He has been gone for 50 years and STILL is the greatest to touch the guitar.

The greatest guitarist that ever lived and always will be the number one guitarist in the world

Hendrix is the GOAT.

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.

He changed history with the way he played the guitar !!

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.

At last someone reacting to Hendrix and not SRV.

Remember; Jimi INVENTED THE SHIT!

Your faces when Hendrix started singing were priceless!!! Imagine if Hendrix woulda lived another 30-40 years. The music he woulda made!!!

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

The most free guitar player ever , if you would play " hear my train a comin " from both sides of the sky you'll be amazed Rock on 🤘

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!

Jimi could really make that guitar talk!

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.

“Machine gun” Hendrix and the band of Gypsies; he evolved his sound even after the experience

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.

I was born just miles from where Jimi was! Hail Rock 'n' Roll! Hail Hendrix! Hail Renton, WA, USA!

It's an honor to imitate a player. SRV idolized Jimi. But, Jimi came first and he was a God!

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.

Hey Joe, Foxy Lady, Are you Experienced, Angel, Along the Watchtower.

Jimi Hendrix was a legend from the beginning. Voodoo Child, Hey Joe, and Purple Haze are among my favorite songs 🎵

This when we all loved each other... no matter what class, color or character we were. At 70, my heart aches for that time. God bless.

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.

"All Along the Watchtower"!

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 !!

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.....

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.

I've been waiting for you guys to get into some Hendrix!

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 ✌

One of the best guitar player i´ve ever heared. Listening to this in Dolby Surround at home will get you drunk without alcohol.

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. ✌.

After 50 years no one can come close to this man for he is the guitar man

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.

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...............

Interesting fact the wha wha peddle Hendrix was using in this video ended up with Stevie Ray Vaughan and he used it up until he passed away.

Thank you Jimi Hendrix for getting me into playing guitar when I was a kid

Jimi's mother was full blooded Native American Indian. The bandana is him showing his heritage. He was so gifted that he was ahead of his time. Sometimes the audience when he first started performing in the 1960 they were in shock and awe. He was the first one to play guitar metal style solos. As a little girl I used to watch the Ed Sullivan Show (it was like the precursor to American Idol talent show). I saw Elvis Presley perform. But Jimi's performance was so new and cutting edge that the mainstream audience on the TV networks didn't invite him to perform on family shows. It was too over the top and people didn't know what to think of it. The hippies who were social rebels thought Jimi's performance was the coolest thing they'd ever seen. Jimi H. performed at the very first Woodstock Festival. He was the highest paid performer there and he was the main act. Did you know that? You just watched the founding father of METAL. When a news reporter saw him perform for the first time, he said his music sounded like Metal raining from the sky. After that they refered to hiis music style as beeing "METAL". So you see, most black people steered clear of METAL because they thought white people invented it, but that is not so. He is the God of Metel because he Created Metal. He was THE BEST ssimply because he was the first to start this genre of music. The Isley Brothers was a Black band in the 70's and they play guitar solo's similar the Jimi H. They said Jimi inspired their music too. Prince is another black artist that admired and performed like Jimi. Check out the live performance that Prince played where he shows how similar he plays like Jimi. All of the gutiar players since Jimi started playing wild guitar solos after Jimi was the very first guitarist to invent & perform METAL guitar solos. I listened to music back bwhen the Beetles first became popular and they never played any metal style solos. They only played rock and roll in its beginning stages. So when you watch Jimi you are looking at a point in music history that was the beginning of a new era in music never heard before.

Hippies, love, and peace! Foxy Lady next, please? ❤️

Jimi27 more than legend🎸🎸

You must see Jimi burn his guitar onstage @ the Monterey Pop Festival. The audience was shocked and stunned.

Jimi where are you now to save the world with that amazing sound!

A Legend right there. The man was born to be a guitarist 🔥🔥🔥

Jimmie was left handed his dad tried to get him to learn right handed but he refused instead he restrung his guitar and played it upside down

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...

That would be a weird time i bet. All those people tripping on acid.

No one ..... ever..... has played like Jimi. And no one ever will.

Jimi Hendrix the greatest guitarist in rock and roll.

The absolute best ever, Jimmy!

greatest guitarist ever walk this earth. fact.

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.

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

Listen to him play the Star Spangled Banner with his guitar at Woodstock '69. Wow!!

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.

R. I. P. Jimi Hendrix 9-18-1970. I recently read that he was actually murdered 😭

Listen to his version of The Star Spangled Banner Live at Woodstock

watching Jimmy live was like going to church. We were in Aw

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.

at last ya' two came home to the cosmic source where 'Voodoo Child' was given birth to!

Simply the best ♥

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 👵🏼☮️🔥

At Woodstock, something that will never happen again ! 500,000 and everyone took care of each other!

He really was a voodoo chile ✨ you have a wonderful journey ahead 💫

His Voice is his guitar 🎸👍

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.

The greatest guitar player of all time hands down.

now you know where Prince got his shnizzle on so many levels ... "game recognizing game" it's that simple!

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

Listen to that germanium fuzz spinning out of control. Love the early distortion days.

He's playing a right handed guitar, upside down!

by jimi Hendrix "When the wind Cries Mary" music video.

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.

Shout out to Jimi's drummer Mitch Mitchell. He's one of the best to every play the kit.

“ Jimi! “👍👏👏👏🎸🎸🌹

You need to watch him do "Wild thing" at the Monterey Music Festival.

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!

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

For all you babies that don't know Jimi Hendrix was in the Isley Brothers little Ernie was about 9 years old that's why he plays the way he plays

The story of life is quicker than the wink of an eye/The story of love is hello and goodbye, until we meet again.”

Awesome artist and song to react to and yo brother that girl is beautiful congratulations

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

Try purple haze live Atlanta pop festival, and hey joe live monterey

Another all time great whos life was cut short.

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.

the drummer is nuts in the good way!^^

There's a 15 min blues version that will totally blow your mind

The first to play guitar like that !

I cant stop looking at that mic! 🎤 😳

Too many great songs from the GOAT. My personal favorite is The Wind Cry’s Mary. Also like Little Wing.

Imagine jimi being the opening band snd having to come on after him

I strongly suggest you guys watch and listen to Jimi Hendrix at Woodstock playing The Star Spangled Banner. It continues to blow peoples mind then and now.

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!

Jimi is the GOAT no doubt....

That bass player killed it yo!!!

Jimi is Magical.

He was the king of guitar players .

You watched a LEGEND. One of the best, if not the BEST guitarist of all time.

wow love your hoodie!! Mi amor Selena!!!!

You need to watch him perform Hey Joe... as well as playing behind his back, he also plays with his tongue

Hendrix is a fenómeno 👽👽👽👽

Jimi was left handed, so when he raises his left fist near the beginning he's making the Black Power salute, you dig? This was the the era of the Black Panthers... Jimi was hip to that...as well as schooling his (largely) white audience in the real blues...