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@rexfulgur8588

4 жыл бұрын

PLEASE do your Biography.

@Nathan-kd6vd

4 жыл бұрын

Yes you finally listened, I am complete

@nickjones8171

4 жыл бұрын

You gotta cover Stevie Ray Vaughn

@LiamE69

4 жыл бұрын

Pridd Gone? Piggy On?

@daniellemaxwell8883

4 жыл бұрын

Can you do a biographic on the Salem Witch Trials please?

I sometimes hear Simon narrating my life, and then doing an ad for Squarespace

@shaqbrowny

4 жыл бұрын

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@PGar58

4 жыл бұрын

'....and it doesn't matter if youre crushed that Tom Brady signed with the Buccaneers, you can express it to the world on Squarespace....'

@overimagination2812

4 жыл бұрын

LOL can you imagine waking up and your voice sounded like his? I'd be overjoyed but wouldn't know what to do with it. I'm just not that suave.

@joeottsoulbikes415

4 жыл бұрын

Hahahah. If I could pick someone to speak about me at my funeral it would be Simon Whistler.

@stephenfiore9960

4 жыл бұрын

*...How about “Spongebob Square Pants”...*

Still influencing guitarists 50 years after his death. There are things he played folks still can't figure it out.

@MarsLonsen

4 жыл бұрын

First part is true but the second part isnt. He very much "opened a door" to several aspects of the guitar and how to play it but it all has been studied, copied , picked apart and built upon by MANY guitarists. That is not to say that it is considered "basic" in this day and age but 99,8% of what he brought to music is understood

@igorflexus9493

4 жыл бұрын

@@MarsLonsen -To play like Hendrix is like to paint like Van Gogh. Many many guitarist has played Hendrix, but they lack that extra emotion. So, Pete Brown above her is totally right. (I play the guitar myself) (Stevie Ray is closest in my mind. Even he couldn`t do it 100%)

@nolan6183

4 жыл бұрын

@@MarsLonsen I'm glad you said it. He innovated, created a style truly unique, which can only be said for a handful of musicians and guitarists throughout history. That said, there are countless guitarists influenced by Hendrix that are "better" guitarists than he was, but these folks didn't innovate like Hendrix did for almost every aspect of modern guitar. Any time I make this point in a conversation about Hendrix, people will respond like Jimi was, is, and always shall be the greatest guitarist of all time, but this is almost always said by people that aren't guitarists themselves and know little about guitar outside of the records they've listened to and what they've been told by other people.

@Einnor084

4 жыл бұрын

Ham 'Housekeeping' Sarris I don't hear lotz of whut Hendrix wuz doing. Sum musicianz play elementz, BUTT there iz lotz, only Hendrix did. Then u have da imitatorz. Sum r good, BUTT they only do whut Hendrix did live. Jimi n da studio, wuz a different animal.

@eeshsinger

4 жыл бұрын

Pete Brown he's that badass of a guitarist

Here's something to contemplate, Jimi first picked up the guitar only 12 years before his death.....fascinating

@RAYGERVATO

3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely correct/ amazing! Lotta Hendrix covers here if interested. Trio & solo

@psulux

Жыл бұрын

But played everyone's lifetime of music ✌️

@morriypoulsen1238

Жыл бұрын

If you see the take by Billy Cox he says that when jimi and him were doing the chitlin circuit he put 25 years of guitar in 5years every he went he had his unplugged guitar jamming in a picture theatre, walking along the road with Billy in toe, in the toilet and even cooking breakfast, so there you go.

@morriypoulsen1238

Жыл бұрын

Actually in the interview with Billy Cox talking about Jimi, Billy stated that when they were doing the chitlin circuit in Tennessee. Jimi put 25 years of guitaring in 5years and Billy was there to see it and it was a night and day affair with his guitar, playing it while walking down the street, going to the toilet, playing in a picture theatre and cooking breakfast, he was preparing himself for the days ahead.

@DistantLights

3 ай бұрын

It's not the age at which you start but the amount of time you spend practicing

Electric alchemist, loved the title!

