of jimi hendrix to interview him.but i think some people may be took that moment and went wow, here's where i am. and that did not happen to me. i heard his assault and said how michael and to counter this? i can't turn you in this room. donovan asked the a question. you're just making an assertion, but i know you're wrong. so how can i change this argument and change this game later on in years later he changed again. never got attacked iraq and, but i did interview other white musicians, so i proved him wrong. >> well, good. >> so i think we've got to diary back because i think so sinister and completely covered to talk about and many, many times in the reading you just said, which goes deep into the book, you mention the phrase post-blackness. i think for the c-span on an window to give a brief definition of what is post-black is similar to the term comes from? >> post-black comes from the art world, thelma goldman the great dear reader and the art of scoring together to talk about a group of artists they saw who w

we would go down to the fillmore and see these great band, the doors, and jimi hendrix, cream, and thendown to the grove to see other music. you could go to the mission district to hear mexican. everywhere i went there was this multi dimensional color and i felt like it was on necessary for me to do just one. like baskin-robbins, i want all the flavors. you cannot just be a mexican play music. there is a lot of beauty in that, but it was not for me. i was born without arms around my heart that wants to embrace everything. palestine's, israelis. japanese, apaches. i am more concentrated with life and love than flags, nationality, religion. that stuff gets in the way. one gets in the way is me, myself, my story. for me, that is why music is liberating. when you hear "imagine" anywhere in the world, people sang the lyrics. as soon as you hear the melody -- same thing with a bob marley song. i grew up taking everything from bob dylan, curtis mayfield, the beatles, smokey robinson. mike alma mater was the streets of san francisco.

always always we hope you have [waves crashing] [seagulls cawing] [jimi hendrix's "voodoo child" playing♪ well, i'm a voodoo child ♪ lord, i'm a voodoo child ♪ well, the night i was born ♪ lord, i swear the moon turned a fire red ♪ ♪ the night i was born ♪ i swear the moon turned a fire red ♪ ♪ well, my poor mother ♪ cried out "lord, the gypsy was right" ♪ ♪ and i seen her fell down right dead ♪ i'm gonna rip your head off! donnie. you're not in vietnam. man, you scared the out of me. yeah, take my board. yeah. hey, mom. hi, baby. ♪ well, mountain lions found me there ♪ ♪ hey ♪ and he said "fly on" ♪ ♪ "fly on" hey! ♪ voodoo child yeah ♪ ♪ voodoo child ♪ yeah mornin'. you're going to school today, right, tony? don't worry about it, dad. i'm just gonna get wet. i don't want my son to be a ditchdigger. i got him, dad, okay? don't ever go outside dressed like that again! one, two, three!

at one point, my dad started playing jimi hendrix and led zeppelin. and what can i say? i love the music. so, i started wanting to play that with the violin. [ "foxey lady" playing ] >> but how do you become a rock violinist? like all instruments, it starts off with the basics -- an interest, lots of practice, and a little push from the parents. >> i didn't want to practice. i mean, nobody really wants to sit down and, you know, lift weights or practice or do your math homework. >> he would want to stop, and i had to find ways to positively empower him and motivate him because i knew that's what he really wanted. but i didn't really have to nag him. he may tell you that, though. [ chuckles ] >> but now antonio is the first to admit that the practice has really paid off. >> when it comes to performing and when it comes to playing, you do have to put in the hard work. >> antonio's been rocking out on the violin ever since, and he's discovered that there are no bounds to the sounds he can make. >> what i'm trying to do is trying to convince people that there are other ways

protest is lame just like when kim kardashian married what's his name ♪ [ laughter ] ♪ >> uh, jimi hendrixsomething. >> kris kardashian? >> jimmy: kris -- kris jeffers. >> it is jeffers. >> jimmy: kris jeffers. >> jefferson airplane? no. [ laughter ] >> kris kardashian. >> jimmy: kris jenson? >> any who, citing the concentration of america's wealth in the hands of the top 1% of all wage earners, the protesters have taken on the mantra, "we are the 99" which we'll be covering in greater depth on my new prime time evening news magazine, "rock center" here on nbc. >> jimmy: aw, yeah. [ cheers ] tune into brian williams' "rock hard center" for more. [ light laughter ] >> jimmy -- jimmy, it's "rock center," not "rock hard." >> jimmy: oh, i know it's not. [ laughter ] ♪ that's what she said >> americans believe in people protests. >> occupy wall street and social media unrest. ♪ they're raising their voices because they like choices ♪ ♪ maybe they need god walking back those rolls royces together we can end all our conflict ♪ ♪ that is how we slow jam the news ♪ >> oh yeah! >> jimmy: give it up

contributes to an idea of a collective identity and then no one can deny what michael jackson and jimi hendrixhave contributed to the mainstream idea of black, but you have also discussed how music is not consumed the same way today that it was 50 years ago. there is no, as determined, massive musical moment that really defines an era. so do you still think that music has the same impact on racial identity now that it did 20 or 30 years ago? >> that is a good question and she is referring to an essay that i just wrote on the salon.com why i missed the model culture. talking about how as far back as the early 90's, the 80's, 70's, 60's, there was this system of distribution of culture that allows that there were fewer artists in front of all of our eyeballs at one time so somebody could become a massive celebrity, massive icon. and think about the moment when a thriller came out. every betty white and black was listening at the same time. and i experienced the same thing when nirvana's "never mind," came out to greet everybody was listening. dr. trey chronicles the same thing. you can go james

an idea of a collective identity, um, and, you know, to one can deny what michael jackson and jimi hendrix have contributed to, you know, a mainstream idea of black. but you've also discussed how music is not consumed the same way today that it was 50 years ago. there's no, as you termed it, massive musical moment that really defined an era. so do you still think that music has the same impact on racial identity now that it did 20, 30 years ago? >> she's referring to an essay i just wrote, why i miss the model culture. and i'm talking about how as far back as the early '90s, '80s, '70s, '60s, the systems of distribution of culture allowed that there were fewer artists in front of all of our eyeballs at one time. so somebody could become a massive celebrity and a massive icon, and think about the moment when "thriller" came out, and it was like everybody, white and black, was listening to it at the same time. and i experienced the same thing when nirvana's "nevermind" came out. almost everybody was listening. dr. dray's the chronic, what's going on did the same thing. there's other albums t

. >> newly released documents have the military records of elvis presley and jimi hendrix and generalhe served in the army from 1958 to 1960. >> those are the headlines. cool. we've been telling you over the last couple of days about how herman cain has skyrocketed to the top tier in the polls. but we didn't have any poll information from after the last debate. we do this morning. scott rasmussen and company called 1,000 republican primary voters and no surprise, mitt romney still on top. herman cain now tied with him. but look at this, newt gingrich is in double digits. he's at 10%. >> he's on the move. i don't know, our digital, chief digital editor says if you look for gingrich to move, move up and it looks like he is starting to move up. governor perry will be joining us shortly on this show. he is fourth. he's actually coming up in 20 minutes. he is fourth and that's got to be a discouraging number. >> right. also in the poll, 51% expect romney to be the nominee. but a majority of them think that either cain or romney could beat president obama. >> newt gingrich has done so well