The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Purple Haze (Live at the Atlanta Pop Festival)

[@629GSMITH]

I am 69 yrs old I saw Jimi twice in Houston. Wish you all could've been there.

[@Dylan-dz7wh]

must've been quite amazing watching him perform

[@heyitsalannaluv]

Ugh so jealous! I bet it was amazing!

[@629GSMITH]

@@heyitsalannaluv one benefit of being Old.

[@629GSMITH]

@@heyitsalannaluv one benefit of being 69 yrs old and not being in Nam.

[@heyitsalannaluv]

@@629GSMITH is shot down s documentary?! Im so jealous lol that was such an amazing time in history..my dad raised me listening to all kinds of rock from that time...I would've loved to have been able to experience it 😭lol

[@CrStrifey]

Technical skill on the guitar is one thing but this man had something every artist strives for. He just had it.

[@dustinf49]

Originality. Like yourself.

[@michaellenz9121]

Jimi did not play music it flowed from him.

[@TiggerToo27]

Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton are the only guitarists who became ONE with their instrument. Nothing compares with them.

[@Bagheera_Smoov]

⁠@@TiggerToo27damn. Only them two?

[@tonvandenhurk7760]

Technical....Already overflowed Eddy van Halen and etc.But Jimi and his music is a statement. Top.

[@its-trivia-night]

If he ain't your favorite guitarist, he's your favorite guitarist's favorite guitarists. FACT

[@JordanBlue1]

Yeah, Tim Henson.

[@oliverheimvikmalmstrom3529]

But he is my favorite!

[@rodrigocirilo5309]

Yeah, John Frusciante would ask him to adopt he. But I have to recognize, Hendrix is just a legend.

[@mrguitarman2271]

Yeah at first i do not appreciate him because of his chord E7#9 that sounds abnormal for me at the beginning and his style that is noisy. But when i became a music major and understand every musicians i already understand hendrix's style and is wild. Turned out to be one of my influences in guitar as a musician he is very important and Bach of the electric guitar.

[@MrGravito]

he 's like Keith Moon !!!

[@mackay28]

Anyone in 2024/2025 still agrees he is the best guitarist??

[@Gasoline4ever]

Srv is close. Very close

[@charlesbeal8066]

@@Gasoline4everAgreed

[@NicanTlacaWarrior1]

Yes.

[@shan5445]

If that's what they say he is I agree

[@williekelly4855]

Sure is from Ireland

[@michaeljo1099]

No one ever looked more natural with a guitar in his hands.

[@joefriedman9843]

This is so true. Like it was a part of his body. What a legend.

[@TuckFrump-r9h]

With hands that size, he could also do things with his thumb that simply aren't possible for others.

[@ioncaterinciuc1160]

Search...Buckethead

[@tomo2095]

@@TuckFrump-r9h daaamn. I realized that just now

[@TuckFrump-r9h]

@@tomo2095 Makes one modify ones own definition of "talent" if a significant component of having it has to do with what kind of body you are born with, rather than what effort you put into mastering the particular skill.

[@NicanTlacaWarrior1]

I've never seen a man more comfortable with a guitar in his hands than Jimi.

[@mrmrsmarshall9110]

Prince?

[@JacksNotOnline]

@@mrmrsmarshall9110naw jimi solos

[@kid206511]

Steve Vai

[@abstract5249]

@@kid206511 Steve Vai looks rather uncomfortable on guitar. Have you seen the faces he makes?🥴😵🤤

[@jezza10181]

He speaks guitar...

[@Stu-SB]

Im fed up with these, who are the greatest guitarist polls.. there is no competition with this guy. He was and always will be the greatest !

[@scottrussell1006]

truth

[@kiabtoomlauj6249]

Yes... it doesn't matter who you are, what era you're from, what particular musical form you're into, how you yourself are in YOUR musical form.... upon hearing and seeing this guy, like this... if your FIRST THOUGHT is not "This guy IS A MUSICAL GENIUS," then you're not serious about music. And this guys DID NOT EVEN REQUIRE MUSICAL SHEETS, which he never learned to read in the first place. It's all practice, musical instincts, and 100% memory works!

[@chris-ip4pk]

And still ranked no1 in 2024

[@liamarmentrout]

@@gsxrkz it's not just about skill. jimi changed the course of guitar playing, tina s wouldn't be doing what she's doing today if it weren't for jimi, nobody would be. it's about influence

[@mwalker3547]

Amen! Jimi was in a different galaxy.

[@Pam-y7y]

So honored to have had this person in seattle wa

[@RebelThoughts82]

People who saw him live back then don't know how lucky they are. They saw a true genius at work.

[@tonytonytony140]

i know man... we can go there with our intuitional nature now.

[@billphoria]

+RebelThoughts82 yes I do;)

[@TheSecondInitiate]

+RebelThoughts82 I'm pretty sure they eventually realized how lucky they were lol...

[@mikeisamovie]

+RebelThoughts82 i was both lucky and fortunate. i saw him twice in california; at the hollywood bowl in 68, and then at the forum in 69. everything you see on youtube is a nice reminder, but being there - no words...

[@frankirons9337]

+Edward Badalian (Initiate) I'm pretty sure there were some that some realized his skills as he played.

