Vernon Reid on Jimi Hendrix

[creaturebotman]

Hendrix

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All others who "do their thing" are just disciples.

.

Sorry Vernon Reid. You are great. You are with a great band. However, Hendrix is your guitar God. Know your place dude.

[bjchiniki]

@creaturebotman i disagree i think jimi would have loved to hear from other guitar players that he inspired. but jimi had other guitar gods of his own like buddy guy. bb king. robert johnson. vernon doesnt need to know his place. jimi would just ask him to jam with him. music is universal and spiritual!!!!

[creaturebotman]

@bjchiniki ... . Sure. I can agree partly with what you are saying. However, one thing is for sure.... . Hendrix is a legend. Vernon Reid ( a great guitar player ) is not. . If Jimi were alive today It would be Jimi's "Pleasure" to play with Vernon BUT! it would be an "Honor" for Vernon Reid to play with Hendrix... ... ... I'm just saying... ;-)

[rcrase]

Vernon rules!

[saitamme]

all the comments about which current guitarist is more accomplished than hendrix completely miss the point that none of them would exist without hendrix. there is no doubt that he permanently changed the face of music, virtuosic playing, exuberant imagination, great songwriting, soulful voice...hendrix=genius!

[taildragger53]

I too love Vernon when he explains things.

His style is hard for me to follow. He's alot like Sonny Sharrock, McLaughlin & Blood Ulmer rolled into one.

Very intense and complicated.

[SuperSteeler14]

@happyfoxproductions Ya i was 12 and didnt listen to him but my dad turned him on all the time and I realized Jimi is the best!

[SuperSteeler14]

@rschuh1 I was then!! Man jimi is the best I didnt even listen to him when I wrote that!!

[paulopezz]

vernon reid is a great musician and a great man.

[matimaui]

"do your thing"

[SuperSteeler14]

@crazymarvel i do believe your a troll so just shutup

[SuperSteeler14]

@pnibbins Jimi was awesome but Yngwie Malmsteen would tear him up! Jimi was like a magician and could do some crazy stuff no doubt but Yngwie shreds!!

[crazymarvel]

@SuperSteeler14 shredding is boring

[happyfoxproductions]

@SuperSteeler14

"Jimi was awesome but Yngwie Malmsteen would tear him up!"

woah buddy...

[urheadonastick]

@happyfoxproductions

Malmsteen is a 1 trick pony, good trick but that's it, Hendrix was a musical genius that will span the ages.

[rschuh1]

@SuperSteeler14

My guess is that you have to be about 12 years old to think this.

[eslmc]

"Do your own thing." Amen brother! We were saying that back in the '60s and it's still the path to happiness.

[jukedar]

well spoken

[kermicheo]

don't know this guy. but I tip my hat to him.

[McFro95]

@kermicheo he's from a band called Living Colour, check it out, he's a fuckin good lead guitarist :P

[rievans57]

I've always felt that Hendrix does not get enough credit for his lyricwriting. His lyrics were not only visual and three dimensional but they were great stories as well. A good example is his song "Belly Button Window". That lyric is so heavy. A blues about an unborn fetus! You talk about thinking outside the box. Long live Hendrix......................p­eace!

[boxingin]

This cat speaks the truth. Hendrix and Santana are originals who believe in doing their own things.

[JoePassIsMyIdol]

I wish more rock musicians were serious students and deep thinkers like Vernon. He's someone to admire for sure.

[romienomie]

That's what I have thought for years that now everybody imitates Jimi which is cool in a sense, but like Vernon Reid said, jIMI was an orginal and he was not afraid to try new things to express himself. That to me is the big lesson from HENDRIX.

[rillloudmother]

A F__king-men, Vernon! Preach on brother...

[jahstp]

JIMMMI was the Melting POT

[Screamingdk]

@jahstp FUCK THAT MELTIING POT WHITE BULLSHIT. HE WAS A BEAUTIFUL AFRIKAN WHO PLAYED HIS HEART AND SOUL OUT FOR WHITE VAMPIRES WHO WERE EITHER JEALOUS OF HIM OR USED HIM SAVE THA MELTING POT BULLSHIT FOR SOMEONE WHO BELIEVES IN FAIRY TALES,GUMBE!

