if other people at the level of hendrix in the beatles and the stones are being influenced by your style, why did it take so long to record your own stuff? >> it was one of the biggest loser labels there were. they had made his music, and i have a plateful of turkey and i have nowhere else to put it, so they would play behind them because they were doing so well. monday waters when asked me to make a record with him. i said, this is how i wanted to go. i did not think i was ever good enough. i just want to go to work in the daytime and go play at night. it happened that if you want to play, go on up there and play. >> i was so shy, i wouldn't even talk. not even without a glass of wine. tavis: how did you develop such a sense of respect or reverence for these players? >> if everybody would do that, we would have more to laugh about. they say you are legend, i said, what is that? that is something that is given to you, i guess if you stay long enough. there are lots of awards of one. i take this from the people i learn from, they should have gathered before i did. and those people played

record. >> reporter: after four decades in the music business, joe smith, the man who signed jimi hendrixmorrison, and the eagles, among others, wanted to have some conversations. >> the idea was to put on tape the voices and the feelings of some of the greatest musicians and music figures over the years. as many as i could get to. >> reporter: as president of capital records, he got 200 of the biggest names such as paul mccartney, to talk to him. really talk. >> and sergeant pepper owes a lot to drugs, to pot and stuff. that was us kind of getting into that. it was rather innocent compared to what you talk about these days, it was very innocent. and it was never, never seriously heavy stuff. >> reporter: how hard was it to get them to talk? >> i was an insider. i was part of the business. >> reporter: smith got candor from rock 'n' roll pioneers like bo diddley talking about his own death. >> i'm worried about when my bootie kick off. will anybody notice it? will anybody notice it? that's something to think about. will anybody notice when bo diddley cease to exist? and if i stay here, i

. >> reporter: after four decades in the music business, joe smith, the man who signed jimi hendrix,nd the eagles among others wanted to have some conversations. >> the idea was to put on tape the voices and the feelings of some of the greatest musicians and music figures over the years. as many as i could get to. >> reporter: as president of capitol records he got 200 of the biggest names, such as paul mccartney, to talk to him. really talk. >> reporter: how hard was it to get them to talk? >> i was an insider. i was part of the business. >> reporter: smith got more candor from rock'n'roll pioneers like bo didly talking about his own death. >> ♪ i feel good ♪ >> reporter: imagine the hardest working man in show business letting his vulnerable side show. >> reporter: what was your favorite, if you do have a favorite moment, from everything that you are now giving to the library of congress. is there one? >> that was a key moment asking bob dylan about the '60s. he said the '60s weren't all that important. ♪ you can't blame me at all >> reporter: smith spent his career creating some o

. >> reporter: after four decades in the music business, joe smith, the man who signed jimi hendrix,nd the eagles among others wanted to have some conversations. >> the idea was to put on tape the voices and the feelings of some of the greatest musicians and music figures over the years. as many as i could get to. >> reporter: as president of capitol records he got 200 of the biggest names, such as paul mccartney, to talk to him. really talk. >> sergeant pepper owes a lot to drugs, to pot and stuff. that was us getting into that. it was rather innocent compared to what you talk about these days it was very innocent. it was er in seriously heavy stuff. >> reporter: how hard was it to get them to talk? >> i was an insider. i was part of the business. >> reporter: smith got more candor from rock'n'roll pioneers like bo didly talking about his own death. >> i'm worried about when i kick off. will anybody notice it? that's something to think about. will anybody notice when bo diddley ceases to exist? if i stay here i have to get old. and if i get old, i have to die. ♪ i feel good >> repor

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. >> was jimmy hendrix in touch? was john lennon in touch? >> fantastic point. have you convinced me. from second turns to second chins. will too many milky ways send the planet hurdling toward the milky way? obesity hasn't spun earth off its axis yet. a report says the weight of the global population at 316 million tons, an estimated 17 million tons overweight, get ready for proud, america. despite making 5% of citizens the united states accounts for a third of the world's weight. when people think about environmental sustain built they immediately focus on population. actually when it comes down to it, it is not how many mouths there are to feed, it is how much flesh there is on the planet. anyway, i know one inch little fellow who is doing his part to lose weight. >> that is the greatest. he thinks the guy is his mother. isn't that wonderful and sad at the same time? >> i am glad he is exercising because i am all for no fat chicks. >> nicely played. >> you win the first question then. could it be the fatter we get that the earth could actually fall? >> that i

he only represents the koch brothers and hendrix.ne guy who was there to point it out, and tom barrett made an ad out of it. >> all those people who have poured all this money in wisconsin. if you don't show up and vote they'll say, we got them now. we'll break every union in america. we're going to break every government in america. we will break middle class. divide and conquer works. you tell them no. you tell them wisconsin was never about that. never will be about that by electing tom barrett governor, thank you. >> cenk: god, he's good, and more importantly in this case he's absolutely right. this is the election to decide whether billionaires can simply buy our government, buy our deposit, or if you're going to make a stand in wisconsin saying no matter how much money you spend we will not be deceived. we'll vote for the middle class as well. we'll find out what happens and let's bring in the man who knows politics. ♪ >> cenk: all right, michael, thank you for joining us. of course michael shure is our epic politician man. if

