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no one says anything about his voice. It was a perfect match to his guitar playing

The longer you play guitar and the older you get, the more Jimi Hendrix blows your mind

If only he could see the legacy that he left.

This all happened before he was 28 years old

An angel took human form, chose his favorite musical instrument, tried it out,...……..then split.....nuff said.

Jimi Hendrix still influences the music of today, amazing artist

He had a beautiful gift, he knew the true essence of music, sounds, frequencies, he was able to feel it. I don't think he knew much about music theory, he just played instinctively. Notes just flew from his soul to his guitar, it was a natural thing.

What an inspirational artist. He came up from absolutely nothing and had self-taught himself guitar by listening to a radio! Incredible. Deserves all the admiration he ever got and still gets.

Jimi was so humble.

There was never any evidence of heroin in his system when he died, and he was not known to use heroin by those who knew him best. Also, Monika Dannemann was NOT his girlfriend. He met her two years ago and signed a picture for her as a fan. Later, days before his death, she found him at a club in London and would not leave him alone until his death. In fact, he was trying to lose her, but she would follow him wherever he went. He only decided to go to her apartment in order to get her off his back. In other words, to "give her what she wanted." Long story short, he ends up dead. It's worth noting that the Vesperex sleeping pills that were officially stated as being the "cause of death" belonged to her, and were a very concentrated form. In fact, they were only legal in Germany and thus only attainable there. Another thing, during the last two years of his life known as his "burned out" period he was being drugged, and dosed. Usually, it was "bad" drugs. Some thought they were intentionally given to him in order to give him a "bad trip." Often times, his drinks would be dosed, or drugged. Once they accidentally drugged his bass players drink which was the reason they had to cancel some shows on their tour in Germany before he died. He started getting paranoid about who he allowed around him and eventually started going through Alan Douglas to get him LSD that wasn't made bad on purpose. And, lastly, Hendrix has never struck me as a confused man. In fact, he was an extremely intelligent man. Everything I have ever read, every book, every documentary I have ever seen with him in it have always shown me that he was sharp. That he was very pointed in what direction he wanted to go. That he had tremendous insight for his age, and the time he lived. Not as a confused man. That is simply your malinformed opinion.

How can you talk about Jimi Hendrix without mentioning Woodstock????

I love Jimi. Little Wing is so beautiful. Of course his immense guitar abilities are what everyone knows him for but his lyrics contain beautiful symbolism.

I spoke to a paramedic in London who said he worked with one of the guys who picked up Jimi Hendrix from Ladbroke Grove in the 60s. He said the reason he died was because they kept him on his back in the ambulance and didn't resuscitate him properly because back then, they didn't have the training. Very sad if true.

beauty in the struggle, ugliness in the success

Jimi was also a supreme songwriter. His first album was from a selection of 17 songs that are included today if you buy the album. This video gives the false impression Jimi was "short on material" and only played guitar tricks. In my mind, Jimi not only reinvented guitar but reinvented song writing & probably invented/inspired what would become 'jazz-fusion'.

No Jimi Hendrix = no John Frusciante.

I liked his newer material before he died. He was progressing as a writer. He never played a song the same way twice. I saw him perform. Very loud, fantastic playing. Beautiful tone.

A man without fear. RIP Jimi Hendrix.

Jimi Hendrix to me is one of the 3 masters (Jimi, Bruce Lee, Ali). Jimi will blow you away, but you have to listen, the more you listen the more you will hear. "If I don't see you no more on this world, I'll meet you on the next one and don't be late, don't be late" - Jimi Hendrix RIP GOAT!!!

I feel blessed to have seen Jimi perform at his last big gig, the Isle of Wight Festival 1970. I was only 16, ran away from home to go there. Best thing I ever did.

Jimi was amazing soul. How does anyone that young know so much. If you listen to his jams that were not released but you can find them on u tube you will be amazed. He played pretty much every kind of music you can think of.

