Rapper FIRST time REACTION to Jimmi Hendrix Hey Joe [Live ]!! NO WAY...

[@55judylw]

Your reaction is priceless. I was laughing my ass off. I'm 69, from the age when rock and roll made the scene. We youth were hungry for it, inhaled it, ate it for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Nothing was too outrageous. Jimi gave us the raw, undeniable truth in his music. It didn't shock us. It reinforced what we were all feeling but not allowed to acknowledge up to that point. It opened up the way to play real life in music. That was, to coin a phrase, righteous, man!

[@tinakeith5822]

I was too!

[@Grumpy_Rabbit]

I'm 68, and I agree. Our parents were shocked and outraged, though.

[@HuskerGram]

71 here. I was there, too.

[@caseyhazelman2390]

Yes we did!

[@LonghopeBro-ju6jl]

The first concert I ever went to in San Francisco in 1968 when I was 16, was Jimi Hendrix at Winterland. My friends were going to shows at the Filmore all the time, but my parents were strict and wouldn't let me stay out that late. I begged them to let me go to see Hendrix and they said OK as long as I was home by midnight. I knew that the show didn't end until 2:00 AM and they were asleep when I got home anyway.

[@BalbazaktheGreat]

Behold, the God of Electric Guitar. Nobody did it quite like Jimi, he was a true pioneer and he changed rock forever.

[@SethLooks]

When Hendrix was living and playing clubs in England before he broke and became famous all the big English bands, the Stones, The Who, Beatles, everyone would come around to his shows because he was just blowing everyone’s minds.

[@nubbypk]

The story goes that Eric Clapton went to see him and stormed off saying "no one told me he was this ****ing good"

[@ZacCostilla]

@@nubbypkand Jimi loved Eric, but he trolled him too. Once in London, he broke a string and asked Eric to come up and tune his guitar, lol. But when Cream broke up, he played “Sunshine Of Your Love” at a bunch of concerts as a tribute to them.

[@paulshaw9953]

My dad saw him at a tiny venue near where I live, he got off a plane, rolled to this venue, got up, played a few and dipped.

[@rosemaryabbott1020]

@@nubbypkI love that story! I love Clapton too!

[@ernierivas5484]

When David Crosby heard Jimi for the first time, he thought, maybe I should just give up playing the guitar!

[@SdMbL1]

Jimi took guitar playing to an astronomical level that no one had ever heard or seen before.

[@davidtullis2810]

You can see where Prince got his fashion style

[@garethjamesdavies6850]

Your reaction brought tears of laughter to my eyes 😂. I'm 70 now- grew up with this. JIMI WAS ORIGINAL- everyone else were pale imitations.....

[@longshot398]

Jimi is and will all way's be the GOAT.

[@theodoreritola7641]

Jimmy Page is just as great if you listen to Stair way to Heaven live 1973 from Madison Square Garden, IS just a little bit of proff, But theres plenty more as well

[@rowenatulley852]

You can find a lot of videos where other famous guitarists say the same thing . . .

[@tylersimplot13]

eddie

[@lisae9958]

And chewing gum at the same damn time!! Artists of the 60s and 70s were off the chain and I'm here for it ALL🤗🔥

[@randyallaben9900]

We are so damn lucky. We simply had the greatest music of any era. Creative, diverse, insanely talented, phenomenal.

[@wesmiddaugh230]

all along the watchtower and this were my favorite back then great music.

[@technana3.141]

This song was written by Bob Dylan and Hendrix did an impeccable job.

[@Den-nu6pv]

Joe is a regular guy who shot his cheating wife.

[@antav9371]

Watchtower was my favorite...until I heard "Somewhere (Official Audio)" ....otherworldly guitar solos.

[@bretttodd6470]

Fun fact. The Beatles sergeant pepper was only released a few days earlier when Paul McCartney went to see Jimi live in concert. Jimi played sergeant pepper as his opening song after only a few days hearing it. Paul was jaw dropped.

