JIMI HENDRIX - LONDON AND THE FIRST TWO WEEKS

[@abidababida7096]

Jack Bruce’s description of Jimi Hendrix is the best and most accurate ever said. “Eric Clapton is a master guitarist but Jimi is a force of nature”.

[@BELLY_BUTTON_WINDOW]

Brilliant isn't it!

[@your_royal_highness]

Or how about this (from a DJ in Chicago) “Jimi Hendrix created a whole new school of guitar playing. Unfortunately no one else has ever graduated.”

[@curbozerboomer1773]

Ya know, today his well-meaning comment would be construed as being "racist".

[@DannyHood-j]

Thank you!

[@DannyHood-j]

@@curbozerboomer1773 Really? Probably so.

[@user-qm7nw7vd5s]

That contract, in all its devilish detail, is still better than music streaming services today…

[@BELLY_BUTTON_WINDOW]

You're probably right!

[@dougbennett8592]

@@BELLY_BUTTON_WINDOW as I was listening to your description of Jimi's contract no wonder his estate is such a mess.

[@DannyHood-j]

Everyone made money from Hendrix except Jimi and his musicians. Micheal Jeffery bought nice house. An area where other musicians lived. Because of Micheal’jefferys lavish lifestyle micheal had a WALL built around his property. (Even though there was fence already) Micheal didn’t want reporters peaking through during parties or anything they could use against him. Jimi was Micheal Jeffery’s main source of income. Someone could make movie documentary about life after Jimi’s death. From people and the record business who made it big from everything Jimi did. Milk the cow until it’s dry. After you’ve sucked everything from the vault Jenny (Jimi’s adopted sister) Forget about Noel and Mitch. Jenny comes isn she takes over. She Disneyfies Jimi Hendrix. Since late 90s 2000s Jimi Hendrix is seen hanging on wall between Elvis Presley and Marylin Monroe 1950s nostalgia malt shops dinners. I remember I was at Walmart and Shirts with Jimi Hendrix on them were being sold. That day I had seen everything

[@msaintpc]

@@dougbennett8592 And his raltives handling his estate are mostly uneducated and stupid. I had a clash with his brain dead half sister. She attacked me for no justifiable reason when all I did was tell the truth. I said Jimi wouldn't be cool with seeing his greedy relatives fighting over the money (appriximately 50 million dollars annually) this his estate brings in. She went crazy on me.

[@frednerk8366]

I saw him at the Upper Cut club in Stratford on this trip. I was 17 and could'nt believe my eyes and ears. Nobody there knew who he was of course, but how was that to change.!!

[@BELLY_BUTTON_WINDOW]

Awesome!

[@kevinobrien1259]

He played at the uppercut on two occasions, I was there both times , the first time was on either boxing day or new years day ( can't remember which now) it was a daytime gig and not very well attended, it was not one of his best gigs, the second time was when Hey Joe was in the charts, it was a Sat night and the place was packed in fact the queue to get in went right around the corner to the Princess Alice pub, it was the best I had ever seen him but I had seen him play before the Uppercut club.

[@harolddburke4726]

I really like hearing these stories about Jimi. Because he was very special to my own youth. Everybody said he was their favorite musician.

[@BELLY_BUTTON_WINDOW]

Thanks, that's why they need to be retold. Cheers

[@WesleyWattley-xy4fg]

​absolutely 😮

[@DannyHood-j]

Did you grow up 70s LA in southern cali? I understand completely. Hendrix was so popular early 70s Kids judged an other kids or new kid sometimes asking if they liked Jimi Hendrix. ‘Surfers’ were long hairs back then all into jimi Hendrix. I didn’t grow up in LA but my friend grew up southern cali back then showed me pictures kids in his classroom 6th grade with hair down their waist. He was our singer back in 80s. I was into Jimi Hendrix but he wasn’t really into Jimi Hendrix. Of course we weren’t playing Jimi Hendrix songs. We were playing original everything sounded Iron Maiden simple stupid dual harmonies. When he came in we got into RATT n Motley Crue commercial metal songs because 1984 is the absolute worst 80s. Embarrassing.

[@harryjohnson8605]

The beginning of the Goat. The highway Chile had arrived. He scared the Hell out of them.

[@BELLY_BUTTON_WINDOW]

That's for sure!

[@abidababida7096]

When Jimi did Woodstock he was the highest paid musical act in all of music. Santana got $1500 bucks - The JHE got 100k. It sickens me how the people around him took full advantage of his kind hearted and easy going nature. They kept him high and took as much $ as they could. This man was and in my opinion, still is, the greatest guitarist to ever live. He deserved better.

[@BELLY_BUTTON_WINDOW]

Hi, totally agree, unfortunately some people will do anything for $.

[@fastinbulvis2223]

Power of Attorney. The one hitch in any contract no artist should sign. You could fill the ocean with the amount of artists who have been destroyed by that one.

[@deanhowell9251]

Awaome to know

[@deanhowell9251]

Yeah, for sure, I could have heard more!

[@privateer0561]

Jimi Hendrix did not receive anywhere near $100,000 for playing Woodstock. He was was paid $18,000.

[@briankorbelik2873]

Very well done. As a geezer, soon to be 67, it refreshed my memory on some occasions, and enlightened me on others. That you!

[@BELLY_BUTTON_WINDOW]

Wonderful! Best wishes.

