The Night Hendrix Cut Clapton

[@G.A.Hamilton]

The fact that people are still talking about him over 50 something years later is a testament to his contribution to Rock and Roll and his Genius.

[@averychilco]

Hendrix was from another planet that still has not been discovered yet. He shedded his shell and returned home. Thank God for all the young people out here in KZbin Land, who have only started to decode his playing methodology. Thanks guys because I have hated Hendrix most of my sixty year old life because he crashed my hopes of ever being that gifted.

[@sandywilliams7340]

JIMI HENDRIX the legend knew and played 8 chords.He played 1 scale 3 keys. His voice had no zing or colour to it, no tone . He is no legend but a below avergae guitar player, not a guitarist,There is a differance.Shake a coloured light in front of you and you are eaasily pleased.

[@BrianOates]

@@sandywilliams7340it is silly to make fun of an accepted genius, you won’t make yourself look any better for having an unshared naive opinion. No working rock guitar player thinks of him as a mediocre guitar player, his influence amongst guitar players is pretty universal.

[@arfajob4246]

And Eric Clapton man. he was right up there with the rock elite.

[@albertochoa7331]

It's all bullshit.

[@denbodg9311]

I get sick of all these who is the greatest comments. Clapton, Hendrix, Beck, Gallagher etc are all superb in their own way. As has been seen there’s always someone else that comes along supposed to be the best. These days anyone can learn guitar, play fast etc etc, hell there’s a country full of them in Korea. But those guys of old were groundbreaking and excellent musicians. Back then we had never seen the like. Appreciate them all for what they were, pioneers.

[@lees2oo8]

Most of the people who sit and compare don’t even play mate, it annoys me too but these thoughts dont often occur to an experienced player

[@666pinkster]

Lol...zappa ❤

[@quentincrisp6933]

@@lees2oo8 The greatest music journalists never played an instrument & Bill Belichick never played football‼Recognizing talent has nothing to do with actually doing it!

[@aquilarossa5191]

I suspect it's based in ego. Folks like to declare what's the best of this or that thing and then attach their ego it. Then they can toot their own horns about liking or having the best etc.

[@alexjbennett1017]

It's the obsession of our time -- Who is #1? It's the same with NFL quarterbacks -- based on what? Games won? Passes completed? Clutch games? Yards gained? Same with guitarists -- speed? emotion? inventive, structured or melodic solos? My favorites include Jimi Hendrix, Jeff Beck, David Gilmour, Eric Clapton. Steve Howe, Steve Hackett, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Duane Allman -- they're each great for different reasons. Also, too many people rate a guitarist based on how much they like the music, and nothing more -- just say "he's my favorite" and leave it at that.

[@halbertking2683]

Nobody was the same after hearing Hendrix .

[@locatefastballchange]

He put music and sound in his recordings, that you can hear only if you’re in an altered state. Not only does music sound different but, his was, “outer space”. I felt embraced, surrounded, with emotions of love and compassion. It was 5 of us and my girlfriend’s brother was have a bad time. The whole vibe turned jagged. I went up stairs and put on “Are You Experienced” album. The transformation was immediate. A dramatic change into, “beautiful”

[@CerebralBuckets]

I remember exactly what I was doing when I first heard his music. The song was All along the Watchtower and I was at work and it blew my mind. It seems most people have this experience.

[@TheAvatarVV]

Hendrix technique was incredibly sloppy, constant noise, unintended notes ringing.. he was average at best... dunno what is all that fuzz about him, he wasn't great, pure media blowout.. really mediocre guitarist who can't mute strings

[@maxo1124]

@@TheAvatarVV go back to your room and listen Taylor Swift

[@WiseandVegan]

Dominion (2018)

[@PeterTea]

Hendrix never died, he will always play on.

[@albertochoa7331]

Physically speaking he's DEAD. The Spirit goes on until LORD GOD Almighty says difference.

[@PeterTea]

@ True but what he created will stand the test of time.

[@escandolosoamargo]

Pretty sure he's dead, his own fault, but that's drug addiction for you.

[@escandolosoamargo]

@@PeterTea What did he create exactly? And where is it to be found now? He recorded some great music for sure, but he killed himself, and not for his art or anything, just addiction.