[@johnsilva9139]

McCartney then recommended Jimi to the producers of the Monterey Pop Festival in1967 where this concert footage was shot. He ended his set by covering The Trogg's "Wild Thing" and burning and smashing his guitar. Check it out.

[@kgunitkeese17]

I believe it was released on a Friday. Jimi played it live that Sunday night.

[@scottmatzeder9162]

Jimi truely changed the trajectory of Rock n Roll! One of the biggest Trend setters of all time! Jimi was an incredible poet and one of the best Guitarists of all time! its a crying damn shame that he passed at such an early age! RIP Mr. James Marshall Hendrix!

[@otnoirhc]

Yes it is him and Ritchie Blackmore!

[@robinpfeiffer6088]

Really....theres so many better, but Richie is uniquely talented but when you got Randy Rhodethenthe one I think is overrated was Eric Clapten sorry folksStevie and ​@@otnoirhc

[@otnoirhc]

@@robinpfeiffer6088 Blackmore inspired Jimmi Hendrix, Hendrix heard a wild solo Blackmore did in 1963 or 1964 playing in the Outlaws, can’t really remember which year exactly. Hendrix then went on to make history and that inspired Blackmore in the late 60s and 70s.

[@kympeplau1635]

I’m 69. I’ve seen a lot of things and I’ve seen guitarists try to do something new but I’ve never seen anyone outdo Jimi Hendrix. My 42 year old son concurs. His prized possession is a framed picture of Jimi in front of an audience with his hands held up. It’s priceless.

[@michaelavery6390]

A blues guitarist called T Bone Walker use to play the guitar behind his neck and with his teeth. He was born between May 28th 1910 and March 16th 1975. Jimi Hendrix was very much influenced by his style of playing.

[@peterjack840]

"Hey Joe" was a modern blues song written in the style of many old American and British "murder ballads", which are songs written around a gruesome subject. There were Apalachian folk songs about murder ("Little Sadie"), many country songs about murder ("Folsom Prison Blues" by Johnny Cash "I shot a man in Reno, just to watch him die"), some modern country pop songs ("Goodbye Earl" by the Dixie Chicks), all the way back to old English folk song murder ballads ("The Two Sisters", "Lord Randall") and of course American blues songs ("Stagger Lee").

[@TheBestPill-no2xp]

Hats off, bro!

[@drummerseb]

We can see where Prince took some of his imagery and stage moves with the guitar

[@NBizn]

You should look up what Lemmy from Motörhead said about Prince, it’s pretty funny. Lemmy was a little biased having been a roadie for Hendrix.

[@Cchan53]

Prince definately tried to emulated the 60's way of dress with some "glam rock" shit thrown in...

[@flexygoo1295]

He set that shit on fire too

[@mumbles215]

Literally (I hate to use that word but it’s appropriate here as what you said can be taken figuratively lol)

[@rosemaryabbott1020]

Welcome to the blues! Listen to the old timers like Elmore James, Howling Wolf, Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters etc. You’ll find violent death in a lot of blues music of old. Even SRV did some mean blues. You Better Leave My Little Girl Alone is worth listening to. Boot Hill is killer!

[@Emilie-one]

Jimmie Hendrix was the GOAT. He was incredible ❤

[@bobdelp2023]

SO YEAH ROBERT THIS WAS BACK IN ( 67 ) AT THE MONTERY POP FESTIVAL😊, TOTALLY INSANE, ALMOST 60 YEARS AGO NOW! 😮I LUVVVVVV WATCHING PEOPLE 1ST REACTION TO THIS CLIP! 💯👍

[@KoreyVerga]

It’s a Billy Roberts song but it was developed from Niela Horn Miller's song "Baby Don't Go to Town."

[@KennyRansom-l5k]

The Guitar on Fire thing was at the end of the show from this video . This is Jimi at the Monterey Music Festival and for his last song he played a cover of "Wild Thing" and at songs end he takes out a small can of lighter fluid , put it on the guitar & then ignited it in "sacrifice" to the rock gods . 🙂

[@kathleenorr9237]

He was just unbelievably talented

[@technana3.141]

Jimmy was so remarkable. His " Experienced";album was on my record player throughout my teenage years and far beyond. I'm a 67 yr old songwriter. So many of the artists during this time were stellar and Jimmy was one of the ones at the top.

