Jimi Hendrix's Guitar Playing Style Analysis

Morrisman Discuss Jimi's Playing style
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[@ronkirk1296]

I got to see Jimi Hendrix in Virginia Beach Virginia back in 1968 I came away from that concert thinking to myself wow this guy is loud but more importantly this guy played in such a way that it seemed like the guitar was part of his body. It seemed like it just took him no effort to play. he would just play with such ease and genius

[@morrisman64]

WOW you got to see an genius at work yes Jimi was master guitarist and we lost him much to soon

[@morrisman64]

I agree very smooth guitar player and very humble that's what I most loved about him

[@josephutsch4936]

Man they messed up when they took down the Virginia Beach Dome that place was a landmark I'm from there

[@electric8668]

Jimi Hendrix is still the blueprint and Gold Standard almost 50 years after his death.

[@sketchbook8706]

Wow man, Jimi is my all time guitar hero, absolutely mesmerising

[@bryana297]

Jimi is the blueprint for the "cool" guitar player. There is a magic that cannot be explained or copied. Plus he wrote and sang his songs. I have been amazed by Jimi my whole life.

[@clarkewi]

Jimi had a unique, if not completely original, way of structuring chord changes - especially in live concerts. The power of these changes was overwhelming to the audience which was what made a Hendrix concert an unforgettable "Experience". Whatever he was doing lended itself very well to the feedback sounds that were an integral part of his style. Nobody ie. Stevie Ray, Robin Trower etc. has ever really reproduced this technical aspect of Jimi's amazing playing style

[@morrisman64]

I totally agree thanks for your comments

[@b.i.s.o.n.bristolscreenwri305]

Great analysis.

[@morrisman64]

Thanks

[@clarkewi]

***** The difference between you and me was that I was around to see Jimi several times including his performance in May '69 at Santa Clara (you can check it out on KZbin). Carlos Santana who also played called it one of his top 10. That is an absolute mindfuck of a concert from beginning to end (about an hour). The audiences of that era were merciless, spoiled and quite sophisticated with all the jazz, rock and roll from Elvis to Led Zepp (they played Santa Clara along with too many greats to mention). LSD makes the listener much more discerning for true genius and talent than does cocaine and alchohol. Take some and you'll find out.

[@Nghilifa]

Very true, and that way of playing is pretty much impossible to recreate, which is what made him so unique.

[@paultomlin8278]

It still saddens me that eric Clapton had found and bought the first left handed strat for Hendrix literally right before he died. Clapton was crushed they were great friends in guitar. Clapton is also probably one of the best at playing lead and singing aswell. Thank you for this video

[@eliolopez3107]

The Isley's bought Jimi his first Strat. Ronald tells the story of how they hired him and then told him he needed a better looking guitar so the presentation would look more professional and sleek. Jimi told them he couldn't afford one and they said they'd pay for it and asked him what he wanted. Jimi asked for a strat.

[@ermiastshuva9758]

Great Video OG!!!!! Presented so much gems and brought the attention to so many misconceptions by revealing the TRUUUF! Thanks for the game, this was amazing

[@brucelk19]

Right the age he died at he was best of all time imagine if he lived as long as Rolling Stones or other guys

[@8odycount]

We can only imagine what Jimi would have done in terms of music, if he would still be living. I've heard so many great guitarists in my life, but Jimi was from another planet. Endlessly licks and riffs 24/7 by him. In ways, nobody played before or after. When he started playing guitar, the electric guitar was there for about 10 years or so. He only played guitar for 12 years in his life, nobody before him did what he did, he didn't have KZbin for licks and stuff to look at. He was truly a genius in what he did and I am thankful I am able to listen to his music today and since 30 years.

[@morrisman64]

I was just thinking the same thing today. What if Jimi had lived? A legend gone too soon.

JIMI was a BLUESMAN! He channeled Blues through Rock n Roll on the highest of levels.

[@ryanm9266]

Curtis Mayfield's playing had a big influence on Jimi's style

[@TenThumbsProductions]

+Ryan M For sure, you can really hear it in that riff on "People Get Ready," that chordal fill sounds a lot like little wing, but the tone is almost the exact same. But Curtis did it on a crazy tuning style.