@kyleshiflet9952

4 жыл бұрын

Same here

@thirtyyearoldmulberryfield

4 жыл бұрын

I'm sure Jimi would've been honored by such a title

@eeshsinger

4 жыл бұрын

Marcos Marín Yeah its a cool description of jimi

@JackRosei

3 жыл бұрын

Yepp, so great!

@PsychicEmanation

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah this word is the closest to something that can actually define Jimi Hendrix

27 years old and already packed enough into his life to revolutionize something as widespread as rock music and still be a resounding, relevant legend half a century later. I've lived two years longer than he did, and I can barely brush my hair or demonstrate basic social skills.

@wingracer1614

4 жыл бұрын

Nothing wrong with that. Do what makes you happy and fulfilled and screw the rest. If you change the world, great. If not, at least you enjoyed it.

@ForPetesake552

4 жыл бұрын

Harriet TheShy hahaha!!! I don’t think I even have any of that going for me...

@davecullins1606

3 жыл бұрын

Everyone starts from somewhere.

@DrAwesome2570

3 жыл бұрын

you died when you were 29?

@jaybee9269

2 жыл бұрын

To be entirely fair it doesn’t look like Jimi spent much time brushing his hair either…I had a little poster of him once and my dad asked: “Does he look like that on purpose?” Me: “Pretty much, yeah…”

“Knowledge speaks wisdom listens” Jimi Hendrix

@CorbCorbin

4 жыл бұрын

Ethan Ramos Yet Idiots Rule

@MarillSweatshirt

4 жыл бұрын

@@CorbCorbin he didn't say life was perfect. 🤷🏿‍♂️

@Einnor084

4 жыл бұрын

Marill Sweatshirt Real tawk!

@belliott538

4 жыл бұрын

One of my Axioms: "If you are Speaking, You are Not Listening..." My Boys (9 & 11) still have difficulty with this one...

@hector_2999

4 жыл бұрын

@@CorbCorbin Power attracts the corruptible. (Frank Herbert)

the smile on your face, Simon, when you said "today's protagonist is Jimmy Hendrix" was priceless. i spy a true fan?

@lukejohnston6632

4 жыл бұрын

Jimi

@WilbanksUSMC

4 жыл бұрын

Simon is a metal head, he quotes metal songs in many of his videos.

@bigcountryspoundcake4513

4 жыл бұрын

you might be attracted to him

@farga-ghostshark-8878

4 жыл бұрын

whatch it with subs

@tarataratara4901

3 жыл бұрын

Politricks I agree! If you’ve watched Simon long enough, you can tell this is his version of gushing. Especially when he’s talking about Are you experienced? Talking about all of the songs on it, I agree with you 100% 😍

This guy at 27 lived more than we could ever live in a lifetime. A cosmic talent much like a zeppelin.

@curbozerboomer1773

Жыл бұрын

Truth!

There was a point in time that Eric Clapton was considered the best guitarist in the world, even being endorsed with a signature model by Fender, one of the biggest and still one of the biggest guitar brands in the world, the Eric Clapton Blackie Stratocaster. At one of his concerts, the then unknown Jimi Hendrix asked to come and play with him. After a while, Eric Clapton stormed off the stage and a stagehand found him backstage smoking a cigarette. When asked why he was so upset, Clapton replied: “you told me the kid was good. You didn’t tell me he was THAT good”

@curbozerboomer1773

Жыл бұрын

That "stagehand" you mention, was actually Jimi's manager, Chas Chandler.

@nicklauslandry1980

8 ай бұрын

@@curbozerboomer1773no it was me dipchris

@nicklauslandry1980

8 ай бұрын

@@curbozerboomer1773i heard jimis ball tasye good too

@nicklauslandry1980

8 ай бұрын

honestly you guys talk about these accomplished men liks they are gods… get a grip

@davidlee7722

8 ай бұрын

@@nicklauslandry1980couldn’t agree more

He wasn't one of, he was THE most influential guitarist of all time. Constantly topping lists of greatest guitarists of all time.

Hendrix has a lasting and profound impact and legacy. Blues, Fusion, Psychedelic, Hard Rock, Funk and Metal. Making sounds and sonic tapestries never heard before. Raw and improvisational live. An architect in the studio. Embodiment of experience, imagination, impression, expression and free being. No matter what, you feel his voice and playing. All people pass but with his creations he still lives and loves. A Hendrix fan is a fan for Life.

