnqc.html He is not just copying the blues artists, as seen for example, on Groaning the Blues. He made it better.
@andzwe5 жыл бұрын
Looking back on it now, the British artists profited very much from the fact that the black artists they more of less copied were largely ignored in the States. That changed when they also started to get the credits. Hendrix still had to come to the UK first to get his breakthrough though. Just like Jazz musicians like Miles Davis had to come to Paris to become really respected and wellknown. Hendrix revolutonized the blues music the European artists loved when they started off and added the pop, rock and soul elements to it, just like his contemporaries did.
@michaell87223 жыл бұрын
Clapton played the guitar Hendrix was the guitar
@7TheBeAllAndEndAll73 жыл бұрын
Yep!!!!
@talister1069 жыл бұрын
In the early seventies I was inspired by a lot of great guitarist . Hendrix stood out because he did things and had a sound unlike anyone else. My biggest regret is not being able to see what he could of done in the future.
@UhGaflavin8 жыл бұрын
some of you guys need to understand that just because there are hundreds of great guitarists out there that have contributed their slice of knowledge in a particular genre to the music world. doesn't mean that the next giant of rock will be influenced by literally all of the above. genre and sub genre doesn't even matter, besides the best musicians always has someone elses ideas as a foundation and they build themselves up off of that one or multiple people. and that's what makes guitarists unique is their own taste and their own take on the music and artists that influenced them to pick up and start strumming. I play both ways. learned right handed first, then when I had the money I got me an electric and flipped it over for lefty because it felt more comfortable and I've been playing like that ever since, I don't even pick up a right handed guitar the right way so anymore I play it upside down. tried chord books to no avail. I won't even try writing sheet music. but I still play, by ear. practiced every day since I picked it up, and continue to practice to this day the fingers on my right hand are hard as rocks. my main influence, Jimi Hendrix because I never felt comfortable with myself and never knew what I wanted but when I heard his music that all changed I learned to accept myself and all my weird quirks and eccentricities, to not care what someone thinks. I've played live a few times and I'm sure a few people have muttered" oh God here's another Hendrix wannabe let me hold my ears" but that hasn't stopped me from playing. and guess what, no complaints. I play everything from 1950s to today depending. from the old bluesman to the ridiculously uncouth attack of the 90s, I love it all man. and you guys should too. that's what music is made for. stop paying attention to genres and sub genres they're only dividing the musical community from macro to micro. we need to be a commune not a congress constantly debating on who is the best and what "genre" holds the best guitarists.
@TZKeyz11 жыл бұрын
At the time Hendrix was like a hurricane blowing on to a stage. I can imagine it effecting Clapton. But, after the storm, they really played differently from each other. I hear Eric and Jimi's influences on the early Jeff Beck stuff. 3 monster musicians, each distinctive.
@AnthonyMonaghan10 жыл бұрын
The balls on Jimi hendrix...Arrives in London, plugs into Jack Bruce's bass amp, destroys Eric Clapton, screws a couple of hundred birds, leaves London!
@harpnant3 жыл бұрын
Heard Jimmy play at the Marquee club, my young brain could not process the sound. Took a year to of listening to EP's to understand the genius.
@houstonswisha1432 жыл бұрын
Imagine being in the crowd that night… would of been a great memory
@susanm97039 жыл бұрын
Thank you for posting this!
@ochaze13 жыл бұрын
Jimi was a Clapton disciple??? I dont think so lol
@macboogieland28979 жыл бұрын
jimi was the boss of the bosses!! such an inspiration
@SmahTime7 жыл бұрын
Well, except Springsteen :)
@mainstreetband6226 жыл бұрын
Springsteen sucks
@tj2001thirty11 жыл бұрын
Hendrix and Clapton are both influential for fairly similar reasons. When Clapton played with the Bluesbreakers and Cream, he turned up the volume and the aggression.. This was when 'Clapton Is God' was sprayed in London.Hendrix took these amped up blues and went to a new level. A big difference now between them is, since Clapton is still alive, we've seen him mellow from early on until now. We never got to see that with Hendrix. We saw his aggressive period, and that was it.. RIP JJ Cale...
@basketcase48011 жыл бұрын
It certainly seems they were. Clapton was devastated when Hendrix died (and had just gotten him a guitar). I can't imagine what a shock that performance must have been though. Being seen as the best around and then watching someone tear through a song you struggle with in the middle of your performance would be tough.