[@connicrow9463]

Yea Hendrix never died, earth was just a stop on his tour

[@roboi2241]

Cream had just recently formed when Hendrix came to London in 66, they were new themselves so Clapton's reputation hadn't been built on Cream but in The Yardbirds and Mayall's Bluesbreakers between 1964-66

[@thesongremainsthesameLZ]

Yes I believe the "Beano" bluesbreakers record is where he gained his reputation

[@meisterslx]

Good point

[@WiseandVegan]

Dominion (2018)

[@bjbryantmduhconneaut371]

Excellent video, information is accurate. I was around during those days. Jimi was simply beyond any other player who ever played. He tapped into a consciousness that no one else could. People recognized it when they heard it. Utterly transporting. There has never been anyone like him, and probably never will be.

[@theguitarmusicchannel]

Agreed, Jimi was in a league of his own.

[@jerryk3280]

Jimi was an incredible blues rock performer... maybe the best but there are several guitarists who are on another level including Holdsworth, Shawn Lane, and Stanley Jordan for example.

[@rodneytodd1514]

They came after Hendrix and were are technical players and most of the time it was technique and not feel...There still is not a player with the spiritual oneness that Hendrix had...Play The Band Of Gyspys LP. THEN YOU WILL KNOW.

[@jeffreyalanday7432]

It was not just Hendrix's guitar. It was his guitar, his voice, and the unique powerful VISION that Hendrix brought with him.

[@drew8256]

Hendrix was not only the best guitar player. He cranked out over 120 original songs in 4 years. Many are still played today

[@NotSoLiberal]

Weirdly I don’t know any song by Hendrix and I never see any played anywhere. Yet everyone considers him a guitar god. So to me his legacy is probably influencing more popular guitar players rather than being a good song creator himself

[@artinfluence]

@@NotSoLiberal It could also mean you dont know shite

[@NotSoLiberal]

@@artinfluence Ok snob. Stay in your cave

[@Actaeon2nd]

Meh.

[@bascomusic7326]

That Part

[@fishydigit]

At the time the electric was only about 15 years old. When Jimi came along his playing was so much different than anything anybody had ever seen. Everyone was stunned, aghast, awed, that the guitar could be played like Jimi played it. I saw Jimi twice, once at the Seattle Center Armory right after the release of Axis Bold as Love, and then again at Six Stadum shortly before he died. The stage was in center field, and it was raining. Rainy Day, Dream Away. I feel so fortunate to have experienced these shows.

[@skeezix8156]

Haven’t heard it called the armory in years. Grew up out in the sticks of Washington so going there as a kid was like a Star Trek set. The Bubbleator elevator, taffy machine, pizza time and orange Julius, I was in heaven. What memories

[@matthewscotthansen6782]

I was at Sick's Stadium, too. KJR passed out those crappy rain ponchos. Nobody cared about the rain. We were there for the guy who was already a legend.

[@androlibre9661]

Its hard for people like me to understand. I've always lived in a world where Hendrix exists. WHere his style of playing has been copied and built on etc. I'll never know what its like to hear that for the first time, to experience the change in music the evolution that was Hendrix.

[@marilynross5965]

no one like Jimi no one 1st time i heard him i couldnt believe my ears just amazing blew everyone out of the water

[@juana1483]

Especially the time in which he did it. No other guitarist at that time even scratched the surface.

[@you-hj5fq]

SRV

[@sillililli01]

"Hendrix's outrageous stage antics and dazzling guitar playing caused Clapton to leave the stage in a state of shock, Clapton dropped his guitar and walked off stage and was trying to light a cigarette, pacing back and forth shaking in disbelief." Well said @ The Guitar Music Channel. Jimi Hendrix had that effect on many and still does.

[@christopheroliveriii3985]

Andy Summers from the police saw Hendrix back then too and said it was a "Mind F--k".

[@TheDoraz]

Saw Hendrix and the experience 3 times at various Detroit venues- legendary group!

[@juana1483]

Lucky dog!!! Awoooooo wooooof

[@Tim-again]

Probably MC5 and the Stooges too?

[@stevemcgill355]

Jimi's brief career was pure lightning in a bottle. I never get tired of his music. It's always impressive. His premature death just adds an aching poignancy to an already magnificent legacy.

