Les Paul spoke at the Roosevelt Hotel about his life and his career and I captured the story of how he "almost" signed Jimi Hendrix...Enjoy. This is part 2 of 2
Dunno about that. Chas didn't do such a bad job, and gave Jimi the individual treatment that I don't think he would have received as part of the Les Paul "stable". May have been forced to change guitars, too.
Ann McDermott - THANK YOU, for posting this great video. Strangely, though Jimi is identified with the Fender Stratocaster, please recall that, when he had been under great stress, & pressure (pay for the new, "Electric Lady" studio in NYC ; mandatory new album, per contract) and he wanted some change, & experiment, JIMI PLAYED A GIBSON "VEE", at the Isle of Wight concert - Summer of 1970, if I remember right - the last, big, outdoor - stadium venue he ever played... (excuse me if minor details wrong)... Jimi had a notably different "timbre" playing that Gibson (softer, more "reserved") but still - Hendrix playing via Les Paul pickups, a couple months before he died... Very interesting video-clip, though...
Thats a great story. How I wish Les Paul had managed Jimi!
Dunno about that. Chas didn't do such a bad job, and gave Jimi the individual treatment that I don't think he would have received as part of the Les Paul "stable". May have been forced to change guitars, too.
Without Les Paul (inventor of multi-track recording) there would be (in this case) no Electric Ladyland.
Very good post Ann. I enjoy it very much.
Cybergal99 thank you very much for these posts, they were most welcome
"Ah, but she's not Paula, no." *head shake*
Just kills me, everytime.
lol the part with when he saw jimi hendrix on the magazine is funny
The multi-track recorder was invented in Nazi Germany. Les somehow ended up with it.
Maybe the guy he was talking about dying in a fire smoking a cigarette (...in bed...) was Steve Marriott...but that was about 10-15 years later...
Imagine if he'd of managed jimi. Jimi would of probably still been alive now. His old manager killed him for insurance money
So advanced in recording yet this has got to be the worst sound ever on this interview.
My thoughts exactly - I can hardly understand a word he said.
Great story except Jimi didn't die in a fire. He chocked on his own vomit. RIP Jimi & Les.
The son of a bitch who died in a fire is the one in England! Amazing!!
talk about jimi like a slave
We're all slaves $$$$$
I love legendary stories like this!!
The absolute coolest fucking "how I met Jimi" story ever. God love Les.
Ann McDermott - THANK YOU, for posting this great video. Strangely, though Jimi is identified with the Fender Stratocaster, please recall that, when he had been under great stress, & pressure (pay for the new, "Electric Lady" studio in NYC ; mandatory new album, per contract) and he wanted some change, & experiment, JIMI PLAYED A GIBSON "VEE", at the Isle of Wight concert - Summer of 1970, if I remember right - the last, big, outdoor - stadium venue he ever played... (excuse me if minor details wrong)... Jimi had a notably different "timbre" playing that Gibson (softer, more "reserved") but still - Hendrix playing via Les Paul pickups, a couple months before he died... Very interesting video-clip, though...
"that son of a bitch who died in a fire? hes number one in england!" ahh i love les
I did not quite understand everything Les Paul said but thanks for posting anyway !
Good story..
He died in a fire burning his guitar.
hahaha classic wonder what it wouldve been like if he did sign him...