Joe Walsh Remembers Jamming Backstage With Jimi Hendrix (2012)

[@johnnyd63]

Joe is the Forest Gump of Rock 'n Roll.He was always around during historic moments.

[@DanielReyes-zu8em]

Lool.. That's hysterical.

[@totigerus]

OMG YESSSS!!!

[@vnas2012]

I love listening to these stories of rock history

[@versatilians]

Me too...I wish this clip was a bit longer. :)

[@zdrumdude]

And Howard’s the best at it

[@bikerrider4845]

Joe Walsh once said he was up & partying for two weeks straight, one night.

[@jonathanlocke6404]

One of the things that I admire most about Hendrix was that he would find something interesting that he wanted to learn about from any other musician...

[@GoldTop57]

Yes, he made sure to give the people a show, and he had iconic style, but I don’t think there was any ego with him. Just an artist who loved music, and exploring its possibilities.

[@bartrobinson2103]

Excellent point

[@maryroot2599]

He was so humble

[@joefriedman9843]

@@GoldTop57 Apparently was incredibly humble

[@lab4389]

I loved James Gang, and I loved Jimi Hendrix. Joe Walsh is what made The Eagles soar. ☮️

[@atourdeforce]

For me it was Felder, and they have been impotent ever since they got rid of him. Biggest mistake Henley and Frey made was getting rid of Felder.

[@danmelenka9521]

@@atourdeforce ya it was Felders guitar sound that made the Eagles a pile of money agreed.

[@Shel230]

@@danmelenka9521 no joe Walsh made the eagles

[@geraldfriend256]

Joe kept that impossible mess of egos together longer than they would have without him.Definately the best lineup includes Joe, but it includes all the rest of them too.

[@franram7426]

@@Shel230 Joe took a step DOWN to be an Eagle....

[@BillyCraigMusicArtist]

Joe Walsh is a fantastic guitar player. Love what he does.

[@kirkcorzine3721]

Joe is a treasure,,,, even if he doesn’t remember he is. Under appreciated

[@tdunph4250]

Under appreciated but definitely NOT underrated. He's known as one of the greats

[@MrX-jw5yw]

...and riotously funny.

[@deebop4904]

Not UNDER APPRECIATED , and NOT UNDER RATED. Fool.

[@robinho1978.]

@@deebop4904 how Mr T of you 🤣

[@zayb2023]

It’s been 51 years since his death so i just covered his song 51st anniversary as a tribute. Since then i can’t stop binging videos about him. Hendrix was the greatest.

[@doublek321]

That's a great song, too.

[@deriangueldner23]

“I’m gonna change your miiiiinddddd” so much wisdom in that song

[@TheCream14]

Joe is such a great person. Amazing talent and very humble. Take note all you young people.

[@putzengiler]

I've always heard Hendrix was a humble cat despite his "aura" and supportive of other guitar players and musicians in general..

[@elmorevandodewaard544]

True.

[@Bob-Karcher]

C'est exact, tout le contraire de James Brown qui mettait des contraventions à ses musiciens!

[@therealdoug1000]

Joe Walsh is so self-effacing and humble. A true rock legend!

[@C.Chandler_May]

Joe tells a good story.

[@scott729]

Makes me wonder how much of it he really remembers, lol. How cool tho

[@Magravated]

You gotta hear Joe Walsh talking about Keith Moon. I was in tears I was laughing so hard. Walsh tells great stories and he's freakin hilarious!

[@kylecallis77]

Joe Walsh is a national treasure

[@joewalsh6633]

Thanks for your love and support ♥️

[@Dad-fu9gt]

That is ridiculous that people got to see the James Gang, Hendrix and Sly and the Family Stone on the same night! Those were the days.

[@MrX-jw5yw]

And tickets were probably $15 or $20...

[@TheGlass50]

We get Nickleback😩

[@johngullo9420]

Imagine being a fly on the wall in that dressing room.

[@frankjuster8726]

jimi played a righthanded fender strat but strung for a lefty.

[@sixslinger9951]

yep joe is wrong

[@jacobkramer42]

Duh no shit

[@chrilirakete]

@@sixslinger9951 Yes, but maybe also no. Jimi is said to also having been able to play upside-down in a quite impressive way …

[@daveguitarnowski4402]

@@chrilirakete well, somedays you just want to borrow someone's guitar! lol

[@MrX-jw5yw]

@@sixslinger9951 No, he's not. Strat. Upside down strung for a lefty.

[@vickimu]

Joe Walsh is why I love the Eagles!

