Jimi Hendrix playing an SG

[Nitro Express]

[Hardrock69]

Stockholm.

I have this entire show on DVD.

Poor Jimi looked completely worn out on this set, and played like it as well.

[DrMaddVibe]

Worn out or strung out?

Noel is carrying his ass and keeps noding over to Jimi, like "C'mon...get your shit together!"

I haven't seen this before...is the rest of this as bad as that clip?

[Nitro Express]

I think Jimi committed suicide. His management were a bunch of crooks who got him so far into debt Jimi had to constantly work to raise money. They would put him on these killer scheduals and burn the dude out. He obviousely was a real manic dude towards the end. Tired and unhappy looking.

[Nitro Express]

Jimi Hendrix died pennylees. He like had a checking account with $19 in it. The management provided everything else. When he died his poor father who was a landscaper in the Seattle area had to come up with the money to bury Jimi. The dude died broke.

[thome]

If I didn't know Jim History. I would still be looking at this vid like I did, face front, without sweating the sleepy delivery.

There is something there, something intangable, superior, grand.

On a bad day, he is still looking and sounding like something more.

[Hardrock69]

The Experience was on the verge of breaking up. Jimi had not wanted to do that short European tour, but his manager needed an infusion of cash to buy the Generation Club in NYC, which eventually became Electric Lady Studios.

Hendrix and Noel Redding were barely on speaking terms by that point.

Yes, the rest of the performance is pretty much null and void, though it does have it's occasional brilliant moment.

Not one of their best gigs.

[DrMaddVibe]

Is there any behind the scenes talking from Jimi and the band?

[jhale667]

You guys should read 'Scuze Me While I Kiss The Sky : The Life of Jimi Hendrix biography by David Henderson.
It's an extremely interesting read.

And if you'd like to see the opposite end of the spectrum...Hendrix just destroying a place, check out the Rainbow Bridge video..

[Hardrock69]

The David Henderson story, while giving an interesting read, is the "lite" Jim biography.

THe real ones to check out are "Jimi Hendrix: Electric Gypsy" and "Jimi Hendrix: Setting The Record Straight" with Mitch Mitchell. Also, Noel Redding's book provides some interesting stories.

Goddammit.

Wish he was still alive.

Oh well.

[Nitro Express]

Originally posted by Hardrock69
The David Henderson story, while giving an interesting read, is the "lite" Jim biography.

THe real ones to check out are "Jimi Hendrix: Electric Gypsy" and "Jimi Hendrix: Setting The Record Straight" with Mitch Mitchell. Also, Noel Redding's book provides some interesting stories.

Goddammit.

Wish he was still alive.

Oh well.

Hendrix was not a stable guy mentally. I think if he would have lived we would have seen a nasty downturn in his demeanor and career. I personally don't think he would have lasted.

Look at Eddie Van Halen. If he died in a plane crash in 1984 he would be a bigger rock and roll legend than he is now. Eddie just lived long enough to show us the asshole Roth had been hiding from us in the prime days.

[cdwillis]

Eddie probably should have died in a plane crash in 1984/1985 then he would have never came out of the asshole closet.

[Hardrock69]

That SG was on display at the Hard Rock Cafe in London when I was there over the Christmas holidays in 1989.

[ZahZoo]

There's a better color clip of him playing that SG on a 69 appearance on the Dick Cavett show with Jimi playing Isabella. Pretty funny interview footage from that show as well and you can really get a glimpse into Hendrix's sense of humor.

[Hardrock69]

"How about the greatest guitar player sittting in this chair?"