[@spongeboob6954]

His playing is so effortless he probably finds walking harder

[@metalmaniac1105]

Lol yea

[@disgustednatalie7029]

Way to put it😂

[@OneLittleHero]

If I was high as my man Jimmy I would find walking hard too

[@brianwyoder]

Spongeboob 69 he practiced like 6 hours a day

[@commanderthorkilj.amundsen3426]

Spongeboob 69 Sounds cool, all the more striking for his flamboyant attitude, and undisciplined nonchalance, but his fretwork is sloppy, and not anything other guitarists couldn’t do, were they high, or simply just dicking around.

[@Babaways]

Here is man that has mastered and understood the strings beyond dexterity

[@neiltobin3733]

Par excellance!

[@melwynphilips856]

Mr. Hendricks' guitar was a natural extension of his own self. What a great artist he was, a true legend in his own right.

[@varminttank]

What I love about Jimi is he doesn’t try to hit every note perfectly but what he does play sounds so unique it’s more perfect than perfect.. if that makes sense

[@modesto777]

it can sound that way because he uses a lot of distortion but he hardly misses a note, he is the best for a reason ;)

[@nareshgb1]

it makes perfect sense.

[@jadon_clews]

emotion over precision

[@varminttank]

@@jadon_clews totally agree

[@bestofluckusa]

'since' doesn't make 'sense. OK, I'm allowed to be silly and I'm seventy.

[@StillAliveAndKicking_]

He has such astonishing fluidity, and maintains the rhythm even when doing fancy solos, rather than just playing notes fast. He also pays so much attention to all of the notes, bending and sustaining with such nuance.

[@dukethotness]

That too while being on multiple drugs

[@BeanBandit0]

He truly was an outstanding guitarist

[@dragon___]

he has perfect pitch, thats why his attention to notes is superb. he also almost never not plays his guitar daily, mastering his instrument

[@imbees2]

Jimi didn't pay attention to anything you just said, analytically. Jimi just played and everything you just said, came out from him naturally.

[@hendix2200]

@@imbees2 that's just false, Hendrix was a virtuoso no doubt, but he still had to learn how to play guitar, Machine Gun for exemple is full of nuances that he definally thought about.

[@lethalkingkez]

Can we all appreciate how the drums complement jimi

[@cesarperez4414]

lethalkingkez Mitch Mitchell. The best man for the job.

[@AnthonyMonaghan]

Mitch was Jimi's perfect drummer. His Jazz influenced free style works so well within the 'power trio'. Buddy Miles is a great drummer, but he was all wrong for what Jimi was doing. Mitch is a very overlooked musician. Personally I think this line up was the best that Jimi had. I was never a fan of Noel Redding's playing. Billy Cox's playing was exactly what Jimi needed. Pity he wasn't there from the beginning.

[@118B]

Appreciate the whole 'experience' obviously hendrix kicks complete ass. Ya fault the rest of the band. I liked and it's so true, what a read few comments back. Hendrix fans are been born everyday and that will be case for a very long time

[@dazedledzep3891]

I sadly can no longer appreciate any drummer except John Bonham anymore after listening to LedZeppelin songs. The feel is just damn

[@colinm4042]

Totally. Mitch Mitchell and Eddie Kramer meeting Hendrix is up there with John Lennon meeting Paul McCartney and George Martin. Mitch and Hendrix work together musically like John and Paul, but no one really notices the drummer, when the front man is playing a guitar with his teeth

[@Tom-j4v7f]

Purple Haze kicks more ass than 80's metal.

[@barraza222]

i love 80’s metal n all, but Jimi Hendrix’s shit is a diff type of legendary 🤷‍♂️

[@kiabtoomlauj6249]

As a high kid in the mid 80s, and as someone who learned to play and to appreciate the guitar, metal (music) wasn't that bad; it's the imaginary dark culture and it's the unintelligible lyrics that I wasn't into. Some of the most talented guitarists went into heavy metal or came out of that sub-culture. Most heavy metal music were terrible, just like most non-heavy metal music. But, again, some of the guitar solos --- some Malmsteen speed; others average speed ---- created for heavy metal have been sublime...

[@Tom-j4v7f]

@@kiabtoomlauj6249 I hated 80's metal too because back then I thought playing guitar and drums that fast along with urgent screaming vocals was just stupid. But i guess I got tired of softer rock and pop and began desiring music that sounded more extreme. But Hendrix never dies.

[@wolfgangdevries127]

Becos metal is meant to be mediocre af. Don't believe me? There are like 100k+ metal bands

[@neiltobin3733]

That's for damn sure!!!

[@fasuto8656]

I love Hendrix' gestures 0:48 _Excuse me while I kiss the sky_ **Kisses the sky** 1:04 _am I happy or in misery?_ **Smiles** 1:55 _Purple haze all in my eyes_ **tries to get purple haze out of his eyes** 2:11 **Speaks guitar**

[@pyrocl0]

Ya 2:11 part was funny to me.

[@yoiamhere4737]

He didnt rly smile then

[@viriato197]

Bassplayer_27 yes he smile

[@yoiamhere4737]

@@viriato197 well ok

[@calypso489]

1:55 "Purple Haze all in my eyes" *Jimi Hendrix tries to use his stand*

[@bravofoxable]

that man was a wizard with an axe, absolutely

[@brendaboyce175]

My mother told me that I would be deaf by age 50 if I didn’t turn Hendrix down on my stereo. Well, I’m 74 and deaf in my left ear BUT I still listen to Joni with my right ear. He’s definitely the Father of the electric guitar. No one can ever replace him.

