Hey Joe - Jimi Hendrix Experience | Guitar Lesson

[@Willd-ki8ix]

I live in Savannah Georgia downstairs below our bass player Mitch Mitchell's daughter lived. One day when I was over there and leaving I ran into an older gentleman standing outside and asked if I could help him. It was Mitch Mitchell he said he was waiting on his daughter to come home. I said well she'll probably gone for another hour because we knew her and I was going to McDonald's to get some food and I asked him if you needed something and he came with me we sat at McDonald's and ate a couple of burgers and had a long talk very intelligent man much more than you would think. It's a great memory

[@12footchain]

Wow, awesome story. I'm sure he was brilliant.

[@Willd-ki8ix]

@@12footchain we actually talked politics. This was years ago before his health concern actually affected his abilities to walk and such

[@Willd-ki8ix]

I think it was 5 or 6 years ago. My friend sold the condo above his daughters and she might have been staying with the owners of the condo I don't remember now. She's pretty nice girl she was waitressing at a club here she wasn't raised a rock stars child. Normal

[@ThirdStonefromtheSun]

Love this story!

[@ShiftingDrifter]

Great Video! As an OCD level student of the Hendrix sound - so much so I even purchased the Fender Jimi Hendrix "lefty-righty" MIM Strat (and yes, part of the secret to Jimi's sound was playing lefty), I found (and as you point out), Hendrix actually played surprisingly clean, but cranked it up loud enough to get that essential controlled sustain that was the hallmark of his style. This naturally pushes the power tubes slightly into saturation introducing distortion. I believe Hendrix captured this effect inspired by early 50s rockabilly guitarists like Carl Perkins, Link Wray and Dick Dale - all who played clean slight distortion. Also, from my research I think late 60s rockers didn't scoop out the mids so much (as became characteristic of early 70s lead distortion - depending on whether the band had an exclusive rhythm guitarist or was a power trio). My 2 cents...

[@MrRonnmaui]

The bass line really makes this song so special! Thanks for your insight and simplicity.

[@morriypoulsen1238]

On a lotbof Jimi's tunes in joins in with the Bass,

[@nobodyanderson4353]

That intro was amazing.

[@nobodyanderson4353]

The next blues bit was also amazing.

[@nobodyanderson4353]

It gets even better. What a breakdown, I love the little licks and not to be too "Jimi" straight away advice.

[@nobodyanderson4353]

The solo, fuck man beautiful.

[@jrenaud22]

This was probably the first song I learned the structure of when I was trying to progress out of being a beginner (Marty's lesson). My playing of this has evolved as I've gotten better at guitar and I love seeing different Hey Joe lessons. Thanks for showing a lot of the loose fills. Did not know a few of those so this will continue to evolve for me thanks to you! I've definitely found that the more loose I am when playing this, the better it sounds. Thanks!

[@paulkramer9666]

Back in the early 1980s, I got to hear a band from Texas called "The Dicks" at a mid sized venue in Philadelphia. Their set consisted of all original material, except they closed with Hendrix "Purple Haze". I'd never heard it done so perfectly. Four piece band, guitar, bass, drums, vocal. The guitarist used a 100 watt Marshall Super Lead stack, and the band just laid into that song. Ears were ringing afterwards, but MAN! Full tilt! The only things miked were the drums and vocals. Everything else was right off the stage. Old school.

[@boostsalesmatt4019]

the best hey joe tut on YT!!! ( left handed, ex. guitar player approved 😎)

[@richardburrows8998]

Every new post is a banger. Thanks buddy. I love the live versions of Hey Joe where he drops in the "I Feel Fine" lick on the last E of the chord sequence.

[@carlbarton7681]

I've been playing guitar since the 70's and this song since the 80's and always continue to learn more nuances. Thanks for posting your take on the Hendrix version. If you listen to Billy Roberts acoustic recording (I think from about 1962) you will hear the intro is almost identical and the chromatic walk up after the solo is too. I'm guessing from your comment at about 20 minutes in "I don't know if he wrote it...." that you aren't aware that the Hendrix version is a cover. Your version is great too. Thanks again.

[@12footchain]

Thanks!

