JIMI HENDRIX “HEY JOE” | REACTION (WHAT DID I JUST SEE)

[@jacklevin6385]

We weren't dead, we were stupefied! We came out of the concert and couldn't find our car - listening to Jimi live we were never the same again.

[@wgnation351]

RIP Jimi Hendrix. Sitting here with tears in my eyes. crazy.

[@chrissmith6675]

You are not alone.

[@mlknox8566]

I am with U 100%

[@Zamarta7]

Absolutely - me too.

[@richardbailey1295]

Let's start a movement!

[@bigtex741]

Hendrix was so ahead of his time that the people who saw him then didn't realize what they were seeing.

[@ubilo]

He actually opened for The Monkees once and the kids had no idea what they were seeing.

[@batch6792]

You can see the audience in the video just standing there - thinking 'wtf am I witnessing - did he play that upsidedown strung fender with his tongue, - Is he really playing that guitar behind his back ?'. Funny to watch. The man was beyond his time musically.

[@francescaa8331]

He was amazing, almost god like.

[@barrettfenwick8028]

He makes me Remember Richy Vallens... That kids could have gone far... ;_;

[@Stormvogel262]

A bit like Marty Mcfly's guitar solo in back to the future.

[@shelleymjohnson4266]

It amazes me that he didn't like his singing voice. It sounds like the gods. Beautiful.

[@tracyjohnson5023]

Yes me too!

[@BuckshotPA1]

Maybe not the best version!

[@ariicotter]

Plus the fact he was able to sing what he played, I feel like that was his little trick to make up for his singing. A little trick I still haven’t heard anyone else do.

[@Error_4x5]

I love his voice (it fits his style) but I know a few people who don't like it. He didn't have a typical r&b or rock voice and that turns some people off.

[@reverendjimjones5633]

Lots of Jimi's crowds looked like that - they weren't dead - they were stunned.

[@imvandenh]

This crowd was Swedish. Probably a little stunned as well but Swedes tend to be a rather reserved lot anyway. No, not as reserved as Norwegians but compared to Americans they are practically silent.

[@brovold72]

@@imvandenh Very enthusiastic applause, however.

[@curtisthomas2670]

They KNOW they've just seen something amazing, but they just didn't know what the hell it was

[@vanillathunder3024]

Reverend JimJones lol...they were all tripping!

[@spartangreek9245]

No they were all stoned , out there nut. 🎶🎸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@joker3092]

Jamel, if you think this was something wait till you see him do the Star-Spangled Banner at Woodstock. You'll need to be on life support after you watch it

[@paulself8698]

LOL! You're absolutely right. That or Johnny Be Good live!

[@aerynsunx]

Agreed! I recommended that performance to Jamel, too. I hope he finds it and reacts to it.

[@tracybarber-kier1669]

YES!!!

[@selah5792]

Oh YES! Has he done that one yet???

[@Optimalillusion]

His whole set is must-see. He was supposed to play the night before, but it didn't work out as scheduled. He said it was time to wake up, and he became the greatest morning alarm in history.

[@kevinjoseph517]

50 years later, still considered to be rocks most talented guitarist.

[@lumiere7216]

🤯

[@matthewkirkhart2401]

Indeed. Not one in a generation, Jimi is one in the entirety of human beings.

[@ArcyVangkerr]

Yes! This is the guy that asked to jam with Cream!!!!!.....and afterwards Clapton himself said "My life was never the same....!!!" just blew them away! Should also remember his band were insanely talented too: Mitch Mitchell and Noel redding!!

[@trolabee]

He's the man. He's the Usain Bolt of guitarists. A freak who has no true precedent. I'm just a guitar hack who's listened to world class guitarists of all genres, and they're all great in their own way, but the only other guitarist I would put up there with Hendrix is Page. And the only other guitarist I'd put up there with Page is Hendrix

[@TheSoloAsylum]

Hardly...

[@marel5932]

Jimi was a sweet soul who played as one with his guitar. Breaks my heart that he was one of the "27" club.

[@junedonley3762]

RIP Jimi...they’re still listening to your soul 60 years later and it’s still blowing minds! Peace out!

[@mikehenson819]

" The Wind Cry's Mary" Hendricks prettiest song.

[@bakersfielddoug]

What about bold as love? And little wing?

[@Stanky5000]

@@bakersfielddoug Little Wing is definitely the winner of that contest.

[@DDRR00]

The Wind Cry's Mary, my favourite Jimi song.