Jimi Hendrix and Bruce Lee are my favourite humans ever! I still marvel at they achieved in such a short amount of time and against all odds.

A real musician that kept learning all types of music just to play gigs. A hard life on top of that makes an artist. He had a great pop sense with a finger on the pulse of the youth while being a blues player of great virtuosity and most importantly feel.

Legendary

Understanding Funkadelic?

I think it's beautiful that he was a native-american black artist in a scary transitioning America, what a sad and amazing story, much respect and amazing gluesy tipped hard rock

Quite a number of errors, such as his influences, he met Clapton at a gig, not in the studio, the photo of the wrong lady he was with when he died, etc. but I think the biggest thing - which is missing - is the genius. Musical, lyrical and ATTITUDE as well as showmanship. He inspired me at 16 when he said in Up from the Skies "I want to see and hear everything" and I lived a life that reflected that for a number of years.

Makes me so fucking sad that he had to die so young but at the same time im happy he lived

Jimi Hendrix inspired me and countless other kids to become guitar players at a young age. Yes , there are many great guitarist 🎸 that capture our ears, but Jimi captured the spirits. I am so angry that those that he trusted in business robbed him blind and sucked the life out of him. They were and are leaches in the purest form. In the end drugs do not discriminate from the lowest to the highest it will rob you of your life at any age. We can only imagine what could have been, but Jimi made choices. Like him, we make choices. So let's chose life to Rock another day in the sun. RIP Jimi, I hope you made it......

Just imagine being one those people who saw him live back in day , (surreal experience)

He made a guitar speak, if that makes sense. Gypsy eyes is the perfect song to me, he was tapping into that thing that few musicians are lucky to do

He was more than a musician ; he was a lightworker heralding in the era of cozmic consciousness .

Re-watching this on the 50th anniversary of his passing. Rest in peace to an icon.

Jimi WILL live on, longer than any of us, longer than any of our children and grandchildren. His music will live on and although most of us didn't know him in reality, he will always be a part of us Long live Hendrix :)

so talented and humble. Love Jimi. RIP

Its really awesome that you're willing to help people make videos. I respect that so much

Obviously Hendrix was....unreal but he seriously lucked out with finding Mitch Mitchell. It was just an incredible match.

I actually didn't know about the stuff that Jimmi was going threw, he was truly a great artist that inspired and inspires to this day many musicans. Really awesome video, keep up the great work!

Jimmy s music will never die

“Short amount of time and only one or two takes when recording”. That statement alone instantly floors me.

I quote from one of Jimi's girlfriends about his drug use; "If you took one, Jimi took five."

This is amazing. Thanks so much for the great vid from a die hard fan. His life was short and tragic, yet impossibly beautiful.... May the music live forever. ✌️

Hard to believe that it could take such a short time to create a sound that will last forever

Great video! Ive been waiting for a video like this about him for a while now. Its great!

To fully understand Hendrix you have to go to his childhood. His father was in the army when he was born 8 months after the marriage to his mother. His father was put in the stockade to prevent him from going AWOL to see his son born and spent 2 months confined without a trial. Jimi's given name was Johnny Allen and changed to James Marshall when he was 4. His father did not see him until he was 3 years old. His mother barely cared for him during those 3 years. Often leaving him with her sister or other friends while she was drinking. When his father first found him he was living with a family friend who had wanted to adopt him. His father and mother reunited but while having more children they didn't provide a stable home for them. Both of them drank and fought. When they were fighting Jimi would hide in a closet. His brother Leon was born when he was 6 and 3 more children were born but much of that time they spent in foster care. Only Jimi spent significant time with his mother and father. Their life was cheap hotels and apartments and often other family members would take Jimi to his grandmothers home for safekeeping. When he was 9 his parents were divorced and his father got custody of Leon and the 3 of them lived together. Jimi's first instrument was not a guitar, it was a ukelele with only one string and he found it while they were cleaning out a space for money. He learned to play notes on the one string. He didn't get his first guitar until he was 15 after his mother had died of cirrhosis of the liver. His father wouldn't take he and Leon to his mother's funeral and gave them shots of whiskey instead to deal with their feelings.

