I was aware of Jimi when he first came to London, even before he had ever made a record. London was a conglomeration of great people all in one place. There were only so many studios and a few good engineers around at the time, so it was inevitable that people would run into each other from time to time. I met Jimi at a late-night club one night and just started talking to him. He was a Traffic fan and I remember he got up and played with the band that was there that night and I just said, "Wow!". . . . One night, Jimi and I were at a party listening to John Wesley Harding when Jimi got it into his head that he wanted to do 'All Along the Watchtower'. I remember he said to me, "That's the coolest song! I'm gonna go and record it! You want to come and do it with me?" That's basically how it started. He was just amazing.