[@marcknightly9677]

So she was half right?

[@Pixel_Anas]

More like half left​@@marcknightly9677

[@sweetpurple8812]

@@marcknightly9677may have not been by 50 and may have been unrelated, not enough information

[@brianoleyar]

After over 200 LSD trips listening to this stuff I can honestly say "The Best".

[@tomjones2348]

He was willing to take chances on stage. This performance is not about the cleanest, most perfect guitar playing, but it's sheer artistry on the fly. Amazing.

[@RebelThoughts82]

He always improvised in his live performances. He never really played it straight. Always trying new things.

[@tommykeeris]

Man, his playing here is the best sound and playing he ever created on stage. He played, I think, in the key of D. Very low. It gave his creativity a burst. His playing here is beyond any existing level. It is unique.This concert is a masterpiece. Are you deaf?

[@majorsev830]

There are barely mistakes. I like his improv here. His guitar playing makes me wanna punch a hole through a wall.

[@delpage1]

I know what you mean. Hendrix could play real loose and sloppy sometimes in his live shows but the guy takes chanced all over the place. He doesn't care if he makes a "mistake". He knows he's cool.

[@LPJack02]

RIP Jimi Hendrix (November 27, 1942 - September 18, 1970), aged 27 RIP Noel Redding (December 25, 1945 - May 11, 2003), aged 57 RIP Mitch Mitchell (July 9, 1946 - November 12, 2008), aged 62 You will be remembered as legends

[@sjlyons100]

Billy Cox is the bass player on this performance.

[@mahmoudmustaf8707]

Yeah ! Rest in peace, the best of all

[@VisualSOLUTIONSMedia]

@@sjlyons100 That's right. Hendrix is backed by Cox and Mitchell here (half of Gypsies). This is post-Experience, and this July 4th, 1970 Atlanta set included new "solo" songs like Freedom. Interesting that "Hendrix" is not even in the video title!

[@michaelsix9684]

great band, they are missed

[@superneznatruni708]

What about band of Gypsy's? Why my pfp look like this performance

[@shamekiab6198]

People this Man is the definition of when, The Artist and Instrument becomes one . Rest on King

[@antoniorusso2456]

The King between history and eternity

[@justchillinghowaboutyou3174]

The little part at the end where he mimics the main riff is just amazing. Jimi was a genius. Rest in peace.

[@danielkelegian5306]

Its my favorite part. he blows us away for 30 seconds then cuts into the main riff like an extended "moan", almost as if to say, come back down to earth.

[@danielmoore7332]

He was a very cool man. He served his country honorably and regardless of where he went, he always remained a very witty & down to Earth man

[@tonyharris9447]

Maybe a hundred years from now you'll get it😮.

[@aeubanks0]

YES!!

[@MJG817]

How the hell does this sound so fresh and groundbreaking 50+ years later..?!

[@zamaznta2796]

People don’t understand this is the man who started it ALL. He completely took the electric guitar and reinvented it

[@christianesturmer4159]

I do.

[@JoelMillot-b4p]

The king,!!! no words needs 😍😍😍

[@woodzeppelin3241]

I try not to watch Jimi's live videos, because he kicks my ass as a guitarist. I have been playing much longer than him, he died so young. But I drag myself here, to admire and learn. Thanks Jimi for all these 40 + years of guitar lessons you have given me. Love ya man!!!!

[@kubikmatejka]

And are you practicing 16 houres per day? I dont think so....

[@woodzeppelin3241]

@@kubikmatejka That's right. there is a video here with interview of Billy Cox who was room mates with JH after they got out of the army, recalling how Jimi would walk around with a guitar all day even in a movie theater! That's dedication.

[@michaeldefeo3030]

@@woodzeppelin3241 That's the Muse. The obsession that puts the greats into the grave faster than they should. Any musician I felt was ever touched by The Muses, it was Jimmy. There are others of course. Jimi is in a league all his own. I'd say he and The Doors were the last remnants of the soul of the '60s. I was a kid, but I do remember the times fondly. You can copy him, but there can only be one Jimi. He is a slim shady for sure. I'm sure some have already seen this performance, but it is worth watching over and over. What a great performance he gave! kzbin.info/www/bejne/nYqmYXawfLh6idE

[@woodzeppelin3241]

@@michaeldefeo3030 I was very young in the 60s. I remember a hotwheels toy "Light-my Firebyrd" . Did not know who Hendrix was until years later after he died and i was in high school. Both the Doors and the Experience launched a million guitaists. Thanks for sharing the link. I saw that one already, but worth another listen to.

[@michaeldefeo3030]

@@woodzeppelin3241 Oh without a doubt!

[@tahsyns.1506]

Fun Fact: David Gilmour from Pink Floyd got the guitar strap from this guitar as birthday gift from his wife. He used it on most live shows.

[@denisivanov9943]

Thanks!

[@dukethotness]

Woah that's cool!

[@ginosateratti2162]

Fun fuct II - this is that post, you'll find in comments more usefull links: facebook.com/gilmourishofficial/photos/a.406099106092/10158810120106093

[@PsPro-ty9jb]

What’s the name of the strap

[@simon-di7xt]

Why do poeple spell his name More and not Mour??

