i will say one thing that i got that i remember, and i remember jimmy told me and i forgot this. we were in indianapolis with hendrix, 20,000 people there, and they re yelling bring on hendrix, bring on hendrix. i got so fed up, i got on the mic and said shut the bleep up and listen. listen a.m. radio was still a baby, you know. it was top 40, but it was bubble gum stuff. they weren t ready for what we were doing. fm radio was commercial free in those days and played whole albums. and a.m. radio still hadn t played one of our songs. we released beginnings. we released does anybody know what time it is they wouldn t play it because we haven t had a hit.
a.m. radio was still a baby, you know. it was top 40, but it was bubble gum stuff. they weren t ready for what we were doing. f.m. radio was commercial free in those days and played whole albums. and a.m. radio still hadn t played one of our songs. we released beginnings. we released does anybody know what time it is they wouldn t play it because we haven t had a hit. catch 22. there was a certain amount of frustration because the singles that hadn t been releaseed and weren t successful. besides the fact we were doing a fair amount of drugs and partying and being young musicians on the road, and young musicians will burn the candle. the zeitgeist of that era was that people our age were noticing that we felt different
listen a.m. radio was still a baby. you know, it was top 40, but it was bubble gum stuff. they weren t ready for what we were doing. f.m. radio was commercial free in those days and played whole albums. and a.m. radio still hadn t played one of our songs. we released beginnings we released does anybody know what time it is and they wouldn t play it because they said we hadn t had a hit. catch-22. how the hell are you going to have a hit if you don t play something? there was a certain amount of frustration because the singles this had been released and weren t successful, besides the fact that we were doing a fair amount of drugs and partying and being young musicians on the road and young musicians will burn the candle.