[Gubbinz]

that is what it is all about. jimi was on acid and had a wild personality so his music was wild. another guy could come along who wasn't so crazy and play totally tame but in a way he'd be playing like hendrix... from the genre called his own soul

[chicagoslew]

Vernon is a great guitar player!

I know he has mad respect for

Jeff Beck as well...

[ViciousMaximus]

jimy said once "many people Know the notes but not what goes between the notes".

Vernon understood it,so he got his own style.

[mlr2112]

"A lot of artists now, I feel like they write songs for a market place."

So, so very true.

[trinitymike]

@mlr2112 But writers did that even then....Hendrix just was able to have the freedom to write stuff that HE liked and that the PUBLIC liked as well.

[Screamingdk]

@trinitymike JIMI HAD NO FREEDOM THATS WHY HE DIED SO YOUNG. WHITE VAMPIRES USED AND ABUSED HIM .

[Tessmage]

@Screamingdk

Wow... when did negroes learn how to use computers..? Totally cool.

[McFro95]

@mlr2112 thats called pop, lol

[kermicheo]

@mlr2112 or they just completely suck

[Galactu5]

"Do your thing" More musicians/artists really should take that to heart.

[TheRealDerfMan]

"Jimi was an original, like Coltrane and Miles Davis..."

That says it all, don't it?

[getmetwobeers]

2:35

[gamergeek3000]

Hell yeah baby, do your thing.

[boogster123321]

science fiction?

[tatzor]

hendrix was into science fiction movies:P u can really tell from all the sounds he made:P like in machine gun

[boogster123321]

yeah but machine gun wasnt really a science fiction thing. it was more of a political song about the war in veitnam. but songs like 1983... a merman i shall be or third stone from the sun are more science fiction like.

[gamergeek3000]

he's talking about sound effects, not the lyrics.

[boogster123321]

but in that song he was trying to recreate a war in something like third stone from the sun he was trying a expirmental sound.

[jdmevan]

"Imagination is the key to my lyrics. The rest is painted with a little science fiction."

Jimi Hendrix

[boogster123321]

where did you get that quote from, i like it

[derrickproject]

with hendrix it was not just about the guitar but the impact of the whole music sound scape and visual appeal

[miko3003]

DO YO OWN THANG!!!!!! HELL YEA!!!!!

[robariens]

RESPECT... Vernon, keep on doing your own thing!! See ya in Amsterdam on Nov. 1st, 2008 @ Paradiso

[mynamespitt]

ahhhh .... dude.... were you there? if yes...... how was it?

Man,... Vernon.... Amsterdam....are there any vids from it. please let me know.

signed,.

jealous/in awe

[codehendrix]

hendrix was good... but the key to being good... is letting go... and concentrating the energy in one area ... exploding it out...

[jacobX99]

I think that Scrunchy needs to change his fundoshi - and his attitude!

Vernon Reid may be great, no question, but Hendrix is phenomenal. Of course, you're welcome to your opinion, but just make sure it's not an uninformed one. Get Electric Ladyland and listen. Maybe then you will begin to understand...

[ScrunchyFundoshi]

Too bad, Reid would kick Hendrix's proverbial ass in a "battle of the bands" competition any day (as long as the judges are unbiased and have never heard of Hendrix or Reid, I know that's a bit far-fetched but that's the only way Reid would win.) Hendrix's music is so annoying it gives me a migraine and makes me puke violently like Niagara Falls. Reid's music, however, is so ungodly words cannot described the sheer excellence one can behold from listening to Living Colour's "Vivid" album.

[pnbibbins]

I love Vernon to death. But Hendrix couldn't be blown off stage by Vernon, or anybody else. That's today or in Jimi's time. There's no other guitar player that put more fear into guys like Eric Clapton, Pete Townsend, Jeff Beck.

There's not a guitar player out there today that can do that to their peers like Jimi did. You need to check out a video like Jimi doing "Johnny Be Goode" live. Do a youtube search on it. Jimi was a an experience of body, mind and soul. No other comes close!

