A Rare Jimi Hendrix Interview - Dec 1967 - Part 1 of 3

Very rare and personal interview with Jimi
at his apartment.
He is interviewed by Thomas Lopez, who
does an outstanding job.
Rare pictures are from Flickr's rising70's album.
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[@zachmason3236]

Jimi Hendrix was cool as fuck.

[@nickjohnbrodeur]

zach mason Fuck yeah. The coolest

[@wendellwiggins3776]

on so many levels

[@randybackgammon890]

Ice don't swear baby

[@toodlum48]

Jimi was so freakin' fine, with one of the sweetest smiles I have ever seen. I have been watch other LIVE interviews with him & he shows such raw charisma like I have never seen before. After all these years I have never actually seen footage where he spoke instead of sang & he is so freakin' awesome as a naturally honest & decent human being.RIP Jimi, you will live on as long as this earth is spinning. : )

[@jadeshannon5583]

Greatest guitarist that ever walked the planet.

[@cankhovich1796]

god of guitar

[@braedencarroll]

c ankhovich Clapton is god. Jimi killed god.

[@steveclark8304]

He must be humble, too. When asked how it feels to be the best guitar player, he said "I don't know, you'd have to ask Rory Gallagher"

[@andmoreagain5323]

michael jordan of guitar😆

[@seaswindlers3309]

@Pete Jones took him 4 years! And he kissed the sky as well!

[@stevegurgon]

no one will ever come close to matching his magic

[@thomasharrison6701]

No one. He definitely was from another planet. Advanced Eons ahead of this one. Check Out, my brother the Extra-terrestrial , by Dr. Malachi York .

[@finteeth]

I saw the Experience in 68, life changing even today.

[@theraceanalystphdprovingha4119]

Let me have your autograph...

[@killybilly685]

Dude that would have been soo cool man🙏👌I wishhh

[@killybilly685]

@@theraceanalystphdprovingha4119 “providing hate”

[@theraceanalystphdprovingha4119]

@@killybilly685 "Truth, foreign to the afraid of it...can never see the love, not hate..."

[@wisdomseeker3362]

I can't even imagine. I have never seen a comment like this where a person said they had been to a Jimi Hendix concert personally. Have you ever thought about writing a modest book about your experience ❓

[@jbrice9847]

The way Jimi talks.reminds.me.of how I felt when I took shrooms

[@hershiekopper]

I agreee man. The world just makes sense

[@komjong]

I have enormous love for Jimi.... but it makes me sad to see how much pain he had to endure in life and to die so young without ever getting peace. Jimi was such a good and pure person. He gave so much to people because he genuinely cared. It's too bad he didn't have a close friend to look out for him and protect him from manipulators that got to him. Well anyway, God bless his soul. Thank you for the gifts.

[@emmadas]

How do you know he was a pure person you dont know what was going on in his head..

[@komjong]

Emmanuel John haha

[@janoskaism]

Emmanuel John he was a pure person shitfuck.

[@komjong]

Todd Janoska don't stress..emmanuel is simply a tRoll.

[@mytwocents9165]

komjong Not to mention the pain he inflicted on his very supportive girlfriend, whom he beat repeatedly.

[@bcotto57]

I loved Jimi Hendrix, He was handsome and sweet. I still have a huge picture of him that I have had for over 30 years. Hugs and kisses to Jimi in heaven!

[@majikmoments9933]

Jimi has a huge influence on most guitarist who came along after him. Even the ones who won't admit it

[@skateup2291]

Every guitAr player that has been influenced by Hendrix can admit it lol

[@criskatan]

Amazing guitarist for being an aristocrat.

[@skateup2291]

Chris R what does that have anything to do with being a good guitar play. And explain to me how he was an aristocrat. Not a fan of how his estate handles things but I really don’t see him that way.

[@criskatan]

@@skateup2291 That's because you haven't analyzed the fake bio.

[@gotdangelectric5599]

@@criskatan please elaborate on the fake bio? I'm curious

[@peterhaynes8258]

WHAT AN ENORMOUS LEGEND. R.I.P. JIMI.

[@brittneyking4361]

Absolutely

[@richm57]

-the gentle genius - always kind, hospitable and honest.

