RIP Mary Turner. 94.7 KMET. I recorded a copy of that interview on cassette off the radio in October 1979, which I still have, 44 years later. Great interview, Neil is very relaxed and at one point, they send out for burgers and chow down while the interview continues.
sad to hear about mary turner. i didn't know she passed and local radio didn't mention it. here in so-cal mary was a legend along with KLOS and KMET alum: bob coburn, joe benson, rita wilde, jim ladd and many others. back when radio dj's had personality.
Jimi was definitely interested in music technology. He financed and built Electric Ladyland studio in NYC, recorded a few tracks there before his death. Studio has been rebuilt and is popular today. Thanks Otis!
Otis. The two Duane Allman radio interviews are iconic. Both from New York. Drunk on one, both beautiful insights to a cat wise beyond his years. My fav guitarist hands down. Appreciate ya Otis.
Archives. I sure hope your body of work related to all of your RUclips content is being put together in a forever package for future generations. So much inside information, This stuff is gold Otis Gibbs.
Jimi had scheduled or planned possible sessions with Jazz arranger extradonaire, Gil Evans, John McLaughlin, Miles Davis, and Rasshan Roland Kirk. He was such a force in music that it's hard not to believe he would have had a huge influence on the multiple music scenes. He was often frustrated by the limits created by his own audience... "when's he gonna hump, lick, smash, and burn his guitar?" His long jam that plays while the Woostock film pans over the detritus left behind, his studio version of the Star Spangled Banner, Angel... he was heading places we can only ever imagine.
Both Jimi and Neil are/ were forces of nature. Looking at where Neil's muse has led him, I'm sure Jimi would have taken us all along on a fantastic musical journey, really pushing the limits. Thanks for the story, Otis Be good to you
The best 12 minutes I've spent for a while, I've talked about this story over the years and never could chase it down even when Old Shakey wrote his auto biography, so thanx for telling it 🎶
The Neil Young story with Jimi has one huge hole that needs filling. Where was Mitch and Billy Cox at ? Billy is a friend of mine and since I retired from the record shop a few years ago. We stay in touch about once a month, either he’ll call me or I’ll call him. He’s 83 now and still does some tours ( with the Experience Hendrix Group) and studio work. But I will ask Billy, He was playing bass with him at Woodstock. We have had many conversations about what he thought Jimi would be doing. He thought he would have got into jazz, and many other thing like producing. The one thing he knew is Jimi didn’t want do the same thing He would get bored and move to something new.
I just got off the phone with Billy, unfortunately he said nothing is true about that story. In fact he never heard of the story. He did say they ate lunch after Woodstock with Steven Stills at a little diner with some other folks. And the band was together the whole time. And I really love these Otis Gibbs stories.
I used to love 'Rock Line' radio show that was on for a long time, it was a big deal for a few years. I can remember hearing some superstars on it, it was a live call in show.
Great story, Otis. Thanks as always. I'm not goin' back to Woodstock for a while Though I long to hear that lonesome hippie smile I'm a million miles away from that helicopter day No, I don't believe I'll be goin' back again… -- Neil Young
Grew up in Cleveland (WMMS) and LA (KLOS AND KMET) most of my time as a kid was listening to these stations and gleaning every drop of dew that poured forth from them. Great memories. Off the Record. Innerview. Headsets. Those were all epic shows to listen too. Fell asleep with music in my ears every night.
I’ve thought a lot about what Jimi would done later had he lived. I’ve heard that he was scheduled to record with Miles Davis. I know he was tired of being a novelty act where people just go to see him set his guitar on fire. I wonder about both him and Duane Allman and how their music could have evolved. I bet Jimi would sound great playing a tweed amp. Thanks for another great video Otis!
Miles didn’t like that Jimi didn’t read charts. It might have been another situation where jimi would out shine the “star” we will never know but Little Richard and Otis Redding couldn’t deal with it.
Jimi was at a couple of sessions when John McLaughlin was recording ‘Devotion’, McLaughlin and Jimi did jam over a couple of days, it was recorded but according to John nothing was really worth using and the masters are now lost. Miles was interested in Jimi and was why he later chose Mike Stern as his touring guitarist. According to McLaughlin (who would know) there never was anything more than a handshake meeting between Jimi and Miles but Miles did admire Hendrix. This was in 1968 McLaughlin has broached the subject in his usual honest fashion. Jimi was not a trained musician which was always going to be a barrier to him recording a jazz album. According to McLaughlin Jimi seemed deeply rooted in the blues and really not interested in jazz.
Imagine having a memory, even just a freeze frame, of Jimi Hendrix in a stolen pickup truck blasting towards Woodstock. God I hope we invent memory downloading before these people die.
Otis, I remember listening to a radio show syndicated near my hometown in Harrisburg Pennsylvania. Later, after moving to Nashville, I remember it also ran on that rock radio station WKDF as well. Probably many other places as well. It was called “Rock Line” and I specifically remember them interviewing Neil Young on that show as well. The unique thing about this radio show was that the listeners could call in and ask the artist questions as well. In real time I believe.