[@joewalsh6633]

Thanks for your love and support ♥️

[@daddyleogamingchannel5356]

Wouldn’t of been the 70s Howard would it? When Jimi died in 1970. RIP to the greatest 👑 27 years young. So sad.

[@timin770]

"early 70's?" it would have had to be REAL early 70's since Hendrix died Sept 1970

[@JustinCase780]

no joke.. Joe is so cool not to correct dopey Howard.

[@soofitnsexy]

STERN FUCKED THE TIME UP

[@JRAFF145]

Most likely the show was on March 26, 1968.

[@megamilyon6111]

@TheRabbit_123 Except when you are documenting historical events of interest it really helps to get the facts straight. Otherwise misinformation just keeps spreading.

[@Tsamokie]

@TheRabbit_123 If the truth hurts, let it.

[@gamache8]

Looks like the date this happened was actually November 2, 1969, at Youngstown State University, Struthers Fieldhouse.

[@birdman5939]

I lived in Youngstown in 1969 and I don't ever remember Hendrix getting any closer than Cleveland....If he would have been on the bill, I would have been there.....YSU is on the lower north side of Youngstown and Struthers is an outlying community that YSU used for concerts at the fieldhouse of Struthers High School....I've seen Alice Cooper, the Rascals and Peter,Paul and Mary and a few others there....

[@nichecartoons]

Might be this show: 6/9/1970 Mid-South Coliseum, Memphis, TN - James Gang was the opener.

[@yazidmanou9371]

@@JRAFF145 On March 26, 1968, Soft Machine was the opening on the tour band not James Gang.

[@michaelbeecher2095]

If I had one wish it would be to have Jimi alive today

[@Eve_Y]

Meeting Jimi Hendrix? Now that’s a flex! Talk about a legendary encounter!

[@johnnytimestamp8224]

I listen to In the City 5 times yesterday. Including the ABK cover. So good

[@josephmiller6216]

I love Joe Walsh n he has the best stories.

[@jeffreyhogan7298]

I play left handed but can't imagine playing backwards! Jimi will always be the greatest!! Joe's also up there!!💯🙏

[@goldsmithstudent]

Jimmy didnt play upside down!! He played left handed

[@olly8]

​@@goldsmithstudentJimi played BOTH. FACTS!!! ✌🏼

[@martinsichilima3896]

Great story here told sweetly by one of my fav guitarist 👍

[@jorgemor388]

Thank you Joe Jimi Hendrix is Goat with the Guitar

[@DanTheMailman330]

Joe Walsh, the pride of Kent State University.

[@Robert06087]

joe walsh is an American treasure...

[@kerry9125]

Joe is kinda like an absent minded professor. He struggled to finally master the lead for the Beatles' And Your Bird Can Sing, only to find out later (from a surprised Ringo) that it was obviously recorded as two separate, layered, guitar tracks. But hey, he figured out how to do it on one guitar. ...It wasn't Jimi's guitar set-up that made him hard to figure out. It was how he pushed the boundaries of his own immense talent.

[@ShinyShinyIsAlwaysBeingSerious]

A similar story with the fusion prodigy Shawn Lane, he was messing around with a program to create a layered guitar sound but when Buckethead heard the recording he thought Shawn was actually playing everything at once, and he came close to being able to play it by himself lol.

[@rblaaze]

Fascinating!!

[@MaineVid]

Straight up Class from Joe.

[@tailoredguy]

Jimi played a righty guitar, flipped over to the left side but the strings were also adjusted to accommodate standard playing style, normal, low to high. Albert King was a blues guitarist who actually played with his guitar string upside-down. I'm not sure why Joe Walsh would say that was why nobody else could sound like him(crack the code). I mean, sure, the volume and tone controls were up top and the tremolo was positioned differently than it would if the guitar was played righty. It's such an important detail about the way his guitar was strung. My opinion about why nobody could sound like Hendrix is that Hendrix channeled something that could only be described as genius.

[@Fearzero]

He could also play upside down.

[@Fearzero]

The sound of a properly strung guitar for a lefty is different because of the positioning of the pickups not changing despite the new string layout.

[@tailoredguy]

@@Fearzero I agree on both comments but definitely not the secret to his sound overall.

[@scott729]

@@Fearzero Yup. And if you play upside down it sounds even differenter .... because gravity is pulling harder ... or something like that.

[@1peanut]

@@Fearzero As per DiMarzio. single coil pickups sound the same weather they are flipped over or Not.

[@collage1959]

Yes The Guitar Being Upside Down Gave Him A Certain Sound Because The Frequency Is Reversed By The Pickups Normally Under The Deeper Strings Are Under The Lighter Strings.