[@malcolmripley6227]

Not only played left handed but the guitar was strung right handed.WOW

[@Friend_Of_The_Muse]

Hmmm. Jimi played left handed but restrung the guitar normally. I'm not sure if thats what you meant since many think he played the strings upside down. He didnt.

[@terri8988]

I love Jimmy this was at Woodstock..Did you hear was in the Army during the Vietnam War.

[@TheDivayenta]

No this was at Monterey. This is a clip from “ Monterey Pop”. ❤

[@kkjhn41]

He was in the Army in 1961, this was before US boots on the ground involvement. The only US military presence was as "advisors" in '61 while Kennedy was President. It wasn't until Johnson was President after JFKs assassination and the Gulf of Tonkin incident that US soldiers were sent to fight in Vietnam. Hendrix only served a year before being released with an honorable discharge and had been out for 3 years by the time the war began.

[@warpspasm6652]

I heard a story that jimì hendrix signed to his label because the a&r guy said he could introduce jimi to eric clapton, which jimi wanted. Later on jimi waa invited onstage to perform with the band cream, eric claptons band, and jimi came out and played his heart out. Eric clapton walked off the stage during this performance and stood at the wings smoking a cigarette and a stage hand asked if he was ok and erics response was something along the lines of 'he is possessed by a guiter god'. Later eric clapton thought 'if a left handed guitarist can play that well with a right handed guitar just imagine what he could do with a left handed guitar'. So eric bought a left handed guitar to give to jimi and took it to his next show. Unfortunately eric didn't get to see jimi after the show and woke up to the news that jimi had passed.

[@ZacCostilla]

Too much time between their first meeting in London in ‘66 before Hendrix became a star and when he died in late ‘70 for this story to be accurate. I have read Clapton saying he freaked out that first time he saw him. Cream broke up in ‘68 and released their final album later in ‘69.

[@claytonpaul4259]

Jimi was signed by his manager and they then negotiated distribution with wb. His manager was chas chandler, bassist of the animals, who had been invited by Linda Keith (Keith Richard's girlfriend) to see him play. She had invited several other high profile managers and producers and they all passed on Jimi. Chas was looking for an act to specifically do a cover of hey Joe, and lo and behold, when he walked into the club Linda took him, there was Jimi playing Hey Joe. Chas was amazed and Jimi agreed to go to England with Chas as his manager with the condition of being able to meet Eric Clapton. Chas was one of the boys so it was easily arranged. Jimi the proceeded to kill God as you told it. Such an epic story. Linda had given him one of Keith Richard's guitars (all white strat with rosewood fretboard) that he aptly named Linda, that he used until it was stolen a couple years later. That's when he got the maple necks around 68 I believe.

[@claytonpaul4259]

​@ZacCostilla both of those stories definitely happened. What am I missing? There are clips of Clapton talking about the thing with the left handed strat, cream was going strong in 66 when Jimi came over.

[@claytonpaul4259]

Clapton's words were actually to chas: "you didn't tell me he was that f-ing good!?"

[@claytonpaul4259]

It wasn't a show but a club they both happened to be at in London that night. When he had the lefty strat but never got to give it to him.

[@tjtampa214]

The one & only ... you got that right. I have seen footage where he sets the guitar on fire. Talented but sad situation, so sorry he had to go so early - like so many. I like the opening riffs and lyrics but then it's just wild. But love the tone of his voice and the opening start. Thx and hv a great day.

[@kerrystoltz3146]

Jimmi was a master of his craft and one of the top guitarist of all time

[@sylv772]

He was brilliant and is still my favourite.

[@abattle4101]

Georg Handel, the 18thC German composer and Hendrix in the 60's lived in the same house at 63 Brook St, W1, London. It is now a museum for both of these composers/musicians.

