“Jimi Hendrix came down to see us – he came up to me and said, ‘Shake my left hand, man, it’s closer to my heart’”: King Crimson’s Robert Fripp on the time he met Jimi Hendrix

In a recent interview on Rob Squad Reactions, King Crimson’s Robert Fripp has recounted the band’s early years – including a memorable encounter with Jimi Hendrix.

Fripp met Hendrix in 1969 at London’s Revolution’s Club, a meeting he frequently refers to as “one of the best calling cards any working musician is ever likely to be able to present.”

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