[@tarkusjames7473]

It's honestly too much for me to comprehend that a man like this, who could not read music and was self-taught, can play like that in just 13 years. I think it would take me that long just to learn this one song. No amount of fulsome praise can truly describe how much of a talented genius Jimi was.

[@MorningView4]

Amen brother!!!

[@jasonmathews2142]

I have to agree with you there lol.

[@controversialchristian2378]

Practise .... and an expansive imagination ...

[@L8rCloud]

Yes, they certainly don't make them like that anymore.

[@aakashchaturvedi6400]

And on a right-handed guitar!

[@EfrainDiaz-e7h]

He's the reason we have metal, thanks Jimmy

[@DeathDeness7492]

Jimi Hendrix is the god of heavy metal.

[@rainbowsquash673]

Nonsense, metallica is not metal it's bluesy crap, metal actually resmbles 1800's music at least the few good bands which like 2 lol

[@TheRossDuncan]

In 1970 at age 17 my best friend and I hitch hiked from Dallas to a little town in Georgia called Byran to witness Jimi Hendrix the God of guitar. Spectacular to say the least!

[@a.g.m8790]

Shit like that is so cool

[@Musicienne-DAB1995]

Wow. That must have been something!

[@stevengillespie8903]

I was there, too. I'm still wondering about the fighter jet that buzzed the concert area..... 3:48

[@mikedenham5882]

I was there. I lived in Georgia. 18 years old.Hendrix played Star bangle banner 4th of July night with fireworks!

[@Frisbieinstein]

He performed in a little nightclub in my home town of Ann Arbor. Pink Floyd did too. I was only about twelve years old though so I didn't go.

[@animlk3]

“It’s not about living for ever it’s about creating something that last forever”

[@badbn405]

animlk3 that’s verra nice right there

[@Palmeiras_Mundial_1951]

Fact!

[@nikzar9889]

- Albert Einstein 😂😂😂

[@MorseCodeStutters]

I will never understand how he can seamlessly switch between a rhythm riff and lead riff outta nowhere AND sing at the same time

[@MicrowaveWalrus]

he was just 2 cool 4 school. the guitar is not an instrument he plays, but he is the instrument the guitar plays to get the music out.

[@tbdkuphk]

Same as Keith Moon with drums (at least between 1967-70 as after that he go rapidly weaken). He is projecting some 'on spectrum' vibes into the instrument, ignoring most orders of the janre. Unused to think that immigrating Moon, even for a five minute drumming session , would fail due to inability to stand it phisically but some time down the road I got to learn it was because I was (and seems like none else) not wired like him.

[@geert5583]

If he were alive today, he might be texting in between as well.

[@denver-gi7ot]

Practice. I read somewhere he'd often fall asleep still holding his guitar.

[@pcxgam3r576]

while playing a right handed guitar left handed!!!!!!!

[@tonybmusic1166]

The shirt he’s wearing is called a “witch sleeve” shirt and was created by a tailor from St Pete, Florida named Michael Braun. I own one that Jimi tried on but never picked up. I wore it a few times in the 60’s when I was in several rock bands and now it sits in a suitcase in my attic. It’s made out of some flimsy material like rayon, or something.

[@axzzie]

Peak guitar playing ability.. this is mt everest of guitar

[@dbaron-gamedev]

Amazing how his drummer jams so perfectly with him during his solos.

[@leglobonaume]

@@Albrecht777 huh?

[@Albrecht777]

@@leglobonaume The original comment has been amended. David Baron (above) originally talked about how Billy Cobham was playing on this video. "Billy Cobham, I believe", he wrote. Hence my response above. You will see that his comment has since been edited, to remove all reference to Billy. [Note: I have also edited this comment, since I forgot that the original remark referred to Billy Cobham!]

[@psychedeli_]

@@Albrecht777 mitch is the man! am i right

[@Albrecht777]

@@psychedeli_ You are indeed! It's no accident that Mitch is Stewart Copeland's favourite drummmer, for instance.

[@randomguyontheinternet7940]

Mitch Mitchells is a fucking beast, couldn't have had a more perfect match

[@savagebitch1673]

All those famous, dead musicians and authors and actors are not really dead. They’ll be dead when they have touched the last one of us, and that won’t happen in a long time. The last fan of Jimi Hendrix is not yet born.

[@nguyenba9605]

HEll YEAH!

[@RedSeraph_03]

Art like this will only die when humanity dies

[@Reality4Peace]

Was actually having a bad trip on mushrooms one time when Voodoo Child came on. It took me to another universe, and I realized exactly what you are saying here, that Hendrix is not dead, because he is profoundly impacting my consciousness and communicating with me in real time through his recorded music. It's like he was there in the room, in my head, as real as any person. The experience was much more of an intuitive realization that cannot be captured in words. I just went around telling people Jimi Hendrix had taught me how to achieve immortality. The rest of my trip was a good one.

[@liru6869]

@@Reality4Peace and that's why you shouldn't do drugs, kids

[@Reality4Peace]

@@liru6869 Lol. Well psychedelics are definitely not for everyone. And I wouldn't recommend using them as a party drug. Research has shown that when used in a structured environment with a experienced shaman they can have great therapeutic properties. Many cultures have used them ceremonially and therapeutically for millennia. Personally, I've only used psychedelics twice and not again for the past 5 years. Both times have triggered anxiety and for me it's not worth it. They're not toys. Though, I am extremely grateful for the positive experience and insights that I did have while under the influence and can say I'm a better and deeper person for it.

