Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train a Comin' (2013)
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Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train a Comin' (2013)

Genre
Documentary, Music
Release Date
November 05, 2013
Studio
PBS
Genre
Documentary, Music
Release Date
November 05, 2013
MPAA Rating
-
Duration
190 minute(s)
Production Budget
-
Studio
PBS
Official Site
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Director
Bob Smeaton
Producer
Susan Lacy
Starring

This special presentation of Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train a Comin' presents the definitive documentary about the extraordinary life of the greatest guitarist of all time.

As seen on PBS' American Masters (PBS), this critically acclaimed film, directed by Bob Smeaton (The Beatles Anthology; Festival Express), unveils previously unseen performance footage and home movies while sourcing an extensive archive of photographs, drawings, family letters and more to provide new insight into the musician's personality and genius with interviews with Hendrix himself, commentary from well-known friends and musicians including Paul McCartney, Noel Redding, Mitch Mitchell, Billy Cox, Eddie Kramer, Steve Winwood, as well as revealing glimpses into Jimi from those closest to him. The film details the meteoric rise of the Experience, the creation of his groundbreaking music, the building of Electric Lady Studios, his state of the art recording facility in Greenwich Village and concludes with poignant footage from his final performance in Germany in September 1970, just 12 days before his death at age 27.

A pioneering electric guitarist, Hendrix had only four years of mainstream exposure and recognition, but his influential music and riveting stage presence left an enduring legacy.