i saw jimi play in 1965 with little richard at union college in schenectady, new york. the band, all in black suits and big hairdos, was warming up as people were coming in and being seated, pre show. they were playing the deepest, baddest r n b groove i had ever heard, and as i checked out the band, i realized the source of the groove was the guitar player, who was the coolest looking cat i had ever seen on stage. black, native american, high cheekbones, large magical hands and shamanic charisma. i was blown away and couldn't take my eyes off him. he stood still, only those hands moving and occasionally flashing in front of the guitar neck doing things i had never seen before. as a group of pretty young girls walked up the aisle to their seats in front of him, his guitar let out a loud cat call whistle, weeent, wheeel. the girls looked up at jimi smiling at them and melted right there. i'll never forget it. a year later, he came back with jimmy soul, who allowed jimi to do a few tunes. one was '' i can't get no satisfaction,'' and he also played some bass. after this gig in the college chapel, for $200 dollars the band took their amps and set up in the basement of a fraternity house next door and played most of the night. jimi was going by the name maurice, that's what the band called him, and we all knew he was a star. i sat beside his amp a couple feet away from him for hours, mesmerized . when there was finally a break, everyone went outside for some air and jimi and i were alone. he never moved, just turned off his volume and, eyes closed, continued playing like he was in a trance. i asked him if i could get him anything to eat or drink and he opened his eyes, looked down at me and with dramatic jimi style said, ''naw man, all i want to do is play my git-tar.'' he knew he was a star, and a year later he was. when steve miller sang, '' some people call me maurice,'' and did that same guitar cat call whistle, i always wondered if he was referring to jimi.....

@otisgibbs

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Sam!

@bretkindell6887

2 жыл бұрын

amazing story..damn props to you..thanksfor sharing

@Total1Now

2 жыл бұрын

That’s an awesome Jimi story. I Love them all. So many legendary and iconic stories about Jimi. Just incredible. And i Love that... no one’s ever got s bad word to say about Jimi. He was such a sensitive, sweet, shy soul. Thanks for your recollections. Very much appreciated

@lincolnschappe9697

Жыл бұрын

Love Jimi !! RIP brother..

@donbakken4459

3 ай бұрын

Who the F R U??!! Are kidding us??? For real??? CRAAAAAZY!!!! I don't know what to even say..blessed you are!!!!

Jimi was great in person. I saw him play several times in the mid-60s around LA. I've seen a lot of guitarists in my 70 years but I've never seen anyone who could play like Jimi. When he got onstage it was like the guitar was just an extension of his arms. They were molded together as one. Especially if you saw him on acid he could take you soaring through the universe. But you can do it today without acid. Just lie down in a darkened room, put on "Electric Ladyland," put on headphones and let the music take you where it will. Out in the cosmos somewhere.

@otisgibbs

3 жыл бұрын

That's beautiful, John that you got to see him several times. That's bucket list type stuff for sure! : )

@benwrong6855

3 жыл бұрын

You can still do it with acid!

I recall an interview with Jeff Beck talking about going to Nashville as a young man and being amazed by the talent there. He said something like ' you'd be in the studio and the f***ing guy who sweeps the floors would pick up a guitar and play better than I could ' . I'm paraphrasing but he was amazed that there were so many great pickers there

The porch, the hat, the chair and then to start by saying "I woke up this morning"- I thought you were going to treat us to a blues track there Otis!

@otisgibbs

3 жыл бұрын

Haha! That's a very astute observation on your part, Martin! : )

@markmoscatello9461

3 жыл бұрын

Otis is great. A throwback to the past present and future.

@user-gm5by6dj3d

3 жыл бұрын

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Thank you for this Otis. I got to meet Jimmy and the band when they were staying at the San Francisco Fisherman's Warf Travel Lodge waiting for their weekend debut at the Monterey Pop Festival in June 1967. Jimmy walked our hallway with his Strat (out of the case) and Noel and Mitch hung out at the pool which was the reason we ended up there. My dad drug us along with him to a June conference (West Coast Telelphone Co.). He pulled into the downtown Hilton underground parking lot and asked the attendant, "Do you folks have a pool?" Negative came the answer and he wheeled around and headed for the warf, wife and three kids in tow. My sister and i discovered that the hallway Coke machine would give out free bottles (8 0z) if you got your hand up and wiggled it. Jimmy came down the hall and my sister stopped him and told him about the machine and asked if he'd get us a free bottle. So he sent his long fingers up the machine and came out with the dripping freebie, all smiles. We chatted a bit, where are you from, Seattle, O us, Everett, we're neighbors, that kind of thing. Then my sister asked him if he was in a group and he said, "Yes" and smiled and walked down the hall. Coda; I like to think my little brother initiated Noel and Mitch into the torment of American boyhood; he swept their jewelry into the deep end of the pool and asked them, "Did you give yourselves a permanent?" They splashed him ...

