Jimi Hendrix - Voodoo Child (REACTION)

[@joemahoney7870]

Is there a more fucking badass lyric than 'I stand up next to a mountain, and chop it down with the edge of my hand'

[@distantquasar5218]

Only Jimi could have thought of a lyric like that.

[@neilesposito5460]

Guitar is upside down but the strings are normal. He’s left handed, but an absolute innovator

[@SteveSwafford]

Billy Cox on bass, Mitch Mitchell on drums.

[@lindadilworth8259]

I saw Jimi in concert in 1969. I was 15. He played the guitar behind his back. Awesome

[@rickmeister]

Less than two months after this was recorded, Jimi was gone. So so so sad! But very grateful we can remember his music!!

[@deandavidson1375]

I saw him in Spring of '70. Got to party with Jimi, Noel and Mitch. Lost my brand new girlfriend because of that.

[@HamSandwich-xk3om]

Even more amazing is he left quite a body of work when his career was only around 3 years....

[@Chafflives]

So glad that I saw him before he did. 👍

[@thomast596]

Love you guys. Jimi played with the strings like a normal player. He just flipped the nut on a right handed guitar. Jimi was left handed. He preferred the trem and controls on top .Albert king played with the strings backwards. Check him out. It's where SRV came from. A cross between Jimi and Albert. I love Jimi ! You guys rock!!

[@GabSte1989]

Dude, the “upside down“ part had me rolling I mean there are those that play metal guitars “front side up“... To be fair

[@user-ke7bf1hi9x]

Jimi restrung his guitars so that the strings were in normal order. Check out Eric Gales, he plays with the strings upside down. He's also in the same league, playing wise, as Jimi.

[@SpaceCattttt]

Don't bother explaining it. In a later video, they're watching Stevie Ray Vaughan play this song, and again, they comment on how impressive it was that Jimi played his guitar upside down.... 🙄

[@johnfirth6541]

According to Ronnie Wood, who roomed with Jimi in London in the 60's Jimi could play left handed OR right handed. He was actually ambidextrous. Of course he was also toothodextrous, and lighterfluidandfiredextrous. So many people can do great covers of this song. What NONE of them could do though was WRITE this song, or any other Hendrix originals. Big dif.

[@garyporter1702]

Hey guys, I saw Jimi in February of 1968! I'm nearly 70 years old and have seen hundreds of concerts since then. He is still the best I've ever seen! Incidently I saw SRV 3 times! Jimi was the best!

[@cliffordschaffer5289]

Two things are going on with the audience. The first is that it was the style at the time that you would sit quietly and listen to the music. Everyone knew the music was all-time great so they needed to listen. Also, the audience was generally seriously stoned. The other thing was that you simply couldn't believe what you were seeing even while you were watching it happen. I saw Hendrix live. He could do that for two hours and make it look easy.

[@steveneardley7541]

There's also the fact that pot was still illegal. There was more paranoia about it. You got stoned before the concert, not during it. You're right about the quiet though. The basic response to this level of music was awed reverence.

[@timgrady4630]

Jimi was , and is ...unprecedented .

[@philipanderson2627]

Bass player is called Billy Cox, an old military buddy; Jimi used right-hand guitars left-handed; but strung in the normal way, i.e. as if it was a left-handed guitar. So bass strings at the top through to the thin E string on the bottom... hope this helps

[@ACR7791]

Jimi will always be in a different league

[@sylvesterbestertester1013]

Billy Cox on bass, an Airforce buddy of Jimi's, its how they met.

[@mr.goodenough3796]

Jimi will always be a unique and special artist. 🎸🔥

[@RonRezendes]

Sadly, there's no "love" button for this comment!

[@TerryVonCannon]

This Terry VonCannon. Bassist is Billy Cox who was an army buddy of Hendrix. They were in the 101st airborne division together. Guitars were restrung correctly.

[@Prone2Thrill]

Aloha - I'm on the Big Island where the lava is flowin, this was filmed on Maui for a movie called Rainbow Bridge. Jimi had to string the guitar upside down because he was a lefty and they didn't make many left handed guitars back then. Eric Clapton actually bought Jimi a true left handed strat but wasn't able to give it to him before Jimi died (murdered by wine? - watch the last 24)

[@lindakessler8768]

Aloha...I'm in Pahoa thankful Saddle Rd is safe, for now! 🌋🤙

[@claireburling8547]

I believe Jimi's murder was a true 'hit'.