[@marparty0]

Glad he stopped by on earth during his tour he loved playing

[@radak14]

He changed rock and roll forever!

[@robertkelly6282]

One of a few that did back then

[@somethingysomething9483]

Whenever I watch other great guitarists perform live, I notice how they kind of tense up and really focus on what they're playing and try not to make mistakes. But whenever i watch Jimi, I just see him play guitar, and that's what makes him so great. It's like he doesn't care what happens during the performance as long as it sounds good. He doesn't focus to hard on playing, he just goes with the flow. And if there are any mistakes, he just blends them in with the song. Jimi is a true master of the guitar who died way to young.

[@buffalobill2742]

The man was brilliant

[@josephsanangelo]

I was there in 1970 and Hendrix played late on the 4th of July and gave one of the great performances of his career. This was the second time I saw him play and there are great musicians still today, so don't get bored or broken spirited. Still those were the greatest times for me and the hippies were wonderful. We could have shared a nation and a world of brothers and sisters in one free rainbow unity, dispensed with money and wars, and gotten on with green solar and wind power for each and everyone ...and we still can do it. Love to you all.

[@ostrichmen7125]

Not to put you down or anything, but wind based energy isn't all that efficient in practice, and actually kills a lot of birds who get swept up by these giant fans :( But yes, go green, end hate, spread peace and love

[@josephsanangelo]

We could use nanoturbines which wouldn't even get in birds' way, but you're right about the large ones. ) Peace )

[@jameswilkes451]

That sounds wonderful, I bet the optimism and vibes were infectious

[@newsycpl]

I was there in the summer of 1970. My brother treated me to this wonderful concert festival just two days after I returned home from Vietnam. I lived in Macon, GA at the time, so it was really close to home. Hendrix, Johnny Winter, Bob Segar, and the Allman Brothers Band were fantastic! I’m glad I was there because it was the last Atlanta Pop Festival in Byron, GA.

[@tysonmayberry1208]

i was 14 when this came out. We were stunned. this was so out of left field it was amazing.

[@rebeccalhuskins1769]

STILL IS! KISS the SKY!

[@moppi2007]

@The Amalgamator You`re quite young to have such an excellent taste of music. Respect.

[@anthonyharris7226]

I was 14 years old when I saw Jimi Hendrix at a concert in a theater where everybody smoked weed. It's the sky.

[@timnoyes9892]

I saw Jimi at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto in 1969. We were all stoned every weekend. Those were the days.

[@MrPapouf56]

i'm born too late

[@kerrymasterson2848]

We were 20 in '70, drove from Little Rock to The Atlanta International Pop Festival in my van. For us it was Friday afternoon, The Allman Bros. started things off. I was humbled by the entire festival being so beautiful. Number 1 groups following 1 right after another. What I enjoyed of Hendrix was late Sat. night. He had his multi colored cape and clothes blowing me away. This was the biggest festival I saw. If my details are off I'm disappointed yet not surprised? Peace lives on

[@hasselhoffff]

So cool!

[@amistry605]

so cool

[@michaelconlon2332]

How pop music has declined

[@jerrymiller7708]

Kerry Masterson Kerry do you remember midday on Saturday and Spirit was playing and they stopped them to try and get 400,000 folks to back up at least a half of step, we were right in front of the stage and getting crushed, they did.

[@Plumppikachu]

the thing i find with hendrix is, is that even in this one song he pioneered so many different guitar playing styles that would later be the standard, like at the end, just pure shredding, its unbelievable. And the craziest part is, is that this was in the 60's. Nuts

[@homoerectussemenallyretent6638]

He always ends Purple Haze so elogantwith his fingers just flowing, he really draws it out at woodstock.

[@jerrymiller7708]

Plump Pikachu Now Plump, this is gonna piss you off but I've always felt like Hendrix was just a show off. I never felt like he was playing for his audience, just for himself. I've known kids for 30 years that can slide up and down a guitar neck, but like Jim, they could play the same in the garage or if they were in front of 300,000. Bottom line, ole Jim never impressed me.

[@homoerectussemenallyretent6638]

@@jerrymiller7708 impressed you enough to witness his greatness on yu tube at 1 in the morning to comment on him.aint got nothing else to do? I realize also it was an objective..and truthful observation.

[@UnitedFeodor]

@@jerrymiller7708 but Jimi was there not 30 but 50 years ago, do you not see the difference?

[@jake-8508]

You have to admit that guitar was never the same after jimi. Im 100% that you can't. Find anything even close to jimis style before the 1960's. Jimi truly reinvented the guitar

[@StanleyGoldbrik]

Left this world at 27 years with unparalleled musical legacy.

[@ronsworld250]

Good Lord, the things this man did with a guitar. Unreal. Always was amazed at how effortlessly he played.

[@johnnyquest5942]

He effected music for more than 40 years !!!!!! End of Story because he Did ….. Peace

[@virgiliop4243]

Jimi's music is genius

[@Thomasdeboudt]

+VIRGILIO P #MAESTRO !! muy perfeto

[@teesagirl]

Even if you know nothing about music, you know this is great

[@BubbaX]

Sandra MacMillan thank god

[@jayburriswayne5403]

Sandra MacMillan the fact that Jimi Hendrix knows nothing about guitar theories and learned how to play it on his own is just fucking amazing.