[@ThinkerThunker]

Cool story. I would've asked JImi to play a few bars of "Red House" though. Hendrix's version is the top rock song ever. Followed closely behind by "Machine Gun" by Hendrix.

[@jeffwisener1378]

Let's not forget Joe Walsh gave Jimmy Page his 59 Les Paul, the same guitar Jimmy played in all those early to mid 70s concerts.

[@johnnypk1963]

It ain’t his gear, Joe. It’s what was btwn his ears that made Hendrix great.

[@kylecallis77]

I believe joe knows better than you as he is also great.

[@MrX-jw5yw]

@@kylecallis77 I'll go with Joe, on this one, as well.

[@KOGanz-yy8go]

To suggest that Hendrix sounded good because he played left handed backward guitar is absurd . Guitar players have been trying to crack the " Hendrix code " for 50 years .

[@carlhungus2521]

wow people have such low comprehension

[@joelspraitz4319]

My first concert. 1976. James Gang, Boston, Headliner Fog Hat.

[@benkeel2966]

Howard. What a great interviewer

[@jackflash5659]

"I go to parties sometimes until four It's hard to leave when you can't find the door It's tough to handle this fortune and fame Everybody's so different, I haven't changed"

[@brazenlilhussy5975]

"Some say I'm crazy but I have a good time I'm just looking for clues at the scene of the crime" been years since I heard that tune. I usta love walking with that tune in me ears I couldn't help but break into a 'strut'

[@kevindupre4014]

@@brazenlilhussy5975 - "Some say I'm crazy but I have a good time.......I'm just looking for clues at the scene of the crime". From one Rock Fan to another 👍🤘✌!

[@bf6707]

Funk#49 best album back then

[@rhllnm]

I remember those days - 3 big bands for $5.50!

[@adechio7289]

If Joe ever decides to write a book I’ll wait in line all night.

[@brazenlilhussy5975]

For him to remember it?😂

[@elmo1119]

I would wait in line all night as well! Love and look up to Joe so much!

[@elmo1119]

@@brazenlilhussy5975 ❤❤

[@kelliebrooks9094]

I love Joe he so smart

[@kelliebrooks9094]

Thanks Howard thanks Joe peace u alls

[@WS-1]

Great interview .

[@poetryinthepark5172]

Put a pause Mr. Howard, let the guest speak!

[@bobknull7502]

Youngstown Ohio was the home town of one of Jimi's favorite guitarists. Phil Keaggy.

[@erichinton5774]

Bn looking for this, thank u!!!

[@benkeel2966]

Love this stuff.

[@kabirgautam5832]

If you ever doubt joe walsh , just know that he needs to do one bend from hotel cali solo

[@danmelenka9521]

Howard does do the best interviews.

[@lancel71]

Ive always liked Joe Walsh

[@danielmurphy8201]

He played left but strung it standard. Joe must have been tripping.Low e on top.

[@mozzie888]

Excellent 👌

[@jameskohn5855]

in the photo it was a LEFT handed guitar with thickest strings on the bottom..legend had it he could play either.

[@elmo1119]

I wish this whole interview with Joe would be uploaded. Would love to see the video and see Joe talking rather than just hearing the audio on the complete interview.

[@joewalsh6633]

Thanks for your love and support ♥️

[@elmorevandodewaard544]

Great story

[@billybatchelor2863]

Jimmy said " hey Joe !whatcha doin with that guitar in your hand?" Joe says "Nothing much evidently .

[@scottnowlin1692]

My first concert was Emmy lu Harris JAMES GANG ELTON JOHN AT DOGER STATIUM 1975 OR 1976 IT BEEN AWHILE EXCELLENT SHOW😁🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲

[@meltedfro]

this sounds silly but a chunk of jimi's tone was that his pickups were backwards too,so the polarity of the magnets were opposite and that changed his tone as well

[@CP-kb1du]

Jimi Played upside down Fender Strat Lefty ....the sound ....the sound

[@johnduke4120]

Apparently Hickok45 was a roadie for Walsh at one time.

[@brittdavid8591]

Solid

[@JRAFF145]

Most likely the show was on March 26, 1968.

[@annmills3163]

☮️💜

[@joewalsh6633]

Thanks for your love and support ♥️

[@Daytripper51]

Used to pay $1. cover charge to see Joe & The Gang at JB's in Kent, Ohio....Great then as well!

