enjoyed the rock 'n' roll vocals of paul mccartney, the shrieks of james brown and the wail of jimi hendrixr. now thanks to a collection of recordings donated from the national archives we are seeing those superstars in a much different light. jim axelrod introduces us to the man who got rock's biggest icon to go on the record. >> reporter: after four decades in the music business, joe smith, the man who signed jimi hendrix, van morrison, 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

. >> 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

. >> 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

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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

. >> 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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one i'd rather go to a twins game with, sit on the deck with or dance to the rolling stones and jimi hendrixave the best advice and i love you. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com how cool woos that? >> we have a little surprise. >> nice job. >> greg merm an, you hit it out of the park again. we have a little surprise. these two. >> get out of dodge. >> men are incredible fathers. their kids are here to surprise them. >> the sons. jeff glor, nicole glor. >> right in here as a matter of fact. >> hi there, how are you? >> hi bud. can you turn around and say hi to everybody. >> hi. >> rebecca. say hi to the camera over there bud. >> say hi. there you go. >> did you practice something? did you want to say surprise, daddy? can you say it? >> maybe. >> maybe not. >> did you practice anything? >> yes, geometry. how is the geometry going? >> we're working on it. >> geometry. >> if you zoom in down here, this was nate when he was about three years old with my dad. >> so nate has had -- a little bit of growing up. >>> that's the back of jackster's head. >> that's not me. that's another baby. >> it l

the former president of capital records, joe smith and the man who's signings include jimi hendrix, vanades 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 another

i always celebrated -- along with jimi hendrix. >> that was great. >> i am married to -- so nice to meet you. thank you for coming to -- >> i have this book. >> ok. oh, my god. >> i'm wondering if you'd be willing to sign this for me? >> sure. >> i just came from -- somebody should take these -- >> great. thank you. >> thank you very much. >> you stood for everything that she stood for. she is so excited . oh, my god, she was so excited. because she lived by -- cbs news and they did such great coverage on the radio. just watching her, i would get so enthused about politics. thank you for keeping it going. i'm with her. >> these are some of the best volunteers. >> thank you so much. >> thank you for coming. >> so many visitors. >> can i tell you a quick story? i was 9 years old. 1960. manchester, new hampshire. veteran's park. my dad put me on his shoulders and i was eye level with your dad and went i love you. i was i was allowed to stay up to watch the election returns. but it was so late i had to go to bed. in the morn, i was so excited. >> what do you mean there is no -- you said it b