[@zumaanandrade3961]

@@jayburriswayne5403 A lot of blues n rock guitarist can't read music. They invented we need sheets to follow their lead.

[@toneyisaiah408]

Jimi was a self taught guitarist.

[@toneyisaiah408]

People will never understand why he played with a Stratocaster upside down.

[@victorbrown3570]

I can 'never' get enough of watching this man play the guitar. I'm honored to be able to listen to him first, then be able to see him playing in videos, films, etc for over 55 years.

[@Aucht52]

He still takes my breath away after all these years. No-one has even come close to his brilliance with a guitar.RIP Jimi, you’ll never be forgotten.😢

[@tor113]

Maybe Rory Gallagher, he was also a great and unique guitar slinger in his own vay, but I love them both 🎸🪕👌

[@elongatedgymrat]

That has to be one of the nastiest shreds I’ve ever heard. So effortless. 27 years old man, let that sink in. Simply the greatest...

[@edski8536]

I love the camera man who filmed this because he kept it where you could always see jimi playing and singing.

[@isakk_renhlom]

Edward Gore 1:18

[@mjsmcd]

Good point cuz many did not

[@lbboardingb3356]

I also like the shots of noel, and mitch just wildin out on those drums

[@Dbadaing]

LBboarding b pretty sure that's Billy Cox on base.

[@musicman4921]

Yeah this is great camera man, if only there was someone like this for cream as well

[@casualidiot]

Its amazing jimi just stands there looking like he's chilling on the couch with a cold one while he plays like an absolutely beast, damn I wish I could see him live

[@Kolya_Smirnov]

The first time I heard Jimi play I was about 10 years old. I got goosebumps. That was 1968. He still has that effect on me to this day.

[@johnjohnson6750]

I agree, Mitch Mitchell is one of my favourites

[@circlecloud11]

+Gary A Me too!

[@amistry605]

were u at a concert?

[@Kolya_Smirnov]

+amistry605 -- No, I was watching some summer concert show on TV. At 10 years old, there's no way my parents would let me go. ha! I remember exactly where, when, and what I was doing at the time.

[@Clashofclans1985-j5h]

this is what guitars sound like when they reach their climax.

[@dilanmartinez6165]

+Clashofclans1985 toca bien culero jajaja puro lil wayne

[@MauricioMartinez-px4vj]

+Dilan Martinez nomames Lil es el dios d la guitarra XD

[@ninuerte]

+Clashofclans1985 perfectly described.

[@iamkenman101]

My ears climaxed with my guitar sitting next to me. Nobody else plays when Hendrix is. We all shut up and listen. .

[@rockinrobin]

literally and figuratively accurate

[@samkitty5894]

It doesn't matter who is the best ever. What matters is that Jimi got more out of electric guitar than anyone else before him. And he was always pushing himself into new territories. It is sad that we never saw his full potential.

[@Kenneth-mi7ue]

...yes, thanks.!...yet may it be said/to "posit": that ( full ) potential was shown/witnessed/INDICATED 👉 let us BE...thankful, & joyful---"❤'you will be suprised' ".!🧖🙏

[@Dan-mi7hn]

I did

[@SteveHolland-s8o]

I'm 71 years old and I have listened to them all. He's the master of them all. Like someone said earlier you can't separate Jimi from his guitar. They are one of the same. It's no longer a guitar or instrument it is Jimi Hendrix.

[@itnegowitch5839]

A left-handed person playing a right-handed guitar virtuously, he never studied music (he learned to play self-taught) and lived in an age where having black skin was being little less than an animal. Humanity is amazing.

[@axis7903]

@@kawaiitoxikk3471 okay

[@imbranded8591]

Most of guitarista are self-taught most of us too don't know a single sht about music sheet

[@jamesharris3746]

He sold his soul my dad was friends with him he told me lol no one ever believes me but whatever

[@CulturedClassicalConnoisseur]

@@imbranded8591 but now we have way more resources than they had in those days. Jimi just played what sounded good

[@RandomAllen]

@@jamesharris3746 Nobody believes you because you're either insane or lying

[@DanM-ys5pz]

I read once that Jimi was hardly ever seen without a guitar in his hands or at least very close nearby. He almost couldn't stop himself from playing and music just literally poured out of the man. Same thing for EVH. A girlfriend once told Eddie that she thought he liked his guitar more than her and Eddie agreed lol. And that's what makes those guys so special.

[@josephnobile7451]

Great comment

[@janecattelona7009]

That's true

[@shaserv]

Eddie Who?

[@TheOnlyHollywood1]

@@shaserv Van Halen

[@shaserv]

@@TheOnlyHollywood1 LOL!

[@imbees2]

I saw him in person. unbelievable playing that you can't even explain.

[@imbees2]

There's no "ifs, ands or buts" about seeing Jimi Hendrix. Either you did or you didn't. I did. and his performance was the best musical performance I've ever seen. Period.

[@petertuckergoettler5720]

Favorites, merci.

[@rogerjohansson2356]

Possibly the coolest performance Jimi ever did. I couldn't believe my eyes & ears when I first saw him on tv in 1967. This ain''t 'just' music; it's magic on every level. Leaving the crowd flabbergasted, Hendrix flew back to Mars after the show, they say.....

