Jimi Hendrix Story

Biography on American guitarist, singer and songwriter; Jimi Hendrix. Although his mainstream career spanned only four years, he is widely regarded as one of the most influential electric guitarists in the history of popular music, and one of the most celebrated musicians of the 20th century.
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[@enoughcorruption5975]

Great 30 minute documentary! Watch it!!! Fuckin tragic! A beautiful soul who had no one by his side that truly cared about him! He was off the charts a talented genius! Heartbreaking!!! CJ Smith...... 8-7-22

[@curbozerboomer1773]

Too subjective.

[@mithuhoga5079]

❤

[@terrancegreenlee3348]

Ws

[@homoerectus744]

Except for Billy.

[@frederickgriffin2032]

You😢6y7

[@629GSMITH]

I'm 72 yrs old. I AM LUCKY TO HAVE SEEN JIMI TWICE IN HOUSTON TX

[@sepperD3]

I live in Houston and though I was not born until 82 my dad saw Hendrix in Houston and I have a ticket stubborn from the concert wish I could have seen it

[@jessmaidment2085]

I’m 71..When I heard his guitar the genie was out of the bottle! I was a block away from where he died and I knew something evil happened

[@stevelevi8327]

I'm 31 and I find you incredibly fortunate

[@phoenixedwards6949]

That is incredible

[@zigzagevy-be6hd]

U are lucky ! Chance of a lifetime

[@MrJoeltrain]

Not probably the best, the BEST.

[@pena.3302]

Better.!😢

[@uiu510]

Bar none!

[@Wieringa-sl1wy]

Jimi is and wil always be the the greatest of all time ❤

[@florencemiller7826]

One of the greatest, there are more

[@markr.devereux3385]

Some days I will listen to random tracks of the EXPERIENCE or Band of GYPSYS and I marvel. bittersweet this era of acid rock that is locked in a treasure chest of recordings. The crown jewel is JIMI HENDRIX ... is and always will be.

[@chessman19]

@@florencemiller7826 none like Hendrix

[@therealzilch]

I was lucky enough to hear Jimi live once, when he played at the Greek Theater at UC Berkeley. I couldn't afford a ticket, but there was lots of space in the hillls above, and we heard just fine. Thank you Jimi for expanding our music forever. cheers from cloudy Vienna, Scott

[@lightdestiny7]

Rest with higher vibrational beings. Play on Jimi...play on.

[@mahendrahazarikapublicworl53]

❤❤❤

[@suzannenickelson6768]

I'm trying to keep his greatness alive I was there .I'll need him in the next world, and won't be late.

[@curbozerboomer1773]

Tell us more!

[@davidbolen8982]

Very few like Jim. Hendrix transcended humanity, giving us all a glimpse of pure soul.

[@SashPetrov-zq6we]

Rite

[@SadxSquid]

Damn, now I'm holding back tears...

[@paulkersey1007]

I'm a huge fan. That part in the end that he was alone in the world and everyone wanted to be around him when it counted but when he needed people, no one was there. I cried and that nearly killed me. May you be at peace Jimi. 🙏 You'll forever be my guitar God.

[@RICHBLACKCOCK]

@paulkersey1007 It's not as BAD! as it's being shown. A massive RIFT! appeared.

[@paulkersey1007]

@@RICHBLACKCOCK How can you say it's not as bad? That was the man's life. How is that a massive rift?

[@RICHBLACKCOCK]

@@paulkersey1007 The reason it's not as bad is seems is b,cause, Jimi had seen this movie before &...knew the ending. You need a source? Go read any book, say, ELECTRIC GYPSYS, SCUSE ME WHILE I KISS THE SKY, SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT etc. on jh's career. His CAREER! didn't start on September 24 1966 when he got off the plane at HEATHROW AIRPORT, London. U want some HELP? (ah yes. HELP. Hendrix, Emerson, La...)

[@scarlettbattle1822]

​@@RICHBLACKCOCK m7,mm,mmm.8j ft

[@totc6196]

Energy doesn’t die it just transfers!

[@uiu510]

My favorite musician of all time!