[fenderjones]

@pnbibbins I think the "fear" was that nobody out there including them was doin the kind of music Jimi was doin. Not only was his music futuristic not only was it 3d,technicolor it had soul. His soul.

[Noseheros]

@pnbibbins He was amazing! Style, lyrics, showmanship, all of it! I mean as a player he's my favorite, but his technique could be up stagged by SRV in some ways, like SRV plays faster and has a little different take on some Hendrix ideas, but I hate when people compare them, SRV had the chance to learn from Hendrix, Hendrix created that style out of thin air

[lostsoulsmalaysia]

@pnbibbins very true..you speak the truth... Jimi was a once off...a unique creation in time...no one can ever be him or match him..

[snezakovic]

@pnbibbins

I think Buckethead would blow/scare him of  the stage :))

[Funkdogg]

@snezakovic  i really like buckethead, but your comment is just silly!

[fayettevillin]

@snezakovic kill your self!

[snezakovic]

@fayettevillin

you're comment is so awesome,I can just picture you as an intelligent little being ...

[fayettevillin]

@snezakovic WELL IF U THINK BUCKETHEAD WOULD BLOW HENDRIX OFF STAGE U HAVE NO SIGN OF INTELLIGENCE....

[snezakovic]

@fayettevillin

bla bla bla ,whatever.....

[taildragger53]

@pnbibbins True.

I saw Jimi live in London 5 times during the period 1968-1970. Even spoke to him many times whilst shopping in Central London on Saturday morns.

He took the World by storm. Nobody had seen a black hippy play guitar ..the entire scene, until then, had been dominated by the British Invasion.

It infuriated some, it scared others,but they (Clapton, Pete, etc) SAID they loved him.

They really feared him stealing their girls , ha ha!!> This is what I think.

[trower]

Scrunchyfundoshi....or whaterver the fuck you call yourself obviously is undeducated. Read a history book you silly twat and perhaps you will learn that it takes an inovator to start something new. Go listen to your faggot rap where you belong.

[ScrunchyFundoshi]

Well, that's too BAD. Jimi Hendrix's music is NAUSEATING and I have no idea how Jimi Hendrix can be considered so great he gets a whole chapter devoted to him in a history book. Listen to Living Colour's "Vivid" album and you'll see that Vernon Reid is (at least from your perspective) on par with Hendrix.

[mickypav]

its appears someone else is "undeducated" go learn the spell you twat

[Entropy56]

don't listen to music for "anguish and fear" but for beauty and inspiration. I guess some people like that sort of thing. So maybe he was the best at projecting darkness. Here is to the king of anguish and fear. Whoo Hooo!

[ScrunchyFundoshi]

Vernon Reid > Jimi Hendrix

[ScrunchyFundoshi]

I never liked Jimi Hendrix, I found his music to be nauseating (I simply don't enjoy it). Come to think of it, left-handed guitarists are over-rated. Kurt Cobain was a terrible singer and an uncoordinated guitarist and Eric Clapton is okay but not the king of strings like everyone says he is.

[sexandgromit]

Clapton is the most over rated person on the planet. True Story. Hendrix was a guitar god that was taken way before his time. This is also a true story.

[violinbloke]

I know what you mean....but when you think that Hendrix was composing as we was playing, THAT'S AMAZING! He was a musical genius. Eric Clapton is just a VERY lucky average guitarist....SO overrated.

[Benesyed]

Why is this guy getting so many down votes for voicing his opinion and doing so politely?

[ScrunchyFundoshi]

beats me, probably because of all the vindictive Hendrix fanboys with a Highlander mentality (THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE... Black guitarist!)

[Bucetinho]

do ur thing

[SouthSaturn]

i would say the real lesson from hendrix is to learn the delta blues through and through and it'll evolve on its own with the times

[korn65]

Jimi was also influenced by the Texas blues too... texas blues is awesome

[jdmevan]

"The reflection of the world is blues, that's where that part of the music is at. Then you got this other kind of music that's tryin' to come around." - Jimi Hendrix

[RLW1967]

It is very great to hear Vernon Reid talking about Jimi Hendrix.