Billy Cox is a good friend of mine. I've heard many Jimi Stories but mostly we don't talk about Jimi. I did hear about the Isley Bros. And the time they didn't want to let Jimi leave and Billy had to get some guys to basically help jimi to walk away . And I'm putting it all nicely. Billy doesn't do alot of interviews but I'm going tell him about your show, thanks.

So informative. I had no Idea that he was arrested as apart of those protests. Just another profound fact that adds to his legend. Thanks.

@otisgibbs

3 жыл бұрын

Thank ya kindly! : )

Just got around to hearing this episode. I remember when the news of Jimi's death came over the TV. I must of been 9 or 10 years old . We were all quite proud of Jimi being from Seattle. He went to the same high school as my mother. Your podcasts either stir up old memories or turn me on to something new and that's what I dig about them Thanks Otis.

@otisgibbs

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the kind words, Robert! : )

Yep, remember as a thirteen year old kid Walter Cronkike announcing Jimi Hendrix died and the footage of the Star spangled Banner at Woodstock coming on. 50 years ago.

@otisgibbs

3 жыл бұрын

I had no idea about the Walter Cronkite announcement. Thanks for sharing that, Cory! : )

@surfinwax58

3 жыл бұрын

I heard about in school when a girl announced it: "Hey everybody! Jimi Hendrix is dead!" and had the afternoon edition of the local newspaper.

@markmoscatello9461

3 жыл бұрын

I seen footage. I wasn't alive yet.

I absolutely love this channel, sir. You are a fabulous storyteller- and thank you for shouting out to those of us in recovery. Great, great channel and you make great music as well. Can't speak highly enough of you.

@otisgibbs

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much, Teresa! It's very nice of you to say that. : )

@markmoscatello9461

3 жыл бұрын

Pray for all you guys in recovery. Always be strong guys.

@teresathomley3703

3 жыл бұрын

@@markmoscatello9461 Thanks, pal. Namaste.

@markmoscatello9461

3 жыл бұрын

@@teresathomley3703 😊

I love these early stories-Brother man told me Jimi"s nickname back then was "Marbles" !

I found out about the anniversary when I woke up this morning, so I did this without any preparation. This is all off the top of my head, so if I got anything wrong, please feel free to politely let me know. I know it's a long shot, but did any of you ever see Hendrix live? I met a guy named Goat at a biker party back in 1989 who told me about seeing Hendrix a few times. I'm a simple man, so when a biker named Goat tells me a story, I listen closely. I would humbly advise you to do the same. What's your favorite Jimi Hendrix song?

@thethree60five

3 жыл бұрын

Song - All Along the Watchtower"( Written Bob Dylan) He made it something much more. "Fire" song with performance would be 1967 Montery Pop festival, culminating in the burning of the guitar. kzread.info/dash/bejne/p46j1pl7ct3Nn8o.html Jimmy said much more Through his playing, performing, and lyrics than most ever speak.

@otisgibbs

3 жыл бұрын

@@thethree60five I believe it's the Monterey version of Like A Rolling Stone that's pretty damn great too. I haven't listened to the Monterey gig in forever, so I might be misremembering. : )

@otisgibbs

3 жыл бұрын

@Lemmy Five Quid The Wind Cries Mary is a great choice, Lemmy. Much love to ya! : )

@thethree60five

3 жыл бұрын

@@otisgibbs I will try and dig that up too, not remembering what that moment of him was like. He really came from a time live artistic expression was a pinnacle of performance and ability. Your vein of folk music has always been more grounded in that and performer centric, where as I just don't perceive that in 'rock and roll' of today, or lord forbid popular cookie cutter pop music. Thanks for the tip, I will see if I can find it too.

@thethree60five

3 жыл бұрын

@@otisgibbs kzread.info/dash/bejne/m4KHz65yntq3ZpM.html Here is that Performace at that festival. Jimi Hendrix - Like a Rolling Stone - Monterey Pop Festival 1967

I live in Evansville IN. Legend has it that Jimi and Billy played in a spot here a few times. I listened to a interview with Billy and when he said Evansville I about pooped! That confirmed it for me, it was just before he spoke about their Indi times. Love the channel man!

My father was working in the music industry in London back in those days and remembers working with Jimmy and the rest of the band. It's cool for me to finally put the whole story together.

I got to be friends with Marion James, Nashville Queen of the Blues. Hendrix gigged in her band sometimes on Jefferson Street. She had some great stories. Hendrix nickname was Marbles because he didn't have any. I did meet Billy Cox as well.

@otisgibbs

3 жыл бұрын

That's beautiful that you got to be friends with her, Brad!

I’m from Indiana! Love hanging out with you Otis.