[@paulshaw9953]

Have you been? It's a weird place to be able to walk through, great experience just a little trippy... my nephew was allowed to play guitar in his bedroom too

[@abattle4101]

@@paulshaw9953 Yes, I visited before the museum included Hendrix. There was a lunchtime free classical concert being performed that day.

[@paulshaw9953]

@abattle4101 oh amazing, they have a little studio there these days and do guitar clinics/jam sessions

[@abattle4101]

@@paulshaw9953 That is so nice - I may visit again as I live in London.

[@abattle4101]

@@paulshaw9953 That's great. I may visit again as I live in London.

[@franchk8372]

Oh, I just so love this by Jimi Hendrix. Everything about how he sings, plays, performs .... other worldly cool.

[@mjbull5156]

Hard core blues song tropes in these lyrics.

[@michaelcripe395]

Leon Russell and friends 1971 “A Song for You”

[@paulocarrilho5025]

Jimmy makes me cry, at the same time makes me happy... He was an E.T. and lives in me, Forever! ❤from Portugal.

[@danib40]

He is also left handed and playing a right handed guitar upside down! Super talented. Same drugs took his life.

[@kgunitkeese17]

This correction is getting tiresome, but I’ll keep saying it if I have to. Jimi Hendrix didn’t play upside down. He shifted the guitar to the other side and restrung the guitar the standard way. Seal and Albert King are guitarists that do play upside down. Jimi didn’t.

[@hopeklemann1]

🌸 sometimes I just sigh and wish that he didn't have to leave us so soon 💔

[@brucehenderson7397]

Jimi made love to his guitar and was the 1st and even learned st peppers song in 24 hours to play to the bestles at one of his show all hail jimi 👑

[@ElaineTibbetts]

Hey Joe is a 1953 popular song written by Boudleaux Bryant. It was recorded by Carl Smith for Columbia Records on 19 May 1953 and spent eight weeks at No. 1 on the US country music chart.

[@spineynorman7378]

I was looking to see if anyone else knew this. My uncle had a copy of the original and I remember hearing it as a kid.

[@johnsilva9139]

Is that the same song though?

[@stephenpublicover8818]

Hey Black P, did you notice the lead Guitar is up-side down & the strings are Back-wards! You forgot Jeff Heally "See the Light" a lead Guitar GOD!!😃👌👍✌🤘 And proudly Canadian! RIP.

[@gregroberts8240]

the story goes that at the isle of man concert jimi was to take stage right after the Who. well the Who were THE band known for smashing their instruments at end of show, ( in part as a way to tell the audience "hey ,no more encore, we're done.) jimi had to find a way of upstaging them. so he came up w the flaming guitar idea!

[@brettg274]

Yes, and The Who were quite upset they had to follow Jimi.

[@ElGordo1959]

Isle of Wight concert

[@-R.Gray-]

That was at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967 . It's on my Hendrix at Monterey DVD. Look up Monterey Pop "Wild Thing". The story goes that they flipped a coin to see who would play last, and Hendrix lost - so after they "pulled a Who" (as the instrument smashing became known as) he had to upstage them somehow.

[@johnsilva9139]

That happened at The Monterey Pop Festival where this footage was from. Jimi lost the coin toss and had to follow The Who and so ended his set by burning and smashing his guitar.

[@kkjhn41]

That's not the story. He first set a guitar on fire during a show in a club in England. It was an idea "cooked up" by Jimi and his manager Chas Chandler as a publicity stunt to promote the song Fire. Jimi ended up burning his hand and when he raised up his guitar to smash it while on fire it went into the low ceiling of the club and caused damage that the club owner was furious about. A magazine writer that Chas had arranged to be there wrote the story up and it had the effect that they were looking for. In truth Hendrix only did the guitar burning thing one more time in a club and most famously at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967. Backstage Jimi and Pete Townsend flipped a coin to see who would go on first because neither wanted to follow the other. Pete won the toss but lost what he was looking for when Hendrix said if I have to follow you I'm pulling pff all the stops. So while The Who did their act with Pete smashing his guitar and setting off smoke bombs while Keith Moon kicked over his drum set, it was Jimi playing with his teeth, behind his head, humping his amp and setting his guitar on fire that was the big story of the festival. By the time of the Isle of Wight in 1970 Hendrix no longer set any guitars on fire, as I said he's only done it like 3 times but the legend grew from there and became exaggerated as legends do.