@Einnor084

4 жыл бұрын

Brendan Cronin Yes sir!!!!

@MDee-db7by

4 жыл бұрын

I actually believe & will argue til I'm blue in the face that Hendrix's music was the true birth of heavy metal.

Long Live the Legend of Jimi Hendrix…

@cycleSCUBA

3 жыл бұрын

The Jimi Hendrix experience will never die.

Once I listened to Jimi Hendrix, I was never the same....

@rebekaht3077

3 жыл бұрын

same here. his music changed my life.

@djquinn11

3 жыл бұрын

True. Jimi and the Doors had a huge influence on my teenage years

@djquinn11

3 жыл бұрын

@hagnuj : If you swerve of into a mountain you can chop it down with the edge of your hand.

@keithtaylor1864

3 жыл бұрын

Amen!! The same here!

@traviswashington9111

3 жыл бұрын

Purple haze

The role Hendrix played in the creating of Heavy Metal and with that modern music is just insane.

@emigrator08

2 жыл бұрын

Fucking metal, man you are so right ✅👏

..."had to accept the fact that 'this cute little heartbreaker, could never be all his.'" NICE, Simon. I see what you did there.

@mrsx7944

3 жыл бұрын

What did he do?

@henry7001

2 жыл бұрын

@@mrsx7944, It's a reference to one of Jimi Hendrix's songs called Foxey Lady.

@mrsx7944

2 жыл бұрын

@@henry7001 oh 🤣🤣

Hendrix recorded over 170 songs in the 4 years before he left us, that's like one and a half so gs every 2 weeks! And toured continuously for a large part of his career. That's crazy!

You didn’t mention the band of Gypsies!! That album is one of the greatest albums ever made

@thirtyyearoldmulberryfield

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Honestly I find that album more interesting than the debut even if it was just an obligatory contract album.

@lawrencerinehart5747

4 жыл бұрын

Billy Cox and Buddy Miles. Legendary power performance preserved by them.

@jakecalderon4950

4 жыл бұрын

To be a true Jimi fan you must refer to that album. I still remember the exact moment I dug it out of my dads CD pile and it blowing me away. I had just started to play guitar and even then I could tell how different and amazing he sounded on that album.

@kirbyd

3 жыл бұрын

ha. just commented the same thing . also , I think machine gun may be a bit more political than wanking on the star spangled banner..

@davidhollyfield5148

2 жыл бұрын

And Robert Plant stole the name

I never knew the critics didn't like Hendrix at first... I was 13 years old when I first heard the Jimi Hendrix Experience " Are You Experienced". Never forget the first time I heard it . That first night over and over I played it until the dawn. The first Rock concert for me as well was the Experience at the Hollywood Bowl. Everyone was taller than me . Critics be damned.

RIP Jimmy, one of if not the best guitarist ever.

@brucekay9290

2 жыл бұрын

It's Jimi not Jimmy

@curbozerboomer1773

Жыл бұрын

Certainly the most creative guitarist.

Perhaps the most famous member of club 27. I’ve been a jazz snob for the last 35 years never the less I view Jimmy’s star spangled banner as perhaps the most significant moment in American music history . It really captures the angst of America’s youth and the horrors of war, it’s a remarkable solo. I would say by by ms American pie is the second most significant song in American music history .

I've waited for this for ages Simon, thanks for this episode guys!!

I've waited for this one so much I wanna cry :') , thank you so much

@thebeatnumber

2 жыл бұрын

I thought the müdslïmé religion condemns people who play instruments.

Simon, you should do a Bio on Steve Ray Vaughn.

@stephenblack7168

4 жыл бұрын

Yesssss

@Zip_FPE368

4 жыл бұрын

Yes!!!!! The GOAT!

@jefferyepstein9210

4 жыл бұрын

Babyqueen901 Lol No he was lame

@clutchkman

4 жыл бұрын

It wouldn’t make for a great biography because words can’t describe his playing. Seriously.

@okiedynaholic4154

4 жыл бұрын

Totally agree.

