The Fat Mattress consisted of people Id played with before joining the Experience and it was put together as a song writing situation.

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The first band I was in, I think was called The Strangers. I got the...

The first band I was in, I think was called The Strangers. I got the...

But people are now realising why I was playing bass with Hendrix.

But people are now realising why I was playing bass with Hendrix.

I took up violin because my best mate had taken it up, so I did...

I took up violin because my best mate had taken it up, so I did...

At the age of nine, playing the violin at school, and then onto the mandolin.

At the age of nine, playing the violin at school, and then onto the mandolin.

I was the first guy to join the band with Hendrix.

I was the first guy to join the band with Hendrix.

We had no sleep or days off or anything like that and then, when the...

We had no sleep or days off or anything like that and then, when the...

The Fat Mattress consisted of people I'd played with before joining the 'Experience and it...

The Fat Mattress consisted of people I'd played with before joining the 'Experience and it...

We had no sleep or days off or anything like that and then, when the...

We had no sleep or days off or anything like that and then, when the...

I came to join the Experience by going for an audition for Eric Burdon who...

I came to join the Experience by going for an audition for Eric Burdon who...

My personal favourite is Jeff Beck. All the others are wonderful as well.

My personal favourite is Jeff Beck. All the others are wonderful as well.

I wouldn't know how I would have coped with The Beatles' sort of fame.

I wouldn't know how I would have coped with The Beatles' sort of fame.

Well, Id had the Fat Mattress earlier as a writing outlet for songs and that.

Well, Id had the Fat Mattress earlier as a writing outlet for songs and that.

I suppose the old natural stuff would be ok, the old mushroom, but I wouldn't...

I suppose the old natural stuff would be ok, the old mushroom, but I wouldn't...

Hendrix rehearsed different drummers, before we met Mitch Mitchell.

Hendrix rehearsed different drummers, before we met Mitch Mitchell.

I'd gone professional when I was about seventeen.

I'd gone professional when I was about seventeen.

On Ain't No Telling I came up with the bass solo.

On Ain't No Telling I came up with the bass solo.

I took a lot of LSD over many years.

I took a lot of LSD over many years.

Well, I'd had the Fat Mattress earlier as a writing outlet for songs and that.

Well, I'd had the Fat Mattress earlier as a writing outlet for songs and that.

Everybody was starting to grow long hair and wear pink suits and purple glasses and...

Everybody was starting to grow long hair and wear pink suits and purple glasses and...

It was rehearsing in the studio, at which point they were setting up the sound,...

It was rehearsing in the studio, at which point they were setting up the sound,...