Jimi Hendrix - Voodoo Child (REACTION)

‪@AirplayBeats‬ reacts to Jimi Hendrix Voodoo Child.
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[@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.

[@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.

[@typodhitzemann6851]

look how clear the footage is...like filmed yesterday. Sadly, Jimi only had a few months after this to live

[@SteveSwafford]

Billy Cox on bass, Mitch Mitchell on drums.

[@jvs333]

Mitch was the Jimi of drums. One of the greatest drummers of that era unmatched to this day

[@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. 👍

[@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.

[@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.

[@mr.goodenough3796]

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

[@RonRezendes]

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

[@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!

[@danielnusser8604]

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

[@neilesposito5460]

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

[@timwestcott361]

Eric Gales does play it upside down - his chords are incredible.

[@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'.

[@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

[@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

[@sylvesterbestertester1013]

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

[@ACR7791]

Jimi will always be in a different league

[@timgrady4630]

Jimi was , and is ...unprecedented .

[@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.

[@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.

[@jameslynch5249]

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

[@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...

[@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 ...

[@rinopotamozopilotero6988]

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

[@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.

[@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

[@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

[@splitimage137.]

The most original lead guitarists in rock music, to me, is Jimi Hendrix; Eddie Van Halen; and Tom Morello (Rage Against The Machine). None of these guys played like the guitarists who came before them. I think in Eddie's case, he was so different because he was self-taught.

[@BadgerBJJ]

The guitar and the swag…

[@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!

[@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".

[@elegantirony78]

Little Wing by Jimi, amazing

[@robertdawson8522]

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

[@billwilson2025]

He was a phenomenal vocalist!

[@jvs333]

Back then there were guitar players playing the guitar... Along came Jimi and played "sounds" never heard before and changed the guitar and music forever

[@subversivelysurreal3645]

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

[@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, .

[@juliemanarin4127]

Jimi was absolutely magnificent!

[@bonhzeppelin55]

Jimm6 Hendrix & The Experience! DAMN STRAIGHT!!!

[@markcosenza3274]

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

[@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.✌

[@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.

[@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."

[@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!

[@greghonshell6808]

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

[@bcl5105]

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

[@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.

[@seangoodbody1693]

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

[@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.

[@danicampbell402]

Great bass player too!

[@rainerader1182]

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

[@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 ...

[@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.

[@cindiherriott3259]

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

[@hpb5495]

Baddest electric cat of them all..

[@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!.

[@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!!

[@dcg4mn]

He is NOT only strumming up.

[@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.

[@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!😝

[@SIXX2772]

Jimi Hendrix....GOAT!!!

[@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.

[@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.

[@petegiant]

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

[@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

[@claytonpaul4259]

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

[@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!

[@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

[@gratuitousfootnote1183]

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

[@MinneapolisSkip]

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

[@kevinhouse1015]

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

[@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.

[@djl9919]

heard you boys say SRV was better and I agree but Jimi I just love the man's music. I named my son Josef cause everyday now I say "Hey Joe". Jimi is a half breed like me but my father was white, our mothers are both native. Rock on Airplay Beats

[@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 ;)

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@cliffordschaffer5289]

Jimi - Hey Joe at Monterey Pop Festival -- same show as Janis Joplin, Ball and Chain. Jimi - Star Spangled Banner at Woodstock

[@TheClassicQ]

Only ONE Jimi!

[@metaphoria3]

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

[@snakeinthegrass7443]

Hey Joe from Montery Pop will change your lives. Strap in fellas.

[@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

[@Michael-Philip]

Jimi Hendrix and Jimmy Page are my favs.

[@liveorexist3661]

This has become my absolute favorite reaction channel. Have you guys seen the video for Santana at Woodstock-Soul Sacrifice.

[@AirplayBeats]

We have not seen that. Send over a link and thank you so much for watching our channel

[@liveorexist3661]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/rnOqZ3yXiLZ2prc

[@jeffclark4870]

One thing that I find interesting is that..........there is no security to stop people from jumping on stage. My how we have fallen.

[@antoniocunha8772]

hendrix=god tnks from brazil

[@cre8tivone]

If you’re amazed at the sounds coming from Jimi’s guitar here you must listen to “Machine Gun” from the Band of Gypsys live at the Fillmore East January 1 1970; Jimi Buddy Miles on drums and Billy Cox (this bass player). It will make your jaw drop. Excellent reaction gentlemen! How’d I miss this 🤷‍♂️✌️😊

[@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!!

[@brentfreeland5834]

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

[@chriseidam7319]

I've been enjoying your reaction video tonight while my wife is working a double shift. You guys have some good insights. You have great presentation. I love the chemistry. I do think on some videos you should do a little bit of research, especially on The Beatles ones where you've attributed something George Harrison would sing or write to John Lennon and so forth. But you definitely get the groove of what the artists are doing and that's cool to watch. On this reaction, you talk about Hendrix playing left-handed. I've read up on this guy, and he could play anyway with the strings strung anyway, all with equal dexterity. In other words, he could take a regular right-handed guitar and flip it left and play it as good as Jimi Hendrix is. Then he could flip it over and play that same guitar left-handed without restringing, it as good as Jimi Hendrix is. He normally played the left-handed position of a right-handed guitar for better access to the tremelo bar, and he would string it with the heavy strings at the top and the light strings at the bottom. But again, he could take that guitar and flip it over and play it in the right-handed position with the strings upside down. He could play all four ways and he could play all the same way - all four ways. That's unique. He was dyslexic by the way, which might explain his ability to do that. He was probably also a switch-hitter/pitcher if he ever played baseball.

[@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.

[@nealfriend6797]

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

[@humboldtharry1289]

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

[@janetcarlson9960]

That's because he is a lefty playing a right hand guitar. But no matter he also plays with his tongue. THE BASE PLAYER IS BILLY COX a friend of his from the army. He was in the 101st Airborne. Watch Hey Joe. This man could probably play with him mind. The best guitarist of all TIME Born in Seattle then went to London where he blew Eric Claptons mind. ALSO in the audience Pete Townsend and PAUL MCCARTNEY. .

[@kennethkerekes3308]

SRV and a dude named Randy Hanson hung out together they both are Jimi Hendrix fans and would talk about Jimi’s playing and copy Jimi’s licks and songs. I saw Randy Hanson do a Hendrix show back in 1977 and he is still making a living today doing Jimi’s songs. Do your self a favor and check out Randy Hanson close your eyes and you would think it’s Jimi, no shit the guy is that good. He also works with the Hendrix family and completes some of Jimi’s unfinished tapes.

[@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.

[@robertkees6048]

Looks like they got every blonde teenager and toddler in all of Hawaii.

[@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.

[@metaphoria3]

He’s a vibe