[@derangedhermit2879]

Right on! Jimi's a cross between Curtis Mayfield and Wes Montgomery, stylistically...8)

[@seanroche7169]

Kurtis said when he and Jimi went to the same high school he beat Jimi in a battle of the band's. He said Jimi then disappeared about 3months with a Wes Montgomery style jazz rock and blew ever body away. Kurtis was amazed.

[@MrSFblack]

Don't forget Albert King

[@tennissir1986]

Sean Roche I don’t believe they went to the same High School. Hendrix was from Seattle, Mayfield was from Chicago

[@lrwiersum]

There’s Jimi and then everybody else. The best ever, done.

[@brandonterzic]

Jimi had influences, lots of them. Actually, you could say he was influenced by everyone he heard. I can hear the the three Kings and T-Bone, Curtis, Guitar Slim, Otis Rush.... Lighting Hopkins, Dick Dale, Buddy Guy,...but you can also hear non guitar influences, Raasan Roland Kirk, Trane, Fire Truck Sirens, Ambient city sounds. The thing people really miss about Jimi though is the Native American influence. It permeates his playing and his music and the way he dressed. If you go listen to some Sioux or Cherokee traditional music, and then listen to Voodoo Child (slight return) or I dont live today, or the band of gypsies or woodstock---you can feel it in there. Jimi had a seriously developed sensitivity to his environment and to people. One of my favorite quotes, is when he was asked at an interview in Harlem about how he learned to play the guitar, did he have a teacher and so forth. Jimi answered " People taught me how to play, the way they move and communicate"... He also had the remarkable ability to sound like the location he was at. When he played the Filmore East he sounded like Lower Manhattan, when he played in Berkley, he sounds like the Pacific -West coast. But through all these filters, he sounds completely unique. How? Because he recontextualized everything he learned. He could take for example, some of Curtis's little arpeggiated chordal type stuff, and make something like Little Wing, which sounds nothing like a typical R&B tune where that style would be applied. But also on a technical approach, he completely evolved that style to incorporate the lower register of the instrument and he extended everything, the harmony and the melody. Then you take his his blues playing, which I could write an essay about, but he took the language of all the masters and completely found his own voice, in the main by extending the tension and release patterns in the stock phrases of the blues language. He basically was taking a Jazz-Raga approach and extending the duration of his lines plus with all his sonic innovations (which is probably the most obvious thing he did) he basically was playing energy patterns much like the Avante-gard Saxaphone players were doing at that time. But then of course Jimi just had an unbridled curiosity and a wiggy brilliant finesse about him. I mean the guy played in high pressure situations, in the highest pressure era in this countries history and pulled off miracles. I don't want to get into the esoteric aspects of what he did...but the guy basically had a gear that nobody else has ever had. I mean there are plenty of amazing guitarists, but there are like 10 Jimi moments that are just beyond quantification.

[@morrisman64-22]

+Marlon James ALL musicians have influences

[@brandonterzic]

yes, I concur. Its how you assimilate them that matters.

[@socialdef3]

+Marlon James Excellent perspective. I like how you pick up on those details nobody talks about. Would love to hear those 10 Jimi moments you mentioned.

[@brandonterzic]

+socialdef3 thanks blood. Top of my head top 10: Stone free. Live royal albert hall Hear my train a coming. Live. Berkley 1970 Red house live san diego 1969 Machine gun 1970 fillmore east. From band of gypsies record Machine gun 1970 live berlin Star spangled banner/improv. Live at woodstock Red house. Live randalls island Studio: Are u experienced title track Bold as love. Title track All along the watchtower Voidoo chile Nothing is more badd ass than that black panther tone he gets on house burning down Thats off the top of my head. So many more great choices...

[@socialdef3]

+Marlon James Thanks for your response. Man, you sound like you really know your stuff concerning Jimi Hendrix. It is nice to meet someone who is a bigger fan than I am! I am going to look up some of these versions you wrote about. I always thought Machine Gun at the fillmore east was pure magic. His soloing on that song and many others, gives the impression that we are hearing the direct connection to his soul. He is literally using the guitar to amplify and express his emotions. The more I listen to Jimi and gain perspective, the less I believe the typical rumors about all of his drug use, as if that mattered at all. I couldn't fathom playing all those great tunes while under the influence of lsd or similar hallucinogens.