[@saucerfullofzepp4203]

Jeez, can u imagine being in the Scotch at Carnaby str. with Jimi playing his style for the first time to your ears....Man!!!!

[@BELLY_BUTTON_WINDOW]

I can't, that's why I tell the story! Cheers my friend.

[@littleglimmer2325]

The Scotch (Scotch At St James) isn't anywhere near Carnaby Street. It's in Masons Yard at the back of the Cavendish Hotel in Jermyn Street, accessed from Duke Street St James.

[@lorenjenkinson4729]

This Was A Fantastic Story About Jimmy Hendrix !

[@BELLY_BUTTON_WINDOW]

Thanks!

[@Masimba]

This is a great series, thank you and please keep them coming

[@BELLY_BUTTON_WINDOW]

Thanks, will posting Episode 3 later today!

[@silverboots2934]

Fantastic stuff, please keep it coming

[@Busk_N_Groove]

Wow, outstanding. It’s refreshing to hear & learn new details after all these years… Re Vic Briggs (RIP), The Animals’ new guitarist, he was my yoga teacher in New Zealand. We became friends & he shared several stories about Jimi. I recall him saying that Jeffries became known as “Mike Where’s the Money? Jeffries”…

[@BELLY_BUTTON_WINDOW]

Awesome, it's great to hear of those personal connections! As for Jeffery, that's no surprise.

[@Busk_N_Groove]

True! It was cool to have crossed paths with him & become friends esp with me being a life long Hendrix fan. I was born & raised in South Seattle so I’ve been hep’d so to speak with a fair amount of ‘all things Jimi’ tho I had never met someone who personally spent some time with him so it was great & a bit surreal.

[@wilbertkendal2524]

Yep. Jimi found Mike Jeffrey’s stealing his money and when Jimi threatened to take him to court Jimi mysteriously dies.

[@curbozerboomer1773]

Do not know why it is so hard to spell Jeffery!

[@deanhowell9251]

There is a lot of good stuff here, Thanks!

[@BELLY_BUTTON_WINDOW]

Thanks!

[@Zeitgeist997]

Whatever motivated this series is a pure act of love that must be inspired by God. I say that because this is more in depth and shows more passion for the talents of Jimi Hendrix than any of those movies or other documentaries and the world should appreciate the real story of Jimi Hendrix.

[@waynesilverman3048]

I've read room full of mirrors and seen a few Jimi documentary s but there's things in this I didnt know or maybe 1 or 2 that i forgot ,

[@BELLY_BUTTON_WINDOW]

I truly appreciate those kind words. Believe it or not, it ain't too far fetched. Long story short, I embarked on this journey earlier this year, paying tribute to Jimi on another plaform, part of the motivation was to tell the 'real' story, celebrating the tremendous creativity, rather than the Hollywood misreprentation, as per the movie. And in doing so, it was my opportunity, in a small way, to repay the debt I owe him for the gift of his music, which not only changed my life, changed the lives of his fans, and frankly the world. To be associated with spreading his message has been very enriching. Thanks once again!

[@mattosborne1366]

Wow. These are great. Really well made. Thanks.

[@BELLY_BUTTON_WINDOW]

Thanks for watching!

[@supafrogg258]

It's incredible the notion that Jimi was so self-conscious about his voice. Though he may not have been technically a great singer, he gave it his all, he had great rhythm in his voice, and he had a highly distinctive voice that went well with his music!

[@BELLY_BUTTON_WINDOW]

Hey Supa, like all of us, Jimi was a person!

[@awingedbaby]

dUDE TO PLAY YOU A VOICE.

[@harolddburke4726]

I think his vocals improved as time went on.

[@KevinOrtega1980]

Thank you for implementing this documentary and setting the record straight about Jimi and his experiences through the final four years of his life of amazing music! Cheers!

[@BELLY_BUTTON_WINDOW]

Thank you so much. Best wishes!

[@TheGodseye76]

Great video! Subscribed

[@BELLY_BUTTON_WINDOW]

Thank you very much!

[@thomaswootton2526]

It was my great joy and honor to have been at the Band of Gypsy’s’ final concert at Berkeley Community Center, June ‘71. Times that live forever. RIP, Jimi.

[@BELLY_BUTTON_WINDOW]

Awesome! Thanks for sharing that, what a memory to cherish. Cheers

[@emo-t6d]

you mean June of 1970!! he died in September of 1970!! I saw Hendrix 3 times and it was mind blowing!!

[@curlymyhero]

Band of Gypsys played twice right? East Fillmore & West Winter garden.

[@82706527]

Holy Crap your style of documentary presentation is comparable to any I’ve seen…actually quite outstanding! Immediate sub and will promote to all musician friends. Been playing Jimi music for many a year as a matter of course as per ubiquity and ffs I wish I could have done it with this depth of insight under my belt + all of this British Rock knowledge not previously known…like the Jim Marshall story and that all the Cats hung out there + Mitch worked at the store and first studied with him…

[@BELLY_BUTTON_WINDOW]

Thankyou very much for those kind words. Cheers!

[@J.OKRoadrunner]

They are quit good aren’t they.

[@EF-fc4du]

Andy Summers just did an interview with Rick Beato and talks about his experience of Hendrix arrival in London.

[@BELLY_BUTTON_WINDOW]

Really, thanks for sharing that! Cheers.

