The Isley Brothers on hiring Jimi Hendrix

[@mundicox8951]

"They've got 2 guitar players, but we've got Jimi" Perfectly said haha

[@ReeseMac]

They had "the greatest".

[@danijel-ch2gk]

"I have an army." "We have Hulk."

[@alexisphiri1839]

. . .We still got Jimi.

[@nycsongman9758]

Louise X Hey Louise; salute: Interestingly, the Isley’s monster hit “That Lady” was a remake of the Isleys’ original version of that song, and I believe the original was recorded sometime in the early’60s; so, maybe Jimi also influenced the Isley’s original version as well ? ! Cheers.

[@lagoonrd4173]

Them two guitar players hang out right here.... this ol jimmy we got can fly way out into outer space and come back down, with sounds your not ready for

[@Sargebri]

Hendrix was the one who encouraged Ernie to switch from drums to guitar and Ernie wound up becoming one of the greatest guitar players in history.

[@VinylandKicks86]

i agree but Ernie Isley is the most underrated guitarist ever his sound is up there with Jimi Hendrix & Eddie Hazel.

[@JazzManLaf]

Oh really? Thank you for saying that!

[@edharv6611]

@@VinylandKicks86 No doubt!!

[@bishop1228]

Vinyl&Kicks86 I agree; terribly underrated and under appreciated.

[@phade2blaq]

True but Ernie never gets his props and the only reason Jimi Hendrix gets props for being the greatest guitar player of all time is because he played acird rock for White rock fans. If Jimi had played strictly R&B and Funk music, he would have never been mentioned as the greatest guitar player ever.

[@enlightenedchild8373]

I could listen to these types of stories all day. Especially from legendary musicians like the Isley Brothers

[@Slowhand871]

Read the book" It Was All Just Rock And Roll "by Pat O'Day. It is fantastic

[@jayizzett]

Don’t trust stories from entertainers

[@rickslick730]

I agree with you especially when they are 100% legit

[@Sasquatch2696]

@Gerry Buckley no way, there's a great thing about the mystery of it all. Who knows how it really went down, it's great cos only the people present know for sure

[@jayizzett]

@Gerry Buckley video was around for almost 70 years by then. If they knew they had that extraordinary of a talent you don’t think some video or even a photo would had been taken. Again you can’t believe entertainers

[@jerryhouston5195]

The Isley Brothers are one of the greatest groups ever and don’t get the respect they deserve!!! #70s forever!!!!

[@kenneybrooks3071]

Put hits ups for six straight decades. Chew on the man six decades💁🏿‍♂️

[@shylaberry1187]

They definitely are respected. lol why would you say that they aren’t?

[@jerryhouston5195]

@@shylaberry1187 let me specify; I should not have spoken in generalities because the group as a whole is respected; but I don’t think Ernie Isley gets the respect he deserves as a lead guitarist! You may not agree with my opinion but that’s my feelings.

[@shylaberry1187]

@@jerryhouston5195 okay that makes more sense. I do agree he’s unappreciated. Not underrated, but I got ya.

[@shylaberry1187]

@Queen Nita exactly.

[@tanmarketingchannel3436]

JIMI was special. So privileged his musical gifts were recorded -if but a short time.

[@jcw91371]

I love the Isley's man. 'Atlantis' is one of the greatest songs ever written.

[@jogmas12]

Jason Williams just think if Jimi was the guitarist for that song

[@jeffkatt]

"Voyage To Atlantis" One of my good friends had that song played at his funeral. He was a true Hendrix fanatic!

[@MiddleBrother82]

"Voyage to Atlantis" is definitely one of my favorites .... The guitar play on that song....🤯🤯💪🏿

[@ashleyskitchen6711]

Indeed

[@LG-kx8xl]

Ernie played on Voyage to Atlantis when he was only 21. When the record co. heard it they thought it was Hendrix or Santana. When they said it's Ernie, they asked Ernie who?!?! They said that's our little brother! That & Who's That Lady...Ernie is Phenomenal!!!

[@TheDCGuitar13]

It’s crazy how at some point Jimi Hendrix and Stevie Ray Vaughan were “hired” by someone just like the rest of us regular musicians. You see their careers play out and forget that they struggled like we do at some point.

[@camilo1455]

Check out the video about Stevie being called in to do the leads on his first recording. He was 14. Check out the Wiki on how long his career was. Amazing. Doug Sahm was another child prodigy.

