Jimi Hendrix Killing Floor Eric Clapton

Undaunted hendrix gets on stage and launches into howlin wolf s killing floor.

Jimi hendrix killing floor eric 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. 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. But as blues guitarist stephen dale petit notes when chas invited jimi to london jimi did not ask about money or contracts. Jimi comes on stage to jam with eric clapton s wildly popular band cream and performs a mind blowing version of killing floor.

After arriving in london hendrix sat in on a cream show and asked if he could jam with eric clapton and the band. It features jimi hendrix upstaging eric clapton. Everyone was gobsmacked. 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.

Clapton doesn t even attempt to join in and instead leaves the stage. Eric clapton writes in his biography. Who knows if hendrix knew clapton had struggled with killin floor and decided not to try it live. 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.

In this scene chas chandler introduced hendrix to eric clapton and asked if h. He had come on stage and cutoff clapton. He asked if chas would introduce him to beck and clapton he had come to meet and blow away his rock heroes. 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.

Hendrix buoyed by said invitation took to the stage and grabbed a guitar to cover howlin wolf s killing floor eric clapton told planet rock. This was an audacious request. Hendrix went up plugged the bass amp and played howlin wolf s killin floor a track that clapton was having a hard time playing. Scene from the movie all is by my side which traces the life of jimi hendrix.

During the wide ranging chat eric opened up about jimi hendrix s jam. Jimi plugged in and blew the entire band away. He had played with his teeth behind his head jimi had quickly become a force to be reckoned with.