Jimi Hendrix - Live - 23/08/68 - The New York Rock Festival, Singer Bowl, New York

[@tomh1593]

Imagine being back in Ny in 1968 and hearing and seeing this guy? It must have been mind blowing. Jimi was so ahead of his time.

[@larrystephan6028]

I was actually at this concert

[@katsujinkin60]

I was there that night. I was 16 then, I'm 71 now. I remember it like it weas yesterday. I screamed like a banchee. I met him that spring. He was, and is, my hero!

[@gudgengrebe]

Wow! What a fantastic experience for you and great memories! That’s something to treasure. The sounds must have been incredible.

[@katsujinkin60]

@@gudgengrebe You better believe it, my friend. The show was The Soft Machine, The Chambers Brothers, and Jimi. Someone showed up who wasn't on the poster or ads. She tore it up. Her name was Janis Joplin!

[@gudgengrebe]

@@katsujinkin60 I think I’ve said ’Wow’ quite a lot today, so I’ll go with ‘bloody hell’ this time! I’d like to hear about it if you feel like it. What a fantastic show that must have been!

[@katsujinkin60]

@@gudgengrebe I am looking at a reproduction of the poster on my wall right now. 8:30 PM Friday AUG. 23rd, it reads. Flushing Meadows Park, Queens , New York. The Jimi Hendrix Experience, The Chambers Brothers, The Soft Machine. It was 1968 and I was 16 years old. I had seen Jimi play the previous March at Hunter College. By pure dumb luck I had ended up in the front row, right in front of The Man Himself. He blew my mind. He did most of the "Are You Experienced" album live with all the effects and sonic fireworks from the vinyl. I was 15 then. When I got to The Singer Bowl (left over from the 1964 Worlds Fair, and right across the street from Shea Stadium where the Beatles had performed a few years earlier) I knew what to expect. I had a cheap bleacher seat ticket, and as any self respecting 16 year old would, I sneaked into the ground seats in front of the stage. Half way through the Soft Machine's set I got kicked out, and had to retreat back to the bleachers. The Machine and The Chambers Brothers did great sets, and then we were told that there would be a special guest who wasn't listed. Janis Joplin with Big Brother and The Holding Company came out to riotous applause, and Janis showed out (her performance is also here on KZbin). The stage slowly revolved so that everyone in the stadium could see the bands. By the time The Experience came out, the cables had gotten jammed in the mechanism and the stage had stopped revolving. Luckily for me, My seat was facing the stage. It was an open stadium and I can still remember how the stars looked, and how good the air felt. Jimi was dressed in white, and you can hear for yourself how he sounded, even with the prehistoric recording equipment. I ended up screaming like a little girl at a Beatle show. I saw him once more on his birthday at Philharmonic Hall, after Carnegie Hall refused to let him play!. It was the first Rock show ever at Lincoln Center. I finally met my hero one Spring night at The Village Gate nightclub. I was only 16, but drinking age was 18 in those days and I had a moustache! He was sitting on the other side of the room with Buddy Miles and The Express, who I had just seen on American Bandstand that morning. I went over and spoke to them and Jimi. I told him how much I loved his music. He was very laid back! That next Monday at school I bragged all day, and asked people if they wanted to shake the hand that shook the hand of Jimi Hendrix! It seems like a million years ago, but he is still my hero, and I am glad that a whole new generation is as turned on by his music as I was so many years ago. Be Well, my friend, and Prosper!

[@Calrad]

Wow, thats awesome!!🤘

[@Mike_Greentea]

He didn’t even look at the guitar when he was playing! He was that good

[@carl69guitar]

Yes, changed music and guitar playing forever, I was 17 years old at this concert and is one the the things from the past I will never forget !

[@gillian1302]

You are one lucky dude man🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@nathandodge665]

He didn't change all genres of music.

[@davidkey8172]

@@nathandodge665Duh. You figured that out all by yourself or did you google it?

