Jimi Hendrix: Life and Death of an Electric Alchemist

[@Biographics]

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[@registeelix]

PLEASE do your Biography.

[@Nathan-kd6vd]

Yes you finally listened, I am complete

[@nickjones8171]

You gotta cover Stevie Ray Vaughn

[@LiamE69]

Pridd Gone? Piggy On?

[@daniellemaxwell8883]

Can you do a biographic on the Salem Witch Trials please?

[@whatsmyname9987]

I sometimes hear Simon narrating my life, and then doing an ad for Squarespace

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[@PGar58]

'....and it doesn't matter if youre crushed that Tom Brady signed with the Buccaneers, you can express it to the world on Squarespace....'

[@overimagination2812]

LOL can you imagine waking up and your voice sounded like his? I'd be overjoyed but wouldn't know what to do with it. I'm just not that suave.

[@joeottsoulbikes415]

Hahahah. If I could pick someone to speak about me at my funeral it would be Simon Whistler.

[@stephenfiore9960]

*...How about “Spongebob Square Pants”...*

[@cromulentwords]

27 years old and already packed enough into his life to revolutionize something as widespread as rock music and still be a resounding, relevant legend half a century later. I've lived two years longer than he did, and I can barely brush my hair or demonstrate basic social skills.

[@wingracer1614]

Nothing wrong with that. Do what makes you happy and fulfilled and screw the rest. If you change the world, great. If not, at least you enjoyed it.

[@ForPetesake552]

Harriet TheShy hahaha!!! I don’t think I even have any of that going for me...

[@davecullins1606]

Everyone starts from somewhere.

[@DrAwesome2570]

you died when you were 29?

[@jaybee9269]

To be entirely fair it doesn’t look like Jimi spent much time brushing his hair either…I had a little poster of him once and my dad asked: “Does he look like that on purpose?” Me: “Pretty much, yeah…”

[@docriley7837]

Here's something to contemplate, Jimi first picked up the guitar only 12 years before his death.....fascinating

[@psulux]

But played everyone's lifetime of music ✌️

[@morriypoulsen1238]

If you see the take by Billy Cox he says that when jimi and him were doing the chitlin circuit he put 25 years of guitar in 5years every he went he had his unplugged guitar jamming in a picture theatre, walking along the road with Billy in toe, in the toilet and even cooking breakfast, so there you go.

[@morriypoulsen1238]

Actually in the interview with Billy Cox talking about Jimi, Billy stated that when they were doing the chitlin circuit in Tennessee. Jimi put 25 years of guitaring in 5years and Billy was there to see it and it was a night and day affair with his guitar, playing it while walking down the street, going to the toilet, playing in a picture theatre and cooking breakfast, he was preparing himself for the days ahead.

[@DistantLights]

It's not the age at which you start but the amount of time you spend practicing

[@docriley7837]

@@DistantLights wasnt referencing his age, was referring to the amount of time he actually played the instrument.

[@TerribleShmeltingAccident]

the smile on your face, Simon, when you said "today's protagonist is Jimmy Hendrix" was priceless. i spy a true fan?

[@lukejohnston6632]

Jimi

[@WilbanksUSMC]

Simon is a metal head, he quotes metal songs in many of his videos.

[@bigcountryspoundcake4513]

you might be attracted to him

[@farga-ghostshark-8878]

whatch it with subs

[@tarataratara4901]

Politricks I agree! If you’ve watched Simon long enough, you can tell this is his version of gushing. Especially when he’s talking about Are you experienced? Talking about all of the songs on it, I agree with you 100% 😍

[@MarcosRMarin]

Electric alchemist, loved the title!

[@kyleshiflet9952]

Same here

[@thirtyyearoldmulberryfield]

I'm sure Jimi would've been honored by such a title

[@eeshsinger]

Marcos Marín Yeah its a cool description of jimi

[@JackRosei]

Yepp, so great!

[@PsychicEmanation]

Yeah this word is the closest to something that can actually define Jimi Hendrix

[@Icebassh]

This guy at 27 lived more than we could ever live in a lifetime. A cosmic talent much like a zeppelin.

[@curbozerboomer1773]

Truth!

[@jacobjones1457]

If i had a nickle for everytime a musical genius that defined rock in their era from seattle died at 27, I'd have 2 nickles. Which isnt a lot but its weird that it happened twice.

[@j800r_aswell]

He wasn't one of, he was THE most influential guitarist of all time. Constantly topping lists of greatest guitarists of all time.

