John McLaughlin talks about Jimi Hendrix

[@fastnbulbouss]

Imagine lining up to buy tickets for a late night film, and behind you, Miles Davis and John McLaughlin . 😎

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[@MikeNichols50]

Well... I can remember watching a movie, and John McLaughlin was sitting behind me...perhaps not as good as having both Miles & John there....

[@frankrichards3089]

Lmao. Crazy

[@ralphadamo1857]

I lived in New York in the 1970s in Greenwich Village. It wasn't unusual to run into all sorts of celebrities there or uptown near what was known as Music Row (West 48th Street). I fondly recall going to see Tommy Bolin play with Michael Walden at The Bottom Line, a small club in the Village. I was placed at a round table in the front row. But in the row directly behind me was a table with Billy Cobham, Stanley Clark, and Lenny White, dressed casually. Of course, before the show, I had to say hello to them. Strangely, though, I noticed John McLaughlin dressed in a suit on the other side of the room against the wall. I waved to him. And outside the Electric Ladyland studio on West 8th Street, the musicians would often take their breaks, and hang out on the street together. I'd run into all sorts of well-known musicians and top studio musicians too. On Music Row uptown, the two top stores for guitarists were Manny's and Sam Ash. And I'd always run into top musicians there whenever I was shopping uptown.

[@robjones2408]

"Jimi was so gracious and sweet." That says it all. Even after nearly six decades, John can still remember how unassuming Jimi was. The man was no egotist. He left us far too early.

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[@jamesfitzgerald6636]

Jimi had a dark side as well

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[@rp6762]

Quite telling that he says nothing about Hendrix's playing as such. Which for him is probably kid's stuff...

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[@josephclark4153]

" I was sitting next to Miles watching Jimi play and Miles was just saying dam ,dam " priceless 🤣

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[@winstonsmith7652]

"One day I was at Miles' house." Now there's an opening line if ever I heard one.

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[@myroseaccount]

Difficult to top that

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[@josephclark4153]

Exactly 🤣 John has to be one the coolest cats to walk the earth .

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[@markrobinson8410]

I could listen to McLaughlin talk about music all day, shakti was my first concert back in 1977

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[@kurikokaleidoscope]

Thank you John McLaughlin for sharing this story.

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[@daveylaney6644]

I've been a fan of John's since I was 17 in '72. He's from our village in Yorkshire. Total respect.

[@BahFrancis]

Up until the early '80s, accessing Western music in India was a near impossible task. I first heard Jimi when I was about 15 in 1979 which ensued in a total devotion to him and the guitar. In the meantime, I had also read about John but never actually heard him play. So in 1982, when I got the Shakti - Natural Elements album, I ran all the way home just to hear him play. Needless to say, I never left my room for a week and thus began an extra journey of following John. So to hear John speak about Jimi, two of my gurus, is like being Experienced. Thank you John for the music and your humble candour. RIP Jimi.. And thank you for sharing this video..

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[@babkeebabkus8177]

@@jazzguitartoday his playing was brilliant on 'love devotion surrender' with santana when they were both sri chinmoy followers...this album plus santana's caravanserai are superb

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@@babkeebabkus8177 Totally agree!

[@axyshaysi]

Is he still coming to Yorkshire?

[@twowongs8266]

I followed both Jimmi and John and it never crossed my mind that one was better than the other because they both had something unique to offer the world, which I consumed like nectar from the Gods. The sadness is that Jimi was only here for such a short time whereas John's inspiration has continued for over 50 years in my life.

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[@danaveye3977]

the thing about Hendrix is that he was so off his face all the time that a lot of his live stuff is just crap. Go back and listen to the bootlegs of the era and it is just turgid

[@larrythomas7512]

Sixties were something else... We all look back to go forward ⚠️👑 BLUE'S POWER...

[@simonvanderheijden432]

Jimi..