[@HamSandwich-xk3om]

Jimi was the first musician to really get me to search for every live performance recorded, i even paid hundreds for bootlegs that werent widely published, alas my collection was stolen years ago, but i always marveled at how each performance of a song was different, my dad had an 8 track that had a live performance of little wing that became the version of little wing i preferred, even though my friends couldn't believe u had an 8 track player in the 2000's lol. He also had the woodstock vinyl which my favorite song of all time- villanova junction was my favorite version...

[@seangoodbody1693]

I think this song is the finest 5 minutes of rock guitar every played.

[@juliemanarin4127]

Jimi was absolutely magnificent!

[@jimmoore8951]

Bass player is Billy Cox, drummer is Mitch Mitchell and yes, this concert was in Maui, upcountry by Makawao. Jimi was a Seattle homeboy like myself, so he must have been sweating like crazy, all dressed in black, but he definitely burned up the stage with his scorching guitar that day. I can imagine Jimi welcoming SRV to heaven, saying, "Cool version of Voodoo Child, brother... now hold my beer." Btw, nice poster, guys.

[@vicprovost2561]

Yeah, Jimi, Stevie and Albert, what a jam that would be!

[@esdel1955]

I used to live right across the street from Jimi’s grave.

[@RelicOnMaui]

What I would like to hear is ROBERT JOHNSON playing VooDoo Child (Slight Return) and Jimi playing "Me And the Devil Blues" back to back RJ took it just as deep, WITHOUT an amplifier. They both had the talent to play what sounded like two guitars playing at once @@vicprovost2561

[@BadgerBJJ]

The guitar and the swag…

[@grondinolaf]

Born Johnny Allen Hendrix - name changed at 3 yrs. Jimi was extremely humble guy especially about his guitar playing abilities. Played with James Brown and Little Richard before striking out with the Jimi Hendrix Experience.

[@danielnusser8604]

The strings are restrung in the normal arrangement. Only the wood is upside down.

[@elegantirony78]

Little Wing by Jimi, amazing

[@subversivelysurreal3645]

Listen to Jimi playing ‘Hear My Train a Comin’’ on a twelve string acoustic guitar.

[@URBANELITEPR]

This is the difference between pioneers and everyone else. The number of albums and artists that would never have happened without this man is literally astronomical.

[@dcg4mn]

He is NOT only strumming up.

[@TheRenniesantiago]

If you look close what he did was he played a right handed guitar but changed the string to be correct. Albert king played the guitar upside down.

[@TheDivayenta]

His first album is a masterpiece and you can really hear the sounds he created that hypnotized us all forever. ❤Are You Experienced ❤ is the album’s name. ❤When you hear All Along the Watchtower and The Wind Cries Mary you’ll hear what a good vocalist he was.

[@rinopotamozopilotero6988]

Hendrix had the electromagnetic gods by his side, don't you guys see it? Salute to you-all

[@danicampbell402]

Great bass player too!

[@WMalven]

Jimi's guitar was reverse strung, so that he could play left handed. No, he didn't routinely "strum up," he played it normally for the most part. It did lead to his guitar sounding differently, because made the 6 string the longest and the 1 string the shortest, instead of the other way around. Bass player is Billy Cox and the drums were by Mitch Mitchell

[@mandobob]

Also, and this isn't a secret, he preferred his guitars down tuned 1/2 step. The lower tension on the strings, especially the wound strings gives the tone more bass and mid range. Part of his unique Hendrix tone.

[@mcs1113]

Exactly! And he could play a right-handed guitar right-handed, or flip it and play it left-handed too. This was from his father insisting he play a guitar “right” as was done back in the day (as Leon Hendrix related). And as Ronnie Wood noted, he could play a right-handed guitar left or right, which was “really irritating” (LOL!)

[@jameslynch5249]

Doyle Bramhall II plays lefty without restringing it. Check out ARC ANGELS

[@Mike-kv5pl]

This show was held next to an active volcano. The winds were extremely strong. Definitely not what you would call ideal weather conditions for an outside concert. Kind of makes this performance that much more impressive.

[@vicprovost2561]

Jimi was an active volcano!

[@ugaais]

My favorite Jimi jam..I was born in 1970 my uncle had the Electric Lady Land album I put it on when I was 10 was absolutely blown away…I invited a couple of friends over shortly thereafter and we spent a rainy Saturday listening to the whole double album…great memories

[@bonhzeppelin55]

Jimm6 Hendrix & The Experience! DAMN STRAIGHT!!!

[@jinov191]

Bass player is Billy Cox, Jimi's army buddy, an excellent bass player and a very kind man, I met him in 2009 after a concert, he talked to me for about 15-20 mins.

[@billwilson2025]

He was a phenomenal vocalist!