[@rogermichou8654]

thanks so much for sharing this treasure

[@BELLY_BUTTON_WINDOW]

Cheers!

[@We_All_Seek_Truth]

This is such a great Hendrix KZbin channel, and there ain't even no Hendrix music!! No need! I love all these details!!!

[@BELLY_BUTTON_WINDOW]

Many thanks! See the Community tabs and video information for links to concerts and music. Cheers

[@aminahmed2220]

Absolutely fantastic have a wonderful day also I enjoy the videos ❤❤❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@BELLY_BUTTON_WINDOW]

Thank you so much! All the best.

[@garydyer5644]

❤ Great Onfo🎉🎉😅

[@BELLY_BUTTON_WINDOW]

Cheers!

[@johnmclaughlin5660]

Excellent ,thank you ! 🍷💜🔥

[@BELLY_BUTTON_WINDOW]

You're welcome. Cheers!

[@We_All_Seek_Truth]

I love those two photos of Keith Moon and Ginger Baker (@3:00). It looks like they're facing each other!! What juxtapositioning!🤪

[@BELLY_BUTTON_WINDOW]

Thanks and cheers!

[@supafrogg258]

One thing inconsistent in this video with all other accounts I'm familiar with is it's account of the origin of the name of Jimi's power trio. I've always heard that co-manager, Mike Jefferys, came up with the band's name, "The Experience" (as in "The Jimi Hendrix Experience"). However, according to this video, it was manager, Chas Chandler, who came with that name.

[@BELLY_BUTTON_WINDOW]

Fair call, with the course of time, there's different versions of history. Cheers!

[@paulbuxton1326]

Only be 1 Jimi 🎼

[@BELLY_BUTTON_WINDOW]

Very true!

[@hirepgym6913]

Noel came from Dymchurch he went to the William Harvey Gramma School in Folkestone i knew Noel, Victoria, Tony and Margret who had all Jimi's guitars in the Mill House after she got out of prison i met Andy Summers too when i was a baby sitter for Moog they lent Daryl Wade one to play his Violin through , John did not like being called Mitch he got the hump if you called him that ,

[@BELLY_BUTTON_WINDOW]

Awesome, thanks for sharing that! Cheers

[@ericsicard910]

Can’t wait for episod 3: Jimi touring in France in 1966 as the supporting act of Johnny Hallyday? 😊

[@BELLY_BUTTON_WINDOW]

Thanks Eric!

[@msaintpc]

That contract left them absolutely powerless. I never would've signed it.

[@BELLY_BUTTON_WINDOW]

True, but that was the only option. Cheers!

[@msaintpc]

@@BELLY_BUTTON_WINDOW There's always another option. Peace out.

[@zappasmoustache23]

My dad told how he once went to see the kinks in Southampton, there was supposed to be another well known act opening, I forget who, but they had to cancel last minute. The mc explained this to the audience and apologised before introducing their replacement, a young unknown group called the jimi Hendrix experience. Apparently the kinks seemed a little flat after that. Love the kinks but can’t imagine having to follow someone like jimi.

[@BELLY_BUTTON_WINDOW]

I do recall hearing that, thanks for sharing it. Cheers!

[@trevorgwelch7412]

Why no pictures of Eric and Jimi on stage ? 🎸

[@BELLY_BUTTON_WINDOW]

Thanks for the question, I'm not aware that any exist on stage together. Will keep searching!

[@trevorgwelch7412]

@@BELLY_BUTTON_WINDOW I have a stage pass from a Hendrix concert

[@garycoutts6821]

No Mobile phones back then

[@alfioinsaudo4179]

Il migliore del pianeta immortale Jimi hendrix❤❤❤❤

[@BELLY_BUTTON_WINDOW]

si, sono d'accordo

[@familydogg1234]

Anyone know if the Jimi Hendrix docuntary by Dave Kramer post 02 was released?

[@BELLY_BUTTON_WINDOW]

Not sure?

[@curbozerboomer1773]

I spoke with Kramer around 10 years ago, at a collector friend's apartment in Everett, Washington. He was gracious enough to show me a couple hours of interviews he had collected, featuring some old friends and lovers of Jimi. I even gave Kramer $200 cash, to help out with his efforts...to this day, I have not heard anything about his supposed documentary!

[@familydogg1234]

Remember in the Woodstock film they were paging Eddie Kramer? Lol- it may have had something to do with Hendrix ( don't quote me. I heard it....)

[@dennismason3740]

Keith told me that Eric was shaking so bad he literally could not light his cigarette.

[@BELLY_BUTTON_WINDOW]

Hi Dennis, you're spot on, that's how it happened!

[@toneyisaiah3556]

Definitely!

[@BELLY_BUTTON_WINDOW]

Cheers!

[@WillyCLARKE-g8c]

An amazing era.

[@BELLY_BUTTON_WINDOW]

Absolutely! Cheers

[@harryjohnson8605]

Kathy. Should be in charge of his estate instead of Janie. Kathy is very protective of his image and legacy

[@raulmacias6146]

I actually believed Janie Hendrix would have done a much better job than Alan Douglas and those ghastly reissues! Well, Janie started out fine with a reissue of the British "Are You Experienced" with three British bonus Singles. After that, she released - Axis Bold As Love, Electric Ladyland and A Band Of Gypsies. It's been an avalanche of releases which have no rhyme or reason! I am bitter that Janie refuses tp upload all of Jimi's music onto KZbin!