[@JoeSmith-ey2xp]

Jimmi, Jimmy, Stevie and Eddie are my Mt Rushmore of guitarists.

[@bobseki7051]

Hendrix played with the Isley Brothers in 1961, and with Little Richard until 1965.

[@johnsilva9139]

Also backed up Wilson Picket and many others.

[@kkjhn41]

Jimi was in the Army in 1961. He played briefly with the Isley Brothers in 1964 but wasn't happy playing their brand of smooth R&B even though they gave him some solos that highlighted his playing. Even so he lived at their mother's house for a while where the young Ernie Isley would watch him practice for hours on end. He played in Little Richards band in 1965 but again was unhappy being in the background playing music he didn't like and would often be late or a no show for gigs (something he did to a lot of bands he played in, he would just ghost them and stop showing up) which led to him being fired. Jimi was tired of wearing band uniforms and doing coordinated dance moves with the other backing players as a sideman. He ended up in the Village playing in what had been the folk clubs like the Cafe Was with his own band called Jimmy James and the Blue Flames when Linda Keith a Vouge model and Keith Richards girlfriend saw Hendrix and was so impressed and bewildered that no one had signed him up that she brought the Stones manager, Andrew Loog Oldham to see him. Oldham was unimpressed and passed on him. So then she brought Chas Chandler the former bassist for the Animals who was looking to get into management, to see him at the Cafe Way. Chas was knocked out by him and like Linda could not believe that no one hadn't snatched him up. Two weeks later Jimmy (who Chas suggested change the spelling of his name to Jimi on the plane ride to England) was in London about to be introduced to the top stars of the London music scene who could not believe how not only talented he was but how amazing he was on stage. Basically he scared the shit out of them until they found out how humble and shy he was offstage, just a nice guy who loved music.

[@Linda-y9h]

And the drummer kicked ass too! Jimi 🐐❤😊

[@michaelmaxson3131]

Jimi, as you know, plays the guitar upside down so the behind the back is even more amazing.

[@MamawT65]

Most people didn’t know what to think when they first saw and listened to Hendrix ! He was so ahead of the times he changed guitar playing forever! RIP

[@joyous-b8j]

The ORIGINAL 🐐!!!❤❤❤❤😢😢😢😢🔥🎸

[@Bekka_Noyb]

♥ seeing peeps react to this!

[@CJBW]

Iconic. In top 5 of greatest guitarists! His group was formally titled “ The Jimmi Hendrix Experience “. They cut the part where he sets his guitar on fire!! Now you see why! He was a leftie & had to modify a regular guitar for himself

[@-R.Gray-]

This was one of the cover songs that the early Experience played before they had a lot of original material. At this concert he also covered Dylan, Howlin' Wolf, B.B.King, and The Trogs ("Wild Thing").

[@ravenw.navarre9718]

Wow!!! Brought me right back to Woodstock!!! Yeah Jimi played with his teeth, and I think he was the ONLY one.. Hey Joe was one of the most popular songs Jimi had. Glad you did this one too!!! thanks, BP!!!!

[@cesarnarro6013]

T Bone Walker played the guitar with his teeth before Jimi, but T Bone probably saw another old blues guy do it first

[@velcroboy]

Jimi has been cited as a major influence on a ton of the top guitarist that followed and some of his contemporaries. Behind the head & playing with his teeth, both likely done by him 1st with many duplicating after. Marty in BTTF was emulating Chuck Berry. One of the other guys in the band makes a call, says he’s Marvin Berry calling his cousin Chuck so he can hear the guitar.