Great. Such a good presentation. Learned a lot, and seeing this really puts the timeline of his life into perspective

I think this is one of Simon's best bio's. So much in this I had hear bits and pieces of but this filled in a lot of blanks. I stole every book about Jimi from libraries, and book stores I could into the early 80's. I did pay for his music Anthology. I'm not Frank Marino who I heard had Jimi's soul infect his fingers. I did see Frank Marino and Mahogany Rush in concert, He is Awesome. Thanks Simon, You've done me proud. Jimi Hendrix is never far from my thoughts. He was a God for the people. And a Man of his time.

Your channel is one of my favorites. Videos are super informative as well as entertaining and I learn about people of history I know little to nothing about and often end up reading biographies of the people in your videos afterwards. Thanks for hard work!

I loved this episode. I listen to this channel EVERYDAY at work and it brings me so much joy. Thank you for making these videos.

When I was a teenager I used to take my dates to the village in New York City to to electric Lady studios and I told them this is where Jimi Hendrix played.

I already knew how this was gonna end and was still sad :(

Thank you!!!!!! Just what we need to get our minds off of everything!!

Thank you for uploading this video. Much appreciated.

Absolutely love videos like these. They combine two of my favorite things: music and history. 🧡 Jim Hendrix is a legend and still influences people today, like myself!

@iamthelouisvuittondon150

4 жыл бұрын

He is definitely a legend...

My wishlist of upcoming biographics: 1. Sidney Reilly(spy) 2. Carl Rogers(psychologist) 3. Julian Assange (hacker) 4. Allan Moore(comic book writer) 6. Ray Crock (Mcdonalds)

@D3FC0N96

4 жыл бұрын

I want one on Robert Johnson

@debbiekerr3989

4 жыл бұрын

@@D3FC0N96 I would also like that one.

@TheMarjizzle

4 жыл бұрын

Gilgamesh!

@jevinday

4 жыл бұрын

Ray Crock would be interesting!

@chaseblauvelt7008

4 жыл бұрын

Never heard of Sidney Reilly but the other four are great choices that will almost certainly be covered at some point. I wonder who number five is...

I have been waiting for this for so long. I am so happy !

This was beautifully written, you made me cry. You’re still loved Jimi

A guitar used by Jimi Hendrix, especially one that is so essential in his history, could easily fetch a million dollars at auction.

@brittneyking4361

4 жыл бұрын

Tuisku Roininen absolutely agree

@craigbarron3706

2 жыл бұрын

I was just about to write that when I saw your post......Any Hendrix guitar could be priceless now.

@Nick-xi6fc

2 жыл бұрын

i’d give both of my legs and one of my kidneys (maybe both if i was a little older) for his white tele

When I was in school at TN Tech one of my teachers told me about how he was stationed at fort campbell with Jimi. Said he saw a guitar at the pawn shop on base that had JH carved into it and regrets not buying that thing.

@CorbCorbin

4 жыл бұрын

Bob Dylan Was it a Danelectro? I’d have been really bummed if it was that Danelectro. With how much his guitars have last sold for, I’m sure one of the first 3 guitars he ever owned would be valued at LUDICROUS! 🤣

@amistry605

4 жыл бұрын

🤤🤤🤤

@byronbass3014

4 жыл бұрын

Also a Tech Alumn, what professor?

@bobdylan7349

4 жыл бұрын

@@byronbass3014 It was in jackson TN. My teachers name was Bob I don't remember his last name.

@curbozerboomer1773

Жыл бұрын

No pawn shop would be on a military base.

Just wanted to say how much I appreciate your channels right now. Thank you!

@roymartin500

3 жыл бұрын

The KZread comment sections suck. In 10months no one left you a "like"! That plus your comment is sincere, thanking the staff for a video. Shell Harris(Producer) used to respond to my comments when they were complementary to the staff. She's cool, but it's a shame that nothing happened with your comment. Well, I like it! I hope that means a lil' something? Have a gr8 evening!

Fantastic Simon as always!!! I'm in quarantine now and you are keeping me sane!!!

You should do a Biographical video on legendary guitarist, Robert Johnson!!!

