The Night JIMI HENDRIX Played His BEST Solo

One night in 1969 at the San Diego Sports Arena, Hendrix did an otherworldly version of his blues signature song "Red House". I listened hundreds of times, and I learned to play the blues :)
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[@Trwillis9]

Machine Gun on nEw Years was the GREATEST PERFORMANCE WITH AN INSTRUMENT ANYONE HAS DONE LIVE.. PERIOD.. That solo waS INSANE!

[@patrickfoster4586]

I started studying Hendrix when I was 13 and with my ear and hard work he taught me how to play guitar -even though he passed before my time. For me he wasn't just a guitarist, he was an incredible artist. And my posthumous mentor. Cheers from Louisiana Tim! P[><]F

[@willem9688]

What about the live version of Hear my Train a comin' at Berkeley? That one, along with Machine Gun and the extended Winterland version of Are You Experienced, is just completely mind-blowing to me.

[@univibe23]

I've never heard anyone talk about this version of Red House but like Tim, I got this LP when I was a young teenager and there was something about that song on Hendrix in the West that just captured me! I've listened to it thousands of times and never tire of it. I knew and know I could NEVER play like that--I don't even think Jimi ever matched that version again. I was just a young white kid in Germany with a cheap Framus acoustic guitar listening to Top 40 but after I heard this I just became a Hendrix fanatic. I've heard a lot of versions of Red House but there are none that even come close to this one. And a lot of people may not like it because while it may start out very traditional, very in the pattern blues, he slowly builds the song into a hurricane of sound to the point that you don't really know it's a guitar making those sounds!! His guitar almost sounds orchestral. He's no longer playing NOTES but sounds and while he may have been influenced by Albert King---by the time this song ends you realize Jimi is in a flying saucer and Albert is in a Lincoln. By the way, this should be listened to in the dark, late at night with excellent headphones. The only other song by Jimi that matches this is the live version of Machine Gun from that original Filmore album....that is a religious experience and there are times in that performance where I think the gods are actually playing through Jimi!

[@wangbar1]

Hey Tim… I was at that concert; San Diego, May 25(?), 1969… I was 15. It changed my life. I went in a nerd when I came out I was cool. I saw him 3 times and that show, THAT SONG, was the best of all of them. Other worldly good.

[@michaelheller8841]

I love Albert King, he was a blues legend. That being said, calling Hendrix is not a blues guitarist is crazy if you ask me and many others. Here’s the thing with Hendrix, by the time he entered the UK he was doing things with his guitar that no one has seen or heard of ever before. Even though you can call that unorthodox, he had Blues in his roots and playing. If you ask Clapton, Page, or Beck? They would all agree he was the best. Not only was Hendrix a great player, his phrasing and rhythmic lines were incredible.

[@secretdaisy6484]

I saw Hendrix in concert in I think 1968. He was fabulous. The first time I heard Red House, the album version, I literally fell to my knees when those first scraping sounds introduce what’s coming. I always thought he was scraping his pick across the strings but found out it was feedback. I have listened to that song thousands of times. I can hear it without the music being on. It’s a part of me. Your doing a great job here and I really admire your Strat. 🥰👍☮️🌞🎸🎵

[@horsevinyl]

Hendrix in the West. Redhouse. The record that literally changed my life. Became a professional guitarist and teacher. Was a teenager back then, so many older friends that supported and carried me. I'm thankful to my last day. I got this record as a present after having heard it for the first time through a Marantz Quadraphonic System. Still I put It on. Till this day, it touches me so deep, puts tears in my eyes. I can't help it. Music is meant to touch your heart or make you dance. Body and Soul. Electric Church, now I see.

[@davidgerber9317]

Music instruction (and performance) just doesn't get any better than this. What an INCREDIBLE half hour this was!

[@Sweet--Richard.4981]

EC was here

[@reverendgoodthrustesq.6875]

Jimi Hendrix: A Brother’s Story by Leon Hendrix, copyright 2012

[@JSGHOME]

Tim THANK YOU!!!

[@jerrymacklow1452]

My first Hendrix album was "The Concerts" Still my favourite, for its energy. It has a scorching Red House.

[@jedd.5407]

Damn Tim! When you shut your eyes and just let your fingers "fly so freely" the music flow it's just mind blowing! Thank you for sharing your music!

[@jwandhistools]

50 years after his death, no one has surpassed Jimi. We knew he was great then, but now he is even greater given the test of time and relentless competition.

[@mikeaustin4138]

I took jazz lessons from Howard Morgen - Queens, NYC - and one lesson he gave me that's always stuck with me was to copy everyone who inspires you because in the end it's going to come out as you.

[@cantstartafire]

First Hendrix tune I learned and 30 years later am still learning. Love this! Thanks man!

[@ivanhenriqueroberto1970]

OH MY GOD!!!! Finally someone agrees with me! This is the best performance on guitar ever recorded, I say this for more than 40 years.

[@prophetsbourne1136]

Mr. Pierce, you are a badass Sir!

[@emmanuelgire8513]

You are incredible. You have such an understanding of those mythic players you're talking about (the top 3 for me : Jimi, Eric and Stevie). Your sound is so creamy, intense, precise. Your both hands are magical. Thank you for this bluesy explanation... Each second of this video made me resonate. Love.