[@5jerry1]

~ Cries, not "Cry's" "Hendrix, not "Hendricks." *

[@damionblue5273]

Jimmy Hendrix played the guitar supernaturally only way to describe it

[@martian-sunset]

The greatest band I ever saw. There was nobody like Jimi before, nobody like him since and there will never be anybody like him ever again.

[@futurereflections4097]

I like how you say “Band” Jimi always stole the show and rightfully so but they are all masters of their craft.

[@hasanimiller4336]

React to Jimi Hendrix-"All along the watchtower"

[@linzyaz920]

Definitely

[@PongGod]

That's his signature song, really.

[@patrickc.mcevoy2065]

Yup....Quintessential Hendrix yo...even though it's a Dylan cover, he makes it very much his own (🤔kinda like Cornell would do 25-30 yrs l8r...)pax. ✌️😎

[@psilocyble3053]

My favourite song!

[@curunduraj]

Yes...dude you have to do Watchtower!!

[@dixiechatty958]

When Eric Clapton first heard him, he said Well, it's all over for the rest of us.

[@cjohnson4342]

I'm sure it uped everyone's game including Jimmy Page

[@morfeophantasm7435]

And Robin Trower took it from there ! ❤😎

[@cyrus2728]

i thought it was "you never told me he was this fucking good"

[@sarahp8058]

You got that right

[@dailydoseofblues7708]

When mike bloomfield. (Number one American guitar player at the time) saw him he just was so scared he couldn't even pick up a guitar for a week. And mike was literally god XD. Listen to work song mike bloomfield 😂

[@laughingdaffodils5450]

There ain't a damn thing wrong with R & B & Hip Hop. But my brother when you met our brother Jimmy here you know your mind expanded like a mushroom cloud, and the world has been a little better ever since. ¡Salud!

[@gra6649]

That's Jimi with an "i" not a "y". Have a little respect.

[@shaunw9270]

Like Jimi Hendrix never played R&B lol 🤦

[@RustumK]

@@shaunw9270 or wouldn't have dug hiphop... kzbin.info/www/bejne/qYCWlZqfeN2Cf5I

[@caroljenkins6972]

You've just witnessed greatness! You've missed out on so much.

[@peterhineinlegen4672]

That crowd looked like that because nobody's ever done what Jimi did. It's like that scene in Back to the Future when Marty plays with that band at the high school.

[@midkingsteve]

Exactly! I was just going to say something like this. He might as well have been from the future.

[@tekay44]

I think a couple of them actually shat themselves. like shock therapy to them.

[@mikemclaughlin3306]

@exodus21v20 umm....no. the crowd acted this way because this was in England in the 60's. The crowds were extremely polite.....had ZERO to do with him being black.

[@TheRubyG]

😆 yess indeed

[@tedholiday3511]

@@mikemclaughlin3306 , Yes he lived in England for a while.......

[@johnblack1030]

One of the greatest rock guitarists whoever lived.

[@briankrames1883]

THE greatest guitarist that has ever lived........

[@ladymadonna79]

THE. The greatest guitarist , even according to living great guitarists.

[@spengargon36]

Correction The greatest guitarist that ever lived!

[@keithroberts4952]

Not one of. He is the GOAT!!!!

[@AmandaHugandKiss411]

(don't tell tom morrello) 🤔

[@seanslaughter5483]

I wonder every day how much music we lost the day Jimi died R.I.P

[@Zachmp700]

Sean Slaughter it’s best not to think about it

[@commentfreely5443]

when black people had talent before hip hop and rap which made them musically backwards. thanks cia.

[@michaeldrake2146]

I wonder the same thing. He was trying to get a bigger band together but his manager didn't like that. And it kinda makes me think the night that Jimi die the next day his contract with his manager Mike Jeffrey was over so I find it very strange that Jimi dies the night before all of this Jimi Hendrix was murdered by his manager or people involved with him for Jeffrey was stealing Jimi money and the owen way to stop him from finding out was to kill Jimi. It is a shame that one of the worlds guitar player dies for the greed of another.

[@johnskrelnik]

Jimmy was murdered. RIP

[@lumiere7216]

@@michaeldrake2146 Purple family STAND UP!! PRINCE’S DEATH, #noaccident MURDER... IS WHAT YOU CALL IT, WHEN SOMEONE SLIPS YOU A FATAL DOSE OF DRUGS, BUT YOU DIDN’T KNOW IT!!! If it were an accident, why is Law Enforcement still classifying it as an “Open Homicide Investigation”? LETS MAKE THIS HAPPEN!!! LET ME ASK U A QUESTION? IF SOMEONE CLOSE 2 U HAD DIED UNDER MYSTERIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES, WOULDN'T U DO EVERYTHING IN UR POWER 2 FIND OUT THE TRUTH!?! PEACE N B WILD WELCOME 2 THE DAWN. LOVE41ANOTHER ? #NOACCIDENT #TRUTHMATTERS #ALLLIFEMATTERS #JUSTICE4PRINCE #JUTICE4CUZ #PEACE4PRINCE #AROYALLOSS www.gofundme.com/prince-truth-documentary