[@dellchica2373]

Lucky you. I was not even born!!

[@anthonyharris7226]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/oHuciZ5ji9R6p9E

[@MichaelHopcroft]

it's not just the incredible sounds that strikes me with this performance. Just watching Jimi's fingerwork is amazing. I don't know that anyone else has ever been so good at it, or as creative as to try some of the things he tried.

[@michaelholston5360]

Jimi is the.best.ever.and.the thing about it he was humble.about.it a black man in a white man's world and he's king wearing an apron his guitar was his gun

[@fastted9390]

EVH you dummy.

[@echterfranz877]

Paco de Lucia

[@craiglove]

Just literally the music pouring out of his fingertips like molten rivers. SO effortless. He is the guitar MUSE!

[@airesalmeida7879]

Valeu

[@themannen]

In 100 years, people will remember Chuck Berry the man who started rock and Jimi Hendrix who taught people how to use an electric guitar. I am 60 years old today white and from Sweden this man is a role model for hundreds of millions who like rock.

[@mitchellwright5478]

Good fairings from Boston my friend, it’s an experience worldwide, only 19 but it’s a vibe for all :)

[@american_psycho1147]

No one asked

[@brixenlang3207]

@@american_psycho1147 Well I did, what he said is kinda true

[@HappyRogue1202]

@@american_psycho1147 i did. I asked. :)

[@dme1016]

Thank you, Sir, fir not including Elvis, who....in Southern US minds, invented Rick & roll as they know it.

[@startoon4858]

I go to this video almost every day and my God, what a joy it is for the ears...

[@damianvelazquez468]

Best guitarrist of all time, no debate.

[@WRytmieBluesa]

Stevie Ray Vaughan was way better dude :D

[@busted_dyna8580]

@@WRytmieBluesa you're not wrong

[@badbazinga7650]

@@WRytmieBluesa incorrect :D

[@MiguelGarcia-vj7oo]

@Nat Turner he was better in technical skill but not in creativity.... Look up stevie rays live performance of vodoo child.... as a jimi fan It hurt to watch........ He completely out performed jimi in that song.....

[@CrabbyGD]

You all are debating without mentioning Eddie

[@paul1447]

This man's legacy will carry on till the end of time.

[@edub9930]

People 1000 years from now will say "what is this sorcery!" 🤘

[@nickgiordano878]

Hendrix started a school that nobody graduated from, and nobody ever will. The one and only

[@adewilliams8]

Look out for Eric Gales and you'd have a smile on your face 😊

[@thinkquestionlearn9789]

I can't like this enough. I've watched this 100 times over the last year and every time its like the first time.

[@mansteinman]

me too

[@Bloons22]

The solo at the end is seriously mind blowing. Such a shame this man had to leave us so early in his life, the amount of music he could've blessed us with was endless

[@jimwilson5093]

in some ways its kinda sucks being 65 yrs old but I was there watching this concert...started with big fireworks display as it was July 4th. After fireworks he immediately started and first song was star spangled banner..

[@tasteofindiecollective8054]

+jim wilson .... damn right I was there ... I remember that SSB despite the chemical impairment at the time!

[@jimwilson5093]

Taste of Indie Collective I am trying my best to figure out what SSB stands for but I'm coming up blank..do you remember the act that came on after Hendrix and did surprisingly well considering they had to follow Jimi? I remember wishing I wasn't quite so stoned as I was wanting to remember every note. I have always told people I thought he played really good that night and was "on". Now that I've heard that night again I know I was right and wasn't just being impressed because it was him. I also went to the Atlanta Pop Festival the previous year where I saw Led Zepplin for the first time and I didn't even know who they were till they came on stage. I sure knew after that.

[@RebelThoughts82]

jim wilson SSB = Star Spangled Banner

[@federicollerena1244]

+jim wilson If i don't die before it, i'll be 65 some day and also be 65 will suck then, (i don't know it yet) but i won't ever get to see something like that, you should be glad to be 65 now and not in 2048 like me, i didn't get to see any of those legendary bands but Black Sabbath 2 years ago, no musician that i like is under 55 years old, much of them will die before i see them, so man, i envy you for the chance you had. Congratulations

[@jimwilson5093]

Federico Llerena Thanks but don't think so negatively..Its easy to look at today's pop scene and thinks nothing is happening in music but I think that would be a mistake. Every generation has musicians that are groundbreaking one of a kind. I never got to see Mozart or Bach. The difference is you have to sort thru all the noise to find the types that are innovative and brilliant. It doesn't have to just be in the rock world either..music is constantly morphing and there will always be some new genius come along that is special..You may have to search a little harder and they may not have millions of fans but they are out there. Stay healthy, keep learning and 65 can be the best time of life..I'm having quite a great time of it myself. Having said all that it was cool seeing Jimi and Janis Joplin 2 times and the Doors to mention just a few..

[@RobCouty]

EVERY note was a psychedelic journey of the mind. Matter of fact your mind couldn't comprehend what it was seeing and hearing. Trying to keep up with his playing was mental gymnastics left for those that were sober during his concerts. The rest of us just sat there in awe sucking up every second of his once in a lifetime playing / sound. RIP the Jimi Hendrix Experience members. You changed music forever and for the better!

