[Slowhand] Here is a story I have not heard before...

[Jeff Elliott]

I remember McCartney recounting the story about Hendrix playing Peppers the
weekend they released it but don't remember him telling the other piece
about Clapton.  A little embellishment perhaps?

Cheers,

Jeff

-----Original Message-----
From: Dave McAffee [mailto:davemcaffee at hotmail.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2010 12:57 PM
To: Slowhand Digest
Subject: [Slowhand] Here is a story I have not heard before...


At a recent concert Paul McCartney recounted...
 
McCartney stopped the show several times to recount stories from his past,
which are timeless pieces of rock and roll history from a man who lived it.
He told a story about how Jimi Hendrix decided to do a live cover Sgt.
Pepper's shortly after its release and that he and the rest of The Beatles
were in the audience. He went on to explain that Hendrix added a lot to the
guitar solos, frivolously utilizing his whammy bar and putting his guitar
all out of tune. McCartney said that it got so bad that Hendrix asked if
Eric [Clapton] was in the crowd to come help him re-tune, and Clapton, after
much coaxing, obliged and got onstage to tune Hendrix's guitar so he could
finish the show.