[@altin314]

@@danaveye3977 Uh no. His live performances are incredible, as are the studio jams. Ironically, the MSG concert mentioned here was infamously a disaster, one of the worst. Someone had slipped Jimi something and they had to abandon the show after 3 songs. Wonder if John was thinking of the Fillmore East shows, which Miles attended and were sublime.

[@precbsfender]

Jimi didn't just impress his contemporaries with his talent he completely overwhelmed them..

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[@Ogma3bandcamp]

Force of nature.

[@brucekay9290]

I doubt he overwhelmed John McLaughlin, McLaughlin would smoke Hendrix. Just listen to Visions of the Emerald Beyond

[@brucekay9290]

Hendrix wouldn't be able to keep up with McGlaughlin

[@mb56436]

I never got a chance to meet or work with Jimi Hendrix as I was just a kid at the time of his death, but I was very fortunate to have been the sound man on the 1981 three guitars North American tour and I had the honor of working with John he was definitely one of the nicest and most talented people I’ve ever worked with.

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[@williamjc7195]

when you're at the top, no reason for ego. Nothing to prove to anyone...and everyone knows it! respect everywhere!

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[@MovingBlanketStudio]

Or, you should have to demonstrate that you have lived a full life, as well as being on the top of your game, which also happened to be a Twilight Zone episode, "A Game of Pool".

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[@williamjc7195]

@@MovingBlanketStudio j. klugman and j. winters quite good ;)

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@@williamjc7195 Weren't they?

[@kookamunga2458]

I admire John Mclaughlin and Jimi and have their best stuff on vinyl and man do I take care of those priceless albums .

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[@55vermeer]

...with those priceless original mixes.

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@@55vermeer Absolutely!

[@BarbarraBay]

both are by far my two favorites. both understood the underlying rhythm (horizontal) determined the scope and quality of the improvisation (vertical). John carried Jimi's torch. for me, both very different but also very much the same in spirit

[@jazzguitartoday]

@@BarbarraBay insightful...

[@johnthijm5113]

This is about 3 of my hero’s. I been following John since mid 70s. Miles Davis what can I say. The biggest musician of the last century. Jimi. Omg since the first day I heard him play in early 70s when I pick up the guitar, he scared the shit out of me. Funny thing he still scares the shit out of me. There’s no way a human being can put so much emotion into his instrument and playing. It’s just not possible but Jimi did it. I don’t know who said it, but it’s true. Jimi played beyond a man with a guitar.

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[@garymcaleer6112]

Nice testimony. My introduction to John was "Birds of Fire" back in '73. I was in 10th grade. The caliber of creativity & skill dwarfed everything I had ever listened to up until that day. It took several listenings before I memorized the changes. And to this day, it's still fresh.

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[@bluetopguitar1104]

A friend of mine turned me on to that album. We saw the Mahavishnu orchestra at constitution hall in D.C . A few months later. A great first concert. I still have birds of fire on vinyl. Outstanding

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[@garymcaleer6112]

@@bluetopguitar1104 You saw MO in DC? Me too, man. You may remember when John requested "a moment of silence," and seconds later somebody yelled out, "Time's up!" Classic moment, bro! :^)

[@MB-rv9dx]

I remember seeing John play at a jazzfest years ago when I was a junior in hs he played the first tune and after the tune you could see smoke coming from the heads of the audience and then he says ‘that was a tune called acid jazz’ 😊 later my friend and I waited around and John with gig bag on his back walked past us I ran up to him told him how great the show was and how I respected him as a guitar player. He shook my hand and said thanks …. Cool guy 😎

[@jazzguitartoday]

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[@cpg8000]

This was absolutely amazing to hear. Thank you, for putting this up. John is such a gem in all of music. Talk about unassuming and sweet- that’s John, as well as Jimi, it seems. 🖤

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[@mauricepowers8079]

I have been a John Mclaughlin fan since the early 70's when he came out with the Love, Devotion, Surrender album(which I still have that I bought new back in 73' along with the Birds of Fire album...McLaughlin I consider to be one of the best guitarists that ever lived...along with Paco De Luca, Larry Coryell Pat Matheny. Our generation was so fortunate to witness these incredible artists...

