Chas Chandler interview about His Life with JIMI HENDRIX

Chas Chandler interview about His Life with JIMI HENDRIX
From an old BBC radio program

[@alanclement4613]

I'll never forget the first time a saw Jimi Hendrix at a concert at Winterland in San Francisco. The opening act was Albert King, and he was so good I thought nobody could be better. The next band was John Mayhall and the Blues Breakers with Mick Taylor on guitar, and they were even better! I thought, nobody can top this. Then Hendrix, his sound was unbelievable, he was on another level and to this day I've never heard anyone get a better sound from a guitar.

[@curbozerboomer1773]

Lifelong Hendrix fanatic here...but I feel that Jeff Beck took the guitar even further, and for a much longer time. They were friends, too. Jimi respected Jeff!

[@theelvisguru9490]

@@curbozerboomer1773 Jeff beck was devoid of personality even though he was an amazing player. And to think his last recording is Moon River with Eric Clapton. Bloody awful!

[@tinfoilhatter]

@@theelvisguru9490 beck was great: 'golden age' is one my favorites kzbin.info/www/bejne/j2fdcodnatuUfM0

[@michaelfinley4440]

@@curbozerboomer1773 - I agree but If Jimi had lived he would of grown as well..

[@michaelfinley4440]

Also Hendrix wrote lyrics and sang.he had a lot more on his plate than just guitar

[@fordprefect80]

Great interview. If Jimi had listened more to Chas he might be still around.

[@curbozerboomer1773]

No doubt! Hendrix was a genius guitarist--but not very smart with his behavior.

[@abw48]

Ford Prefect: You got that right man.

[@morriypoulsen1238]

Are you smarter,Jimi was smarter than you think,he knew he would be dead by the age of 28years that's why he lived the life that he did,Get it .

[@jamescox8402]

This was the most true information rich interview ever. Saw Jimi in the US in March of '68, totally amazing. Saw him at the Isle of Wight eighteen or so months later. It wasn't the same energy in him, his face didn't radiate the same joy. Not long after I was driving some friends back up to Liverpool when the news came over the radio. I just pulled the Kombi over and all three of us just started crying. Love you Jimi.

[@wewerecamerashy5190]

Saw him at Isle of Wight as well. It was quite a sad set but will never forget.

[@dancingtrout6719]

very honest video.. and for you hearing the news'' just the worst thing

[@ronaldtorres5758]

Thanks for sharing your story made me cry!

[@stevenconnor4221]

Not only a great producer but it sounds like a true friend there. 👏

[@ernestpetu5691]

He bought an inssurance brieftly before Jimi passed away for 2 million Dollars in that time, SRV also said he had an assisted pepsi and the most important thing, Jimi was getting rid of him, the man who made him, the man who took him to England and his pals la creme de la creme of rock and roll was gettin his ass fired. He did it.

[@jesusgonzalez-io9bi]

😊on​@@ernestpetu5691

[@morriypoulsen1238]

You talk a load of you know what.Go get a life somewhere.

[@johnreremoana930]

The best Manager Jimi ever had.

[@musicguitarman1963]

That might be but his manager with others used Jimi for their pleasure

[@erickarreman6119]

On September 18th, 1970 I was just 11 years old...I came home from school with my older brother Fred (who already had a Hendrix record!) and our mother told us that Jimi was dead. Fred took me to his room and we played that record at ear-splitting volume...it got to me and to this day (I'm 63 now...) I still got the Hendrix bug...the man was incredible...

[@charleswilson9654]

Unreal. This is from Chas Chandler who was there, not a third party researcher writing about Jimi 20 - 25 years after his death. Mind numbing---17 television sets, 8 stereo systems, wreck a Corvette, buy a new one the next day and wreck it the same day, up to 30 hanger-ons while trying to record Electric Ladyland, only 3 backing tracks to show for 14 days of recording and yet---Electric Ladyland was phenomenal song crafting and playing. Same with songs Jimi recorded in summer of 1970 that became the Cry of Love LP. Obviously, was able to create, juggle his life like 24-track recording. Mindblowing....

[@johnthursfield3056]

This is Chas' take on things rather than Jimi's. Jimi was becoming increasingly frustrated with how Chas was producing his music and wanted a more experimental sound which he achieved with Electric Ladyland imho one of the greatest albums of all time. The reason for the hangers on was that he wanted to have the feel of an audience when doing his parts and listening to Voodoo Chile long version who is to say it was unsuccessful? Noel Redding didn't like the new approach either but each persons evaluation of the situation is different, neither Chas or Noel was 'right'. Re his excesses, when you are on the road for months on end seeing nothing but hotels and travelling for hours between gigs it will do strange things to you. The managements treatment of Jimi wouldn't happen to day but these were the early days of rock music touring.