[@robaldfunderburk1774]

The best man I ever met while stationed in Germany the baddest guitar player ever

[@vincentbuccieri9305]

Master Hendrix , to Me is a Great Guitarest , Composer , Performer, and Teacher! His Contribution to Human Music is Great and Will Live On !

[@reallyretro]

Thank you for this!

[@MoreMusicShows]

You're very welcome and thank you for your comment.

[@gliextra6097]

For us, the history of the world is divided into two distinct parts: BEFORE CHRIST/AFTER CHRIST; while the History of MUSIC can be divided rightly into BEFORE JIMI HENDRIX/AFTER JIMI HENDRIX ...JIMI IS the most INNOVATIVE and UNREACHABLE guitarist in History: I don't know if subsequent musicians would have managed to reach his SOUND in the studio with the equipment used by him in the YEARS 1966/67/68 and above all I believe that the other guitarists would not have been EVEN CREATIVE having only THREE YEARS of recording activity at their disposal as happened instead for the legendary EXPERIENCE...!!! 🎸✌💔

[@Steve_643]

It sucks he was gone before he even finished his prime. He had a lot more music in him

[@jameskosty7058]

Hendrix was right handed. He wrote with his right hand. But for whatever reason, he learned to play guitar left handed. FYI. In 1990, I had the opportunity to have a few beets with Noel Redding in Trumansburg NY. He was very nice and shared some thoughts on the Hendrix years. Although they differed in terms of finances and where the money was going, Noel expressed his missing Jimi and that he had great affection for him. Sadly, now all three members of the band are no longer with us.

[@MrThedonhead]

Like Noel Gallagher! Imagine if Hendrix had Gallaghers songwriting talent!!

[@stephenfiore9960]

…This documentary said he was “left handed”…….time 1:55

[@persephone1062]

Jimi was indeed left-handed. The reason he wrote right-handed was bc he was forced to do so in school.That was a common practice back in the day, a surviving practice from the dawn of time when ppl believed that being left-handed was sinister, wicked, of the devil.... Fortunately there are few places in this day and age that continue that misguided practice from the dark ages...

[@persephone1062]

@@stephenfiore9960 Jimi was left-handed, but was forced to learn to write w/his right hand in school, which was a common practice at that time. This was mentioned in several of his biographies.

[@JayAr709]

@@persephone1062Agreed.

[@professorx8549]

The G.O.A.T. undeniably when it comes to mastering performance utilizing the electric guitar. The dude was from another planet.

[@startrekker188]

Why isn't Linda Keith mentioned in this doc? She's the one who supported Hendrix for a whole year prior to introducing Chaz Chandler to Hendrix! She stabilized his situation and even gave Hendrix one of Keith Richard's ( they had a thing) white Fender Starts while he was on the road with the Stones! She was totally instrumental in getting Hendrix seen by Chaz Chandler at the Cafe Wha? In N.Y.C. She needs to be acknowledged! Otherwise don't bother calling this a real documentary if you're leaving out a key player in the making of who Hendrix became. 🤟🔥

[@samueldanieljr.4995]

Ji.mmi Hendrix

[@sewfantastic7257]

Okay put her on the list of people that killed Jimi Hendrick. This guy was used.this is a sad documentary.

[@startrekker188]

@sewfantastic7257 Jimi took drugs like some people take candy. Something that most ppl forget. Linda Keith helped Jimi get 2 where he ultimately wanted to and was meant to go on a professional music level and that's it. And if someone is gonna do drugs w/o caring who's around them, it's ultimately gonna catch up to them. One way or another.

[@curbozerboomer1773]

You are mistaken. She only knew Hendrix for a couple of months!--NOT a whole year! She did indeed introduce Chas to Jimi. She did not support Jimi for a whole year!...she just "supported" in the bedroom for a short time.

[@startrekker188]

@curbozerboomer1773 Bruh! U r waaay misinformed! Do more research as in read books and not just Google 4 info!

[@latoybell]

Jimi Hendrix he very wise and wisdom

[@l23918]

RIP Jimmy, hope you have some real friends up there

[@jameslomenzo1139]

I saw Billy Cox at CDwherehouse in Nashville Tennessee few years back, very humble man.