[@wilbertkendal2524]

LOL!....It's funny how whenever Jimi Hendrix is mentioned SRV's name pops-up. He's like a bad penny. G.T.F.O.H and take SRV with you. RIP Jimi

[@jcarry5214]

Duane Allman too, somewhat. Oh Ry cooder also. Worked for the studios like it was a regular day job.

[@OfficialZombieStrats]

@@camilo1455Stevie did what Hendrix dreamed

[@PlayerToBeNamedLater1973]

@@OfficialZombieStrats Hendrix dreamed to someday imitate Lonnie Mack licks ?

[@Rockzilla404]

After Jimi left the Isley Brothers he lived in Atlanta and roomed with a friend of mine for a while. His stories give me goosebumps.

[@brachio1000]

+Rockzilla404: Do tell!

[@jimihendrixx11]

Rockzilla404 please share the stories.

[@Rockzilla404]

Jimi Hendrixx The guy that he lived with is Calvin Arnold who has a lot of music here on this site..I'm going to ask him to tape and add some Hendrix stories

[@misisipimike]

Yes, please share!

[@jimihendrixx11]

Rockzilla404 Your sure to get a lot of views.

[@REDD_BLITZ]

Ernie imo still doesn't get his props as being one of the gr8tst guitarist ever. Underrated!!

[@SirSwiftusFunkellwerk]

absolutely

[@phade2blaq]

No he doesn't because he played R&B music and Jimi basically played rock music.

[@jfo3000]

That Lady established him as one of the greatest in just one a.m. radio hit. Guitar players took notice.

[@MrJuly1990ish]

@@phade2blaq I get what you're saying, cause back in the day the music industry try to "pigeonhole" unfortunately, bands, groups, artist according to their race (blacks: R&B, whites: Rock), which was just BS. But if you listen to The Isley Brothers body of work, they just didn't play R&B, they did soul, funk, rock and of course their legendary ballads.

[@marcjacobs5988]

'It's too late now baby, it's too late, but I really did think he would make it.......'

[@spactick]

It's hard to believe that the Isley Bros have been around for so long. They have endured most than just about any musical group.

[@normanhartley6359]

50 plus years..incredible

[@timothycochoa6462]

PREACH!!

[@PrydeWater901]

Is there even another act that has a longer tenure?

[@spactick]

@@PrydeWater901 ya, the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. And they can get down brother

[@Carlparishhonda]

I will never forget going to see Jimi Hendrix experience concert in Chicago on February 1968 with a couple of my high school friends. Tickets cost about $6.50 cents each. That was the first time i ever heard music so loud, it was moving my clothes. There was Jimi with only two other musicians playing with about 15 Sunn loud speakers on that stage. To this day November 2020, i haven't seen anyone who can play an electric guitar like that and make it talk. Jimi Hendrix in my opinion is otherworldly gifted.

[@XS-ry6ig]

You are forgetting about SRV. Stevie Ray Vaughan. Listen to his version of VOODOO CHILE. It gives you goosebumps

[@Whitman1819]

Man I would pay anything to go back in time and see that...I was born 1 year later. Makes me happy to have grown up listening to his greatness in music. I only wish so badly I could have seen it in person! =) Glad I get to hear about it from people like you though =)

[@wadadli2manuk]

Thank Mr Parish for your post, your post is lethal and i mean in such a progressive and positive way.I mean that you and your friends actual had the rare experience of seeing Jimi Hendrix live and would therefore has first hand witness experience to know what all the fuss was and still is about. I have never seen Hendrix but know his music like others through records videos etc What i find so utterly fascinating is his life story coming from Seattle from an economically disadvantaged background and being self taught and then going on the road as a teenager after leaving the Army. He played Ray Charles Sam Cooke Otis Redding The Isley Brothers Soloman Burke Curtis Mayfield James Brown Little Richard Curtis Knight on the Chitlin circuit before forming his own band Ultimately he gets to New York and is seen by some English British guys and offered a chance to come to UK. What fascinates me is LOOK at the names he played with before being "discovered" by model girlfriend of the Rolling Stones guitarist. This are all "African American legends within there own right.Hendrix was able to develop his own unique style! I am an afro Caribbean English born Brit and i would have been a kid in the 60's when Hendrix was here.I grew up in Ealing the same place where Hendrix drummer Mitch Mitchell was from ,the Rolling Stones met ( in the Ealing blues club) and near Hanwell where the new favoured Amplifier that Hendrix used alongside many other musicians was designed and conceived. I can't imagine what it must have been like for people like yourself to have ever witness Hendrix live and still be so enamoured today 50 years later. He went to uk broke and came back to the USA as a bonfide Star. Destroyed and mesmerized top English guitarists(some he liked too).In England he was able to present himself to another audience in a different context and get practical music management as a Artist musician within his own right not just a gigging side man. Its interest how people neglect to seriously account for the developmental period he had playing with all those artists African American across the USA over a period.Thanks for you post I really enjoyed reading about your first hand experience.I wonder if at the time you thought that he would go on to be the 20th icon and legend he is today.Otherworldly says it all.