[@soarornor]

Valid points. No one really knows what kinds of pressures these people have to deal with when you reach that level of success. The truth is, those of us in the audience have the best time. We can go home after the show. We don’t have to be subjected to the mind numbing banality of being dragged around by car and bus across the country and do shows and be expected to do every one with top energy and commitment. What Jimi really needed was some time off and rest.

[@curbozerboomer1773]

One thing...Jimi did not wreck his first Vette, buy a 2nd one, and then wreck that one too!..The 2nd Vette was his last...he had it repainted--twice--and maybe that has caused the confusion.

[@curbozerboomer1773]

@@johnthursfield3056 Reasonable comments from you. Chas was good for Jimi during the first half of his career...he did not have much to do with Hendrix, after being bought out of his management position by his partner, Michael Jeffery--for a cool $300 grand!

[@Einnor084]

​@@curbozerboomer1773 I'm fighting those who blieve Hendrix didn't need Chas @ da end, when Hendrix asked him 2 help him out. ( Da day b4 his death, I blieve. Oopz!!! Chas just said 2 daze b4 Jimiz death. ) I blieve, wit Chas helping Jimi on his last album, Jimi woulda bounced back, like da Sun of God bringing lite from da dark of nite! Without either Jimi or Chas nvolved, material like ANGEL, NITEBIRD FLYING, FREEDOM, & HEY BABY, iz considered audio Gold & classic.

[@vincentlussier8264]

My oldest brother saw Hendrix at the Fillemore theatre in New York which was where the live Band of Gypsyies album was recorded. There were plastic red horns placed on the seats for the people to blow at midnight Newyears eve and he took his home and still has it today!

[@johntiger5]

The music world owes a lot to Chas Chandler for bringing Hendrix to the stage, and the studio. The rest is Hendrix, and electric guitar musical history.

[@beachcomber4141]

This is real Jimi info. Chas was such a positive force in Jimi's life. What a horrible shame they did not get to work together again. Watching this again, it really breaks my heart that Chas and Jimi were on their way back to the studio when Jimi passed. I can only imagine what they could have done together again, considering the first two records are such game changers.....as well as Electric Ladyland. So many 'what if's'

[@19hhh51]

Thanks for this interview! Chas Chandler was a great producer. "Are You Experienced" was ground-breaking.

[@MrDaiseymay]

AND Bass player.

[@Valkonnen]

That ability to take a guitar and make the sound all your own, is just amazing!

[@rootsinmotion2865]

Anyone heard the Noel Redding interview with Harold Stern where he said one night he had a dream where Jimi came to see him, and said he was “taking care of business” The next morning mike Jeffries died in a plane crash…

[@marcosoverini6171]

this one ? kzbin.info/www/bejne/eGrFgodqmKhgopo

[@soarornor]

Great pictures throughout the interview. Thanks for posting. Chas had an amazing roll to play in bringing Jimi’s music to the public. I’ll never forget how truly amazed and excited I was hearing Are You Experienced? for the first time back when it was first released. Saw them twice in Chicago with the amazing Soft Machine. Unforgettable all around.

[@We_Seek_Truth]

It was my thought also, that interviews and things like this should have great photos and even (silent) videos on screen while there is talking. This was audio you need to watch.

[@AntwhaleNearfar]

*role

[@paulwitveendaal3381]

Don’t forget Chas was later the manager and producer of the mighty Slade!

[@Ease54]

Never saw Jimi but I did see Slade!

[@LordOfTheThreeWorlds]

Highly rational, coherent and plain spoken. Chandler must have been a great guy to work with.

[@928CS]

That was really, really good - thanks for sharing! I have been a HUGE Hendrix fan literally my entire life.

[@marcosoverini6171]

i'm glad man! i'm an hendrix nut as well, and you'll find here ( in this channel) lot's of goodyes ( PS i'm not earning any money!!)

[@susandoig4192]

He was awesome

[@Improveng1]

What a fantastic guy Chas Chandler was and what a fantastic interview.

[@grahamlaidlaw7164]

i knew Chas ex wife and daughter, lovely people. knew, still do , know even

[@curbozerboomer1773]

His one major flaw...he was a heavy drinker, and died partly as a result of that.

[@grahamlaidlaw7164]

@@curbozerboomer1773 so am i. and shane macgowan .