@kathyvandusen960110 жыл бұрын
Jimi will always be around, greatest guitarist ever played.
@jimmy56348 жыл бұрын
Comparing these two guys is a fruitless endeavor. Clapton put his own mark on Blues soloing and that was his originality. Many others have followed and put their marks on Blues Soloing as well. Hendrix didn't "play" guitar, he owned it.
@nitramyellek4420118 жыл бұрын
+jimmy5634 Amen!
@realtalk46177 жыл бұрын
Accidently on Purpose force of nature is an understatement for Hendrix
@architecture.w6 жыл бұрын
jimmy5634 Clapton stole his blues from old Black Americans. Nothing original about it.
@Dagger_3236 жыл бұрын
Architecture Whisperer ignorance at its finest. All blues is emulated from those of the past. It has to be otherwise it is not blues. You can’t incorporate modes in place of pentatonics if you aim to play that style of guitar... it simply does not work. Either way, listen to his playing in Cream and then come back and tell me that Clapton was merely “ripping off black blues guys” and there wasn’t anything original about him. Quite the contrary. At the time of the late 60’s Clapton and Hendrix were the top of their class. And if Hendrix was indeed “better”, it was by a smaller margin than most seem to claim, because Clapton was phenomenal.
@Ah_Yote5 жыл бұрын
Dagger 323 there’s a difference between inspiration, and just straight up stealing, Clapton was a bit of an odd mix of both much like Led Zeppelin,
@lorilorlor9283 жыл бұрын
Yes, I saw them both, separately. What a GIFT! They were a dream, a true Life Moment you could never forget. I am so grateful 💕. Can't wait to run into them down the road...
@jamesk21137 жыл бұрын
Don't know why people seem to villify Clapton for playing covers of the music he liked. He idolised the old Blues players and help to immortalise their music - he was doing what he loved to do. In this video, Hendrix is playing a cover of a song by Howlin' Wolf. Clapton was not the only one in awe of songs that already existed.
@pault19646 жыл бұрын
The invention of the Marshall amp changed everything
@guthyranker17248 жыл бұрын
I still haven't seen as good as a performance as JH , playing at Monteray pop festival........Playing with his teeth and behind his back and bringing his guitar foreword with out missing a note......Truly incredible....Hey Joe Monteray Pop fest.
@caseD51508 жыл бұрын
It's people like you that over rate Hendrix. Yea, he was Phenomenal. Yea, he inspired COUNTLESS. But playing guitar behind his head and his fucking teeth doesnt make him great.
@scottiehippie8 жыл бұрын
+Cassidy Sambeekles He was the first.
@caseD51508 жыл бұрын
scottiehippie No, he wasn't. The blues has been ripped off by COUNTLESS since it's inception. He was just following the cycle, and ripping off his heros.
@TYLERKEITHROWLAND8 жыл бұрын
Only have to hear him- no visual needed
@xavierboxone39378 жыл бұрын
This will make me unpopular here, but Steve Vai. He had to stand on Jimi's Shoulder's to do it, though. The players he inspired, that's his legacy.
@DaisyChain629 жыл бұрын
How I see things is that Hendrix and Clapton had immense respect for each other....full stop.
@allenmcdaniel147010 жыл бұрын
Love Jack & Ginger's takes here- two of MY idols, and still ARE. And Jack says it quite succinctly- Jimi was like a force of Nature. And Ginger says something similar. But we'll never know where he COULDA & WOULDA went, cuz some heavenly band wanted a badass guitarist and they took HIM from us.
@almishti3 жыл бұрын
I'm surprised clapton didn't say something racist :P
@johnharris73533 жыл бұрын
So in '65 I was 13 and was beginning to notice girls n music. This was in Midwest U.S.. all our music was dogpoop, then came the Beatles!!! Blew everyone away, nothing like it ever before! I still luv it today!
@DrTomoculus2 жыл бұрын
"The first time I saw Eric (Clapton) I thought wow, there's a master guitar player. But Eric was a guitar player, Jimi (Hendrix) was some sort of force of nature." Jack Bruce Should be the go to when anyone does not give Hendrix his rightful due. What he did in those 3 years was more than just turn the guitar upside down. He made it three dimensional. And flying off into a parallel dimension where no one could hear the sounds it made, but Hendrix. And Hendrix did us a kind and brought those sounds to our dimension, so we could hear the beauty of nature unleashed.