[@SasquatchLovesMe]

@@XS-ry6ig no he's not. Hendrix transcended SRV.

[@ClaimOfRightMuso]

@@XS-ry6ig Yes, but without Jimi what would SRV have played that day? He's not forgetting about SRV, his comment is about Jimi. Incidentally SRV is a wonderful guitar player, and Jimi would've agreed with that.

[@RastaSaiyaman]

"But we got Jimi." Damn straight.

[@vanmorrison2346]

We got Jimi that a good thing.

[@Pachecure]

@@vanmorrison2346 Word.

[@vanmorrison2346]

@@Pachecure o.k. brother.

[@koolerm4806]

Ike Turner said....."My Only Regret Was Firing That Boy With a Sandwich in His Pocket All the Time". That Boy was JIMI HENDRIX! What a Blessing.

[@jogmas12]

Kooler M he was hungry

[@nycsongman9758]

Ike Turner, besides being a master bandleader, and a fine guitarist, was a helluva talent scout.

[@RagtimeAnnie]

Well - a lot can be said about ol' Ike Turner, but ... you know

[@herminiovillanueva3484]

You mean Jimi would have been handed a 5 dollar fine?

[@nurkenrustem6044]

Jimi played in Ike's band? Where can I read about it?

[@joemorrow8411]

We have no bands today like the Isley Brothers

[@kevinmiller2676]

Maybe check out Durand Jones & The Indications. Not saying that they are the Isley Bros, but there is definitely still amazing soul/funk music being made... it’s just harder to find now.

[@mattmoves5920]

But we have computer generated music

[@jfziemba]

Yeah. It makes me want to SHOUT

[@rayjr62]

We have no bands today. There, I fixed it for you.

[@vincentmagallon]

because music in 2023 sucks . . no originality, no vocals, no Rythym!

[@ustheserfs]

He played with Little Richard, Isleys and Ike Turner before making it big. He paid his dues and then became immortal.

[@jazzman1954]

No. He died.

[@diegobermudez8102]

@@jazzman1954 but his music lives on thus making him an eternal legend.

[@jazzman1954]

@@diegobermudez8102 Well, he’s pretty well known. We will know if he becomes an eternal legend at the end of eternity and I suspect you and I will also be dead by then so we won’t know.

[@So_Cato]

He and Ike didn't last 😂 Ike's way or the highway. Jimmi took the highway

[@diegobermudez8102]

@@jazzman1954 you might not know but I do. Yes, musicians like everyone else die eventually but as long people throughout the years still listen to their music day after day and year after year they live on through the power of music. Turn that frown upside down, my friend.

[@mattryan6886]

Sitting on the couch at mom’s with Jimi Hendrix watching the Beatles on Ed Sullivan......... just amazing. He did give an excellent piece of advice “ you never know who you will be rubbing elbows with”

[@Whitman1819]

haha what made me laugh is when he said, "but we got Jimi" and Jimi just sat there with a smile from ear to ear =)

[@travelinben1966]

The Isley Brothers: "Enriching lives since 1954." 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@skipbauchmam5995]

My favorite Jimi Hendrix story ever. They were all musicians hustling. They recognized Jimi’s talent and made a smart move. They got Jimi because the audience would like him. If you constantly please the audience. You win.

[@RebelThoughts82]

You can tell Ernie Isley was probably watching Jimi like a hawk as a young kid looking up to him. Cool stories..

[@startervisions]

Noir Spectre Hendrix taught all the kids

[@2dasimmons]

What a treat to hear Isley brothers take about Jimi Hendrix. The Isley Brothers made some beautiful music. They had it all: sensuality, power, joy..wow everything!

[@hyzercreek]

These are not the Isley Brothers these are their sons

[@duckfanatic]

jimi living with the isleys is literally jimi being their isley brother, thats just epic.

