Hendrix was seemingly from another planet, with his fluid technical mastery, exotic mix of styles, overall flash and style. But he was from Seattle. Growing up, Hendrix was played a lot on the radio, but I wasn't clear if that was just because he was local or not. Spanish Castle Magic was named for a roadhouse called "The Spanish Castle" just south of Seattle. Keep up the great content!

@ant1738

4 жыл бұрын

You can thank the British for Jimi Hendrix ... Americans wanted nothing to do .. the English are the ones who understood him best and then the Americans finally caught on

@pizzulo81

2 жыл бұрын

@@ant1738 And you can thank the American blues artists for giving Clapton, Alvin Lee, Paige, and every other 60's-70's British guitar player songs to play and influence on the entire Brit guitar movement.

@AFaceintheCrowd01

2 жыл бұрын

@@pizzulo81 I don’t think any one of them would disagree.

@anthonyrampino4992

2 жыл бұрын

No he wasn't. He's just one and then a long line of great guitar players.

@anthonyrampino4992

2 жыл бұрын

@@ant1738 Shut up.

The most important rock guitar player ever. I couldn't agree with you more. Thanks for the vid🎶✌

Would love to see you do a lesson on how Dickie Betts navigated the major pentatonic scale.

@TuesdayAt5

4 жыл бұрын

I second that!

@chrischarles1468

4 жыл бұрын

Third

@christopherhickman3579

4 жыл бұрын

I would also like to learn some of that allmans ,skynyrd , John Mayer’s kinda southern blues rock influenced playing on paradise valley and born and raised

@undango

3 жыл бұрын

He’s recently submitted a Dickie Betts post

I just sit back and listen to that first album they put out in '67 and I sit there in shock every time. The progressions he was playing, the riffs, the guitar licks, the solos. Nobody was doing that in '67, it just didn't happen. Then you listen to the bootlegs from their Fillmore East sets in '69, it's like he wasn't human...

Great, Great perspective on Hendrix Dave. Very well said 🍺’ski.

At my 17th birthday party in 1967 a friend raced in and in an excited state pulled off what ever record was on the turntable and , yelling to the crowd, ‘ everyone shut up and listen to this. He then played Stone Free, flipped the record over , and played Hey Joe. My life changed. The next afternoon I went to his house where he played all of Are You Experienced which he had bought that morning. It was absolutely mind blowing. I’m still in awe of Jimi.

You remind me of my best "real life" guitar teachers in that you make the viewer feel at ease and keep them engaged without overloading.

I don’t think - over my 15 years of “playing”.. that I’ve ever been as.. interested in any content as much as you. It’s like a friggin history lesson. You talk with such a genuine tone. I’m fresh to your channel, kinda checking out Hendrix mostly. But man, I’m gonna stick around. Excellent content dude, thank you.

Jimi will always be the greatest. His music is still as great as it was back then. Jimi is still relevant and not just because he was a trailblazer but because his way of playing and his music are still great. That concert was from Stockholm Sweden, not Switzerland and to me it was his worst concert ever. He was fed up, tired and I wish it hadn't been filmed.

Hendrix will always be my favorite guitarist.

Hendrix was the man! Thanks for this one!

Awesome lesson... I LOLed at 0:06 but appreciate the explanation. That's tricky stuff

Thanks for the Jimi! Legend has it they were ticked off cause there were "NO" drugs before the gig. For the 2nd show that night.....they were more upbeat and it was a better show.

Love Hendrix and I especially love your presentation of Jimi. Thanks so much!

Never clicked on a video as fast in my life 🎸🔥

Awesome dude!! 50 years later we still embrace the genius of Hendrix 🤘🤘

Excellent lesson to the immortal Blue Flame that Jimi ignited! 🔥

You got a great set of ears. Thank you for figuring out those licks for us, man.

...Sir,"WE" are on the same page!!!...Life-time "Jimi" fan...(...actually,my nick-name in high school!)...Thank you for "ALL" that you do!!!

Been waiting for more Hendrix!!!! Thanks, David!!!

Another AWESOME vid -Thanks!!!

Awesome Dave. Great job. Thanks.

Thanks for letting us see once again why hendrix is so important well done

Love it..... Thanks for sharing.

That was a great lesson! Thanks David 🤘

Fantastic video sir - the way you deliver your lessons, break them down & add the nuggets of info for context; awesome!

Love this. Thank you.

Very Cool, great licks and info.

Always great lessons!!