[@stephenfiore9960]

….Is it still open in 2023??. I don’t have a decent working CD player anymore with over 1,000 CD’s. Record players seemed to last longer than CD players. CD’s were great, CD players were crap

[@jameslomenzo1139]

@stephenfiore9960 no CDwherehouse closed it's door just last month, lease was going up, they had a nice selection of Lps, they were located in the River gate area just north of Nashville.

[@charlestoldon336]

Heres my comment on james marshall hendricks,me and him went to same schools,we played in the same band,played the same sports.all i got say "he was homocide.He played the blues for my mother and made my mother cry.my parents loved him.The band was the first black rock &roll band to win the title at the rotory boys club (Seattle).He was dissed by some haters(guitar players).my parner is a genius.GOD BLESS YOU JAMES❤

[@charlestoldon336]

My dad said that james is a guitar dog.Thats a complment.

[@Eddsucks]

Thanks for sharing

[@skineyemin4276]

Chas Chandler had to have known about Mike Jeffries treatment of Hendrix. Why hasn't anyone ever asked him directly about that connection? At least, I don't remember ever hearing about that connection.

[@MrThedonhead]

Why would he have known and why would he of cared? Hendrix was a grown ass man. And being treated bad by management was hardly controversial

[@crazypainter56]

mike Jeffries ripped off the Animals--Chas knew---

[@curbozerboomer1773]

@@MrThedonhead You are correct..Hendrix failed to take care of his business situation...He liked to get high, and play his music. He once said that he had no real use for money, unless it was used to further his musical career. So he was ripe for exploitation.

[@davidyoung8875]

The public and fame Killed Jimi. That's what show business does to you, the money, the fame, the constant pressure to be better than your last project. These things can derail even the strongest people. I'm glad I'm a nobody lol.

[@glennmccudden8574]

That's right . Died to young. Drugs is Not worth it. He was tired. At the End. Promoters used him. 27 to young. To die. But his music Lives on. SING ON brother play On drummer. Cheers and so I'm I.

[@krakaka8218]

Incarnated here for humankind' spiritual progress at his own sacrifice that's what made him so magnetic

[@jackiepowell7513]

He wasn't incarnated. Nor did he believe that

[@markr.devereux3385]

I agree CHECK out his vedic birth chart. It's all there. This was a highly evolved conductor of music an old soul a man of a higher calling. GREED and politics made him a marked man. The death was covered up.

[@curbozerboomer1773]

@@markr.devereux3385 Just silly speculation on your part.

[@sharonklinger912]

I'm so proud of myself I did a wonderful sketch of Jimi!

[@titus2120]

So share it!

[@sharonklinger912]

@@titus2120 as soon as I figure out how to do it

[@tomato1040]

What if Miles🎺had Jimmy🎸with him, Herbie🎹🎶 🎼Hancock on keys, Wayne Shorter on 🎷 Sax, 🎻Jacko Pastorias on Bass, & Tony Williams on Drums 🥁in a Jazzy Rock beyond the Mechanical World🌎?

[@TheSavagederek]

Genius. I wonder what he would make of todays kit . Modern effects , guitars and amps etc...

[@stephenfiore9960]

….and a Looper like Ed Sheran uses..

[@TheSavagederek]

@@stephenfiore9960 I imagine he would have loads of fun with one of them lol .

[@persephone1062]

I'm sure he would find a way to stretch them beyond their limits just as he did w/the less advanced equipment of yesteryear. He was simply just that creative and unique!

[@nathantaylor-gk5qm]

He may hear a melodic rhythm or improvisation that felt intuitive enough for Jimi's experience, his journey to create the beautiful music he has known and heard for so long. I reckon. I am music lover with zero talent. Peace through Music

[@janorhypercleats]

Yeah, and today he might be broke because people don't buy music anymore, they download it from the internet! Some of the most popular rock stars in the country are in debt! I'm glad Jimi lived when he did. He deserved to be well off financially!

[@robertschiffhauer1679]

Music is MAGIC MEDICINE🎸😍

[@jonathaneffemey944]

Thanks for posting Miles Davis rated two musicians and composers Prince and Jimi Hendrix.