@georgeguja6155

4 жыл бұрын

That will be pretty hard considering that his life was not very well documented and thus all the legends arojnd him started

@davidjohnson3658

4 жыл бұрын

thats were he got the influence from, i think....

@MDee-db7by

4 жыл бұрын

Also Johnny "Guitar" Watson

@lisamchayle4293

4 жыл бұрын

Yes please. I'd love to hear him narrate all the myths about him

@tetrahedron1000

4 жыл бұрын

What about Danny Kirwan, the most forgotten genius of the 60s???

I admire his artistic taste of music and his skills are undescribable yet touches your soul.

Awesome video, love your channels!

Great video! I'm a huge Hendrix fan and this was fantastic. I'd love to see you do Jim Morrison! The Lizard King was my idol growing up and I'd love to see your take on his life.

One of the first Biographics additions about a musician I've ever seen! Glad I got to know about Hendrix. PLEASE DO ONE ABOUT FREDDIE MERCURY!!!! :)

@babiryeethel8582

4 жыл бұрын

You are absolutely right. I'm surprised Freddie hasn't already been covered on this channel. Surely he must be next. Especially as Simon seems to be covering musicians (Elvis and then Jimi).

@johndawkes7339

4 жыл бұрын

This is one of my favourite Biographics, Freddie would be good, but I also think one about Lemmy would be good as well, the life he lived would be a fine testament for this channel.

Undeniably the most influential guitarist of all time, leaving an unrivaled musical legacy. No mention of his biological legacy though, two rarely referenced children, one boy and one girl, by different mothers.

@curbozerboomer1773

Жыл бұрын

And one of those children has now decided to not be a boy anymore!

I love the title. this is why I love Simon's channels. keep em coming my man.

Another great video as always!

Love this one, please do Gill Scott Heron next!

You said Billy and Jimmy without cracking a smile. That's professionalism to the highest degree.

Excellent work. Your writing and narratives are concise yet comprehensive, and very well written and presented (graphics as well 👏🏻)

There will never be another guitarist like Jimi Hendrix. I still get chills when I listen to his music. He was so innovative. A true virtuoso. I wonder how he would view the music of today.

Great video! I’d love to see a biography of Duane Allman.

Thanks

Thanks for posting, Simon. Of all the KZread hosts / narrators, you're the one I would have wanted to present the story of Jimi Hendrix. Well done.

well done. thanks again simon and staff.

The paramedic who arrived to find Jimi said he was soaked in red wine, a story backed up by the physician. In fact, they had to turn him over to drain out the wine. In other words, he was drowned. (I was alive, albeit young, when Jimi died. It was a scary time, with rock gods dropping dead. It was chaos, with Vietnam raging and brilliance dying.)

@curbozerboomer1773

Жыл бұрын

Pure BS.

Listen Machine gun, from the album band of gypsys! It's Jimi at his purest imo..

@lukewhippy314

4 жыл бұрын

Entropope yeah it just never lets me down, like Lenny Kravitz says, "Every time you listen to the solo, you have to lie down and take a nap to recover! "

Haven't even watched this bio yet and I already love it... Thanks Simon mate

As a left-handed guitarist myself, Jimi, (along with Randy Rhoads) was my original inspiration to pick up the guitar the first time I ever heard Purple Haze, Foxy Lady, his cover of 'All along the Watchtower' etc. He was a true musical genius, and inside a very fragile soul who needed hard drugs to be his shield against a world that either ignored him or wanted to benefit from him. Great video, Simon.

"was jimi an illegitimate child" did you see that picture of his father Al? they're paractically identical

@mrsx7944

3 жыл бұрын

Agree

YES! I got goosebumbs! Please do more Rock'n'Roll idols (I'd love to see a Biograpgics show about Eric Clapton 😍) i really enjoyed this episode 🥰

Another brilliant one. Thank you Simon.

Excellent research Simon. Well done!

That’s so incredibly sad to hear of Lucille’s struggles during so many pregnancies; it’s hard to determine what may have been truly erratic behavior and what was derived from pre-and-post- natal traumas...who she was in her heart versus the minds of others can never be recovered, but we may (and must) thank her for bringing such influential life into this world.

@morriypoulsen1238

Жыл бұрын

ALL THE Way man.

