All Is by My Side Page #4

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- You're f***ing brilliant.

- Thank you.

Did Linda tell you what to play?

No, she just said play.

Look, I've heard pretty much

everything there is to hear...

and, uh, I've got to say...

you're taking it,

you're tearing it apart in your hands, man.

Jesus Christ. No one's got you signed?

- Jimmy, you're not really one

for commitments, are you? - No.

Has Linda told you that I'm looking to, uh-

Says you're looking for

people to work with.

I wanna manage,

but I've never managed an act.

- I've never been managed, so-

- Well, that's even Stephen.

Okay.

I'm off the tour in three months.

I think it'd be a hell of a thing

if you came over to London.

London? There's so many great cats over

there already playing though.

Well, they haven't got you.

Eh? That's for damn sure.

There'll be no stick-in-the-ass

about this chord or that.

They'll be mad for what you're doing

over there. Eh?

I mean, e-everybody there,

everybody who's doing owt...

they're all working off

the blues structure.

I don't wanna get caught up

in those kind of labels though.

I don't want it to be,

He's playing the blues...

or He's playing R & B or soul,

all that kind of stuff, those cages, man.

- I'm not saying it has to be-

- It's not about style.

You know, it's-

I want my music to go

inside the soul of a person.

You know, for me it's colors.

I want people to feel the music

the same way I see it.

It's just colors. That's it.

The rest is just painted with a little

science fiction here and there.

I don't wanna freak you out this early.

I've gotta get you over to London.

Have you ever met a real pimp?

Yeah, man, the pimps

wear these things out in the street.

Yeah. They do.

I'll wear a hat on stage.

Oh, man, look at that pimp

with that backwards guitar.

Linda,

guy looking for you. Says he's Keith.

- Richards?

- Alan.

Oh, um, send him back, I suppose, yeah.

Who's Alan?

He's my father.

- You're joking, right?

- No.

- You for real?

- Yes.

Oh, sh*t.

Linda.

You didn't want to ring or anything

before you arrived?

This is Mr. Jimmy Hendrix.

It's a pleasure.

Collect your things.

Let's go.

Hey, man, come on.

We were all outside

Smoking

You in the headlights

Yeah, in the headlights

Yeah, in the headlights

Well, it's all taken care of.

I can get you your working papers

and some decent gigs.

There won't be much money, not at first,

but I'll take care of expenses.

I don't know, man.

- You were keen on coming to London before.

- Yeah, but that was before.

Aye, so, wh-what's changed?

You don't have much to say

for yourself, do you?

Knowledge speaks.

Wisdom listens.

Do you know Eric Clapton?

- What, have I heard of him?

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