Hendrix Killing Floor Clapton

He had come on stage and cutoff clapton.

Hendrix killing floor clapton.

We got up on stage and chas chandler says i ve got this friend who would love to jam with you it was funny in those days anybody could get up with anybody if you were convincing enough that you could play. He ended up playing a song killing floor that even clapton had expressed he had not been a fan of playing because of it s difficulty jimi played his bum off and owned the entire song. In this scene chas chandler introduced hendrix to eric clapton and asked if h. Originally it was written by legendary blues singer songwriter and guitarist howlin wolf and became classic of chicago electric blues.

He had played with his teeth behind his head jimi had quickly become a force to be reckoned with. Eric clapton hubert sumlin clarence gatemouth buddy guy santana jeff beck jimi hendrix robert cray robert johnson woody guthrie l. Jimi plugged in and blew the entire band away. During the wide ranging chat eric opened up about jimi hendrix s jam.

Hendrix buoyed by said sincerity took to the stage and grabbed a guitar to cover howlin wolf s killing floor eric clapton told planet rock. Scene from the movie all is by my side which traces the life of jimi hendrix. Eric clapton writes in his biography. The song performed by jimi is killing floor.

Best of rock blues guitar. Hendrix s version simply wowed the audience. To coincide with the release of his candid life spanning documentary life in 12 bars eric has recorded a my planet rocks special which airs at 7pm on sunday 14th january where he talks about the film his life and career and plays songs that inspired him together with classics from his own musical arsenal. Watch one of very few good quality videos recorded live in monterey 1967.