Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train a Comin'

00:00:19 Jimi Hendrix is one of the most important American musicians of the 20th century.

00:07:06 Any spare time he had, he used to be playing that guitar.

00:11:10 He didn't have a lot of idle time where he sat around and did nothing.

00:16:50 So I was in New York just hanging out, and we ended up in a club.

00:20:40 because, unlike America where you had a music scene in New York

00:24:30 We looked at each other, said, "Has he got a record label?"

00:31:06 He was accepted by the British audience

00:35:31 I said, "Jimi Hendrix," and they look quizzical and said, "Who?"

00:42:13 "Monterey" was the foot in the door for Jimi Hendrix.

00:46:18 and that's why it was easy for him to dance around and do the things he did

00:50:17 It was something that I really wanted to know about.

00:55:19 You got to remember, I just got out of the service, so I've got this crew cut.

00:59:14 and with Axis, then try and maybe cool everything down a little bit.

01:04:17 He would imitate people.

01:08:44 and it was getting late, so finally, I said, "Just go find a helicopter

01:14:38 or going in a studio.

01:20:43 It just showed that he was a fantastic instrumentalist

01:25:19 the actual talent that they have, and they start moving into another world.

01:29:34 Yeah. He reached out to me in '69

01:33:53 What was the controversy about the national anthem and the way...

01:39:09 put a bit of pressure on him.

01:43:57 Yeah, all right. Here we go.

01:48:19 "The only thing I'm sorry about is that I have so much music left that I want to do."

01:54:58 Didn't you think I'd do that?