It’s a mess, in a good way. It’s unorganized. Richard talks more about himself, but it works and it’s pure Rock and Roll. RIP. He was a pioneer.
Seriously, watch the first minute. It’s beautiful. https://youtu.be/YUvHBirr1PI
Easy for Little Richard to say that after Hendrix blew up, but apparently the reason Hendrix quit LR's band was because the band hadn't gotten paid in five weeks. There's a letter from Hendrix that he wrote to his Dad from the road where he talks about this.
OTOH, LR's brother claimed that Hendrix was fired because ‘he was always late for the bus and flirting with all the girls and stuff like that.’ So who knows what the real story was there.
I think it's closer to the truth to say that Little Richard could not tolerate anyone else getting the spotlight and diminishing his star power, while Hendrix was too flamboyant himself to settle for being a sideman and already had his own original ideas and ambition to go solo.
"That time that he used to make my big toe shoot up into my boot!"
Wow.
His freaky look gave Jimmy Hendrix confidence.
https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/7990551/richard-sexu...
That piece also has some very interesting videos of LR performing in the 50s. The manifest racial segregation in those videos was the norm at the time but seems truly shocking today, at least to me.
He was a drag performer earlier in his career, too.
LOL
RIP sir.
To wake up a room as stodgy and boring as the rock and roll HOF is no easy task, not to mention having the balls to even attempt it.
Thanks for sharing that!