[@gudgengrebe]

@@nathandodge665 just the good ones 😀

[@reward116]

this is from my old neighborhood forest hills put tickets on the wooden chairs i just so happen to be riding my bicycle through the park and was approached by the security, after dinner i came back , there was a front row seat waiting for me ,. I was 15 then and 68 still digging these old themes

[@benwood7132]

0:00 Intro/Crowd/Tuning 1:48 Are You Experienced - Puts down the Olympic White and lets it feedback on the stage, and plays a Lake Placid Blue? Strat I’ve never seen before. Wild. 6:24 Fire 10:27 Red House 20:45 I Don’t Live Today 26:19 Like A Rolling Stone 33:50 Foxey Lady 38:00 Purple Haze intro/noodling/making the crowd want it more 39:20 Purple Haze with @ 42:50 Star Spangled Banner Tease 44:45 Hey Joe 49:45 Wild Thing 54:07 Star Spangled Banner

[@damfunk.]

Think it was an Ice Blue Metallic Strat that he was playing. He played it on multiple occasions through the spring and summer of 68.

[@damfunk.]

And thanks for the time stamps ✌️

[@benwood7132]

@@damfunk. no problem, and thanks for that info!

[@sm1tty031]

It was wildly out of tune and as this was before graceful guitar changes like Stevie Ray's in Look at Little Sister...he just laid it down till the roadie daned to notice his employer needed a guitar change...

[@matthewtaylor7355]

@@sm1tty031 I rember SRV at Hatfield Bar in Reno... He was a mess and 4 days later dead

[@rafaesantiago3721]

Jimi Hendrix was the true king..The ambassador for rocknroll ...way ahead of his time. RIP King

[@JS-fh5th]

The lick he plays at 32:34 during Like a Rolling Stone is really pretty.

[@Koollone]

That is a really nice lick!

[@chrisfactmanolitsis5070]

Agreed !!!

[@lo5man]

Raw uncut amateur footage like this gives one an insight of how it may have felt, to be apart of the that lucky audience albeit the poor recorded sound quality. Born just too late. Wish I had a time machine! What a performer.

[@gudgengrebe]

Yes but sometimes when I’m the right frame of mind I can imagine I’m time travelling , which is almost what we ARE doing when we listen to a moment in time that has passed like this. We’re looking in on a time when Jimi and his band are still alive. Does that make sense? It’s like I’m able to go back in time and experience it in real time. When I am able to listen with that mindset I can overlook the quality of the sound and it becomes a live recording for me. He plays with such emotion! For me, his guitar playing far surpasses anyone who has come since. He seems to have been able to tap into something greater than technique.

[@lo5man]

@@gudgengrebe Of course, totally agree with the time travel synopsis. As you mentioned "He seems to have been able to tap into something greater than technique." You hit the nail on the head sir. Just a thought, with the advent of technological wizardry and using virtual Avatars on stage, with ABBA Voyage and Elvis hologram to premier here in the UK. Imagine experiencing Mr Hendrix esquire brought back to life on stage, capturing the sound of 100 watt marshall's creating sonic tsunami! Now that would be an Experience. 😃

[@gudgengrebe]

@@lo5man That would be wonderful. I did see him but only on our little black and white Tv when I was a kid. But I wasn’t able to appreciate him until I was in my teens.

[@curbozerboomer1773]

@@gudgengrebe Indeed!...I too can feel that I actually am there...film is such a precious medium for preserving moments in time...people who are now dead, come to life, with help from our imaginations. I saw Hendrix twice , and seeing this film stimulates the ambiance I felt way back when.

[@gudgengrebe]

@@lo5man I’m glad you got what I was trying to say and yes, I was just thinking that in the future they will be able to recover/improve the sound, but your idea about recreating a full concert like they did with the ABBA thing: now that would be wonderful, especially with the sound of the Marshal amps in a cinema! The best we could do when we were young was turn out the lights and lie on the floor with the hi fi speakers on either side!

[@paulablissett4447]

Jimi, such a 👍 👌 great talent and friend how I miss him.. RIP my friend 😢 💔 😞 😔 🙏

[@petegobeckli1386]

Paula Blissett. Good morning. Mr. NEW YORKER. Oh jh. This may have been one the bands' 1st NY appearances. Jh even leased an apt., a couplpa years later in 1970, not far from the ELECTRIC LADY studios. Peace & 🤗 hugs.

