I’ll always be thankful to Jimi Hendrix. I was in a band called the Moving Sidewalks before I joined ZZ Top, and one night Hendrix came into this little dive we were playing in Houston. I didn’t even know he was there. But a few nights later he was on one of the late night talk shows, I think it was the Tonight Show, and he started talking about young guitarists he enjoyed, and he talked about me! I was floored. Then, he asked my band to open for the Experience on their tour of the Southwest. What a time that was. The man was just electric, his personality was as great as his playing. I’ll always have the warmest spot in my heart for him.