[@bobsiburton861]

We are all in awe of Hendrix, in spite of all the awesome guitarists spawned from his 'Experience'. It was a moment in time worth living for.❤

[@john2478]

I was a student at the Regent Street Polytechnic and I went to the Cream gig in the modest size room in the college building. I remember it was a bit pricy at 50p and not long after it started this black guy came out on the small stage and started playing and the word went around "who is that guy" clearly he was a fantastic player and yes Eric Clapton did leave the stage to him. It was a great time to be a student in London and we knew it was special. The architects in the year above us at the Poly were very inventive with sound and visual slide displays. They were Pink Floyd. Many of the greats at that time played at our college as it was one of the few places on a round of venues. There was no playing to vast crowds and you could get up close to the groups. I missed the Stones who performed the year before I went there. The high sound levels though could be a problem in such small places. I also saw Hendrix play one of his last gigs at the Albert Hall when he was by then really polished and a real showy performer. John

[@Jonobueno]

Lucky Bastard I'm jealous !! would've been great to see that too but i was about 2 years old then.

[@kelvendyson1508]

That interview where Clapton talks about meeting up with Jimi and he never did is absolutely heart breaking as you can see the tears welling up in Clapton's eyes.

[@caryheuchert]

The riff of “Sunshine of Your Love” was written by Cream’s bassist, Jack Bruce, on stand up bass.

[@sugoidessho]

They both are guitar Gods in their own way and style of play. And both incomparable.

[@alanw505]

Unfortunately, Jimi didn't live long enough for Eric to screw him over the way he screwed over most of the people who knew him. Or maybe I should have said fortunately.

[@fender.munoz7]

Gods no guitar players yes

[@sugoidessho]

@@fender.munoz7 A 'god' is something/someone that people worship (a feeling or expression of reverence and adoration) and humans have different ideas about what constitutes a god. However, no one is suggesting that Clapton or Hendrix is a superhuman deity or equating music with conventional religion. The term 'god' in this context is used as exaggeration, not intended literally. It is derived from graffiti that appeared in London in the late 1960s :)

[@fender.munoz7]

@@sugoidessho no gods just men

[@fender.munoz7]

@@sugoidessho that's why that dog was pissing on it even the dog knew

[@jockobacumbo623]

So sad to lose such musical genius at a young age. Hendrix was my inspiration and probably always will be, hopefully he’s in a better place now. Clapton obviously another great guitarist as is Page, Gilmore, Vaughn, Johnson, Satriani, Vai, Dimiola, Guy and so many others. Enjoy what you have now, because you never know what you got till it’s gone, as a song by Cinderella says. Be all that you can be and fulfill the destiny you were sent here to achieve.

[@jimmyraidjames]

Don't forget King Edward Van Halen 🎸🎸👑👑❤❤

[@mukhumor]

No one was the same after they met Hendrix and most of us never met him face to face. 🤩

[@rogernevin7461]

I saw Jimi at Newcastle City Hall 4/12/67. I was 15 and he was 25 at the time. I was hanging over the balcony and Jimi was below (no more than 20' away).tuning up when we locked gazes,then he walked to the mic and said 'I think you might know this one', turned the guitars volume flat out and burst into Foxy Lady ! I'm 72 now and till my dying day i'll never forget the phenomenon that was Jimi Hendrix

[@russriley3005]

jimmy James of the blue flames punched Jimi Hendrix in the nose for upstaging him in 67. there are hints and rumors that James brown took a shot at him for the same reason. EC. was cool about it

[@msaintpc]

@@russriley3005 Jimmy James was the alias Hendrix used in New York, and the Blue Flames was the name of his band. And no, James Brown never "took a shot" at him either. You should refrain from spreading false, misleading untrue statements. I know what I'm talking about because I had known Hendrix and Brown since the early 1960s. I played the chittlin' circuit with them both.

[@russriley3005]

@@msaintpc so you are saying that jimmy James was a nom de plume? I have a book quoting the dialog between Hendrix and brown in the bathroom of a London night club. I'm not spreading anything that wasn't in print. I don't know why I'm explaining this because very few can remember what really happened

[@georgewilliams9531]

Amen..thanks for schooling him on that ..I don't know where people get there info from 🙄

[@joeybonin7691]

I am so weary of comparisons. Both men were very talented, and their styles very different. I liked both of them.

[@NewFalconerRecords]

Well said, and it all comes down to songwriting as well. Both Cream and the Jimi Hendrix Experience produced iconic records during that period that neither of the other could've produced.