[@paulablissett4447]

@@petegobeckli1386 I know, he had dwellings all over, his brand newly built home in Topanga Canyon California just sold last year for 3.8 million dollars, have no clue who bought it, though??? Don't think he ever got a chance to live in it, think it was built in 1969?? Maybe 1970???

[@petegobeckli1386]

@@paulablissett4447 1ST of all Ms. Blissett, I wanna say, it's an HONOR! to correspond with U. A lady of your countenance that KNOWS!; not knew, THEE MAN!: JAMES MARSHALL HENDRIX. I always speak of jh in the NOW! not in the deceased. I read jimis journalists friend 📙 book, SHARON LAWRENCE, back in 2002 & Ms. Lawrence went to Mr. Hendrix's apartment in Greenwich Village in early October of 1970. I was thrilled that Mr. H. had gotten a home so close to where he worked. Within walking distance to his baby: ELECTRIC LADY STUDIOS. Ms. LAWRENCE confirmed just what u said. Mr Hendrix had quite a few homes. I wasn't aware of him having getting a home on the Pacific West Coast. Ms. Lawrence ran into Mr. Hendrix's manager, MJ, Michael Jeffrey's while there & Jeffrey's 💔 broke down SOBBING & 😭 CRYING in Ms. Lawarences' arms after what transpired on Friday September 18 1970. Freaked Ms. Lawrence out! Upon leaving Mr. H's apartment, Ms. Lawrence noticed something SHINY! in a corner. A REFRIGERATOR! He finally got it, she said. His own refrigerator, cause growing up in Seattle, food was scarce & Mr. H. told Ms. Lawrence that if he ever made it big as an artists, he would by himself his OWN FRIDGE! Ms. Blissett, please keep in touch. There aren't many people left around from Mr. H's inner. circle. Besides a coupla roadies, ERIC BARRETT & NEVILLE CHESTERS, & engineer EDDIE KRAMER, that's pretty much it. I knew Mr. Billy Cox's cousin, Robert back in 1980. I was 17 at the time. We used to work together at a hardware store on the West Side here in Chicago. Of course Leon Hendrix is still with us. Love u mam. Peace, Love & 🤗 hugs

[@petegobeckli1386]

@@paulablissett4447 1 more small nugget before I sign off. I don't want to take up to much of your ⌚ time. In late 1970, my aunt purchased a home on the East Side of Chicago in the 🌈 RAINBOW PARK area. Close to LAKE MICHIGAN. Her address is 2711. Now, C'MON! I'd just turned 7 on July31 of 1970. Didn't know Mr. H from BULLWINKLE & ROCKY! cartoons. Fast forward to 1986 when I heard the RAINBOW 🌈 BRIDEGE lp for the 1st time in my Aunts' home. I ran outside & looked at the address & immediately thought of Mr. H's 🎂 birthday: 11/27, just turned backwards. Heck, my wife's ' birthdate is January 28 1969, so I flipped out once again when I saw the final BAND OF GYPSYS show on January 28 1970 at MADISON SQUARE GARDEN. GOD. I'm uh LEO, but my birth chart is LITTERED! with ♐ SAGITTARIUS & ♃ JUPITER in many houses. 🔥 FIRE, EVERYWHERE! When my eldest sister passed away in1983, I thought of Mr. Hendrix also.Dalphine began H.S. in 1966 & 🎓 graduated in 1970, corresponding with jh's music career from '66 to '70. Of course my sister knew of James Marshall. My parents wouldn't allow Mr. H's ROCK! music to be played in THEIR! home. Ain't that sumth'in.

[@RICHBLACKCOCK]

@paulablissett 4447 Happy New Year 2023. Paula. Did u ever go to jimis' Electric Lady Studio?

[@ddddavid1956]

Jimi never disappointed. He loved everything!

[@riffcrescendo1740]

Even with the appalling sound quality, the performance is stunning.

[@thiosemicarbizidebenzoylal2921]

Its actually unreal the licks he is playing.

[@matthewtaylor7355]

I think ur xagerating sound quality wise

[@takealicktrick1245]

not too bad compared to some other bootlegs which i have no clue how someone would ever buy them

[@gudgengrebe]

Yes. The feeling still shines through.

