Les Paul Telling how he met Jimi Hendrix (part 2 of 2)

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

[@venkatramannsridharan8401]

Thats a great story. How I wish Les Paul had managed Jimi!

[@avdreader1]

Very good post Ann. I enjoy it very much.

[@larjanus]

Cybergal99 thank you very much for these posts, they were most welcome

[@Gravyballs2011]

Without Les Paul (inventor of multi-track recording) there would be (in this case) no Electric Ladyland.

[@aquamarine99911]

"Ah, but she's not Paula, no."

[@ceapacufasole]

lol the part with when he saw jimi hendrix on the magazine is funny

[@davidratcliffe1]

So advanced in recording yet this has got to be the worst sound ever on this interview.

[@marcuswilkinson3223]

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...

[@jackdolan2345]

Imagine if he'd of managed jimi. Jimi would of probably still been alive now. His old manager killed him for insurance money

[@patrickhackett3878]

The multi-track recorder was invented in Nazi Germany. Les somehow ended up with it.

[@Jimmy82Baley]

The son of a bitch who died in a fire is the one in England! Amazing!!

[@MizQue]

Great story except Jimi didn't die in a fire. He chocked on his own vomit. RIP Jimi & Les.

[@5barkerstreet]

talk about jimi like a slave

[@dexxxhunt]

I love legendary stories like this!!

[@lukethedrifter8302]

The absolute coolest fucking "how I met Jimi" story ever. God love Les.

[@marktulk7915]

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...

[@1JAT1]

"that son of a bitch who died in a fire? hes number one in england!" ahh i love les

[@railcar123]

Good story..

[@Yazidmanou]

I did not quite understand everything Les Paul said but thanks for posting anyway !

[@TweedSuit]

He died in a fire burning his guitar.