@otisgibbs

3 жыл бұрын

Much love to ya, Zeek! : )

Jimi was the reason I picked up the guitar at age 9 in Sacramento, CA. I lived in Nashville for 20 years and toured/recorded for 15 of them. The last 5, I worked at Nashville General Hospital, 1 block off of Jefferson Street and would walk the street on my lunch hour, imagining all that happened there all those years ago. In 1996, I was touring with NBA power forward/Motown Artist, the late Wayman Tisdale, and we opened for Al Green at the Celebrity Theater in Phoenix. We shared a dressing room with Al's band and I had a Hendrix t-shirt on that night. One of Al's two guitarists approached me, complimented my playing and was staring at my shirt. When I mentioned that Jimi was my inspiration to start playing, he said "I understand. I played with him." I suddenly realized it was Larry Lee, who'd played those Jefferson St clubs with Jimi & Billy Cox and also with him at Woodstock. A night I'll never forget!

@otisgibbs

3 жыл бұрын

That's amazing, Michael! : )

@markmoscatello9461

3 жыл бұрын

Wow. Yeah I stayed in Nashville for a bit. Wasn't keen on the atmosphere in downtown Nashville. This is around 2005. Still had Porter, little Jimmy Dickens, Billy Walker,l, a few others. They're all passed now. Bill died horribly

@jimhurlbut3649

Жыл бұрын

Incredible. Thanks for sharing!!

Thanks so much for this!.

Thanks so much for this one Otis

Wow, I just discovered your video here and I am so glad I did. I truly enjoyed your relaxed, eloquent and humble southern manner of expression. Being a follower of all things Jimi, I pretty much have known everything you spoke of here. I grew up as a kid in Louisiana, My father (Not of Louisiana... I lived there with my stepfather and mom) was Freddy Murrell...A band leader in the 20's and 30's...He was 57 when I was born...I am 64 now....My mother sang on the stage of Pantages in L.A in the early 1930's as a child...Music has always been an integral part of my DNA....I ended up with my mom in Seattle in 1970. ...I got to see my hero play that summer at an outdoor stadium in Seattle.. A few months later, Jimi Hendrix died on Sept.18th of that year, it was my mother's birthday...I was 13. I cried endlessly...My hero now gone....I prayed that his soul would come to me (I was an aspiring guitar player) but his spiritual essence (if you will), passed over my house in West Seattle and went to my neighbor...Randy Hansen...I grew up with Randy....I also worked at a leather factory in the 70's with a guy named Leon....Yes, Jimi's brother. I have a strat that Leon signed for me, the brother of my hero. I spoke with his father Al many times...He had a landscaping business and tended to many homes in my neighborhood....So whenever I get a chance to revisit the stories of Jimi, and especially when they are told so reverently as you delivered here, I find myself living in a world of gratitude and awe to have lived in the time of Jimi Hendrix. ...And to have been 'somewhat close to his cloud....Kim Murrell...New subscriber...

Just finally saw this one. I love all the history, all the crazy stories. I love even more that you describe how people acted, but are also brutally honest about where that often left them.

Thanks. Always great.

Wow.. Otis man this is great. I gotta binge these vodeos

Love the stories Otis. Thanks for sharing.

@otisgibbs

3 жыл бұрын

Thank ya kindly, James. If you keep watching and listening, I'll keep uploading new ones. : )

I was once fortunate enough to hang out with blues guitar legend Albert Collins. He told me Little Richard came to his gig and said, "I have this new guitar player, Jimmy James (as Hendrix was called in those days), you ought to let him sit in." Albert said, "He was playing with his teeth and behind his head and people were dancing on the tables and all the women were going wild. I ran over to Richard and said, 'Get that motherI&^&^%#$#@ outa here!!!!"

Absolutely love and trust your channel..great stuff brother.

Great story Otis ! Thanks

@otisgibbs

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much, Rob! : )

Amen! You’re a great storyteller and beautiful soul thanks for making these videos

@otisgibbs

3 жыл бұрын

Thank ya kindly, Jacob!

Sandy Williams! He’s from Greencastle. He may still be an adjunct professor at DPU. Guitar player and has spoke many times about concerts at Bowman Gym at DePauw including the one with Jimi Hendrix and the Isley Brothers. It’s mentioned int at least one article in The Greencastle paper, the Banner Graphic. Sandy was young when he saw Hendrix. Maybe Jr High age? Sandy’s always been a full time musician, super nice, and maybe a bit shy? He’s got some great stories! Sure hope the two of you could connect sometime 😊 He lives on the North side of Indy

Thanks Otis for a few insightful stories...it’s hard to comprehend that it’s been 50 years... Regards from me in Australia...stay well.

@otisgibbs

3 жыл бұрын

It is hard to believe, Harry. Much love to ya from Indiana. : )

Your storytelling is just superb

@otisgibbs

3 жыл бұрын

Thank ya kindly!