[@ethanramos4441]

“Knowledge speaks wisdom listens” Jimi Hendrix

[@CorbCorbin]

Ethan Ramos Yet Idiots Rule

[@MarillSweatshirt]

@@CorbCorbin he didn't say life was perfect. 🤷🏿‍♂️

[@Einnor084]

Marill Sweatshirt Real tawk!

[@belliott538]

One of my Axioms: "If you are Speaking, You are Not Listening..." My Boys (9 & 11) still have difficulty with this one...

[@hector_2999]

@@CorbCorbin Power attracts the corruptible. (Frank Herbert)

[@DC-ru5xz]

There was a point in time that Eric Clapton was considered the best guitarist in the world, even being endorsed with a signature model by Fender, one of the biggest and still one of the biggest guitar brands in the world, the Eric Clapton Blackie Stratocaster. At one of his concerts, the then unknown Jimi Hendrix asked to come and play with him. After a while, Eric Clapton stormed off the stage and a stagehand found him backstage smoking a cigarette. When asked why he was so upset, Clapton replied: “you told me the kid was good. You didn’t tell me he was THAT good”

[@curbozerboomer1773]

That "stagehand" you mention, was actually Jimi's manager, Chas Chandler.

[@nicklauslandry1980]

@@curbozerboomer1773no it was me dipchris

[@nicklauslandry1980]

@@curbozerboomer1773i heard jimis ball tasye good too

[@nicklauslandry1980]

honestly you guys talk about these accomplished men liks they are gods… get a grip

[@Crackerjack-toy]

@@nicklauslandry1980couldn’t agree more

[@petebrown3715]

Still influencing guitarists 50 years after his death. There are things he played folks still can't figure it out.

[@MarsLonsen]

First part is true but the second part isnt. He very much "opened a door" to several aspects of the guitar and how to play it but it all has been studied, copied , picked apart and built upon by MANY guitarists. That is not to say that it is considered "basic" in this day and age but 99,8% of what he brought to music is understood

[@igorflexus9493]

@@MarsLonsen -To play like Hendrix is like to paint like Van Gogh. Many many guitarist has played Hendrix, but they lack that extra emotion. So, Pete Brown above her is totally right. (I play the guitar myself) (Stevie Ray is closest in my mind. Even he couldn`t do it 100%)

[@nolan6183]

@@MarsLonsen I'm glad you said it. He innovated, created a style truly unique, which can only be said for a handful of musicians and guitarists throughout history. That said, there are countless guitarists influenced by Hendrix that are "better" guitarists than he was, but these folks didn't innovate like Hendrix did for almost every aspect of modern guitar. Any time I make this point in a conversation about Hendrix, people will respond like Jimi was, is, and always shall be the greatest guitarist of all time, but this is almost always said by people that aren't guitarists themselves and know little about guitar outside of the records they've listened to and what they've been told by other people.

[@Einnor084]

Ham 'Housekeeping' Sarris I don't hear lotz of whut Hendrix wuz doing. Sum musicianz play elementz, BUTT there iz lotz, only Hendrix did. Then u have da imitatorz. Sum r good, BUTT they only do whut Hendrix did live. Jimi n da studio, wuz a different animal.

[@eeshsinger]

Pete Brown he's that badass of a guitarist

[@lawrencerinehart5747]

Hendrix has a lasting and profound impact and legacy. Blues, Fusion, Psychedelic, Hard Rock, Funk and Metal. Making sounds and sonic tapestries never heard before. Raw and improvisational live. An architect in the studio. Embodiment of experience, imagination, impression, expression and free being. No matter what, you feel his voice and playing. All people pass but with his creations he still lives and loves. A Hendrix fan is a fan for Life.

[@Einnor084]

Brendan Cronin Yes sir!!!!

[@MDee-db7by]

I actually believe & will argue til I'm blue in the face that Hendrix's music was the true birth of heavy metal.

[@WilbanksUSMC]

..."had to accept the fact that 'this cute little heartbreaker, could never be all his.'" NICE, Simon. I see what you did there.

[@mrsx7944]

What did he do?

[@henry7001]

@@mrsx7944, It's a reference to one of Jimi Hendrix's songs called Foxey Lady.

[@mrsx7944]

@@henry7001 oh 🤣🤣

[@neoamaru]

Long Live the Legend of Jimi Hendrix…

[@cycleSCUBA]

The Jimi Hendrix experience will never die.

[@dervpool]

The role Hendrix played in the creating of Heavy Metal and with that modern music is just insane.

[@emigrator08]

Fucking metal, man you are so right ✅👏

[@Irigoyen4]

Once I listened to Jimi Hendrix, I was never the same....

