I figured he’d walk out at any time so I tried to get him off on odd things he’d done which don’t get aired anymore. He has trouble concentrating, or relating to others for long, but he was totally coherent and together when he co-hosted a two-hour show with me. Brian Wilson turned up via a mutual acquaintance and this guy told me it was the longest he’d ever spent with anyone since the 60s.īrian suffers badly from Attention Deficit Disorder, which I also do. I find them through mutual friends or just because they happen to be in town. We’ve had a few however and their contributions have always been spontaneous. When I started the Underground Garage radio show as host and programme director in 2002, I consciously decided I didn’t want to find guests and ask them to appear every week.
Jimi was only around for a few years it’s amazing what his legacy became. That was 1969 which I believe was their debut show. I also saw him unveil the Band Of Gypsies, on New Year’s night, with Buddy Miles and Billy Cox, which was kinda jazzy and loose, but great. Then I saw him at the now defunct Singer Bowl in Corona Park, Flushing Meadows, Queens, NYC in 1968. And I’d better not go into further personal details! Except to say, what a magnificent drummer Mitch was.Īs for those concerts – I saw Hendrix the first time in a little cafeteria at a college in New Jersey when he got back home after making his career in London, so thanks for that Britain. The closest I’ve come to his company in a more intimate sense is that my wife Maureen went out with Mitch Mitchell for a while – as in she was his girlfriend – so that’s a relationship twice removed. I never met Jimi Hendrix, but I was lucky enough to see him play four times. Plus, he played Silvio Dante in The Sopranos, so he’s mingled with the good, the bad, and the ugly ones in between. In the 21st century he’s turned his attentions to his own radio show – Little Steven’s Underground Garage (opens in new tab) – and spin-off label Wicked Cool Records (opens in new tab), home of Ginger & The Sinners, Jessie Malin, Michael Des Barres and more. This veteran of the Jersey Shore bar-band scene, a self- confessed R&B/punk/British Invasion nutter, has also hit paydirt with his solo work, including the acclaimed Born Again Savage, and a string of albums with The Disciples Of Soul.Ī man of conscience – he was the steering force behind the 1985 Artists United Against Apartheid, which resulted in the Sun City album – an all-star affair featuring The Boss, U2, the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Run DMC and dozens more. Though he’s indelibly associated with the E Street Band there’s far more to Stevie Van Zandt – aka Miami Steve and Little Steven – than that famous bandana-clad association with his oldest friend Bruce Springsteen.
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