[@marcryvon]

Jamel, did you know that my hero, Jimi, died 50 odd years on this September 18. Yes, 50 years ago. I'm 68 y.o. and I cried today. James Marshall Hendrix was the hero of mine. I did'nt care for his tricks, playing with his teeth or tongue, it was part of the show to get known but he hated it all. He just wanted to play his music. That's why I loved him, like the very first time I heard Hey Joe and then Purple Haze, The wind cries Mary... He was my brother, man. My soul Brother. R.I.P. James.

[@toddizra7053]

Please react to Jimi Hendrix playing the Star Spangled Banner at Woodstock. One of the most iconic music events of the 20th century!

[@spiralout1999]

They actually played him on a huge screen at WOODSTOCK '99, MY MIND was still blown.

[@lumiere7216]

@@spiralout1999 Otis Redding doing Satisfaction @ Monterrey Pop = 🤯

[@BluesImprov]

I was in college during Woodstock and I used that track of Jimi's Star Spangled Banner for a video project. . .Really brings back memories for me. . .It's classic!

[@darknevangelist]

one of the coolest versions of our Anthem ever

[@Scorhos]

Or in the final of his act on Monterrey pop festival

[@IrishKack]

Jimi said “when the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.” We could have used more people with that mentality. Why do all the truly good people die so young? Peace y’all.

[@zezmerelda240]

kathy pelkowski-----------------maybe they are so enlightened, they give us a gift and then go back home, where there is peace, sister.

[@IrishKack]

zezmerelda Bodhisattva 😉

[@54chewbacca]

Only the good die young...remember?

[@blgeiger71]

I love Jimi and I have often wondered how life, music and the world would be different had he lived a bit longer, ya know?!? Btw, ever checked out my man Lenny Kravitz??? He has been compared to Jimi since he came on the scene out of NYC in 1991 with "Let Love Rule"... you're welcome.

[@Heartheartrecords]

y? because the good people come to planet earth to give of their soul... once done they leave.. the bad and greedy get stuck and live here in this 3d reality until they wake up and realise and do what good people do ;)

[@pamela1144]

He was amazing!! If you look he played the Strat upside down because he was left handed. Phenomenal👍👍👍

[@jamelakajamal]

🤯

[@patrickpenix3399]

Right handed strat strung right.....but played upside down left handed........"phenomenal" almost starts to describe it.

[@robk79]

@@patrickpenix3399 It is a right-handed strat strung left. Doesn't diminish his greatness though.

[@kima3565]

Jimi Hendrix on guitar and Janis Joplin on vocals were the 2 most gifted performers of rock to have ever lived.

[@TestTest-ft9xh]

And Tina Turner among others like BB King, etc.

[@swurvegirl1978]

I would give anything to hear a collab between my favorite 2 artists🔥🔥🔥💙💙💙

[@prairierose1014]

All along the watchtower....Jimi makes it his own

[@angelazuzu]

and another great song written by Bob Dylan.

[@pawrik3948]

@@angelazuzu People don't even know how many covers have been done of Dylan tunes

[@angelazuzu]

@@pawrik3948 it's the equivalent of all the common phrases in the English language and literature that come directly from Shakespeare. I love what T Bone Burnett said about Dylan when he won the Nobel prize, "He is the Homer of our time. The next Bob Dylan will not come around for another millennium or two, making it highly unlikely that it will happen at all." I wouldn't go quite that far, but he has a point.

[@nickkraft1370]

This is a cover too lol

[@fredbarrett3747]

Even in 2019, Jimi is still ahead of our time!

[@SpaceMonkey362]

Its 2020 now bro

[@marlaroseman4914]

Crowd not dead, they were in SHOCK...just like you were

[@phyllisrocher9441]

They were like that when they saw Janice Joplin for the first time doing Ball and CHain at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967. Just sat with their mouths open.

[@mikewalter1111]

😆

[@mikeyaureliush9017]

Yep, they were stunned, and this was so revolutionary, it is quite understandable that some couldn't take it.

[@joepipe1010]

Crowd in the past was more quiet and smoked, but very happy to watch and listen music like in the modern days.