[@moreanimalspirits]

What few people realize is how few guitarists have been able to replicate Hendrix's rhythm guitar. To me, this was his most creative talent, and least influential.

[@morrisman64]

+moreanimalspirits I agree

[@axiomist1076]

That was great, man. Thank you. Jimi was something else.

[@nascarfan7838]

That's really cool. I also learned he had a habit of using the E flat tuning, whenever he played. Might be where SRV got that from.

[@sketchbook8706]

Hendrix, 1967 Monterey, Hey Joe is outstanding

[@MCMLXXXIX]

Jimi Hendrix was from another planet and that's why he plays so good.

[@timothyc5491]

so much rock history. he laid the ground work for many guitarist. he seem to mix blues, rock and funk altogether.

[@jimiclemente1]

thanks for the straightening the prince issue out.....

[@andreaswehage-music5073]

Thank you for the information in your video, Morrisman. I already knew all the facts which you adress with so much sympathy. I was eleven when Jimi died, but still he was always there for me and my friends. As a guitar player I humble myself before Jimi´s innovative playing, mixing blues, soul, R&B and jazzy elements in his unique sounds and style. In Germany he still has a huge influence. I dared to make an album called "Jimi Hendrix reloaded" (demo on KZbin) with 11 musicians in changing small bands in a small studio in Hamburg this year, Some of them were not aware of the strength of Jimi´s compositions. They all were thankful to take part in interpretating personally and respectfully Jimi songs, as myself. Andreas

[@mclaren3028]

Jimi could play the beautiful chord progressions, putting in cool lick embellishments within a chord having a rhythm of their own, while singing the melody..... That's 3 simultaneous things right there, talking about walking and chewing gum. Hey in fact he also chewed gum when he performed live. That makes 4.......

[@danphipps615]

I agree with you Mo. He was - The Original - The Teacher - The Master and then The Legend. Never seen before and never to be seen again. Jimmy Hendrix is GOD of the Fender Stratosphere!

[@morrisman64]

+Dan Phipps Indeed my friend they will never be any one else like him.

[@billdigiacomo6632]

Thanks Mr. Smith. That’s exactly the information I was looking for.

[@RebelThoughts82]

Love this video man. I'm the biggest Hendrix fanatic ever in my mind. LOL I've just heard about everything he played on wax. Hendrix mostly shines in my opinion on his live performances. I've heard bootlegs of shows he played where he does some of the most amazing shit i've ever heard. He truly has no equal.

[@boxingin]

Jimi Hendrix is not only the best guitar player ever. But he's the greatest musician ever! Period.

[@morrisman64]

I agree

[@boxingin]

How great. You post something disputing my theory but then you disable your responds. You're a joke!

[@morrisman64]

Cheech Chong keep it moving loser!!

[@brandonterzic]

In Jimi's own words: " we make our biggest mistakes when we make comparisons"

[@maurpine]

I agree 100% with everthing you stated. I was 6 yrs when we lost Jimmy. One can only speculate what sort of changes he would have gone thru..

[@morrisman64]

I thank you for your comments Jimi is still missed to this day

[@innovativeprogramschool7979]

Thanks Morrisman. Jimi is my all-time favorite artist, so your video is much appreciated. Had Jimi lived, I think he would have become one of the top producers in the business. He was growing tired of live performances, and was really getting into creating sounds in the studio. Especially after producing Electric Ladyland himself. He would have completely blown everyone's mind with his imaginative approach to producing albums.

[@morrisman64]

You are most welcome friend

[@carlahuckaby3912]

We will be taking about Jimi Hendrix from now on his genuis of hearing licks laying them down on the guitar breaking down solos, rhythm playing and playing in a those soul bands moving to rock was the perfect storm creavity! Greatest that ever lived!

[@johnhendricks1998]

Jimi head a great set of ears, that's when people had to listen to records, know one was on KZbin to show you finger positions. Jimi in he was into experimenting with sounds in the studio as well.

[@joeortiz181]

I was fortunate to know Nick Nickson (a Army Buddy of Jimi) and herd some stories about Jimi first hand

[@rdinapoli1971]

Enjoyed this. Thanks for posting. Jimi to this day is the best ever.

