Eric was so serious here, about this Hendrix jewel song. he is a great great great guitarist, our Eric.. He apreciates Hendrix so much. He is emotional about his work. Yet, Eric is so humble. Thats a mark of a man. To play Jimis stuff so nice, and then dissapeared from the stage. Thats Eric Johnson.... Jimi was humble too. God bless them both. the end

Eric Johnson ability to recreate the Hendrix stuff is ridiculously amazing. His interpretation of Are You Experienced is almost creepy it's so dead on. Seriously devoted Hendrix disciple and not someone who injects their own ego ramblings into Jimi's music like so many others.

Third Stone isn't easy to play live, It was a studio creation..Jimi would be very impressed with Eric's performance..

Nearly a half century since Jimi's premature death, and I still stand in awe of his genius as a musician and as a composer of incredible music....

Excellent playing. I love the way he really got close to Jimi's actual feedback licks. Very impressive!

Just came here from an SRV rendition of this same song. SO interesting, the different interpretations and renditions of the same source material. Eric is the precisionist, corralling chaos and making it clean, while still conveying the feel of the original. Stevie Ray took the original and made it into a vehicle by which he delivered his own emotions, chaos and all. Both are brilliant!

His finesse on the guitar is a pleasure to see and hear. Not overly aggressive, but almost seducing the sound. Very cool.

First heard that tune on vinyl on my cheap turntable in 1967, with black lights in bedroom----It was emotional then and emotional now. Fantastic cover !

Eric seems to be just about the best at recreating Hendrix's studio sound live, which is no small achievement. Other players capture different aspects of him, but this is so spot on.

Now, 56 years later, there are thousands who can play just like Hendrix, and who have even gone beyond him in technique. But there is only one who wrote songs like that. Beautiful, beautiful songs. The incredible lead solos are just one little part of the whole....the vision is enormous, too, but the songs have no equal.

Lets not forget there is only one Hendrix, and nobody but nobody, would be playing this style of music without him.

And now it is Classical Music. Eric Johnson is, without a doubt, the premiere interpreter of the Great Master's music. Brilliant!!!!!!

One of my all time favorite Hendrix songs, executed live as best and close to the record as could be!...unbelievably cool!

Eric Johnson is one of the closest to Hendrix sounding guitarists , but He also puts his own signature spin on things , that what makes him just as legendary !

The Bassist is trying to compensate the height of EJ's guitar lol

Strange beautiful. The majestic and superior hen is surely cackling.

Although your world wonders me, With your majestic and superior cackling hen Your people I do not understand, So to you I shall put an end And you'll never hear surf music again

I love the pain staking detail Eric does when playing Jimi's songs, goes above and beyond...just not a big fan of Eric's music, but his talent is incredible.

I've seen Eric play several Hendrix tunes live. This, Manic Depression, Love or Confusion, Are You Experienced. All done brilliantly, and with such attention to detail. I've heard a small handful of guys truly play Hendrix wonderfully: Eric, SRV, Randy Hansen, Barry Richman, and Frank Marino. I'm sure there's others, but those are my favorites.

Always fun watch Eric replicating Hendrix studio album track sound effects live on stage

So the trick to this riff is lowering the volume on the guitar , then pressing the tremolo bar all the way down to release the tension on the strings , then swelling the volume up as you release the tremolo . Once you get in amp loud enough to feed-back you can keep the feedback loop sustaining using the volume swell on the guitar . You want to file down your nut groves on your strat so there is no binding of the strings ; else it won't return to be in tune.

If you ever wanted to know where to buy a 86 inch guitar strap ask the bass player.

Dr. house on the bass.

Excellent! A master paying homage to an other one.

Eric, for me has the world's cleanest tones.

3SFTS - so far ahead of its time that only a master and lover of JHE can do it justice. Brilliant work EJ

Why do I suddenly want to listen to surf music right now?

Only a master of the electric guitar and its relationship to an amplifier could have produced devotion like this. Bravo!

Simply well done, eric. Very very well done 👂

Thank you for keeping his memory alive in such a beautiful way!! 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰❤❤❤❤❤❤🙏

Now that really was impressive. Amazing range of amazing tones.

Makes Jimi proud. Chur brother. Love from NZ. I grew up on Pastor Jimi.

Transcends space and time! Well done.

omg this guy is great! he has the dreamlike musical quality! :-) the best!

That was killer. Wish EJ would play with that kind of rawness more often!

Hey, wow, this guy is really good. Always loved this song. Saw Jimi in 70.

Absolutely amazing! It approximates the original recording with stunning accuracy and even the controlled feedback is close. The screaming yahoos in the seats are not appreciated.

Hendrix never played a song the same way twice so that makes this perfect EJ rocks.

Absolutely magical! I was stunned when I first heard the original Hendrix track, and no one had ever done what Mitch did on the rhythm track. Mitch was such a driving force that allowed Hendrix complete freedom to play whatever he wanted. And of course this was a fantastic interpretation/recreation. EJ just knows this music inside out.

Nice! Everyone else is overdoing, but not Eric. This was subtle, tasteful and very Jimi. Great guitar control, he managed the recreate the original pretty accurately even though the original was most likely just random guitar abuse.

I have been a fan of Erics playing since the mid 80s. As a guitar player he's in my top 10, along with McLaughlin, Segovia, Django and others. His feedback technique is as good as anyone elses. Thanks for the upload. David Gilmour doing Echoes on meddle is also a thing of beauty.