[@wxsawxsa2941]

excellent video❤❤

[@OsageRiverRanger-wc5jj]

saw jimmy in a basket club on McDougal St. just saw a left hand playing upside down. Never saw that before. Never saw him again. chance meeting by live music just walking by with a gallon of Gallo red heading for the square where i later met Dylan barefoot before Freewheeling was released, next time i saw him was the last folk festival, the Beetles did a Stadium event in St. Louis, that year 1964, ended too early. we have lost a lotsince then. the end, we just did not know it. The Clancy Brothers hit the Ed Sullivan's Show. Became one of the young Clancy"s.

[@gerrywood3584]

RIP Jimi😢

[@jimwoods3742]

❤❤❤ when I think of the greatest music ever written ever recorded ever done I think about Jimi Hendrix and the sixties

[@qsmooth6453]

Great video

[@curbozerboomer1773]

Nope...speculative, and thin on content.

[@joyharmon1110]

I saw him in 1969 in Honolulu. Surprised that wasn't mentioned. He had been taking a break with friends before doing the concert. Hawaii is not usually a regular stop on a US tour.

[@jacestephenweatherall1732]

Rip Jimi little Richard Stevie Chase and Jimi’s parents

[@user-qo3nh3nk6i]

I saw a documentary that explained that he can play a right handed guitar upside down and not miss a note.

[@user-rg3rc2mt2b]

Great Guitar Star who inspired many Musicians !!! ... Willie G.

[@scottygravning7841]

The first time I heard Jimi Hendrix was out of a 1968 Oldsmobile 442 convertible it was black on black. the car was as bad as jimmy I will never forget that day and how awesome Jimi Hendrix sounded coming out of that car

[@startervisions]

Thank you!

[@MoreMusicShows]

You're very welcome, and thank you!

[@Buiral]

Great documentary

[@edgyanddontcare]

Thank you Jimi

[@barringtonsmith9147]

Colonel Tom Parker and Jeffries found themselves cash cows, with Elvis and Jimi respectively, at one point Parker had a net worth of 100 million, but gambled it all away, at his demise he only had about 1 mill, Jeffries basically worked Jimi to death and stole most of his money

[@curbozerboomer1773]

spelling lesson for you: JEFFERY.

[@waynesilverman3048]

Good documentery, I know all of this but this is in detail for 30 m.Good interview s nice isolated vocals for some songs

[@curbozerboomer1773]

I disagree...It was a jumbled mess, one of the worst docs I have seen on Hendrix.

[@waynesilverman3048]

@@curbozerboomer1773 was too short

[@SalvadorGonzalez-qz3uz]

Mejor guitarrista del mundo no hay quien lo compare mi ídolo

[@starks749]

I loved VH1 legends.

[@curbozerboomer1773]

I bet you love cheap-ass cheeseburgers, too. This doc was a mess, and inaccurate of many things...read a book or two.

[@victoriafarrington857]

Tina Hendrix!!!!! Sister, as no Other. 68 and no aussie live music venue failed Mr Hendrix. Yes, we passed with you Mr Hendrix. Keeping music's Muser, Miss Hendrix. Keep Music Living Hendrixin'. Love to Tina Hendrix who loves. vaf xo

[@paulcolman6722]

Awesome & as powerful n 'far out' as Jupiter.....!!!

[@markr.devereux3385]

Practically ushered in the acid rock AGE OF AQUARIUS. HE was a different level the creativity the mastery of guitar sounds the clothes the excitement the crazy albums and his gentle personality. The postumous records were better than the early 😊material. He was going up to who knows where. A cruel loss a casuality of the record business.

[@curbozerboomer1773]

Not really a casualty of anything, other than his inability to control his impulses...As he did sing, ..."So let me live my life, the way I want to.."......And he did just that.

[@markr.devereux3385]

@@curbozerboomer1773 not when you have business people stealing your money and your life blood.

[@laika5757]

Cheers to Joel George...Jimis greatest Fan..🎼🎶🎸

[@calioumarx4289]

Best intro ever

[@gabrieloviedosubias9759]

GLORIA JIMI !!

[@paulyeomans850]

We all have a favourite.But all the great guitarists say Hendrix was king.

[@stevetrimble7007]

Right freakin on!!