[@gottagoat]

he really was a nice guy and very sensetive

[@BlaccTony69]

I was an infant baby when Jimi Hendrix died, but listening to his music and his interviews, I can tell if I was older when he was alive I would really have been a big fan; because of his vibe. He gives that same vibe that Prince and Tupac gave me in their music during their time on earth in my lifetime.

[@peteward1573]

He calls it a deep and meaningful talk, then they go on to discuss the weather. Priceless.

[@billytheweasel]

This is a natural born interviewer. Never tried to finish Jimi's sentences or put words in his mouth.

[@juliusschwencke142]

...love his approach

[@Redcoat66]

Born in the USA, but made in Britiain! Thanx for making us so happy with your music. God bless.

[@macboogieland2897]

i love the fact that this guy was such a player but so humble at the same time. whenever i see some interviews from some rappers, they always say 'i got mad bitches' and what not and its all they talk about, but jimi had so many women and almost doesnt mention it

[@johnclark7867]

Ric .

[@mvj1153]

Because he wasnt a player.. he's also talking about women who were trying to play him.

[@thomasharrison6701]

The Ego is a outrageous mental state. Something hard to control in Human Nature....

[@SuperBartles]

I love his voice.

[@vincentlussier8264]

His voice went with his music!

[@bjornchristiansson2827]

He was amazing person ! He was for dinner at my parents house in 1966 he did jam whit my father! And the 1959 stratocaster I'm playing now Jimi playd that's just awesome in my eyes. I was to young see him play live and I'm sure wish jam and play whit him when my time is over at the earth. Best regards to Jimi and my ded friend Stevie Ray Vaughn would love see them play that would be a blessing 🙏 Bjorn

[@jamesravenell4159]

Jimi Hendrix var en fantastik gitarrist. Jag har en kompish from Gambia; some presenterade jimi Hendrix till mig. Vi bodde in Eskilstuna Sweden circa 20 år. Vi både försökte spelar som jimi Hendrix men, det gick inte så bra. Jag har en son som är mulatto; han bor in Eskilstuna Sweden och är 25 år.. Han spelar som Jimi Hendrix och är en väldigt skickligt musiker. Han gör saker på gitarr och piano som jag har inte sett många musiker klara av. Jag flyttade tillbaka till USA in 2009; Miami Florida.

[@dannybarcenas9701]

Your Family was very lucky to have him visit you

[@bjornchristiansson2827]

@@dannybarcenas9701 Oh yes sad I was not borne then. He jam whit my father and his band.

[@TheForkedtoungue]

Coolest human that ever graced this planet.

[@jeroenscheltema7198]

I can listen to him speak all day... God we miss you brother😪🙏❤

[@szeal]

Thanks for posting this interview...it is great that you were really present in the moment with Jimi...all of us benefit for it now! It's like we all get to hang out with Jimi Hendrix!!

[@HardRockRecords]

Fucking genius.

[@MarciaMatthews]

"Girls are some of my best friends. It's just nature."

[@circlecloud11]

+Marcia Matthews He means it. Some of them put him up and fed him while he worked in bands as an unknown. There were times when he had to use the band guitar because he didn't own his own guitar! Imagine Jimi Hendrix so broke that he had to borrow a guitar!

[@slimdudeDJC]

+circlecloud11 I think I read where his former manager said when he first met Jimi, he was destitute and had even been robbed of his guitar.

[@Aldebaron9]

he was such a influential and beautiful guy. I never got over his death...

[@thereforeayam]

Seattle gave us a thing of beauty!

[@mmojorissen]

Hendrix was so down to Earth… and really cool!!!

[@valleysofneptune]

Nice, thanks for sharing. Jimi has such a lovely whisper to his voice.....

[@schack72]

Jimi gets deep into my soul.His music is deep!!

[@williamsporing1500]

There’s two guitarists that break my heart that have passed. Jimi and SRV…..

[@iamautobody]

When Jimi passed the heart of the world broke.

[@pariaheep]

There was a Stratocaster-shaped black hole left in the universe...

[@MizQue]

Fantastic! Thanks for uploading!

