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‘Hear My Train A Comin’: Watch new PBS Jimi Hendrix documentary while you still can
11.11.2013
12:39 pm
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The latest documentary in the PBS American Masters series, My Train A Comin’ takes an in-depth look at the life and career of Jimi Hendrix. The two-hour long film uses heretofore unseen concert and home movie footage along with family letters, drawings and private photographs to tell a well-rounded story of the great rock guitarist who tragically died at the age of 27 in 1970.

Paul McCartney, Noel Redding, Mitch Mitchell, Billy Cox, Eddie Kramer; Steve Winwood and ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons are interviewed, as are three of the most influential women in his life: girlfriend Linda Keith who introduced Jimi to his manager Chas Chandler, Faye Pridgon who lived with Hendrix for four years in the early 60s (until he coldcocked her with his guitar after seeing her accept a peck on the cheek from another man) and Colette Mimram, the fashion designer who helped Hendrix create his signature stage look.

If you go directly to the American Masters website, there are plenty of great extras and outtakes. They don’t always leave these videos up forever on the PBS website, so you might not want to wait too long before you watch this.
 

Posted by Richard Metzger
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11.11.2013
12:39 pm
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