[@curbozerboomer1773]

@@takealicktrick1245 If you love Hendrix, ANY sounds existing are precious!

[@MarkSessor-so9kx]

Jimi Hendrix is the best ❤

[@ddddavid1956]

James Marshall Hendrix~!

[@djhoneylove5710]

This is the only time I've seen him play a metallic blue strat on film. I had seen photos, but only this bit of film. Amazing!! Of course it doesn't matter which guitar he played it always sounded like Jimi.

[@peterschulze2062]

Magic

[@johnsilva9139]

I notice The Vagrants were also on the bill. That was Leslie West's band before Mountain. One year later both Mountain and Jimi played Woodstock.

[@trevormakate7687]

That was awesome ❤it

[@davidkey8172]

Fantastic!!! You did an outstanding job on this!! "REDHOUSE" is superb!!

[@gudgengrebe]

Thanks to whoever recorded this and made it available here. I’m hearing versions I’d not heard before 😊 lovely!

[@curbozerboomer1773]

Amalie Rothchild was the lady who handled-rather poorly-the 16mm camera that evening.

[@gudgengrebe]

@@curbozerboomer1773 ah well, bless her heart for providing us with this glimpse into that special moment in time!

[@klv400]

Bad Ass.....

[@riffcrescendo1740]

Incomparably Great!

[@gillian1302]

🎸🔥🎸🔥🎸🔥🎸🔥🎸🔥🎸🔥🎸🔥🎸🔥🎸🔥🎸🔥🎸🔥🎸🔥🎸🔥🎸🔥🎸🔥🎸🔥🎸🔥🎸🔥🎸🔥🎸🔥🎸🔥🎸🔥🎸I HAVE NO WORD'S JUST TEARS OF JOY😭🎸🔥🎸🔥🎸🔥🎸🔥🎸🔥🎸🔥🎸🔥🎸🔥🎸🔥🎸🔥🎸🔥🎸🔥🎸🔥🎸🔥🎸🔥🎸🔥🎸🔥🎸🔥🎸🔥🎸🔥🎸🔥🎸🔥🎸🔥🎸🔥🎸🔥❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤MY HEART IS FULL! 🔥🔥🔥THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING🔥🔥🔥 R.I.P. Jimi 🕊🕊fly on my sweet angel🕊🕊 🎸🎸🎸Never heard my fav tracks being played this way before AT FULL BLAST it's like he's in the room🎸🎸🎸 OMG! Thank You! Thank You! Thank You!

[@ddddavid1956]

Jimi loved the world like no one! He gave us everything he had. Everything!

[@FrankenBeenz]

great show and recording .. must be a soundboard

[@thierryjohann1429]

A star sends fire!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@danutadietzi8566]

Love eternal my Engel 😇DDDankt ♥️♥️♥️🇩🇪🇺🇸

[@shelleyharris9349]

My right ear 😊,🎸🎼☮️😎🎤😇🎵🥁🎵✝️🌞🦋✌️🕊️

[@christopherhall1021]

This is a Gem! 💎 thank you for sharing!

[@James-pq7nf]

jimi sang my favorite song first

[@russcohen3779]

Thankyou for this.

[@alexanderbarrera9140]

Move over, and let jimi take over.

[@ddddavid1956]

Jimi is the SHAman!

[@garynorris8492]

Charlotte Jacobs was one of Jimi's many electric lady's, he had by his side in NYC'68.

[@curbozerboomer1773]

You mean, Jeanette Jacobs?

[@garynorris8492]

@@curbozerboomer1773 👍

[@dancingtrout6719]

he wrote and performed what he wrote''''' for only 3 yrs 9 months''' and it Ended

[@matthewtaylor7355]

SRV tried and failed!

[@dancingtrout6719]

@@matthewtaylor7355 i told my brother about stevies brother and he said whos that jimmy Ray'''..lol

[@curbozerboomer1773]

@@matthewtaylor7355 Wrong...No one digs Jimi more than I do...but SRV was even stronger on guitar--just not as charismatic.