[@somethingdifferent4u247]

Awesome interview, quite funny at times. R.I.P. Jimi Hendrix - Gone But Definitely Never Ever Forgotten.

[@brandonterzic]

Never has the universal libido flowed so effortlessly and as powerfully as it did through Jimi.

[@TheFingerlady]

Thank you for this! It's a very natural conversation, excellent job. I bet Mozart was the same way with women as Hendrix!

[@andora63]

you can hear the sense of a Peaceful Soul in the man behind the music. His out there intellect would not be accepted today. But when people die young. They are always young. And as such this is a great way to remember him.

[@bigalb8935]

Hands down the best there ever was my kids love jimi 50 years later and today 2020 my family will rock Hendrix music in our Home

[@brittneyking4361]

I love jimi and I’m a simple 14 year old. He’s still a legend and even though my friends listen to rap and pop, they know Jimi Hendrix and that he was the guitar god

[@hippydippy]

I bought this interview on CD years ago. It's a good one.

[@alpineflauge909]

amazing, thank you

[@KONAROCK1]

I was born in 1983, but Jimi has always been one of my very best friends. I can't quite explain it, but I know there are people out there who understand what I mean. I grew up in the music industry. I grew up around celebrities and legends. I've always just seen them as regular people. I've never been starstruck or put anyone on a pedestal.. (even the Beatles), but I definitely idolize Jimi. He's like a big brother who died before I was born. I love this man.

[@ranricosmith2079]

Jimi was just so true as a person !... the coolest !.....a real artist!.....

[@AL2000FL]

AWESOME THANKS , AL

[@DONDIVA1969]

Unparalleled genius. When Are You Experienced came out it eclipsed everything that came before it and coincidentally. Everything. Time has dulled the edge a bit. But for those who where alive in that era they know the apocalyptic effect of Jimi’s arrival on the scene in the late ‘60s.

[@zaiajillo8007]

beautiful soul man

[@wakajawaka44]

Thank you for uploading this video Kevin. I like very much the image of Jimi tuning or playing his guitar in a room with a paper cup at his side. I have searched Flickr's rising 70's albums but no luck. Strange image of a camera in the bottom right hand corner? Can anybody help me please?

[@MRhobothomas]

I'm from Buffalo, I loved it when Jimi said its too cold up there

[@colleenalcantar9061]

Love Jimmy his soul is beautiful. I believe he is a patriot.

[@jayko5703]

He was the coolest guy ever

[@themanfromutopia1]

Jimi comes across as a real funny guy.I think hangin' out with him would of been wonderful.Great interview felt like I was just sitting next to him.

[@fevershorty]

haha i love at the end when he's talking about giving his female friends his "sign of appreciation" and he starts cracking up hahah, jimi WAS a comedian

[@ACR7791]

The coolest cat to ever stroke a guitar😊

[@outofsightoutofmind1665]

I love U Jimi!

[@davedoyle9623]

Jimi was to good a guy,,,,,the world was not ready for Jimi Hendrix,,,,

[@thomasharrison6701]

He was from another planet. Rizyq . The Galaxy with 3 Suns ... Illiyun . Check Out, My Brother the Extra-Terrestrial. By Dr. Malachi York.

[@probation1016]

his manager used , stole & abused him so many times

[@cankhovich1796]

murdered him

[@tats5880]

Chad was a piece of shit open and shut took all he could and than some.i think that he thought jimi didn't deserve anything or at least as little as possible

[@johnmonroe7378]

But the bastard died in '73 in a plane crash. Karma!

[@safwannizam2932]

TAT S wasn’t it Mike Jeffrey who screwed Jimi, or do you mean Chas Chandler?

[@joseassuncao5598]

MAGNIFICOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@MrRatherino]

beautiful cat..motherless child..talked with him 2 times..he listened intently..very generous..you;re from Buffalo right? Jeeeeeeezzzzz how he adored Johnny Winters..always greeted him with the biggest smile..

[@queirozsegsing2418]

Foi um grande artista,guitarrista,um fenômeno no seu tempo,ele como Janis Joplin,Jim Morrison,E outros,eram muito bom,e nos dia de hoje foi Amy Whitehouse,ima grande pena as suas destruições.silvana.