I just watched this show again 3/14/24 3:00 am. Talked to Billy about a week ago, i try to check in on him at least once a month, or he'll call me. He's been dealing with some health issues. But he's trying to get stronger and better. I wish I could get you two together but even our calls seem to be getting shorter and less frequent. As always, love your podcast.

Thank you for this, Mr. Otis. I'm ashamed to say I never knew the Indiana Avenue story as an iconic talent hub in the early-mid Sixties, and I fancy myself to know quite a bit of American (and British) pop, rock, and jazz music history! Terrific tales!

Hendrix...has to be Angel.....greatest ballad ever on a strat....I heard Wes Montgomery played with his brother in Indiana and people came from all over to hear them....Full House is my favorite guitar album ever...it's what Kind Of Blue is for the trumpet.....great storytelling Otis....you should have these stories written in print and published...

@markmoscatello9461

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed

I ❤your Channel and the Content. Huge fan of Jimi. ⚓ed on your Channel

Sang my little ones to sleep with "May This Be Love" when they was small, Jimi's music has always held a special place.

I love your channel and your stories. Just what I like to hear and the way I like to hear it. Good job sir, keep it up 👌

@otisgibbs

3 жыл бұрын

Thank ya kindly! : )

Thanks for the great stories !!!I saw Hendrix in Columbia Md , Aug ‘68 . I was 13 .Outdoor pavilion, roof no walls. It was summer thunderstorm weather . Power flashed some during the opening act Soft Machine! . Calm during Jimi’s set . When leftbthecstage , I swear to god lightning hit the building and the power went off as far as you can see , and it rained si hard people ( already floating ) couldn’t find the parking lot . Mindblowing.

My sister in law saw Hendrix Live in 69 at Chicago Auditorium----a guy who was also at that concert sang "Foxy Lady" to her on the train ride home and they kinda "hooked up" afterwards....I remember when he died, I worked at the Post Office before school 4-7a.m. when in High School, I was the first to hear of his death over the radio at the Post Office, and told disbelieving class mates when I got to school. Favorite song? Probably Cross Town Traffic, as first time it really sunk in was leaving a Derek and the Dominos concert a month after his death and it came on the radio on the ride home while stuck in post concert traffice, and my buddies got in argument about who was better, Hendrix or Clapton who we just saw...Hendrix won out. We all have Hendrix memories of some kind...thanks for sharing yours.. Guys I served with in the Army who had been in the 101st and at Ft Campbell always were proud to have been in a Unit Jimi was once in..kinda like Elvis and 3rd Armored Division in Germany, guys always referenced "Elvis was in this Unit"--same thing with the Screaming Eagles of the 101st and many had been in Nam...

Thanks, Otis - as always. So we have Jimi struggling for years here, earning five bucks a night, then he goes to London and becomes a superstar overnight. Earlier, we had Miles Davis dropping into the art scene in Paris and being immediately accepted as an equal. Then he comes back to New York for a soundcheck at a big theater, and at some point he comes out to hail a cab for a young white woman, and then a cop steps up to tell him to move along. He's showing the cop his name up on the marquee when backup arrives and puts Miles in the hospital.

Billy had a steady gig in Nashville on Hoss Allen’s !!!! Beat T.V. show I ‘66. Gatemouth Brown was the bandleader

Thank you for the treasured insights, 'to the Nashville Music Scene', applause applause 👊🏾

@otisgibbs

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, David!

@markmoscatello9461

3 жыл бұрын

Nashville scene has to make a comeback. If they know their history like the people that came before knew.

There isn't enough, Keep them stories coming, I can't sleep...

The story about Jimi Hendrix and Billy Cox going to Indiana reminds me of a story a friend told me about Kansas City being such a hot country and western scene back in the day that Curly Chalker (pretty sure it was Curly, anyway) came to town and had to take a job playing bass. Some of us guitar appreciators like to talk about "taste, timing and tone," but I think there's another "t" that's often left out, and that's "touch." I think it's safe to say Jimi Hendrix had all four and he knew how to use them. It's said we lost people like Jimi Hendrix and Clarence White so early but, on the other hand, it's a blessing that we got to hear them at all. Thanks for the video, Mr. Gibbs.

Great story man. Jey, the ambience of the wind added to the experience. The wind definitely cried Jimi. So, my favourite Jimi songs, simple, Little Wing and Red House. I'm George from the Original Washington in North East England.

@otisgibbs

3 жыл бұрын

Those are good choices, George! : )

Great story, Band of gypsys was one of my favourite albums when I was a teenager. RIP Jimi.

@otisgibbs

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Thank you so much for this. I'm a huge Jimi fan and the story that I've known and told was simply that he went to the South after leaving the military and played the chitlin circuit. I knew about the Isley Brothers and Little Richard but didn't know that Nashville was ground zero. And I didn't know that Cox was there too. Also, I guess that if you were young and in trouble with the law, service in the military instead of jail time was an option back in the day. My mom's cousin (my first cousin once removed) also served our country instead of time.