[@jobonekanobe]

Thanks!

[@stevenreech8854]

Well explained! I have played this song for years and you nailed the tutorial!

[@shaykavanagh3734]

Thanks, it’s the clearest lesson I have ever seen on Hendricks. Super easy to follow. 😊

[@davidevans3175]

"Hey Joe" was a song Chas Chandler, Jimi's manager, wanted Jimi to record as a single. Jimi was not particularly interested in "hit singles" but Chas knew it was necessary to Jimi's career. So it's a much more "normal" tune as far as the arrangement and lack of the "weird" effects Jimi was known for. I have this on the highest authority (other than Jimi himself).

[@thepirhomancer9745]

Jimi was already performing "Hey Joe" prior to meeting Chas so would have had the arrangement already worked out.

[@neverforget6523]

Anyway. After touring with Engelbert and the Monkees Ex-Animal Chas opened Jimi the door into a world which was waiting for him. Hey Joe came down like a comet. Thanks for this lesson.

[@thebomontellano4996]

Hey Joe was written by Richie Valens then was sold to a broke ass folk singer.

[@djrychlak4443]

@@thebomontellano4996 I don't think anyone knows who wrote the song. I'm pretty sure it wasn't Richie Valens. It sounds nothing like him, lyrically or stylistically.

[@billdowney1487]

@@djrychlak4443 Very Good point.

[@conorgallagher6139]

Some of the best lessons I've seen on KZbin - killer channel name too! Thanks for putting these out there!

[@12footchain]

Thank you!

[@djrychlak4443]

That was the first solo I learned how to play. And it still serves me well. Nice post. Thanks.

[@markdesod561]

My Favorite Guitar Player to cover!! Nice Job, Doug!!! A+++++++++++++++

[@JasonT-xp3kh]

Legend has it that this was recorded with a tele through a fender twin.

[@ianmorton8110]

Doug....I just discovered your channel and really liked your lesson on hey joe - very clear instruction particularly on how to play the tune to build tension and appreciated the inclusion of fills and solo break down.

[@12footchain]

Welcome aboard! thank you!

[@paulkramer9666]

You've heard Roy Buchanan's version of "Hey Joe"? I got to hear him play that live with that band (Billy Price lead vocal), around 1974 at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. The concert took place in a gymnasium. It went from subtle to super loud. He made that Fender Broadcaster scream. Of course, the audience were partaking of the "jazz cabbage", in great quantities.

[@12footchain]

He's so ridiculous great.

[@westernrider100]

Saw Buchanan 2 times, first time in Chicago and Norfolk, Va. In Norfolk, he played at the Oar House and his band played the "Are You Experienced" album minus Third Stone From the Sun. This was an incredible show, and I really am sorrowful that there is no known video or audio recording of this show.

[@shakeyblues5128]

Happy Sunday 12ft. What a great song to run through ♪♫♪♫♪♫ ♥

[@albertarguelles3262]

Nice Lesson Thanks You definitely got Jimi's vibe...

[@mikeyhughes8992]

Great lesson as always and great to see you enjoying yourself throughout the lesson .

[@Spaceman-jo5mz]

Great lesson of an epic song

[@TheGorillafoot]

lots of good stuff I picked up on this. All about those details, thanks for making this!

[@paulkramer9666]

The original Billy Roberts version is great too. Nice combination with the Fender and Marshall. 👍 It's always been one of my favorite combinations. A Fender Twin and Marshall Super Lead head sitting atop a Marshall 4x12. cabinet. It's a lot to lug around but worth it. No PA necessary Mr. Soundman.

[@markkempster7367]

Brilliant lesson! Just the right pace. Thank you.

[@lcraigsimmons]

Great lesson. Really liked the part where you showed ways to move between chords. Would really enjoy if you could walk us through a simpler improvised solo for Hey Joe. Thanks again for a great lesson.

[@jeffreyrwilliams9345]

Always loved the super reverb, tremendous amp

[@jeffreyharper2731]

Excellent lesson

[@davyhendrix]

You make it look so easy

[@kendipietro6855]

Awesome lesson! Everything was very well explained from the opening to the finish. I'm relatively new here but I just subscribed.

