the man who wrote that note joins us now, lester chambers chaired the stage with jimmy hendricks, janicein and the doors. he was homeless until his friend, yoko paid the rent. let me assume that your friend's last name is ono? >> correct. >> fantastic. you have good friends in high places. >> absolutely. >> let me ask you the hardest question first. that is, convince me that what did you do wrong, and i realize record companies did wrong too, as a young man, as an adult. what did you do wrong that you ended up in the place you are? >> we agreed and listened to record companies tell us, oh, don't worry about it. we will takes it later. >> but, i mean. once you#óu(ut figured it out, maybe after the second album or third album when they're not paying you, you still continued to do four, five, six, seven -- >> when you have a hit record like timewise, playing every day, everywhere you go, you're working, you got these great jobs and you're earning this money, you're not monitoring the record companies. >> and artists create. you were trying to create the next hit and next hit. >> and we were

. >> a classic jimmy hendricks in woodstock with a mind blowing version of "the star spangled banner.s been lots of mind blowing versions, and not always in a good way. this one is our favorite story of the day. and here is abc's dan harris. >> reporter: inaugurations are supposed to be a showcase of american democracy. a primmer for the world on the peaceful passage of power. >> so help me god. >> congratulations, mr. president. ♪ o, say can you see >> reporter: but what is everybody talking about after president obama's big day? beyonce. she's still not saying whether she lipsynced the national anthem, but what we do know for sure is that there are others that absolutely should have. here are scientifically compiled top six worst ever national anthem renditions. number six, steven tyler. ♪ o, say can you see >> reporter: the lead singer delivered what many believed to be a bad performance at last year's afc championship game. number five, carl lewis. this is a classic. in 1993, he got booed in the middle of his rendition. ♪ and the rocket's red glare >> reporter: number four, anita