[@majorgunn]

wonderful to hear from Chas his words are comforting somehow, al be it a bit sad

[@SamWattRock]

Sherman Clay Music was a big piano dealer near Union Square in San Francisco, but downstairs they had a few electric guitars, basses, and keyboards, along with some amplifiers. There was also a section of popular song sheet music and books with lead sheets for rock songs as well as a large selection of classical pieces. I was down there with a friend looking for something that my high-school band could play, when down the stairs comes this big tall blonde fellow and this short fellow with a good sized afro. They looked around a bit, then came over and asked me if I knew where they might be able to get some Fender Dual Showman amps. I suggested they hop the cable car outside and head up to Columbus Street to Music City, and there might be some there (it turned out they didn't have them either). My friend didn't know who these guys were, but I did. There was no album cover upstairs for Jimi, but I showed him that Chas Chandler was featured on several Animals album photos. Several months earlier, a DJ on the "new" FM radio station got a bootleg copy of Purple Haze from England and played it on the radio with a fair amount of advance build up. My high school band, the Complex Network, had the reel to reel ready when it came on, and from that tape we learned the song. We actually played it on stage at Fillmore Auditorium in March of '67, when we auditioned for Bill Graham on a Sunday afternoon before the Greatful Dead and Chuck Berry. Aside from those that heard that single FM broadcast, I believe it was the first time Purple Haze was performed in San Francisco. Graham gave us good advice, told us we sounded good, but we needed to write our own songs, and he sent us packing, but the memories still linger. A few weeks later, it was announced that the Monterey Pop Festival would feature Hendrix in May. The single for Purple Haze and the album Are Your Experienced? were released later that summer.

[@Nominay]

Heartbreaking

[@MichaelBoltonsEntireCatalog]

Koober

[@2Uahoj]

Not really. He lived the life he wanted to live.

[@PAULLONDEN]

@@2Uahoj You really think so ? Sure he lived about 4 years as a star , of which the last two Jimi was depressed about . Like anyone would be surrounded by useless hanger-ons intent to kill you with their dope cocktails. Not to speak of bloodsucking management.

[@2Uahoj]

@@PAULLONDEN Well people make decisions and weak willed people make very poor decisions. It has been said by others, that he he had a very hard time saying "no." Constant touring and drugs killed him, as it did Elvis and Michael Jackson.

[@bopaduffy84]

My friend is Kate Chandler, her father discovered Jimmy Hendrix, brought him to the UK and told him his first somg would be "Hey Joe" which was a Tim Rose song. his name was Chas Chandler, he was the Bass Guitarist in the band "The Animals" songs such as The House Of The Rising Sun, We gotta Get Out Of This Place...etc. Kate (Kathrine) is my age, we went to school together. We partied hard in their house in a place called Allerdean (2 miles from Berwick) and used to go through all Chas's memorabilia. And used to read letters from Jimmi Hendrix. I swear on my daughters life this is absolutely true. Kate, is my dear friend, she's such a down to earth girl. Her father died of liver cancer in the 1990's... her mother Madeline is still alive, her maiden name is Madeline Stranger, she won Mrs Great Britain back in the late 70s, Chas and her and started a family. ❤ I gained a cool friend

[@marcosoverini6171]

Thanks for been here, hope she will be happy to listen this sweet interview....she still have this memorabilia ( letters) of Jimi?

[@moolo1061]

My late sister introduced me to Jimi Hendrix in the 60’s. She saw him ( amongst others such as The Cream, The Animlas etc) at the Club a GoGo in Newcastle and at a the Newcastle City Hall. I loved her tales and my memories of those times. She told me later, she had a crush on Chas at one point! I hope your friend is very proud of her dad! Xx

[@hirepgym6913]

Chas had two cottages outside Ashford in Kent i went to see Jimmy Leverton there but knocked on the wrong door and Jack Bruce answered.

[@guitarman1477]

Yes, and so what?

[@hirepgym6913]

@@guitarman1477 and so i became a multi times world and National strength sports champion who dont like gobby people

[@leebowens2631]

@@guitarman1477 Jack said, hey mate you wouldn't happen to be a drummer would you?

[@laman8914]

I never heard this story before. Great to hear this side of Jimi's life. It felt Mr. Chas Chandler really told a true story and really wanted to get something good out of Jimi. But, drugs literally kill the ability to think straight and a pity Jimi was in bad company.

[@gracepethel9824]

That's exactly what happened he was surrounded by users n leeches n scumbags, nobody had his best interests in mind at all

[@SeanSMST]

​@@gracepethel9824 except for those such as chas chandler that tried to help and look out for him genuinely

[@richbailey8174]

Thanks so much for this...I have never heard an interview Chas Chandler

[@johnnyscoolstuff8427]

So devastatingly sad, because Jimi had so much music yet, in him. Chas was a great guy,and did his best to look out for Jimi and his music.

[@jazztheglass6139]

I used to work with chas chandler's step daughter when she worked in London in the mid 90's. Knew her for nearly 2 years before she mentioned him

[@scalefingerz]

Thank you for this Marco!

[@jamesbone105]

I had read that Jimi was tired of Mike Jeffries. At that point, Jimi was really strung out on illicit substances, Mike Jeffries was a know Opioid user and Hendrix was using also, Noel Redding had stated that. I think Jimi was murdered. Thank you for posting this.