[@EarthWindandFirepower0990]

I LOVE THESE STORIES THAT OTHER MUSICIANS REMEMBERS ABOUT OTHER MUSICIANS.THIS WAS SO INTERESTING.THANKS FOR THIS ONE FOR SURE.

[@mperez4701]

agreed.

[@evanabbott2737]

I love this stuff too😁👍

[@osamabinladen824]

Why all the Caps Lock?

[@EarthWindandFirepower0990]

@@osamabinladen824 CAUSE DATS HOW I LOVE TO TYPE BIN,SO THERE'S NO NEED TO GET INTO A BACK AND FORTH OVER DIS AT ALL.I ANSWERED YOUR QUESTION SO PLEASE MOVE ON UNLIKE SOME PEOPLE WHO ASKED THE SAME QUESTION.I'M IN A DAMN GOOD MOOD RIGHT NOW AND I WOULD LOVE TO STAY IN DAT DAMN GOOD MOOD.YOU HAVE A NICE REST OF YOUR DAY BIN.

[@Whitman1819]

Yeah me too man...know what was a cool one I just saw and for some reason I never saw before? Al Hendrix his father has a couple interviews on KZbin... pretty neat seeing how his father looks back fondly on Jimi =)

[@marin4311]

All those who ever met Jimi said he was a very kind, gentle, and humble person, with a solid sense of humour...

[@jamesfitzgerald6636]

He had a dark side

[@cpro2088]

​​@@jamesfitzgerald6636he admitted to one of his girlfriends he couldn't drink; that liquor made him angry. That trait could be related to his Native American heritage: both of his grandmothers were Cherokee Indians. Hmmm....

[@powahboom8209]

@@cpro2088 thats dum and ray cist.

[@cpro2088]

@@powahboom8209 maybe you are instead

[@Jani28]

This is exactly why I love the Isley's so much! They knew an icon when they heard it. Jimi is one of my all time favorite artists!!! 💕

[@324cmac]

I could listen to Ron Isley sing all day, every day. Talk about smooth!

[@u.s.n.retired1995]

The Isley Brothers were MAGNIFICENT!!!! Jimi is a King. Nice interview.💜❤💜

[@tisbonus]

Great to see Ronald and my dude Ernie Isley! True pioneers whom employed Sheila Escavedo on drums too. Sheila E

[@AlligatorShuz]

tisbonus They also hired jazzman Boney James too..

[@ErikaMcQueen89]

tisbonus George duke also gave shelia e her first gigs as well 😊

[@tisbonus]

Wow +Erika McQueen I actually forgot about that.

[@tisbonus]

+AlligatorShuz Yessir!

[@TalkMyShiit]

Marvin Gaye also had Shelia E in his band during his last concert tour.

[@ceoceo7912]

I never knew Jimi Hendrix was with The Isley Brothers good history

[@drdread9896]

Lil Richard too

[@324cmac]

Wilson Pickett too.

[@suprchickn7745]

He was all over the well-known "chitlin circuit “ early on

[@mairoom6976]

He also was with Lil Richard

[@jamesthe-doctor8981]

A lot of people don’t know about it and I think it’s because both Hendrix and the Isley Brothers started to become famous at around the same time, but after Jimi went out on his own and began his career in England with The Jimi Hendrix Experience. By the time The Isleys released That Lady, they were already pretty well known, and you can tell that Ernie’s sound was influenced by Jimi because it’s all over the song’s hook.

[@MsHelper2]

Ernie is a very amazing guitar player!! Definitely a Jimi Hendrix influence. He is so fine tuned with that when he performs. Beyond his high talent, Ernie is also a very pleasant and nice individual.

[@Airbreeze-b8l]

But we, got jimi!!😊😊😊

[@abidababida7096]

Jimi Hendrix was in a league of his own. When you’re as good as him, even stars like the Isley Bro’s can’t keep him around for long. And so it was Jimi a few yrs later put out his first album.... The Jimi Hendrix Experience ... and changed the world FOREVER

[@wyattgordon8353]

The reflection of them shades is so satisfying

[@2liter8]

Thx for the story the insights into Jimi's life.

[@cybrunel1016]

Props to The Isley Brothers for hiring The One True God of the Stratocaster.Great story & thank you for sharing with us.

[@thomaskline]

From Ireland came Rory Gallagher! Jimi called him his favorite guitar player. He is one of the best acoustic blues guitarists I have ever heard. When he plugged in his beat up , old Strat, he could take you to church!

[@JFK1180]

"But we got Jimi!" Niceness!