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[@batphink2655]

You forgot Al!

[@procopiojrpalacios9702]

PACO...!

[@warrendoris9669]

Dude how could you exclude Lee Ritnour in the elite crew?

[@donkeyshot8472]

"damn!" must be just about the highest praise a musician could receive from miles davis, ever.

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[@Uptown59]

While reading the comments the only thing that I could think of when Miles saw Jimi all he could say was "damn." And then I read your comment.

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[@LeGrandeOrange]

Actually, Miles' highest form of praise was to call another musician a "motherf*cker". Which I'm sure he called Jimi at some time or other...

[@donrobertson4611]

'McLaughlin on Hendrix' caught my eye - wonderful comments. Then I clicked on the Jazz Guitar Today video list & found a treasure trove of interviews.

[@elvissorna8861]

I never even met Jimi and you could just tell that the man was cool as an iceberg, judging from interviews alone, and never gave a f** what anyone thought. That is pretty much the true secret to his humility. Such people don't need to pretend, they live and breathe what they love and they love what they do.

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[@Longtack55]

"Jimi was so sweet" x2. Lovely

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[@maxo1124]

great to hear my favorite guitarist talking about my favorite guitarist! Thank You!

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[@jeffreyhogan7298]

So cool to hear John talk about the times back then!! I used to be a member of the Jimi Hendrix fan club back then theyd send posters every month or so from Seattle!!🙏❤️💯

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[@halbertking2683]

So nice to hear a Jazz great say kind things about Hendrix . Many of the local blues guys in Boston in the 80s when I played in local blues bands would just rag on Hendrix and Clapton . Thanks Mr. M.

[@tabithadebolt1708]

Probably envious and/or ignorant.

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@@tabithadebolt1708 for sure. thanks for your input as well!

[@ggh_-ts6pn]

people nowadays (especially classic rock fans) love to compare Hendrix to guys like Gilmour and Page, but I think Hendrix was in another league. He is the only rock guitar legend who got so much respect from non rock/blues crowd. Nearly all jazz greats love and respect Jimi.

[@michaelzumbaugh7290]

Doesn’t even make sense Clapton and Hendrix are two different worlds

[@jimphilidor9031]

Jimi is one of the giants. I say IS because his influence still lives on, even though physically he passed away way too soon.

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[@ClaudioQuartarone]

Absolutely fantastic. You have to love the man. The album "Thieves and Poets" really changed my musical life. I will be forever grateful to the incredible John McLaughlin.

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[@doctorauxiliary]

oh, man... I just love so much hearing these types of insights. thank you for posting this.

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[@flycorvus]

Try to imagine: Jimi Hendrix and Miles Davis, together, on a jazz record. That would've been mad. Mad.

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[@jinov191]

According to one account they were planning on doing that but then Miles asked for $50k

[@ritamarie4453]

Love Devotion and Surrender ...kinda says it all. Love both of these players..

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[@energyasylum997]

TRUELY ONE OF HE GREATEST LIVING GUITARISTS!! Woah, a real heavy hitter folks!

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[@ianbrown7089]

I agree with John when he said many of the great players were/are not pretentious. I know John feels the same about Johnny Fourie in South Africa. I were lucky to have guitar lessons with this great guy. When I wanted to pay him he said to just get him a packet if cigarettes. This a man who was resident guitarist at Ronnie Scott's in London. A Great Man.

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[@pauldabinett1308]

Thanks for that! Btw, if you've never heard 'Extrapolation' (John's album from 1969), you may well have a treat in store. One of my favourites of all time and also one of the gateways into jazz for me ...