[@soyborne.bornmadeandundone1342]

talkin about him like he's dead. Not yet. Soon though thankfully : )

[@arloross]

Jimi Never said Eric blew him away with his playing🤣

[@JimmyMatis-h9y]

that's western culture for ya tho. everything is a competition and singling out one as the penultimate/"goat"... good to see someone else gets it, isn't impressed with it

[@arloross]

​@@JimmyMatis-h9y THE USA WINS AGAIN, just like in both World Wars😉 🌎🏆🙌 🇺🇸 *TRUMP 2024*

[@lollo1991]

Never thought about Clapton being one of the greatest, guitar playing wise. I love his work with Cream of course, but when it comes to guitar playing, Jimi was just above him no matter what, a whole 'nother level. His presence on stage also played a big role.

[@planet_oith]

Yes, always will be but Clapton now from the time of cream is on another level because of innervation that takes time to fully grow. A young guitarist could not do righteously.

[@thesongremainsthesameLZ]

Clapton was a great player but his vocabulary was mostly just emulating Freddie King, Albert King etc. licks and playing them in a louder, faster more rawkus way. I believe his reputation was more because of the time period and him innovating the sound that became synonymous with electric guitar and rock/blues music forever, he is regarded as the first to plug a Les Paul into a Marshall and crank it to get natural distortion, before him blues and rock music was mostly dominated by clean sounding guitars that lacked power or grit. Clapton came along and blew everyone's socks of with his powerful distorted sound, Jimi greatly admired him and not long after arriving in England he also acquired some Marshall amplifiers, most likely because of Claptons influence. Jimi's playing was far more unique than Eric's, he didn't restrict himself to the blues and played whatever he felt like playing and that is why many regard him as the best

[@joeybonin7691]

Yours is but one opinion.

[@andyharpist2938]

Two actually. 32 repeats of the word Layla and a little riff?? Hendrix would not do such trivia!

[@planet_oith]

Being a Hendrix fan, one can only wonder how things would be now had he lived a fuller life. And not just for him but the rest of us including other such legends, musical orientation aside too. But I know when I listen to Eric, one can be fully humbled by homages played in.

[@shannonmcstormy5021]

I love all that old rock, breaking barriers, using equipment in unusual ways, creating music that lasts through the ages. Additionally, the equipment for playing and recording, compared to today, were archaic, yet they played the sh_t out of it. Truly impressive.

[@JRAJ-1956]

A lot of great ones. Jimi made music that people still look up to.

[@michaelosgood9876]

Jimi Hendrix always played homage to The Cream whenever playing Sunshine live. I have heard this story, Clapton telling it himself on a film. Two Guitar Greats!

[@DrunkenRhinoceros]

Jimi was a brilliant force on the guitar, and we are all better guitar players because of his revolutionary expression on the instrument in that era. He ministered to us over 3 short years in the Electric church, and we remain enlightened by his lasting message.

[@michaelacris]

Jimmy...the genius of the guitar...someone with the right genetic traits to bring out all the creativity a guitar can offer !!...he was unique and he is still today...no one like him...he was the Einstein of the guitar !!

[@edwardmorse4124]

It’s not genetics, though that can be a limiting factor. Originality flows from the soul, and only a privileged few have been gifted with the ability to imagine and bring into the world something never before seen or heard.

[@mrratny]

Jimi.

[@einundsiebenziger5488]

Jimi* Hendrix,* the guitar genius,* someone with the right traits to bring out [all] a guitar can offer!* You cannot deliberately replace a comma with multiple fullstops and there are no spaces before exclamation points. Don't try what Hendrix did with a guitar to basic punctuation.

[@CrazyQ6930]

I was learning how to play and Clapton was the main guitarist I was studying. When Hendrix appeared it was not just his playing, but his song writing, singing and the over all coolness of his appearance. It was the combination of all these things that put his genius a world apart from everyone else. If you listen to the music of the time, Jimi's music is still very different than his contemporaries. That combination of talent is very rare even today. 🎸

[@bryantdarris]

Bravo story telling of these 🎸 rock guitar icons. Wow, sad death. Our lives are not our own. We attempt to selfishly live for ourselves not sincerely realizing other desires to be with us and share life together. RIP JH. Thanks for the post.

[@meisterslx]

Thanks for your comment!