Thanks for the inspiration I played some Highway Chile real loud today Otis.

@otisgibbs

3 жыл бұрын

You're doing the lord's work! ; )

Machine Gun is epic! So many good songs. Hear my Train acomin is one of my favorites. Bleeding Heart as well.

@otisgibbs

3 жыл бұрын

All excellent choices, Phil! : )

@markmoscatello9461

3 жыл бұрын

He left a great legacy. The other members already have passed too. I remember when the other experience members died.

As I was listening to you talk about Jimi, about midway thru, I started tapping the drum part Buddy Miles plays in "Machine Gun". And lo and behold you mention, I believe in the next to last sentence of your video, that you were going inside to listen to Machine Gun. Bless you Sir. BTW Thank You for turning me on to Jimmy LaFave.

Saw Hendrix in San Antonio May 10, 1970, six months before he left the here and now. An awesome show for a 16 year old and a cementing of R&R for the next 50 years.

@otisgibbs

3 жыл бұрын

What a great thing to have witnessed!

"I Don't Live Today" has got to be my favorite.

Wow - been obsessed with Jimi since I was 10 years and you"re blowing my mind today - if someone doesn't start a record label called Joyce's House of Glamour I will.👍💫🌟⭐🔥💔❤🔥

@otisgibbs

3 жыл бұрын

That's a great idea, Jan! : )

I’ll never forget the day Jimi died. My group of misfits and I were still on a high from the Led Zeppelin concert in Winnipeg two weeks earlier (tickets were $5.50) when we heard the news nit shook us to our core. Perhaps only Jerry Garcia’s death 25 years later shook me as much.

@otisgibbs

3 жыл бұрын

That had to be a crazy way to come down from the high of a great gig. Very sad times!

Cool post yes not many people realize everyone Jimmy got to play with.. his sessions with Stephen Stills are amazing and also the song Old Times Good Times totally blazing.. In the past i had read Jimmy and Stephen would have non stop jams all day and night and that Jimmy taught Stills how to solo! Some friends from an intense metal band i've known and followed since high school Lord Mudd, now Intergalactic Bounty Hunters sent me pics from seeing Billy Cox at the Fox theater in Detroit a few years ago said it was an awesome show.. A person whom lived in our building in Detroit early 00's Adrian he hung out in the band room often where a photo of Hendrix hung, he always sincerely claimed that Hendrix wrote Dolly Dagger about him because he was a popular cross dresser in San Francisco during those years.. Love all his music i get weary to mention specific songs i love anymore because it seems suddenly something happens to that tune.. There is a deep post from iconic roadie Tappy Wright about how he feels Hendrix was murdered for insurance money that a manager needed to bail out his own business.. other amazing stories as well.. kzread.info/dash/bejne/pnqH0bCkd82TXco.html

‘Bold as love’ -it was his sense of time and the melodies he weaved through like a thread of that musical tapestry. That really sucked me in. I had only heard ever ‘Purple Haze’ up to that time but picked up the album used as I would always buy a record by album cover art.. All I could ever remember was getting to that song, having those lyrics paint that picture. I just getting though that epic ending, taking a breath, flipping the record over and starting it all over again. Still one of the best put together records of all time and his most cohesive work. “Anger” is fitting lyric to times like these.

@otisgibbs

3 жыл бұрын

That's an excellent choice! : )

@airplanesjustice204

3 жыл бұрын

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@gavanhillebold3131

3 жыл бұрын

Last 2 minutes of Bold As Love are epic like riding a rocket 🚀 from Jupiter to Mars. Never hear a guitar riff like that again and I’ve heard a lot of them both live and recorded

At the risk of sounding like a broken record, Thanks once again Otis for yet another Stellar episode~💜~ ... I tell ya the Truth Brother, when I listen to "Machine Gun" from the Classic Hendrix/Band of Gypsies live album it Brings Me to TEARS everytime... !! It is just a Completely ASTONISHING Performance...!! Sooooo Deeply Emotionally Stirring... !! .... I'll leave it at that... Take Good Care/ Harold Lane Howell from Philadelphia, Ms.

I (barely) saw Jimi at the second Atlanta Pop Festival in Byron,GA. July 4th, 1970. 250,000 of us, I was way in the back sitting on top a semi trailer. Could barely see Jimi but his music was loud and clear! Hard to believe it's been 50 years. My favorite - Little Wing, album --Axis Bold As Love. Thanks Otis.

