decide, depends on how OCD you are, do you wanna be, like, the perfect, the proper musician? Or do you wanna do a Hendrix? So the thumb over the top. - Way over the top, yes.
We were looking for some action, also known as trouble, as young man often do. Hendrix, he wouldn't be in it.
Susan's been doing it since 1998. Norris Henderson's been doing it from before that Dorsey Nunn was doing it 10 years before that. I have a story about Dorsey Nunn and me back in the '90s around criminal justice reform in San Francisco.
And the more serious I got about guitar I started listening to more guitar players. Jimi Hendrix and Edward Van Halen and Stevie Ray Vaughan and Eric Johnson and Joe Satriani and I mean, the list kind of goes all over the map from then. And I decided somewhere around the age of 19 or 20 that I should maybe try to do this as a job.
Has anyone-- was anyone here for Harville Hendrix? Harville Hendrix wrote a book called "Getting The Love You Want," which someone gave to Oprah-- does anyone know who Oprah is? --a little over 20 years ago.
Who would you-- who didn't you get to see that you would have loved to have seen? Jimi Hendrix. Yeah? Where? Monterey Jazz, or-- like, the guitar on fire?
And so instead of getting defensive, I said, "no, he's doing acoustic trap music now." Those same people were calling about the streaming numbers of "Hendrix." Yeah. Well, it does accomplish the goal of bringing a very unique style of music. Well, communication is key.
So for example, you get acoustic feedback. So artists like Jimi Hendrix and the Grateful Dead, their music is almost synonymous with acoustic feedback. And acoustic feedback happens usually when your mic is too close to the amp.
Right. And it still didn't make their top 35 or 40. And Bruce Henderson had an interesting point of view.
learning movement, which is more and more is coming into schools. And Harville Hendricks-- he was here about a year ago. Has anyone-- was anyone here for Harville Hendrix?
I love the beauty of Yosemite. This is Lamar Henderson.
in particular, the Catholic church was going to label notes of the devil, and things not to play. you play Fletcher Henderson.
in particular, the Catholic church was going to label notes of the devil, and things not to play. And Fletcher Henderson and Ellington, these guys are out there doing it.
And we used to jam at Generation all the time. And when Hendrix was in the neighborhood doing the studio, you would see him around, jamming in different clubs. So in the old days, we didn't have Doppler radar.
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I got to see all of those bands, all of the legendary bands from America, from England on a weekly basis. Just walking past Hendrix's studio, Electric Lady Studio, and the smell in the air, the hippies everywhere. It was a quite inspiring time.
So through the course of the last about seven or eight years, really kind of starting when we went to the second floor of the Henderson campus, it was really important to think about how we could get everybody under one roof. We aren't growing as fast, from a headcount standpoint, as you guys are.
And this is Fergus Henderson and his partner Trevor.
- Hashtag parenting. - That's amazing. When I look back on it now, my mom's been gone for 10 years now. When I look back on it, it's like, "My God, my parents were so cool." - We should mention that "Hey Joe," and Hendrix in general, is kind of known for the rhythm not being simple rhythm, just the chords that you mentioned. It's what you do with those chords. It's almost improvisation, the rhythm side.
- Yeah, a lot of variety. But Hendrix... Did you show up here today, Rick, try to tell me that Hendrix is not up there? I just am getting that vibe right now. - No, I'm not. I, but I don't want to say greatest, you know... You, you can say, well, there, there are people that inspired Jimi Hendrix.
And Harville Hendricks-- he was here about a year ago. Has anyone-- was anyone here for Harville Hendrix? Harville Hendrix wrote a book called "Getting The Love You Want," which someone gave to Oprah-- does anyone know who Oprah is?
And then I saw Charlie Henderson, and he was 80 years old.
I can't be Jimi Hendrix jumping around on stage with this instrument.
do and that was Da Henderson who died about four weeks ago and I'm going to go
that I work with da Henderson and Bill figy won the presidential medal of freedom isau arito won the Japan prize
And you'll see a poster next to it that B.B. Headlined over Jimi Hendrix. And it was one of Hendrix's last shows in America, or anywhere for that matter. Sorry, Jimi. Here's a picture of B.B.'s old bus.
Guitar players-- like if you watch Jimi Hendrix, yeah, he's playing the guitar.
it's very very fleeting it only hends around briefly but it's just got such a
Should it sound like Jimi Hendrix?” And he goes, “Make it sound like Battlestar.” And he walked away.
R. Michael Hendrix is a musician, graphic designer, professor, and entrepreneur.
R. MICHAEL HENDRIX: Yes, thank you.
R. MICHAEL HENDRIX: Yeah.
R. MICHAEL HENDRIX: Well, I think most good ideas are developed in that way.
R. MICHAEL HENDRIX: Well, it definitely comes out of IDEO has roots in the Bay Area.
R. MICHAEL HENDRIX: Yeah, so there's a chapter of the book about producing.
R. MICHAEL HENDRIX: Yeah, it's such an interesting thing, isn't it?
R. MICHAEL HENDRIX: Well, it's interesting.
Wow. Paul Henderson was the man who actually won a Pulitzer for his investigative work on behalf of a wrongly convicted man named Steven Titus
It was a mix between Third Eye Blind and Sublime. And then like, Hendrix, maybe some Chili Peppers. Sure. Well-- And like, "Enter Sandman" or something.
Dr. Henderson was the surgeon, come in and stood by my bedside in my recovery room, and said Mr. O'Ree, he says, I'm sorry to inform you,
This is like legend-- it's like seeing Jimi Hendrix at the bar.
You were gigging with the greats. I read the story about you and Jimi Hendrix. What was that story?
He comes out with this memorandum written by a guy called Henderson that basically responds to a guy called Lloyd George's thing about, can we do something
and Helen Wolfe got started on one and Jimi Hendrix got started on a cigar box guitar.
video. The greatest guitar solo, period. - But in that list, your top Hendrix solo is Hey, Joe?
I feel like I'm-- R. MICHAEL HENDRIX: And you can hear that in music.
Went to the Keystone Corner to hear-- I actually want to hear Joe Henderson.
And the first record I bought was "Smash Hits" with the cover of Hendrix on the front with the three different hand positions.
And even better, like Brian Henderson, once we know it, we can go around correcting everyone else who doesn't know it.
I call it "From Cassettes." And the very last song that I'll end up doing is probably a song that's streaming, I think, over 40 million. It's called "Hendrix." So we'll start from the Cassette Era. I'll just take y'all through a flashback, and then somehow I ended up in the Streaming Era, which is cool.