dude if you are high on drugs you make that solo longer wtf this is lame compared to the LA gig, no balls / high compared to sober/ presicely depthning
I saw a couple other videos and it's impressive how he plays differently and improvises the solo in each separate concert,though I love the one they did in L.A this one is sick!!!
Jimi is the best not because he was technically proficient but because his style and technique paved the way for a new soulful guitar-style. Jimi's style was raw and unrefined and no one had ever played guitar like that or even attempted gto before him. That's why he's the best and although John knows he has some serious chops, maybe better than Jimi, he would agree with me there as would SRV.
anyone here Steve Jordan stop drumming early like 2 measures early at around 2:05, then realizes and comes back in? he's an amazing drummer such a sick groove
@joshscus no I think he hit his "hi-hats" which are really just two crash cymbals on top of each other. He does this a lot to create contrast. You expect to hear the snare but don't and when he jumps back in its almost refreshing.
@bluelibra65 you are an idiot, i would like to see you play like that, oh wait you cant because you spend all your time on the computer hating on John Mayer videos because your jealous of how good he is. and SRV and Hendrix would be love John Mayer if they were still here.
i bet half of the adolescent girls in the audience don't even know that this is a cover. no disrespect to john meant, because i rather like his cover.
John seems to have problems singing this one live. This performance, beginning the 3rd verse @~1:50, he repeats "Oh Dolly Mae, how can you hang me up this way?" instead of "Oh Dolly Mae, you must be insane!" or something similar. He plays it off well, though, ad-libbing "so unsure of yourself hanging from your unsure window pane"
Also, listen at around 3:14, as he finishes the solo, he hits the pedal a little too soon.
Jimi was very innovative and he did things AT THE TIME that seemed unthinkable. But you have to realize as time goes on musicians get better and innovate more. After Jimi there was SRV and after SRV there was Mayer and they all get better as time goes on.
i totally disagree, are you trying to say that mayer is better than jimi and SRV? that is just wrong..guitar players such as jimi, SRV, Eddie Van Halen, mayer and many more are at the point talent-wise that you can't really compare them, you may have a favorite but it is unfair to compare them because they all have their own style that no one plays as well as them because it is their own..they are all unique
to start, im a huge fan of both musicians, but let me say that mayer can technically do things that stevie couldnt, so in this sense, mayer is a better guitar player from a technical standpoint.
but lets not forget that mayer might not even be here if it wasnt for srv, so things even out
It seems like there has been this torch passed from Hendrix on to every next generation. And only one person has the balls to fill those shoes. Everytime that torch is passed it burns a little bit brighter.
@SanjayPer I know what you mean the jimi version I wasn't able to hear the words and quicker guitar play made it for me sound like a bit messy John has made the song easyer to hear the lirics a
@SanjayPer I like SRV but would never ever class him and Mayer as being innovators. It's all a matter of taste but to me Jimi was the greatest guitar innovator the world has ever known. I was only 22 years old when he died and he's been the biggest influence on my playing and on innumerable other guitarists.
@lewars1912 Totally agree with you. Mayer and SRV have come up with some good shit! But, without JH who knows where the guitar would have gone. Jimi was an innovator and SRV and especially JM are just trying to tune a few things up and make stuff their own
@SanjayPer I'm sorry but that is complete bs.I respect mayer and i really like srv but jimi was in a completely different league. jimi could play in so many different styles. mayer and srv both built their styles on hendrix.do you play guitar? reading your comment the answer must be: close to never
mayer and srv make less mistakes but that is only because they stick to their licks which they learned by heart. jimi would freestyle 24/7
there will sadly never be a second hendrix.by far the best!!
@SanjayPer You probably think Mayer is better than Bach.... TIME has nothing to do with creativity and innovation.How did Mayer and SRV get more innovative or "better" than Hendrix? There are more intelligent ways to give credit to Mayer if that's what you want to do.
@HeynLinger Time has nothing to do with creativity and innovation? If that were the case, then the cave man would've had a computer. OF COURSE things get better over time. Wow, talk about ignorance is bliss.
@timijai22 Sometimes things get worse over time...In all times there were creative and innovative people. People now are not more creative then people 45 or 4500 years ago. Or maybe you think you're more creative than Michelangelo or Hendrix were because you have a computer?