[@morrisman64]

+Rich Dinapoli Thanks

[@MikaelLewisify]

Morris, you are my go to guy for learning funk and soul. Of course you are a Hendrix fan.

[@mikerobertson9644]

I've been playing guitar sense I was five and I'm about to turn 18 and everything I know about guitar is from listing to jimi and I play upside down and back words so I always felt a conection with jimi cause when I first started he was the only guitarist I knew that played his guitar the way I do well he flipped the strings I don't but still after I saw jimi it gave me confidence to keep playing love everything about jimi R.I.P. and thxs for the vid

[@lo0ksik]

+Mike Robertson his string are normal way. and keep being original, never forget thist

[@mikerobertson9644]

+Looksik here I always thought he flip them lol and I will

[@donadamas9576]

+Mike Robertson i read that jimi didnt trust left handed built guitars. he felt the makers probably put less effort in those guitars because they were right handed builders

[@rabbitshirt]

He did flip the strings over and played normally, not upside down like Albert King did. Apparently he could also play right-handed. I never heard about his dislike for lefthanded guitars but in the sixties, lefthanded guitars were very rare. Clapton says in an interview that he found one and was going to give it to Jimi but he died before he could get it to him.

[@jburktoys]

In my opinion too he is the greatest guitar player ever.

[@morrisman64]

+Jam'n Jim I would agree my friend

[@cosmiccomedy7394]

That's just a fact isn't it?

[@lennyluzitano8920]

Of coarse....out of this world....the greatest....ever........lets get real......doesn't..know theory???.......he is theory....in application.....theory is established by experimental procedures....Jimi experimented with no boundarys...using ...mind expanding drugs...like LSD.......THE TRUTH......BÉN THERE DONE THAT......thanks for the video....my good man...much love to you.....

[@rhythmantic]

Hey my friend, I just knew you had to have something on Jimi, the most unique, innovative & influential guitar player the world has known. I agree whole-heartedly with what you said here in this vid and thanks for sharing your insights. Jimi and Mitch were huge influences on my playing and I've covered on drums about 12 or more of Jimi's tunes with a lot more to cover. I even dedicated a playlist on my channel with those covers. I'd like to see you do a tutorial on Little Wing, particularly the intro. I think Jimi's manager Mike Jeffries had Jimi murdered. Jimi was a workaholic and he's often been given the wrong rap on being a heavy stoner, but one can't produce such a large body of work like Jimi did all messed up. I got to meet Jimi's dad, Al, in San Francisco at a head shop that was celebrating Jimi's b-day in 1978, the day SF's Mayor Moscone & Supervisor Milk were murdered. I really do miss Jimi.

[@reddrw1]

This was great....I am glad you noticed Jimi Hendrix...there will never be another like him.

[@Kendall_Miles]

Morrisman, you have a lot of greAt videos... In your eyes why aren't you a channel with a huge following, since you have all the attributes of one. Also I love All guitar players can love Jimi no matter what style they play, great video!

[@morrisman64]

Thanks Kendall tell all your friends !!

[@penguin99ify]

Hendrix played Dorton Arena, Raleigh NC in 1969 and I've never heard a sonic display like he performed. His records are inspiration enough, but to hear Marshall stacks 70 feet from the stage was fantastic. Since then I've seen nearly every great guitar player, but none will compare to Hendrix.

[@morrisman64]

Thanks for sharing

[@jmgmarcus808]

Jimi is one of my all time favorites and a huge influence, I really liked that blues record that came out back in like 93" they took a whole bunch of blues cuts unreleased some outakes and what not. The real strength of the album was that it traced Jimi's style to like 25 different blues players and at the time It was really great to understand where and who it was coming from. Not only that it turned me on to guys that I ended up loving there music and guitar playing. Man your channel is good, I love talking about all the same players all huge influences in my life.

[@morrisman64]

I agree my friend Jimi was something very special and left us too soon.

[@drumier]

very good, there is an element in jim's rythym guitar style that he got from a guitar playing reverend in southern california , i heard this on a wkcr birthday broadcast.

[@morrisman64]

Thank you and I thank you for the view

[@josephh49]

Just ran across your videos, really enjoyed them. I've been a Hendrix fans since I bought my first Hendrix album in the late 60s. Keep up the good work.