[@banyarling]

They were there to listen to music. Try listening to music while screaming YUUHUU

[@jayrayhoossongsilivedby5444]

Jimi was THE man. I feel how you feel from your reaction. Now you know how every musician feels about Jimi Hendrix. Every Jimi Hendrix fan knows Jimi's story. Just the coolest guy and the greatest guitarist who ever lived. IMO.

[@SuperTorelle]

I was 12 years old when I heard this song and it changed my life for ever and now Im 64 and it still moves my soul.

[@rodgowe8186]

Same here and I'm 65.😄

[@debbiegoolsbyjackson95]

Same here... I'm 65

[@synchronicity492]

I don't believe I had saw this video before, but I was too busy with my own reaction to watch much of Jamal's. Just incredible!

[@BC-hr2of]

and at 72 😎

[@brianbaker3654]

Jimmy didn't play guitar. He made love to it.

[@sandracoppola5572]

Brian Baker Oh yeah, wild Love

[@zackattack635]

Those Swedish kids had no idea how to react.

[@Super241946]

Oh! dear here we go again!

[@patrickc.mcevoy2065]

😅😅😅 .. AKA 'the magician' on 🎸..✌️😎

[@suzycreamcheesez4371]

Jimi

[@shannonboehm7460]

Absolutely incomparable and an original. A tragedy he died so young as the influence he's had on rock and roll, rhythm and blues and heavy metal is beyond measure. Thanks for your honest reaction Jamal. The first time I ever heard Hendrix I was blown away the same way.

[@davewylie654]

Jimmy was a generational talent like nobody had ever seen. People were trippin on him for real. Truly a gift to music and he paved the way for many guitarists you hear today

[@chickadeetle]

You said,"I've been living in a bubble of R&B and Hip Hop". Damn, that's like having only eaten hamburgers and french fries your whole life. Those are great, even outrageously great at times but, there is SO much flavor out there to be savored! Being open to new experiences (whether it is music, food, cultures, etc...) is what makes life rich! Wishing you much love and prosperity!!

[@elainewilliams967]

Embarassing to admit, but I was in a bubble, too, before moving to Germany and meeting my now husband 30 yrs. ago. Had heard of Jimi, and Janis, but didn't know their music until my German boyfriend introduced them to me. Sad for an American girl born in the 60's!

[@positivecynik]

Musicians are like audio chefs

[@superchicken5000]

It’s so cool to see someone experiencing the genius of Jimi Hendrix for the first time. What a player he was...

[@Mrbeahz1]

"Move over, Rover - and let Jimi take over!"

[@veloraloves]

This is THE GREATEST reaction to Hendrix I have seen. Bless. I'm crying.

[@ROCKnROLL1406]

Your reaction and the "I'm Done" was priceless. I laughed so hard I pulled a muscle....

[@818bulldog4]

me also!!!!!

[@selah5792]

I'm still laughing

[@johnsrpease937]

Jimi playing the “star spangled banner “ is a beautiful, mind altering experience that should be had by all.

Do it while you're high and alone....also Hotel California.

[@ashleynorton9718]

I play it every 4th of July while the fireworks are going off!

[@laquehaven4392]

Your reaction is priceless. Exactly how all of us reacted first time we witnessed the mastery of Jimi.

[@mikecofojohn168]

Crowd wasn't dead, their just busy getting their faces melted......

[@martinperry5072]

As far as I know, the concert was in West Germany. Those were German hippies. Edit: Think Kraftwerk.

[@speckledove]

They didnt know what to think...they learned soon enough....

[@mattheusrodrigues9566]

Morty Mortinsin true

[@livewire2759]

They were in awe just like Jamel here...

[@MW-cx3sb]

People were more civilised back then as the demographics were more in that spectrum

[@edgarpoe7255]

"Why is that crowd so dead?" Look at those kids .... They're not so much dead as they are in shock.

[@copperhopperwarren4788]

stunned & stoned...

[@alanmumford8806]

Looks to me like a "Top of the Pops" audience. I could be wrong, but... they always had that look about 'em. Kinda forced to 'enjoy' music that didn't suit them.

[@RedSkyHorizon]

His music was before their time and it still is today.

[@kra147durham]

They're not dead or in shock. They're English.

[@AmandaHugandKiss411]

They're way too high 😏

[@andybutterbaugh2998]

Listen to " Are you experienced?" Hendrix was from another planet.......he just stopped in for a little while.......

[@hippychikforever]

That was my "labor" song. Easy to breathe to and the OB team loved it.

[@katsujinkin60]

The look on your face is absolutely priceless! I saw him perform 3 times, and you should have seen the look on my face!