@otisgibbs

3 жыл бұрын

That had to be an amazing day, Mike. I'd love to get in a time machine and go back for the people watching alone (and for Jimi, of course). : )

Hi Otis I was never a great Hendrix fan until I heard him play on a song called Old Times Good Times from an album called Stephen Stills 1 . Stills first solo album . I have always thought that you andStephen Still's voices are similar - love them both. After hearing that track I was a great admirer of Hendrix's talent. Very sad he passed away so young .Try and listen to that track and his talent can be clearly heard. Loved hearing about his Times in Nashville. ThanksPeter

@otisgibbs

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the heads up on the Stills track. I dig him, but I'm not sure I'm familiar with this one. : )

Great story! I had no idea Jimi was playing in Nashville. Thanks

@otisgibbs

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Randy!

Love this stuff buddy God Bless come see me when you can !

@otisgibbs

3 жыл бұрын

Much love to ya, Greg! : )

I suppose my favorite songs from Jimi incorporated a very Rhythm and Blues influenced songs (Castles Made of Sand, Wait Until Tomorrow.) In the back of my mind, I always thought this style of playing might be attributed to his time spent in Nashville. Love your podcast Otis!

@otisgibbs

3 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you dig the podcast, Bryan and those are great song choices! I somehow forgot both of those . : )

Great video! RIP Jimi! Machine Gun is my fave.

Jimi. Was and still the man. Never be another to touch him

my brother and i run a spiritual production company, one of missions was to tribute Jimi on the 18th, we planed know the 50 years we're here!!!! it's the first hendrix tribute we did. My bro David Segreti fronting. he is touched by the spirit of Jimi....i'd love to send you some footage of the night, at montreal's house of rock and blues, THE BISTRO A JOJO. and have you heard of the rock prophecies by Michael fairchild? its about Jimi as well...

The incredible amount of red wine in his lungs as described by the doctor who tried to save him and the fact that the toxicology report showed very little alcohol in his system points to Jimi being waterboarded to death.

@kevinjoseph517

3 жыл бұрын

if he was suicidal, he woulda swallowed all the pills...monika killed herself awhil ago.

@markmoscatello9461

3 жыл бұрын

There are oddities to his death that people have said

@thomasjohnson7735

3 жыл бұрын

He went to court to suid his manager from the UK to free himself from his management. Thought his name was Jefferies. May have something to do with Jimi drowning in alcohol. The official account and the autopsy conflicted with one another.

@markmoscatello9461

3 жыл бұрын

@@thomasjohnson7735 I thought they conflicted too. His death seems a little strange yet he could have choked on his vomit

@musselchee9560

11 ай бұрын

That idiotic lunatic tale has been quashed! Dannemann filled Jimi with the conspiratorial fluff while he lay sick on the bed because she thought "it would help"! And, where was the time available after coming back with Monica from his second party of the previous night for whimsical shadows to kidnap Jimi and do the irrational hyperbole you and many other believers of UFOs imagine! WHERE!? 👊👈 to all who desire to fantasise with a no evdence counter-espionage.

Otis have you heard of Buzz Evans world class steel player? He deserves to have his story shared. Your videos are so interesting Thanks Sir.

Love all your stories! Fav Hendrix song would have to be Castles Made Of Sand or Little Wing

@otisgibbs

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Missed him when he came to the north of the San Fernando Valley around 1970. A friend of mine saw him walking about. My older brother was and remains totally a JIMI HENDRIX fan ultimate. Got word of his untimely death from the local, midday newspaper. My older brother introduced his music to me in the spring of 1967. "Who's this nappy headed dude?" was my first reaction to seeing him.

I live in Vancouver Canada and many many years ago when I first arrived in Vancouver I was working for a moving company and was sent to a church in the down town core to meet a lady at the side door of the church and she would tell us what was to be moved after the move this little old lady said do you boys like to listen to music and we looked at each other like sure we do Ma'am She said there's a box over there of old records you boys can have a look through and see if You like something ... So this box had about 25 LPs and I picked out Peter Gun by Henry Mancini cause of that opening riff and being a guitar noodler I've allways loved that tune she said that was one of my grandsons favorites .. I never knew who this lady was till many years latter I only knew Her as Miss Nora and at the time had no idea Miss Nora was Miss Nora Hendrix Jimi's Grandmother untill I was sitting around years later with the guy I did the move with having a few beers and we were talking about old times and some of the move jobs we did as young bucks and he told me that was Jimi's Grandmother well I was blown away I have Jimi's copy of Peter Gun given to me by his Grandmother .. I still have the LP and every once in a while I drop the needle on it and think a young Jimi listened to this very record to hone his chops just amazing....

Hey Otis - I was 8 years old when Jimmy passed on. I remember my older cousin Chris (my Telecaster hero) being upset by the news. Took me awhile to understand what the big deal was - my life at the time was focused on other things - might have been the new bicycle banana seat I had. Talking about "anniversaries" - I was digging through Soundcloud and found "Episode 150 - Otis' State of the Union" podcast. Enjoyed listening to you talking about your favorite tunes according to play history. Thanks for pointing my ears to something old - something new :-). Be safe and "Hey" to Amy.