[@toneyisaiah3556]

I definitely think so.

[@riceflatpicking4954]

Janie is an oxygen thief.

[@waynesilverman3048]

My dad said his brother Leon didn't get anything over his crack use or any control.

[@caroline5421]

Absolutely! Jimi had a very strong love for Janie though.

[@clarkewi]

Excellent critique

[@BELLY_BUTTON_WINDOW]

Thanks!

[@fendert1384]

The bass Noel is holding(8:25) looks to be strung left-handed ?

[@BELLY_BUTTON_WINDOW]

Okay. Cheers!

[@barrywilson871]

Why o why did they not see they were being ripped off signing those contracts??

[@TommySprocket]

They were naive to contract law as musician's and just wanted to play music for people and make money doing it. When you hire a lawyer to draw up a contract he/she will do everything they can to enrich their client to get repeat business with them.

[@BELLY_BUTTON_WINDOW]

TRUE!

[@curbozerboomer1773]

I am sure that they-and Jimi especially, felt vulnerable and insecure!...Jimi would have been stranded in England, if he had balked at the contract!

[@archstanton3763]

An absolutely terrible contract they signed. However that was the norm and looking back in hindsight it’s easy to say. Still they where, like other’s, exploited. When your young, inexperienced in such matters and all you want to do is play music, make a little money and meet the opposite sex, it’s easy to take the artist’s for a ride. Great content, looking forward to more instalments. Thank you !

[@BELLY_BUTTON_WINDOW]

True!

[@charlesnolan7602]

I was what you might call a "latent Hendrix fan- about 5 years after Jimi passed. I got into the British rock scene in 1971, aged 15. I was an "anglofile," preferring British rock. I became a progressive rock fan- still am, 50 years later. However, Jethro Tull's This Was album also triggered a British blues interest. Blodwyn Pig was a huge fave because of Mick Abrahams. From there, John Mayall, and Savoy Brown. I had heard all of the Hendrix radio hits. It actually was the posthumous Douglas created Crash Landing album from 1975, and the Easy Rider sntk, and a lot of pot, that triggered the Hendrix catalog! RED house - In the West- timeless. In fact I wish I had attended the May 25, 1969 San Diego arena Experience gig, of which several songs appeared on " In the West." The greatest....

[@deanhowell9251]

That's a great story. It's amazing if true.

[@BELLY_BUTTON_WINDOW]

Awesome, thanks for sharing this Charles!

[@myztico369]

The music industry is completely sleazy...Jeffreys was a criminal psychopath, Chas should've known way better....Many blessings for Jimi, Mitch and Noel...your music is timeless!!!

[@BELLY_BUTTON_WINDOW]

You nailed it! Cheers

[@toneyisaiah3556]

The industry has been doing the same thing for a long time and it won't change.

[@toneyisaiah3556]

Even in Rap music or hip hop. I'm not a fan of the genre.

[@toneyisaiah3556]

I have some of Jimi's music in my collection. I don't have any box sets And that's ok.

[@curbozerboomer1773]

The name was Jeffery...get it right.

[@luvbasses5487]

I’ve heard an additional quote from Clapton, on that first jam together. He said to Chaz: You said he was good but you didn’t tell me he was THAT good!

[@BELLY_BUTTON_WINDOW]

True! Cheers

[@jamestregler1584]

1968 , 11 years old my brother slipped me a lot of L S D thank God Jimmy came through distance to let me know it's O K , never met but still love his music.

[@BELLY_BUTTON_WINDOW]

Well done James!

[@curbozerboomer1773]

Your brother was indulging in child abuse!

[@lovelove-55s]

Hearing the last bit about the contract is wild to me. I can’t say they were crossed bc artists at the time were all basically signing their rights away. But its still such a shocker to me that Jimi & the boys got paid such a small percentage and didn’t have rights over how their image would be sold.

[@BELLY_BUTTON_WINDOW]

That's how it was. That's why I want to document it for today. Cheers!

[@Jesusgonzalez-jd9kb]

Jimi played in Tampa FL Curtis hixon hall ...I think 68. Well all freaks had a hangout by the old airport where heads would get tigether....listening to local bands n getting high. We'll, many pro top ba ds as jimi n others came there the night before to jam with locals or regionally known bands. Making a long story short, jimi came there to meet such a band who were not there...I was getting ready to trip n sell weed n acid. At tat point jimi approaches thinking I'd be able to supply info on his planned meeting. Of course,I told him I knew nothing about it...I knew who he was n just gave a compliment on his music n invited him to some weed n some good clean acid but not crazy...he popped a few tabs n we smoked n had an exchange of simple chitchat. At that point his buddies arrived n we parted cordially n he thanked me for the gifts.

[@BELLY_BUTTON_WINDOW]

That's awesome, thank you so much for sharing that. Best wishes!

[@curbozerboomer1773]

Strangely...one of those group photos showed an American Group, from Portland Oregon, named The Kingsmen...they had a huge hit recording, named Louie Louie!...What they had with Jimi's English early days, I do not understand.

[@BELLY_BUTTON_WINDOW]

Awesome!

[@toneyisaiah3556]

Noel Redding posed with a Hagstrom eight string bass guitar.