You do a great job!! Thanks

Love the lessons 🤘

I think we shouldn’t forget what a fantastic songwriter/composer Hendrix was. So many great songs with so many styles. Sometimes rocking, sometimes lyrical and delicate. What a great genius of popular music and a tremendous loss

Awesome video!!

Fantastic video. Great delivery and knowledge

Enjoyed the chat at the start man. Thanks for teaching me the gods way!

Had a teacher band at high school called Men At School that played a bunch of pop music but they also played Foxey Lady and Purple Haze. I remember finding out the artist and went to the record store and bought Are You Experienced. I was so amazed that those two songs were on that album, and the rest of it were just complete mind blowers. Thanks for this, Dave, it makes me reexamine my roots.

I’ve been watchin your vids for a few months now. Maybe more. And I just want to say I appreciate ya man. You remind me of the 5 watt world guy. Knowledgeable and been around the bock.

thank you ....great video

Dave B - Your lessons are inspiring. I wait with baited breath to see what you've produced. I first heard jimi at my cousins in 1969....Electric Ladyland in stereo into my 15 year old brain??!!! So started playing within 6 months and still addicted!! Just keep doing what you're doing..... Its probably the camera lens but your hands look way bigger than mine.... Maybe why you're so damned good!!

Another Amazing lesson. Hendrix never stops to blow my mind. His rhythmic ability and creativity were incredible. Thank you! One of my favorite lessons is still the Steely Dan you did. I always refer back to it to work on those Mu chords.

You’re on it! Thanks!

Great man!!! I always look forward to your Late Night Lesson's

Have been listen (and attempting to play) Hendrix for decades and continue to be in awe, especially the ease in which Jimi plays complicated rhythm parts. Everyone has a favorite of Jimi's and mine is Bold as Love (Olympic Studio Version). His tone and approach on this version just kill me.

@aylbdrmadison1051

4 жыл бұрын

Axis is absolutely my favorite Hendrix album, and _Bold As Love_ is easily one of my fave songs of his.

I feel so blessed to live in the era of the greatest guitar players. I will never come close to their greatness, but I still keep on pickin. BTW, I love your lessons too. Keep ‘em comin.

Well put MR. Brewster keep up the good work really enjoyed the wolf Holfman licks and so many others 👍🏾

My first concert was The Jimi Hendrix Experience in the Boston Gardens on Nov 16, 1968. I was only 13! I was totally amazed. I didn't start playing guitar until I was 16. But I soon realized what a musical force he was. I have spent the last 49 years on and off working on playing his songs. And for the most part, they are not easy to play! So now I have a basement full of 100 Watt amps and Stratocasters. I recently bought a Marshall Super100JH model which is a reissue of the amp Jim Marshall made for him when he arrived in England in 1967.You are completely correct when you said: "Jimi Hendrix is the most imprortant electric guitarist in the history of the instrument. Period." The main thing he gave me was: I will never quit playing guitar.

Great lesson. Would love to see more Hendrix lessons.. Great channel by the way.

Indeed it is correct! Hendrix cannot be compared. There's no one even in the same building as Jimi- never will be again. / your video is really outstanding. I'm going to work on these riffs-cool bro!!

😁👍 really enjoyed this

Great great lesson Hendrix was and is the greatest guitarist of all time IMO

This is a really great lesson

As usual your lessons are so good it’s scary. I’m glad you’re aware and impart how important Hendrix was/is. Only minor issue ... America came after Hendrix.

thank you !

Here's one our originals kzread.info/dash/bejne/ppyVsMmRqr3FoqQ.html with our attempt at Hendrix style guitar with a Psychedelic video that captures the Zeitgeist of the Era. Would love your feedback!

VIDEO REQUEST: Dickie Betts lesson using hexatonic scales for harmonizing guitar parts Hendrix would use Drop D tuning on his flying V in 1970 Live concerts, The songs names Peoples Peoples and Room full of mirrors studio tracks had those old blues licks like red house

@obiem9319

4 жыл бұрын

You're awesome. Dickie Betts, good one. Hey btw, Jimi Hendrix was tuned down to D for Machine Gun on the original Fillmore concert in Band of Gypsys.

@tonepoet

4 жыл бұрын

Good call. The major scale minus the 7. I use this all the time, helps break me out of the generic scale shred and forces me to play a bit more melodic.