[@sassebensur7288]

Un super big Merci from France !

[@joemason9187]

Absolutely awesome

[@jamesherron1209]

Good lesson I could never figure out the Solo there is not to many songs that can match it one of the greatest ever

[@darrelldunn4618]

Really good and thorough. Nice playing too.

[@rstlr73]

great vid. he is hard to figure out. love your take on this.

[@khalilibrahim9315]

Nice lesson. You definitely have some of that Hendrix-esque vibe going on. There are some great HJ lessons out there (Tim Pierce, Papa Stache, etc.) and this is one of them in my opinion.

[@sharky4263]

Nice work 🤙love the Hendrix

[@MrMarkar1959]

Favorite Song👍🏼 Good one to teach the different chord positions! i aint much of Lead Player. 🎸

[@yrulooknatme]

Great lesson 😊

[@MandlBakr-fd1zl]

I learned a lot ! Thank you 😅

[@l.a.covers8400]

Just hope the Psychotic Hendrix estate doesnt copyright strike this.

[@jessejordache1869]

Great lesson -- Hendrix is hard to get right because of all of the coloratura he adds. IIRC, I've seen recordings of him playing it live, and he ends the second phrase in the open position, and not up on the seventh fret. That's also what my ears tell me. Special thanks to the guitar store that let you film the video at their place! jk. Yesterday my sister and I were talking about how Jimi Hendrix and Prince (when he wanted to) had similar vocal deliveries, like "see it was kind of a... uh, she had the nerve to ask me..." etc. And Jimi's playing is an extension of that vocal delivery, like he throws in these little musical phrases that harmonize with the song he's playing, while he's singing the same way.

[@louisdemutis1055]

Just came upon your page. Great teaching skills Thank you

[@sircharles7323]

Very good teaching!

[@geordiejohn3703]

That was great thank you very much! Anything by Jimi is very welcome 😊👍🏻🎸 thanks

[@martinkishaba6329]

thanks a lot for this great lesson!

[@jwilkinson341]

Thanks great lesson

[@tombain5665]

Absolutely brilliant lesson and style of teaching. Best I have seen. Any more Hendrix coming? Watchtower, Purple Haze? Really great thanks. Just found Watchtower thanks in anticipation

[@12footchain]

Yep, did PH a while back kzbin.info/www/bejne/kIGqoquflN-les0

[@yrulooknatme]

hi ! I sent a link of blind faith playing can't find my way home. I'm loving what clapton is playing. I hope you do a lesson on this. thanks

[@upperccutt]

Thanks

[@paulmera7677]

Great job! ✨👌

[@EranuUvavu]

“I am guessing he’s on a Strat” 😜Great video, thanks! (subscribed)

[@maugroen]

Remarkable song anyway since it is a circle of 5 fifths with the minor pentatonic E fits perfectly. In the chromatic lick, you connect the three tones of the chord and ending on the fifth you start with the next one. In a way it is a blues song

[@brucehelppie6119]

thanks for this one...

[@QXZJX]

Thanks ❤

[@ROOM-zq7du]

Great lesson!!💜

[@Viajandoporlared]

Thanks for sharing 👍.

[@fefreemindminimalistaantihip]

Nice song bro greetings from Galapagos Ecuador 🇪🇨

[@12footchain]

Greetings!

[@paulkramer9666]

That "walk up" at the ending is on the original Billy Roberts version.

[@michaelmendillo7513]

FUN FACT : Nobody knows who wrote "Hey Joe" TY Bro ! Great tutorial !!! 😎✌️🎸🎶💕🎶💕

[@jackdelaney6633]

loved it! thank you.

[@oddshot60]

OK ... now lets see you do it left handed! Great lesson, thanks. BTW Speakin' of loose, Hendrix was the loosest cat ever. I don't think you could get any looser and still stand.

[@neverforget6523]

11-27-2022: Today it would have been Jimi's 80th birthday. 53 long years since he died, but he will never be forgotten.