[@BELLY_BUTTON_WINDOW]

I believe he owned one?

[@toneyisaiah3556]

Did Jimi play the bass on the album Axis:Bold As Love?

[@nonamejames5674]

Chandler said Hendrix was a songwriter that came to collect some royalties .. also it is very possible in the time that they had to wait to get into the U.K., Mike Jeffrey may have used some of his connections to get Jimi into the country.

[@BELLY_BUTTON_WINDOW]

Cheers!

[@RonaldWilliams-qh7zc]

Chaz Chandler should have never recommended Mike Jeffrey to be Hendrix manager bad move on his part!!!!! Now if Peter Grant had been Hendrix manager Hendrix would have still been alive and extremely rich because the way Peter Grant managed led Zeppelin wow he was an excellent manager

[@BELLY_BUTTON_WINDOW]

Hey Ronald, Chas was still under contract to Jeffery, so technically he could've had a piece of Hendrix. Good point, it's something that I didn't address. Thankyou for pointing this out. Cheers!

[@curbozerboomer1773]

He was also a total thug.

[@paulheinrich7645]

Where is part 3?

[@BELLY_BUTTON_WINDOW]

See the video: 'October 1966 - Episode 3) Cheers!

[@alanvonweltin6820]

where is part one of this video?

[@BELLY_BUTTON_WINDOW]

Hey my friend, this is Episode 2. Episode 1: How it all started (kzbin.info/www/bejne/iGXVe6qkh9J_g9k)

[@garynorris8492]

Jimi said to Chas before he arrived in London, "why do you need another guitarist in England, when you have Eric and Jeff.

[@BELLY_BUTTON_WINDOW]

Indeed! Cheers

[@aqua5680]

I was at the gig where Hendrix sat in with Cream. Jimi did two songs , Killing Floor and I’m A Man the Bo Diddley song. Eric did not , as per popular legend ,leave the stage. He played confidently throughout and Cream just carried on after Hendrix got down. Chas Chandler hyped the whole episode up in order to promote Hendrix.

[@wilbertkendal2524]

LOL!......Utter BS. Jimi met Clapton briefly through Chas Chandler, at the Polytechnic music Venue in London were Jimi was invited on stage. Jimi played 'Killing the floor' and Clapton got up-set and left the stage because he couldn’t play it. LOL. The rest is history.

[@beecee2205]

@@wilbertkendal2524 its Killing Floor, I have no idea what Killing the Floor is. And Clapton could play Killing Floor, everyone who was a Bules Player could, its a standard. Could they play it as good as Hendrix ? Only SRV could. The rest are mere mortals like Clapton or Buddy Guy. LOL.

[@wilbertkendal2524]

@@beecee2205 Whatever?. He still couldn't play it. LOL. And neither could overrated SRV

[@rickvolman2633]

The story, as Clapton tells it, was the Cream had been working on a version of Killing Floor, but couldn't work out a Rock version of the song. So, when Hendrix whipped out his rapid fire version of the song Clapton was gobsmacked. Clapton knew of Hendrix's CV because Chandler had told him beforehand to get the stage time for Hendrix. So, Clapton was equally impressed as he saw Hendrix as the embodiment of everything he admired in Blues music - the complete package as it were.

[@mrknightt]

​@@rickvolman2633 Clapton didn't know 'Jack $**t' about Hendrix. Hendrix blew Clapton away and made him look like an overrated fool.

[@anniedarkhorse6791]

I can't believe that contract. I felt ill hearing that.

[@BELLY_BUTTON_WINDOW]

True! Thanks for listening.

[@danlove4270]

People forget how his poster was in every kids bedroom back in the day

[@BELLY_BUTTON_WINDOW]

So true!

[@BCTGuitarPlayer]

The Contract: You make a dime, we take it.

[@BELLY_BUTTON_WINDOW]

Yep!

[@MrMike-fm8bp]

What ever happened to all those Marshall stacks ??

[@BELLY_BUTTON_WINDOW]

Sorry, not sure what you're referring too?

[@KevinOrtega1980]

I didn’t realize there was a coin toss between Mitch and Ainsley Dunbar for who the drummer was gonna be in JHE

[@BELLY_BUTTON_WINDOW]

Indeed! Cheers

[@richardhincemon]

Was Keith Richard's girlfriend Ushi Obermaier at the club with Ronnie Wood sitting at the table with Jimi Hendrix and Kathy Etchingham ?

[@BELLY_BUTTON_WINDOW]

Keith Richard's girlfriend at that time was Linda Keith

[@curbozerboomer1773]

@@BELLY_BUTTON_WINDOW I am sure you know, that Uschi did have a one-nighter with Jimi in early 1969!

[@toneyisaiah3556]

1960s London classic pics.

[@BELLY_BUTTON_WINDOW]

Thanks, would have loved to have been there!

[@toneyisaiah3556]

When I was a little boy, saw old television shows that were located in London.

[@toneyisaiah3556]

I've never been outside of the U.S.A. to visit other countries.

[@toneyisaiah3556]

I like the way English 45s were pressed with inserts.

[@toneyisaiah3556]

The Polydor label of Hey Joe is a collector's item.

[@mrknightt]

🤣🤣Jimi gave those little white English boys a whooping. Especially R.A.C.I.S.T Clapton. RIP Jimi

[@BELLY_BUTTON_WINDOW]

RIP Jimi!

