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Jimmi Hendrix live at woodstock

fadafada Posts: 1,032
edited March 2007 in Other Music
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3981364972665945187&q=the+who+in+concert
THere is no doubting his talent on the guitar but IMHO I think that he over does some of the jams.
smoking a joint half way through. did very little singing.
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  • lucylespianlucylespian Posts: 2,403
    Ya gotta remember he was last on teh bill, he had been up allnight waiting to go on, he was off his head on LSD, I'm surprised he could even stand up !!
    Music is not a competetion.
  • fadafada Posts: 1,032
    What time in the morning did he go on and what was the running order for woodstock?
  • taratara Posts: 293
    fada wrote:
    I think that he over does some of the jams.
    smoking a joint half way through. did very little singing.


    blasphemer!!

    it's not always about singing dude, some bands focus on the singing, others are about the instrumental
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  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    He went on at eight in the morning. I take it you're referring to the footage of Jam Back at the House (aka Beginnings). That was an instrumental. It's worth noting that the microphones were faulty at the gig, but Jimi did sing a lot of his material. He was an improvisational musician though, and he would play extended solos in the manner of a jazz player, if the mood took him.


    There's never been an official release of the complete Woodstock: even the 1999 Experience Hendrix double CD is forty minutes too short. There's lots of singing at the Woodstock gig. In fact, Jimi's army buddy Larry Lee sings two numbers, Mastermind and Curtis Mayfield's Gypsy Woman, while Jimi puts in some beautiful arpeggiated guitarwork that explains the whole Little Wing style of guitar beautifully.
  • fadafada Posts: 1,032
    FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:
    He went on at eight in the morning. I take it you're referring to the footage of Jam Back at the House (aka Beginnings). That was an instrumental. It's worth noting that the microphones were faulty at the gig, but Jimi did sing a lot of his material. He was an improvisational musician though, and he would play extended solos in the manner of a jazz player, if the mood took him.


    There's never been an official release of the complete Woodstock: even the 1999 Experience Hendrix double CD is forty minutes too short. There's lots of singing at the Woodstock gig. In fact, Jimi's army buddy Larry Lee sings two numbers, Mastermind and Curtis Mayfield's Gypsy Woman, while Jimi puts in some beautiful arpeggiated guitarwork that explains the whole Little Wing style of guitar beautifully.


    Would you know what his setlist was?

    Another point on Woodstock I always remember pete townshend saying that the who's performance at it was dreadful( because his drink was spiked). I taught it was amazing and would love to hear their full performance at it and not the released half of "were not gonna take it and Sparks.
  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    Sure! I'm a Hendrix archivist. I have the complete gig, plus the rehearsals.

    This was the setlist:

    1. Message To Love
    2. Hear My Train A Comin'
    3. Spanish Castle Magic
    4. Red House
    5. Mastermind (vocals by Larry Lee)
    6. Lover Man
    7. Foxy Lady
    8. Beginning
    9. Izabella
    10. Gypsy Woman (vocals by Larry Lee)
    11. Fire
    12. Voodoo Child (slight return)/Stepping Stone
    13. Star Spangled Banner
    14. Purple Haze
    15. Woodstock Improvisation/Villanova Junction
    16. Hey Joe
  • Shawn Smith CollectiveShawn Smith Collective Posts: 986
    FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:
    15. Woodstock Improvisation/Villanova Junction

    I'd just like to note two things:

    1. Junction is among Jimi's finest instrumentals.
    2. The Woodstock show was an experiment. Jimi expanded from a 3-piece into a large band. It's no secret that the Gypsy Sun & Rainbow experiment was not a total success, which is why it didn't continue.

    Also, if you compare Jimi's extended jams to the Allmans, the Dead, Santana, Floyd, etc. they're relatively short!
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  • fadafada Posts: 1,032
    FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:
    Sure! I'm a Hendrix archivist. I have the complete gig, plus the rehearsals.