[@billwilson2025]

He was a great vocalist! He sings right through those killer riffs. I never saw anything like it. Saw him at the Winterland auditorium in San Fran 1969. GOAT!

[@olly8]

Thank you! Agree! LOVE Jimi's voice ❤ Everything he did came from beyond and was 💯% "Jimi".

[@SIXX2772]

Jimi Hendrix....GOAT!!!

[@m.ericwatson968]

Concert is from Maui, July 30 1970, reacquired live film footage and audio recordings that were discovered after being "lost" for almost 50 years, super windy that day hence the foam on the mics

[@thomast596]

If you want to see a guitar played in a strange way check out Jeff Healey. He was blind and learned to play the guitar sitting flat on his lap. Incredible rock blues guitarist!.

[@bcl5105]

Y'all should really do Jimi playing the Star Spangled Banner at Woddstock.

[@hpb5495]

Baddest electric cat of them all..

[@mikecaetano]

The Hendrix estate kept most of his studio work off KZbin for the longest time, but they relented a couple months back. Check 'em out before they're gone again. Jimi Hendrix "Fire" kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y2rQkJ2bbsaHobc Jimi Hendrix "The Wind Cries Mary" kzbin.info/www/bejne/iJfMkqhtjax_Zs0 Jimi Hendrix "Little Wing" kzbin.info/www/bejne/f3WnkKqnhcufipo Jimi Hendrix "Love Or Confusion" kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z5Occ5p-ebmajaM Jimi Hendrix "Castles Made of Sand" kzbin.info/www/bejne/Zn6mdKmPZ9R3aNk Jimi Hendrix "I Don't Live Today" kzbin.info/www/bejne/pWObZX2ffpmdbtk Jimi Hendrix "Foxey Lady" kzbin.info/www/bejne/pKnVmH9vbbp9fNE Jimi Hendrix "House Burning Down" kzbin.info/www/bejne/jHSXYYxsi9SmhZI Jimi Hendrix "Third Stone From The Sun" kzbin.info/www/bejne/kKXWZGZojpKhr8k Jimi Hendrix "Freedom" kzbin.info/www/bejne/iJOThpJ4hNGZf9U Jimi Hendrix "Red House" kzbin.info/www/bejne/bIump62CebWKZqM ...

[@keithroberts4952]

Give the drummer some!! Jimi was on fire, Billy was thundering along on bass, but mitch was flying!! Jimi's best vocalising was executed through his guitar playing!

[@827dusty]

It's JImi's song, he wrote it and recorded it way back in 1967. Jimi plays his Stratocaster upside down. SRV dresses, and does Jimi's music catalogue etc. He also said Jimi was his idol, and was the best ever. I agree Stevie Ray. Jimi changed Rock music literally overnight, in a London Pub. Don't believe me? Just ask "Eric Clapton", or Pete Townsend of The Who."

[@donkunes8630]

Together we'll watch the sunrise from the bottom of the sea , are you experienced , have you ever been experienced , well I have - Jimi

[@MinneapolisSkip]

Jimi couldn’t afford a left handed guitar, so he turned the one he had upside down. He crushed it, every time.

[@kelvendyson1508]

The bass player is Billy Cox who played with Hendrix in the Band of Gypsys 1969 and continued to play with him until his death. Regarding the guitar they weren't making lefty strats when Jimi first started before he became famous. It became his thing and he stuck with it. He's also played a Les Paul upside down. Also regarding his strumming he does alternate strumming and picking. Not just upwards. You guys are awesome!!

[@leekitchen8390]

Want to lose your minds? Check out Jimi's performance of "hey Joe" at the Monterrey pop fest,1967.

[@leekitchen8390]

Saw Jimi twice, 1971, .

[@darkomtobia]

Jimi has that Jimi sound that nobody else really has. I have a cheap Squire strat (98 Korea build) with a Jimi Hendrix Voodoo loaded pickguard. Best $200 I ever spent on a guitar. I've got cheaper and more expensive, but that one I really like.

[@redevil7081]

Saw Jimi in Memphis, TN. in early 1970. A highlight of my young life. He threw it out and you took it and carried that feel with you…forever.

[@mr.goodenough3796]

For more Jimi, try Foxey Lady live at the Miami Pop Festival 1968, serious swag all over the stage. Also Hey Joe live at the Monterey Pop Festival 67 is fire.✌

[@TheClassicQ]

Only ONE Jimi!