[damnthisshit1]

more black people should appreciate rock music instead of rap, and there should be more blacks in rock music.

[sneath529]

I don't mean any disrespect....It's not about black or white or any color God gives you. Music is a beautiful melting pot that we all can pour in to.

Do your thing, groove to what drummer makes you dance. BLEND IN!!!

[tonyskins19]

im black and i like rock music

[Dre0322]

me too

[komjong]

We do. Afterall we created both genres however pop culture has a momentum that is incredibly hard to compete with. There is big money being spent to promote and keep bad RAP music on the air. It makes money while keeping people stupid and that is the bottom line concern.

[upinlights007]

I hope your white and you feel this way, we have this discussion in my class ( i go to an arts college for audio production) all the time. Not enough blacks representing rock and expanding their horizons. Nothing against my people but.. i hate rap and what are you really learning from it?

[ultrakool]

Oops, that's Kath. Sorry Terry. RIP

[ultrakool]

When Chicago opened for Hendrix in the late '60s he watched them play and said to Chicago's trombone player,"You're guitar player is better than I am". Terry Katz must have been playing I'm a Man in order for the otherwise brass bassed Chicago to have caught Jimi's eye. That's a lofty compliment in the grand scheme of things. It's just too bad Katz couldn't persuade Chicago to go in that direction instead of the more brass oriented style.

[earlykavers]

MILES DAVIS started to teach HENDRIX to read music

[Bishop3121]

Never heard that b4

[dustyorb]

Phil Keagey

[howthewestwaswon2]

He admired their frontman/leadsinger/sologuitar­ist Andy Tielman, who was way ahead of time with his invention of the 10 string Fender Jazzmaster and his incredible guitar solo's. Andy Tielman also played the guitar with his teeth & feet way before Jimi Hendrix ever did. Together with other Indorock bands such as the infamous Black Dynamites and Oety and his Real Rockers they introduced REAL exciting rock & roll in Europe.

[IntelInside2020]

and Buddy Guy was playing with his teeth, behind the back ,etc. way before all of them did

[31003707]

there were cats doing it before buddy guy....its an old blues trick...

[howthewestwaswon2]

When a young Jimi Hendrix was in Germany, like many Americans at that time, he witnessed a performance by the then famous Tielman Brothers. The Tielman Brothers were a rock & roll band from the 50's with an incredible show and with unbelievable musical skills. Jimi Hendrix was totally blown away by their instrumental version of the song Sway.

[pomesu]

Jimi Hendrix has never seen Andy Tielman & The Tielman Brothers on stage in Germany!

Jimi came just for the first time in Germany on March 17, 1967 for a one-off concert at The Star-Club in Hamburg. All comparisons rely on purily chance!

[freakkbre]

vernon mixes jazz, funk and heavy metal, successfully!

[frodonet]

That's the main thing about Jimi Hendrix...Jimi Hendrix playing teaches everyone to do your own style and not imitate.. Play with Feeling... Jimi Hendrix is immortal

[Kenshin11212]

What if Jimi is my thing? lok

[InflatableDragon]

Do your thing.

[philmonster]

Just did my thing. Is that inflatable dragon available at sex shops? My goat has far too many tube patches on it.

[InflatableDragon]

Available in a hood near you.

[xxwantedxx]

well pu vernon...well put

play what u want people

[Tazz77]

Cool clip.  He hit the nail right on the head when he said that musicians today write songs for a particular market. Hendrix wrote and played from his soul. By the way, Living Colour are a great live act and I highly recommend everyone go see them if they come to your town.

[carterwatrous]

how is it inspiring just wondering

shut up

[civilright]

the i only guitarist in my life that truly blew me away

was jim thomas of the mermen, i definately put him up as someone who totally changed my perspective on the feel of the guitar along with some others.

[civilright]

EXACTLY!

[gianpesto]

yay... don't immitate hendrix!

you won't ever play like him, but if you want to make his idea live on in our cultureless time, make your own thing, doesn't matter if you play country or flamenco.

just take the guitar and love her.

[MagicBoy241]

great inspiring video.