    This was the setlist:

    1. Message To Love
    2. Hear My Train A Comin'
    3. Spanish Castle Magic
    4. Red House
    5. Mastermind (vocals by Larry Lee)
    6. Lover Man
    7. Foxy Lady
    8. Beginning
    9. Izabella
    10. Gypsy Woman (vocals by Larry Lee)
    11. Fire
    12. Voodoo Child (slight return)/Stepping Stone
    13. Star Spangled Banner
    14. Purple Haze
    15. Woodstock Improvisation/Villanova Junction
    16. Hey Joe

    Would 2, 3, 8 and 9 be the ones missing from the footage I've seen?
  • larslars Posts: 524
    It´s a hoax. Jimmi Hendrix was never at woodstock. The day before his gig he got pneumonia and was taken to the nearest hospital. Instead the management sent in a double called Ritchie Rodgers. If you don´t believe it check him out yourself. http://ritchierodgersisjimihendrix.blogspot.com/
    Spread this and let the facts come out.
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  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    Um, there's a lot missing from that video release. It came out in the early nineties, when Jimi's estate was still under the control of Alan Douglas. Try and get the 2005 Experience Hendrix double DVD. It's still not complete (Larry's songs are missing, and minutes of material is gone, including Larry's solos). Yes, those songs you mention are missing from the release.

    My copy of the 2005 DVD is signed by Billy Cox! :cool:


    Here's an edited version of Hear My Train a Comin' (aka Getting My heart Back Together Again):

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UHuYjd-U4c
  • fadafada Posts: 1,032
    I always taught that he ended with Villanova Junction . I remember hearing that on the woodstock film and all I could remember was someone picking up shoes in a muddy field and some eating water melon
  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    Hey Joe was the encore. He was going to do Valleys of Neptune, but he couldn't remember the words.
  • fadafada Posts: 1,032
    FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:
    Hey Joe was the encore. He was going to do Valleys of Neptune, but he couldn't remember the words.


    Never heard that song , I don't think its on the released albums(after he died) that I have.

    Had the LSD taken over at this stage or was it sleep deprevation?
    How did he feel playing his set when the crowd were leaving?
  • Evacuation RulesEvacuation Rules Posts: 2,162
    Jimi played well at Woodstock but his backing band was pretty lame. It's not the greatest performance. The only reason that it's even available now is because it was at Woodstock.

    The best Hendrix concert I've seen/heard is the Royal Albert Hall concert from 1969. The concert is tangled up in litigation but there are plans to someday release it as a CD & DVD. This will be the ultimate Hendrix live document when it is released. In the meantime, it's only available as a bootleg.
  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    He collapsed as soon as he left the stage. He was exhausted. Mitch Mitchell has said that Woodstock wasn't much fun. There was no food, no toilets, tiredness and mud everywhere. He thought the band didn't get any better, from the first rehearsals at Shokan House in Woodstock. Jimi was due to go on at midnight, but Sly Stone had played a long set during the night, and things were very behind schedule. Jimi crashed out, and holed himself up in a hotel room. He was supposed to appear on the Dick Cavett show that evening, but never made it. He went on, three weeks later, instead.

    Gypsy Sun and Rainbows played two more gigs, the following month, at Harlem and at a club called Salvation (also in New York).
  • Shawn Smith CollectiveShawn Smith Collective Posts: 986
    lars wrote:
    It´s a hoax. Jimmi Hendrix was never at woodstock. The day before his gig he got pneumonia and was taken to the nearest hospital. Instead the management sent in a double called Ritchie Rodgers. If you don´t believe it check him out yourself. http://ritchierodgersisjimihendrix.blogspot.com/
    Spread this and let the facts come out.

    LOL! Maybe a little reading comprehension would help. ;)
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  • fadafada Posts: 1,032
    FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:
    He collapsed as soon as he left the stage. He was exhausted. Mitch Mitchell has said that Woodstock wasn't much fun. There was no food, no toilets, tiredness and mud everywhere. He thought the band didn't get any better, from the first rehearsals at Shokan House in Woodstock. Jimi was due to go on at midnight, but Sly Stone had played a long set during the night, and things were very behind schedule. Jimi crashed out, and holed himself up in a hotel room. He was supposed to appear on the Dick Cavett show that evening, but never made it. He went on, three weeks later, instead.

    Gypsy Sun and Rainbows played two more gigs, the following month, at Harlem and at a club called Salvation (also in New York).
    I was talinking to a guy about it a few minutes ago he saying that Jimmi partied into the night and never slept hence what was not all that great (not in my mind) a performance
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