[@morrisman64]

+josephh49 Thanks for the view

[@josephh49]

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[@morrisman64]

Greetings you can send $35.00 to my paypal at [e-mail] be sure to include your shipping info and DVD'S will ship out in the morning thanks

[@marilynking9283]

Absolutely, he was unique and they all just followed in his wake. Some brilliant players today, no doubt about it BUT Jimi was the first and my idol from age 14.. Just imagine what he's be like today with all the new technology etc and sound equipment, plus he would have had many more years of experience. I would love to have seen him perform with Prince who I have idolised for many years now.

[@infinitepaths]

Great analysis of a great man. I'm trying to learn how to play like Jimi but it's like aiming for the moon, his playing had such diverse and subtle nuances from his fluid rhythm playing to his mastery of distortion, his mind would take giant leaps from one musical idea to another in the space of seconds!

[@morrisman64]

Thanks there will only be one Jimi

[@tonecapone8392]

Jimi was a right handed guitar player who played left handed on a right handed guitar. lol sounds confusing but Jimi was actually right handed and he thought since he was right handed he needed to have his right hand doing all the work on the fretboard, and nobody told him any different. So he learned a different way than most people do. Randy Hansen who does a awesome Hendrix Tribute is left handed and plays right handed using the same thought process, that the dominant hand needs to be on the neck/ fretboard.

[@redmed10]

Thanks for pointing that out. I didn't know that he was right handed generally and he thought it would be better to have his dominant hand on the fretboard. Truly one of a kind.

[@gangnamstylegrandpa6352]

I agree 100 % ! He re-invented guitar playing ! I had been playing for 4 years when I first heard him in 1967 , the sounds that came out of his guitar were a mystery !! Nobody plays like Jimi ! Greatest guitar player that ever lived , a total original !!

[@morrisman64]

+kenneth tamburro Indeed my friend

[@dougtutt2720]

You delivered bruh. Excellent analysis!

[@morrisman64]

Thanks

[@homoerectussemenallyretent6638]

Mr. Ryan, Curtis Mayfield's influence is very evident in the slow songs like Electric Lady Land& Angel.

[@centraal22]

At 7:10 your emotions come through at his death, I know that feel.What's important now is to remember the body of music he left us. It WILL stand the test of time. "When I die, I want people to play my music, go wild and freak out and do anything they want to do." - Jimi Hendrix

[@morrisman64]

Indeed my friend

[@RahaRo11]

What beautiful pictures for your illustration you have of the musicians. Great vid. Thanks

[@morrisman64]

Thanks Rob

[@MidnightStorm4990]

Bruh I was actually about to cry when you mentioned his death

[@morrisman64]

Yea we lost Jimi too soon,

[@madmusicianmagician]

Jimi Hendrix would play guitar along with the radio 📻 🎸

[@stevebolt2093]

Great presentation Morrisman!

[@morrisman64]

Thank you Sir

[@stevebolt2093]

Thank you!

[@morrisman64]

Thanks you are right there will never been another Jimi

[@nirvana3356]

Still jimi27 greatest🎸 4 ever

[@skatetodeath666]

You said it very well

[@morrisman64]

Thanks

[@rabbitshirt]

Nice rundown of Jimi's influences and uniqueness. The only thing I would like to say is his death was found to be different than a lot of us have been lead to believe. In 1995, the case was revisited and the ambulance men said he was already dead when they got there and no one else was around. That woman in whose apartment Jimi was staying at the time, Monika Danneman, told a completely different story that was found to be false on many points. She was found dead in her car from CO poisoning before they could get her to testify. Very sad story all around. Anyway, thanks for your video.

[@SNCKPCK]

really cool video!!! thanks for all the info!!

[@morrisman64]

Thanks

[@michaeljamsmithband]

Jimi was obviously the greatest and unique in so many ways, but it wasn't like Buddy Guy wasn't already doing a lot of that stuff on guitar. People talk of Jimi's many influences, but there was only one guy Jimi would show up at his gigs with a tape recorder. Buddy Guy. Same dude Clapton modeled for Cream. Jimi was just much better at it. A lot of Hendrix uniqueness owes more to his composition and arrangement. And yes, he did do many sonic innovations. So while Buddy Guy never rose the level of Hendrix, is not entirely fair to say that no one sounded like that before Jimi.

