Jimi to me was one of the great explorers if you will of the so-called Delta blues . . . it has to do with the person, the inner soul of the person . . . He was Jimi Hendrix! He didn’t sound like anybody else but himself. He was like Charlie Parker in his way of playing, he played well, he was a person that made waves. When you heard Jimi Hendrix you knew it was Jimi Hendrix, he introduced himself in his instrument . . . And he was kind of quiet, shy, he didn’t open up too much, but there were questions as we all ask each other. You know, “how do you do this” and why do you do that . . . ” We had very small discussions on things like that. And he was very polite, I thought he was a very nice guy.