[@mikeplant9163]

jimi was left handed and had to make his own guitar and all the backing tapes were his own creations. guy was a god given genius!

[@TheOnespeedbiker]

Actually he taught himself to play on a standard right hand guitar held left handed/ upside down.

[@pawstalk]

@@TheOnespeedbiker Yes. He restrung it so that he could use it upside down.

[@TheOnespeedbiker]

@@pawstalk Interestingly he continued to play (and often destroy) upsidedown right handed Fender Strats for most his performances and recordings; meaning the the volume, treble and tone knobs were always above the strings.

[@samiam5557]

The crowd was just as blown away by that performance too. Staring in disbelief.

[@jnagarya519]

You've got to hear Hendrix' "The Wind Cries Mary".

[@myadorablefosters]

My dumb ass listened to that song for YEARS before I found out that refers to weed lol

[@kingfisheroutdoors4497]

Yes and all along the watchtower

[@johnreed3576]

Midnight lamp!

[@venderstrat]

In Australia, Wind Cries Mary was the B-side to Hey Joe.

[@SubaruWRXspdManual]

Valleys of Neptune is another excellent song. My favorite song from jimi.

[@Defmusicman1]

Crowd isn’t dead. They just weren’t aware that they were witnessing history being made.

[@1234nagel1582]

Absolutely. They had no idea what to make of it. At the end during the applause some of them looked a little dazed. lol

[@Defmusicman1]

@@1234nagel1582 Great video, though.

[@Darilynn714]

Did anyone mention that Jimi is playing his Stratocaster left handed and UPSIDE DOWN?

[@yake222]

he never bothered to get a left handed guitar since he learned to play with a right handed guitar

[@garethhawkins4710]

nooooo!! We never knew that

[@cementhead60]

The Stratocaster is upside down but the strings are switched around to be in the correct order for a lefty.

[@omgvague]

He almost had a lefty guitar: In one of the ultimate sliding doors moments in rock and roll, Eric Clapton had originally planned to meet Hendrix the night of his death but that never came to fruition and left Clapton with an unwanted reminder of his friend’s demise. “The night that he died I was supposed to meet him at the Lyceum to see Sly Stone play, and I brought with me a left-handed Stratocaster. I just found it, I think I bought it at Orange Music. I’d never seen one before and I was gunna give it to him.” “He was in a box over there and I was in a box over here. I could see him but I couldn’t… we never got together. The next day, whack! He was gone. And I was left with that left-handed Stratocaster.”

[@raysmith7543]

Did not play upside down. He strung his guitar in the standard method..top to bottom low to high.

[@rubichatalian3418]

I saw Jimi about 7 times. The audience was always fairly quiet. we sat in awe of his great talent. He had a very different vibe

[@MorningView4]

You’re a legend, Rubi. Glad you had these experiences.

[@ACR7791]

Lucky

[@jesmarluk6635]

This was in the midst of a musical renaissance. We need another one.

[@judypratt2868]

Greta van fleet

[@maximelesperance4132]

The Warning

[@PetraPretorius]

BEST musician guitarist ever ...... no one can beat him to that. RIP Jimi

[@judyhenderson9727]

wow I saw him in concert many years ago electrified this man was out of control he was the bomb.. Woodstock we were in the mud rain no one cared we rocked for days..he played the guitar with his teeth and tongue ..you can not know how much I cherish those days.the music lives on...

[@tiffany3951]

I so wish I had been around at that time to actually witness all these bands live in person. It must have been an amazing time to be alive.

[@SteveInTheOC]

“It completely overwhelmed me” Bob Dylan. Upon seeing JH

[@lukewarm1341]

He was ahead of his time! He changed the way how the guitar sounds. He's one of my influences on guitar.

[@jamelakajamal]

🙏🏾🎸

[@stevestarr6395]

Not only was Jimi as amazing guitarist who changed the guitar forever he also had a loving peaceful soul! Rock in Peace Jimi 🙏🏽

[@trex5145]

Can you imagine watching a whole concert? No wonder the name of the band was The Jimi Hendrix Experience. You don't watch & listen . . . you experience.

[@kimberlyparrish7522]

Oh lord, your face when when he started playing with mouth made my year. I love your channel 🤣🤣🤣

[@Zamarta7]

Thank you Jamel - that was a PERFECT reaction. I'm laughing and crying. Jimi was an unbelievable phenomenon.

[@walboyfredo6025]

The crowd were as stunned/ dead as the one in " Back to the Future" when Mcfly did the guitar solo of "Johnny be good".

[@clemdewitt4522]

James Marshall Hendrix, the reason I took up guitar. James Marshall Hendrix, my guitar hero. James Marshall Hendrix, often imitated, NEVER duplicated. RIP Jimi. You were the best. EVER.

