:19:00
...for a few minutes and he says,
"I'm gonna speak to 'em again."
:19:04
I'd say, "Hey, don't say nothin'
to those cats...
:19:06
...'cause it's obvious
they don't want you to play."
:19:11
I used to have him clean up the bedroom
all the time while I was gone.
:19:17
When I'd come home, I'd find a lot of
broom straws near the foot of the bed.
:19:23
I used to ask him,
"Didn't you sweep the floor?"
:19:26
And he said, yeah, he did.
I found out later, he used to be sittin'...
:19:30
...at the foot of the bed there...
:19:32
...strummin' the broom
like he was playin' a guitar.
:19:35
Finally, they would let him come in,
you know, and play.
:19:39
And then they'd get up and really
just mess up so bad behind him.
:19:43
It was incredible.
:19:44
He'd be lookin' all disgusted on the stage,
and he'd keep lookin' back at 'em.
:19:49
Then the other guys come and say he's got
to turn it down...
:19:52
...and take him through many changes.
:19:54
Well, when I was with the Isley Brothers,
they used to make me do my thing then...
:19:59
...because it made them more bucks,
or something.
:20:02
But I used to like to do it then.
:20:04
But most groups I was with
didn't let me do my own thing...
:20:07
...like feedback in "Midnight Hour".
:20:09
He'd sign a contract with anyone
that had a dollar, you know, and a pencil.
:20:14
You know, he'd sign with them
which got him into a lot of trouble...
:20:17
...that he got into later
with the companies and stuff.
:20:20
No, reading a contract
meant nothing to Jimi.
:20:24
He just came in and signed it...
:20:27
...and I didn't hear from him for months.
:20:29
We'd get our door plugged with the hotel,
we'd get thrown out, we'd pawn the guitar.
:20:33
We'd come back. We'd borrow guitars
from people to play, do a gig.
:20:37
We'd eat good for a minute, you know.
:20:39
It was just that, you know,
on and off all the time.
:20:42
But Jimi had this perseverance to go on.
He didn't mind lookin' freaky...
:20:47
...like I don't mind it,
'cause I was doin' it before he was.
:20:51
I know when he saw me,
it gave him confidence...
:20:53
...and great recompense of reward.
My Lord!
:20:57
But the twins, by now, were on the set.
I don't know if the twins...