[@lauranceemory4448]

au contraire... those of us who dropped a bit of good acid (like he gave out at 2nd annual N Cali folk rock festival).... "got it".. we didn't need to "keep up"... he was a direct pipeline to something beyond time and space

[@robertgoodman1867]

Well Said...🎶🎼🎵 👍👊

[@jkl542]

There is no doubt that no one will come close to having as much talent as Jimi Hendrix. Hendrix gave guitar lessons to the guitar. I'd like to say Jimi Hendrix is the greatest of all time but he was better than that. No one will ever come close to being as great as Hendrix. Period.

[@Va1eri3405]

2:11 Jimi could speak Guitar language

[@T-moase]

i think he’s saying “i’m going to far” if you speak those words over the melody he’s playing it lines up perfectly

[@quangpham6366]

"Me When I'm Bored"

[@vickyvictoriawilliams3254]

​@TuWE. - Working as a slave

[@hyperluminalreality1]

He is responding to his guitar feeding back during that stop. That is what I see. Mouth movements do not correspond to the notes being played at all. Looks like he says "WTF is with the feedback" or WTF am I in the monitor for" Etc.

[@pLayC]

hes saying im F' ed up..Im F' ed Up

[@zarifamohamad]

Divine. In the absolute literal meaning of the word. He blessed us forever.

[@danielnathan8608]

Jimi Hendrix: the greatest rock guitarist who ever lived!

[@grimm6276]

I'm afraid that's randy Rhodes

[@tomt-c9610]

cryogenic gaming no it’s not

[@keelanpelcher208]

And jimmy page

[@PipsterHeaven]

Best live purple haze ever.

[@patszer8314]

Hendrix was an incredibly talented player yet he remained humble until the day he died. ❤

[@MrTonyBrooklyn]

R.I.P James Marshall Hendrix (November 27, 1942 - September 18, 1970)! THE BEST THERE EVER WAS EVER WILL BE!!!!!

[@Itreallydoesnotmatter-p9o]

Someone around in 2024? Still rocking more then half a century later 🤘

[@TristanAlstrom]

🤘

[@Nabilanjay285]

🔥🔥

[@JacksNotOnline]

Mhm

[@codeman9145]

I was in a Jimi Hendrix cover band in my teens in 2004. I will always be here.

[@sil3ntv164]

Yepppp

[@dawnbrady684]

Jimi Hendrix is one of a kind.

[@elusory3735]

Isn't this man just the absolute coolest person to have every lived. Everything about him about him just scream for attention and is absolutely awesome.

[@juliangallego4132]

HE IS ONE OF A KIND HELL OF A GUITAR BUT HE AINT GOD 😅😅

[@324cmac]

Swagger! In a good way.

[@robertreyes4243]

One of his best recorded performances hands down, his playing was so solid here and the band as well. Thank you for posting this!

[@phila3884]

Have you heard "Freedom" from the same show? My favorite late Hendrix perfomance.

[@cnmusic2264]

This was incredibly futuristic guitar playing for the time. No one was ever playing like that. He created a style of guitar. Gotta respect that.

[@vishalthapa1757]

GOD OF GUITAR

[@twist4529]

The ending gives me ABSOLUTE CHILLS every time.

[@DeadHandX]

Its crazy how many people come back to this everyday... this song is masterpiece!

[@carlneoh5843]

Please don't do this here, go somewhere else *shoo*

[@andrewpepmeier268]

Get out of here

[@anthonyharris7226]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/anucg6Z5aqyAp7s

[@pllndch]

One of these shit comments again. Go away.

[@harmonydavis4836]

Legend

[@samikasht5045]

Jimi is the best guitar player ever. Simply this is magic!! What a huge talent. Rest in peace jimi boy.

[@jackwalker1822]

Rock Music just doesn't get any better than that. He was in his own galaxy. I can't even find the right adjective to describe that guitar playing.

[@Anthony-tn6mu]

So relaxed and in flow with his playing. Saw him as a 17yr at 1970 Isle of Wight festival.

[@Biscuit-Triscuit]

I’d debatably say he could defeat a man in the mirror

[@slimroxk3769]

Yeah but first he would need some gold experience

[@barbdrake5999]

Rip fugo

[@livrementes5183]

I come this video because stand of Fugo.

[@Spuck1983]

He invented infinity ;)

[@ushi3939]

Yep, but only with the help of some moody blues

[@thinking8494]

The tone is ethereal

[@toriatsikatten8941]

The fact how even the drummer and bassist are so damn good at their job is crazy, especially Mitch Mitchell who also goes ham on the drums while being consistent rhythm-wise and able to keep the beat centred. A genius band from the bottom up

[@EricJh21690]

Such a fucking legend who passed FAR too soon...never gonna see another one like him in this world. Gone but never forgotten, we love and miss you Jimi ✌️🤘

[@timlach759]

Amen to that

[@UnitedSoundVideo]

27

[@randomguyontheinternet7940]

@jacksmith6015 He didnt but he fucking loved King Crimson

[@oldmanwithmagicalears8317]

There is just something about this man words can't describe him he was TRULY special..

[@pacoshuman7642]

He is one with the guitar...complete sink...amazing.

[@kenderen3736]

He was ahead of his time with sounds of pure heavy rock with complex overtones in sheer magic.

[@MrGravito]

bien en avance sur son temps !!! Grand Artiste! Précurseur !