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I'm guessing "stolen pickup" is a stretch, lots of small airstrips keep an FBO courtesy car, often a beater, on the premises specifically for visiting GA pilots to use to drive into town to get a bite to eat or find a motel room. Or, you know, get to Woodstock for a gig. Granted, you're supposed to bring it back with gas in the tank...😉
Jimmy was an amazing guitar player. Groundbreaking. Neil is one of our greatest modern songwriters who can also play amazing guitar. Neil’s body of songwriting and record making work is only matched and surpassed by Bob. Enjoyed this post, Otis!
Did a search and Mary Turner died just 2 months ago, May 9th 2023. Sounds like she was an interesting lady. A quick look shows the Neil interview is available to hear plus a couple with Rush. Ill be listening and looking for some more. ✌️🇨🇦
The BURNER, MARY TURNER, on KMET, she was a classic. R.I.P. her shift proceeded Jim Ladd’s nightly. She was a Pioneer in LA rock music, FM radio scene.
In one of his last interviews, Jimi Hendrix said he wanted to expand the band with keyboard and horns and rearrange a lot of his hits so the guitar riffs became horn parts. He was also planning on doing a straight blues album. Then there's the long rumored album he was going to do with Miles Davis.
I keep thinking about searching for old syndicated radio shows online, and now you just reminded me to look. I remember in Goldmine magazine there were ads that had old music chart related radio shows from the 70s on vinyl, ads and all, that you could buy. Some of that stuff must be on here as well.
At the time of his demise I think he was thinking about Chicago a lot. Extending the scope and he liked the idea of including brass and more orchestrated stuff. He really liked Terry Kath.
You may not know of Canadian guitarist Jeff Healy, who while blind, was able to teach himself to play a stratocaster on his lap. He was also a jazz trumpet player and collector of 78 rpm jazz records. He had a Sunday morning radio show where he talked of the early days of recorded jazz ( Buddy Bolden in particular ) that I wish we could access on the net today. Sadly his life struggles with cancer took him at the early age of 41, back in 2008.
I saw Hesly at Winterland...he broke a string and changed it in 30 seconds while telling a story and a minute later he was on to another song...I'll never forget that
Lol what rock you think Otis was living under? BTW I've seen two blind players that was unbelievable like Jeff was, it's natural for all for our other senses get heighten if we loose one, like that superhero movie ben Affleck was in
Your format is so damn cool. It's like an old radio 'programme' only better. You just talk and I gladly listen! I bet there's a great story about Niel Young that time he played a track with the mighty DEVO. It was that Into the Blue/Black/whatever song. He really lets lose!
Listened to KMET ("The Mighty Met!") Everyday as a teen. Every radio at the beach was tuned to either KMET or KLOS. "The Burner" Turner passed away May of this year. Listened to other greats there like Jim Ladd. Sothern California FM in the 70s was incredibly great but, as a kid, I had no idea...
I read something the other day on Reddit that due to all the restrictions put on Hendrix's music by his family that most young people today do not know who is or recognize his music. He's no longer even in the top 1000 artists on Spotify and risks being forgotten.
Another example of Neil's reverence for Jimi is that the Woodstock National Anthem recording would play as the Jawa roadies set the stage on the Rust Never Sleeps tour
I wonder if the truck was returned before anyone ever knew it. Did the guy ever know his truck had been borrowed? That truck should be in the R&R Hall of Fame...if it weren't bogus. Or it could be that Neil Young's memory of the events of the day are somewhat compromised, particularly over time, which may explain why he forgets that Jimi was there during crucial parts of the story.
The only clue we likely have to how Hendrix might have evolved as a guitarist is to look at other great guitarists from the same time period such as Clapton, Page, Beck, and Neil himself. Truth is, none really took the same path, and Jimi likely would have done the same, following his own muse. Those guitarists tried different things over the years, and for the most part settled on paths they felt most comfortable with. But Jimi was so iconic and unique, even among those greats; he may have surprised us all with the music he ended up creating in a life that, sadly, never existed past the age of 27.
Tommy Bolin. Do you have any stories about this wonderful guitarist? He died of a drug overdose in 1976. I saw him play October that year i Portland OR
Small correction: it's pronounced Melvin Bell-eye, the famous attorney for many celebrities (Muhammad Ali, the Rolling Stones, etc.), best known as the attorney for Jack Ruby, who shot Lee Harvey Oswald.
If Jimi had survived, and made it to some kinds "Recovery" - He Would have at least made it to Miles Davis' Stature, and could have found real Depth to his Music...Like Sting did !