[@Darryl_Frost]

Hendrix is legend...

[@memphisrogues]

Jimi is not "A" guitar god, he is "THE" Guitar God!

[@jeremiahrose4681]

Jimi, what can you say, a master on guitar.

[@TheDivayenta]

I was at the Monterey Pop Festival here- but not for Jimi’s show-😢 1967!!!!! This is an older song he’s covering. That video was chopped in half, BP. Watch the full performance! The mouth picking is an old Blues guitarist trick. He got it from Buddy Guy.

[@kkjhn41]

He got it form a fellow bandmate named Alphonso Young in The King Kasuals, the band he and Billy Cox joined in Nashville when they got out of the Army in 1962. Jimi heard Buddy Guy on record but he never even saw him play onstage until after Jimi was already famous. Same thing with T-Bone Walker and playing behind the head. T-Bone was known for this but a lot of guys did it and it was hearing about it more than seeing it. Blues like R&B was about entertaining and having a stage act, not just standing around like a statue like the English bands who only knew these artists through records. They only met and saw people like Muddy Waters and Howling Wolf when they were old and no longer doing the kind of shows they did in clubs during their prime. Which is why Hendrix shocked them so much when they saw him, he was the real deal.

[@xXcosmic50Xx]

Hahahahahah, you reacted just like I thought. Great song !!!!!!!!!!!

[@antoniocunha8772]

hey my rookie channel this is the number one guitarhero ever.... never a guitar dress a man like this! tnks from brazil

[@buzza9563]

Dude! First time hearing Jimmi? Damn son, where you been? Jimmi's da man!

[@Mikeluvdrums]

The genius innovator , every one else steps aside ...

[@robertdupuis3300]

18 in '68 and music was fantastic. From The Beatles in '64 on, I lived all of it. The innovative music was all over the place and we had everything we needed to listen to it.

[@pjmurphy920]

Loved Jimi and still remember the horribly sad news when he died in 1971. Such a loss of a magnificent and unique talent. He was only 27, along with Janis Joplin and Jim Morrison, who also died at that age within a year and one-half of each other. "All Along the Watchtower" awesome and he wrote an anti-war song, too.

[@davesunhammer4218]

This is one that is Required Bucket List Watch. Geesh, people don't know. Jimi "arguably" openned doors that Eddie and Stevie followed through. Now, don't get me wrong, Eddie was a genius but Jimmi was there with some of it first. The only reason Jimmi gets forgotten is he didn't live long enough to leave a discography, but still should be considered Top 5

[@Mr12161969]

What’s even more insane is that he was playing a right handed guitar as a lefty. HENDRIX FOREVER!!!!!!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@rosemaryabbott1020]

Thank you so much for this!

[@laurenblainebamartistmgt]

Jimi. Genius.

[@mikeappelbaum3621]

original artist was Carl Smith. "Hey Joe!" is a 1953 popular song written by Boudleaux Bryant. It was recorded by Carl Smith for Columbia Records on 19 May 1953 and spent eight weeks at No.1

[@mikeappelbaum3621]

Actually I think I Was wrong on this, It looks like Billy Roberts was the first to record. In 1962, Billy Roberts registered "Hey Joe" for copyright in the United States. The 1953 song was a different song.

[@JeanBodie]

The man who wrote so many Of The Everly brothers hits . Legend in his own right along with his wife Felice .

[@tracyrichards6545]

I luv Jimi 💜

[@heighleybaily8037]

Legend

[@RockinMamaT]

Jimi was incredible..Purple Haze and the star spangled banner are crazy too. Please check out April Wine..Roller. Great reaction and Peace out 🙏 ☮️ ✌️

[@antav9371]

Heard "Somewhere (Official Audio)" by Jimi "?? Crazy!

[@Max_Flashheart]

Jimi is channelling something from somewhere.

[@benjaminanderson5263]

I think this was from the concert Monterey pop, same one as janis joplin that you reacted from. Need to see ottis redding from the same concert. I've been loving you.