[@johnwhyte2638]

Jimi was in a real tangle with Jeffries. Even if he had chose not to renew his management contract they were bound together by Electric Lady Studios. Mike held 49% ownership and had his offices there, Jimi wasn't close to being able to buy out Mike's interests. Plus Jimi and Mike had borrowed money from Warners in advances from the next album to help build the studio and fund the Rainbow Bridge movie.

[@poisedforduty]

As you said Jimi was strung out. Sharon Lawrence wrote in her book that she believed Jimi committed suicide , she saw him the night before at Ronnie Scott's and said he was strung out and was in a haze, pupils dilated and seemed afraid, and didn't recognize her at first , and said to her "I'm almost gone" and it shook her up. Who takes 9 sleeping pills just to get sleep? As far as Michael Jefferies, i believe he was tied up with the American Mafia as was Ed Chalpin, and the two of them conspired to Rip Jimi off to the point that Jimi was supposedly flat broke and had to tour to pay off the studio debt (Electric Lady studios)

[@curbozerboomer1773]

Jeffery....The jury is out on Hendrix and opioids...He had no tracks on his arms at autopsy...but of course, drugs can be taken other ways.

[@Paul-mj7hq]

That's why that weasel died the horrible way he did in that plane crash. He did Jimi dirty.

[@jsamc]

@@Paul-mj7hq He killed Jimi also.

[@michaelfoort2592]

Bless Chas Chandler

[@tiffsaver]

WOW, what an interesting and illuminating documentary. I'm glad I got to experience your story and your association with perhaps the greatest guitar virtuoso who ever lived.

[@alarconsantos4894]

Super Jimi

[@MrCherryJuice]

The photo @ 1:55 - Jimi with napkin - shows Chas speaking with French superstar Johnny Hallyday. It was Hallyday who gave the Experience their first big break when, after seeing Jimi playing in a small London club he invited Jimi and the lads to France for several dates that ended at the famed Olympia in Paris. At the time Mick Jones, later of Spooky Tooth and founder of Foreigner was in Hallyday's band. Julie Driscoll w/Brian Auger Trinity were also onboard, at least for the Olympia date. (Coincidentally, the first or second band Jimi jammed with in London with the Brian Auger Trinity on a night when Julie was not appearing.) Mitch and Noel were surprised by Jimi on those several dates as they had never seen his showman schtick. As for Aynsley Dunbar not getting the gig. According to Hendrix's girlfriend Kathy Etchingham, there was a coin toss in a dark cab on the way home from a night out in London. She wanted Dunbar to win because he was 'cute'. Chandler tossed the coin but it fell on the floor. The second time saw Mitch win. But that isn't the end of it. Jimi and Chas did not like Mitch at the outset of the relationship. The drummer, who was something of a star in his own right and had been making good money with Georgie Fames Blue Flames (coincidentally, Hendrix's band in America was Jimmy James & the Blue Flame), exhibited an attitude of arrogance, even not showing up for a session. So Chandler and Jimi auditioned Dunbar a second time. They also tried another chap, someone quite unknown. Jimi preferred the latter, but that chap didn't want to travel. Why they didn't settle on Dunbar, I don't know. Ultimately, Chandler advised Mitch that any more tardiness and he would lose a week's salary. Mitch was never late after that. Interestingly also, Hendrix wasn't keen on Mitch's drumming, finding it too busy and 'crashy' on the cymbals. Georgie Fame had complained about the same thing, telling Mitch to 'Just play the hi-hat'. Etchingham said that in the early days Jimi would occasionally use the headstock of his guitar to mute the cymbals (I assume this was in the smaller club gigs of the early days). But eventually Jimi learned to love Mitch's playing, likely recognising that it was such a great catalyst for pushing his own playing to great heights. Chandler seemed to have been a very straight-up chap. Jimi's idiocy and Mike Jeffries' devious ways were pathetic betrayals of the trust Chandler had invested in the unknown Jimmy James. Thank you for assembling this clip as hearing the tale from Chandler both clarifies and validates the occurrences, thus closing out any doubt of the reality.

[@bighill8272]

Where do you get all that about Mitch from?

[@MrCherryJuice]

@@bighill8272 I wrote a magazine article on Mitch and did substantial research to augment what I'd already learned over the years from reading all the music media. There is nothing new in what I wrote, though it helps to seek out sources that aren't the first ones to pop up on your screen when doing a Google search. Kathy Etchingham's accounts, for example, I got from reading online pages from her book. Georgie Fame noted his issues with Mitch's drumming in various instances, even, I believe, onstage at a much later date. Mitch himself admitted that he went from being a star with Fame to being nothing...but that he was still acting like a star. As he noted, his first jam or two with Hendrix was just them playing soul tunes with both Jimi and Noel playing through tiny 15-watt Watkins amps. So there was a degree of contempt on his part - he was busy doing sessions, so why waste time with this Hendrix chap? Mitch said he really didn't realise what Hendrix was about until the Experience did several days opening for Johnny Hallyday in France. These were their first gigs, and that was when Jimi went into Hendrix mode. Prior to that he hadn't done any of his showmanship tricks.