[@nicolasmaurin182]

Awesome 🎉

[@adamlance2554]

Would like to hear an Ed King riff on that particular strat. Looks like the one Ed used 👍🏻

[@robertthrelfall2650]

I've always thought this was recorded with a tele into a fender amp. Not sure about the amp but probably a twin? I read this somewhere back in the eighties so take it for what it's worth.

[@jeffjohnson7381]

Love your lessons easy to learn other your instruction…Love Blues Rock all the classic Rock of 70s 80s…Clapton Stones Zeppelin etc…keep it coming 🎸🎶

[@chiefkikyerass7188]

Hey..can you cover " hey Mr. FANTASY" by Steve Winwood..the best version imo is when he joined Eric Clayton's blues series...which is a fund raiser for drug addiction..on some island in the Bahamas...I think it was 2005-6

[@thomasmorano7779]

That same strat a buddy bought at a yard sale for $100 bucks with a fender champ amp.first thing I check for at yard sales.i missed out on that steal.

[@Danielallanz]

This songs great for cycling chords..he used open chords then barre chords and everything in between..its a good track to warm up on..I like to play the chromatic bass notes up to the chords

[@waynechurchill7212]

Great song it get better ever day it all good

[@spiderman8632]

Great tut!! One question please. Why those all DUR chords C,G,D,A,E sound sooo great and right even without any music progression sense please? (as far I understand the basic music stuff, blues scales, etc)

[@12footchain]

thanks. not sure what "DUR chords" mean, and I'm no music theory expert, but here is my take on why they work. Any piece of music that seems to resonate with people has an aspect of tension and resolution. For me the chords themselves create some tension as they move forward and then landing on the E, it seems to resolve, or release the tension. For me, in those chords there is a built in melody component on the G string that moves through the chords descending from the 5th fret and resolves on the 1st fret. So C note on 5, B note on 4 (when it goes to G chord), A note on 3 (if you play a cowboy chord D, and holds when it goes to A chord), then resolves to G# on the E chord. Finally - those notes, C, G, D, A, E are a segment of the Circle of 5ths and there is a ton of music theory built around that as musical vehicles/progressions that seem to "work" for composing.

[@spiderman8632]

@@12footchain im sorry for mixing lang.! I meant "all 5 MAJOR chords" in the same song and sound perfect but its not typical blues rock progression (5X Major Chords)

[@billdowney1487]

@@12footchain -- What's mind blowing is with all those chords how the one position 12 Fret Em Panatonic scale works thru all those chords. Thx for taking us thru it. Good Job.

[@trevorgwelch7412]

Berkeley California May 1970 was absolutely Jimi's most genius concert . 🇺🇸🎸⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️ Please do Hear My Train a Comin from this concert .

[@Sheegog1972]

Tune it!!!

[@rstlr73]

cross town traffic is interesting also.

[@rock90753]

Subscribed. I will start learning this tomorrow. As I progress with my first love in life, blues guitar, this lesson will definitely make me a better player and if I can learn this gorgeous classic all the better! Thanks

[@kychemclass5850]

Tq. This is a nice analysis on HJ. You make some large bends and get great vibrato, so I'm wondering if like what Jimmy usually did, are you tuned to E flat?

[@12footchain]

Thank you! No for this one I'm tuned standard. I think that first album was standard, and Eb after that, not 100% sure on that but I think that's right

[@kychemclass5850]

@@12footchain Thanks.

[@luisrattlehead9837]

great, you could do a lesson on how to play rhythm guitar from some other guy from the beatles. Thank you

[@quoimagueule628]

it sounds good this marshall jtm45

[@waynegram8907]

12 FOOT CHAIN, Hendrix modulates to E major pentatonic in the guitar solo which you forgot to include.

[@danielsimmons9606]

Yeah the little tag at the end right before the slide down he throws in a little major sauce😊

[@yudipitre5720]

I subscribed

[@nordland2235]

Try listening to it over a good pair of earphones......there is a vocal track that sounds awesome.

[@Willd-ki8ix]

He Used the 410 Bassman on that song

[@tone.1]

❤

[@UAPandFriends]

7:00 this bit always sounds off for me

[@jimmeymcgee2840]

How are you connecting your amps together to play at the same time thanks!