[@prairrie]

I was a flower child of the 60's .... so amazing I lived through this era . Jimi was major then ,.....blew us all 💥 well don't forget we had the best music/musicians of any era we were spoilt to heck . Also mods and rockers, hippies , depends on which audience went .

[@hahakb03]

My man this was an incredible and honest reaction. That’s how I felt too. It blew my mind watching Jimi do that

[@jwaldhelm]

I was fortunate enough to see him in April, 1969 - I sat there transfixed throughout the whole concert - it seemed like it was over in 5 minutes, I lost all track of time, just mesmerized. My ears rang for several hours afterwards, I didn’t care - I had just witnessed the best electric guitarist that ever lived. 🎸

[@tomknoll796]

This is why he's the best guitarist in history - ever - period.

[@heavyrules6699]

How do you define that? best rock guitar player technically? best composer? better than the top Classical, Flamenco, jazz or other styles players technically?

[@briankrames1883]

@@heavyrules6699 Yes........yes............and yes!!

[@Uptown59]

Jimi was the most influential, but the best? No. We're talking about music here, not sports. Jimi

[@GTLyons]

uh ...then the 80's happened... sorry but, I can name ten who took it to another level ... guitar only has 6 strings, but the best guitarists have to use all ten fingers now.... see Eddie Van Halen, cuz he started the revolution.... Hendrix was the best in his short life though R.I.P.

[@samgamblewhite8600]

@@GTLyons lmao did you just compare Eddie Van Halen to Hendrix

[@mikeschmelzer9733]

He absolutely changed the way the electric guitar was played. The most influential rock guitarist of all time.

[@nataliereedy850]

There will NEVER be anyone to even come close.

[@teenystudioflicks1635]

Sure there will be. That's the hope of the future! That because of the influence the young strive to achieve more than those who have come before. There will just NEVER be anyone to come FIRST again! RIP Jimi!

[@kontanus]

Look up Eric Gales

[@SpeedOfThought1111]

there's a fella named Buckethead that's pretty decent...

[@exotic_sharts]

SRV

[@macewbee]

@@exotic_sharts thank you he was the closest thing to him.

[@StayTunedY2K]

Jamel: That was...... [speechless] Everyone Welcoming You to Electric Lady Land: Transcendent.

[@haroldlipschitz9301]

😂😂 The heartbeat effect - you’re hilarious dude! The crowd was knocked dead because they had no idea what they had just seen - it’s like a UFO landed onstage and Jimi’s band got out.

[@kenrizzo1962]

The crowd had that reaction when he first came on the scene because they’ve never seen anything like that. Jimi was ahead of his time and he also had his own unique sound that the world had never heard. I remember when I was around 7 years old and one of my older brothers said....check out this new Hendrix album..... I loved growing up during the 60’s & 70’s.... the greatest music ever recorded was fresh and new.

[@bbigaouette]

The drummer of his band does not get enough credit.....

[@charlievoss718]

True.

[@perrykalamaras7102]

HIS NAME IS MITCH MITCHEL/ MY FAVORITE DRUMMER.

[@billgund4532]

They seldom do get ceedit.

[@Uptown59]

Oh Mitch Mitchell was a bad boy!

[@MGN01]

Mitch Mitchell was just awesome.

[@Chancey464]

I'm just a little prejudice but growing up in the 60's with all this greatness I feel honored hearing Jimi & other greats.

[@natewilliams1062]

I can’t believe how good this old ass recording sounds. Jimi lead the way for A LOT of styles. Band of Gypsies deserves several listens

[@humpy936]

Nate Williams Yes it does.

[@usernameinvalid2675]

I can because Europe was better at recording live music in the 60s bar none

[@spacecadet35]

This is what happens when you set Guitar Hero to "God Level".

[@JohnDoe-vn1we]

No, this is what happens when you learn an instrument, not how to play with a toy.

[@terrylamontRedShoes]

hahahahahahaha so true

[@ComfortablyNumb1969]

Crowd wasn't dead, you were witnessing their minds being blown by Mr Hendrix.