[@timelordvictorious]

Nice to hear this we still tell stories of Jimi and Chas in Newcastle when he brought him there

[@brianjones3191]

Damn all the Mike Jeffries of the world!

[@curbozerboomer1773]

Michael Jeffery was his name.

[@projectbluebird]

@@curbozerboomer1773 I believe Brian was referring to people of the same archetype as Mike Jeffery. So referring to people who use their influence to gain power and other desires. People who exploit others for personal gain, instead of mutual benefit or selflessness. “When the power of love overcomes the love of power, then the world will know true peace.” - Jimi Hendrix

[@jonginder5494]

Chas was awesome.

[@chrisowen8664]

Hi Thanks for the video i saw Jimmy in South London in 67 at an all nighter ,and then later moved to New Romney in Kent and the pub the Ship there was a club at the back which Neol and Jerry use to go .I think i could tell some stories about that period ,now am 74 and it only seems like yesterday 👍😁

[@marcosoverini6171]

Fantastic, sounds like lot's of fun...did you have pics of those moments?....thanx for writing!

[@radiomindchatter7994]

Chas was the wise one of this bunch...

[@markcook3570]

Pure gold....One Rainy Wish....NUFF SAID...

[@antrygis1]

Thank you. This is great to hear Chas talk about, encapsulate the times he had w/Jimi. Chris Welch's book, if you can still find it and "Setting the Record Straight" book by McDermott +Eddie Kramer, Jimi's great aid in the studio tell it like it was. So much more honest than the rest.

[@sitindogmas]

as a fan, WOW! changes my perspective a little but still have the same love for Hendrix. what a phenom but i guess when that much drugs involved shit gets wild. thanks for this and to the gentlemen that helped him record the amazing music!!!!

[@andrewarthurmatthews6685]

A valuable and important piece of archive material

[@johnpatterson6448]

Chas comes out of this very well. We owe him for Experienced and Axis.

[@stephenhenion8304]

What a Back Story!!!.... inside view from the Man in the Know!! Love it!!

[@tonyokeeffe6222]

Thank you Chas x

[@erikbender1]

I enjoyed this insight into Jimi. Fame is hard to handle.

[@sleevelessace]

Chas was a good musician,producer and manager, i truly believe he had only good intentions for jimi... jimi had no idea how to handle the music industry and chas knew the dark side of it and how many things could go wrong, but jimi i feel had such a free mind state, and go with the flow type approach on everything no plan just play,write,preform, have fun

[@gj8683]

So glad that Chas got Hendrix to develop his version of "Hey Joe," (aka "Heh Jooh")

[@gary36104]

Only 57 to young good rockin roll heaven

[@gladiammgtow4092]

27

[@theelvisguru9490]

@@gladiammgtow4092 he’s talking about Chas Chandler! He was 57 when he died

[@gladiammgtow4092]

@@theelvisguru9490 😂

[@chrisrussell735]

Thanks for this footage - JaneR

[@NYisconstipated]

I love Jimi. He was just a boy…no one is perfect especially at that age. Brilliant mind

[@danacoleman4007]

Thanks, Chas.

[@crazypainter56]

I wonder if there are more interviews

[@MrAMF50]

Great post! thanks

[@gliextra6097]

For us, the history of the world is divided into two distinct parts: BEFORE CHRIST/AFTER CHRIST; while the History of MUSIC can be divided into BEFORE JIMI HENDRIX/AFTER JIMI HENDRIX: JIMI is the most INNOVATIVE and UNREACHABLE guitarist in History: I don't know if subsequent musicians would have managed to reach his SOUND in the studio with the equipment used by him in the YEARS 1966/67/68 and above all I believe that the other guitarists would not have been EVEN CREATIVE having only THREE YEARS of recording activity at their disposal as happened instead for the legendary THE JIMI HENDRIX EXPERIENCE...!!! 🎸☮💔❤

[@yellowsubtwentyseven]

Any idea where the full interview can be found?

[@marcosoverini6171]

it was BBC program. i used all the Chandler's talk.....of course BBC have the whole file.

[@jeffcory1056]

It only took 7 days to make "Are You Experienced"????? Including Purple Haze, Fire, Manic Depression and 3rd Stone from the Sun? Including mixing? That is insane!!.....

[@janedvinsson]

Yeah that's impressive. Many of those who make it big have it all together already. Was it "The House of the Rinsing" in the first take all at once and The Please Pleae Me album...in 8 hours. 7 days!! I'll go tell my musician friends for sure.

[@johnfairweather9188]

It’s sad when the use of drugs ends the life of talented people.