[@James-ze5tq]

❤YOUR❤ NEVER TO OLD TO ROCK AND ROLL!!!! IF❤YOUR❤TO YOUNG TO DIE☆☆☆☆☆☆☆?😊

[@gracielaalbornoz1253]

Hay una participación de Jimi, cantando para creó Unicef, la cual he visto, y no apareció más en ningún otro lugar que lo que era en los 80s en la Tv Argentina, quiero aclarar que era un fragmento...

[@dancingtrout6719]

Hey Joe '' Im Gonna Go Way Down South & Hide Behind The SUN

[@QXZJX]

Someone sink it with a good audio from another source

[@free1982]

tekito takada \^O^/

[@fernandacouto7634]

Um verdadeiro gênio da guitarra ,mudou a forma de tocar com seus solos devastadores, pode-se dizer que é o pai do hard rock e heavy metal. Mas Jimi como homem, não era lá essas coisas. Durante um tempo achou certo a invasão dos USA ao Vietnã e também era violento com sua namorada.

[@johnmikk1495]

Fontes: Wikipedia 😂

[@2Uahoj]

This will be heresy to some Hendrix fans, but I would have Hated to have been there - especially without serious ear protection. Jimi had two lives: his live "endless" jamming life, and his album life. I much prefer his albums, with clean versions of his songs. I especially appreciate his ballads, many of which are really beautiful.

[@johnmikk1495]

Lol you've never been experienced 😂

[@WALTERTLHB]

I can respect your opinion because some people do prefer the studio creations in Hendrix loved the studio where he could paint his images. But it is very very rare to see someone perform and tap into some of the originality from a studio on a live stage setting that is why you have people like the Beatles the Stones The who Eric Clapton and so on and so on sitting in the first rose with their jaws dropped because not many people can we create these colors and sounds in a live performance. Oh yes today's world we hear a lot of things and man or men they are recreated on the stage. But to see a guy like that all those contemporaries and other musicians could not believe what they heard and seen please shook up the world like Muhammad Ali like Michael Jackson like babe Ruth like Henry Aaron and Eddie Van Halen John McLaughlin George Benson they all have a swash of paint that they display on the musical canvas. Again I respect your opinion but I'm just looking a little deeper.. PS THE GUY NEVER EVEN PEAKED. LAST QUESTION DO YOU REMEMBER THE LAST BAND THAT JIMI HENDRIX JAMMED WITH ❓🤔 LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR RESPONSE. SINCERELY WALTER THE LEFT-HANDED BLOKE 😎

[@WALTERTLHB]

Well I understand if you're coming from a competition mindset I am privilege to say I saw Stevie Ray Vaughan two years before he passed. Hendricks stung me when I was around 13 years old around 71/72 I can't say that this guy is better than that guy there is something about Stevie Ray Vaughan that makes you shed tears of joy hey Dug Albert King and all the other others before them and he stated we owe a lot to Jimi Hendrix. Stevie Ray Vaughan is another guitar player who can stand next to Hendricks and create beautiful Rihanna imagination portraits of sound. I respect your opinion. But that's how I feel and even Hendrix stayed away from the competition questions. Did you hear what Hendrix had to say about Rory gallagher, Terry kath, let's not forget King crimson. Hendricks was heading in another direction up music and different musicians. that boy changed my call outlook on music. I'm just expressing some thoughts I look forward to your response take care of yourself can rock on and remain experienced. SINCERELY WALTER THE LEFT-HANDED BLOKE 😎.

[@ddddavid1956]

Jimi said Bob Dylan gave him the courage to sing his own songs.

[@ddddavid1956]

Jimi was the king of Woodstock. The highest paid performer $50,000. Peanuts, he was giving it away!

[@davidclaycomb4287]

18,ooo......

[@jinov191]

He was actually paid for two performances, total about $36k, that way none of the other performers could argue that he was paid so much more than them. If you watch his performance at Woodstock he says goodnight, then continues playing while saying it's the "Gypsy Sun And Rainbows Band."

[@lowgpu1687]

@@jinov191 Not sure if I'm trippin but I'm pretty sure he often would say good night and then keep playing lmao

[@curbozerboomer1773]

@@jinov191 Wrong!...he was paid 18 grand...and that was the largest payout at the festival. Not bad really!..today that amount would be like 125 grand.