[@Albrecht777]

I don't think that Clapton was / is a racist. He loved Jimi, he was strongly influenced by black music and helped spread the word about it in the UK. He had even bought a left-handed strat for Jimi, intending to give it to him as a present, one day prior to the latter's death. He performed and recorded "Little Wing" with Derek and the Dominos before Hendrix' untimely demise. All the bizarre stuff that he spouted later in the '70s is, in my opinion, a clear case of mountains of cocaine messing with his mind and causing acute paranoia. Strangely enough, David Bowie, who ended up marrying Iman, went through something similar due to his massive cocaine (mis)use in the 1970s. Just my tuppence worth.

[@SuperAnimelover100]

@@Albrecht777 Eric Clapton's eyes watered up discussing Hendrix and Eric use to date Black Super model, Naomi Campbell plus this U S Black Groupie, Devon Wilson. Eric married a Oriental woman. I don't think Eric is a true racist but hated all the Foreigners invading his Country ! London doesn't even look the same anymore. Eric discussing Hendrix , you can feel Eric's Emotions and it's sad ! kzbin.info/www/bejne/f6HRfoSvjKuljqc

[@curbozerboomer1773]

@@Albrecht777 Actually, heroin was Clapton's drug problem, well into the 1970s.

[@Albrecht777]

@@curbozerboomer1773 Fair point. However, if memory serves me correctly, he took copious amounts of cocaine as well. Likewise alcohol. Thanks for your reply.

[@hansåkenyström-i1c]

Jimi var den första den bästa därför mördades han!

[@BELLY_BUTTON_WINDOW]

välsignelser!

[@alanoffer]

That recording contract might just as well have put jimi in a straitjacket , bastards

[@BELLY_BUTTON_WINDOW]

Yep!

[@lovepeace3899]

is this narrated by David Gilmour from Pink Floyd?

[@BELLY_BUTTON_WINDOW]

No, not the case. Cheers!

[@chairlesnicol672]

​@@BELLY_BUTTON_WINDOWwho was the narrator then?

[@curbozerboomer1773]

@@chairlesnicol672 ArtificialIntelligence!

[@LeftyPlaysRighty]

Jimi spent his 1st weeks in England in Newcastle, at Chas Chandler’s home, not London!

[@BELLY_BUTTON_WINDOW]

Cheers!

[@brianbanks703]

interesting presentation, great archival pics, godawful site name. Pity that people don't realize that collaborate is negative as in 'with the enemy', it should be co-operate. Thanks though

[@BELLY_BUTTON_WINDOW]

Well said

[@noscrubbubblez6515]

Jimi signed a 7 year contract in late 1966? He'd be dead before it was a little over half completed.

[@BELLY_BUTTON_WINDOW]

Correct!

[@stratcat4450]

I have just finished watching your first two video's. Everything im used to seeing about Jimi after all these years is rubbish an tends to aggravate the hell out of me. I would love it if you shared some persinal information about yourself in the future. You have done a lot of hard, an great work on this early history of Jimi an i thank you for that. After finishing this part two i subscribed an look foward to all your future endovers. PS: I hope you despise Janie Hendrix as much as i do an how she has prostituted his great legacy.

[@BELLY_BUTTON_WINDOW]

Hey StratCat, thankyou for your kind words!

[@morriypoulsen1238]

Janie Hendrix is the greatest thing that has happened to Jimi,kept his music going and made millions.

[@curbozerboomer1773]

@@morriypoulsen1238 I agree...His portfolio is now worth in excess of$100 million. someone had to take charge, as Jimi never bothered to make a will!

[@Robert-mf6bw]

Jimi was not ' like ' tourist of London . He was, a tourist of London .

[@BELLY_BUTTON_WINDOW]

My Bad!

[@Robert-mf6bw]

Oh please. I'm always noticing people's language. My former girlfriend was a professional writer.

[@Robert-mf6bw]

Just not gotten had not gotten back to your work. I was enjoying those specials. Just debating Republican hillbillies these days!!

[@KandMe1]

That happened quick but probably nothing new considering it was the London music scene, just some real luck involved like the Noel Redding situation must if helped, is a guess.

[@BELLY_BUTTON_WINDOW]

Thanks for that! Cheers

[@fingling8]

Jesus I get fed up with people describing Jimi as 'a wild man,' or crazy-looking. In what way was he crazy-looking?????

[@BELLY_BUTTON_WINDOW]

True, but now is now, and then was then. Cheers!

[@fingling8]

@@BELLY_BUTTON_WINDOW Ooh ... that's good!

[@fingling8]

I disagree. Yes, maybe Chas did that for that purpose, though I think he wouldn't play into that because, in my view, it's racist. I've heard that he was called the Man from Borneo ... but perhaps, in the day, that was considered okay.

[@curbozerboomer1773]

Consider the times..you had to be there, to witness the impact!

[@charlesvanderhoog7056]

According to Keith Richard, every single artist he knew, got screwed by their contract.

[@BELLY_BUTTON_WINDOW]

I'm not surprised!

[@Philcopson]

"...at Money's insistence - Hendrix spontaneously jammed..." Of course he did! Doing what you're told is the absolute definition of spontaneity - (you burk....)

[@BELLY_BUTTON_WINDOW]

Cheers!