@otisgibbs

3 жыл бұрын

That's beautiful, James! I'll pass on the howdy to Amyy for ya. : )

@sloburnjo

3 жыл бұрын

Jimi

Got to see him 4 times between the ages of 15 & 16 in NYC. Fond memory of 12/31/69 (my birthday) at the Fillmore with the Gypsies. Has it really been 50 years? Damn!

@otisgibbs

3 жыл бұрын

That is beautiful. Do you have any particular memories of any of the gigs? Was it louder than usual or was he engaging and welcoming to the audience?

Fellow Hoosier and huge Hendrix fan. Castles Made of Sand is probably my favorite. My mom was at Depauw in '68-'70, and was super into rock shows back in her day. I'll ask her if she knows anything about this.

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Amazing stories, Otis. You might want to look into the details of Jimmy's death. The inquest was inconclusive as to cause of death, and the coroner thought Jimmy was drowned in wine, not suffocated by vomit. I believe there was skullduggery around his death.

lmao so cool Otis so cool

Thanks for giving me new reasons to love Hendrix. I never knew he put his body on the line for civil rights.

@LesThomas

3 жыл бұрын

As for favourite song, Little Wing kills me every time.

@otisgibbs

3 жыл бұрын

@@LesThomas Great choice, Les and I agree that it's beautiful that Jimi was on the front lines! : )

For me is imposible to pick just one song. The whole material of Hendrix is gold!

@markmoscatello9461

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah it's hard. I like Hey Joe. There are so many

It’s been a while since I read the Hendrix biography, early 80s when I was in middle school and did a project on him for my AP English class. But for some reason I remember a story about him getting his hair done in a style called a “conk” where his natural hair was straightened and combed into a pompadour. Living above a beauty shop in Nashville now totally makes sense. A friend of mine’s dad from high school in Anderson claims to have seen Hendrix play at a bar in Daleville but so far I’ve never been able to corroborate that.

I can't remember the link from Swet's Cafeteria out of of Charlotte Ave... Something about one of the fellas from the Swet family was a frequent musician with Jimi & Buddy...Swet's is long gone, but it was a great Soul food , meat & three , that Nashville is so well known for back in the day... Wendell Smith's, the Lunch Wagon ? , Prince's Hot Chicken out in Bordeaux ( sp)....start with Jimi and end with food...You might remember some of those great old places Otis...

Hi Otis I saw Jimi on a uk package tour in the 60s on the bill were The Walker Bros, Englebert Humperdinck, Cat Stevens and the Jimi Hendrix Experience, yes I know a strange combination but was the 60s, Jimi did his set and blew all the aspiring guitarists in the audience away me included at the interval a screen was put up on the left hand side of the stage this intrigued me , but as Englebert came on to do his set we decided leave then I saw Jimi behind the screen he continued to play the full set with Englebert who would have thought Jimi would be a side man for Englebert, music throws up some strange bedfellows. Georgie Fame the great British Jazz/Blues musician tells a great story of how Mitch Mitchell got the job as the drummer in the The Experience but that's a story for the next time you play Newcastle (Chet)

@otisgibbs

3 жыл бұрын

Damn Chet, that's an amazing thing to have witnessed! I hope you remind me of this the next time I'm in Newcastle. I'm thinking maybe Jimi was one of those cats who just wanted to play, so he sat in with the other acts. Maybe make a little extra bread in the process. Either way, take care and much love to ya! : )

@kathywesolowski3088

3 жыл бұрын

I hope to see you soon in Newcastle when all this madness dies down, I hope you and yours are safe and well take care. Chet

@otisgibbs

3 жыл бұрын

@@kathywesolowski3088 Same to ya, Chet! : )

There are still quite a few questions that haven't been adequately answered in over 50 years about the death of Jimi Hendrix.

@markmoscatello9461

3 жыл бұрын

True. Otis cleared it up pretty much. Would assume that's how he died. Choking on his vomit yeah while sleeping. Could of got bad stuff.

@hinch1775

Жыл бұрын

The “ official “ story is not what really happened

Jimi, was just simply other worldly!

there in the smoke filled riot, the whole room turned tense and quiet as Jimi stood up, every inch a star and with all eyes on hi, the Great Minstrel Pilgrim touched the strings of his Burning Guitar/ IAS Last Train to Crossroads/ The Scene NYC Winter '69

Your hat looks like the one Lee Van Cleef used to wear. My wife and I met Billy Cox at a Jimi Hendrix Birthday party at EMP in Seattle. Buddy Guy was playing with Billy Cox and Buddy Miles and decided to leave the stage in the middle of a song.

@otisgibbs

3 жыл бұрын

It's my grandfather's hat and he would take that as a big compliment, so thank you!