[@dr3474]

who got this in higher audio quality

[@tomh1593]

Can anyone see Billy Joel in the footage? Lol He said he was right near the stage.

[@mrJimCharles]

Say Goodbye To Hollywood LOL!!!

[@leechild4655]

imagine if Jimi saw Eddy doing all those dive-bombs with the whammy bar, and staying in tune, Jimi would have been flabbergasted. HOW? lol

[@guybarouk8875]

Méga "Red house"

[@alisons6045]

I saw Jimi at the Singer Bowl with Big Brother and the Holding Company, the Chambers Brothers and the Soft Machine opening for him. So is this show a different Singer Bowl show?

[@djhoneylove5710]

At that time is it possible they did a matinee and then a night time show? I don't know for sure, that is just what I read.

[@alisons6045]

@@djhoneylove5710 The show I saw was an afternoon show, different security in those days, we could walk right up to the stage to see close up, not really crowded. Maybe because we were kids and the older fans waited for the evening show

[@MichaelYbarra-fq6rh]

He was admired and loved by us all teens ( WORSHIPPED)...i was about 13 turned towards him by a friend ( joe volpe...where are yuhs, joe!!)...his albums...the chemicals the alcohol the smoke...we were gone...along the strong current of the 60s...earphones...eyes closed minds open !!... I was overwhelmed..like the jesus crowds mentioned new testament bible "AMAZED"...and we didnt have any pictures videos of jimi..it was a very scarce relation with him..far away...didnt know who he came from..what he was doing, where he was, day by day !! the pressures on him the stress the fame the fans the money business problems ( he was ripped off 💰💰💰moneys disappearing left and right...absolute dailynightly CHAOS..his MIND must have been "GONE" smoked ( emotions). He was loved by us as loke the germany worshiped loved ADOLPH HITLER !! (1889---1945)..as like the germany LOVED... Jimi got to that WIERD spacey depressing place, where WOMEN and sex became MEANingless..like having banana split ice creams every single minute..one after the other...well..youre going to PUKE...with jimi though, he DIED..of too much too much too much 23,24,25,26,27 years old. ( TOO MUCH). what you are seeing here..is a man 2 years into success fame...and you can SEE, that hes dying destructing disentegrating..right before our eyes..and ears. Nov. 27, 1942 seattle, washington --- september 18, 1970 very early 3am--6am? friday morning..LONDON, england.⚰️⚰️⚰️🪦🪦🪦 Best book biography simple factual at last circumstances of jimis DEATH ?? : ' room full of mirrors : a biography of jimi hendrix.' ---Charles R. Cross. ( 2005.).📝📝📚📚📖📖

[@Michael-pq4wd]

Why can't you show the ending? Why cut it off?

[@elmorevandodewaard544]

Jimi Mitch and Noel on FIRE ❤

[@jevremovicm]

Ha ha It's true. There is Hendrix and there is other music!!!

[@tomh1593]

Is the Singer Bowl still there?

[@ranabirgahir462]

Hi So So,SELF DisaPPaiLing 😂✅MASTER

[@babyfacemick]

Dopamine

[@babyfacemick]

39:49

[@mikestuckinthe70s]

I’m not worthy 🙇‍♂️

[@matthewtaylor7355]

I used to like SRV but this guy makes him sound amateurish.. Who is Jimi Hendrix... Who am I?? I'm 15yrs old... I'm confused?

[@olly8]

Don't feel confused, you're just late to the Party. 😂 ✌🏼 Glad you've arrived!! Enjoy the GOAT 🎸🐐 P.S. SRV is pretty damn good too, just came later.. he emulates Jimi.👍🏼

[@Einnor084]

​@@olly8 Stevie had his own style, which nfluenced me 2. Those quick clean riffz he'd play, were sumthin else. I wuz dstressed 2 hear of his passing. People hear me & think Jimi, rite away. Like I say..... I think therez sum SRV, amongst a few othaz, n there, azz well.

[@olly8]

@@Einnor084 We had tickets to see Eric Clapton the night after Stevie died. It was emotional when EC dedicated some songs to SRV. He & audience shed some tears 😢💔

[@lo5man]

Love or Confusion 😁

[@mrJimCharles]

I think it's Love rather than Confusion Lol!!