You mentioned the concert on New Years Eve as being totally a disaster, but Jimi belted out the amazing guitar work in “Machine Gun,” which is quite possibly his greatest guitar work ever! Everything hey he knew he put into that song that night. What a way to close out the decade of the 60s!

@BIZARBIES

10 ай бұрын

He didn't mention NYE that was at the Fillmore, he said Madison Square Garden on January 28th.

I loooove your videos! Thank you very much for making them, they’re so full of information and cool facts. Pleaase do Jim Morrison soon! Thanks again

Wonderful video! I wish Jimi could’ve stuck around longer but I’m happy his memory is well preserved

Finally, you covered the man himself.

Jimi Hendrix is our modern Mozart

@alexsmith-rs6zq

4 жыл бұрын

Gipsy Danger I agree, I’d say Hendrix was our modern Hendrix.

@thirtyyearoldmulberryfield

4 жыл бұрын

@Gipsy Danger Imo there are plenty of better film composers than Zimmer. As far as contemporaries I'd say Jon Brion, Clint Mansell, and Johnny Greenwood. And plenty before him like Basil Pouledouris, Bernard Hermann, John Williams, Jerry Goldsmith, and Carl Stalling to name a few.

@alexsmith-rs6zq

4 жыл бұрын

Thirty Year Old Mulberry Field that’s subjective my dude. Can’t deny zimmers impact though.

@arnaldoteodorani277

4 жыл бұрын

Thirty Year Old Mulberry Field How about Ennio Morricone, Nino Rota and Philip Glass?

@Einnor084

3 жыл бұрын

There wuz nterest n Hendrix, composing 4 moviez. Hendrix wuz super young, & a partying Rock star. If he'd been given a chance, I'm pretty sure, datz 1 of da bagz, he woulda easily slipped n2.

Simon does a great job on this Chanel. Really enjoyed this one as a lifelong Hendrix fan, and I’ve read all of his biographies

Great bio! Even the the little details on the guitar gear were spot on, most non-musician people get them wrong.

Hey Simon, you should do a video on Newgrange next. It's a massive Neolithic structure in Ireland that's older than the Pyramids (the oldest one being the Pyramid of Djoser at 2600 bc)and Stonehenge(3000bc) being built in 3200 bc. It has a door with a roof box above it that perfectly aligns with the sun on the Winter solstice and a roof so well made that it's still waterproof to this day. Archaeologists are baffled on how these people were able to build such a sophisticated structure before the advent of writing and the crane and how advanced their knowledge of the cosmos and the exact alignment of the sun was. Shows how skilled my ancestors were in construction techniques,lapidary design, mathematical calculations and astronomical observation. And for April fools day you should do a video on Nat Tate and for pride month you should do Judy Garland. Anyway great video, as always. Keep up the good work.

@stevenutter3614

4 жыл бұрын

So when they're building baffling structures they're "your" ancestors, but when they're beating babies to death and shitting in the woods they're not? I can see you're still at the I-am-a-unique-human-being phase of your life.

Love the performance of Killing Floor Blues at Monterey

@annescholey6546

4 жыл бұрын

The soundtrack of Vietnam

@kenny808kine8

4 жыл бұрын

I have Monterey Pop at home and play it often. His and Otis' segments were just wow!

That was brilliant. Thank you Simon.

Luve your channel subscribed and liked keep up the great work

Since youve covered jimi and john, why not completele the tripple j"s with jim Morrison the lizard king

@PGar58

4 жыл бұрын

Dollars to donuts Mr. Mojo Risin is next. That'd be a great one.

@stephenfiore9960

4 жыл бұрын

.....and or Janis Joplin (JJ), or Joni Mitchell

@ElSmusso

3 жыл бұрын

@@stephenfiore9960 both :)

@mattwhite9823

3 жыл бұрын

Coyote on peyote ; Jim Morrison was a good Poet but a Lousy Rock Star, Who Clown Hendrix on stage, Morrison SUCKS!!!!!!!!

I'd love one of the frontman of Motorhead called Lemmy: Born to lose, Lived to win. Lemmy was even Jimi's Roadie and scored him dope sometimes.

