Members fretmonster Posted November 14, 2012 Members Share Posted November 14, 2012 Originally Posted by BryanMichael Seriously? I think Dick was pretty cool. He is much less "snarky" than people like Letterman. In fact Dick kind of reminds me of being a cross between Bob Newhart and David Letterman. Agreed. Back in those days there was a lot more of a culture clash between the "freaks" and the "establishment" types. I actually thought Cavett was sincerely trying to bridge that gap but at the same time being a little self-effacing as the "square". It did seem like the interview was completely on the fly and not rehearsed. Definitely a bit stilted. It's remarkable to me that Hendrix, who seems a bit awkward and nervous in the interview, comes across so confident alone on stage with his guitar. Good stuff, thx for posting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jkater Posted November 14, 2012 Author Members Share Posted November 14, 2012 Very interesting inputs (notably GasMan's) and it makes me look at it quite differently.Ok I take the "small "d" comment back. I was wrong and out of touch with the time. I think where I was coming from was: this guy is talking to a legend and doesn't realise it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members IbanezJon Posted November 14, 2012 Members Share Posted November 14, 2012 I was so far away from being conceived when this guy had a show but all the vids I've seen on YT.. he seems like a cool guy to me.. especially when interviewing such iconic names like Hendrix, Lennon.. etc.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members genesis3 Posted November 14, 2012 Members Share Posted November 14, 2012 But....what I rilly wanna know is.....what amp is is he using?? Looks like a cool smaller head of some kind... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members straycat113 Posted November 14, 2012 Members Share Posted November 14, 2012 No way was there any disrespect as that was just Cavett's personality. Jimi appeared twice on the show and was scheduled to appear on the Woodstock show but he ran late. The Woodstock show had acts that went straight from Woodstock to the Cavett show and included- The Jefferson Airplane, Joni Mitchel, David Crosby and Steven Stills and was also the first time the word -{censored}- was said live on the air.As far as Steve Allen goes he hated R&R and that was his idea of funny making Elvis sing to a Hound which really infuriated him. A bit of trivia =Allen was a frustrated song writer who I believe still holds the Guiness Book of Records record for writing over 10,000 songs! Yes that is correct lol, the only one I know is This Could be the Start of Something Big. So he had 9,999 bombs lmfao.Ed Sullivan for how great and important his show was as stated was just interested in whatever would draw ratings and had no love for Rock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members soundcreation Posted November 14, 2012 Members Share Posted November 14, 2012 Originally Posted by Jkater Very interesting inputs (notably GasMan's) and it makes me look at it quite differently. Ok I take the "small "d" comment back. I was wrong and out of touch with the time. I think where I was coming from was: this guy is talking to a legend and doesn't realise it. hindsight on your part. And a "legend" to you. Sure...to many others as well.... But many people aren't star struck, and I appreciate that. I like interviewers who really don't give a {censored} (in terms of how "huge" the star is) about pandering to celebrities and will actually ask them interesting questions. To me Jimi Hendrix was just a guy who happened to be good at guitar and create some amazingly good music. I don't think that means they should ever be above criticism or a little good natured ribbing as in this case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JTEES4 Posted November 14, 2012 Members Share Posted November 14, 2012 I think Dick (Cap D) was perfectly cool. Hendrix was mumbling, probably high...I think Dick handled it fine. I mean maybe he would have acted differently if he knew Jimi was going to die and someday (like in 2012) be considered a guitar God...but I'm pretty sure he was unaware of that at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Angry Tele Posted November 14, 2012 Members Share Posted November 14, 2012 totally normal straight forward interview. Jimi seemed nervous and Dick helped him along, no disrespect at all, quite the opposite. I can see where Conan got his schtick from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members axegrinder Posted December 1, 2012 Members Share Posted December 1, 2012 I just stumbled onto this little snipet... makes me want to see the whole interview. They seemed to be getting along better here (Hendrix less nervous or more lucid??) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gwLQAuHJv8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Virtual Pariah Posted December 1, 2012 Members Share Posted December 1, 2012 It's all point in time stuff.Jimi wasn't a legend back then. Perspective was all different. Just another musician in a long line of acts on the show.Dick always had that snark thing going. It was his angle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members billybilly Posted December 1, 2012 Members Share Posted December 1, 2012 Hendrix... "I can't practice, I just like to create" and "no, I can't read music at all". Talent to burn. Love it. Originally Posted by axegrinder I just stumbled onto this little snipet... makes me want to see the whole interview. They seemed to be getting along better here (Hendrix less nervous or more lucid??) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gwLQAuHJv8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members caveman Posted December 1, 2012 Members Share Posted December 1, 2012 Originally Posted by Emory i watched Cavett regularly, and agree he was somewhat dry and Uni prof, but his humor was at least 10 IQ points above the others. I saw no disrespect. Steve Allen was great too. Remember seeing Dylan for first time on his show, and Jack Kerouac. Plus Steve was a musician, a plus when musical types show up, eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitarcapo Posted December 1, 2012 Members Share Posted December 1, 2012 Cavett always seemed pretentious but at the same time funny and cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jrockbridge Posted December 1, 2012 Members Share Posted December 1, 2012 Originally Posted by caveman That was Cavett's shtick. The band backed Jimi nicely. Exactly. If you think Cavett was being a dick, you just don't get him. His brand of humor is a bit intellectual even by today's standards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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