I’m with you regarding all the old podcasts and interview type shows for years ago, but I think one of the radio shows that I always loved were the things like the Putamayo folk and world music series (80’s and 90’s) that I’d catch from time to time as I traveled around. I really got my horizons expanded…nowadays, I get a little of that kind vibe from the Playing For Changes video series. ~ ~ “Ol’ Scooter” down in East Texas…
I was a fan of both, but with Young his best work was early in his career and the shit around ditching Peggy, really turned me away! I saw the video where he perused around old record stores trying to seize bootlegs of CSNY, who were the no1 band in the world around the early seventies, and the young shop assistant in the store was totally oblivious to Young and demanded he pay for the LP's he took, look this up its on youtube, it's amazing, in the back ground, Magical mystery tour was playing, the best period of Dylan's career was Desire and 'Blood on the tracks' period, mid seventies, he really opened up his life during this period on record, I wonder how he feels now that he is around eighty years old now, and the voice is gone too I like your style and presentation Otis, and just to say yes I loved Jimi and early Young especially with Crosby and Stills forget about Nash, but my all time favourite band was early Genesis, I hope you have all the early albums, with Peter Gabriel and Steve Hackett [Steve still touring around the world and looking great and playing better than ever, playing Foxtrot and Selling England by the pound, you can never tire of this wonderful music, also 'A trick of the tail, in fact all the early recordings, sadly Genesis became a pop band after these two left, unbelievable! Lastly my two favourite Hendrix tracks of many, Machine gun at Fillmore East and 'hear my train a coming! stay well, look forward to hearing you again and I have heard almost all your thoughts
Not one piece of Jimi Hendrix's rig was unmodified, so anyone thinking he would've been playing vintage is probably wrong! I'm thinking he'd be playing Frank Zappa/Steve Vai type stuff on Kramers & Jacksons... I think he would've kept some kind of amp, though!
Other artists had to get in via chopper too.... so I've heard/remember. The only radio show we had in ATL that I remember is King Biscuit Flower Hour. I gotta find this Mary Turner !!! WOW !!
Thanks for the vid Otis! I’ve studied Jimi for decades, big Neal fan too. Interesting… when every one of the greats, Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton, Pete Townsend…all of the others, are asked who was the greatest guitar player, they all say Jimi. If you want to know where Jimi was going, check out the little known Jimi Album “Nine to the Universe”, it’s like nothing you’ve ever heard before. And I’ve seen Neal with the Jimi pin on his strap, live at the old Boson garden with Crazy Horse.
Neil was a dick to members of his band, his ego was so out of control it's hard to watch any backstage conversations without cringing and wishing someone would hit him in the face
In the late 70s Jimi woulda done an album with Jaco and Weather Report... Maybe even guested on a Joni album. Later, in the 90s/2000s he woulda slowed down a bit and done some Blues Cruises.. ;)
At best, Jimi would have followed the pattern of Bob Dylan. Highs and lows over decades, but still able to create new music that’s relevant. He probably wouldn’t have taken his sound any further than he already had. Jimi was the best ever, but odds are he would have followed similar patterns of other genius artists that ended up in the twilight of their careers.
I think that if Jimi had lived through the 70's, he would have gone in a more jazzy or funk/soul direction. The album he was working on when he died (The Cry of Love) seemed to give an idea of where he was going. It was a lot more sophisticated and less of the feedback daredevil that he had been before that.
Otis, Great stuff man. I think your probably right about them switching to a helicopter. I do know thats how Jimi arrived. Also how freaking amazing would that truck ride have been, the most famous attorney in the USA with Neil and Jimmy- I wonder if they smoked a joint? After all back in those days Neil had one in his mouth constantly-LOL Sounds like you love old rock trivia as much as I do. Ever heard about the "foot shooting party" that Duane Alman gave for his little Bro Greg ,so he could dodge the Vietnam war? OMG its a true funny funny story. You know if you want to think about where Jimi would have ended up musically had he lived....I think you could think maybe of someone like Jimmy Page or Clapton. I think they were already such great players when they were young that there really wasn't a lot of room to grow. However Clapton went on to write so so many other great songs. Just think of how many we would have missed out on should Eric have passed early on. Any way thanks again, great stuff man.
I remember KMET f m. radioLA from the 70's ! Mary Turner, Jim Ladd , "Paraquat Kelly"....I can remember the day I pressed the #1 pre -set button and, instead of "little 'bit 'of heaven, 94.7 " , I heard this vomitous elevator music non DJ havin station calling itself the "Wave" .I cried,got over it, and replaced KROQ in #1 slot !
Hendrix would venture into a soul, blues and funk flavored sub-species of fusion. Absorbing hints of Sly Stone, Curtis Mayfield, Gil Scot Heron, and Miles Davis. JImi and Miles would spend half the seventies making albums seeming to converse one another, like the Beatles amd Brian Wilson did for a minute. After finally abandoning drugs all together, he'd be the first endorsee of the Parker Fly. And most old Strats be would attainable used instruments for working players.
If you have ever watched Dave Grohl's documentary about Sound City, you heard Neil Young tell the story about pulling into that studio in a pot-smoke filled old Cadillac hearse with no valid license and the cops behind him. That just cracked me up.
Great video and info! Does anyone know if Neil Young's latest film about Harvest ever made it out on dvd/blu ray or streaming? I really want to see that flick. Super thanks , Otis, for a great job! I'm reading Thrasher's Wheat as of today.
