The idea of trying "to settle things down a little bit" gets the mind of Cavett going toward the idea of human beings settling down, and later he asks Jimi if he sees himself getting married. When Jimi says he hopes not, Cavett delivers a punchline: "But you'll never get a situation comedy on television." That's funny, because sitting on the other side of Hendrix is Robert Young, the father of "Father Knows Best."
Young looks like an funny throwback to an earlier time, but Hendrix died a year later, and Young lived for 3 more decades.
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No denying Hendrix’s genius, or his overwhelming influence on rock and on guitarists, but most of his output was unlistenable noise. He did some great standard blues tunes, like “My Friend,” and some great melodic rock tunes, like “Angel.” But, too much wild noise generation. Only two tunes get regular play on Classic Rock channels: “All Along the Watchtower” and “The Wind Cries Mary.” Like every electric guitarist (yes, I did that, too), I wore out the records studying him.
"but Hendrix died a year later, and Young lived for 3 more decades"
Those bourgeois values are so overrated.
There is order in chaos that is discernible to the privileged, perceived as noise by others.
Live fast, die young, is a youthful, perhaps green, impulse.
Letterman once said, "I'm not a talk show host, but I play one on television."
Jimi Hendrix appears to have left behind two children born out of wedlock. As he died without a will and without having taken a paternity test, neither inherited a dime.
"but Hendrix died a year later, and Young lived for 3 more decades"
He just saw the wall, and drugs helped him find the other side.
Good does young. Young dies old.
The impressive part about Hendrix is that he created his sound with fairly primitive equipment, by today's standards.
Imagine how different our world would be if Hendrix survived and got the part of Marcus Welby M.D. instead of Robert Young.
Would love to know how you came to this particular video this morning?
What a beautiful soul. All he was trying to do was tell the truth. Take a question seriously and answer it. He seemed utterly without guile, but who knows? Dick Cavett was certainly working hard to keep the conversation going.
Hendrix is famous for his guitar pyrotechnics, but I have one of the innumerable greatest hits CDs and it's full of what can ony be described as mellow tunes. I find it interesting that as far as I can tell, his most covered song is Little WIng.
---Only two tunes get regular play on Classic Rock channels
Maybe that's true, ST, I wouldn't know. But the whole of Electric Ladyland is gorgeous, varied, and beautiful. And many of the individual songs off the albums before that were too. Little Wing. Gold and Rose (One Rainy Wish). A unique talent, much more than mere noise generation!
"That's why I hate compliments. Compliments are so embarrassing, sometimes, because you know the truth, really... It's like a circus that might come into town. So they go feed on that; and they fade away, and feed on the next thing. But it's all right, it's part of life. I'm diggin' it myself."
Cavett was probably more comfortable talking to Robert Young. Which shows how old fashioned he was, despite his age.
So, Hendrix died in 1970, took too many sleeping pills with alcohol by mistake. Only 27. Sad.
Also in this interview: Dick Cavett said that Jimi Hendrix was considered one of the world's best guitarists. Hendrix responded by saying, "How about one of the best sitting in this chair.". Very humble and completely charming.
Other posters have mentioned "Little Wing" and "Angel". Another one of my favorites is "May this be Love".
SRV did Little Wing better than Hendrix.
Couldn't be that great, William50, because I don't even know who or what SRV is. Clapton and his Layla band did it and did it well, but, for me, it still didn't match the Hendrix original.
And Cavett is still alive!
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