@andrea065010 жыл бұрын
Jimi Hendrix is Jimi Hendrix …there are no chances for the other, before and after Jimi nothing !!
@tommack939510 жыл бұрын
That's a silly statement... James A Hendrix was who came before him and what who was in his present at the time.
@heldersufiano281610 жыл бұрын
andrea!!!!you are damn right!!!!
@roadwarrior40805 жыл бұрын
You are so correct my friend
@delmanglar9 жыл бұрын
Clapton imitated blues masterfully, Jimi made blues. People that tought Clapton was guitar god hadn't heard the great blues guitarist of the time
@Jon-wm3wp5 жыл бұрын
"Clapton imitated" ignorant...
@theycallmejpj4 жыл бұрын
if you think hendrix is "blues" then you aren't listening to at least half his material
@alexblock22487 жыл бұрын
This might be the most fascinating video on KZfaq barnone.
@jimivibes6093 жыл бұрын
Brilliant video. Love this. Such a cool story
@jlynch74116 жыл бұрын
As Mr Bruce said....Jimi was A FORCE OF NATURE!! So much so that even Eric had to bow his head. Every head must bow, every tongue must confess.
@1911m1a1ellis7 жыл бұрын
Was that Max Headroom's dad in there?
@antithug79425 жыл бұрын
It was Cream's drummer, Ginger Baker.
@ljs200010 жыл бұрын
Jimi was Airborne thank you for your service, Rock Heaven Jimi....
@Mr.H0LLYW00D5 ай бұрын
Clapton studied the blues. Jimi lived the blues❤
@Femalecommaman10 жыл бұрын
I had always wanted to see Eric Clapton. Finally, in 1974, he was going to be at Stanford University Amphitheatre - about 15 miles south of where we lived. I was 16, had my license and got tickets the next day. We went and Eric was *so wasted* he couldn't even stand! "I Shot The Sheriff" was big then. The crowd was yelling for it, but we only got a sloppy version of "Layla" as he staggered from one side of the stage to the other taking huge pulls from a bottle of Jack Daniels that he had sitting on one of the Marshalls! The opening band, who were, thankfully, pretty good, had to finish the show so Clapton could go pass out offstage. What a major disappointment for a kid who'd waited all her life to see him! I was glad to hear he finally sobered up. Too bad his son had to die for him to do it, though.
@allenmcdaniel147010 жыл бұрын
a sad story Suzette. bet you were deflated to see him like that. must've been a sad and confused time for EC. so glad he didn't become another victim of the times & taken too soon like JH.
@Femalecommaman10 жыл бұрын
ALLEN McDANIEL Thanks, Allen for that great and totally accurate comment! It's exactly the way I feel!
@youwinoneinternets7 жыл бұрын
Hendrix was a conduit of the gods man, it's Clapton who was the disciple, a very devout and studious one but that's not enough when faced with a prophet of music. If I ever say one racist comment in my life it's that I am pissed not enough black guys take up guitar. How is Hendrix not more of an idol to you than Tupac?!
@alexgeorge30686 жыл бұрын
Clapton came first. Ergo, not the diciple.
@uaala5 жыл бұрын
@@alexgeorge3068 Exactly! The Experience was rip-off of Cream. And that doesn't undermine Jimi's talent.
@russlupky35055 жыл бұрын
@@alexgeorge3068 Eric Clapton came out a year before Hendrix did but it didn't take long for Hendrix to cut Clapton
@roadwarrior40805 жыл бұрын
Hendrix was exposed to the real roots of the blues and R&B directly because he was from wence those styles were created Clapton was NO pioneer in any form only a blues copy cat Freddie King eats his lunch on guitar big time and thats not even talking about Hendrix who is way beyond all of em
@roadwarrior40805 жыл бұрын
Im NOT sure why Tupac is even mentioned great rapper but ABSOLUTELY should NOT be mentioned in the same breath as Hendrix
@dimethaltryptamine19 жыл бұрын
I could not agree with Jack & Ginger & the others more. Thanks for the post SO MUCH :D
@cravinbob9 жыл бұрын
***** Mind if I join you? Its been a rough week. See you at the pub then?
@AltonRong4 ай бұрын
Hendrix was an innovator, born into the music Clapton had been emulating.