@carlglenn4583

4 жыл бұрын

Lemmy was one of jimi's Roadies when he was 16.

Great work as always. Please do Townes Van Zant, would be a very interesting bio

You’re awesome for this Simon! More rockstars please!!!!

Love how we got a mini Robert Johnson bio in the middle 😂 also can we get an Eric Clapton episode there’s so much to unwrap

I’m going to go out on a limb and say that Simon is a Hendrix fan.

@chrisscott2498

4 жыл бұрын

Not anymore than anyone else his age I'd reckon...not to diss the guy, but this isn't the most accurate source of info on Jimi, not by a longshot.

I remember you guys said a couple months ago that you dont often do musicians because they aren't popular on the channel. I'm so glad that you've given them another chance with Elvis and Hendrix! Thank you!

Thank you for your work

Jeffries had Jimi murdered on my birthday in 1970. The coroner reported that his lungs were full of wine - he literally was drowned while he was held down and wine was poured into his nostrils. There were also downers found in his bloodstream. For some reason this info has been lost in the mix. Are there no musicians at Biographics? Your chords are wrong - the first "Hendrix chord" on record was Foxy Lady - E9.

@Einnor084

4 жыл бұрын

bamboosa Thank God 4 u!!!

I learned to appreciate Jimi through my love for CHICAGO. Jimi admired Terry Kath, and Terry admired Jimi. Now, how about doing segments on Benny Goodman or Peggy Lee? Those would be awesome Bios.

@RAYGERVATO

3 жыл бұрын

Hi I have lotta Jimi cuvers here but a Chicago duo cuvr you might like!

Great video for a Legend

Yes thank you for this Simon & co. 🤘🏻

He’s been such an inspiration to young black boy’s his legacy and music will never die Rock on Brother🤘💜🤪💕💞✝️

The beard is getting more and more epic.

Awesome!! Jimi!! I've been waiting for this one.

Thanks for this. Love Jimi. You go into a lot of detail and I appreciate all the effort put into making these videos. You thank you Sir.

@curbozerboomer1773

Жыл бұрын

Some of the details are wrong...but after 50+ years , no one source concerning Hendrix is exacting.

You missed the part when B.B. King found Hendrix drunk in a bar in (forgot southern state) playing for dollars.

Jim Morrison and Janis Joplin, along with other greats, all died when they were 27, leading to the legend of a rock and roll heaven. Also, I believe "The Monkeys" were Jimi Hendrix's opening band at one point in his career, one of the stranger pairings in history.

@abw48

4 жыл бұрын

C Ray Starling: You have it backwards, Jimi opened for the Monkees, which of course is one of THE strangest pairings in Rock N Roll History. At that time The Monkees were famous, Jimi wasnt, but I often wondered what the reaction of those Teeny Boppers must have thought when Jimi played before their Monkee heros appeared.

@WayneKitching

4 жыл бұрын

@@abw48 Apparently Jimi was fired from that tour because the teeny boppers and their moms complained.

@curbozerboomer1773

Жыл бұрын

@@WayneKitching The reality was...Jimi was "dying the Death" on that tour, as his music was way too much for Monkees fans..so Jimi's manager arranged to have the Experience be dismissed, due to being too vulgar for the little girl crowd!

Amazing bio...really amazing 😊

About time Simon!

Last time I was this early Jimi was in b.b kings band

@lawrencerinehart5747

4 жыл бұрын

And Little Richard + The Isley Brothers.

You should make a biography on one of the most famous rockstars to ever live he was born to lose and he lived to win lemmy kilmister

@finloq2758

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah this would be cool

@armandonorig

4 жыл бұрын

Fun fact Lemmy was Jimi's roadie when he moved to England, he loved him

@mrrey3481

4 жыл бұрын

That.

@bushmanPMRR

4 жыл бұрын

FIVE DECADES of sex n drugs n rock n roll and yet he was always one of the most intelligent, polite and self depreciating rock stars to have ever drawn breath.

@krymera666x7

4 жыл бұрын

Ciaran Duffner razorfist’s metal mythos of Motörhead. Check it out.

This is your best video period

Never thought that I’d see you cover Hendrix, and I am very happy you did