[@termsofusepolice]

Nice to hear memories from those who knew Jimi who do not feel the need to protect or sugarcoat for the sake of his legacy. For example, one of the myths that surrounds Jimi is that agents and managers and the record companies robbed him and he never saw any real money from his musical labors and had to live hand to mouth until his death. Via Chas we learn that Jimi ran through his bread like shit through a goose.

[@Einnor084]

He wuz bein robbed, dude. If u played 7 stadiumz & sold em out, whutz a coupla Corvettez?!? U have earned them!!!! BTW - Hendrix 4 walled his showz so those HUGE stadiumz, timez $5, were mostly his & he had 2 ASK 4 da $, 2 buy his Corvettez. Less than $10,000, back n 1968/1969, both carz total! Ur talkin Hendrix takin n nearly a million $ n revenue 4 just 7 gigz, & he can't have a Corvette or 2, sum stereoz, & whutever lil else his X manager wuz griping about? U should c whut Mike Jeffery, did wit da $.

[@golds04]

So unfortunate that no one thought to try to have some documentation of that night that Jimmy said him with Cream ❤Oh, well, I guess the imagination will have to do.

[@jeffb1880]

I heard the story back in the 80's as told my Eric Burden that Hendrix had attacked a woman with a brick. I remember a few years ago spending like an hour doing Google searches to confirm this story and couldn't find ANYTHING online. I thought maybe I imagined it since I had heard the story so long ago. Apparently I DID NOT imagine it and Hendrix did in fact once attack a woman with a brick. I heard Hendrix was the nicest guy in the world unless he got drunk and then he turned really MEAN. All his insecurities seem to come out.

[@curbozerboomer1773]

Like many of us,Jimi was damaged by his horrible, mostly loveless upbringing as a child...there are repercussions that happen when abused children grow up.

[@jimmiesmith5811]

@@curbozerboomer1773 Similar to David Ruffin upbringing

[@thebenefactor6744]

Sounds like the out of controlness and freely wandering playing style that garnered Jimi the notoriety in the first place was the exact element in his daily life behavior that ultimately led to his fragmentation. He needed structure, but didnt want to subject himself to it. Throw in drugs, enablers, and a schwack of cash on tap 24/7, and its just a matter of time for anyone. I recently decided to duplicate my albums of his on CD, just cuz i wanted to listen to him in the car, cuz i hadn't listened to him in quite a while. I ended up discovering him all over again. Listen to that big amp in a big room sound on " if a six were nine". Jesus what a tone! And the nuances of his voice. I could go on forever, but you people have things to do. Im gonna play now.

[@mht525]

Regent Polytechnic. ✌️🤘 It's all true, a friend of mine was there and likewise he was amazed . Jeff Beck said, "Jimi was the worst driver." RIP Jimi 🙏 RIP Mr Beck 🙏

[@funksfparty-fx6dz]

wow... never heard this before.

[@StephenS-2024]

What a trip.

[@hippie564]

I'd love to know WHY he set Jimi up with that horrible man Michael Jeffries! The man with British mafia ties that {I believe} killed Jimi when he wanted to leave him when his contract expired...

[@rogeredmunds5806]

Chas most likely needed some financial input from Jeffrey when starting out in Production/Management. He'd have known him from early days in Newcastle where The Animals played regularly at his nightclub. Wondering how Jimi's career might have developed minus Jeffrey is sad to contemplate.

[@dannyhood8857]

Micheal Jeffery bought a nice house from jimi's concerts. (Jimi Hendrix was one of highest paid artist of his time) Jeffery had a wall built around his entire property so reporters could not see his lavish lifestyle. Back yard swimming pool, movie stars lived in the area. Jeffery want Jimi to milk the cow until it was dry. Some people are put on this earth to take from others. Micheal Jeffery's subtle rhetoric, con. Jeffery's connection with Jimi 'acid'. When Jimi went to Micheal Jeffery's house he could see where some of his money spent. (J F Kennedy Bahamas) Inside Jeffery's house he had room shelves library full of records. Jimi went through looking entire collection. Jimi found nothing he liked Micheal Jeffery didn't listen to music. It was popular thing having a room for music listening.

[@hippie564]

I think it would've... All Chaz had to do was everything BUT Michael Jeffries ! Shit, any record company especially after he played in front of all those rock stars, would've signed him in a new yok minute!@@rogeredmunds5806

[@cosmo1eleven855]

Jeffries once said "Jimi Hendrix is worth more dead than alive." Jeffries dies in an a commercial jet crash a couple years after Hendrix passed. Karma ?

[@briancannon3987]

If only Jimi ditched chas n Michael he'd still be alive

[@omarks]

Mike Jeffries was ultra sketchy, I think he was central to Hendrix demise and the fact he left Mitchell and Redding destitute with the JHE earnings in off shore bank accounts

[@Paul-mj7hq]

You are correct 💯 no doubt.

[@lechatel]

He ripped off The Animals as well.