[@danielschaeffer1294]

That Gibson Hummingbird is on the cover.

[@kekotorres3700]

Absolutely true. ‘Extrapolation’ is possibly my favorite British jazz album of all time; just incredible!

[@emblymouse]

In 69 I was 13. I heard some of this LP on a wonderful FM station and went right out and bought my copy of Extrapolation. It’s only gotten better over the years.

[@raynabozny2338]

"I never meet the man but I love him" SRV talking of Jimi Hendrix

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[@Daddy-Cool13]

In 1968-69 I lived in Piermont, NY. Through a series of coincidences my wife and I met Larry Coryell & Julie Coryell who lived 1500 ft. above us in Upper Grandview on the Hudson. John lived in Tappan, NY, in a small cottage. One afternoon Larry picked me up and drove to John's place, where he and Larry jammed for several hours. John was playing sitar. Jimi was part the subject of their conversation. Jimi spent time in around Rockland County and at Larry's. My regret is I always just missed him. But he still visits me in my studio everyday. Saw John at SUNY in New Platz and Mahavishnu at The Gaslight. Still listening!

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[@blackarrow9072]

Thank you for this. I'm John's biggest fan.

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[@ganazby]

No, I am!

[@zeusapollo8688]

We all are

[@StratsRUs]

This is beautiful.Thank you.

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[@mf5202]

You can feel he actually met, loved and misses Jimi. I've been around a few genius level guitarists and the one thing in common is that they were both nice and kind (when not drunk or drugged).

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[@ralex3697]

Great respect for this man.

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[@JGCPlayAlongs]

Such a great interview

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[@virgilrobertsjr7870]

That was a deep interview by John... 😎

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[@ybor20]

I met John McLaughlin when he was playing with Gunter Hample, just in a bar..great music and John was also an incredible friendly nice guy. Later we had a concert with him when he was already very famous...however, still that nice guy.. I never was able to work with Jimi, but I felt in love with his music when Hey Joe was played for the first time on radio London. I didn't had a television so I never knew he was doing all those tricks .. it was just the music that was so great... with John it was the opposite... it did look so easy, the way he was playing.. ... but when you try to play the same...

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[@michaelfoort2592]

To me, this is precious history....my musical world pretty well circled around Hendrix at that time. I spent hours and hours listening with all my focus to the recordings he and his bands created. I was responding to an undercurrent in the music that I now recognize as love.

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[@DelightLovesMovies]

I love John McLaughlin and his music.

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[@DelightLovesMovies]

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[@leemitchellmusic]

Saw McLaughlin, De Meola, and Paco in 1985. McLaughlin IS one of the greatest guitarists who ever lived - technically.

[@garywilliams6670]

McLaughlin IS one of the greatest guitarists who ever lived. Period.

[@mikecimerian6913]

@@Bloozguy I agree with you. I discovered this great guitar player a few months ago. Everything he plays is full of fire while extremely precise. Desperado - Lucas Imbiriba (Acoustic Guitar) - Canción del Mariachi kzbin.info/www/bejne/d6vdlGilmc9sjJY And this piece, I thought I had grown wary of listening until I found this version Classical Gas - Lucas Imbiriba (Mason Williams/Tommy Emmanuel) kzbin.info/www/bejne/a6uQi4CuYrx6fdk

[@sunoclockoneday2576]

@@Bloozguy it is almost impossible to say who the greatest is but for me Jimi is possibly #1 . I always thought about it in the sense of weather or not their style could be duplicated . Mclaughlin, Jimi , Django , Garcia , EVH and many more did something that was never done before and cannot be duplicated ,people can take inspiration from it but when they try to copy it the attempt always comes up short.