@waynegram8907

4 жыл бұрын

@@tonepoet There is two different hexatonic scales major and minor its minus the 4th and 7th but duane allman and dickie betts used the hexatonic scale to use triads a semitone apart building triads to create hexatonic scales. I'm not sure how they did it or how its does

Good shit man

Great presentation and delivery. Newbie to your channel. You take the words and feelings about Jimi right out of my thoughts.

Excellent vid . I always enjoy JH interactions with the audience “ this song is for the girl in the third row with the yellow underwear “

Very enjoyable history of Hendrix, I was expecting to learn some licks, but I got much more fun listening to you talking. Great video. After learning Hendrix, I notice that he inspired many guitar players at and after his time. Cheers from Indonesia.

*Nice post.*

Well done sir

It was June, 1967. I was 12 and my west coast cousins came for a visit to the Black Hills with their surfer shirts. All they could talk about was "Purple Haze, Donnie Jim, Purple Haze!!

Thanks David for another detailed technical analysis of "classical" rock guitar. What tickles me is that my millineal era guitar teacher, as well as you, teach us old farts how we learned it all "wrong" and drag us back in line :-) Damn.... unlearning/relearning is much more difficult than learning !!! Great Late Nite session !!!

15:25 My Mom and Dad saw Hendrix in Va Beach in 1968 -- I was in the womb -- I don't know if that really counts but I think it means that technically I was in attendance at a Hendrix concert!

man your vibrato is insanely good! and the tone...

Hes my favorite guitarist, just bought the signature guitar and i love it

Usually he tuned down a half step, but on these examples it's obvious that he tuned down a whole step ( just as some of the songs on Band of Gypsys, as it was a mix of songs from different gigs) It's as simple as that. Don't overthink... I really like what you're doin' anyway! Great examples.Great playing.

“Jimmy and the Band is out of tune the whole time “ At last I have something in common with the great man 😂🇬🇧👍

What made Jimi Jimi is his ability to bend every note his lead guitar playing his rhythm guitar playing always bending notes...and Hendrix loved Terry Kath!!!...

@voronOsphere

4 жыл бұрын

Terry Kath Lesson !!!! That would be great!!!

Great lessons!! You know most of these guitar instructors begin their lessons with a little jam in the style of the lesson they're about to teach. I'd love to see you jam a little in this same format if possible. You know so many styles that I think it would really hot.

About Jimi's out of tune, yes it was often the case on his live performances. I think his strats vibratos were maybe badly adjusted, and as well strings badly mounted. On SG's, a vibrola is even worse, the way to put strings on can be the cause too, if you add nut and bridge problems..Don't know if he had bad guitar tech, or no tech at all. Anyway, we love Jimi for ever.

@ant1738

4 жыл бұрын

At The mention Jimi strat I believe was a 3 bolt on neck .. those were a b**** to keep in tune they would slip all the time

@strat0871

4 жыл бұрын

@@ant1738 Nope, 3 bolts appeared in 1972, so..

@CorbCorbin

2 жыл бұрын

They were using no tuners, he played a half step low, and he really jerked the hell out of the vibrato bar.

My guess is the only strings available to Jimi that day were too heavy for the mood. Used to have a hard time finding the strings I wanted in ‘67. Multiplied by possible language and schedule issues, finding the wanted gauge could have been weird.

Hendrix was my 1st guitar hero, then VH, then Zappa and Jerry Garcia.....

I was listening to Hendrix since I was in Junior High School but never truly appreciated his playing until I listened to his blues.

Hendrix's use of chromatic ideas was so cool.

Alvin Lee is one you absolutely should cover.

Another great video, I think the concert was actually in Stockholm, Sweden.

Great review of Hendricks and his impact .. Although I believe there are three Archimedean points from my perspective which changed the attitude of guitar categorically ... In other words who changed the direction and influence many people universally ... 1. Hendrix 2. Van Halen 3. Yngwie Malmsteen - even though it was Uli John Roth who truly infused the Neoclassical guitar movement .. into rock Guitar

@xplorer3475

4 жыл бұрын

All of them couldn't play each other. And you have Paco .... Another untouchable god. kzread.info/dash/bejne/e62a28p6Z9XInMY.html

@ant1738

4 жыл бұрын

@@xplorer3475 that was not the focus of my comment. Of course they couldn't play each other styles ... It's a global perspective ... When people hurt Hendrix they wanted to be Hendrix ... When Van Halen emerged everyone and their brother was playing eruption ... When yngwie malmsteen was on the scene a harmonic minor scale and sweep arpeggios came to the forefront it's not as if other guys weren't doing it ... Al Di meola was another huge turning point as well as Alan Holdsworth ... My comment meant on a world or grand scale. .