[@dennismason3740]

Keep your eye on the manager, who is already sucking the artists dry.

[@BELLY_BUTTON_WINDOW]

Always has been, always will be!

[@toneyisaiah3556]

Real guitar heroes, not the video game.

[@BELLY_BUTTON_WINDOW]

You got it! Cheers

[@johnthursfield3056]

Not read all the comments to see if anyone else said this but iirc Chas tossed a coin to decide whether Mitch or Ainsley Dunbar got the drum seat in the Experience

[@johnthursfield3056]

ha ha posted too soon!

[@BELLY_BUTTON_WINDOW]

You're spot on! I tell it in Episode 2

[@morriypoulsen1238]

True.

[@elizabethhazel6039]

What a horrible rotten contract! It sounds like Jimi, Noel and Mitch didn't have their own lawyer - they just signed the contract offered to them by Chas Chandler and Michael Jeffries. The contract turned the band members into little more than indentured servants. It's ludicrous to say that Hendrix was the "highest-paid performer" of the times, when it seems like saying that he had the highest paid producers is more accurate. Business people rip off creative people on auto-pilot. Publishing contracts for books are almost that bad.

[@BELLY_BUTTON_WINDOW]

That's how it was!

[@dennismason3740]

@8:45 - remember this face.

[@BELLY_BUTTON_WINDOW]

Will do!

[@miguelcruz2682]

I COULD!!! see the 60's with out Eric Clapton BUT I can't NOT!!! See the 60's with out Jimi Hendrix !!!.👍✌️🎸🇺🇸

[@BELLY_BUTTON_WINDOW]

Totally!

[@juhaniashari7812]

Both were great Clapton or Hendrix as music is universal to unite mankind black or white in unison.

[@dennismason3740]

Don't just lend all credulity to Kathy's book. Lots of shenanigans in Jimi's orbit. How could Chas get near Jeffries? Schmuck.

[@BELLY_BUTTON_WINDOW]

Hi Dennis, everyone has an angle. I do plan to address these issue down the track. Thanks for your input and keep watching. Cheers

[@curbozerboomer1773]

Who is Jeffries?..Do you mean Jeffery?

[@dennismason3740]

@@curbozerboomer1773 - Yes. Frank Michael Jeffery, murderer.

[@skineyemin4276]

I would like to know more about the partner of Mike Jeffery and the possible connections to suspicious Jimi's death.

[@BELLY_BUTTON_WINDOW]

My friend, have much to share on this, but not now! I want to celebrate Jimi's happy and creative ascendancy....ther bad stuff comes latert, SADLY!

[@skineyemin4276]

@@BELLY_BUTTON_WINDOW Thanks for replying back. Yeah, with all of the previous various forms of info on that subject, I am always left feeling that something was just never quite right during the night of Jimi's death.

[@curbozerboomer1773]

Thank you, for actually spelling Mike Jeffery correctly!

[@dontgoout1434]

My mate had tickets jimis last gig . Started tripping mate said enough acid and weed was 2 uk pounds . However due to drugs faiied to arrive but mate said it meant little no body felt jimi would die few weeks later

[@BELLY_BUTTON_WINDOW]

Unbelievable! Thanks for sharing that. Cheers

[@craigshewchuk9018]

He cant get sick in the contract ? How does that make sense

[@BELLY_BUTTON_WINDOW]

Can you believe it!

[@craigshewchuk9018]

@@BELLY_BUTTON_WINDOW yes I can because I believe what they were meaning was even if he was throwing up and sick and fever, he had to do the show per contract Pretty horrible tho yes

[@toneyisaiah3556]

A young John Mitchell wear a suit during the early years.

[@BELLY_BUTTON_WINDOW]

Yep

[@TheW.Slayer-nw5ih]

🤣Where’s is the part where Jimi locked Noel Redding out his dressing room so he could have a ‘Black Panther’ meeting. RIP Jimi

[@BELLY_BUTTON_WINDOW]

Yes, that comes much later, 1969 if my memory serves me. Keep watching!

[@wilbertkendal2524]

Jimi was very aware of racism in America back in the 50's and 60's. Billy Cox once said how Jimi ran for his life when W.H.I.T.E racist chased him through a corn field. Jimi showed great solidarity with the 'Black Panthers' and donated much of his work for their cause including the song Voodoo Child (Slight Return) which he later said was their anthem.

[@Ipushmongo1]

Jimi Hendrix, Noel Redding and Aynsley Dunbar doesn't quite have the same ring to it..

[@BELLY_BUTTON_WINDOW]

True!

[@henryashley9945]

✌️😁👍

[@BELLY_BUTTON_WINDOW]

Thanks!

[@neilbush9873]

Listening to the contract is so cringeworthy . Reminds me of bob dylans line's "a very great man once said some people rob you with a fountain pen ,didn take me to long to find out just what he was talking about".

[@BELLY_BUTTON_WINDOW]

Hi, things were very different then, as terrible as it sounds, it was standard. Cheers!

[@brucecaldwell6701]

Reading through a lot of these comments it's apparent that most of the commenters are pretty ignorant about Jimi's history. And I'm assuming that English is most everyone's first, and/or only language but I have to wonder, is the proper use of it even taught in schools anymore? It sure doesn't look like it. And to the commenter who said Jimi's music peaked with his Experience trio, that has to be one of the dumbest comments I've heard. And Noel wasn't fired, he quit out of frustration.