[@sirzembla4512]

@@Bloozguy Well i share your opinion , Jimi is the GOAT , Django and Robert Johnson were amazing too ....SRV was a phenomenom , Jimmy Page ,EVH , Marc Knopfler ..... Django shares the number 2 of all times with Johnson , if Robert Johnson wasn't dead so young and would have lived in the sixties , adapting to the electric guitar and maybe listened to T Bone Walker's first blues solos , he would have been extremely , extremely dangerous .....Jazz wouldn't have been a problem for him either ...

[@sirzembla4512]

@@Bloozguy Well i've seen one of your videos , don't let Tommy Emmanuel make you stop the blues lol , i guess that he was pro at the age of 6 ....! He is really impressive .... When i talked about EVH , it was mostly because Jeff Beck has said that he was really good , they've played together , i'm not a Jeff Beck fan at all , i find his blues a little bit cold and surgical , it seems that Jimi stole his vibrato compulsive use and put it to a next level : with no abuse lol ... I'm not a fan of tapping , EVH was good and it was ALMOST a real innovation , Hendrix did some interesting things while soloing on " voodoo chile blues " with his pick , i like to do that sometimes , you have to feel it , it's like a train , i don't know how to describe it ....But you're right anyway ... I'm agree with you : that innovative era is gone ....Lol i like some old rap music , Snoop Dogg with his atrocious lyrics , Tupac or of course the masterpiece "rappers delight " by Sugar hill gang , when i ear what 's the rap became today i'm really afraid , maybe it should be forbidden , it harms the brain ...!! Django was better after his accident , one year of training and he was back with less fingers and more music , go figure .... Well , thanks to SRV the blues is back , of course if i need to hear his "Texas Flood " version i will listen to him , not a clone , i don't need John Mayer to massacre "Bold as love " either , and when i read the comments about his simplified version of this jewel , i'm angry .... " Little wing " " bold as love " " somewhere " etc etc , Jimi has gone and he has let us a ton of crumbs , it's enough to inspire generations to come ..... You play the blues with your guts ,congratulations ,that's the way to play it , a blast ....

[@jeffbogue3718]

John McLaughlin and Jimi Hendrix were both class acts

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[@skiptrace1888]

John is my #1 guitar player of all time! Keep on keepin on John!!!! 😀😃😄😁👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@russellgeorge1993]

McLaughlin is on another planet compared to everyone else!

[@EternalRecursion]

As someone who was a super McLaughlin fan for years, I suggest you check out some of Pat Martino's work from the last decade. And, although VERY different in style, Joe Pass was transcendent.

[@markrobinson8410]

I have seen him twice and hes amazing.

[@MikeNichols50]

What many people don't realize is that Jimi was trying to expand his musical horizons at the end of his life... He was exploring longer & longer forms in his writing and adding to his existing improvising vocabulary of blues licks. If he would have lived longer some of the things Miles was showing him [like diminished chords] would have rubbed off...and don't forget, he was already jamming with Rahsaan Roland Kirk...an added influence, not to mention [possibly] Gil Evans. Those guys were fountains of musical knowledge & experience...

[@TheBlueskyson]

so cool. ty

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[@RodFleming-World]

Nice story. 'My Goal's Beyond' remains one of my all-time favourite albums. Just magical.

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[@PlanetRockJesus]

I THOUGHT JOHN HAD DIED! I have NO idea how I got that! When I saw this video I had to check. So glad to see he's alive and kicking!!!

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[@fords_nothere_100]

Great clip. I hope John is keeping notes - his life needs to be detailed in a real biography. He's been such a critical part of jazz/fusion for so long it would be tragic not to get all these stories down. And he's just the most unassuming man, given what he's accomplished. TY.

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[@55vermeer]

I was at the Quiet Knight in Chicago in December 1971 for the Mahavishnu Orchestra's first tour. It was almost as shocking as hearing the Beatles on Ed Sullivan or Jimi Hendrix's 'Purple Haze' for the first time.

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[@esric50]

Having had the honour of meeting John McLaughlin, he remains one of the most noble human beings, with exceptional almost super human talent- long live the great John McLaughlin

[@Goomer]

Great conversation. I heard Sly Stone also had a huge impact on Miles.