[@johnlamprecht7523]

Didn't realize he was so out of control. Reminds me of Billy Queen, who claims to have known Hendrix hailing from North Jersey and connections with the Isley Brothers. Billy drank alot, straight vodka, trips and non-stop joints, the Original Billy Pot, well he was savage and as charming a prince as Jimi, but totally fucked-up. And I was the naive good friend, crash landed from a foreign land, anyways alot in common

[@Edward1312]

Chandler must have been a big guy cos Hendrix wasnt short.

[@lechatel]

6'4

[@2Uahoj]

The truth is, amazing guitarist, but not a good guy in his personal life. Besides hitting the woman in the head with a brick, he beat girlfriends, while sleeping with ever female of the species he could find, resulting in jealousies, conflicts, and a number of pregnancies. Chas was the good guy in the story.

[@razorwestham5949]

So you were with jimi all this time and knew him that well eh . Lol When you wake up from the hospital and released let me know as your want a job which doesn't involve telling the truth and facts . Actually bit like trump in usa a complete liar when addressing the facts and living in another world of fiction when knowing you know f all about someone

[@Irene-qe5hu]

I never liked Hendrix then or now and how he treated women was despicable, he had no respect, all he was interested in was money, drugs, and abusing young girls, nothing good in a man like that.!!!

[@ahighwaymusic9749]

Chas (the crook) Chandler was complicit in every single thing that happened to Jimi Hendrix. He brought Michael Jeffrey and together they Robbed Jimi blind and walked him to death. He was no friend to Hendrix...in any way.

[@tedgermann3904]

Thank goodness for Chas

[@charlesvanderhoog7056]

In the beginning we believed psychedelic drugs would inspire you, broaden one's vision and abilities.But soon one recognized it just wrecked everything. It is always people around artists that get them into drugs. The secretly can't stand creatives and want to destroy them. Just watch it.

[@escapefelicity2913]

great stuff

[@lotharroberts5978]

Hitting a woman with a brick. Hendrix was notorious for abusing women.

[@sanchoodell6789]

Great interview with Chas Chandler and amazing find. This was a gold nugget and a very candid account about his life with Jimi, warts and all. When was this interview recorded/broadcast?

[@marcosoverini6171]

A BBC special radio program from early 1990....it's much longer, but i edited out only the Chas chandler interview----

[@marcstevens8576]

Chas was as important to both Jimi & Slade as Grant was to Led Zeppelin. After his BARN records went under, his discovering great bands seemed to do as well. Shame.

[@BobbyGeneric145]

Love slade!

[@marcstevens8576]

@@BobbyGeneric145 I agree, however, I wish they lasted into the nineties, as their style of Hard Rock was a lot more enjoyable than any of the bands that emerged from that generation.

[@rdanalytics9197]

I’ve lost all respect for Hendrix after hearing he hit a girl in the face with a brick 🧱. Who cares about the guitar playing when you act like that? I hope she recovered.

[@jsamc]

75000 bucks ?? She recovered real well.

[@jimmiesmith5811]

Sounds almost like the David Ruffin incident where he hits Tammi Terrell in face with his motorcycle helmet well drugs and quick tempers don't mix

[@Irene-qe5hu]

​@@jimmiesmith5811 That blow to Tammy's head was the beginning of the end for her, she had a brain injury and one night she was performing on stage with Marvin Gaye, she collapsed and died in his arms at the age of 24.,..I never liked Ruffin, and when this came out, a lot of people turned against him, he got his cummupence in the end....what goes around comes around...😡

[@chasleask8533]

Some very dodgy circumstances around Jimi Hendrix's death . No wine in his system apparently . All over everywhere else , none in his body .

[@curbozerboomer1773]

Reports differ on that!

[@cliffwestnidge6604]

I thought Hey Joe was written by Billy Roberts not Tim Rose

[@marcosoverini6171]

yeah, it's true, but Tim Rose version had much more "visibility/popularity" in mid 1966 , and that version was the one Chas heard...and maybe jimi too!

[@cliffwestnidge6604]

Right,ok often the real writer gets overlooked,i like Billy Roberts version anyway, thanks

[@RelicOnMaui]

If Chas Chandler had not "thrown together" a band (none of them had even met before) and MANAGER (Michael Jeffrey, who ALL the Brit musicians considered a rip-off) for Hendrix, Jimi would very likely STILL be alive, and involved in today's music industry in some way, as is Paul McCartney. The song he refers to "helping edit" was especially "Purple Haze -Jesus Saves". Jimi said it had hundreds of words.. and Lennon had just dropped the "We're more popular than Jesus" bomb

[@Edward1312]

Mitch Mitchell had just split up from the blue flames, that's another coincidence, because didn't Hendrix front a band called the blue flames at one point?

[@curbozerboomer1773]

Yes, in Greenwich village, 1966...the name changed to "Rainflowers" later on. Randy California was his 2nd guitarist then--at the age of 15!