You're probably talkin about that Rolling Stone article from a few years back. They named Jimi #1 because he's the most influential of all time. Not the most talented. If you listen to John's earlier live stuff, his voice was really pitchy to btw.
Mayer is a great musician and I'm a fan of him. But he can't compare with Hendrix. Jimi was a great musician and songwriter and he did so many revolutionary things throughout his very brief career. He wrote his own songs & didn't just want to play other people's music all the time and stay in the background as just a guitarist. He was very innovative in many ways. He COULD sing and play blistering, beautiful & innovative guitar lines at the same time. So why is it that you don't like him?
Are you trying to imply my personal opinion is wrong?
In MY OPINION, I think Hendrix can't sing, it's clear he just can't!
I just don't think he's the best. If you listen to john's records and then jimi's, can you honestly say that they are at the same singing level? I can't.
This is what I think, so don't go and try to imply I can't think what I want to.
Nah I'm not trying to do that. I respect your opinion because at one point I thought Hendrix couldn't sing, after listening to one of his songs on a live album long ago. I just think that Hendrix CAN sing. He's definitely not a great singer, but he was a capable singer. On some live songs or shows, he would be unfocused but not on all of them. Also, Mayer is a great guitarist but Jimi was more talented and did much more. As an artist, if u like Mayer better, than its your opinion, I don't mind.
Go and listen to Jimi and the Band of Gypsys Live at the Fillmore East album. Jimi plays some pretty intense lead and rhythm guitar parts while he sings on that album. Arguably his best live album ever. That record alone proves to me why he's considered the greatest of all time.
redhanded618, you are SO right. In my opinion, from viewing John's progression is less than a decade, I easily see John being the greatest of all time by the end of his career. But Hendrix was the greatest and most likely will be the greatest live musician of all time. John is so fantastic live, though. Seeing him 10+ times and each time he's been better than the last show I saw.
Mmmm, I guess it would only effect open strings. Remember Jimi used a lot of open string pedal tones a's and e's. not sure John mayer uses the same voicings as Jimi though.
The reverse headstock strats i use sure seem to have a more loose or open kinda feel to em.
it's really simple once you learn how to. it's just making sure that your wrist is 100% free of tightening. then again, i'm pretty sure no one on a YouTube message board can play like John. haha.
AND HOW THE FUCK DOES HE PLAY IT AND SING?
Bluesisnotrock 5 months ago
TAKE IT UP THE ARSE FOR SATAN YOU SATANIC JEW CHRISTIAN NIGGER SLUTS
GolliwoggMusic 5 months ago
dude if you are high on drugs you make that solo longer wtf this is lame compared to the LA gig, no balls / high compared to sober/ presicely depthning
rootsradicals87 6 months ago
that was a bad ass solo
davedbrave17 8 months ago
great drum mix...that kick drum sounds like a 24'
kimedmundson1 9 months ago
This has been flagged as spam show
Check out my cover on my channel :)
1996Prashant 9 months ago
steve jordan on drums...holla!
acw31888 10 months ago
SRV- Singing: 7/10, Guitar playing 11/10, Soul 20/10
Jimi Hendrix- Singing: 2/10, Guitar playing, 10/10, Soul 10/10
John Mayer Singing: 9/10, Guitar playing 9.9/10, Soul 10/10.
All great musicians!
Cbluesrocker 10 months ago
@Cbluesrocker John Mayer's voice is the douchiest. Sorry. Give me Hendrix's anytime.
IamNowJMAN 6 months ago
Damn! this is sick! Jimi would've been proud!
Menikmatik 11 months ago
KILLER SOLO
deniksniks 11 months ago
I saw a couple other videos and it's impressive how he plays differently and improvises the solo in each separate concert,though I love the one they did in L.A this one is sick!!!
blitzencheeze 11 months ago
Sweet Drum Kit!
wagstaff11 1 year ago
a sweet base :)
NatiHistorymaker 1 year ago
Why does one have to be better than the other, they are both excellent in their own right?
MyLaura79 1 year ago
My gosh JCM! You have the most incredible voice!