[@thejudgefrom69]

What a trip!

[@akhmedalashram4511]

She took me past outskirts of infinity

[@coondogalabama3157]

Thee greatest guitarist ever.

[@latrellward6743]

he's so kewl

[@ACR7791]

Jimi was so great that it hurts

[@edmundkemp2280]

Yeah, I understand what he meant by the idea that Seattle is a different kind of cold than Buffalo, since I have lived in both places. Seattle is a nice kind of cold, and Buffalo coldness cuts like a knife.

[@Izaak247]

I love him

[@electriccreamman4977]

if anybody knows where there is one louder let me know please Jimi was everything

[@caprise-music6722]

He’s very chatty here. I love it

[@Gravyballs2011]

50 years ago this December!

[@BLASTZONE-qp9un]

Groooovy- Baby- far-out!

[@IamLove805]

Wow! Didn't sound like him at first. He was really HIGH! I wonder if he was on acid? Of course he opened up!!! He was HIGH!! Nothing shocking being back in the 60's. He was REALLY DEEP.....Very interesting, unique, unusual thoughts......DEEEEEP (I still love you Jimi, even if it's for a second or two, no mater what, YOU KNOW) Great interview though. Thanks :)

[@Dbalx]

nice photos

[@josephdurnin7698]

The original Seattle rocker!

[@primaltriad]

Yeah, I have this interview on cassette tape. I bought it in San Francisco in 1992 and you're right: the interviewer is Meatball Fulton.

[@residentK9]

buffalo,greenwitch village,harlem,woodstock,he was all over the place

[@sixfeetontop]

JIMI THE MAN

[@emilefeltesse]

That is very cool. Is it written anywhere? As a foreigner I don't understand evrything well and the automatic subtitles are just.. you know.. I'd love to see the original text of this interview.

[@probation1016]

to this day, the man still makes my heart beat so hard & it's scary

[@PAULLONDEN]

"Girls are my best friends"......awwwww....especially when they take care of all my household needs. Bet all those girls are each other's best friends too ? Doesn't antimatter...he deserved them....

[@SamSveistrup]

He gets it

[@ronkluyvevan6662]

Nomaal..

[@fouadeljabri2330]

I would say jimmy is the Greatest Guitarist , and the Beatles the Greatest Composers in Music

[@charlesrobinson7469]

I have this interview on a picture disk.

[@lilarenasguibe]

handsome

[@davidward6041]

Thousands of entertainers, musicians and close fans worldwide attended his funeral. Even the governor of Washington attended.

[@lindalopez243]

Unique

[@lagmuncher]

If I close my eyes I see him..

[@DocSportello1970]

'Not Necessarily Stoned....but beautiful." Jimi Forever! Michael Jeffery's never.

[@EkimRrac]

Yup

[@guitarporn104]

It sounds like hendrix would be alot of fun to hang out with.

[@rubyharris5710]

seemed to be a great person...ashamed his gone already..

[@jhendrix7911]

4:57 lmao look at the news paper behind hendrix. fuckin hillarious

[@forestsoceansmusic]

Hey Kevin, I didn't see or hear your comments. Was interested to hear those, unless....were you the dude who interviewed him?

[@mattcastro8052]

i remember in part 2, Jimi talked about how he hated how his album was cut. from what i remember he talks about going in to record the album and it came out sounding different then what he had intended and it really upset him. he said purple haze was originally a longer version that took you on a journey, im assuming similar to the 15 minute voodoo child jam. wish part 2 was still up.

[@fallenstar2276]

Have you found it yet?

[@mattcastro8052]

Quoted from the article - “Hendrix later explained that he was frustrated that he couldn’t develop the ideas Night of Light (novel) had given him even further. He said: “You know the song we had named ‘Purple Haze’? (It) had about a thousand, thousand words… I had it all written out. It was about going through, through this land. This mythical… because that’s what I like to do is write a lot of mythical scenes. You know, like the history of the wars on Neptune.”

[@fallenstar2276]

@@mattcastro8052 so I'm assuming you found the second part to this video?

