His terrible shyness, only overcome when performing, and his dedication to working at his guitar nearly every waking hour are what they recall. The essential sweetness of the guy is what acquaintances and colleagues remember – which may be surprising considering the wild, psychedelic, womanizing presence Hendrix projected. Using his own words, from letters to his father and spelled out onscreen in Hendrix’s handwriting, the film captures his voice in new ways. ![]() ‘Jimi Hendrix – Hear My Train A Comin’,’ premieres Nov. PBS ‘American Masters’ offers a telling biography of the too-short life of the pioneering rock-blues-psychedelic electric guitarist. A gifted instrumentalist, composer and interpreter of other people’s songs, he worked diligently won rather sudden acclaim helped revolutionize music and then was gone. But for him, it was mostly about the music. ![]() And his knack for spectacle, notably destroying a guitar at the end of a performance, was well known. Jimi Hendrix eventually got into producing multiple tracks and overdubbing, too. Hard to imagine, given today’s packaged pop groups who are groomed and produced to within an inch of their lives, that a guitarist could take the stage and experiment before a huge crowd, expanding the boundaries of his craft in real time.
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