. >> hendrix. >> jimi hendrix played the star spangled banner.no wonder my water broke. what an amazing experience. so she helped me understand what that was all about. >> the music. >> my character is kind of stuck in 1969, and i've done things that my daughter hasn't forgiven me for and i haven't seen her in 20 years. never met my grandchildren. and suddenly at the beginning of the movie she arrives on my doorstep, and it's about how we deal with each other after all this time as a family. >> it's so powerful, i have to, i really did, i am a softy, but i cried because of some of these central messages about forgiveness. and how to finally let go of the burden that we feel, the anger we sometimes feel with our own parents. i mean, has this been a theme for you in your own life? >> you think? oh, i wouldn't know anything about that. you know, i had the issue with my father. i kind of, because a lot of people have made a parallel with "on golden pond" where he's the elder and katherine hepburn and i'm the kind of struggling child. now i'm the elde

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jimmy hendrix, the doors, the who, floyd, the grateful dead, the almond brothers, on and on and on. more than 40 live albums were recorded right there. but in the end, bill graham claimed he had simply had enough. and the fill more east had its swan song that was 41 years ago today. and now you know the news all back tomorrow for "studio b," noon pacific time. 3:00 eastern time. right back here for "the fox report" tomorrow night for the journalists of fox news i'm shepard smith. thanks for trusting us for your news and information. that factor is in the wings. get ready. >> juan: the o'reilly factor is on. tonight: >> we are going to fight, and we are going to struggle, and we're going to finish what we started in 2008. >> president obama is fired up on the campaign trail. but a number of not-so-fired up democrats are skipping the democratic national convention. is the president's popularity slipping within his own party? we'll put that question to congressman chris van hole alan. >> did you ever think you would be choosing two people running for president one of them a swiss bank

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>> you know, we should just do the jimi hendrix version at all of the ball games.hitney houston's version, too, which was pretty daln good. >> pretty damn good but not as good as jimi hendrix. >> that's the point, bob, which is if you have got to go and find the one person or maybe the two people who really could sing it who have a voice that can do two octaves, that's fine but it doesn't do much for all of the rest of us. >> there were no words to jimi's version. he talked to his guitar. he stuck with his guitar. >> we played that version. >> i know. i truly appreciated it. >> last all right. >> i applaud you for bringing this up into the national -- >> i didn't intend to make a crusade. i mentioned it morning. >> everybody should just get over it. >> so do i. the weekend is coming up. let's get over it. thanks action bob. have a good weekend on the beautiful newport beach. friday, as we said. every friday, we like to take a look back at some point during the show at our favorite sound bytes of the week and bring you the very top 5. we start at the bottom and work

dre that i would like to see something cool with jimi hendrix. >>> the boy scouts of america receivedge their ban on gay leaders. scout leadership was presented with a petition with more than 275,000 signatures demanding that the group end the policy against homosexuals. a spokesperson says they are going to review the resolution but absolutely no change for now. the petition calls for the reinstatement of a former ohio den leader ousted last month. scouts say it is because of her sexual orientation and because she was finding financial inconsistencies. she started the petition on change.org and joins us this morning. are you feeling optimistic when you hear from the boy scouts that they are going to review the resolution but not actually do anything for the moment? >> i feel somewhat optimistic, yes. just the fact that they are publicly saying that they are going to review it whether or not it passes is unprecedented. >> they say they have to send it to committee and then executive committee at next year's national meeting. what do you do between now and then? what kinds of steps do

jimmi hendrix. >> thank you so much. thank you for coming. thank you very much. >> i am with her. >> hi. thank you. >> can i tell you a good story? my dad put me on his shoulder. i said, "i love you!" i was able to watch the election. it got really late. i have to go to bed. >> thank you for coming to visit. >> thank you. >> good luck. >> one more. i think i got 17. [laughter] [applause] >> next, and george town university law discussion of the supreme court ruling of the health care law. and some congressional reaction. after that, a heritage foundation discussion on the ramifications of the court's decision. the court said the law is unconstitutional based on congress's power to levy taxes. it is a preference to the individual mandate requiring most individuals to buy health insurance. the laws as those who can afford insurance will be subject is special tax. this is about an hour and 40 minutes. >> welcome. i have the privilege of moderating the distinguished panel today. who are we and why are we here? we are here because of their very mo

the former president of capital records, joe smith and the man who's signings include jimi hendrix, van decades in the music business he worked with some of the biggest names in the industry and got them to share their thoughts with him for his 1988 book "off the record" an oral history of popular music. joe is now donating more than 230 hours worth of audio clips from those interviews to the library of congress and he joins us now to share some of those audio treasures. welcome to the show. >> thank you very much. >> mr. smith, thank you so much. and as we begin, of course, you were telling us a story about how you actually had dinner with one of the biggest rock stars we all know, dr. brzezinski. >> well yes. >> at state dinner. >> the man cooked. he was -- a guy like that -- >> educating him on rock and roll. thank you for doing that. >> i have so many questions to ask you. i want to start with a clip, this paul mccartney talking about drugs, sergeant pepper and possibly the greatest album of all time. >> take a listen. >> that was one hell of a period, completely different like anot