47masterguitar 1 year ago
Jimi is the best not because he was technically proficient but because his style and technique paved the way for a new soulful guitar-style. Jimi's style was raw and unrefined and no one had ever played guitar like that or even attempted gto before him. That's why he's the best and although John knows he has some serious chops, maybe better than Jimi, he would agree with me there as would SRV.
EtherealSunrise 1 year ago
anyone here Steve Jordan stop drumming early like 2 measures early at around 2:05, then realizes and comes back in? he's an amazing drummer such a sick groove
joshscus 1 year ago
@joshscus He didn't stop early, the song is supposed to be like that.
NewMusicSpacequake 1 year ago
@joshscus no I think he hit his "hi-hats" which are really just two crash cymbals on top of each other. He does this a lot to create contrast. You expect to hear the snare but don't and when he jumps back in its almost refreshing.
sk8rbuoi 11 months ago
Comment removed
bluelibra65 1 year ago
@bluelibra65 he didn't say so, the video doesn't say so, everyone has the right to cover anything.
if you don't like that, then stop clicking john mayer videos.
MiniDaab 1 year ago
@bluelibra65 you are an idiot, i would like to see you play like that, oh wait you cant because you spend all your time on the computer hating on John Mayer videos because your jealous of how good he is. and SRV and Hendrix would be love John Mayer if they were still here.
musicdude195 1 year ago 2
i bet half of the adolescent girls in the audience don't even know that this is a cover. no disrespect to john meant, because i rather like his cover.
29573428937 1 year ago 2
steve jordan is rediculously amazing
drummer62294 2 years ago 4
i can't see soloquierosignearme's problem..
gibsonpetter 2 years ago
2:30 What? Mic 3??? WTF
soloquierosignearme 2 years ago
I love the herb...
sohappyIcouldshit 2 years ago
Mayer is fantastic. The guy single handed saved an entire genre of music and reminds us all of the great blues and rock guitarists.
slowascharlie 2 years ago 13
look at pino at 2:10-2:12 he's breakin it down! haha
jtpro024 2 years ago
john mayer is a fantastic musician, but what makes this performance so amazing is the rhythm section.
pino and steve simply rock...
thehow89 2 years ago 6
john mayer you rock :D
RoosonProductions 2 years ago
I absolutely love this tune. I'm a drummer, and Steve Jordan's groove on this is TOUGH!!!!! But, it is a blast to play!!!!!
mikendustingunnrz 2 years ago
get some great headphones and listen to pino during the beginning of the solo! absolutely crazy!
tyfs663 2 years ago 4
Great song, great performance.
John seems to have problems singing this one live. This performance, beginning the 3rd verse @~1:50, he repeats "Oh Dolly Mae, how can you hang me up this way?" instead of "Oh Dolly Mae, you must be insane!" or something similar. He plays it off well, though, ad-libbing "so unsure of yourself hanging from your unsure window pane"
Also, listen at around 3:14, as he finishes the solo, he hits the pedal a little too soon.
oktoberfeeeeest 2 years ago
haha, first time I see a video where he's wrong with the lyrics ..
0126578 2 years ago
He sings it the same way on WTLI... So the line about the "unsure window pane" isn't ad-libbed...
drdmento 2 years ago
INCREDIBLE!
Love this song on Where The Light Is DVD
Rees473 2 years ago
yo fucking nice sound levels
kishtime 2 years ago
Jimi was very innovative and he did things AT THE TIME that seemed unthinkable. But you have to realize as time goes on musicians get better and innovate more. After Jimi there was SRV and after SRV there was Mayer and they all get better as time goes on.
SanjayPer 3 years ago 40
I Agree with you my friend..;)
GatoGuitarPlayer91 2 years ago
i totally disagree, are you trying to say that mayer is better than jimi and SRV? that is just wrong..guitar players such as jimi, SRV, Eddie Van Halen, mayer and many more are at the point talent-wise that you can't really compare them, you may have a favorite but it is unfair to compare them because they all have their own style that no one plays as well as them because it is their own..they are all unique
fenderstrat8888 2 years ago 3
true, but srv is a better player then mayer. Mayer is really good though.
llZosoll 2 years ago
to start, im a huge fan of both musicians, but let me say that mayer can technically do things that stevie couldnt, so in this sense, mayer is a better guitar player from a technical standpoint.