[@mattcastro8052]

@@fallenstar2276 what I can safely is that, you'll probably never hear that part of the interview. I guess i was lucky enough to hear it before the estate wiped it from the internet?? who knows man. I tried to link u the article i pulled the quote from but it got deleted by who knows.

[@fallenstar2276]

@@mattcastro8052 I've already seen that part and there's a video of it up rn, that's why I was asking so if you wanted I could link it to you

[@Ronnie-Jones]

"You got to tell the children the truth they don't need a whole lot of lies. Because one of these days, baby, they'll be running things. So when you give them love you better give it right" Jimi Hendrix Those who love spread truth. Those who hate spread lies. Those who hate and created a world swimming in a sea of lies murdered the body but they can’t kill the spirit of Jimi’s message and love that lives on within many forever. The haters who murder rock stars are the same haters who murder kings and presidents. It's an unnatural thing to be a Rock star and one of many illusions presented to the duped masses as “success”. Rock stars don't make themselves famous they are made famous quickly and unnaturally. And in return for being made famous they are under obligation, knowingly or unknowingly, to cooperate with those who made them famous. And those who made them famous believe that they have the right to make them even more famous by murdering them if they don't cooperate. True success is to see what they don’t want you to see and to learn what they don’t want you to know before you pass. The most truthful and forbidden documentary ever published has been taken down from theirtube countless times since its 2017 release: "Europa The Last Battle". Watch and share the full 10-part series at archive-dot-org while you still can!

[@felixthelmocevallosmorales7218]

James Marshall Hendrix (nacido como Johnny Allen Hendrix; Seattle, Washington; 27 de noviembre de 1942-Notting Hill, Londres, Inglaterra; 18 de septiembre de 1970), más conocido como Jimi Hendrix, fue un guitarrista, cantante y compositor estadounidense. A pesar de que su carrera profesional solo duró cuatro años, es considerado uno de los músicos y guitarristas más influyentes de la historia del rock. El Salón de la Fama del Rock and Roll lo describe como «Indiscutiblemente uno de los músicos más grandes de la historia del rock».[1]

[@ritchievernon8099]

I didn't know that Jimi Hendrix was from Seattle Washington? I grew up in Bremerton Washington!

[@nathanadnitt]

Yeah man im from the uk lol but theres a memorial for him somewhere in seattle

[@peterfriedman2830]

Ok, so I'm having a moment here when I''m just going to talk about some of what made what we heard him play sound the way it did. You can tell that he realised that he had a freedom that others didn't. There were new things he found he could do on a guitar that others hadn't imagined were possible. Notice how today's technical skills all focus on how fast you can play, shredding. Even in the Woodstock movie that Jimi appeared in, people talked about Alvin Lee of Ten Year's After's dazzling speed. But for Jimi, there was no speed barrier that needed to be broken to do new things, to be more creative, more innovative, more unpredictable than any other musician in any genre, on any instrument, ever. not just in guitar but in music itself. Every different musical form that Jimi was introduced to, he made it sound different. When you listen to what he was doing with feedback, he would 'ride' it, not just getting sustain or distortion, but using it (in conjunction with his wah pedal) as an extra level of both manic wildness and deliberate control to shape and accent the notes and give them a life of their own. Yes, of course there was a shamelessly playful pyrotechnic showmanship he drew upon, but that didn't mean he was at all wrong to express contempt for the press's dismissal of his on-stage antics as gimmicks: he brought so many astonishingly new and different things to music, trying to separate what was superficial from what ultimately turned out to be the richest legacy of inventiveness of any musician was just as pointless as trying to cut him off mid performance, as they did in this video.

[@shable1436]

Eloquently stated

[@peterfriedman2830]

@@shable1436 Thanks!

[@potguy1000]

RIGHT ON !! I KNOW JUST WHAT YOU MEAN.

[@wcorowitz]

This interview was in David Henderson's book that I just read. Cuse me while I kiss the sky.

[@brandonterzic]

Toney--actually he noted to me that he wasn't on anything---which is what makes it an interesting anecdote...also he is not the only person who had this type of experience with Jimi---check out Pete Townsends aaccount in the Book Crosstown Traffic---- peace

[@puretexas1]

I used to love you bye Quinn Stephani