[@corbelius6]

100%

[@MrGlastar1]

@@corbelius6 White kids had been programmed NOT TO BOOGIE! ;)

[@corbelius6]

@@MrGlastar1 lol

[@johnwade5747]

Jamel, the crowd is so tame because of the times. You got to realize that was about 68 or thereabouts. They hadn’t been awoke yet! give them another year or two! Some of them probably weren’t even tore up yet, or as Jimi says ‘experienced’! It was all part of the progression that’s got us to where we are now. Think how important his mind blowing addition to it all was.He opened a lot of peoples eyes to the fact that thru music, we are all the same.❤

[@borzoibobmarciszewski6388]

Jamel, your reaction does a lot to explain the audience. This was the 60's and they weren't dead, they were stunned! Being a British audience, they would have started out a bit more reserved, but this was entirely new and innovative at the time and they had never see the likes of that type of performance. [A lot of what he did is now incorporated by modern guitar players. The playing behind the back and with the tongue (actually hammer-ons and pull-offs) were typically only done by the old bluesmen.]Another unique guitarist from the 60s and 70s was Richie Havens. He was a true and righteous person. [He, Paul Williams, Eric Oxendine and I shared a bottle of rum back stage following a concert at my college.] I saw him in concert several times after that over the span of 20 years and he remembered me.

[@briankrames1883]

Yeah, I would've been on the floor had I saw this performance live..........nothing compares to this, EVER!! The band backing Jimi was outstanding as well, never get enough credit.

[@jessarain9917]

"I don't even know how I feel about what I just saw." Yeah, dude. God bless you, Jimi just expanded your mind. Bear in mind he'd be 80 in 2022, had he lived. (I think he'd have taken us all to another dimension if he had.)

[@orlandl.blanchard5423]

Yes he played guitar with his mouth. He also pioneered the wah-wah pedal into R & B.

[@ronmullard5718]

saw him live back in the 60's .....brilliant...

[@joseacevedo8314]

Only Hendrix can promote dental hygiene by flossing with his guitar.

[@rcc3music]

lol

[@charlievoss718]

He plays the strangs wit his mouf

[@lastchance2303]

Hahahahaha!

[@randyd.8171]

"What did I just see?" What you just saw was the man that was considered to be the best electric guitar player that ever lived. The reason that the crowd was so sedate, was that you just don't interrupt someone like Jimi Hendrix when he is playing. You pay attention, after the shock wears off. There is still nobody that can do what he could do with an electric guitar. I have seen you shocked by a few artists before, but not like that.

[@ReeseMac]

When Jimi played with his mouth I thought only used his teeth but on closer examination you can see that he obviously used his tongue as well and , on top of that , the man didn't miss a beat. If you only listened to the audio you'd never know that he did that and played behind his head. G.O.A.T.

[@mousta2612]

Well, actually he played a legato only with the hand on the frets. The tongue movement was useless for the sound, just a scenic move. But in the piece before he used his teeth as a pick.

[@samanders2676]

Eric Clapton once said that when he first heard Jimi Hendrix he thought it sounded like something from Mars. It was revolutionary in every sense. Jimi Hendrix was a true Rock n’ Roll Trailblazer.

[@Motorhead-y3]

He once said he was only the best in his seat. So humble.

[@therationalape1635]

Jamel, i've seen many of your videos and this is by far one of my top favorites. I have to say I had goosebumps watching it! Glad you could experience the left handed guitar maestro that is Jimmy Hendrix. Guys like this only come around once in every few generations.

[@HFStuart]

When Jimi came to the UK he recorded sessions for BBC Radio 1. The sound engineers are on record saying they could see the soundproofed glass moving in the studio and the classical studio TWO FLOORS above called to complain about the sound bleeding through into their recording.

[@tlc1919]

Your reaction is priceless - welcome to the music that goes to the deepest of one's soul. Witnessing it all first-hand back in the day was truly magic..

[@peterlenihan9007]

This is the reason why 50 years later he is still rated greatest guitarist of all time. There's an interview on KZbin with Ron Wood who lived with Jimi for two weeks. He said Jimi could play the guitar stringed upside down or right side up. While he was left handed, he could also play right handed. What is truly amazing is how he changed music as well as playing the guitar. The only way I can compare it to is The Wizard of Oz. Before Jimi, music was black and white. Seeing Jimi play was like going to Oz where everything was in color.

[@Pantha51]

Try watching the documentaries on Jimi. They played one of his records backwards, and he knew exactly where the notes were, even backwards.

[@LaXihuatl]

Peter - correct! It could have been strung for a righty or lefty - Jimi could literally play it every which way.

[@victoriastamps4247]

Jimi was on a whole other level for that time. So advanced, and ahead of his time.

[@davidmorgan6017]

"When the power of love overcomes the love of power, then there will be peace!" The immortal words of James Marshall Hendrix, perhaps the most talented and innovative guitar player of all time.. He certainly would have been, he was way ahead of his time and died tragically way too young - Born 1942, died 1970, so he was only 28. We loved him in England. Chas Chandler the Animals bassist discovered him playing and got him his break in London. RIP Jimi, we miss you.

