Jimi Hendrix (Boyd, Head, Weis)

Director: Joe Boyd, John Head, Gary Weis
Stars: Arthur Allen, Albert Allen, Stella Benabon
Genre: Documentary, Biography, Music
Country: USA

This documentary was made three years after Jimi Hendrix’s untimely death. At the time it was an example of how a visual biography should be done, but some of the information in it needs revising in the light of new information uncovered over the years. The film contains concert footage spanning the Marquee in 1967 to his last UK performance at the third Isle of Wight festival in 1970; along the way we see classic performances at Monterey (1967), Woodstock (1969), Fillmore East (1969/70), and Berkeley (1970).

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