Indeed, in Blues - Rock music history, there's a before and an after Jimi Hendrix, like no one else.

Great vibrato on this Dave! I think when musicians don't use a tuner or tuning fork, the guitar strings will stretch and end up a half or full step lower. He's basically tuning relative to where most of the strings are and then Noel tunes to him. Interesting because it shows he didn't have perfect pitch. I feel like hard rock starts with Hendrix. His chords and rhythm playing are unreal.

hey! where was the dog at the computer?!? i love that part ;O)

Lighting one up now!

Great stuff man! Lovin’ the vids! Jason Becker’s birthday is on July 22nd do you think we could get a “3 Jason Becker licks”?

Jimi's later stuff was very progressive/experimental sounding arrangement-wise. It would've been cool to hear what he was going to keep doing in that direction.

@Yourbankaccount

2 жыл бұрын

Check out First Rays of the New Rising Sun

"This lesson is out of tune" hahahaha. HEY! Who said you can use a picture of my Guitar for this lesson??? Come on B🐓!!

You were saying Switzerland in the video but I believe you meant Sweden? Just making sure, because that is the footage that matches your story about it. Also helpful for the people that will want to look at the original footage. But a cool lesson, thanks for putting it together!

Frank Marino said something like. ..Jimi is the standard by which most rock guitar players will be judged by

Way cool

I love this lesson -- from the caveat that the lesson is out of tune to the very end. I remember well seeing Jimi, Jeff Beck and everyone else spending at least five minutes tuning at full volume before playing their first song back in the 60s! Nobody thought anything of it. And yes, Jimi was very funny. And so was Jeff Beck for that matter.

Chuck Berry , Jimmy Hendrix and Eddie Van Halen the game changers .. there’s hundreds of outstanding guitar players in rock music that are virtuoso’s but those 3 are the Einstein’s of rock !!

Hendrix was not only a legendary guitarist but also a great singer and composer. Uniquely blended rock, soul, blues, modal stuff, r and b, etc. into his own unique creation. Has there been anything like “Little Wing” before or since? So ahead of his time...

People can argue about who the "greatest" electric guitarist is. But it's clear Hendrix is the most "influential" guitarist. Hendrix also was a hell of a songwriter, singer, performer and even bass player.

Great lesson as always. If you're still taking requests, I suggest a jam band guy, such as Jerry Garcia or an Allman Brother's guitarist.

"I don't always casually play exactly like Jimi Hendrix. But when I do...."

do hendrix licks, riffs from atlanta or winterland or even isle of wight they were much better shows

@obiem9319

4 жыл бұрын

Specially the beginning intro for Hey Joe on Winterland album.

@EarthAltar

4 жыл бұрын

Agreed.

@obiem9319

4 жыл бұрын

Found it! He was doing this before Vai and Van Halen. kzread.info/dash/bejne/pIxhlselpa-TeLA.html

How about some more Hendrix riffs and phrases off of the song Villinova Junction..?

A request (or at least something to check out): *Stimpy Lockjaw.* kzread.info/dash/bejne/X5mDtbWmeqytlKQ.html Thanks for another awesome lesson David. When I was a kid we all knew Jimi was probably the most important electric guitarist ever. But that even this paled in comparison to the messages in his songs. In that way, very few bands even came close to Jimi as a song writer. I know most think it's VanHalen and or Holdsworth, and although those are easily two of the greatest guitarists ever for different reasons (and I'm a huge fan oh both), my personal feelings are that only Steve Vai so far has done as much as Hendrix did for the electric guitar by opening up it's possibilities to a much greater extent than anything before. Anyway, many decades later and I still love playing Jimi's tunes because they're still just as funky, bluesy, ballsy and filled with thoughtfulness, sensitivity, an unquenchable personal spirituality and a solid foundation of wisdom.

@-davidolivares

4 жыл бұрын

Thx for the tip. Not on Spotify though :(

Blaze it!

Another great lesson; thank you! Jeff Beck licks any time soon?

@voronOsphere

4 жыл бұрын

He has some Jeff Beck Lessons already, but I'd love more!!!!

Child of the 60's .. loved the evolution of the 3 minute pop craftmanship , esp Beatles, Kinks, Who. Then I heard Stone Free and THE chord. What was that ?? Add cowbell and I was hooked. Monochrome to technicolour right there. Picked up a guitar and played .. life journey.