[@richpaydirt]

Hendrix, Clapton and many others of their generation were doing their thing in an era where rock music was still young and the electric guitar was a relatively new instrument. They were pioneers at a time when there was still room for innovation. So of course, they’re always going to be in the conversation of “GREATEST”. It’s clear to see that the best days of music are behind us when acts like Taylor Swift are dominating the music scene.

[@printface4935]

There is an organic quality to the early rock that is lost now - it left when prog grew up. Hendrix tuned his own guitar - today, his guitar tech would do it. Players actually wrote their own songs - without a committee. They created their tone with the instrument - not a thousand effects pedals and a guitar synth. The drummers were angry animals - powerful gods of thunder, not percussionists. There's no Berkley there, no DW drum kits, no click tracks, no noise gates, no 7 string basses (watch John Entwistle - God Damn!) Hell, half the time they didn't even have a sound engineer. Yes, they did much more with far less and it was a lot more fun.

[@bermudaguy5003]

Yes sir Rich, Taylor Swift? ARE YOU KIDDING ME? What's wrong with our young folks? 👍

[@darknitethunder]

Jimmy Gone, but he ain't forgotten. Clapton is still with us, and he won't be forgotten neither. Rock On People. Rock N Roll Legend never Die, they just move on to a Higher Stage.

[@mrratny]

JImi.

[@fearsomename4517]

Jimi Hendrix is the greatest.

[@janpierzchala2004]

If only his compositions were richer. Jimmy Page!

[@michaelosullivan3561]

Beck and Clapton were shocked, but honest about Jimi's overwhelming greatness. We must believe them, end the debate and enjoy them all. Cheers!

[@edelarth8320]

Jimi lives. He lives with the pleaides and the Rain. Thank you Jimi

[@cameddy4081]

Great musical journalism - great footage and photos!! They are all giants who will live in our hearts as their music lives on 🙏🌏✌️🎸🎼👏👏👏👏👏

[@persimmontea6383]

The first 19 seconds of "All along the watchtower" ..... That was all that Jimi needed to reach immortality.

[@melodkeyelash]

Clapton was a guitar player. Hendrix was a galactic supernova. No comparison.

[@HenryWeems-kr9wr]

Loved Stevie Ray.

[@americangirl-]

Loved him so much...I was part of the Woodstock 69...I was 11yrs old my mother took me 2 Woodstock, Im from Syracuse NY...I remember on Monday morning hearing him play& it scared me when he played the star spangled banner, hey,i was 11.Years later as a young girl i realized what i witnessed!!!!! A GOD.....

[@Ernie-x8o]

I wish I could of be alive to experience Woodstock!! I have a friend that was there I love listening to those old stories.

[@pjhinman7917]

Jimmy is and was an enigma, long live,love.😅

[@mrratny]

Jimi.

[@WillBill-nd3sl]

Hendrix's music was and is and will always be ......an EXPERIENCE.....😢

[@mrratny]

Jimi was the Godzilla of guitar players.

[@nateo6518]

makes sense cuz godzilla is kinda like the jimi hendrix of monsters

[@maxo1124]

Gojira? they are French ;-)

[@mrratny]

@@maxo1124 Never heard of them.

[@MrGreenNScaly]

Listening to Hendrix is a unique experience. They simply had no frame of reference for his music. He was so far ahead of his time that everyone that heard it came unglued having lost their musical points of reference in this other worldy hurricane. How could this be? It was the same genre'. It was the same instrument(except upside down of course). But somehow Jimi reached 30 years into the future and did what the others considered unimaginable. Truly amazing and stands up still - to the present day!

[@b.j.stoner9065]

🎸 Jimi ruled…our Wa state (Seattle) home boy that no one could equal. ♥️🎶 Gone much too soon, but never to be forgotten.❤️‍🩹

[@nthdegreedesign]

saw Jimi in greenwich village in the late 60's, i will never forget that nite!!!

[@skyelord6229]

Hendrix was a paratrooper. That's why he swaggered. Besides having all that talent. RIP.

[@Abundance234-j7x]

Hendrix was a beautiful force of nature but also a beautiful force of God to have created such an awesome musician that more than likely will never be replicated again. His unique style of playing the guitar backwards or upside down was impeccable and Hendrix will be a legend for ever. I don't consider anyone the greatest guitarist. Everyone has a different style that can be admired and learned from.

