Original: Early in 1966 at the Cheetah Club on West 21st Street , Linda Keith , then girlfriend of Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards , befriended Hendrix and recommended him to Stones ' manager Andrew Loog Oldham and producer Seymour Stein .
Simplified: Hendrix got lucky , and in 1966 , he became friends with the girlfriend of Keith Richards , guitarist for The Rolling Stones , Linda Keith .