Henrix

10 when I started listening to Jimi with my big brother who was a Vietnam veteran. Barely listened to anything else through the years because Jimi is current in every generation after him. Our children all know Jimi because they grew up listening to Jimi more than Pink Floyd and Bob Marley who I saw in New Zealand in the 80's. His thinking was world's apart from the rest. He made everyone square. More mental regarding the unfolding day than romanticism to a defunct Modernity. Brilliant mind.

Tears and love to you man. Thank you

He definitely had enough of the bullshit pressures from everyone around him and tried to cope with drugs, which ended up in him burning out bad. RIP jimi 🙏 🕊

I always thought it was the coolest thing growing up as a kid, that Jimi Hendrix lived in my hometown for a little while. Strange how you end up connecting with someone just because of something so insignificant.

It's so sad his story that he thought his life's work was rubbish you know I don't think he ever realized what such a legend he was, wasn't arrogant but humble and not very proud it was just a performance that looked like he was proud and feeling good but on the inside he was gravely disconnected with reality, robbed by his managers, just a completely discombobulated man. I feel bad for this guy it's okay Hendrix now it's okay if I cry a little when I hear your music long after your death your music still lives in us we breathe it and the world is more united and unified now because of your contributions you will be alive forever thru us legend. Peace out! We feel your tears bro every rip you bend and rip those leads. Amazing talent you will be missed and your life will be remembered for generations and generations to come. No one could ever make the guitar cry and weep quite like you. You will be missed my friend but not forgotten.

Never will be forgotten. A humble guy. A real highway chile

Love him,he changed my life

As a huge jimi fan. This video is perfection, thank you very much

This is the most precise Jimi Hendrix video I've ever watched.

i stumbled into these videos and I thought narrator was so weird at first and now 4 videos in, I got maddddd respect. You're doing a great job, man. The stories you create are engaging and well made! Keep it up!

And he worked in his studio (electric ladyland) it was the most expensive studio of the time.

I was so pumped when I got the notification. You're my favorite music KZfaqr right now :')

Beautifully humble genius...sweet soul Jimi

This man will never be equalled on the electric guitar period.Anybody who can play one will grudgingly own up to that.He made Eric Clapton,Richards etc, look like Hal Leonard.This guy was getting his vibes from somewhere, nobody else will ever get to.Little Wing,Angel etc.The depth of his ability to play with consummate ease in such a mystical otherworldly style, will never be repeated in rock.But as a guitarist its just my own humble opinion.

2:51 That's a cute baby Hendrix

1:35: Hendrix played a right-handed guitar upside-down? No - Albert King did that, but Hendrix reversed the strings.

WOosh. I'm excited to watch this!

I had a phase when all I listened to was Hendrix for about a year. Jimi was transcendent.

"No reason to get exited" - Jimi Hendrix, All Along the Wathctower

He was a great artist as well who hated the war. Rock and Roll hall of fame has some of his intricate art work of the war.

Great stuff! Hendrix was and is one of my misical idols and I know a lot about him and you captured his story perfectly here. Thank you!!

Please keep doin these videos man. They're so insightful. I first saw your video about Syd Barrett and I've never seen anything so useful about the man.

“Hen-rix” That bothered me a lot

It's very unfortunate that Jimi died, imagine the great music he could have made.

He was so polite and down to earth... Simply a Legend

just an absolutely amazing life!forty three years of listening to his music.just almost supernatural inventiveness.what an artist.he left so much material!

Ian Curtis would be cool.

Ronnie Wood said that Hendrix could play a right handed guitar right- equally as he could left handed. Being his roommate for shortime Ronnie witness this first-hand. Having said that Hendrix did not play a right handed guitar upside down. He played a right handed guitar left-handed but also strung left handed.