[@timmyallen5655]

Hendrix was far more than a guitar player . It's hard to comprehend genius .

[@CTMed-Growers-Association0420]

When asked who the greatest guitar player of all time, Hendrix reply was “Roy Clark” I do not think that was just humbleness.

[@deanbuffoni5139]

Nooo, it was Rory Gallager....Lol..

[@andrewparker1847]

I like these videos where people just read out a Wikipedia page, great stuff.

[@stevelinden2947]

Hendrix .. Picasso…. Jordan.. all beyond description ..all alive with the power of raw potential at their fingertips tips.

[@demonmonsterdave]

Neil Jordan?

[@dropforgedrats2448]

Gods ? No. Unique, Inspired, and inspirations, who met in a time of Universal Creativity and testaments to the same? Absolutely. Gods keep their power in check. These two let it fly for all to enjoy, along with others.

[@gsparkman]

I think Jack Bruce summed it up perfectly: Hendrix was a force of nature.

[@lshort8842]

Eric has never been shy to give credit to great musicians. Eric's hero and mine was the quietest musician alive: JJ Cale. Some people are musicians, others are musicians AND showmen. Jimi was both.

[@John-ob7dh]

Eric also said ( I have it in print ) that in his opinion Albert Lee was the best in the world . Obviously this was long after Hendrix died.

[@gees6716]

I'm 79 years old and saw and heard Jimi Hendrix in the Star Club in Hamburg together with no more than about twenty people on a normal weekday doing is later famously infamous "antics" of "playing" his guitar and leaving the stage which had been packed, literally packed from top to bottom with Marshall amplifiers, when he had beaten them with his solid Fender Strat while the speakers where only omitting sounds of ear-wrecking screeching feedback. Which "annoyed" Jimi to the point that he threw his guitar to the floor stepping and treading on it, then throwing it off the stage and himself jumping down and throwing himself on top of it. Furthermore starting to perform movements imitating the human love act of reproduction strumming the strings with his tongue. Then jumped back onstage and vanished in the background while the curtains closed. I had idea who the hell that guy was nor had anybody in the room. And I never had been the same after that. Believe me. GEE S. FROM GERMANY🧙‍♂

[@David-jl6hr]

My favorite guitarists are Hendrix, Clapton and SRV. Thank you for sharing.

[@lightdestiny7]

He's a voodoo child! Play on Jimi, play on!!!❤

[@paulinmt2185]

I think both Hendrix and Clapton were transformational. My style evolved when hearing each of them, as I believe most guitar players stand on the shoulders of these two giants.

[@greatexpectations2307]

Jimi loved Cream but both groups had iconic moments.

[@maxo1124]

I prefer Jimi's versions of Cream songs 🙂More powerful

[@TucoDog-ho6fw]

I would dearly love to see what all of the great musicians that died early would’ve put out later in their life. Especially Hendrix.

[@MicrophonesInTheTrees]

During the 80s tho? Transistor amps and chorus pedals. Thank god a throat full of puke saved us from that.

[@KevinLe-k9r]

Everyone should watch the video of Chris Squire's talk on seeing JH for the first time. It's so fun, and CS was descriptive and funny too. Love JH!

[@racheladkins6060]

I was born on 16th September 1970 two days before Hendrix died, that’s always stayed with me, it was like I was coming through one into existence and poor dear Jimi was leaving, he never should’ve died, it was a tragedy and an accident.

[@juana1483]

Geeze, imagine age 27 !!!!! What does anyone really know at that age?? Same as Einstein in a way. Genetics.

[@darrelhutton9175]

Lay down Sally came out during a time when disco was on the scene, he later found his rock/blues roots like we all did. You said that like someone who was never there.

[@jerryh2954]

You will never really hear Hendrix until you hear him live on acid. It all comes together so perfectly. And no other rock band sounds as good, not even Zepplin. The man in a genius.

[@drnobe]

Who should be on acid? He, me or both? I'm asking for a friends friend...

