:29:00
We used to put a line of screens up
and we'd stick him behind there.
:29:04
He'd poke his head out, say, "All right."
:29:06
He was very self-conscious.
:29:08
Very self-conscious about the things
that he wore...
:29:11
...because he was kind of different,
you know, kind of freaky.
:29:15
Especially in comparison to a lot
of the brothers uptown at that time.
:29:19
So, he was very sensitive to the places
that he liked to be.
:29:24
He figured that most people would tolerate
him a little more over here, down here.
:29:29
He'd just blend in with the crowd...
:29:31
...which he still didn't
'cause he always stood out.
:29:33
I told this record producer
there was this fantastic...
:29:37
...guitar player, singer, man...
:29:43
...playing in the Village,
and would he come listen...
:29:46
...because he's really going to like this.
:29:50
This is a very materialistic man.
:29:53
And he thought, "Right, good",
and he came down.
:29:58
He thought I was mad.
:29:59
He did not see what I was talking about.
:30:03
When he saw Jimi, he thought,
"This is nothing."
:30:06
Then, eventually,
I bumped into Chas Chandler...
:30:09
...who I didn't know,
but I knew was one of the Animals.
:30:14
And I think Jimi was getting
quite desperate to record...
:30:18
...or to at least make another step.
:30:21
And so, Chas came down to see him
and was like...
:30:25
It was instantaneous.
:30:27
I mean, there was no question in his mind.
:30:29
I'd been on the scene a few times
with people who'd say:
:30:32
"Hendrix is playing at the so and so,
down in the Village."
:30:35
They said, "Oh, yeah. That's nice."
:30:37
You know, blah-blah, just shine it on
like it ain't no big thing.
:30:41
But they had no idea that he was going
to run into Chas Chandler or whoever...
:30:45
...Linda Keith, or somebody, you know,
who was gonna really...
:30:49
...put the icin' on the fuckin' cake.
:30:51
It was just a matter of time.
:30:52
All he had to do was get out
of fuckin' Harlem and go somewhere...
:30:56
...where somebody with some bread,
who had an eye for talent, you know...