[@Nghilifa]

That´s true, Buddy Guy was and still is something else. That aggression & unpredictability that he played with, clearly inspired Hendrix to a great degree, and as you indicated, Hendrix was just better at "tapping into it" than Clapton.

[@hardrockguitar3900]

awesome video.nicely done! jimi is chief. played like a boss. took electric guitar a lot further than anyone before or since. to me,jimi is the ultimate

[@morrisman64]

Thanks

[@kevinjictvtv]

I saw Jimi in Philadelphia at Temp stadium. It was a all day concert starting 12 noon to midnight Jimi came on last OMG

[@morrisman64]

WOW cool

[@magicalthinkingcommu]

We like you a lot! Thank you for posting

[@morrisman64]

You welcome thanks for the view

[@jamesberlo4298]

You are right nobody had a style like he did, it was certainly unique, amazing for somebody that young, He played as if the Guitar was Integral with his body, you could see his mind spontaneously working through his Hands. He supposedly didnt like to Sing, there is a video of him playing Acoustic Guitar and Singing, and its great. Its such a shame , back then they were Ambulance Attendants and didnt know the basics, they harmed & killed a lot of people trying to help. Something so simple would have saved him, Imagine that! tragic.

[@morrisman64]

Indeed

[@6402680]

I think the two guitars to the left that is my profile will tell you who my favorite guitar player is. Those are my axes and I play them.

[@oldman6487]

It always makes me wonder , of course a question that we will never have an answer for, I always wonder around the time Michael Jackson came out with Thriller and if Jimi was still alive, if he would have played on that album, I mean he did have Eddie Van Halen and then later Slash

[@GaryTisdaleFungkSta1]

I always thought he played with his strings strung right handed until I saw a documentary on him and saw he had some of his guitars strung lefty along with his bass player stating he could play with the strings strung either way

[@morrisman64]

Yrs Actually Jimi could play left hand and right handed

[@charlottevirtual3dmeshdeve678]

Nice!!

[@GaryTisdaleFungkSta1]

Yeah a friend had sent me a clip of Michael, couple of years ago... Dude is wicked!!!

[@dowsemeister]

I think Ernie Isley said he recalls he was amazed at the sound Jimi could get without an amp just sittin' on the stairs jamming. I think he was staying with them for a while

[@danyeo]

He was original and unique. But, others have taken the guitar to places that Hendrix could never have imagined, and Hendrix could never have played.

[@morrisman64]

No two people play the same and that is a beautiful thing.

[@livingshadows6731]

I agree Jimi had his own unique playing style but as a guitar player myself I play a lot of Jimi licks and I reckon BB King definitely had an influence over Jimi's blues

[@Nghilifa]

Yup, I definitely hear a lot of BB´s phrasing in Jimi´s playing too. At least as far as his bluesy compositions are concerned.

[@marilynking9283]

I had no idea that JIMI had played with Steve Miller. Wow, another favourite of mine thankyou for that

[@jlsheetmetal]

Well like Carlos Santana said. Jimi,s guitar playing was like going from a 13'' TV screen to a giant cinema scope screen. And at that time nobody had heard any body play like that. Jimi was a gift from GOD No doubt. I still here chords and notes in his playing that blow me away. SG

[@allenmcdonald1878]

What gets me is the ability he had to make a guitar do and sound any way he wanted to

[@morrisman64]

Indeed Jimi was one of a kind and dearly missed

[@djangor4969]

Great commentary as always Morrisman.

[@onerainywish5556]

Great analysis and spot on. Only part I'll add to is there are opinions out there that appear to have a credible basis that would lead to the conclusion Jimi's death was not accidental but a homicide. I've read and seen facsimiles of reports, and just did a quick search to find some of those and the first google search result I found is a story called "Hendrix’s Last Condition: Death by Forced Red Wine". If you want to read that, I think it has enough material near the end that has accounts that contradict the main story that was described by Monika Dannemann and carried forward by the mainstream media about Jimi's death. There's a lot more to it, if you wanted to dig further, where you can look into Monika Dannemann's death the day before she was suppose to give a tell all interview on what happened the night of Jimi's death.

[@morrisman64]

That has never been confirmed to be fact just speculation so I will leave it as that.