Different time frame and genre, but I think Jimi might have gone a more Bjork route. She had mainstream music in the 90's. But I feel like she put out her best album last year (Fossora, 2022). Her post spotlight career has been phenomenal. Or even Bowie, I bring up his 90's albums and people that "love Bowie" scratch their heads, confused. I feel like not too many of those fans even remember Blackstar outside the fact that Bowie died shortly after it was released.
I imagine Jimi would’ve played a PRS through the 80s. If he switched from Marshalls it’d probably be a Dumble. His music could’ve only gotten better with his trajectory. ❤
Imagine if Hendrix had lived just 10 more years and doing the soundtrack to "Star Wars"or close encounters, Logans run, or even a budget sci-fi film I think he would have in his element....if only.
I first heard Jimi’s music in 1970 on a local Indy radio station,,,,, never heard of Mary Turner. Question: Did you catch your friend TS yesterday on RUclips?
🎶 I won't be going back to Woodstock for a while, though I long to hear that lonesome hippie girl smile, I'm million miles away, from that helicopter day, no I don't believe I'll be going back that way 🎶. "That way" meaning by stolen truck and helicopter 🤣.
Here's a Mary Turner obituary in the New York Times. www.nytimes.com/2023/05/26/arts/music/mary-turner-pattiz-dead.html#:~:text=Mary%20Turner%20Pattiz%2C%20who%20as,a%20former%20KMET%20news%20director.
Cool. Thanks you for this. Hard to imagine what would have happened, had Jimmy not died when he did, but maybe he did enough while he was still walking this earth. And maybe his impact was greater with what he did do, no watered down by anything else? Niel, still walking this earth and we don't have to imaging anything.
I think Neil is confusing Woodstock with The Altamont. CSNY arrived to the Altamont in a pickup truck that was stolen at the nearby Tracy Ca airport. Do a internet search for "Tracy Press Conflict and Concert". There is an article explaining the whole story and a picture of the pilot, who's truck they stole, angrily confronting them before they left town.
Honestly, my two favourite musical role models. I’ve believe Hendrix would have continued being eclectic with his musical tastes, and would evolve his style and utilize new technologies. However, whether or not it would have been successful, I do not know, but commercial success I feel meant more to Jimmy, then it does to Neil. Neil young just likes making tunes with his buddies. Commercial success doesn’t mean a thing to him, especially at this point in life.
i'm thinking he would have made some records with him doing all the tracks for a few years, then he would have gone acoustic,,, just my thoughts..fun to think about, thanks..
I can imagine Hendrix going in the direction of prog-rock . Something like King crimson or Yes...? I'm sure it would have been interesting. I can even imagine him doing film scores
Jimi did live on. Every guitar player after him is part him. Other than Bob Marley, I can’t think of a single person who has affected a whole genre like that. Hank , Jimmie Rodgers…. The Carters. I mean. Jimi was not like anything before him at all.
I doubt Jimi would have been locked into strats. He would have kept playing strats but most likely would have expanded his sound to other setups and other axes. We lost what could have been.
King biscuit flower hour was a good one. Oh and also Dr Dimento.
RIP Mary Turner. 94.7 KMET. I recorded a copy of that interview on cassette off the radio in October 1979, which I still have, 44 years later. Great interview, Neil is very relaxed and at one point, they send out for burgers and chow down while the interview continues.
sad to hear about mary turner. i didn't know she passed and local radio didn't mention it. here in so-cal mary was a legend along with KLOS and KMET alum: bob coburn, joe benson, rita wilde, jim ladd and many others. back when radio dj's had personality.
Jimi was definitely interested in music technology. He financed and built Electric Ladyland studio in NYC, recorded a few tracks there before his death.
Studio has been rebuilt and is popular today.
Thanks Otis!
Otis. The two Duane Allman radio interviews are iconic. Both from New York. Drunk on one, both beautiful insights to a cat wise beyond his years. My fav guitarist hands down. Appreciate ya Otis.
Archives. I sure hope your body of work related to all of your RUclips content is being put together in a forever package for future generations. So much inside information, This stuff is gold Otis Gibbs.
Agreed! I think YTube is forever, generally. Though I think we're all set. I could be wrong.
Jimi had scheduled or planned possible sessions with Jazz arranger extradonaire, Gil Evans, John McLaughlin, Miles Davis, and Rasshan Roland Kirk. He was such a force in music that it's hard not to believe he would have had a huge influence on the multiple music scenes. He was often frustrated by the limits created by his own audience... "when's he gonna hump, lick, smash, and burn his guitar?"
His long jam that plays while the Woostock film pans over the detritus left behind, his studio version of the Star Spangled Banner, Angel... he was heading places we can only ever imagine.
Arthur Lee and Stephen Stills too
Both Jimi and Neil are/ were forces of nature. Looking at where Neil's muse has led him, I'm sure Jimi would have taken us all along on a fantastic musical journey, really pushing the limits.