[@brittneyking4361]

David Morgan he was 27 years old when he died, about to turn 28 but he didn’t make it round to his birthday

[@davidmorgan6017]

@@brittneyking4361 - hmm, okay, thanks. 27 = 9. (2+7) and he had the song "If the 6 was 9, I don't mind" too huh - R.I.P. Jimi (Rock In Paradise) :-)

[@MajahDancer]

I know this was a reaction from a long time ago, but this video has an emotional effect on me too. Jimi's playing was transcendent. It can simultaneously fill your soul and yet leave you feeling empty, wanting to hear more.

[@mikegurney9278]

Simply put the---------------GOAT has just entered the room.

[@vintagebrew1057]

Been listening to Jimi's music for over forty years. Still get goosebumps. Jimi was also a fan of my other idol, Eddie Cochran and told his friends that when he died he wanted some Cochran played at his funeral. They did that for him. Thanks Jamel, a pleasure to watch your reactions.

[@barbaraselletti6520]

One of the greatest guitarists that ever played...He was gone too soon.

[@joehill33]

AMEN

[@chellj8175]

❤️❤️❤️Jimi. Lost way to young but his music will always live on!! Yes he looked so very very cool!! Jimi was the Guitar God!! Jamal you must check out, Are you experienced, Foxy lady and All along the watchtower! All phenomenal

[@GasCityGuy]

Jimi's level of genius was far beyond the level of comprehension of us mere mortals.

[@anyflippingthing]

I know how you feel man. I grew up with this music, yet I still feel amazed when I see the man play. What a figure we lost so early, where would we be now if he'd survived. We'll never know, but just be glad he existed ih the first place. Up there with the best of them!

[@SuperGuitarDude7]

Watch some videos of him at Monterey Pop Festival in 1967. He sets his guitar on fire.

[@cleekmaker00]

Given to Frank Zappa a few years later, that Guitar is still being played by Zappa's son Dweezil.

[@shaunw9270]

@@cleekmaker00 Allegedly that guitar was said to have been burned at Miami Pop. Except Jimi didn't burn a guitar there. Plus the guitar now looks totally different again to when Dweezil first started showing it off in the 80's & 90's .

[@johnettereynolds1053]

You do realize that Jimi Hendrix learned to play his guitar upside down. He was left-handed and couldn’t afford a left handed guitar, even if they were available then. So he is playing upside down, even more impressive, when you think about it.

[@stuartscott9498]

With all due respect, that's not strictly true. Yes, he is left handed playing a right handed guitar but the guitar was re-strung conventionally for left handed playing i.e. with the first string at the lower edge of the fretboard and the 6th string at the upper. So, he would have no problem picking up and playing a "proper" left handed guitar. Albert King was a different matter - he used a right handed guitar turned around for left hand playing but left the strings where they were resulting in a totally unique sound and style. Later, Gibson made "signature" Flying Vees for him with a standard left hand layout for the controls but he still had the "upside down" string set up. When Jimi used Flying Vees he sometimes had a right handed guitar, sometimes left handed but they were always strung conventionally.

[@marcofernandoguarino709]

He didn't have his strings "upside down." Learning to play lefty isn't hard when you're a lefty. Check out Eric Gales. He's a modern blues player, a lefty, that does play with the strings upside down. Also, keep in mind, and I say this as a lefty guitar player, that most people have right handed guitars. So when you go to someone's house and they have a guitar lying around, you start fiddling with it, and after years of those kinds of situations, before you know it, you know how to play guitar upside down. At least for me, all the cowboy chords and bar chords are just as natural to shape upside down at this point.

[@stuartscott9498]

@@marcofernandoguarino709 Eric Gales - did not know that. He is a great performer. In all my 60 years playing the guitar as a "righty" I've never tried to play a left handed guitar turned round so I'll take your word for it that it's not that hard!

[@tootz1950]

Albert King also had the strings done for his left-hand playing.

[@damonhines8187]

Revelatory, right? Imagine 1966-67 in London, when he blew EVERYONE away! All the British stars! And came back to the U.S. for Monterey Pop...watch that whole performance, start to finish, if/when you can unearth it! Woodstock, his edited together performance from the movie and (1st) album. Johnny B. Goode from Hendrix At Berkeley. Brother, I just watched your clips for Handle with Care and End of the Line before this, was in tears for the first and last, weepy, nose running, SHIT!! Watched If You Could Read My Mind and commented a few weeks back.. I dig and respect what you're doing here. 🎸💕✌