Sam cook , with Jimmy Hendrix playing guitar. Makes me very happy to know that actually fucking "Happened "!!!!. Mind blow🤔

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I never realized I was self medicating , until I realized I was self medicating. Pawn shop to hospital. There is great song to be written.

@otisgibbs

3 жыл бұрын

I hope you're staying away from the meds, Michael. : )

My Hat is Off to Jimi, & Elvis, they both served their Country when they had a Musical Career Going On, But they went into the Service, A lot of Pantywaist People got out of the Military, But Not These Two, Fly A Flag at Half Mast For these Guy's I always do, Cousin Figel

I was an original member of the Indiana Blues Society and we lost a huge amount of stories when Yank Rachel passed away. Yank spent a lot of time with Sonny Boy. Gordon (and I am sure you know who I am talking about) gigged with Yank quite a bit and may know some stories?

Billy Cox did a nice interview with the Musicians Hall of Fame that’s on KZread. Look for it. He has a great interview about Kristofferson (and Janis Joplin)

@otisgibbs

3 жыл бұрын

Jay and Joe are doing great things and are wonderful guys. I highly recommend everyone visit the Musician's Hall of Fame when they're in Nashville! : )

@thomasminarchickjr.7355

3 жыл бұрын

Otis Gibbs you can tell from the videos that Joe is a true music lover (and fanatic). I love the work he’s done to promote these great players

@otisgibbs

3 жыл бұрын

I'm with ya, Thomas. It's really important work that they're doing and they're doing a great job of it! : )

Wilson pickett rocked , I'm a huge fan of Sam cooke, Etta James, of course Jimi, but god what a time to be alive , they have a Woolworths in Greensboro north Carolina on elm ave where I lived for a few years , so much great history

Enjoy your stories

@otisgibbs

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Alfred!

Jimi was murdered man. He water boarded...drugged & water boarded. Hendrix was NOT a red wine guzzler. His choice of wine was to sip not gulp....white wine. His lungs were filled to capacity with red wine. They drowned Jimi!! Tony browns book Final days of Hendrix!! Dave Henderson's books 9n Jimi. Yes I celebrated the music and life of JH,since 1970 myself...but let's got da shit str8 and set the record str8, Jimi did not die of an accidental overdose!! Like the honoring of Jimi and his early years in places like Nashville...in this video...and some details....there of....there's so much more to the story ..thanks for keeping the spirit alive on Jimi. Play gypsy man, play on!!

Otis, thanks for this video and Info, A lot of people did not know this, , I saw Jimi open up for the Monkees in Detroit, when I was in 7th Grade, he only did 8 or 10 shows then left the Tour Due to Parents Complaining that Jimi was to Sexual with his Guitar on stage, LOL, Can you imagine, I never listened to the Monkees again, I went out the next day and bought Jimi's album, are you Experienced, Yes I Got Experienced that day, Cousin Figel

from what ive read, the isley brothers were the first people to try and record jimi as a solo artist in teaneck nj in 1964. pardon me if someone already mentioned this.

A story I've heard about Hendrix is that the Isley brothers would tease him for having so few clothes with him but lots of books. Supposedly, as a young teen he became a science fiction fan and particularly liked Isaac Asimov. Some have surmised that this influenced his guitar playing as he may have been trying to emulate sci-fi sounds from his reading. Also, he was a known insomniac and even mentioned on the Dick Cavett show not long before he died that he had trouble sleeping and was really tired. His consuming barbiturates may have simply been an effort to get some sleep.

Otis Gibbs. Checkout Jimi's early years how the Nashville scene tried to figure Jimi out. Motown acts coming through were big at the time. Jimi was not good at it in their view. The big Soul scene was very tight and strict. Johnny Jones a prominent blue guitarist remembers Jimi first coming to see him while he was still at FT Cambell and asking to play his guitar during a break. Later when Billy Cox and him were houseband at the Club Marquee Jimi kept coming by. Jimi was a Blues artist but not from below the Mason Dixie Line. So he came to get the Delta Feel. Once he came with a guitar and amp. So they announced "Now for the Battle of the Guitars" Jimi brought a Bassman 4-10s Johnny was on a Dual Showman 2-15s JBL 100 watt pumping big tone on a Gibson. They would trade licks back and forth but Johnny's tone carried the day. Later Johnny told Jimi he did alright it. Check it out. There some deep water to dive into for those interested in Jimi's early years. Thanks for sharing the Nashville scene.

@thomasjohnson7735

3 жыл бұрын

Otis...heres a follow up. Check The Night Train 1965 episode of "Shotgun" Junior Walker cover by Buddy and Stacey. 2:52 minute jem. See if you recognize the lefthanded guitar player.

I found out Jimi had died on my way to Sherwood country club in Indianapolis . I was 16!

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