Thanks for the story, Otis
Be good to you
The best 12 minutes I've spent for a while, I've talked about this story over the years and never could chase it down even when Old Shakey wrote his auto biography, so thanx for telling it 🎶
The Neil Young story with Jimi has one huge hole that needs filling. Where was Mitch and Billy Cox at ? Billy is a friend of mine and since I retired from the record shop a few years ago. We stay in touch about once a month, either he’ll call me or I’ll call him. He’s 83 now and still does some tours ( with the Experience Hendrix Group) and studio work. But I will ask Billy, He was playing bass with him at Woodstock. We have had many conversations about what he thought Jimi would be doing. He thought he would have got into jazz, and many other thing like producing. The one thing he knew is Jimi didn’t want do the same thing He would get bored and move to something new.
You betcha. What about Billy and Mitch. Did they just teleport there?
I just got off the phone with Billy, unfortunately he said nothing is true about that story. In fact he never heard of the story. He did say they ate lunch after Woodstock with Steven Stills at a little diner with some other folks. And the band was together the whole time.
And I really love these Otis Gibbs stories.
I used to love 'Rock Line' radio show that was on for a long time, it was a big deal for a few years. I can remember hearing some superstars on it, it was a live call in show.
Great story, Otis. Thanks as always.
I'm not goin' back to Woodstock for a while
Though I long to hear that lonesome hippie smile
I'm a million miles away from that helicopter day
No, I don't believe I'll be goin' back again…
-- Neil Young
Grew up in Cleveland (WMMS) and LA (KLOS AND KMET) most of my time as a kid was listening to these stations and gleaning every drop of dew that poured forth from them. Great memories. Off the Record. Innerview. Headsets. Those were all epic shows to listen too. Fell asleep with music in my ears every night.
I grew up with WMMS too! Also WKDD and WONE in Akron. The glory days of radio.
I’ve thought a lot about what Jimi would done later had he lived. I’ve heard that he was scheduled to record with Miles Davis. I know he was tired of being a novelty act where people just go to see him set his guitar on fire. I wonder about both him and Duane Allman and how their music could have evolved. I bet Jimi would sound great playing a tweed amp. Thanks for another great video Otis!
Zendixie, It was rumoured Miles Davis was petrified that Jimi would embarrass him, but yes I heard these rumours too
Jimi was never a novelty. He was a genius artist.Great song writer too.
Cheers Otis! Great story! Heard most of them, but I never heard this one. Rock on brother!
Jimi and Miles Davis were planning on working together. Just imagine
Terry Kath too.
Can only imagine
Miles didn’t like that Jimi didn’t read charts. It might have been another situation where jimi would out shine the “star” we will never know but Little Richard and Otis Redding couldn’t deal with it.
A Jimi Miles album woulda been extraordinary
Jimi was at a couple of sessions when John McLaughlin was recording ‘Devotion’, McLaughlin and Jimi did jam over a couple of days, it was recorded but according to John nothing was really worth using and the masters are now lost. Miles was interested in Jimi and was why he later chose Mike Stern as his touring guitarist. According to McLaughlin (who would know) there never was anything more than a handshake meeting between Jimi and Miles but Miles did admire Hendrix. This was in 1968 McLaughlin has broached the subject in his usual honest fashion. Jimi was not a trained musician which was always going to be a barrier to him recording a jazz album. According to McLaughlin Jimi seemed deeply rooted in the blues and really not interested in jazz.
"Bitches Blues"
I would have like to have heard Hendrix’s treatment on some Parliament grooves.
75 yr. ol' Hippie here...Was it all a dream...?
Imagine having a memory, even just a freeze frame, of Jimi Hendrix in a stolen pickup truck blasting towards Woodstock.
God I hope we invent memory downloading before these people die.
Thanx Otis I've watched this segment 5 times in 2 days, Diamonds ......
Otis, I remember listening to a radio show syndicated near my hometown in Harrisburg Pennsylvania.
Later, after moving to Nashville, I remember it also ran on that rock radio station WKDF as well. Probably many other places as well. It was called “Rock Line” and I specifically remember them interviewing Neil Young on that show as well.
The unique thing about this radio show was that the listeners could call in and ask the artist questions as well. In real time I believe.
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I'm guessing "stolen pickup" is a stretch, lots of small airstrips keep an FBO courtesy car, often a beater, on the premises specifically for visiting GA pilots to use to drive into town to get a bite to eat or find a motel room. Or, you know, get to Woodstock for a gig. Granted, you're supposed to bring it back with gas in the tank...😉
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Jimmy was an amazing guitar player. Groundbreaking. Neil is one of our greatest modern songwriters who can also play amazing guitar. Neil’s body of songwriting and record making work is only matched and surpassed by Bob. Enjoyed this post, Otis!
Did a search and Mary Turner died just 2 months ago, May 9th 2023. Sounds like she was an interesting lady. A quick look shows the Neil interview is available to hear plus a couple with Rush. Ill be listening and looking for some more. ✌️🇨🇦
The BURNER, MARY TURNER, on KMET, she was a classic. R.I.P. her shift proceeded Jim Ladd’s nightly. She was a Pioneer in LA rock music, FM radio scene.