[@rebekaht3077]

same here. his music changed my life.

[@djquinn11]

True. Jimi and the Doors had a huge influence on my teenage years

[@djquinn11]

@hagnuj : If you swerve of into a mountain you can chop it down with the edge of your hand.

[@keithtaylor1864]

Amen!! The same here!

[@traviswashington9111]

Purple haze

[@jakecalderon4950]

You didn’t mention the band of Gypsies!! That album is one of the greatest albums ever made

[@thirtyyearoldmulberryfield]

Thank you! Honestly I find that album more interesting than the debut even if it was just an obligatory contract album.

[@lawrencerinehart5747]

Billy Cox and Buddy Miles. Legendary power performance preserved by them.

[@jakecalderon4950]

To be a true Jimi fan you must refer to that album. I still remember the exact moment I dug it out of my dads CD pile and it blowing me away. I had just started to play guitar and even then I could tell how different and amazing he sounded on that album.

[@kirbyd]

ha. just commented the same thing . also , I think machine gun may be a bit more political than wanking on the star spangled banner..

[@davidhollyfield5148]

And Robert Plant stole the name

[@mgrzx3367]

I think this is one of Simon's best bio's. So much in this I had hear bits and pieces of but this filled in a lot of blanks. I stole every book about Jimi from libraries, and book stores I could into the early 80's. I did pay for his music Anthology. I'm not Frank Marino who I heard had Jimi's soul infect his fingers. I did see Frank Marino and Mahogany Rush in concert, He is Awesome. Thanks Simon, You've done me proud. Jimi Hendrix is never far from my thoughts. He was a God for the people. And a Man of his time.

[@nickmilner8911]

Hendrix recorded over 170 songs in the 4 years before he left us, that's like one and a half so gs every 2 weeks! And toured continuously for a large part of his career. That's crazy!

[@exidy-yt]

As a left-handed guitarist myself, Jimi, (along with Randy Rhoads) was my original inspiration to pick up the guitar the first time I ever heard Purple Haze, Foxy Lady, his cover of 'All along the Watchtower' etc. He was a true musical genius, and inside a very fragile soul who needed hard drugs to be his shield against a world that either ignored him or wanted to benefit from him. Great video, Simon.

[@harolddburke4726]

I never knew the critics didn't like Hendrix at first... I was 13 years old when I first heard the Jimi Hendrix Experience " Are You Experienced". Never forget the first time I heard it . That first night over and over I played it until the dawn. The first Rock concert for me as well was the Experience at the Hollywood Bowl. Everyone was taller than me . Critics be damned.

[@sircrafty3966]

RIP Jimmy, one of if not the best guitarist ever.

[@brucekay9290]

It's Jimi not Jimmy

[@curbozerboomer1773]

Certainly the most creative guitarist.

[@JustSomeGuyOk]

I saw him play 3 times, and met him one night at The Village Gate nightclub. He was my hero as a teenager. I was 15 when I first heard "Hey Joe" on the radio. I rushed to the record store and bought "Are You Experienced". It was then that I found out that he was Black like me. As a young Black rocker in The South Bronx, I needed a hero real bad. They say you should never meet your heroes, but I'm so glad I got to meet mine!

[@marcscordato4385]

Perhaps the most famous member of club 27. I’ve been a jazz snob for the last 35 years never the less I view Jimmy’s star spangled banner as perhaps the most significant moment in American music history . It really captures the angst of America’s youth and the horrors of war, it’s a remarkable solo. I would say by by ms American pie is the second most significant song in American music history .

[@jevinday]

I remember you guys said a couple months ago that you dont often do musicians because they aren't popular on the channel. I'm so glad that you've given them another chance with Elvis and Hendrix! Thank you!

[@beccacolinwhitman1765]

Absolutely love videos like these. They combine two of my favorite things: music and history. 🧡 Jim Hendrix is a legend and still influences people today, like myself!

[@iamthelouisvuittondon150]

He is definitely a legend...

[@armlovesmetal1036]

There will never be another guitarist like Jimi Hendrix. I still get chills when I listen to his music. He was so innovative. A true virtuoso. I wonder how he would view the music of today.

[@nayaholic66]

I've waited for this one so much I wanna cry :') , thank you so much

[@thebeatnumber]

I thought the müdslïmé religion condemns people who play instruments.

[@M.M0709]

I've waited for this for ages Simon, thanks for this episode guys!!

[@SabbathSOG]

When I was a teenager I used to take my dates to the village in New York City to to electric Lady studios and I told them this is where Jimi Hendrix played.