[@MrGuitars8]

Hendrix is of course a Master of Guitar , but Ernie is Amazing too . I Love Everything He Ever did .

[@Eddieraekwon]

Eddie Hazel my fave but I am Experienced in all things Hendrix too. Maggot Brain is like Basquiat' s Red Skull painting on Wax or Dondi's Hand of God whole car El Train graffiti masterpiece. California Dreaming. Pray my soul, Good Thoughts Bad Thoughts etc. IJS. Free you r mind

[@MrGuitars8]

Did you ever play Hope you Feel Better Love by The Isley Brothers ?@@Eddieraekwon

[@mysticman9331]

These brothers have a lot of soul. They are an inspiration to show the world that as brothers you can work together doing what you love for the rest of your life.

[@ranhill62]

Whenever ppl talk about Jimi Hendrix, you NEVER hear them discuss his time with the Isley Brothers.

[@lunatik9696]

this is the 1st I heard it

[@lwmson]

I'm sure if you read an biographical information on him, you'll find out.

[@daryllemans9473]

When I got turned on to the Isley Brothers I never knew who was in the band. I know they played great Music. When Hendrixx created with his two buddies from England there was no talk of where he came from as for as his band history. At that time, Hendrix was grooving out tunes nobody every knew or heard of, so it was no way to listen and hear any reference back to the Isley Brothers. It was a wonderful period. Then one day Hendrix woke up and found out he was black. I was a rarity. Blacks then were not in the rock scene. Hendrix said we have to change that. And he did with the Band of Gypsies. A great and wonderful time in America, it was all about love, peace and happiness. Lot of other stuff was happening, but people were into Rock, it was a magnificent time for music and to be in America. There were a ton of bands making the music, from across the pond, and here, were the young and fledging bands were getting there pics warmed up and ready to go.

[@jeffkatt]

@@daryllemans9473 Hendrix always knew he was black! It just bothered him that more black people weren't into his music.

[@gavanhillebold3131]

Daryl Lemans Jimi James & The Blue Flames 🔥

[@wpl6661]

Most people don't know that Jimi played equally well both right and left handed. (Ronnie Woods said that in an interview) So that means he could play left hand, right handed and he could play a right handed guitar upside down, left handed. That is what you call mastering your instrument. But many people also don't know that Jimi didn't get his first guitar till he was 15. His first instrument was a ukelele that he found that only had one string. He found it while cleaning out a garage with his dad when he was 14 and his dad allowed him to keep it. So he learned to play on a one string ukelele. But he had always always wanted a guitar since he was a small child. He used to carry a stick to school and pretend it was a guitar.

[@91dodgespiritrt]

"Most people don't know that Jimi played equally well both right and left handed." LOGICALLY, this obviously is FALSE since Jimi Hendrix always played left handed on aright handed guitar. If it were true - he would've played his guitar right side up instead of upside down. Playing a guitar upside would look silly that person could play it "equally well" right handed. Most people don't realize it because you made it up. Try not to make up your own facts on social media - PLEASE.

[@TheGoldtopdude]

Paul McCartney is gifted in the same way, I bet a lot of lefty's could do that back then left handed guitars were rare and expensive.

[@aiden4884]

@@91dodgespiritrt He most certainly did not make that up, I've heard that for years, and looking silly has nothing to do with it, hr was just more comfortable playing left handed, but yes he could play both ways, I also learned this skill and I can play both ways but much prefer right handed

[@Stechamppn]

@@91dodgespiritrt no mate ya wrong big time as Ronnie lived with jimi and I have seen the same interview ...and also I play guitar left handed ...all my mates and my band members are right handed for 15 odd years now I pick up right handed guitars and play with the strings upside down .After a while you get use to it some things are harder but also you find things that can't be done with the strings the right way..I use this in recording sometimes I've made whole songs..and created riffs that only work cos the strings are upside down ..so I'd say jimi could do it defo if he had too ..and well Ronnie said it so I'll go with him than you seeing as ya never ever met the guy

[@KaiserBlade]

​@@StechamppnThat must be why you're so famous. I wonder why Jimi never flipped his guitar on stage. He played behind his back , with his teeth but NEVER right handed.

[@Twonne1]

Jimi was TWO guitar players in one. Listening to him was the first time I ever heard a guitar player play rhythm AND lead at the same time on one guitar.......amazing and mind-boggling

[@richiec.7637]

Never thought of that but you're right. He'd be the only guitar player on stage...lol

[@XS-ry6ig]

Listen to Stevie Ray Vaughan and be prepared to be blown away. Listen to his version of VOODOO CHILE.

