Holy smokes, John, this is magnificent. I can barely distinguish your playing from the original. You should be incredibly proud of yourself. Long live Jimi’s music, indeed!
Gary

John,

Awesome! I love your friend’s voice on this rendition and you really excelled on the guitar. As you said the timing is key to make it all work and man it was working for sure!!
You have to be proud of putting this together because your guitar playing is just growing by leaps and bounds.
Congratulations. Let us know when you’ll be going on tour.
Tim

very nice John

Great job, you nailed it, tone, double stops, feel, timing, phrasing. Jimi lives!

Nice playing, John! It’s nice to have friends you can count on.

John,
That was awesome! When I looked away from the video, I thought I was listening to Jimi!
Superb!
Cheers, Debra

Holly smokes is right! Sheesh! such dexterity in them chargo fingers!!! And watching you play it perfectly makes me wonder where Jimmy Hendrix at such a young age acquired this stuff?.. he truly was/is a Beethoven of our times, excellent tribute to Hendrix john!

listened and watched a few times already..man that was great john thanks for sharing!

Hi John, yes, he was an outstanding personality and his time, in my opinion, far ahead. I was in time also fan of the Stones but one was safe; Hendrix was just better. I had to stand by then. As John (sunburst) already said, he was something like Beethoven. John, I’m sitting in my office (early in the morning), listening to your version, and I was touched. Very good John !!!

Wilfried

Great job on this, John. Your are very close to the original in tone, timing and articulation. Did you figure out much of this on your own, and if not, what source did you use?

That was amazing John. Both the guitar playing and the vocals. Where did the drum track come from?

Brilliant John,

When is your CD out?

Andrew

I watched and listened again and it is very impressive. Accurate and soulful.

Would you mind telling a lesser guitarist like me how you went about learning this in such detail?

Anything would help not that I would have the patience to get it all!

Regards

Andrew

Awe man, look at choo going all Hendrix on us mere mortals..
“Superbly superb” are the only two words I know to describe what you just did there…

Another great one John! You just keep getting better.
Ron

Great, John! That was really impressive!! It looks so easy to do watching you play it–just like one Brian’s lessons. Fantastic job.
Larry

I must have played this 5 or 6 times now..

@charjo

simply WOW, excellent….John you nailed that and I am very grateful for the dedication, we share a deep admiration for Jimi’s music and playing. Awesome tone and production…..you also nailed something else…..

What AM and Brian has given those of us like John and myself that got here with a lot of guitar under our belts….the details, the nuances, the timing and knowing why and where you are on the neck…..and the confidence to take on songs like this one….I know it is the case for John and also for me….learning almost any song is now simply a decision, not a life work. So John, I’d like to name this piece a milestone…a graduation of sorts….

Congrats and thanks for the dedication it is deeply appreciated….

Roberto

Hey John well fantastic!
Ditto all previous comments and is your friend called Jimi as just like Debra I immediately heard Hendrix singing and you playing his tune
Cheers Bri

John That is a credit to you..every one has said it above about the various aspects so I don’t have any more to add; but do request more please! JohnStrat

Wow! I agree with Maradonigol. Brian has filled in gaps like timing and phrasing that has eluded me for years. I am more confident of my whereabouts on the fretboard and the whys and wheres of playing that now make sense. Charge, you nailed it. Sweet.

Richard

Hey John, this is tops!!!
You have to be elated to have put this together after working at it for so long, and your hard work has paid off nicely.
I’m going to stroke a few peoples fur the wrong way here but I was never a huge Jimi fan but the songs of his that I liked were and remain all time favorites, this is one. I’d have to believe that even he is smiling at this.
Rob

Amazing! Fantastic! Your playing proofs immortality of this music.

John, you absolutely nailed that tone. That can be one of the most difficult aspects of playing like Hendrix to get down. And not just tone in “what amp setting” etc… The rhythm runs you played very fluidly. One of my favorite songs Jimi ever composed. Awesome job, through and through!

Mark

Excellent playing man….

Very very impressive, John! Just perfect, I take my hat off for this one…

Regards,

When you say “dear old friend” you mean Jimi, correct? I know Jimi never liked his voice and that was definitely the real Jimi Hendrix singing on this track. If is wasn’t then I’d like to meet his reincarnation. I think people need clarification on who was singing, haha!

Great job with the playing

Thats was Awesome Playing John Tip o the Hat my Friend
Barry

haha that was cool.. nice one man.. now, imagine if Jimi were alive and he did that to YOU .. i.e., post a video that you did on YouTube.. do you thing they would block him?

I am in the middle of watching a documentary on Netflix called Jimi Hendrix: Voodoo Child. Really great video and done from HIS perspective by an actor portraying his voice reading his letters home to the family. Did you know that the song Little Wing was written for a girl “friend”? Not sure if the girl they showed with him in the documentary was her, but, that was actually the name he called her. Great Video, both the documentary and yours..

Just stumbled on your Hendrix accomplishment. Holy Moly !! as they say….Jimi had to be smiling from up above…..
Artfully and professionally done!

Marty

Incredible good !!!!

Congratulations
David B.