:09:03
Nice to meet you. That's not, of course,
the only thing you do onstage...
:09:07
... for those who've never seen you before,
and there have to be a few.
:09:11
But what would you say is the meaning
of destruction onstage...
:09:14
... when you do that?
:09:16
Just a release, I guess.
:09:17
- Bet you didn't wear this in the paratroops.
- Not necessarily.
:09:21
You were a...
What is it a paratrooper or a parachutist?
:09:24
- Chutist?
- No difference.
:09:25
101st Airborne, Fort Campbell, Kentucky.
:09:28
Well, let me see. Go back...
:09:32
See, I think I was going to my company...
:09:34
...and I had to pass Service Club No. 1
on the way.
:09:39
I heard this guitar playin' inside.
I said, "Wow".
:09:41
I said, "The cat's all right."
So I stopped in and...
:09:44
...I introduced myself to him.
I told him I played bass.
:09:48
And I went and checked out a bass.
We started jamming right off.
:09:52
I started a little group
as saxophone player.
:09:56
Two of the people that I had with me
turned out to be Jimi Hendrix and Bill Cox.
:10:01
We started and played
at various service clubs on the post.
:10:06
But most of the time,
we got fired from the gigs...
:10:10
...'cause we played real loud, you know?
:10:13
As you know, Jimi was a left hand player.
:10:15
He would have to string his guitar
with the strings backward, upside down...
:10:20
...the heavy strings in reverse
of what they normally should be.
:10:24
This was okay within itself,
with the one exception:
:10:30
Jimi somehow would always manage...
:10:32
...to pawn this guitar before a gig...
:10:36
...before a dance, and, of course,
the band would have to go pawn it...
:10:40
...re-pawn it, repossess it.
:10:43
Nothing else could be used.
He had to have this specific guitar.
:10:46
And I think he played this particular angle
against the band.
:10:50
It really appeared that Jimi, in many cases,
was never really with us.
:10:56
He did a lot of concentrating on his music.
:10:59
A lot of the small talk that
the typical group of guys would make...