[@MikeJ6129]

After he moved in,they used to call him the "Creeper" because he moved around the house so quietly.

[@JoelHernandez-yl6yw]

“I told Earnie and Ron, look, this cat Hendrix is something special. Get him to join the band and get him a new axe” -TK Kirkland

[@doodoobonejones]

Hahaha

[@mattryan6886]

TK put me on!

[@williampittman6703]

It doesn’t get old because it’s really something TK would say. 😂😂😂

[@bobinscotland]

At the age of 10 or 11, I doubt if Ernie would have had any influence at all... lol

[@63stratoman]

“... yeah, but we got Jimi!” Love it!

[@folksbell5817]

"Jimi played very well"? That's an understatement

[@Chindiaaesthetic]

They age like fine wine

[@ben_jamin4529]

Jimi had lived in poverty a lot in his life. He worked hard practiced like crazy and rose to the top.

[@decadantdog4444]

He definitely paid his dues.

[@BangTaoBeach]

Jimi chose his poverty. He didn't grow up poor and homeless.

[@geoycs]

Ignorant comment

[@lwmson]

Hard times breeds hard work, which breeds success.

[@bamadeadhead]

@@BangTaoBeach a kid doesn’t chose poverty

[@alexanderbarrera9140]

Jimi Hendrix !!!! will never forget you

[@khankrum1]

How can you forget Jimi. As long as tjere is a Fender Stratocaster on the planet, there will be Jimi

[@savoyaepps646]

These two beautiful men are music royalty.

[@mrssakura]

The solos of Ernie gives this atmosphere between romántic and powerfull(Ernie)....claps claps

[@santino591]

Ernie Isley is an awesome (unsung) guitarist N his own right! U can certainly hear Jimi's influence... "Voyage 2 Atlantis" is probably my fav. (Sounds like he's playin' under water)🎸 He really riffs on the extended version of "Who's That Lady" which rarely gets airplay (Only short version). He also riffs on "Summer Breeze"... KZbin Search "Isley Bros-Soul Train" The Isley Bros were one of the few groups 2 play live on Soul Train. 🎸

[@frankd.506]

R. Pharr Agree and don't leave out Hope You Feel Better

[@MrNathan791]

I agree. this cat can really play. When I was a kid in the '70's when the Isley brothers had some of their greatest music, Ernie playing that guitar was something really special.

[@alwaysastudent]

Yeah... Al Green, Sly and the Family Stone, the Isleys, Aretha Franklin, James Brown and Stevie Wonder are the only ones I can think of who were live on Soul Train. It is amazing they got to see all that live, for free.

[@Provemewrongwithfacts]

@@frankd.506 You beat me to it, on Hope You Feel Better Love, Ernie really tears it up!

[@carlosalbertogomez1391]

Liquid love by the isleys...he burnt the house down on that one!!

[@basilshahid2905]

Ernie learned how to play from listening to Jimi Hendrix there's no doubt about it! But Ernie is also a very funky drummer!

[@lorenzobaines6222]

This story confirms why the Isleys are considered to be our Beatles. Top 5 greatest bands of any genre. Period.

[@exapplerrelppaxe7952]

Awesome. Eyewitness history doesn't get any better. The Isleys were ahead of their time in so many ways.

[@igfromthe323]

Isley Brothers are straight legends! There's not a week that go by where I don't hear one of their songs!

[@morrellcrowell8117]

Great story. Did not know Hendrix played with the Isleys. Ernie Isley is 1 of the greatest guitar players ever. It's known but needs to be reiterated from time to time

[@RICHBLACKCOCK]

@morrellcrowell8117 Hendrix played with some of everybody: Wilson Pickettt, SAM & DAVE, ISLEYS, LITTLE RICHARD, BONNEVILLLES, RAY CHARLES, KING CURTIS, CURTIS KNIGHT. Many others.

[@nuthinbutlove]

Ernie learned almost everything he knew from Jimi. Jimi actually gave Ernie lessons.

[@worldonfire1539]

What a great story! IMHO, Jimi was an angel sent to us way ahead of his time. Like many great people, he left us way too quickly, but we were so fortunate to have him for the short time we did! RIP, Jimi!❤

[@truthserum9157]

I’ve been playing guitar since I was 12 years old, before that i played the violin and sang in the school chorus, when I first heard Jimi i was mesmerized, a musician’s musician.

