Eric Clapton Video:

Editorial Review:
If any artist deserved a hagiography it was Jimi Hendrix, and Joe Boyd's 1973 "authorized" tribute adequately sanctifies the legend. Perversely for a documentary, it achieves this simply through well-chosen concert footage rather than through the insights of the various talking heads. Pete Townshend, Eric Clapton, Mick Jagger, Lou Reed, and Germaine Greer are all wheeled out to wax lyrical about their days with Jimi, but nothing is more eloquent than watching and listening to him play. From "Hey Joe" in grainy black and white on the Ready Steady Go TV show, classic footage of Monterey, Woodstock (yes, "The Star-Spangled Banner"), and the Isle of Wight festivals to an acoustic 12- string rendition of "Hear My Train a' Comin'," Hendrix the musician speaks for himself.

But if Hendrix the musician shines through, this is not the most insightful profile of Hendrix the man. The circumstances surrounding his death, for example, are hardly touched upon (girlfriend at the time Monika Dannemann gets only a few seconds of screen time). Interview footage with Hendrix himself plus some occasionally rambling and incoherent comments from such intimates as his father, army buddies, ex-girlfriends (including Linda Keith, who "discovered" him in New York and brought him to England), and fellow musicians all take second place to the music itself. The most sensible quote comes from Little Richard, who proves once and for all that he's utterly bonkers when he says of Jimi's music: "At times he made my big toes shoot up into my boot." --Mark Walker, Amazon.co.uk

Jimi Hendrix [Region 2] Reviews:
AS PROMISED AND I LOVE IT ! WOULD RECOMEND IT TO ANY HENDRIX FAN. UNBLEIVEABLY GOOD
2008-11-16 - ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT! WOULD HIGHLY RECOMEND TO ANY HENDRIX FAN, OR ANYONE WHO LOVES A GREAT PERFORMANCE.

jimi hendrix moviee
2008-09-16 - I love this movie and loved it years ago when I saw it in a movie theater. A real collector's treasure for all of you fans out there of the great Jimi Hendrix.

LET TH GOOD TIMES ROLLTHIS REALLY TOOK
2008-04-17 - THIS TOOK ME BACK TO SOME REALLY GOOD OLD SCHOOL MUSIC THAT I COULD ENJOY.

The single best biovideo about Jimi Hendrix
2008-03-01 - All things considered, I'd say this is the best comprehensive video of Jimi's early years as a backup guitarist and his titanic rise to the top in the rock world of the mid 60's. The amazing talent of his songwriting and especially his virtuosity and style as a guitar master and performer changed the way the electric guitar was viewed by the world. He had a great influence on guitar players forever, from the greatest to the beginners. Many videos have been made attempting to illustrate Hendrix's life and tragically brief reign at the top of electric rock but his one is the most educational and entertaining. Interviews with contemporaries and friends as well as plenty of footage of Jimi at his finest tell the story excellently.

Not what I expected
2007-11-17 - If you want to hear people talk about Jimi, than maybe you'll enjoy this. I managed to see him play twice, back in the sixties, and the live footage here is very disappointing. There is the star-spangled-banner performance at Woodstock. The only real thing worth watching.