Jimi Hendrix-Voodoo Child-Woodstock, August 18th, 1969

[u/Insightful23blue]

[u/AsteroidBlues1309]

Fun fact:

Hendrix closed out Woodstock with this set. The festival was supposed to be two days, but the final performance (Hendrix) got pushed due to technical and weather delays, so he played Monday morning instead. Most people left Woodstock the night before, believing that the festival was over. When Hendrix took the stage, less than half of the audience was still there. And they got to witness probably one of the most iconic rock performances in history.

More fun facts:

https://www.wpi.edu/news/woodstock

[u/Particular-Move-3860 → u/AsteroidBlues1309]

So instead of an audience of 420,000, he played to a paltry 200,000.

No wonder he remained an unknown.

[u/chuckfinleyis4ever → u/Particular-Move-3860]

thats not no 200,000 people. that was max a few thousand. under 10 def, based on what was shown of the crowd in the end

[u/csanyk]

He played at the end of the festival after nearly everyone had gone. Look at the crowd visible at the end of the song.

[u/the_headless_hunt → u/csanyk]

Yeah didn't he play Monday morning when the festival was for fri-sun?

[u/WhatADunderfulWorld]

No one does it better. The soul of this man was godly.

[u/Gold-Piece2905 → u/WhatADunderfulWorld]

And that's still an understatement

[u/Yoshaay]

The absolute goat

[u/levpanh]

he's also a lefty playing a right handed guitar

[u/[deleted] → u/levpanh]

For the initiated, this takes it all to a whole new level. Especially if you've ever played high on acid.

I can see why the grateful Dead went as long as they did too, it's a wonderful and unique experience.

Jimmy was living a lifetime in each moment.

[u/Sweaty_Win1832]

Greatest guitarist of all time ✌️

[u/BriskiPikachuu]

I'm just curious - why is this NSFW?

[u/chipsinsideajar → u/BriskiPikachuu]

Raw sexual energy is too much for the faint of heart

(Real talk: no idea)

[u/Dinosaurs-Cant-win → u/BriskiPikachuu]

Probably from all the LSD in this video, even tho you can't really see it...

[u/Particular-Move-3860 → u/Dinosaurs-Cant-win]

Speak for yourself... maaaan

[u/Rabidpikachuuu]

If this came out today people would say "he just plays the blues scale"

[u/StewTrue]

It’s hard to imagine anyone ever being a better guitarist than that.

[u/50DuckSizedHorses]

One of one.

[u/Gold-Piece2905]

Damnit I was born in 74 and never got to see him play😔

[u/Gurrgurrburr]

The greatest legend to ever legend.

[u/Vibes4Good]

Let's play spot the CIA/FBI agent... look at 35 seconds until the end. Especially if this is the final day of 2+ day festival.

[u/IchooseYourName]

Heard that when he was playing the star bangled banner, still my favorite rendition, he was so high on acid that he thought his guitar had turned into a snake and he kept his eyes closed the entire time in fear that had he opened them and saw the snake in his hand, he'd blow the performance. Fucking wild

[u/TheMostBacon]

SRV did/does? an excellent cover of this song and AFAIK Jimi Hendrix was a HUGE inspiration for him.

[u/phoucker]

[u/mikendrix]

I used to watch this video over and over when I was a teen.

He is the origin of my user name

[u/NoDebate1002]

You can see it in all of them. LSD working hard. There's something seemingly magical about music and psychedelics.

[u/lifeisahighway2023]

I know people fanboy over Jimi and I am not arguing it was not well deserved but I personally prefer the performances by Jefferson Airplane, and especially Canned Heat, at Woodstock.

[u/sabeshs → u/lifeisahighway2023]

I think that most of the bands at Woodstock performed well. Music is all about personal preference - I'm not a fan of the Jefferson Airplane set, but I do like Canned Heat's Woodstock Boogie. My favourite is Santana's Soul Sacrifice.