[@astolatpere11]

Nice. The interviewer let him talk.

[@stefanotornatore2632]

One of my all timw favorite! I think I just discovered a treasure!

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[@bristleconepinus2378]

nice bit of history....damn..."a silent way is my favorite album of all time.

[@fredfloyd68]

Twentieth century schizoid man ...I used to play that tune and loved it...You did some awesome tunes...Of course I did the Hendrix too...Captain Coconut,Third stone from the sun ,beginings with Jimi and Larry Lee on lead...Hey Jam On !!!!

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[@gabbleratchet1890]

*21st Century

[@beetleything1864]

I meet this guy after a concert in London - nice guy and i asked him about meeting Jimi, not even thinking he had hung with Miles !! He said that he had attended a jam in an NY party.

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[@incognito7479]

Went to a Mahavishnu concert with John during the Visions of the Emerald Beyond era. Absolutely captivating. Narada Michael Walden drumming in his early days. Never will forget. Just awesome.

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[@ranabirgahir462]

Nice 👍🏿 EXPERIENCE

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[@steerpike50]

Great vid thanks, i love listening to all the musician story's, thanks

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[@chrismoller4272]

The two greatest ever. No doubt about it

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[@waldonunez8311]

Bonito comentario de John sobre Jimmy Hendrix.....una persona simpática y dulce , además menciona a Mile Davis ...Banda of Gypsys...........desde Sudamérica gracias 🌈🌴🌄

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[@michaelmooserraelx2013]

I lived on 23rd a few doors from John, would see him on the roof of his taller building and we would wave all the time. One day while sitting in front of our building waiting for our show to evolve in sequence another night as a film I made would play a couple walk by, we exchange nods. Him, his wife and daughter come back and he introduces himself and says I think you know something about this. I was undercover in gym trunks, sipping a beer in a paper bag next to our theater observing reactions every once in awhile. He nailed it, I said Yes, I made the film and he explained how he was Ravi Shankar’s brother and this is my wife and daughter. Then he went on to explain John McLaughlinlives next door and I should go over there, that I was exactly the person he would love to know. At 25 I didn’t feel comfortable doing that, always regretted it but life had so many amazing moments living there and in that role in the group at that time and since I cannot complain.

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[@Ojb_1959]

Thanks for sharing that John.👍🏼👍🏼

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[@bobblues1158]

Great! I always wanted to hear Jimi with John Coltrane. John McLaughlin always i big favorite of mine. I´m a sax player from that generation and of course was influenced by them because Music at that time was just so open to crossover and there was a huge fanbase for it. But the same thing is happening now but we are ( my gen) not as exposed to it as when we were young. But I follow what is now as much as possible. There is so much more now!

[@willkiesel2961]

Thank you for that..."dam" ....that what people always said when they saw Jimi..."dam"

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[@flame-sky7148]

From Band of Gypsy to Lifetime to Mahavishnu. What an amazing time of musical extravaganza.

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[@gangoffour6690]

Life long fan of John's here from Boston ✌

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[@glenkepic3208]

Great bit here. JM fan since like '73, Inner... '84, hear John is playing The Keystone SF for Mahavishnu which i loved. rang a few buds..."Its a week night, too short notice...". got it. Went by myself. John, Les Paul and a combo amp (F?). Tearing it up and someone between tunes asks, "Where's the synth axe ?" John, "I think we're getting on fine now" to huge applause.

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[@traffiquest1094]

Y son nacidos el mismo año. Dos enormes guitarristas.

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[@todd3205]

The movie houses in NYC Mr. McLaughlin speaks of were probably the same places i saw Pink Flamingos, A Clockwork Orange and Magical Mystery Tour, just a few years later. But i also had the pleasure of seeing Mahavishnu in Akron, at the Rubber Bowl. The headliner was Yes, but first on stage was this little known band called The Eagles (pre Joe Walsh). Seeing and hearing the likes of John, Billy Cobham, Jerry Goodman, Rick Laird and Jan Hammer was like something wonderful from another world.

