“He placed my fingers on the fretboard and shouted, ‘Grab the whammy bar…’ With his hands free, Jimi wrapped the towel I’d given him around his waist and dropped his trousers”: When Jimi Hendrix’s tech had to play his guitar after a wardrobe malfunction

You did not know what might happen next – especially when Jimi Hendrix was your client. Hendrix, writes Barrett, wore his velvet bellbottoms everywhere, even on the beach. “He was in the middle of a song, so he placed my fingers on the fretboard and shouted in my ear: ‘Grab the whammy bar, vibrate it back and forth,’” writes Barrett. “With his hands free, Jimi wrapped the towel I’d given him around his waist and dropped his trousers.” Experienced: On The Road With Jimi Hendrix And Beyond is out August 4 via Diversion Books.