[@daryllemans9473]

A beautiful story. The Isley Brothers themselves were huge. A great band. Loved them greatly.

[@johnbaptiste6266]

Man those are incredible and special stories right there...Ernie Isley was spot on, 'you just never know who your rubbing elbows with'...no need to be a playa hate'a. Don't hate, Celebrate! All ppl are special in their own right. Treat'm as though they are and will be successful. Jimi had obvious skillz right from git-go! Talented!

[@lolomoss3561]

legendary R&B like they don't make good music like that anymore. Ronnie with that pure, smooth falsetto and Ernie killin it on the guitar. one of my fav concerts was the Isley's and the OJays.

[@kathyjohson1273]

👍 one of my favorite times, in life was at the Fifth Regiment Armory, un Baltimore where the Isley Brothers were in concert!!! A funny memory: My younger sister, Margaret and I were vying for Ernie & Ronald, respectively!!! Lol it was the best time, ever!!!

[@garypatton3715]

I appreciate this video most of all today than any other

[@tonymurphy6227]

Great story, loved the Isleys, loved Jimi, saw his last English gig Isle of Wight 1970, left this world way too early, joined the '27' club, so sad.

[@Rocksite1]

The guys who saved James Hendricks from being homeless on the streets, gave him a guitar, and made him the star of their show? Not a bad call at all!

[@Twolff100]

I saw him at my beach club, Monmouth Beach Club. During the breaks he came out to my car drank some beer and smoked some cigarettes. He was a very nice kid. A couple of years later he was the immense star in my universe

[@jimihendrixx11]

Tom Wolff He was hanging out with you?

[@TheRealNativeSun]

Wow great story!! And they still look good!! 🙌🏽

[@bernardhampton9163]

Carl Lewis national anthem

[@SirSwiftusFunkellwerk]

LMAO!

[@skinnyman1434]

I remember the Saturday after noon when Ernie blew Mama's mind.Just me and her were watching Soul Train and the Isley Bros. performed "That Lady and Summer Breeze".When Ernie got on the ground doing his solo on Breeze Mama jumped up and started screaming Go Boy, PLAY THAT THANG PLAY IT!! At the end of the show when Don was saying love,peace and Soul Mama said "Baby,go up to Metro Music and buy your Mama the 3 + 3 album, here's 6 dollars and you can get you a 45 with the change.Yes ma'am Peeooww. I think I ran all the way up there and back.We played that album and stared at the cover until Saturday night. I have that same album to this day. Thank you Isley Bros,thank you.

[@Nuerth]

It's really incredible how many major artists managed to grab Jimi Hendrix for a back up musician before he was recognized in his own right

[@JohnDoe-fc5xg]

I've lived through the loss of many, many celebrities in my life whom I deeply loved for their work, but to this day - none aggravate me more and make me feel their loss as much as Jimi's. He would have given us so much more incredible music and creative brilliance had he been around longer. What an incredibly tragic, frustrating loss, taken from us far too soon.

[@curbozer5006]

Yup. I saw him twice...50 years later, and I think about him every day...the most inspiring performer I ever saw...and I have seen many!

[@robertmiller2775]

John Doe, just a perfect comment really. I started high school September 1970, what else can I say. The tears are still there and I am 66 years old. It still miss that beautiful man.

[@RICHBLACKCOCK]

@@robertmiller2775 I never saw JH. My eldest sister did. She began H.S. in 1966 at HIRSCH. CHICAGO. Same year Hendrix goes to LONDON. She was to hav graduated in 1970, the same year SEPTEMBER 18 1970 appeared. When she passed away in 1983, the song I thought about was 1983 by Hendrix.

[@Bashanvibe]

And that’s how Jimmy was born!!! Thanks for sharing this story !!!

[@vburd62]

ernie has aged very well.

[@Sirzy]

My favorite guitarist of all time.. love to hear others rave about my guy! Wish he could still be around to grace us with his magic

[@LEBARRON2009]

...I'M THE WORLD'S BIGGEST ISLEY FANATIC !!!! ..THANKS !

[@golfcoursemanager33]

there will never be another hendrix type guitar player who has everything like jimi had.

[@marcusaustin783]

Prince is the greatest guitarists since Jimi

[@Rhythmicons]

Christone "Kingfish" Ingram.

[@johnniesmith3041]

" You never know who you are rubbing shoulders with".. Word!

[@GloriousHustle]

The more I look at Ron Isley, the more I notice him and John Witherspoon look Related lmao

[@sirepledge6808]

Truth!