[@67marlins81]

Thanks for posting, Simon. Of all the KZbin hosts / narrators, you're the one I would have wanted to present the story of Jimi Hendrix. Well done.

[@aquaDo156]

I admire his artistic taste of music and his skills are undescribable yet touches your soul.

[@JediJuniper92]

Your channel is one of my favorites. Videos are super informative as well as entertaining and I learn about people of history I know little to nothing about and often end up reading biographies of the people in your videos afterwards. Thanks for hard work!

[@babyqueen901lol6]

Simon, you should do a Bio on Steve Ray Vaughn.

[@BackroadsNBrokenDreams]

Yesssss

[@YourFriendlyProgram_Agetha]

Yes!!!!! The GOAT!

[@12yearssober]

Babyqueen901 Lol No he was lame

[@clutchkman]

It wouldn’t make for a great biography because words can’t describe his playing. Seriously.

[@okiedynaholic4154]

Totally agree.

[@nastyc85]

I loved this episode. I listen to this channel EVERYDAY at work and it brings me so much joy. Thank you for making these videos.

[@JSJSpeaks]

That’s so incredibly sad to hear of Lucille’s struggles during so many pregnancies; it’s hard to determine what may have been truly erratic behavior and what was derived from pre-and-post- natal traumas...who she was in her heart versus the minds of others can never be recovered, but we may (and must) thank her for bringing such influential life into this world.

[@morriypoulsen1238]

ALL THE Way man.

[@LochNessReagan]

Just wanted to say how much I appreciate your channels right now. Thank you!

[@roymartin500]

The KZbin comment sections suck. In 10months no one left you a "like"! That plus your comment is sincere, thanking the staff for a video. Shell Harris(Producer) used to respond to my comments when they were complementary to the staff. She's cool, but it's a shame that nothing happened with your comment. Well, I like it! I hope that means a lil' something? Have a gr8 evening!

[@charlotterhodes4858]

One of the first Biographics additions about a musician I've ever seen! Glad I got to know about Hendrix. PLEASE DO ONE ABOUT FREDDIE MERCURY!!!! :)

[@babiryeethel8582]

You are absolutely right. I'm surprised Freddie hasn't already been covered on this channel. Surely he must be next. Especially as Simon seems to be covering musicians (Elvis and then Jimi).

[@johndawkes7339]

This is one of my favourite Biographics, Freddie would be good, but I also think one about Lemmy would be good as well, the life he lived would be a fine testament for this channel.

[@robbinsteel]

I’m glad (& impressed)Simon mentioned the part about how the bridge pickup is inverted when a right handed Strat is played left handed. It’s just one of the factors that made Jimi sound unique. The harmonic overtones produced on the strings by the different distance between the bridge and the top of the bridge pickup is very noticeable even when using a clean tone . I have been a professional guitarist for 45 years and used a left handed Strat right handed to try to get the Jimi sound. It is possible but not the only factor that made Jimi what he was.

[@PsionicMonk]

I already knew how this was gonna end and was still sad :(

[@chamchamtrigger]

You said Billy and Jimmy without cracking a smile. That's professionalism to the highest degree.

[@candicenicole1219]

Thank you!!!!!! Just what we need to get our minds off of everything!!

[@EMurph42]

This was beautifully written, you made me cry. You’re still loved Jimi

[@TheChadPad]

Great. Such a good presentation. Learned a lot, and seeing this really puts the timeline of his life into perspective

[@Firstneko1]

I liked your channel before but knowing you're a Hendrix fan makes me like you even more. The best guitarist and a humble beautiful person Jimi was.

[@kralje1]

You should do a Biographical video on legendary guitarist, Robert Johnson!!!

[@georgeguja6155]

That will be pretty hard considering that his life was not very well documented and thus all the legends arojnd him started

[@davidjohnson3658]

thats were he got the influence from, i think....

[@MDee-db7by]

Also Johnny "Guitar" Watson

[@lisamchayle4293]

Yes please. I'd love to hear him narrate all the myths about him

[@tetrahedron1000]

What about Danny Kirwan, the most forgotten genius of the 60s???

[@jasonXmassacre]

Great video! I'm a huge Hendrix fan and this was fantastic. I'd love to see you do Jim Morrison! The Lizard King was my idol growing up and I'd love to see your take on his life.

[@tuiskuroininen9196]

A guitar used by Jimi Hendrix, especially one that is so essential in his history, could easily fetch a million dollars at auction.