[@DuhYaThink]

Shrooms work well with live recordings, you really get a feel for what he was really putting down. Simply amazing 😵‍💫💜

[@regandunn4850]

It all makes sense I think he was on something every time he is live and talks a lot between song's

[@regandunn4850]

I used to play on acid and it was pretty hard to not trip out at the little things you go to the place and then back to reality when playing and it's not fun it's scary kind of you look at the people and they are looking at you gets very strange it was hard hard to relax maybe ten hours in it's a good idea but that first few hours is intense for me as it gets panic attacks that are dripping down from the ceiling and the things moving over your shoulder that are not there its hard to ignore it when you have the right stuff you hear thing's you never heard b4: and cant work out what it is you the acid or is it your playing flying in the clouds with people who are looking at you why they looking at you lke that for

[@msaintpc]

@@regandunn4850 Whew! Hard read. Ever heard of punctuation ie., periods and commas?

[@RosaGamboa-u1f]

Jimi & Eric are two different giants. It's like going to a zoo and not being able to decide which creature you liked best. They are both legends. I still listen to them both.

[@musicman7773]

The Friends part is the most important! Long live RocknRoll 🤘🏾🤘🏾🤘🏾

[@LudoM27]

Jimi was an alien... 🎸❤️🇫🇷👍

[@innerlude]

Great story, great video!

[@charliefortin555]

Those were my 2 favorite guitarists in that period. I have never heard what was going on here. I missed out!

[@obiem9319]

Miles Davis was super devasted as well. Hendrix's funeral was the last one he ever went too. He knew that kid was something else.

[@harryjohnson8605]

It's said he played at age 15. Imagine if he were still here. Blowing everyone mind as usual

[@sosimilkameen]

Consider that Jimi couldn't read music. Pure unadulterated talent Hendrix forever!

[@msaintpc]

Clapton never asked "Does he always play this f-ing good?). What he actually said verbatim while trying to light a cigarette (his hands were shaking too badly to light it) was, "You didn't tell me he was that f-ing good".

[@stephensuddick1896]

It really comes down to what moves you, and what moves you defines your taste in guitar playing style. I love the playing of Jimmie Vaughn, Robert Cray, and Anson Funderburgh much more than any of the rest.

[@deebop4904]

Hendrix was far more influential than your picks. Its ok, you're just in the minority

[@stephensuddick1896]

@@deebop4904 👍And happy to be there.

[@christopherclark564]

Jimi Hendrix was the G.O.A.T on any given day.

[@eojeda1375]

Hendrix is the best of the best of all time. PERIOD !!!!!

[@gabrielregalado6815]

P E R I O D

[@privateprivate4378]

@@gabrielregalado6815 Dude if you are in your period please keep it to yourself, Hendrix was enough of a musician to be taken seriously.

[@JohnWhite-fv2fn]

I have seen live Hendrix video where I can't begin to understand what he was playing - I can't figure out any notes or chords or key or scale. But boy did it sound beautiful and cool. He is the best.

[@IAMREIKI]

This Music Opened My Heart Mind Spirit Shaped My Personality To Love .

[@maxo1124]

Jimi was God and still is a God .Many good guitarist was produced, but he was the first who started to play his way. He didn't have anyone around to teach him to play how he plaided ,he was inventor and genius .In 60's the other guitarists looked like a babies when Jimi played.

[@OpenRoader]

Jimi Hendrix is the pure definition of the butterfly effect.

[@ericroessing3517]

in the 60's we saw Cream and the Hendrix experience three times each, and after each performance, would always say "Who is better?" But it doesn't matter. Both groups were gifted, original, and influenced so many musicians, including myself. As a drummer, both influenced me, but Mitch was my favorite, getting me afterwards into Elvin Jones, etc.

[@jimmcluhan2455]

Well, in my 70's now, I grew up with both. For me Hendrix was a God, Clapton one of the best ever.

[@tonedcos]

As a child, the only things that upset me, even though i was a child. was the death of JF Kennedy, and more so Hendrix, i remember when i heard, walking the streets of Nottingham, creating a tribute song in my head, as a child of around 8 or 9. Profound.

[@billk9628]

Clapton has the lives of a cat! He was supposed to be on the Chopper that went down with SRV on it that night in my home town, East Troy WI. For whatever reason he switched, and lived.

[@bobe3250]

Guitar playing and bands varied so widely in the 60’s. On the radio you would hear Jimi and then …. Something like Sugar Sugar by the Archies.

[@AbraAlahouzos]

He isn't just a guitar god, he is the true King of Rock and Roll

[@maxo1124]

Elvis lovers kill you for your opinion. Jimi is something more than Rock and Roll, he is blues and Roll, Funk and Roll ,Jazz and Roll...Role guitar player. Stevie Ray Vaughan years later was like his little clone, but died very young too.

