Interview with
David Kramer
DK : I was doing some research on Devon Wilson ( one of Jimi ’ s girlfriends ), at the Chelsea Hotel where she was murdered , and a guy came outside as I was leaving and said : “ You have to speak to Marlowe , he knew Devon ! You must speak to him !”
DK : Ginger Baker is an interesting character as most people know ... John Entwistle was a great experience because I went to his mansion in England with my girlfriend and we spent a few days with him and his girlfriend . At the time they were just getting ready to release all the Who CD ’ s newly remastered , and he had advance copies which we proceeded to listen to at his in home bar , getting very drunk , and singing along ... a lot of fun ! It ’ s always great when you can spend some quality time with your musical heros ! Especially when they ’ re nice , and John was a very nice man . In fact , I can say that most of the people that were friends with Jimi are good people . And Jimi was loved by all . I didn ’ t get any negative comments on Jimi , although his manager was a different story , I got no positive comments on Hendrix ’ manager Michael Jeffrey .
DK : Well , 20 years in the making , with over 400 on camera interviews , including many who have never spoken on the subject before , this promises to be , without a doubt the most complete , definitive documentary ever done on Jimi Hendrix ! And many of these people are now gone ... Wilson Pickett , Bo Diddley , Cornell Dupree , Richie Havens , Curtis Knight , Ray Manzarek , Timothy Leary , Ahmet Ertegun , and most recently Johnny Winter ( RIP ) just to name a few .. you
DK : I ’ ve been all around the world doing interviews for this project : England , Ireland , Sweden , Denmark , Germany , Italy , the Caribbean , South America , Canada , etc . and of course all over the United States .. It ’ s been some interesting travels , as they say the joy is in the journey .
DK : I love the music and when I started working in television doing graphics , animation and special effects , computer graphics was a brand new
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