[@brittneyking4361]

Tuisku Roininen absolutely agree

[@craigbarron3706]

I was just about to write that when I saw your post......Any Hendrix guitar could be priceless now.

[@Nick-xi6fc]

i’d give both of my legs and one of my kidneys (maybe both if i was a little older) for his white tele

[@DeathstarPsycho]

I used to know Juma Sultan. We lived in the same apartment building and he was friends with my son even though Juma was much older. He always had time to stop and talk to my son. He is one of the coolest people that I have ever met.

[@bobdylan7349]

When I was in school at TN Tech one of my teachers told me about how he was stationed at fort campbell with Jimi. Said he saw a guitar at the pawn shop on base that had JH carved into it and regrets not buying that thing.

[@CorbCorbin]

Bob Dylan Was it a Danelectro? I’d have been really bummed if it was that Danelectro. With how much his guitars have last sold for, I’m sure one of the first 3 guitars he ever owned would be valued at LUDICROUS! 🤣

[@amistry605]

🤤🤤🤤

[@byronbass3014]

Also a Tech Alumn, what professor?

[@bobdylan7349]

@@byronbass3014 It was in jackson TN. My teachers name was Bob I don't remember his last name.

[@curbozerboomer1773]

No pawn shop would be on a military base.

[@Jose-oq6kj]

Listened to Woodstock '69 on Spotify yesterday on LSD - I imagined I was sitting on a hill, somehow lucky enough to see hendrix, closed my eyes and by the end, the importance of the star spangled banner really hit me - I had never heard it as explosions and machine gun fire before, but after listening to the whole set and having that context, noting Jimi had said people could leave long before he played it.. well it's a great quarantine so far, great video timing :)

[@electrawire9039]

Undeniably the most influential guitarist of all time, leaving an unrivaled musical legacy. No mention of his biological legacy though, two rarely referenced children, one boy and one girl, by different mothers.

[@curbozerboomer1773]

And one of those children has now decided to not be a boy anymore!

[@aidenbonestell1986]

I’m writing a 5 page essay on Jimi Hendrix and I just wanted to say thank you for uploading this video it has been extremely helpful.

[@ClampshellTheMighty]

I hope you didn't write that the Hendrix chord was Sharp7 add9 because it's Dom7th Sharp9

[@Mr379789]

My wishlist of upcoming biographics: 1. Sidney Reilly(spy) 2. Carl Rogers(psychologist) 3. Julian Assange (hacker) 4. Allan Moore(comic book writer) 6. Ray Crock (Mcdonalds)

[@D3FC0N96]

I want one on Robert Johnson

[@debbiekerr3989]

@@D3FC0N96 I would also like that one.

[@TheMarjizzle]

Gilgamesh!

[@jevinday]

Ray Crock would be interesting!

[@chaseblauvelt7008]

Never heard of Sidney Reilly but the other four are great choices that will almost certainly be covered at some point. I wonder who number five is...

[@lostsoldier212]

I was stationed at Fort Campbell as a Private and I remember my NCOs telling me that Jimmi Hendrix was part of the 101 way back in the day and that he would get in trouble for spending all night playing at the NCO Club all night and missing formation in the morning. I thought it was just my Sergeant's way of trying to keep me from missing morning formation, but now I see this video, the pieces seem to fit better. Good video!

[@JacksonKillroy]

"was jimi an illegitimate child" did you see that picture of his father Al? they're paractically identical

[@mrsx7944]

Agree

[@hearinggonebeethoven5787]

I love the title. this is why I love Simon's channels. keep em coming my man.

[@Godskingdomwithin]

You mentioned the concert on New Years Eve as being totally a disaster, but Jimi belted out the amazing guitar work in “Machine Gun,” which is quite possibly his greatest guitar work ever! Everything hey he knew he put into that song that night. What a way to close out the decade of the 60s!

[@BIZARBIES]

He didn't mention NYE that was at the Fillmore, he said Madison Square Garden on January 28th.

[@jjsc4396]

Excellent work. Your writing and narratives are concise yet comprehensive, and very well written and presented (graphics as well 👏🏻)

[@katemaloney4296]

I learned to appreciate Jimi through my love for CHICAGO. Jimi admired Terry Kath, and Terry admired Jimi. Now, how about doing segments on Benny Goodman or Peggy Lee? Those would be awesome Bios.

