THE ROLLING STONES' Ronnie Wood - "I Was With JIMI HENDRIX The Night He Died At Ronnie Scott's"
January 15, 2012, 12 years ago
According to Musicrooms.net, THE ROLLING STONES guitarist Ronnie Wood used to share a flat with JIMI HENDRIX in London and would constantly have to reassure him about his vocal abilities.
Talking on his Absolute Radio show, Ronnie said: "Jimi never used to like the sound of his own voice. I used to say, 'How was the gig tonight?' and he would go, 'Oh, the guitar was okay, man, but my voice', he said, 'I really can't sing'.
"I said 'Look, you're not doing a bad job, man, don't worry about it', you know, and he used to sort of worry about it, and I'd say 'Look, it's all part of the side effect', I said 'I think it goes great with the way you strum and play amazing guitar'.""Jimi was really laid-back to live with," Wood added, "didn't say much because he was always in the clouds a little bit.
"Jimi was a really sweet, well-mannered boy, and I'm very honoured to have shared a little space of time with him back in the late '60s. I was with Jimi the night he died at Ronnie Scott's, and he was walking down the stairs with his arm around this girl and I said to him, 'Jimi, say goodnight', and he didn't turn round."
"I said, 'Jimi! Say goodnight', and he turned round really slowly, out of his brain, and just gave me a little stoned wave, and that was the last the world saw of him. Very sad, very sad departure."