[@Jaydot34.]

Ive always thought that too lol BANG BANG BANG 😂

[@3kitchen]

Lmao they hair do kinda make em look like kin, im almost positive they were born in same yr. One from Ohio one from Michigan, very well could be

[@justacup8676]

As a lifelong Isleys fan, how could I have never noticed this? Demmit!

[@Samuelfish2k]

Somebody open a window💩 lol

[@randallfrank5682]

The Isley brothers were GREAT!!! I love these guys and their music!

[@So_Cato]

Ron is adorable. That baby face.

[@bigderrick3190]

JIMI HENDRIX AND ELTON JOHN PLAYED WITH THE ISLEY BROTHERS ALL LEGENDS THANKS RONALD ISLEY.

[@kenneybrooks3071]

Elton got started playing keyboards for Patti Labelle and the bluebells his first stateside gig.

[@amentetbastet6746]

I just recently became a fan of Ernie Isley after really listening to his guitar solo on Summer Breeze OMG he killed it he has to be one of the greatest

[@gabrielmatthews9494]

This is one of the best throwback accounts i have ever heard!😄 "we got Jimi!" Word to the mother!

[@bretterry1347]

Ernie played bass drum in the Dwight Morrow HS ban, before picking up an axe. The guitar came from "O Di Bella Music" at the end of LIberty Road where Mrs. Isley, Marvin and Ernie lived. She was such a wonderful woman.

[@Maasai-El]

ERNIE ISLEY IS ONE OF THE GREATEST (TRULY UNDERRATED) GUITARIST EVER!👑

[@DJ-zt2ml]

Wow, Hendrix lived in Teaneck, NJ. with the Isley Brothers.

[@zenbookseries9129]

Great true story Amazing

[@michaeltaylor8835]

Bless the Isley brothers

[@motoputz3201]

..."but we got jimi", classic

[@MrGuitars8]

I love this Story . I still have all of their albums .

[@tomitstube]

as a kid i met a guy who saw hendrix, lol, he was instantly the coolest dude i knew and hung on his every word describing the "experience".

[@oldmanfromoc7684]

I still remember listening to brother Jimi, on my way to Vietnam 1969. R.I.P. brother Jimi!

[@Elwrt455]

As a kid during the 70's when I heard "That Lady" by the Isley Bros. Ernie's guitar playing was amazing! A Hendrix student

[@popsriley1211]

His tone in That Lady made me want to play guitar. It was completely saturated with distortion but completely controlled....sorta like a super elastic bubble plastic kazoo.

[@ram_ichi5585]

I love all them! My all time favorite band

[@washitawmoor8657]

Isley Brothers.....Jimi Hendrix.....Iconic...

[@keithschwartzmusic9461]

Beautiful story!

[@universoulistic]

Thanks for sharing. I appreciate the extra couple segments not included in the seven minute piece.

[@kderby2204]

I love Jimi. I play Little Wing almost every day practising. It puts me in the mood to progress. He was a genus.

[@SirSwiftusFunkellwerk]

Ernie is the LAST living vein of Jimi's direct instruction to the guitar as Dan Inosanto is the LAST living vein of Bruce Lee's JeetKuneDo instruction....

[@chavillia]

Sir Swiftus W. Funkellwerk Ernie gives it all to Jimi

[@manolocepeda8479]

And the irony is bothe Bruce Lee and Jimi Hendrix we’re born in November 27

[@Bodybeautiful]

What??! Bruce Lee was trained by Inosanto....not the other way around. Also GM Steve Muhammad, who also trained Bruce is still alive.

[@minorsnow5306]

@@manolocepeda8479 Both masters cant be duplicated.

[@stacyharris9008]

Perfect analogy!!!👍👍👍👍

[@silasketgaskets8709]

The coolest interview I have ever seen about the man that inspired me to play guitar.

[@paulablissett4447]

The Isley Brothers a FABULOUS group, I loved and listened to them ALL THE TIME! Aha, rubbing elbos with The Jimi Hendrix, what a great tribute to Jimi😁😀😃

[@shebacastro4729]

I wish they played more of the interview. This was so cool

[@keenanhandy3364]

every great guitar player who was interviewed when asked who was the best they would all say ask Jimi

[@southsideman4891]

UNBELIEVABLE!!!!!!!!!!!!! HE'S RIGHT.....YOU NEVER KNOW WHO YOU'RE DEALING WITH......