A remarkable performance which underscores the genius of Hendrix.

Awesome,well done Eric!

Cheers your the Coolest James Marshal Hendrix Jimi Hendrix RIP you killed it man peace 10

I was very fortunate to have had the opportunity to see Eric play fourteen shows in the space of twenty nine months; this was many years ago. I saw Eric do everything from solo acoustic, piano, and of course what he is well known for, his electric guitar performances. Every EJ show is different & every show has its' own magic. Anyone could listen to an EJ album and maybe never 'get' it. Going to see & hear Eric perform in a live setting will certainly allow anyone to discover his truly unique talents.

Great Guitarist . Hendrix is happy walking though the clouds

this brings something to mind, THE STRATOCASTER IS THE PERFECT GUITAR, it is so versatile.

Superb . I've been listening t that song since it first came out, never thought I would see it live, didn't mind that there were no words (unlike instrumental versions of Little Wing).

One of my favorite guitarist and artist. Such a fabulous player and song writer. Thank you sir. Keep enjoying your craft. And keep sharing with us.

Great video footage, thanks for sharing. My wife and I were at the Nashville concert the night after your show. It was an Awesome concert!!!!

I have an recording of Eric playing this one from 1975, with his early band Electromagnets... It's amazing!

The man is brilliant 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

The Angelical disciple of Jimi Hendrix, Eric Johnson

Beautiful. Always loved that song especially....

❤ play on..feel in your soul. Love this..❤❤

that was so smooth Johnson. i have never seen any one perform smoother. Including Carlos. ha ha

Just found out my sister died. I play this to help me with my grief

"and even more important, a great musician"

THIS IS SOOOOOO AMAZING.

If you wanted to trip in the 60s (or even now), the early Hendrix catalogue is an absolutely essential 'travelling' companion. Just sayin'...😎👍

I was imagining how much time and efforts Eric put into this to work it out...amazing!

Amazing cover. He got as close as you can to reproducing that masterpiece.

pretty cool Eric... gave me a few chills... Jimi 🌹🌹

saw Eric Johnson and Joe Satriani on tour in Cali. Seeing just one of these guys is a moving experience. Seeing both on the same night was life altering.

I am beyond impressed. That’s the best cover I’ve ever heard

Amazing rendition

Wow....just wow.

Saw Eric perform this at experience Hendrix at the zeiterion theater in new Bedford ,mass last year. Was totally blown away, not a easy song to perform live. Been trying for years to learn it on guitar. Still haven't totally got it down yet.

Adore.!

Well played sir . Amazing job .

Eric is one of a few guitarist who could pull this song off without a hitch.

Killer version by Eric..he really captures the Jimi masterpiece..I once witnessed Stevie preform it at the old Palace Theater in Hollywood..both are incredible players..to say the least..must be in that Texas water..

Awesome.

Great post! I really love Eric's version of ' R U XPERIENCED '

Perfect

Fantastic!

great!!! Love it.

this performance is awesome...

EJ went off baby!!!! Tone Master!!!

Nice to see it played the right way round!

Thank you for this. I saw him in Austin.

Roy covered Jimi as well. His Young cover of Down by the River, done with no whammy or pedals, and one amp, will blow you away. Please hear: Roy Buchanan-Down By The River(LIVE)ALBUM VERSION, 9:21 min.

I wouldn't take bets on Hendrix being a big thing in a century's time. Look how fast music has fallen into the mud right now (2023). Eric is a gem and this is righteous.

A audio work of abstract impressionism. Jimmy was soooo much more than just a blues man. This doesn't resemble any of Jimmy's roots. He just veered into his own territory. High art.

That was amazing .I saw the Jimi tribute in 2011. in Hollywood FL ,to bad for me he wasnt there

Oh my God.

Hendrix Johnson!!!!!

I'm proud of you.

So am I, but I do NOT care about what people think of me; even though I'm just as good, if not better than, Eric...Just never had the breaks....Just one note though....I played this song when I was 13 or 14 years old...So.....No big Deal!

Eric Johnson should do more of this type of melodies. Or anyone who's a fan of Hendrix. Maybe make an album or something just like this. Hendrix aspirated his own vomit and died of asphyxia. RIP

This performance just c'mon dude...WOW! Damn so crazy good!!! YO big up 4 share✌

Fantastic drumming, superb...

I hate to be a spoiler but, the calm and sensitivity he plays this is not even close to wild completely disruptive, insane style of Hendrix. He has the Amps. Use them. Hendrix live in the early days that he played this song. I know it’s fair to judge this incredible player on this tune and I’m not. He is awesome. I was so fortunate to see Hendrix 7 times in the San Francisco Bay Area. Including my hometown of San Jose. I will never forget that sound and feel he gave to the audience. It was raw and unapologetic. In your face in a way that was never seen before. I also was unfortunate to witness one of the last shows he ever played in the Bay Area. Tired of the freak show he had become. Stoping in the middle of song. Forgetting the chord structure he was in. High. Looked malnourished. Just paying the bills. Keeping his contractual commitment. Sorry But Eric Johnson is no Hendrix and for me a song he sounds have played at home in his living room.

Strange beautiful

NOFI, but It's like watching Al Pacino on crystal meth playing a Hendrix Classic .... it's just freaking freaking AWESOME! ;-) ... I salute you mister Eric Johnson!

I got seasick watching this in my own living room.

Good job Eric

damn nice version eric

Very good

It’s crazy close he is even with the feedback.