In one of his last interviews, Jimi Hendrix said he wanted to expand the band with keyboard and horns and rearrange a lot of his hits so the guitar riffs became horn parts. He was also planning on doing a straight blues album. Then there's the long rumored album he was going to do with Miles Davis.
imagine what jimi could've done with synths and other electronic music technology
I keep thinking about searching for old syndicated radio shows online, and now you just reminded me to look. I remember in Goldmine magazine there were ads that had old music chart related radio shows from the 70s on vinyl, ads and all, that you could buy. Some of that stuff must be on here as well.
At the time of his demise I think he was thinking about Chicago a lot. Extending the scope and he liked the idea of including brass and more orchestrated stuff. He really liked Terry Kath.
You may not know of Canadian guitarist Jeff Healy, who while blind, was able to teach himself to play a stratocaster on his lap. He was also a jazz trumpet player and collector of 78 rpm jazz records. He had a Sunday morning radio show where he talked of the early days of recorded jazz ( Buddy Bolden in particular ) that I wish we could access on the net today. Sadly his life struggles with cancer took him at the early age of 41, back in 2008.
I saw Hesly at Winterland...he broke a string and changed it in 30 seconds while telling a story and a minute later he was on to another song...I'll never forget that
Lol what rock you think Otis was living under? BTW I've seen two blind players that was unbelievable like Jeff was, it's natural for all for our other senses get heighten if we loose one, like that superhero movie ben Affleck was in
Lot's of Mary turner interviews on RUclips.
I'm seeing Jimi going prog-funk. One of a kind.
And the hits keep rolling in,..!!! Thanks OG!! Two great artist that rocked our world!!! Love the hat BTW. 😉
RIP Mary “The Burner” Turner!! She was a RIGHTEOUS DJ
Your format is so damn cool. It's like an old radio 'programme' only better. You just talk and I gladly listen!
I bet there's a great story about Niel Young that time he played a track with the mighty DEVO. It was that Into the Blue/Black/whatever song. He really lets lose!
That story is legend! Bad azz! Ty
Listened to KMET ("The Mighty Met!") Everyday as a teen. Every radio at the beach was tuned to either KMET or KLOS.
"The Burner" Turner passed away May of this year.
Listened to other greats there like Jim Ladd.
Sothern California FM in the 70s was incredibly great but, as a kid, I had no idea...
I read something the other day on Reddit that due to all the restrictions put on Hendrix's music by his family that most young people today do not know who is or recognize his music. He's no longer even in the top 1000 artists on Spotify and risks being forgotten.
Heard the same. 😔
Jim Ladd had a great program called Innerview, that was syndicated across America in the late 70's-90's I think.
Another example of Neil's reverence for Jimi is that the Woodstock National Anthem recording would play as the Jawa roadies set the stage on the Rust Never Sleeps tour
I wonder if the truck was returned before anyone ever knew it. Did the guy ever know his truck had been borrowed? That truck should be in the R&R Hall of Fame...if it weren't bogus. Or it could be that Neil Young's memory of the events of the day are somewhat compromised, particularly over time, which may explain why he forgets that Jimi was there during crucial parts of the story.
Great story! Thanks for sharing!!
The only clue we likely have to how Hendrix might have evolved as a guitarist is to look at other great guitarists from the same time period such as Clapton, Page, Beck, and Neil himself.
Truth is, none really took the same path, and Jimi likely would have done the same, following his own muse. Those guitarists tried different things over the years, and for the most part settled on paths they felt most comfortable with.
But Jimi was so iconic and unique, even among those greats; he may have surprised us all with the music he ended up creating in a life that, sadly, never existed past the age of 27.
Tommy Bolin. Do you have any stories about this wonderful guitarist? He died of a drug overdose in 1976. I saw him play October that year i Portland OR
Small correction: it's pronounced Melvin Bell-eye, the famous attorney for many celebrities (Muhammad Ali, the Rolling Stones, etc.), best known as the attorney for Jack Ruby, who shot Lee Harvey Oswald.
"Don't turn me into a proctologist!"😅 Mel Belli-Gimme Shelter
If Jimi had survived, and made it to some kinds "Recovery" - He Would have at least made it to Miles Davis' Stature, and could have found real Depth to his Music...Like Sting did !
Jimi's interested in producing something he called 'Sky Church Music'.
I know Joe Benson does Off The Record now. I didn't know The Burner Mary Turner did the show as well. She was a great DJ.
I’m with you regarding all the old podcasts and interview type shows for years ago, but I think one of the radio shows that I always loved were the things like the Putamayo folk and world music series (80’s and 90’s) that I’d catch from time to time as I traveled around. I really got my horizons expanded…nowadays, I get a little of that kind vibe from the Playing For Changes video series.
~ ~ “Ol’ Scooter” down in East Texas…
Jimi was arrested in his youth for riding in a stolen car. The judge offered jail or army enlistment. That's how Jimi got into the army.