I've just bought The Best Of Jimi Hendrix on CD. Its got all the classic songs on the album. Sounds so good. Watching from London UK 🇬🇧

This is really good. Thanks for this. 😀

It’s because of Hendrix I learned to play guitar RIP GOAT

I've seen most all the greatest guitarists play. I was a friend of Jimi's being 7 yrs his younger. Jimi Hendrix will always be number 1, the greatest guitarist who ever played, and Stevie Ray Vaughn number 2. All the rest file way beneath these 2 icons, including the quick fancy technical guitarists as the decades progressed. The True story is: Jimi died of choking on his vomit from drinking too much and taking sleeping pills. Trouble was, the dumb broad Monika Dannemann that was with him at his flat had waited over 2 hrs to call anyone for help because she was paranoid because they had grass up in their apartment, and she didn't want to get arrested. So it's because of her waiting to long and finally calling Chandler, Who yelled at her on phone to call for help immediately and fk the stupid grass. But by that time 2 hrs had gone by, and sadly Jimi died. Monika Dannemann's negligence in waiting to long to call for help while Jimi was choking is what killed Jimi Hendrix. He most likely would have lived if she responded quickly 2 hrs earlier. She killed herself later on in her life. Suicide.

how could u possibly not like him

Thank you so much! Beautiful!

Imagine how awesome Hendrix would have been in the 70s. :'-(

The Doors!

I wrote his sister, Janie, many years ago about Jimi being in heaven. Like most others who write celebrities, I've never gotten a response from anyone .... except Janie. She did not write a lot to me, but she told me Jimi had gone to church when he was a child, and the message of the gospel was always with him. God knows, I wish the best for Jimi in eternity. Love hopes all things, believes all things ... ❤❤❤🙏🙏🙏

been waiting so damn long for this

Cool biography. I'm from Seattle and Jimi was our neighbor although I did not know him. He was quite a bit older than me and died when I was in high school. Nevertheless he was a major influence to me along with Eric Clapton and a few others and part of the reason why I picked up the guitar. He's buried in Renton which is a suburb of Seattle. I plan on doing a graveside acoustic version of Hey Joe as a tribute to him because I doubt if I'll be able to plug in and I hope I pass the audition.

Stevie ray vaughn next

Beautiful commentary by those background words. OneLove Brother .

Fantastic video !!! Thanks a lot.

One thing that as a guitarist I learned about the difference between Jimi and Eric. Jimi developed his skills as part of a rhythm section--the engine that drives R&B--while Eric started out and stayed a soloist. Jimi could never understand why Eric didn't like to 'play some beautiful chords'. (Quote from Jimi, 1967).

Whenever I hear that freefalling bit in the solo towards the end of Voodoo Chile I get a picture of him slowly drifting to Earth on a parachute, silhouetted against the purple sky. It's strangely poignant that this track was a posthumous no 1 in the UK - his last jump, so to speak.

Such a humble, kind and talented human being, let down by cruel people. Riep Jimi!

I have always loved Jimi❤❤

This is amazing, i'd love some Beatles!

Lie I fucking love you man. I mean the Velvet underground, bowie, iggy, Barrett, Homme, and now Hendrix?! These are all my musical heroes!! Keep up with these amazing music essays lie

All Jimi needed was a damn nap and a true friend. I truly believe his style was set up for classic rock in the 70s. Just a few more years and he could've met Bootsie, so many ppl in that era would've given Jimi new life and part 2 of the career could take off. Remember Ali in the 60s was the GOAT but his conquests in the 70s is what he's remembered for.

Bill Gibbons came along just after Jimi; in the late '60s the 13th Floor Elevators played a gig with the Experience. Billy has a pink Strat given to him by Jimi sometime after that show.

His fashion was ten years ahead - very 70s for someone in the 60s! Really great video, didn't know he was such an avid supporter for black rights.

Alice In Chains/ LAYNE Staley

I had no idea. What a great video.