[@abw48]

Forget to mention that Jimi told Chas that he will only go to London if Chas introduces him to Eric Clapton, Chas told Jimi that Eric was a personal friend and that Eric will meet them at Heathrow Airport, Eric didnt make that meeting but sent his Limo to pick them up. The reason The Jimi Hendrix Experience was set up as a Trio was in homage to Cream, with Clapton, Ginger Baker, and Jack Bruce. Jimi and Eric later became good friends even though Eric was somewhat in fear of losing out his "Best Guitarist ever" mantle... Both are/were the greatest.

[@StaleBaguette]

Finally, you covered the man himself.

[@djquinn11]

Simon does a great job on this Chanel. Really enjoyed this one as a lifelong Hendrix fan, and I’ve read all of his biographies

[@Wolfpaw754]

Since youve covered jimi and john, why not completele the tripple j"s with jim Morrison the lizard king

[@PGar58]

Dollars to donuts Mr. Mojo Risin is next. That'd be a great one.

[@stephenfiore9960]

.....and or Janis Joplin (JJ), or Joni Mitchell

[@ElSmusso]

@@stephenfiore9960 both :)

[@mattwhite9823]

Coyote on peyote ; Jim Morrison was a good Poet but a Lousy Rock Star, Who Clown Hendrix on stage, Morrison SUCKS!!!!!!!!

[@thetremonts335]

Great bio! Even the the little details on the guitar gear were spot on, most non-musician people get them wrong.

[@kevinrwhooley9439]

Hey Simon, you should do a video on Newgrange next. It's a massive Neolithic structure in Ireland that's older than the Pyramids (the oldest one being the Pyramid of Djoser at 2600 bc)and Stonehenge(3000bc) being built in 3200 bc. It has a door with a roof box above it that perfectly aligns with the sun on the Winter solstice and a roof so well made that it's still waterproof to this day. Archaeologists are baffled on how these people were able to build such a sophisticated structure before the advent of writing and the crane and how advanced their knowledge of the cosmos and the exact alignment of the sun was. Shows how skilled my ancestors were in construction techniques,lapidary design, mathematical calculations and astronomical observation. And for April fools day you should do a video on Nat Tate and for pride month you should do Judy Garland. Anyway great video, as always. Keep up the good work.

[@stevenutter3614]

So when they're building baffling structures they're "your" ancestors, but when they're beating babies to death and shitting in the woods they're not? I can see you're still at the I-am-a-unique-human-being phase of your life.

[@tadomeka7892]

I have been waiting for this for so long. I am so happy !

[@m0j0e97]

I’m going to go out on a limb and say that Simon is a Hendrix fan.

[@chrisscott2498]

Not anymore than anyone else his age I'd reckon...not to diss the guy, but this isn't the most accurate source of info on Jimi, not by a longshot.

[@Phenom24uk]

@Biographics One thing you left out mate. The part where Hendrix showed up Eric Clapton. When Chandler wanted to take Hendrix to London, Hendrix asked if he could meet Clapton and Jeff Beck. Jimi went to a Cream gig and asked to play. Clapton agreed but had a funny feeling about him. The BBC Documentary "The Seven Ages fo Rock" claim this was an audacious request. He then did the song 'Killing Floor' Clapton loved the song itself, but found it too difficult to play. Hendrix...raged through it, does his tricks and stunt. Even Cream's bassist Jack Bruce thought Clapton was a Master and Hendrix...a force of Nature. Eric apparently just...near dropped and walked off the stage. Chandler claims he knew this would happen. When Chandler found Eric, his hands were shaking, trying to light a cigarette. "Is he really that good?" He asked Chandler

[@natelandherr5202]

I'd love one of the frontman of Motorhead called Lemmy: Born to lose, Lived to win. Lemmy was even Jimi's Roadie and scored him dope sometimes.

[@carlglenn4583]

Lemmy was one of jimi's Roadies when he was 16.

[@romienomie]

The thing that still fascinates me about Hendrix is that he was self taught yet totally revolutionized the instrument.

[@Captain_Mercury]

Jimi Hendrix is our modern Mozart

[@alexsmith-rs6zq]

Gipsy Danger I agree, I’d say Hendrix was our modern Hendrix.

[@thirtyyearoldmulberryfield]

@Gipsy Danger Imo there are plenty of better film composers than Zimmer. As far as contemporaries I'd say Jon Brion, Clint Mansell, and Johnny Greenwood. And plenty before him like Basil Pouledouris, Bernard Hermann, John Williams, Jerry Goldsmith, and Carl Stalling to name a few.

[@alexsmith-rs6zq]

Thirty Year Old Mulberry Field that’s subjective my dude. Can’t deny zimmers impact though.

[@arnaldoteodorani277]

Thirty Year Old Mulberry Field How about Ennio Morricone, Nino Rota and Philip Glass?