I was a fan of both, but with Young his best work was early in his career and the shit around ditching Peggy, really turned me away! I saw the video where he perused around old record stores trying to seize bootlegs of CSNY, who were the no1 band in the world around the early seventies, and the young shop assistant in the store was totally oblivious to Young and demanded he pay for the LP's
he took, look this up its on youtube, it's amazing, in the back ground, Magical mystery tour was playing, the best period of Dylan's career was Desire and 'Blood on the tracks' period, mid seventies, he really opened up his life during this period on record, I wonder how he feels now that he is around eighty years old now, and the voice is gone too
I like your style and presentation Otis, and just to say yes I loved Jimi and early Young especially with Crosby and Stills forget about Nash, but my all time favourite band was early Genesis, I hope you have all the early albums, with Peter Gabriel and Steve Hackett [Steve still touring around the world and looking great and playing better than ever, playing Foxtrot and Selling England by the pound, you can never tire of this wonderful music, also 'A trick of the tail, in fact all the early recordings, sadly Genesis became a pop band after these two left, unbelievable!
Lastly my two favourite Hendrix tracks of many, Machine gun at Fillmore East and 'hear my train a coming! stay well, look forward to hearing you again and I have heard almost all your thoughts
Not one piece of Jimi Hendrix's rig was unmodified, so anyone thinking he would've been playing vintage is probably wrong! I'm thinking he'd be playing Frank Zappa/Steve Vai type stuff on Kramers & Jacksons... I think he would've kept some kind of amp, though!
Other artists had to get in via chopper too.... so I've heard/remember. The only radio show we had in ATL that I remember is King Biscuit Flower Hour. I gotta find this Mary Turner !!! WOW !!
my daughter just saw neil young last weekend and said he was still rocking it out
It’s a reminder how Jimi Hendrix towers above every other star of that era. Voodoo Chile, indeed.
Incredible story!
Love your stories m8.
Thanks for the vid Otis! I’ve studied Jimi for decades, big Neal fan too. Interesting… when every one of the greats, Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton, Pete Townsend…all of the others, are asked who was the greatest guitar player, they all say Jimi. If you want to know where Jimi was going, check out the little known Jimi Album “Nine to the Universe”, it’s like nothing you’ve ever heard before. And I’ve seen Neal with the Jimi pin on his strap, live at the old Boson garden with Crazy Horse.
Neil was a dick to members of his band, his ego was so out of control it's hard to watch any backstage conversations without cringing and wishing someone would hit him in the face
@@shable1436 I had heard and read that!
Melvin BELL-eye
Growing up in Southern California Mary "The Burner" Turner was a mainstay
Whenever I think of Melvin Belli, think of him as the alien on Star Trek! (and his appearances in Gimme Shelter, of course)
And he was co-counsel on Jack Ruby's defense team. From Jack Ruby to Shatner to Hendrix. Quite a ride.
In the late 70s Jimi woulda done an album with Jaco and Weather Report... Maybe even guested on a Joni album. Later, in the 90s/2000s he woulda slowed down a bit and done some Blues Cruises.. ;)
There's film of Jimi getting off the helicopter at Woodstock..
There needs to be a Neil movie.
At best, Jimi would have followed the pattern of Bob Dylan. Highs and lows over decades, but still able to create new music that’s relevant. He probably wouldn’t have taken his sound any further than he already had. Jimi was the best ever, but odds are he would have followed similar patterns of other genius artists that ended up in the twilight of their careers.
This Neil episode with Jimi in a borrowed vehicle with Melvin Belli, echos the Altimont Getaway Story.
I think that if Jimi had lived through the 70's, he would have gone in a more jazzy or funk/soul direction. The album he was working on when he died (The Cry of Love) seemed to give an idea of where he was going. It was a lot more sophisticated and less of the feedback daredevil that he had been before that.
A lot of people think Jimi was headed towards Jazz and bigger bands with horn sections and keyboards. We will never know.
Otis, Great stuff man. I think your probably right about them switching to a helicopter. I do know thats how Jimi arrived. Also how freaking amazing would that truck ride have been, the most famous attorney in the USA with Neil and Jimmy- I wonder if they smoked a joint? After all back in those days Neil had one in his mouth constantly-LOL Sounds like you love old rock trivia as much as I do. Ever heard about the "foot shooting party" that Duane Alman gave for his little Bro Greg ,so he could dodge the Vietnam war? OMG its a true funny funny story. You know if you want to think about where Jimi would have ended up musically had he lived....I think you could think maybe of someone like Jimmy Page or Clapton. I think they were already such great players when they were young that there really wasn't a lot of room to grow. However Clapton went on to write so so many other great songs. Just think of how many we would have missed out on should Eric have passed early on. Any way thanks again, great stuff man.
I had heard that story about the truck for years, but just thought it was one of those "urban legends."
I remember KMET f m. radioLA from the 70's ! Mary Turner, Jim Ladd , "Paraquat Kelly"....I can remember the day I pressed the #1 pre -set button and, instead of "little 'bit 'of heaven, 94.7 " , I heard this vomitous elevator music non DJ havin station calling itself the "Wave" .I cried,got over it, and replaced KROQ in #1 slot !
