All Is by My Side Page #4

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look in the mirror.

But you were giving me junk to get high on.

Then you gonna tell me don't look in the

mirror, and when I do you freak all out.

Man, I mean, that's-

Come on. That's not fair.

But every experience doesn't

need to be a reckless one.

And being on the bad end of a freak-out...

that's not the way to discover

that I speak the truth.

What did you see

when you looked in the mirror?

Oh, man. Crazy sh*t.

Like-

I looked like Marilyn Monroe.

Yeah.

Mind the press, Jimmy.

They can be absolutely voracious.

It's best to curry a

little favor with them.

Do you know Keith Altham?

He's a really clever one.

Wouldn't do you any harm

to stay close to him.

Chas has probably already thought of that.

He's so good, Chas. You know, you're in

really good hands with him.

Just make sure you listen to him.

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You wanna hang out?

HUMMING, FEEDBACK]

Well, it's changing. it really is.

There's definitely room to make moves.

I mean, the Beatles, they're done touring,

so that leaves this gap.

Yeah.

Then you've got the Kinks, the Small Faces.

Everything's become more

straight-edged rock 'n' roll.

Or harder-edged.

I think people are more

responsive to that right now.

I mean, look at where the world is.

The whole world's got

an edge to it, hasn't it?

Hasn't it?

- I dig your hair.

- I do hair.

- Yeah?

- Yeah.

- I dig it a lot.

- I know all about it. Yours is cool.

Is it natural or a permanent?

Be honest. Don't lie to me.

No, it's God's own. Look.

it's cool. it's like Dylan's.

I dig it a lot. Really.

Yeah? Cheers.

The way the advertisement was worded-

- Does this look like a crane to you?

- No, baby.

it doesn't have to be anything.

It's beautiful the way it is.

Th-The way it was worded, I thought

I was auditioning for the Animals.

Animals? Why would you think that?

No, not the Animals.

- I am an animal, but not the Animals.

- He's an animal.

Is-Is the pay okay?

I'm skint.

- Skint? What's skint?

- It means broke.

Oh, I dig that word.

W-Well, no-

The gig doesn't pay that much.

We're skint too.

Man, we're broke, but we're cool.

Yeah, we have a right laugh.

Might as well hang out with us

and be broke and cool.

Better than being just broke.

- What do you think?

- Yeah.

- - You're selfish.

- You didn't even bring me a smoke.

Right.

Here, I'll bring you a f***ing smoke.

JV'

- Hello?

- H-H-Hello?

I have an international collect call...

from Jimmy Hendrix to Mr. AI Hendrix.

- Mr. Hendrix?

- Uh, y-yeah.

- Will you accept the charges?

- Well, who is the call from?

Hey-Hey, Dad.

- Will you accept the charges?

- Uh, y-yeah.

- Go ahead with the call.

- It's Jimmy.

- Who?

- It's your boy Jimmy. Can you hear me?

- Who?

- It's Jimmy. it's your boy Jimmy.

Check this out. Guess where I am.

Guess where I am.

I'm in London.

I'm in London, man!

Hello?

- Wh-Where?

- I'm in London, England.

This cat, he pulled me out of a club

where I was playing.

- He's managing me now, and I got my own

thing together. - And that's funny?

I'm making a record.

That's funny to you?

No, I'm not trying to be funny.

Think I'm some kind of fool.

Y-You know what?

B-Babe. H-Ho-

Dad, someone wants to talk to you.

Hold on for a second.

Come on. Tell him.

T-Talk to him. Talk to him.

Hiya, Mr. Hendrix. This is Kathy.

- Ana' who is this now?

- Friend of Jimmy's.

It's wondrous to finally speak with you.

Jimmy's been going on about you.

- Wh... - He's over here doing

some quite sensational things.

He's got a manager now.

He's starting a band.

I've heard him play, by the way.

You should be, urn, quite proud.

Quite proud.

- Yeah. So he's in England?

- Yeah.

If he's in England, why the hell

is he calling me collect?

I'm not paying for any

goddamn collect call.

He wants to talk to me from England, you

tell him to write me a goddamn letter.

Stupid boy must think

I'm crazy or something.

Hello?

- Jim?

- Hello?

There's nobody there. Hello?

- Hello?

- Yeah.

Where in the hell did you

get that kind of money?

If you're there,

it's 'cause you stole a goddamn bank.

No. I didn't steal anything, man.

I'm really doing something here.

Yeah.

You callin' me collect.

I gotta go. Okay? I gotta go. All right?

I-I'll talk to you later.

Mm-hmm.

- All right.

- Yeah.

Right. All right then, gentlemen.

Let's take stock of the situation.

So then it's this Redding fellow

for bass guitarist, yeah?

He's a good lad. He's good for it.

Right. What about the drums?

We are keeping the ensemble

to a three-piece, are we not?

Aye.

We're still looking for drummers.

Well, get to it. Squandering time.

You squander time, you squander money.

Uh, there's a-

there's a couple of things we need to, uh-

Jimi Hendrix and the Experience.

Yeah. I like that. Quite like it.

- Yeah?

- And it's Jimi?

- It's J-I-M-I.

- Yeah, yeah. I like it that way.

- Well, it was my pleasure to come

up with the idea. - No, I thought-

Your success will be thanks enough.

We've got a couple of other things we need

to discuss actually.

Do tell.

Well, I've got some contracts out there.

Stuff I signed when

I was trying to make a break.

We were listening to some old records,

and Jimi reveals that he's-

Just stuff that I was doing.

I was just kicking around.

- Nothing really serious.

- Right.

When you say some contracts-

I did a recording with Curtis Knight,

and I had to sign something.

- It was just-I was doing background work.

- A couple of contracts.

Technically,

he's still signed on with these blokes.

And I got one with this cat-

I was just doing session work.

It's nothing you need to worry about.

When you say this cat...

who do you mean?

Juggy Murray.

- Juggy.-

- Yeah.

Right.

We find ourselves in a bit of a situation.

And I suppose

I'm off to America to handle it.

- Handle-How are you gonna-

- The Jimi Hendrix Experience.

Yeah, it's better like that.

It's sharper, it's cleaner, it's faster.

Says it all in a few words.

You appreciate that, yeah, Jimi?

The economy of vocabulary?

Yeah, sure.

When I return from America...

I may have a recording contract for you

over there as well.

So, uh, let's get on with putting

the Experience together.

Well, I had a little dog

and his name was Bob

- Hey.

- Sorry, man.

Hey. I-I-Is that-Is that him, man?

There he is. God himself.

I'll go and see if he's all right

with a quick chat.

Eric.

How's it going? Listen-

Look, there's Serena.

Give a big smile and a wave.

- Hi, love.

- What are you doing?

- She said you'd sleep with anything that

plays a guitar. - Cheeky b*tch!

Keith Moon doesn't play guitar!

F*** if I'm waving at her. You f***ing

cheeky b*tch! Got my eye on you!

- Do you wanna pop over before they start?

- Yeah.

And, hey, ask him if I can jam with them.

Yeah, I wanna play with them.

Go on, get your guitar.

Yeah!

Go on. Yeah, go on.

And, Jimi, he's doing this

as a favor to a friend, okay?

- Favor to a friend.

- Yeah, okay.

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