[@Einnor084]

There wuz nterest n Hendrix, composing 4 moviez. Hendrix wuz super young, & a partying Rock star. If he'd been given a chance, I'm pretty sure, datz 1 of da bagz, he woulda easily slipped n2.

[@madisenhauser6947]

With this shut down all your channels (yes even the one about business😁) have been narrating my day. When I'm back to work I'll definitely be showing a lot of appreciation you on your patreon page. Thank you for taking the chance of starting a youtube channel now several:) all the best!

[@josi4251]

The paramedic who arrived to find Jimi said he was soaked in red wine, a story backed up by the physician. In fact, they had to turn him over to drain out the wine. In other words, he was drowned. (I was alive, albeit young, when Jimi died. It was a scary time, with rock gods dropping dead. It was chaos, with Vietnam raging and brilliance dying.)

[@curbozerboomer1773]

Pure BS.

[@ianentwistle5052]

Fantastic Simon as always!!! I'm in quarantine now and you are keeping me sane!!!

[@SlowlyWithSledge]

Listen Machine gun, from the album band of gypsys! It's Jimi at his purest imo..

[@BogAverage]

Entropope yeah it just never lets me down, like Lenny Kravitz says, "Every time you listen to the solo, you have to lie down and take a nap to recover! "

[@zorkwhouse8125]

Great video and addition to the bio list! Buddy Guy was also an influence of Jimmy, particularly with his show-y style. Guy used to play the guitar behind his back and with his teeth and stuff like that - things that Hendrix would later become well known for as well.

[@curbozerboomer1773]

Buddy was just another in a long line of guitarists that had similar stage moves...T-Bone walker comes to mind.

[@edmedlin2109]

Great video! I’d love to see a biography of Duane Allman.

[@jamiewalsh9184]

Great work as always. Please do Townes Van Zant, would be a very interesting bio

[@eminah.2688]

YES! I got goosebumbs! Please do more Rock'n'Roll idols (I'd love to see a Biograpgics show about Eric Clapton 😍) i really enjoyed this episode 🥰

[@ViperliciousOG]

Wonderful video! I wish Jimi could’ve stuck around longer but I’m happy his memory is well preserved

[@Lowkeyaaront]

Love this one, please do Gill Scott Heron next!

[@jaybee9269]

Good video! I liked the photo of Keith Richards at 12:40...you can tell he’s stoned af. The late comedian Bill Hicks used to say there are two creatures that would survive nuclear Armageddon-Keith & bugs: “Wha? I saw a bright light. Thought we were on.”

[@Einnor084]

Sumbody else, dat appreciatez Bill Hickz!

[@jaybee9269]

@@Einnor084 >> Bill was awesome; his death, tragic. Much like Sam Kinison.

[@Einnor084]

@@jaybee9269 & Jimi Hendrix, who he admired. Hickz, iz a personal hero of mine! I had da xtreme BEAUTIFUL luck, 2 c a few of his per4mancez, while I worked azz a host @ da now dfunct, Igbyz Comedy Cabaret. He ALWAYZ had me n stitchez, BUTT I noticed, his humour could go azz high azz Pluto, over peepholez head. SMH @ dat.

[@Really_Its_Me]

Love the performance of Killing Floor Blues at Monterey

[@annescholey6546]

The soundtrack of Vietnam

[@kenny808kine8]

I have Monterey Pop at home and play it often. His and Otis' segments were just wow!

[@CarpetEraser]

I'm so glad you included the different theories at the end! Most biographies just assume he overdosed on drugs, but the red wine thing is extremely odd (and apparently he didn't even like red wine).

[@louisparsons9943]

Love how we got a mini Robert Johnson bio in the middle 😂 also can we get an Eric Clapton episode there’s so much to unwrap

[@martinj.fowler6262]

I've been a fan of Hendrix for 30 years and still learnt quite a bit from this video. Thank you, Simon & co. I'd like to suggest a subject - Don Van Vliet aka Captain Beefheart. Relatively speaking he's quite obscure but he showed a great deal of vision and artistic integrity. Also quite a complex and not always likeable character. There's his on/off colaboration with Frank Zappa from High School onwards too with Zappa often funding Beefhearts projects due to Zappa's greater commercial success. Beefheart is often cited as an influence by others (Tom Waits, PJ Harvey) but, because of it's uncompromising nature of his work, rarely gets a mention in the mainstream. I think it'd be interesting even for those who'll never actually "get into" the music.

[@leprechauninc]

You missed the part when B.B. King found Hendrix drunk in a bar in (forgot southern state) playing for dollars.