Have you seen Neil play "All Along The Watchtower" lately? He channels Hendrix.
Hendrix would venture into a soul, blues and funk flavored sub-species of fusion. Absorbing hints of Sly Stone, Curtis Mayfield, Gil Scot Heron, and Miles Davis. JImi and Miles would spend half the seventies making albums seeming to converse one another, like the Beatles amd Brian Wilson did for a minute.
After finally abandoning drugs all together, he'd be the first endorsee of the Parker Fly. And most old Strats be would attainable used instruments for working players.
You hear about the future of rock n roll... Springsteen's f-cking it up.
I'm glad someone else feels like that
I'm sitting here thinking about the person that owned the pickup... Imagine finding out your truck had been stolen by Hendrix and Young. 😂
If you have ever watched Dave Grohl's documentary about Sound City, you heard Neil Young tell the story about pulling into that studio in a pot-smoke filled old Cadillac hearse with no valid license and the cops behind him. That just cracked me up.
In interviews at the time he was planning on working with an expanded band. Keys,horns
Fender got their amps right the first time around, that's why people are still using those amps and chasing that sound.
Great video and info! Does anyone know if Neil Young's latest film about Harvest ever made it out on dvd/blu ray or streaming? I really want to see that flick. Super thanks , Otis, for a great job! I'm reading Thrasher's Wheat as of today.
Different time frame and genre, but I think Jimi might have gone a more Bjork route. She had mainstream music in the 90's. But I feel like she put out her best album last year (Fossora, 2022). Her post spotlight career has been phenomenal. Or even Bowie, I bring up his 90's albums and people that "love Bowie" scratch their heads, confused. I feel like not too many of those fans even remember Blackstar outside the fact that Bowie died shortly after it was released.
I imagine Jimi would’ve played a PRS through the 80s. If he switched from Marshalls it’d probably be a Dumble. His music could’ve only gotten better with his trajectory. ❤
Melvin Belli (bell-EYE) was a colorful lawyer in the 60s and 70s. He defended Jack Ruby, the guy who killed Lee Harvey Oswald.
incredible
Imagine if Hendrix had lived just 10 more years and doing the soundtrack to "Star Wars"or close encounters, Logans run, or even a budget sci-fi film I think he would have in his element....if only.
I first heard Jimi’s music in 1970 on a local Indy radio station,,,,, never heard of Mary Turner.
Question: Did you catch your friend TS yesterday on RUclips?
🎶 I won't be going back to Woodstock for a while, though I long to hear that lonesome hippie girl smile, I'm million miles away, from that helicopter day, no I don't believe I'll be going back that way 🎶. "That way" meaning by stolen truck and helicopter 🤣.
How do you know Neil stole it Could of been Jimi?
@@RobertRawles I think Otis said it was a manager who stole it. Jimi and Neil were just along for the ride.
Here's a Mary Turner obituary in the New York Times. www.nytimes.com/2023/05/26/arts/music/mary-turner-pattiz-dead.html#:~:text=Mary%20Turner%20Pattiz%2C%20who%20as,a%20former%20KMET%20news%20director.
Cool. Thanks you for this. Hard to imagine what would have happened, had Jimmy not died when he did, but maybe he did enough while he was still walking this earth. And maybe his impact was greater with what he did do, no watered down by anything else? Niel, still walking this earth and we don't have to imaging anything.
Otis, will you be touring Northern California?
Jimi was the pastor presiding at the Electric Church!
I think Neil is confusing Woodstock with The Altamont. CSNY arrived to the Altamont in a pickup truck that was stolen at the nearby Tracy Ca airport. Do a internet search for "Tracy Press Conflict and Concert". There is an article explaining the whole story and a picture of the pilot, who's truck they stole, angrily confronting them before they left town.
Thrasher's Wheat is great!
Jimi could've moved over to fusion with cats like Miles Davis or Billy Cobham
Honestly, my two favourite musical role models.
I’ve believe Hendrix would have continued being eclectic with his musical tastes, and would evolve his style and utilize new technologies.
However, whether or not it would have been successful, I do not know, but commercial success I feel meant more to Jimmy, then it does to Neil.
Neil young just likes making tunes with his buddies. Commercial success doesn’t mean a thing to him, especially at this point in life.
i'm thinking he would have made some records with him doing all the tracks for a few years, then he would have gone acoustic,,, just my thoughts..fun to think about, thanks..
I can imagine Hendrix going in the direction of prog-rock . Something like King crimson or Yes...? I'm sure it would have been interesting. I can even imagine him doing film scores
I've understood that hendrix indeed arrived in a helicopter.
Along with Neil
Jimi did live on. Every guitar player after him is part him. Other than Bob Marley, I can’t think of a single person who has affected a whole genre like that. Hank , Jimmie Rodgers…. The Carters. I mean. Jimi was not like anything before him at all.
Whatever Jimi would have done would have been BRILLIANT!
I doubt Jimi would have been locked into strats. He would have kept playing strats but most likely would have expanded his sound to other setups and other axes. We lost what could have been.