[@OutRAjious]

pretty fair and well told

[@ayiorgos]

Rock's Greatest Revolutionary by far!

[@morenofranco9235]

My Jimi.

[@elaine.cammon]

Woodstock was his greatest performance 🎸🎶 rest in peace 🕊️ 🙏

[@fredo5366]

i like playing guitar under the influence because of jimi. 27 club doesn’t sound bad

[@williampenny683]

Jimmy HENDRIX , was a man Trapped by his own Fame , just like Elvis , Micheal Jackson and several others , God Bless and ROCK ON BROTHA , GOD'S SPEED !!!!!!!!

[@WilliamMcconnell-rk6cz]

Jimi Hendrix, was and is a God of the guitar, music lover. He was to good to live in this fucked up confused evil, wicked world. He was way too creative for this world. Now he's with spirit of Gods musical love.

[@godsun798]

THE BEST🙏🏆🎇

[@CIbraimo]

Jimi Hendrix is musically the 4 elements...it will ends @ the EndOfTheWorld

[@pierrelacoste6621]

YEAH YEAH, I WAS REMEMBER 😅😅😅😃😃😂😂✌✌✌👍👍👍👌👌👌🏆

[@user-fe7mu9cc9r]

Saw Jimi with Billy Cox, Buddy Miles as the Band of Gypsy's Tremendous group as an offshoot of the Experience.

[@edwardlewandowski5473]

Jimi✋🌹🕊wieczna pamięć🌃😯!?💓(Polska/Poland🙏⚓)

[@MrThedonhead]

Brilliant channel!!

[@thebenefactor6744]

His middle name was Marshall. Yeah, no kidding. Crank it!

[@JayAr709]

Buddy, Richie, Janis, Cass, Jim, and Stevie as well (-to name the obvious).

[@user-fe7mu9cc9r]

Quite a compliment coming from Paul McCartney. Jimi as I understood wasn't a good/ but rather great artist.. the Experience was just a stepping stone , moving on I miss his playing to this day. If only he was still alive today 😢

[@martinavila6821]

Hey ,Jimi.

[@tomato1040]

Get up♂️, get down♀️, Jimmy 🎸 wasn't fooling ❣️around!

[@markcook3570]

One Rainy Wish..Nuff said...

[@markr.devereux3385]

Rainy day dream away a advanced lesson in how to use a wah wah pedal. Incredible series of solos that feel like he's channeling it from a higher source.

[@curbozerboomer1773]

Yes!...A great "sound painting", from deep within his awesome musical brain!...This cut has also been presented on KZbin as being a slowed-down version--and it sounds even more amazing, listening to his creative licks and good lyrics. Hard to even imagine how he managed to come up with this intensely beautiful work of Art.

[@flylippfantom8425]

It must have been intimidating to be one of the only black man to play rock, jammin out. Love ya Jimi

[@youngkeys]

Listen, we’re not going to follow you on, meaning you aren’t gonna kill us..

[@davidgiles913]

He's smoking a joint on stage!

[@sudsysutherland359]

Neil Young said in this video that nobody comes close to his talent & i’ve heard Lemmy Kilmister say in a few interviews as well that nobody comes remotely close to Jimi Hendrix + Lemmy toured with Hendrix as a roadie.

[@user-il4jc5yd6c]

Not many people knew this with Jimi Hendrix first of all one of his hands was bigger than the other and when Jimi was young around the age of 9 years even before he had his hands to a guitar he worked in a grocery store just to earn some money or keep he use to use a broom handle when sweeping up in the grocery store and that's how he learnt to play the guitar so there's some facts about Jimi Hendrix ok.😊

[@MrThedonhead]

When you see all these deaths in rock n roll its amazing the Beatles who had more pressure then anyone all survived nd the two dead now were tsken out by mad men! I think tgere working class roots, hamburg amd McCartney kept them strong and focused

[@user-yishtabachshmo]

I think George died of cancer

[@curbozerboomer1773]

@@user-yishtabachshmo But the cancer was likely brought on by the stabbing he suffered from that crazy dude. His long was perforated....also, he was a heavy smoker, so having a torn up lung was a double-whammy.

