I enjoyed this film much more than I expected. It seems to receive little critical coverage, but the characters and acting are good and the music at times really excellent. It takes a bit to get used to actors trying to represent legends such as Hendrix and Cream, but here it works well and I found the way the managers and promoters were displayed in the film as an interesting extra angle. I came away with a real desire to listen to more Hendrix music across all eras of his bands, so a good result I think for the fim-makers and for the great man himself.
Did not expect to like this, the Hendrix story is a
bit clouded with "hippie nonsense". I have been
following it since 1966 and I think this is closest to
the truth yet. The Mike Jeffrey's and Noel Redding
characters to me look real also Jimi's too.
I like covers of music done well and thoughtfully like
this . The JHE were pushed hard but maybe Jimi
should have waited to build his own studio......
The last scene struck me as realistic too. Sad.
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