[@12footchain]

Well, there's lots of youtube videos that can give you the full scoop. But short answer is that there's a pedal you need to split the signal from mono to stereo, the one I use is the boss harmonizer, then you have 2 cables running out of that, and continue into a few stereo pedals , chous, delay, reverb, then one cable goes to one amp and one goes to the other. It gets such a great sound, I sort of never want to play out of one amp again. Definitely a 2+2=5 situation.

[@againstthelight9486]

just wondering why most of fender guitars has scraches, or even the paint was pilled off. are they intentionally taking off the paint to make it look like old? coz even in a 100 years of proper usage it will never look like that.

[@12footchain]

Some old ones can actually get worn down like that usually from being out on the road. Get dings, sweat, beer, etc start wearing down the finish. Nowadays though people like that look and purposely "relic" their guitar to havecthat look, and fender can do that at the factory. My strat I tried to do that myself. It looks ok from a distance, but it's very very diy amateur.

[@aevoguitars2576]

Could you tell me what tremolo you have on that guitar please?

[@12footchain]

Not using tremolo on that song. Not sure what you mean

[@aevoguitars2576]

@@12footchain The actual hardware the tremolo system..doesn't look like a strat one?

[@12footchain]

@@aevoguitars2576 I don't know exactly, it's a basic 2 point modern strat tremolo system that I had put on. The guitar is an 85 strat MIJ. The original tremolo that came on the guitar was a locking system, kind of a Fender version of a floyd rose. I had that pulled put years ago and had this put in.

[@megarxidas17]

Original version by Billy Roberts check it out

[@BertfromBelgium]

this song could raise other questions today, like how he got those millions in his bank, and did he get it from a china man?

[@electricfence61]

Alot of these moves sound like parts of "Don't Let Me Down " l wonder was George Harrison influenced??

[@vincentalmerico6165]

I always wondered if his (seeming?) increase in double stops and slides in abbey road/let it be/get back projects were influenced by his interactions with Hendrix in 1968. I’d appreciate if someone had more info

[@electricfence61]

@@vincentalmerico6165 me too!!

[@MichaelCaliri]

Came out b 4 let me down

[@electricfence61]

@@MichaelCaliri Yes, l Believe so Michael..

[@2011littlejohn1]

Well I can hear Scotty More's influence on Hendrix with those hammer on licks just like I can hear the same when John Fogherty plays. So why not young George as well?

[@RingaDingDingDong]

Hendrix used a Princeton to record almost all of the first album.

[@12footchain]

Really? Fascinating, can you point me to any interviews that talk about that?

[@МишаКузнецов-х7ъ]

Это соло Джимми играл зубами, и это звучало не менее круто!

[@leogolive]

How to play Hey Joe like the record? Be Jimi Hendrix. Y’all can all stop now.

[@davyhendrix]

Check out Mr. Tabs

[@aaronhuza4036]

How to play Hey Joe just Like Hendrix.... sort of... he hasn't quite figured it out yet but he'll work it out eventually and get back to you.

[@khalilibrahim9315]

Nobody has figured it out yet; but thanks for pointing that out - Captain Obvious

[@williswet]

Great stuff! If you're Robin Trower Fan I have a bunch of Robin Trower lessons posted on my channel. (Link is at bottom of Post )The only criticism I have for your lessons is NOT to include any TAB for any music. Looking at you I'd guess we were about the same age and grew up learning songs on a record player/Cassette player. TAB cripples young players. THEY WILL NEVER TRAIN THEIR EAR using TAB, I learned 90% of the tunes I know by ear. Lets see a 5 year players get invited on stage and jam with a few guys if they don't know the song. It would be a disaster. Just a 45 year left handed rocker adding my 2 cents. Cheers. Rob. kzbin.info

[@jimkostan9932]

It's not JIMI HENDRIX Song.#1. the intro Hendrix just uses the e shape and slides up and brings it back down just watch the original video,,, you're doing it incorrectly on this video.BTW, Jimi Hendrix did not use bar chords you're teaching it incorrectly.bye, bye...

[@12footchain]

Ok man

[@jrmy198523]

first part is hammer-on not slide!