[@ignitionfrn2223]

0:50 - Chapter 1 - Jimi , Jimmy or Johnny ? 3:45 - Chapter 2 - A, D, Em 7:10 - Chapter 3 - Joyriding 10:40 - Chapter 4 - Playing to the stars 14:15 - Mid roll ads 15:50 - Chapter 5 - Are you experienced ? 18:15 - Chapter 6 - Yes i am 20:20 - Chapter 7 - Undesirable people 22:45 - Chapter 8 - Summer of 69 26:15 - Chapter 9 - Burning of the midnight lamp

[@legatelanius9172]

You should make a biography on one of the most famous rockstars to ever live he was born to lose and he lived to win lemmy kilmister

[@finloq2758]

Yeah this would be cool

[@armandonorig]

Fun fact Lemmy was Jimi's roadie when he moved to England, he loved him

[@mrrey3481]

That.

[@bushmanPMRR]

FIVE DECADES of sex n drugs n rock n roll and yet he was always one of the most intelligent, polite and self depreciating rock stars to have ever drawn breath.

[@krymera666x7]

Ciaran Duffner razorfist’s metal mythos of Motörhead. Check it out.

[@fergich415]

Haven't even watched this bio yet and I already love it... Thanks Simon mate

[@Mrgunsngear]

Thanks

[@Xxxcowmother]

I loooove your videos! Thank you very much for making them, they’re so full of information and cool facts. Pleaase do Jim Morrison soon! Thanks again

[@alvaromaharg9768]

The beard is getting more and more epic.

[@tyrannosauruszeppelin2205]

Something must´ve been in the air of the year 1942....Paul McCartney, Jimi Hendrix, and Brian Wilson were all born withing 5 months of eachother.

[@_Abjuranax_]

Jim Morrison and Janis Joplin, along with other greats, all died when they were 27, leading to the legend of a rock and roll heaven. Also, I believe "The Monkeys" were Jimi Hendrix's opening band at one point in his career, one of the stranger pairings in history.

[@abw48]

C Ray Starling: You have it backwards, Jimi opened for the Monkees, which of course is one of THE strangest pairings in Rock N Roll History. At that time The Monkees were famous, Jimi wasnt, but I often wondered what the reaction of those Teeny Boppers must have thought when Jimi played before their Monkee heros appeared.

[@WayneKitching]

@@abw48 Apparently Jimi was fired from that tour because the teeny boppers and their moms complained.

[@curbozerboomer1773]

@@WayneKitching The reality was...Jimi was "dying the Death" on that tour, as his music was way too much for Monkees fans..so Jimi's manager arranged to have the Experience be dismissed, due to being too vulgar for the little girl crowd!

[@jodyswallow1008]

The first cassette I ever bought was Jimi Hendrix playing Monterey (11 years old). I went into the record store not knowing the artist's name or even song title. I was approached by a assistant who asked if I needed any help. I start to sing the guitar intro to Purple Haze. The assistant knew exactly what it was; 'come with me son, that was Jimi Hendrix'. Never looked at music the same ever since 🎸

[@beemail6983]

Last time I was this early Jimi was in b.b kings band

[@lawrencerinehart5747]

And Little Richard + The Isley Brothers.

[@sophiaangelini4368]

Thanks to the host fo this magnificent series. I will check out Squarespace and tell my friends about Biographics and its forward thinking sponsor.

[@thomaswalz3515]

Odd... my favorite JH album is Band of Gypsies... which for me, captures Jimi's fire and brilliance, ehich IMO, was inspired by the hallowed venue, Filmore East, full of fans who absorbed every nuance, sending their energy back to Jimi, further inspiring him. His dynamics, dramatic, expressive playing, only listenable, perceivable, on vinyl, just blows me away. I have the CD. It is not listenable... His studio albums are by no means throw-aways... his body of work is up there with all musical greats. Another oddity, his Blues. I personally do not like his Blues playing... Red House is a perfect example of him missing the target of the genre's core of tone + timing... of which he misses both targets. Jimi is best as the rock musician, and studio tech he was.... I hold him in high esteem... as he has inspired generations of guitarists, who are endlessly challenged by his work... he played with deep soul, a quality many of these proteges don't get... and thus, why they are so challenged.

[@jpmnky]

Thomas Walz - That's always been my favorite Jimi too. Good to see I'm with like minded people.

[@curbozerboomer1773]

Your dissing of his blues style is eccentric, to say the least. And you seem to have some sort of fetish for vinyl recordings?