But my close up experience with Jimi was at Ungano's, which was on W 72 Street in Manhattan. I was there for my favorite group, the NRBQ, who were living in Clinton Corners at the time. It was a mid week late booking, and there were about a dozen people in the club, and the 'Q was finishing up what I would have to call an unremarkable set, when Jimi walked in, to see them.
I'll interject that though the NRBQ is a relatively esoteric group, they are a favorite of many super famous musicians, and this was Jimi's time.
Jimi sat in the middle of the almost empty club, with two young women (in those less enlightened days, they were "hippie chicks" 
) And a vast charge of electricity went through the group on stage, and suddenly it was a new morning. I sat next to Jimi, and was able to observe what he listened to and reacted to. We didn't interact much. (He might have been stoned. I was.) He was all smiles, and left as the set ended.
I saw Jimi jam at Ungano's another time. He liked to play the blues.
--imm
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