[@BELLY_BUTTON_WINDOW]

Thanks for sharing that. Everyone has their opinion, however enlightened. Hopefully these videos expand it. Cheers!

[@briancompton6326]

Re: Noel Redding -and his bass guitar playing....I M.O.- had much more melodic structure than Billy Cox's style....Noel matched Jimi and the British sound that naturally came together from day One !!

[@BELLY_BUTTON_WINDOW]

Fair point! Cheers

[@toneyisaiah3556]

Something they don't want you to talk about.

[@BELLY_BUTTON_WINDOW]

Yep!

[@MrRatherino]

the three look like kids...and they were so long ago

[@BELLY_BUTTON_WINDOW]

Yeah, wild hey!

[@hesch-tag]

Andy Summers lived at Zoot's place but he himself has stated he was not at home when Jimi came round.

[@BELLY_BUTTON_WINDOW]

That's interesting. The thing is, for most of us who were never there, we can only rely on the accounts of others and, fact is, from time to time they do differ! Memories fade, biographers use creative license, could be many reasons. Thanks for highlighting that. Cheers!

[@hesch-tag]

@@BELLY_BUTTON_WINDOW You're welcome and you are absolutely right. I also heard the story many times and was convinced he was there too until I heard him deny it himself. I just looked it up in the incredible 66/67 Day by Day book by Ben Valkhoff and Luigi Garuti where Zoot Money says: 'My guitarist, Andy Summers, was out that day.' He then loaned Jimi one of Andy's guitars (a Telecaster).

[@curbozerboomer1773]

Whatever...but Andy did visit Jimi in LA, at TTG studios in 1968...He definitely had at least met Jimi very early on in Britain.

[@curbozerboomer1773]

Good observation!@@hesch-tag

[@hesch-tag]

@@curbozerboomer1773 Why whatever? It's just telling what really happened. It's a detail, not of huge importance of course but still. I know they met so there is a history between the two but not on that day.

[@edstein5642]

The contract Jeffries & Chandler suckered them into is shameful… contractually committed to ‘not falling ill’… what a CRIME. But they signed it because they trusted Chas. Because of this nauseating situation Hendrix never owned a vehicle, a home, or had more than a few hundred bucks in his pocket. The highest paid rock band on the planet had NOTHING unless it was approved by Jeffries. Jimi’s dad was offered $20,000 by Warner Brothers to settle on his contract claiming it was all it was worth. Thankfully he didn’t, but endured years of hardship & bullshit trying to get what the estate was worth… not to bear fruit until Jimi’s 1/2 sister Jamie took control & fought for it, establishing “Experience Hendrix” as the final arbitrator. Mitch & Noel were deceived into signing away future royalties for $300,000 each in the early 1970s, advised they’d better accept it because the JHE would be an unknown footnote in music within a few more years. WTF?! Chas should’ve known better since Jeffries screwed The Animals so bad it contributed to the original lineup quitting the band! Despite Chas being essential to Jimi’s success & guiding the first 2 albums, he was oblivious to Jimi’s potential & scornful of what Jimi was reaching for in the 3rd album & the plethora of recordings that comprised several posthumous releases. He’s on film claiming Jimi wanted him back producing ‘sensible singles for radio’ before Jimi died… & there’s endless video & interviews that prove Jimi had no intention of resorting to old am radio formula to chart a record, & no need to. Jeffries & Chandler contributed to Jimi’s death by creating a lose-lose situation & frustrating Jimi into excess. They avoided him when he needed help, strangled him financially, & made a fortune off him. It’s unfortunate that Chas wasn’t in the plane that crashed taking Jeffries to final judgement. Screw those guys. And bless Jamie Hendrix for releasing funds to Mitch & Noel so they had some compensation for their work!!

[@BELLY_BUTTON_WINDOW]

Hey my friend, totally agree with you! However, I would add that, Jimi cared less for money; it was only ever a means to and end....creating better music; and sharing it with the world; for better or worse, Chandler & Jeffery gave him that opportunity; he could of remained no-one playing dive clubs in Greenwich Village, who knows? I always recall Mitch Mitchell when he said, 'Jimi's life was anything but tragic'. Thank you for that contribution, and best wishes!

[@toneyisaiah3556]

T.O.N.E.Y.

[@BELLY_BUTTON_WINDOW]

Okay!

[@steveinmidtown]

really interesting...amazing that Jefferies supposedly had Hendrix murdered with a contract that insane. Hendrix didn't have a chance.

[@BELLY_BUTTON_WINDOW]

I don't buy it! This is the words from 'Catherina': The day before Jimi died, I said to my friend: ‘It feels like something is about to happen...’ The next day it said in the paper that he was dead. So incredibly sad. He lived for his music, but he just wanted to live a normal life, with love, and children, and a wife. Yes, he was unhappy and tired towards the end, but it wasn’t suicide. He was with Monika [Dannemann] when he died, she must have suffered so hard, people accusing her. Those last pictures of her and Jimi in the garden of the hotel, it’s so sweet. When I think of Monika, I want to hug her. Of course he wasn’t murdered, it was an accident."

[@curbozerboomer1773]

Of course it was!...But people these days insist on wanting a conspiracy of one sort or another@@BELLY_BUTTON_WINDOW