but lets not forget that mayer might not even be here if it wasnt for srv, so things even out
shkali1 2 years ago 4
It seems like there has been this torch passed from Hendrix on to every next generation. And only one person has the balls to fill those shoes. Everytime that torch is passed it burns a little bit brighter.
bittysnack 2 years ago
@SanjayPer I know what you mean the jimi version I wasn't able to hear the words and quicker guitar play made it for me sound like a bit messy John has made the song easyer to hear the lirics a
1964aphrodite 1 year ago
@SanjayPer I like SRV but would never ever class him and Mayer as being innovators. It's all a matter of taste but to me Jimi was the greatest guitar innovator the world has ever known. I was only 22 years old when he died and he's been the biggest influence on my playing and on innumerable other guitarists.
lewars1912 11 months ago
@lewars1912 Totally agree with you. Mayer and SRV have come up with some good shit! But, without JH who knows where the guitar would have gone. Jimi was an innovator and SRV and especially JM are just trying to tune a few things up and make stuff their own
morselax012 9 months ago
@SanjayPer And John Mayer copied SRV
AgurkTomatGulerod 9 months ago
@SanjayPer I'm sorry but that is complete bs.I respect mayer and i really like srv but jimi was in a completely different league. jimi could play in so many different styles. mayer and srv both built their styles on hendrix.do you play guitar? reading your comment the answer must be: close to never
mayer and srv make less mistakes but that is only because they stick to their licks which they learned by heart. jimi would freestyle 24/7
there will sadly never be a second hendrix.by far the best!!
akageneck 7 months ago 3
@SanjayPer i totally agree with you
Bluesisnotrock 5 months ago
@SanjayPer You probably think Mayer is better than Bach.... TIME has nothing to do with creativity and innovation.How did Mayer and SRV get more innovative or "better" than Hendrix? There are more intelligent ways to give credit to Mayer if that's what you want to do.
HeynLinger 1 month ago
@HeynLinger Time has nothing to do with creativity and innovation? If that were the case, then the cave man would've had a computer. OF COURSE things get better over time. Wow, talk about ignorance is bliss.
timijai22 3 days ago
@timijai22 Sometimes things get worse over time...In all times there were creative and innovative people. People now are not more creative then people 45 or 4500 years ago. Or maybe you think you're more creative than Michelangelo or Hendrix were because you have a computer?
HeynLinger 3 days ago
@SanjayPer
Ha ha!
Well it would be really funny, if you weren't a depressing idiot.
Drblooter99 2 weeks ago
Comment removed
palmster56 3 years ago 2
You're probably talkin about that Rolling Stone article from a few years back. They named Jimi #1 because he's the most influential of all time. Not the most talented. If you listen to John's earlier live stuff, his voice was really pitchy to btw.
tein14 3 years ago
Mayer is a great musician and I'm a fan of him. But he can't compare with Hendrix. Jimi was a great musician and songwriter and he did so many revolutionary things throughout his very brief career. He wrote his own songs & didn't just want to play other people's music all the time and stay in the background as just a guitarist. He was very innovative in many ways. He COULD sing and play blistering, beautiful & innovative guitar lines at the same time. So why is it that you don't like him?
XiaoLLei 3 years ago
Are you trying to imply my personal opinion is wrong?
In MY OPINION, I think Hendrix can't sing, it's clear he just can't!
I just don't think he's the best. If you listen to john's records and then jimi's, can you honestly say that they are at the same singing level? I can't.
This is what I think, so don't go and try to imply I can't think what I want to.
palmster56 3 years ago 3
Nah I'm not trying to do that. I respect your opinion because at one point I thought Hendrix couldn't sing, after listening to one of his songs on a live album long ago. I just think that Hendrix CAN sing. He's definitely not a great singer, but he was a capable singer. On some live songs or shows, he would be unfocused but not on all of them. Also, Mayer is a great guitarist but Jimi was more talented and did much more. As an artist, if u like Mayer better, than its your opinion, I don't mind.
XiaoLLei 3 years ago 2
Oy.
As soon as i saw your comment i thought, "Poor guy's gunna get an earfull now,".
