Twisted Sister’s Jay Jay French recently had producer Eddie Kramer on The French Connection podcast on Podcast One, and they discussed what was quite possibly the last meeting between Jimi Hendrix and Mick Jagger. Mick Jagger ‘Can’t Sing’ Surprising Songs.
“However, there was another concert in ’69 that I was very fortunate to go to, and the history of that one is kind of fun.
“I know exactly the dates and the time because it was November 27th, 1969 [Jimi’s last birthday]. I got a phone call…
“It was very unusual for me to get a phone call from Jimi. ‘Hey man, what’s happening? You want to go to The Rolling Stones, Madison Square Garden tonight?’ ‘Yeah, OK. Yes, Jimi, that would be fantastic, thank you.’ So he said, ‘Meet me backstage.’
“This is how the whole thing comes about – we met up backstage, we go up in the elevator, everybody knows everybody, of course, The Stones and Jimi are all friends, and it was just wonderful.
“Backstage, talking to all the folks that I know there, The Stones and everything, I had this beautiful shot of Mick [Jagger] and Jimi sitting on a bench, basically in the dressing room with the concrete blocks behind them and the hangers.
“It’s just such a beautiful shot, I treasure that. It’s these two iconic, wonderful rock personas sitting together, just talking, and it always stuck in my mind, ‘Jesus, if I only had a video camera…’
“Part of that in my head is also following up with – there was a show that Jimi did do in November that I did go to and take pictures of him backstage just by himself with a Flying V, practicing blues, and that show was a great show.” Ultimate-Guitar transcribed their comments.