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[@rik061154]

John looks great.

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[@josephcharbonneau8740]

TY FOR THIS PRECIOUS TREASURE MAN!!! 😍🎄❤️😎

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[@JasonFerguson1283]

What a great sounding human! John I meant... but also Jimi.

[@Huffy1001]

For a while my Dad had a Flat that was below Jimi Hendrix’s Flat, he could hear ‘im often rehearsin’🎵🔥

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[@thewoodys_surf_instrumental]

Gibson Hummingbird on ‘In a Silent Way? That is some mind blowing trivia! Would be interesting to know if he used the same guitar on the ‘Jack Johnson’ album?

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[@andigisler]

I also almost can't believe it's a Hummingbird on IASW but John has confirmed this is many interviews. I love Hummingbirds but never would have guessed that's what we're hearing! Even knowing that it had a soundhole pickup which changes the sound of course - but Gabor Szabo used a similar setup and got a great sound but it DID sound like an acoustic with a pickup. The guitar on IASW sounds like flowing water - or humming water.... I always loved his acoustic sound (and playing of course) on 'My Goal's beyond' but it was only after buying an original vinyl pressing (the reissues had different artwort) that I learned it's an OVATION guitar he was playing. It should sound thin, weak and 'plastic' but it doesn't. I guess it's the player that makes the sound!

[@synthandsoftware]

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[@sethl1588]

He played a Fender Duo Sonic on Right Off. That's almost as amazing as the Hummingbird.

[@FawleyJude]

According to music writer Chip Stern, McLaughlin used a Hummingbird on the Tony Williams "Emergency" album and on his own "Extrapolation" album. He says this in the comments to this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/d6KWfXh5ZblmfNk

[@Passion535]

Half steps, and stepping outside the scales is real important !!!

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[@michaelrosenzweig3234]

Many years ago, around 1982 I was doing my doctorate in composition, on full scholarship and stipend, at Columbia University. My girlfriend used to go home to Darien, Connecticut for the weekend. I was not welcome. So I used to hang out alone. One Saturday evening I went to Washington Square Park. I found myself attached to a group of bridge and tunnel people (no offence meant) doing what I understand were "poppers" - nitrous oxide used to whip cream for patisserie use. They had two guitars with them. One was poor, the other reasonable. The long-haired member of the group was fiddling on the good guitar badly. I picked up the bad guitar and played well. The other person got bored, and put down the good guitar. I picked it up and continued playing. After a while an older guy (to me at the time) came up, tapped me on my shoulder and told me to give him the good guitar, that I should take the bad guitar, play a little rhythm, and he would play a little lead. I rebuffed this three times. He walked away in disgust. I went whoops, English accent and recognised it was McLaughlin and I was a fool

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[@motormouthalmighty]

MY GOALS BEYOND!

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[@menconimanagement]

Great!

[@MrBinnskinny]

What a fantastic memory ❤

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[@CliffordMartinOnline]

Great Stuff!

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[@johnnyninefingers3347]

Jimi's notes were just "bigger" than anyone else's. Prior to that, the person with the biggest notes had been Miles. Miles pretty well acknowledged that he had been dethroned in that specific context. Genius recognises these things. Miles' notes had eclipsed Dizzy's dazzling virtuosity by being somehow bigger, even when pianissimo, choked, half-slurred, or whatever. Miles had it. Jimi had it. John McLaughlin is a monster of a player; one of the true greats who played across genre and style and made notes his own. They are just not quite as big as Miles' notes, or Jimi's; but they are much bigger than mine, anyway.