[@johnprice6066]

Jimi used to take right handed guitars and restring them for left hand... The bass player is an old army buddy of Jimi's named Billy Cox and the drummer is Mitch Mitchell from the original Jimi Hendrix Experience. If you want to hear something cool, check out the Band of Gypsys with Jimi, Billy Cox, and Buddy Miles from the band Electric Flag. They only played a couple of gigs, but their performance from New Year's Eve 1969/70 at the Fillmore East was recorded and preserved. It's heavy and funky all at the same time.

[@greghonshell6808]

They didn't make left handed guitars back then so he just turned it upside down and restrung it like normal.

[@deannacrownover3]

Stevie Ray's mentor, the late great Albert King, was also a left-handed player who had to play his guitar upside down. There were very few left-handed guitar players so guitars were made for right-handed people.

[@markcosenza3274]

Jimi was a great talent that left earth way too young. Heaven's got one heck of a Rock and Roll Band!

[@claytonpaul4259]

You guys gotta also do the woodstock national anthem by Jimi. One of the most important moments in rock history.❤️

[@metaphoria3]

Jimi was the first to play and popularize the Octavia octave pedal shout out Tay

[@ricobonifacio1095]

They all high af haha Tripping balls in the crowd 😂😂😂 This version is one of the best I've ever heard! Wow!

[@philipbenner]

Not the best Hendrix version but far better than anyone else!

[@robertdawson8522]

Jimi Hendrix live at Monterey Hey Joe.Thats Billy Cox on bass Jimis old Army buddy 101st Airborne Division.Mitch Mitchell on drums

[@willblood7082]

The crowd isn’t moving and dancing because they are stoned and/or tripping and are absolutely in awe of what they are hearing/watching 🔥

[@paulmoose979]

He got it done! Well said

[@patrickcain1455]

Don't you see the foam rubber around the Mic. It was windy so they improvised , that's why he was yelling not singing.

[@PhilipConte-f6u]

Guys,he had it strung for playing Left handed. Jimi was my first concert,5/4/69, Syracuse. It was amazing to see him, I was 15.

[@glennford3480]

In the beginning, Jimmy could not get a left handed guitar. So he reversed the strings. It's later that Fender made him a left handed guitar ...

[@cindiherriott3259]

They prolly didn’t move cuz we were all stoned. The music was even richer that way. 😁🤣

[@humboldtharry1289]

Wow to be high as balls on freaking Maui just melting into that would have been sweet 😊

[@metaphoria3]

All the grunge guys from Seattle like Nirvana, Alice In Chains, Soundgarden were picking where Jimi left off y’all should come visit sometime

[@CrazyBxDon]

Man! You brothers gotta listen to Jimi Plays Berkeley Purple Haze. If his playing left handed blew your mind, heh!”, then his Berkeley performance will cause you to salute him!😝

[@michaelwebster8389]

The guitar is strung like a normal guitar, it's just that he's using a right handed guitar upside down, but with the strings in the reverser order - so same order -bottom strings above, and high strings below.

[@rainerader1182]

My son is a left handed guitarist and he’s plays with the guitar upside down

[@bobgable2691]

He restrung the strings to make it left handed. Made it unique

[@ozmaile7938]

SRV has years to prefect his version with all the better tech and recording equipment and years to practice Jimi's licks Jimi was the creator and that makes this 1000x more important

[@robertlavorna2968]

well said, anyone who says srv is better just simply has not heard enough of jimi...live or studio....its all evolved through him

[@johnfirth6541]

yes absolutely. those who originated new sounds and songs in my opinion cannot be beat. covering or mimicking someone else's music, no matter how good you can do it, does not include *creating* it in the first place.

[@brewstergallery]

He definitely strung the right hand guitar like a lefty does, low strings at the top high strings on the bottom. One of things I love about watching Jimi play is that big ass thumb of his that over the neck which he used like a capo or to play chords with unique voicings. The other thing is how the same songs would mutate, be played longer or shorter, different intensities so that every concert was unique.

[@battleborn4132]

Not a lot of crowd movement cuz at that time, a lot of people are on something and usually get mesmerized when jimmy plays

[@MrDirty-if7gc]

While you gentlemen may prefer SRV's cover, keep in mind Jimi pioneered this sound. I listen to some of the most skull crushing, brutal death metal in existence, Prince's guitar solos still send chills up my spine. I ran into Prince once back in the 80's, his bodyguard didn't like surprises.

[@vicprovost2561]

I love SRV, Prince and Van Halen but after being there when he arrived, like a freaking alien from mars with god like skills with a guitar in hand and the most influence on all other guitarists who came after, gotta go with Jimi.

[@blitztim6416]

Left hand guitars were not as available. He changed the strings to the normal configuration. Eric Gale is a modern guitarist that plays the way you describe. He took his brother’s guitar and flipped it over, never changed the strings, so that’s how he learned.