[@mitch9186]

Hey Joe

[@SinisterSeeds]

Jimi died 1970. So it had to be REALLY early 70s

[@BelleTolles]

I love listening to Joe, but I don't think the only reason Hendrix blew everyone out of the water was because of being left handed. 🙄

[@halbertking2683]

Thanks Joe . What else can I say ?

[@daviclar867]

"He played a right handed guitar!" not a big deal because it was strung like a lefty guitar, lefty guitars were hard to come by. I knew a guy who played a right guitar left handed with the strings strung for a right guitar.

[@lolatu8255]

Was his name Albert King?

[@ChadieB]

... Eric Gales?

[@josephdefilippis07]

Jimi did what Paul McCartney did with his bass

[@chrave1956]

Which ‘Paul’ … !

[@TrueBagPipeRock]

Not a guitarist. One thing I am pissed about. I think it's un-American to NOT teach your kid guitar for at least ten years early on.

[@mikeabbott2396]

Don't let your anger from not being able to play the guitar make you say crazy stuff. Can you imagine every kid in America being forced to play piano? That's what your saying.. just pick up a guitar and learn to play, it's not too late.

[@ethanreed8400]

But muh freedom

[@Dwight2744]

You can still learn brother.

[@KrikZ32]

if everyone could do it there'd be nothing special about it

[@edmunddantes4757]

every great guitar player is a student.

[@christopherreed2694]

Howard is rite to study jimi

[@Chuckles6042]

I want to spend a weekend with joe walsh for a master class on guitar and music theory. In exchange, I'll let him drive my VW bug while I sit in the back and go over what he taught me

[@teamfingahs4907]

WHAT A GIG!!!!

[@redwatch.]

If Joe wants that sound he should get a left handed guitar and play it upside down.

[@TheMJ5779]

Hey joe

[@playitstrange129]

sorry Joe.. youre wrong.. he didnt play with the strings upside down.. he'd have all his righty guitars restrung for lefty...

[@joewalsh6633]

Thanks for your love and support ♥️

[@eazyridin7283]

🤘🏼

[@deangtrs]

Kent State!

[@buckchile614]

I'm surprised Jersey Joe even remembers considering the sheer bulk of chemistry experiments he was into

[@classicrockarchives7077]

I don`t think Jimi opened for Joe in 1969.

[@bartrobinson2103]

Absolutely not. At that time Hendrix was the highest paid performer in the world

[@gregbruno6266]

Joe said the James Gang opened

[@televinv8062]

James Gang toured constantly from November '69 to December '71 (!!) I saw one show, in Memphis, where they opened for Hendrix. So maybe Hendrix was in Youngstown to catch the show and was back stage? 🤷‍♂️

[@NorthSeaWisdom]

John McLaughlin put his guitar away for a year after hearing Hendrix play for the first time

[@basilrose]

Wonder why all the other players didn't just turn their guitars around too

[@leelashbrooks8780]

Joe ….. rock God!!!!!

[@Trwillis9]

Jimi restrung the strings properly from top to bottom by then lol

[@yourontheair]

so are you

[@dannyLbailey]

His Maserati does 185

[@Fearzero]

Back in the early 70s. Jimi died in '70.

[@Eyagsf]

Actually it was September 18, 1970. Exactly 51 years from the day this was posted.

[@jean-marieboucherit4518]

Exactly! Therés astupid French singer, Johnny Hallyday, who claims he was friends with Hendrix in the 70s!!!!!

[@praxis6172]

I say yesterday all the time. I could mean yesterday,two days or a decade. As you get older time fades into itself.

[@Fearzero]

@@praxis6172 No 's'. It was 1970.

[@scott729]

@@praxis6172 Exactly. Time is not imaginary, it was always there and always will be ... I cant even imagine.

[@flashy5150]

It wouldn’t have been the early ‘70’s because that was the year he died.

[@richardhill6640]

Fellow Kansan….he’s from a couple counties over.

[@TheHSIHP]

Same with Ringo.

[@paginini]

That was funny

[@ewoe21]

Joe took lessons from Duane Allman also.

[@uhhdudeuhhwhatsup]

Why would Joe attribute Jimi’s sound simply to him being left handed? It makes no difference whatsoever if you’re going by handedness. The only difference on a strat would be the fact that flipped around, the bridge pickup would give the lower strings more treble and the higher strings more bass. That has nothing to do with Jimi’s guitar wizardry.

[@chrisdaniel5004]

Hendrix in Youngstown Ohio? I could be wrong but I don’t believe Hendrix played in Youngstown.

[@tonisalic6300]

Don't expect Joe to remember dates and places so well😜

[@Dirge4july]

I’m happy Joe Walsh is on this gabbie petito case. Hill figure it out.