[@leontaylor3572]

Morris you are a very talented man yourself brother.

[@morrisman64]

+Leon Taylor Thank you Sir

[@maidenrulz73]

Jimi's da man.....none other....great vid

[@morrisman64]

maidenrulz73 Indeed thanks

[@samuelhamilton46]

Thank you man, it's a very clear analysis :)

[@morrisman64]

I thank you Sam for the view

[@zombee38]

I read or heard that Jimi had perfect pitch...that gift will help any musician out there !...its so sad that he died so young ...he could have achieved even more than he did.

[@morrisman64]

I agree we lost legend much too soon

[@tubedude6]

Oh yeah, I remember hearing about that. Yeah, truly sad - so humble, yet (no disrespect) foolish with his health Rock on, Jimi, rock on

[@On1Philipe1Off]

Your analysis is awesome! Thank you for it :)

[@morrisman64]

You are most welcome thanks for the view

[@robbiejohnson554]

Thanks Morrisman, I really enjoyed this.

[@morrisman64]

Robbie Johnson You are most welcome Robbie

[@liam-ko5ol]

great video man much love

[@morrisman64]

Thanks.

[@RobertLane78]

Excellent recap MM. I give Prince alot of credit for dancing ,singing and playing but it's all recycled. Jimi ate his share of LSD too. It tames some opens possibilities to others. If he was alive today he'd still be killing blues riffs and funky as heck.

[@morrisman64]

You are most welcome

[@morrisman64]

Yes Jimi has played with so many now legends. Just like the beatles so many hits very hard to chose just one favorite song

[@alexhage8092]

Accurate , loved this

[@mikekorzek9056]

The Electronics came along at the right time....

[@kennethljungberg642]

You are right, thank you.

[@brianmark3088]

Very nice tribute to Jimi Hendrix. I too think Jimi was the greatest guitar player ever. I love Ernie Isley's playing and know his slow jam style in Voyage to Atlantis is inspired by Jimi Hendrex, who started that style in Angel and Little Wing. Do you like Johnny Winter? He another one of my favorites.

[@morrisman64]

Thanks indeed Johnny is great!!

[@FroopieLoopies]

GREAT video Man

[@morrisman64-22]

Thanks

[@jrvisions]

Wow accidentally came across this video and I really enjoyed your analysis. I'll definitely check out your channel and see what else you have. Awesome job!

[@mrblueroads7789]

I enjoyed this video very much.

[@morrisman64]

Thanks

[@metfan41]

Morrisman, thanks for your excellent analysis. Jimi IS the greatest rock guitarist ever, no question about it. I love Clapton too but I believe Jimi is just ahead of Clapton. I don't believe the official story of Jimi's death either, too many questions went unanswered. Have a good one!

[@morrisman64]

Your and most welcome Yes Jimi was a one of a kind musician and I agree there was more to Jim's death then told Jim Morrison also

[@morrisman64]

Indeed Jimi was a rare breed

[@stevehope6283]

What do you think about SRV? Yes he stood on Jimis' shoulders but took it to another level. Just like Led Zeppelin took old "race" music and took it to a whole another level. Check out "When the Levee breaks" a cover from a song that was done in 1938 by Topeka Joe and Memphis Minni. 🙏✌️💜😀 Hope and music!

[@morrisman64]

@@stevehope6283 I agree SRV was one of the greatest players of all time

[@mikeroe7942]

hes mixed race

[@marlintubbs6783]

Awesome video! Thanks for posting. Subbed...

[@morrisman64]

You are most welcome

[@hippiecheezburger5457]

Nice video man, interesting stuff

[@morrisman64]

Thanks

[@WhiteNacho]

I completely agree on the singing over your lead lines. It aint' easy thats fo sho.

[@morrisman64]

+Keith Miller Indeed a very difficult task to do

[@latlanticcityphil]

Amen, great video !

[@morrisman64]

Thanks

[@latlanticcityphil]

Oh yea , and Plumpdog video on Erne Islay brought me to your channel

[@colink4823]

Jimi was so far ahead of his contemporaries in style, content and technique. Clapton said he felt like giving up the guitar after he watched Jimi play Killing Floor. Its not a cliche to say that Jimi was a force of nature

[@morrisman64]

Indeed