LOL
callyjohnwell 3 years ago
Go and listen to Jimi and the Band of Gypsys Live at the Fillmore East album. Jimi plays some pretty intense lead and rhythm guitar parts while he sings on that album. Arguably his best live album ever. That record alone proves to me why he's considered the greatest of all time.
elciddaddy 3 years ago
I'm totally with you.
MerrildH 3 years ago
@palmster56 (:o( You shouldn't be confused (:o(
lewars1912 6 months ago
redhanded618, you are SO right. In my opinion, from viewing John's progression is less than a decade, I easily see John being the greatest of all time by the end of his career. But Hendrix was the greatest and most likely will be the greatest live musician of all time. John is so fantastic live, though. Seeing him 10+ times and each time he's been better than the last show I saw.
SMAgeneration 3 years ago
to me it just looks like hes using a right-handed strat with a left-handed maple neck on it.
johnkdavid 3 years ago
its a voodoo strat, fender dont make em anymore, you can pick em up used for about £1000.00, the reverse head stock gives them
different tone from the standard strats because the strings are in a different position behind the nut.
JimiRayYng 3 years ago
Explain how exactly that would give a different tone, considering one is fretting the vast majority of ones' playtime.
TGF87 3 years ago
Mmmm, I guess it would only effect open strings. Remember Jimi used a lot of open string pedal tones a's and e's. not sure John mayer uses the same voicings as Jimi though.
The reverse headstock strats i use sure seem to have a more loose or open kinda feel to em.
Good point though dude.
JimiRayYng 3 years ago
Is he playing a left-handed guitar upside down??
whotookaegir 3 years ago
its a reverse headstock strat.
ferrarimk13 3 years ago
John Mayer tore that shit up. I think he played it better than Hendrix would've done live :X
Blackmofasa92 3 years ago
NOBODY outmatches Jimi Hendrix live...Not even this guy...
redhanded618 3 years ago 4
John Mayer just might be a HUGE blues/soul legend when he's baout 50 years of age also. Lets be honest. John Mayer is VERY good.
HarryEtTubMan 3 years ago 7
Anthony Hamilton on drums ladies and...ladies.
calicoolboy 3 years ago
nah it's steve jordan
WONtothaG 3 years ago
WONtothaG....yeah....i was being sarcastic.
calicoolboy 3 years ago
even though this is a cover its still pretty fuckin sweet.
jgordon0033 3 years ago 4
anyone know how to play the end of the solo where he kinda fans the strings n works his way down the neck?
masamiboi23 3 years ago
it's really simple once you learn how to. it's just making sure that your wrist is 100% free of tightening. then again, i'm pretty sure no one on a YouTube message board can play like John. haha.
SMAgeneration 3 years ago
does anybody know the size of the kick drum that steve plays?
ChompTrax 3 years ago
16x20 or something
MMMuller 3 years ago
Classic homage to Jimmy, all while including a left handed cream ivory strat.
mcaba641 3 years ago 6
hey man, don't you mean: Jimi
fender1515 3 years ago 4
Totally right. =)
mcaba641 3 years ago 3
i like the reversed headstock
giantsown10 3 years ago 7
a prefer his tone with rosewood.. great cover!!
starmoca 3 years ago 3
This has been flagged as spam show
shut up dude
Jst0911 3 years ago
i love john mayer. he is absolutely amazing at guitar
bigez63 3 years ago
you should check out amos lee then... amazing blues player
meshell18 3 years ago
I love the solo in this song, on the try album as well.
Good perfomance, so hard to sing and play at same time, yet alone sing as well as him.
:)
thebomb321 3 years ago 2
Gotta love Pino Palladino's headbob
MelleB90 3 years ago 47
@MelleB90 he looks like a turkey, don't you think?
sublimenal23 1 year ago 2
the funny thing is, i bet all of those girls in the audience have no idea who hendrix is.
wellsfloor 3 years ago 5
They probably all thought he wrote the song to haha...he did a good job tho
MorningView4 3 years ago 6
Can anyone post the version they played on Conan?
neophytedirector 4 years ago
Jimi Hendrixxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
aleagentil 4 years ago
awesome.
Love that guitartone. Soooo sweet!!!
Rasmus Volden
R.A.V.
RasmusAV 4 years ago 3
w00 its back
ElectricG 4 years ago 2
great version....
mucha polenta en el solo
ericscigliano 4 years ago 2