First published at 00:32 UTC on September 21st, 2020.
A 2013 Arts Documentary directed by Bob Smeaton. Audio in English with Italian subtitles.
On September 18, 1970, 50 years ago, Jimi Hendrix died aged 27. Featuring interviews and testimonies from friends (including Paul McCartney) and family and u…
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A 2013 Arts Documentary directed by Bob Smeaton. Audio in English with Italian subtitles.
On September 18, 1970, 50 years ago, Jimi Hendrix died aged 27. Featuring interviews and testimonies from friends (including Paul McCartney) and family and unpublished archival images from his concerts, this documentary paints the portrait of "the greatest guitarist in rock history".
An acoustic guitar bought by his father for $ 5 was enough for the legend of little Jimi Hendrix to blossom in the 1950s. Rock & roll is in its infancy, but Hendrix delights in playing the songs of the greats of the time, in a blend of blues , rock and psychedelic. After a few years alongside Little Richard and Wilson Pickett, Jimi Hendrix is spotted in 1966 in Greenwich Village by Keith Richards' girlfriend. Thus comes the meeting with Chas Chandler, musician of The Animals, who takes his first steps in the world of production. In the heart of the London of the Swinging Sixties the band Jimi Hendrix Experience is born.
"Powerful, sensual, brilliant": Jimi Hendrix's friends and acquaintances who feature in the documentary are not greedy for praise for the psychedelic blues-rock icon. Died at the age of 27, at the height of his glory, Hendrix marked several generations of guitar artists and went down in legend as the greatest guitarist in rock history.
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