billy cox was a long-time friend of jimi hendrix and the bass player in his band the jimi hendrix experiencewanted to do for a long time and we know to director had filmed all this incredible material. that started the conversation where we knew if we could create a documentary to tell the story of this festival steesh had all of this material in his barn. >> what shape was it in? >> it was in tremendous shape. >> billy playing up there, so much was said of that performance. was he happy? >> he was happy. you could tell by his persona and the way he was playing. >> how big was the jimi hendrix experience? >> he was top drawer. we were the last ones to go oned a woodstock and atlanta pop. he was pretty popular. >> i would think whoever shot this knew it was gold. why did they wait so long to release it? >> i don't think it was the fact of releasing it. because of the woodstock movie that informed the american yourkt culture this is an event you've got to be part of. six weeks later the atlanta pop festival goes from 600,000 to 1.5 million people. woodstock was still the -- you know, it was an

. >> gisele mckenzie -- >> jimmy: you performed with jimi hendrix? >> no! no, we would do the -- like maybe the top five songs or the top four or something. then we would have a concert with jimi hendrix. >> jimmy: i see. >> with janis joplin. >> jimmy: i can't imagine the archies and janis and jimi on the same show but that was that era. >> no, they were on with us kid. >> they were on with you. "laugh-in" was after that? >> yes, that show got canceled and i had the offer to go on "laugh-in" but i had thought it would be hip tore go on this show with the tie-in to "billboard" with janis joplin, jimi hendrix, people like that. >> jimmy: sometimes it doesn't pay to be cool. >> no. it's true. >> jimmy: i don't know if you saw me playing my clarinet with huey lewis but that's proof. >> so true. >> jimmy: "grandma." does it reason it if i tell people you play the grand may? it's getting great reviews. i have to say, i watch it and i thought it was great, you're great in it. what really impressed me more than anything was your car in that movie. >> yes, okay. >>

jimi hendrix is by far the leader of the bands. the two guys that play back up to them are white guys. were going to challenge the structure. healthily challenge it? drugs. drugs proliferate. everybody smokes marijuana. even conservatives although they say that they went on about outside to the international boundaries of they can smoke legally. this is someone smoking marijuana for those of you who have not seen this before. i'm not promoting it, this is what you look like when you do too much drugs. that keith richards. he's done a lot of drugs. maybe he looks like it. think of this as a challenge. the useful people are choosing their own forms of recreation. and what is ever useful person's favorite form of recreation? you said it not me. sex. the birth control pill gets perfected in 1963. it's illegal. finally in 1963 in the famous case in the famous case of griswold the connecticut gets legalized. it makes sex something that can be enjoyed for pleasure without a significant percentage of the risk of pregnancy. for women who bo

i mean, i think those innovators of music, those legends like carlos santana and jimi hendrix, they weren'tid. they just did what they felt, and they put that out there, and they put their heart and soul into it. and that's why people love them still to this day. damian: we're going to show that video clip at the end of this show. what is it--does that--? what does it take, the kind of time commitment to shoot a music video like that? max: oh, it's a lot of hard work. i mean, it's not just-- damian: because you have to do the same shot about 15 different times, right? max: if you're good, you know. that's if you're good. but sometimes, you know, we were out there all day. and like i said, what i love about, like, this video, it just came together. i was able to shoot this whole video within a process of, like, 2 days, and just friends getting together, meeting up in santa cruz, finding locations that we weren't going to get kicked out of, you know? and that's what it came down to. and i'm really proud of the video and all the people that helped put it together because it wasn't me alone. it

>>gary: that's very cool when you say jimi hendrix we were right there is specially made--me >>mark: all of these teams are still in the pac 12 we used to be is a press corps drawn because jimmy hendrix with a lot of talent this is a research and all the producers and is of course the betting man all of these fans are complementary we say will claimant aware of early and that is why were the norm one sportscaster will catch on the real be right back when we continue >>james: 6 minutes to 8:00 your live look outside sunshine come down in walnut creek this morning is likely a mix we have called the have sunshine this morning that we can enjoy temperatures right now 60 in the city 59 all consistory in san jose where the commander general the upper fifties to low 60s the warmest of on the map is 64 and looks like we're getting a " star will have cloud out there and you concede the well to our south near monterey but the point of which is expected to migrate north or and impact us later this afternoon ring is a slight chance we have to make this our activities of the great in the when opp

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. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> rock singer jimi hendrix died today in london according to a police source, from an overdoseugs. >> jn nis joplin was found dead last night. the cause of death said to be an overdose of drugs. >> jim morrison, the lead singer for the doors, a rock music group is dead. he was 27. >> the early years of the '70s are sad in music because you lose people and you lose the beatles. >> the small gathering on savo row is only the beginning. it is historic they may decline the british empire the beatles are breaking up. >> a death for a lot of people. as we understood in the '60s, rock was no longer with us. >> ♪ ♪ >> i wonder what i'm doing here with no drummers or anything like that. you may know i lost my old band or i left it. ♪ imagine there's no heaven it's easy if you try ♪ ♪ >> for so long you wait until the next beatles album to see where music was going and we just hoped the music they would come up with individually would be that good. >> i don't no longer have to the beatles need a new album you and paul need to write 20 songs tomorrow or anything. i just write when i feel

♪ ♪ >>> rock singer jimi hendrix died today in london, according to a police source from an overdosedrugs. >> janis joplin was found dead last night. the cause of death was said to be an overdose of drugs. >> jim morrison, the lead singer for the doors, a rock music group, is dead. he was 27. >> the early years of the '70s are sad in music. because you lose people. and you lose the beatles. >> the small gathering is only the beginning. the event so momentous. historians may view it as a landmark in the decline of the british empire. the beatles are breaking up. >> it was a death for a lot of people. rock 'n' roll as we understood it in the '60s, are no longer with us. >> the beatles -- >> and i wonder what i am doing here with no drummers and no nothing like. you might know i lost my old band or i left it. ♪ imagine there's no heaven it's easy if you try ♪ >> for so long, you kind of waited for the next beatles' album to see where music was going. and we just hoped the music they would come up with individually would be that good. >> you know, i no longer, oh, the beatles need an alb

inside a new film about legendary jimi hendrix concert. >> and looking to take one more vacation thisr. well, you can save a lot of money by buying your next trip next week. our travel editor, clues us in, to some labor day secret. >> all of that plus your eye opener, the dish and music from our saturday session just ahead on saturday this morning saturday. >> anthony, vanita, thanks, we will be watching. 6:46. happening today adventure aquarium hosting it first ever hip an awareness week toned give guesses a chance to learn more about these animals. the event takes place today and tomorrow, guests will get up close and personal with resident hippos, button and jenny, and also learn more about them. the event is to help raise money for the hippo trust in zimbabwe. they are amazing creatures, i've actually heard they don't swim. they actually bounce on the ocean floor. >> i did not know that. >> there you go. >> and very excited i have my new band name, hippo awareness weekend, works out well. i think casino every nice ring to it, what a great story there. love to see the hippos at the