[@randyallaben9900]

Song written by Billy Roberts in 1962. Jimi is #1.

[@mcwilliams7566]

Jimi grew up in Seattle, so did I years later. As luck would have it, my Jr High History teacher taught Jimi Hendrix and would share stories about him. What sticks out in my mind to this day is the fact that Jimi was so into guitar from an early age that he went everywhere with his. He was always playing.

[@ceceliarussell-jayne2447]

Steve Earle wrote a priceless song completing Joe’s story. The song is called Fixin’ to Die. It’s crazy and amazing.

[@LJA46]

Let's not gloss over the fact that Jimi served his country also. Man, where did he find the time to master his craft?

[@ffjsb]

He served in the 101st Airborne Div., but he wasn't particularly great as a soldier. But then again, a lot of people aren't great at being in the military, it's not for everyone.

[@KyleS.1987]

Him and his friend bassist Billy Cox both played on what was referred to as the Chitlin' Circuit in the sixties, after they got out of the army. I have to imagine that's where they really cut their teeth as musicians.

[@LonghopeBro-ju6jl]

He also played with Little Richard, but Richard didn't like someone in his backup band being more flamboyant than him.

[@georgepitts1057]

@@LonghopeBro-ju6jl Word is, when Li'l Richard fired Jimi, he said "There's room for only ONE pretty nigger in this band!"

[@SuzanneSmith-u2k]

You have just made a 69 year old happy what a performance great memories

[@airbrushaaron666]

Legend has it. When The Beatles released Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band album. They went that weekend to see Jimi Hendrix for the first time live. Jimi covered the whole Sgt. Peppers album. He learned it by ear in less than a week. Needless to say, the Beatles were shocked.

[@Bob1014ify]

You are almost correct. Jimi performed the title track from the album. And they had all been hanging out, so i'm sure he had an inside peek to the song. Nevertheless, a very cool story. The Beatles were surprised.

[@keithroberts150]

Hendrix was the greatist. Yes others player with their teeth and behind there head prior to him. we've just never heard of them. He had such an amazing stage presceance.

[@wayne3093]

He plays it upside down and back to front because he is left handed. The guy was out of this world.

[@Andrew_Pooch]

Love Jimi Hendrix

[@yvonnebruce6178]

Love this song.

[@snowblind]

About time 😀

[@joeduke8239]

Jimi Hendrix started out playing in Little Richard's band. As legend has it, one night he started playing the guitar with his teeth during the show, and after the show, Little Richard fired him, saying, "There's only room for ONE queen in THIS act!"

[@Cchan53]

Love Hendrix ,listened to him, had the album 50 yrs ago...

[@Cchan53]

More than 50 yrs ago.lol

[@HiddenSymmetry]

I saw him in concert, he was the first one I know who played with their teeth, behind the head & lit his guitar on fire as a sacrifice..

[@snezzevp]

Yngwie Malmsteen was another one of the best guitars of all time, in my mind in the top three, but he used to play with his mouth in concerts and you could barely tell the difference when he switched. He played metal, he played with orchestras, just an amazing talent.

[@hamfox9714]

Jimmi was left handed and played a right handed guitar strung backwards, one of the many many reasons that no one else can create the same sound. That and the fact that he is the goat.

[@sandradolls5682]

Jimi Hendrix 💥❤💥❤💥

[@terrybonham8336]

did you know that johnny winter covered this song and at the end he dedicated to jimmi's dad johnny played at his funeral also .at woodstock jimmi was asked "how does it feel to be the greatest guitar player ever ,he said i don't know you would have to ask johnny winter

[@shezarae8827]

"Hey Joe!" is a 1953 popular song written by Boudleaux Bryant. It was recorded by Carl Smith for Columbia Records on 19 May 1953 and spent eight weeks at No. 1

[@scott3744]

One of my favorites 👍😎

[@TerenceShortman]

When Jimi Hendrix was exploring a more rock-oriented sound in New York City in 1966 with his group Jimmy James and the Blue Flames, "Hey Joe" was one of the first songs he performed regularly. Looking for musical acts to produce, Chas Chandler, the ex-bassist for the Animals, checked out Hendrix. By chance, the first song Hendrix performed during Chandler's visit was "Hey Joe", a song Chandler was interested in promoting. As a result, Chandler decided to take Hendrix with him to England in September 1966, where he would subsequently turn the guitarist into a star.