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[@bartrobinson2103]

Absolutely wonderful thank you

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[@clarkewi]

I saw John McLaughlin in Hollywood summer '69. Tony Williams on drums and Larry Young on organ. The group was called Tony William's "Lifetime". It was a small club and very few people were there. I'll never forget that gig. Mind boggling.

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[@thomasmagee5644]

That Club was Shelly's Manne-Hole on Cahuenga Boulevard.I saw Tony's group there,too!

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[@clarkewi]

@@thomasmagee5644 That's the one. An amazing gig. I was 18 and just out of high school studying jazz drumming as I wanted to be a pro jazz drummer. Played drums in my high school jazz band and with a small jazz/blues/ rock combo. I studied for a couple years with on of the best drum teachers in LA - Chuck Flores. West Coast style. He played with Charly Parker at a gig and had a regular gig with Joe Pass and a TV gig on the Rosey Grier Show on TV. Chuck was very dialed into the local jazz scene. As part of my instruction he sent me out and see great drummers perform. One of them was Tony Williams at this gig in Hollywood you attended. But after watching Tony perform so brilliantly, I decided to become a science teacher instead and do jazz drumming as a hobby. Such was the impact this group had on me. And I am still a high school science teacher to this day. I am 70 now.

[@thomasmagee5644]

clarkewi I am the same age as you!Seeing Tony and watching him carefully was like having some lessons from him!Speaking of lessons,I studied for nearly five years with Chuck Flores.We had the same instructor!Chuck was an outstanding teacher.

[@Total1Now]

Wow John M must have been young then. Just goes to show that he must have had his chops together early - he would have been around 26 or 27 at the time he is describing. OK. . . fair enough. And hanging out with Miles Davis. Phenomenal. Mind blowing. I Love these background videos. Something you just didn't get when all we had to get access was the rock magazines etc. Love it

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[@iggy9955]

John is one of best guitar player ever, first shreder, fusion player, jazz player, acoustic guitarist Best of best Love devotion & surender with Carlos Santana is music fantasy

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[@rubenantaglez8641]

soy fan de Mclaughlin y también de Hendrix, éstas palabras ponen mucha gracia y deja a Hendrix con la imagen agradable y profesional que tenía, y no con el aura de mal rollo , chulesca y triste que se suele tener de él. Muchísimas gracias por este video de John recordándole, es increíble

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[@akimbo139]

Es muy importante lo que dices, bravo

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[@robertmueller2023]

McLaughlin & Santana ... nightly queue in 2008-16. Jimi Hendrix ... fantastically smooth phrasing and unearthly tone at times.

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[@BarbarraBay]

i love this interview. if Jimi heard John's album Apocalypse, Jimi would have also exclaimed "Damn, damn".

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[@BarbarraBay]

@@jazzguitartoday this is the interview where John talks about Coltrane and Jimi kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y4ubf4h8f558js0

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[@Emlizardo]

McLaughlin's impression of Miles' "Damn!" is dead-on.

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[@BBell777]

That's just crazy to me that was a Gibson Hummingbird being played on In A Silent Way...

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[@DuendeHr]

This man played with Miles Davis, Jimi Hendrix, Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, Paco de Lucía... Imagine his LinkedIn profile

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[@yourontheair]

1st concert John McLaughlin Jean - Luc Ponty Capital Theatre Passaic N.J. 1973

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[@BarbarraBay]

Jean - Luc Ponty was a monster with John

[@twistedspanner]

The album or recording of John and Jimi jamming together I thought was great. It's up on KZbin somewhere.

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[@mike1967sam]

I'm not a Jazz guitarist, I wish I was at least a decent Jazz guy but you gotta love Jazz musicians they really do it for the music especially in 2022.

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[@thornil2231]

I don't think I have ever heard somebody saying anything bad about Jimi.

[@bmuhamad]

Possibly, the only thing bad about Jimi, was that he would sign anything put in front of him, and that he would almost trust anyone. Monika Danniman & Mike Jeffrey.