[@AbraAlahouzos]

@@maxo1124 what do you think Rock and Roll is? It is a conglomerate of everything you listed! I laugh in your general direction. Long Live the true King of Rock and Roll! Long Live Jimi Hendrix!

[@locatefastballchange]

Yeah, he was God to the music world in England. He had taken Black blues and formed it into a style the mainstream could feel and understand. He wasn’t the only guitar player at the time doing that, but he was the best. With Cream they changed music in a nutshell shell. Hendrix? He brought Motown and the black and white pop sound to the blues. Punk years later wanted to and did, get away from guitar solo based songs. Hendrix and Clapton wanted to get away from the “ice cream changes”. Like The classics in music and art, it is the society that creates and supports that level of excellence. This is why some great artists never get the recognition while they are alive. The ones that do are by nature special. Shooting Stars 💫 Jimi Hendrix was that.

[@BORN-to-Run]

HENDRIX always looked like he was either LOADED, or HUNG-OVER! He "never" looked SOBER.

[@leogolive]

The book of Hendrix Chapter 1 verse 1: “Thou shall have no other Gods before me.”

[@merlin5420]

Amen

[@slowery43]

good lord that is so dumb... give up on your comedy dreams Princess

[@kojam1]

Wow! I don't recall seeing Clapton saying he likes anybody. This is rare.

[@WillBill-nd3sl]

Oh....yes he is the Greatest......one of the Greatest......my favorite Greatest....😢

[@anthonypanneton923]

Clapton was a great guitar player, but Hendrix was an emissary from a different part of the universe who also happened to play guitar.

[@need2knowblue]

Guitar playing can be define as, "Before Hendrix and After Hendrix" ..........Hendrix is the greatest "guitarist" ever and no one will ever surpass him. He was in the right place, at the right time, in the golden era of analog, realizing and popularizing the most powerful music theory, using the best instruments, with the best engineers, in an environment suited for guitar playing, all wrapped up in unmatched technical honesty, imagination and """"taste"""". Hendrix is the top of the mountain. ALMOST 70 YEARS LATER AND HIS MUSIC IS JUST AS INFLUENTIAL AND RELEVANT AS THE DAY IT WAS RELEASED! Like Bach, Mozart and Miles Davis, .....Hendrix's music will live forever. Be happy you are lucky enough to experience Hendrix.

[@jeffmcmillan2813]

They were at ea others heals alll the time to dig deeper into the music....wonderful collaborators

[@tommurphree5630]

I never heard anyone say this, but I think a lot of the attention Hendrix got was due to his distortion pedal , the wah wah , fuzztone , feedback and sustained notes . It's almost like magic and I think he was the best with those tools , but I also think it camoflauged the fact that it was those special effects of electronic wizardry that were the most impressive sounds . Not necessarily his actual playing . Yes , he was extreemly fast when he wanted to be , but take away all the gadgets that he was a master of and it wasn't all that fantastic , as far as the sound goes and not nearly as impressive.

[@isolateddemon9438]

THE THING IS THAT HENDRIX HAD A UNIQUE TONE AND SOUND.CLAPTON WAS REALLY TALENTED BUT KIND OF AVERAGE🤔

[@michaelmaher4328]

clapton got his ego dissolved by hendrix like a 500 mic lsd trip

[@jimmyraidjames]

Facts 👍👍

[@OnTheOnlyShipButHalfWannaSink]

Clapton’s ego has always been fully intact, despite the need to accept Hendrix and Prince as superior players (ignoring of course hundreds of players coming out around the same time and later).

[@karllib]

EC has a strong ego imo. He readily admits the envy he felt with jimi. He's also the superior song writer...well, I guess its speculation since Jimi left us so early

[@georgeargon5113]

The term "greatest" is subjective. Top tier guitarists all have something unique to offer the world of music. So, let's dispense with superlatives and just enjoy the commutative offerings by accomplished musicians.

[@DuhYaThink]

If you listen too Freddie and Albert King you can hear a lot of Hendrix in there. He combined everything he was influenced by. Very creative 👍🏻

[@jroze33]

I’d trade my entire life to hear that infamous killing floor rendition. Can we invent time travel alreadyyyy