Jimi Hendrix was the very first performer I saw in concert, in 1967, when I was 13 years old. Impressive, huh? Except that the next performers I saw, about 30 minutes later, were The Monkees. Hendrix was the opening act for the Monkees then, but only for a handful of concerts – and I was at the one in Miami, taken by my aunt, with my cousins, to see The Monkees, because I had been too young to see The Beatles the year before. (Arrgh.) But I digress. This
American Masters documentary covers that period, and many others, in Hendrix’s short life, and includes more than enough concert footage to prove why he was seen as such a bold, incomparable guitar god. But there’s lots more here, too, including terrific fresh comments by Dweezil Zappa and Paul McCartney. For a full review, see Gabriela Tamariz’s
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