[@shootfirst2097]

I can't believe this fascinating historical relic only has 190 views. Has it been released elsewhere? I love the behind-the-scenes look, warts-and-all reality. Also, didn't Jimi beat up Cathy Etchingham and write "Wind Cries Mary" about that incident? (I though it was Linda Keith) Wow, Jimi wasn't always the "peace and love" hippy dude he portrayed.

[@marcosoverini6171]

it's easy, i piut this on KZbin few days ago! :-) it's from an old BBC radio program....over 30 years ago.

[@davisworth5114]

How does it feel to be a pathetic gossip?

[@curbozerboomer1773]

Not Ms.Keith!...he did pummel his first English girlfriend, Cathy Etchingham. And a few other ladies as well!

[@shootfirst2097]

@@curbozerboomer1773 Yes, you're correct. I confused Keith with Etchingham.

[@morriypoulsen1238]

By the sounds of your comments you don't know nothing of Jimi Hendrix.

[@Vor_Tex_Sun]

I wish Chas could have stayed Jimi's manager

[@MrRatherino]

well done!t tragic

[@williamoxendine6121]

Some people can’t handle success they were poor get money and fame and go foolish

[@lamper2]

4:30 I'd like more, MUCH MORE, information and EXAMPLES of CHAS' "editing" of Jimi's songs! HAS ANYONE EVER HEARD THAT THIS HAPPENED? Hope that "kid" scammer who showed up with effects devices wasn't the infamous "MAGIC" Alex!

[@johnwhyte2638]

Likely referencing Roger Mayer.

[@zancraft7865]

Michael Jeffery's had Hendrix murdered because Hendrix was suing him for monies that were owed. His then time girl friend was payed to give him some mickies in his wine and he passed out. While passed out, Jeffery's thugs came in and held him down and poured wine down his throat until he drowned. Look at the autopsy report, his lungs were filled with wine. Lungs! That's why his ex girl friend was murdered right before she told her story some 40 or 50 years later. She was killed before she could tell her side. Found dead in a car from carbon monoxide poisoning. As they say! I don't believe in karma! But I will say God doesn't play around. Jeffery's died in a plain crash about 10 years or less later after ripping off a ton's of musicians including Hendrix. His girl friend may have killed herself, we will never know. Just fishy as hell.

[@lechatel]

His girlfriend was Eric Burdon's ex-wife.

[@charleswinokoor6023]

I didn’t know Hendrix was so self-indulgent and reckless with his money and behavior back then. I’m not naive about the drugs and booze, but I didn’t know about him hitting a girl with a brick and pissing away so much cash on material items (even though the guitars were tools of his trade). It’s pretty amazing that he was able to write and record his first album so quickly. But he wasn’t a star yet with all the instant adulation, so he must have been more focused and disciplined than he was just a few months later.

[@starks749]

Chas helped Jimi get on than sold his ass down the river to Mr. Jeffery

[@tattyshoesshigure5731]

Strange effect watching on my IPhone… the video is just black, no images at all. Yet when I scroll forward, I can see the images in the little preview screen?!

[@marcosoverini6171]

your phone need an upgrade!...hope you hear the sound!

[@tattyshoesshigure5731]

@@marcosoverini6171 I hear the sound fine… and my iPhone 12 gets regular updates, I’m in the U.K. & wondering if there’s some sort of copyright issue?

[@tattyshoesshigure5731]

@@marcosoverini6171 it’s come good now… sound & vision!

[@tomh1593]

On his last tour a girlfriend said he almost overdosed on downers. A couple weeks later it happened. :(

[@briancannon3987]

Chas is so full of it

[@hackchewspit1956]

Good old Mike Jeffery... the killer of Jimi

[@jsamc]

Cloths and hair soaked in wine and hardly any in his bloodstream. One of the biggest coverups of the century.

[@oinkooink]

With a brick? That's hard core.

[@dancingtrout6719]

Opens His Case Gets Out His Thermal Burning Bar (FenderStrat) Burns The Stage Down:::::

[@onazram1]

At that point before his death was a lot of turmoil, lawsuits and debt plaguing Jimi... Much of it due to mike jeffery stealing his money!

[@ahighwaymusic9749]

Mike Jeffrey AND Chas Chandler. They were in it together until the end. Chandler/Jeffrey Management worked Hendrix to death and stole his money.

[@joshuaworthy4563]

Jimi

[@jasonsenator6144]

Synchronicity

[@ahighwaymusic9749]

Chas (the crook) Chandler was the co-manager from the beginning til the end. Chandler/Jeffrey Mangement was the firm. Chandler was complicit in stealing Jimi's money and working him to death. Never forget that it was Chandler who brought Mike Jeffrey in.

[@chrisst8922]

And then he did the same thing with Slade.