[@ethimself5064]

👍👍

[@MoreMusicShows]

Thank you

[@paulkersey1007]

@@MoreMusicShows I have been looking for this for nearly 15 years. Thank you thank you thank you

[@TheSubpremeState]

If Hollywood was music. Connections and marketing. Phil lynnot and thin lizzy released 14 albums and he didn't get picked by fog beldof for live aids

[@barbarapineda9062]

I was a teenager, ages 1972s 17 yrs old, that's when former Jiminy hendrix, had died the sames yrs, Jim Morrison, former , artisited has died sames yrs, Jimi hendrix, the ages 30 yrs, old both was a younger artisited, then happy birthdays both former singers, 81 aging singers,

[@curbozerboomer1773]

Time for your meds.

[@jeffreyedwards767]

°•°•°•☆ 🦋 Hendrix 🦋 ☆ °•°•°•

[@barbarapineda9062]

Mr.jimi hendrix, died yrs, 1970s 27 yrs old, that's too bad,

[@We_Seek_Truth]

Jimi did not play the guitar upside-down. Maybe the BODY would be upside-down but the strings were always correct: bass strings on the top, treble strings on the bottom.

[@mrtyronehooper6525]

The GOAT of the GUITAR . JIMI Baddest MOTHERFUCKER to ever Play the Guitar . Could make a Guitar TALK !

[@christopherberryhill3802]

That's weird. My grandma was cool too. 😎🎵

[@simongough802]

Why do the once in a generation geniuses always die young

[@mikec6733]

7:40 Tony Clifton

[@javamanV3]

This was a highly edited history of Jimmy. Many items of note were simply glossed over. Look at some Belly Button Window docs to see a more complete and accurate history. Also: The SUSPICIOUS DEATH Of Jimi Hendrix Foul Play Murder on you tube

[@Dumizi]

When you kill a shooting star.......you crash to the ground

[@evanmajewski9515]

How does this documentary not mention Michael Jeffery once?

[@curbozerboomer1773]

It did!

[@beyondu9048]

Why would you edit his voice........... the short sound bites of him singing is tampered with.

[@MoreMusicShows]

The reason for this is because KZbin's copyright algorhythms instantly block any hint of Jimi's music, just like it does with many artists such as the Eagles. That's why you don't see many videos of these two artists here on KZbin, unless of course it's authorized by their record companies. So technically speaking, for this video to be seen on YT, the portions with dialog that had music playing in the background, needed to be processed through software muting the music but keeping his voice and any dialog intact. And I had to do this multiple times until it would eventually "unblocked" the video. So there's no choice in the matter, it's either hear it like this, or not hear it at all. I figure Jimi's story is important enough to get it out there, one way or another. I'm sorry you didn't like it, but thank you for your inquiring comment none the less.

[@laarbimadahi3512]

✌✌✌✌✌✌

[@benwright6330]

..it's too bad Jimi couldn't've found some kind of way in his busy hectic life, to somehow buy his way out of his messy contracts and get away from those people taking advantage of him, ..sucking his energies, ..and get with in the Beatles producer, George Martin at Abbey Road Studios, to get into a more structured discipline with his Art and Ideas.🦋

[@MrThedonhead]

George Martin produced lots of bands but the Beatles were the only success as back then they just captured the sound and help create the sound the bands wanted behind glass some even worse white coats! The Beatles told what sounds they wanted and he recorded it unlike now where producers have there own sound

[@curbozerboomer1773]

Jimi was the antithesis of "structured discipline!..He lived on his creative powers, but was very impulsive.

[@curbozerboomer1773]

I notice, that you consistently make the best points, and no one argues with you!...Way to go!

[@davidhan635]

He got his first electric guitar at the age of 15, not 13 like said in this docu

[@curbozerboomer1773]

Correct...but he did have a beat up acoustic for awhile in his early teens.

[@startervisions]

9:20 David Bowie

[@startervisions]

@@DrumAndDrumber 9:22

[@kaspafischer]

that's Brian Jones... 😅

[@barbarapineda9062]

Hendrix, its'nt no mix raced

[@curbozerboomer1773]

75% black, 25% Cherokee and White...Yes, a mix for sure.

[@lonniebaines1720]

JIMI IS ..... PERIOD