[@michaelmaxson3131]

The establishment, at the time,(I'm old) were very much against Jimi. ABC did a segment where they played Hendrix 24/7 to a greenhouse to show that his music made the plants die. I know. Made his death a consistency theory to this day. It was a strange time.

[@-R.Gray-]

For an example of an older player who Hendrix knew of who played with his teeth, see the video of Earl Hooker (John Lee Hooker's cousin) playing "Earl's Boogie". Evidently he got that technique from T-Bone Walker, who developed many guitar tricks, such as also playing behind his head, and the "Duck Walk" that Chuck Berry became known for. In an interview Walker said that they used to busk on street corners when he was young, and guitarists would try to outdo each other with their tricks, to earn the most tips. If you Google T-Bone Walker and click "Images", you'll see a photo of him, probably from the late 40's, in a suit, playing the guitar behind his head, while doing the splits.

[@stuartpregler]

I love it! First words out of your mouth were, "BRO!!!" The song is like a car wreck, you can't look away and gotta have more. Only Jimi.

[@luthermoore2969]

James Marshall was a guitarist for Little richard for years before he moved to England and became Jimi Hendrix. James Marshall is his birth name. Known around the world as Jimi Hendrix

[@John_Chu]

The first guitarist to play guitar with his teeth was probably the legendary T-Bone Walker. You should listen to T-Bone's classic version of "Stormy Monday Blues."

[@bobsteele9581]

You beat me to it John. I was going to say T-Bone Walker did it first. Hendrix was heavily influenced by the old blues men.👍

[@MarkMay-cr6bv]

@@bobsteele9581 Indeed, most of Jimi's onstage antics -- while very cool -- were tricks he learned on the Chitlin Circuit playing with the likes of little Richard and the Isley Brothers,a dn closely waching bluesmen like T-Bone Walker.

[@satyadasgumbyji8956]

According to Jimi himself, & as can be seen on excellent Musician's Hall Of Fame "Little Known Facts About Hendrix(?)/Billy Cox" interview, he "trained" 4 years in Nashville before making it. Born in '71 in Nashville, I was only kid into Rock that even heard about it. Read a single page in a bio. I can only guess it wasn't good for his image at the time? Billy, of course was his best friend & later joined him on bass for Hendrix's Band Gypsys & re-formed Experience. An old Beatnick/Hippie i used to do traveling poetry music public access tv show with around 2000 introduced me to his friend Billy one day. I had no clue who he was. (That was Joe for ya!😅 R.I.P.) We just sat in his RV & drank a couple brews & talked about recording while Joe ran an errand. Wasn't till we were leaving that i asked Billy's last name & my jaw hit floor of VW Bus!😅 A couple weeks later I was at the grocery store & heard, "Brother Dave!". I turned around & it was my new friend Billy Fukn Cox!!!😅 I was probably only musician in last 30 yrs hadn't asked him about Jimi.😂 The station closed, of course, so only saw him after that when he'd put on free Blues shows every summer in Centennial Park. He never played Hendrix song, was a Blues show, but he always closed the show with Classic "Hey Joe" with different amazing Old School Blues singers/musicians as a nod to the fans. But that stopped when wuflu struck. Great man! Hope he's well.🙏❤️ Y'all can also see Hendrix's first tv appearance as a backup player on 1965 Night Train. It was local black tv show & was inspiration for latter cultural Phenomenon Soul Train. Rock On, my new brother! See ya. 🤘🌎❤️

[@ginnys9831]

Yes. Jimi was the first to do that. He mentored SRV.