[@gratuitousfootnote1183]

I love, love what you guys do on your channel, keep them coming.

[@perrynelson4254]

Billy Cox on bass

[@Frankincensedjb123]

If you're listening to this for the first time, keep in mind that coming from 2022, you may think the sound is nothing special, but back then no one was playing guitar like this. Those sounds plus being high. The people are probably sitting still in shock.

[@stevesharpe361]

no one is playing guitar like this today

[@RelicOnMaui]

You'll never hear of them. Remember Jimi was playing most of his sounds BEFORE he was "discovered", Broke-ass, bummin around, playing for peanuts. "Layin in the alleyway, maybe some rich fool will come my way" - Hendrix' 'Taking Care of No Business' (very obscure song) @@stevesharpe361

[@kevinhouse1015]

Not just the "slight return" but the original VooDoo Chile.....

[@antoniocunha8772]

hendrix=god tnks from brazil

[@petegiant]

He is playing a right handed guitar upside down but it strung regularly.

[@brentfreeland5834]

He played upside down and backwards. I do also, but I'm not even in the same universe as Jimi was.

[@jinov191]

He is not playing with the strings upside down that is just a right handed guitar strung so that a lefty can play it, however one of the Rolling Stones was Jimi's roommate for a short while and he said Jimi could switch from left handed to right handed and play equally well.

[@claireburling8547]

Nice reaction and real props to Jimi, another tragic loss in that genre, but not by his own hand to be sure. His original "Little Wing", even tho less than 3 min. was love at 1st listen (at 14)for me. IMO, he was a true Bluesman with a touch of the LSD effect, and an amazing composer, poet and very stylistic with music and dress. Man he always looked great, a tall cool drink of iced coffee! 😍 For blues, try "Red House", "Hey, Joe" and even "The Wind cries Mary". "Bold as Love", "Purple Haze", "If 6 was 9", "Angel", too many to name! I heard something regarding breakthrough electric guitar..."Jimi opened the door, and Stevie kicked it in". Peace

[@AirplayBeats]

Thank you so much!!

[@johnprice6066]

Prince did play a white guitar, but it wasn't Fender Stratocaster like Hendrix, it was a "Cloud" guitar made by Dave Rusan... The main guitar that prince used was a Honer Mad Cat Telecaster styled guitar. You can see him playing it on a lot of the early videos and in the video for "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" from the Rock and Roll HOF induction of George Harrison as a solo artist.

[@nealfriend6797]

Ernie Isley of the isley brothers also learned a few things from Jimi

[@xatsnwotom]

Underneath all of that hyperamplification and the wah-wah pedal effects, what Jimi Hendrix was literally playing there were Muddy Waters-style blues licks. If you listen to the actual notes themselves without the extensive electricity, you can clearly hear that they're the same licks as in a tune like Muddy Waters's ""Still a Fool/Two Train Blues": kzbin.info/www/bejne/rJWUeoKZmb5sga8

[@alhme50]

Well look E Here, checkin out Cuz ;) and they didn't make a ''LEFT'' handed guitar back then.... so yes he just strung the guitar correctly, but on a ''right'' handed guitar :) He lived and played with the Isley Brothers band back in the day, if you check out '' Climbing Up The Ladder'' by them you will hear the influence that he had on Ernie Isley's playing, Incredible!!! Peace, Love & Music from the HENDRIX Family to Yours ;)

[@Michael-Philip]

Jimi Hendrix and Jimmy Page are my favs.

[@metaphoria3]

He’s a vibe

[@derfzus1040]

As mentioned below, the guitar is upside down but the strings are not.....They are strung just as they are on a right handed guitar, with low E string on top, high E on bottom.

[@jefferywarburton2116]

His songs Castles Made Of Sand and Crosstown Traffic show more of his vocal capability.

[@frederickpando9444]

The definitive guitar solo is Jimi's live version at the Fillmore East. That is the one you have to hear.

[@Ktaurus26]

Jimi is the goat

[@claireburling8547]

I think he passed the proverbial Torch to SRV.

[@Ktaurus26]

@@claireburling8547 would have been nice to see Jimi live especially with the advances in tech with guitars.

[@timbaker6540]

He changed everything

[@davidantonacci9525]

You guys need to check out "Villa Nova Junction" from the Woodstock Music and Arts festival. And you might as well listen to the "Star Spangled Banner" from the same show. Woodstock, 1969.

[@stevenlineberger3333]

Watch his US debut with the Experience at Monterey Pop. 45 minutes of the most epic live performance ever in my humble opinion. Pulls all the stops