American Masters: Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train A Comin'

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American Masters: Jimi Hendrix: Hear My Train A Comin'

2013

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Andrew Barker

Variety

[It] does an admirable job covering all the bases, and contains just enough new interviews and unseen footage to make it worth a look for the already experienced, though a bolder approach might have attracted more love.

Nov 5, 2013

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David Hinckley

New York Daily News

This new American Masters documentary on Jimi Hendrix confirms much of what we already knew well and gives some tantalizing hints of what we still hardly know at all.

Rated: 4/5

Nov 5, 2013

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David Wiegand

San Francisco Chronicle

If the new American Masters documentary on Jimi Hendrix doesn't seem to do full justice to the late guitar hero, it's only because no film could ever capture what it was like to hear Hendrix live.

Rated: 3/4

Nov 5, 2013

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Prairie Miller

WBAI Radio

Captures what he meant to the world, how he changed the landscape of received sound in music ahead of his time, the political Hendrix, and his concept of the Electric Church. And how he's appreciated in a different way by younger generations today.

Nov 16, 2013

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Roger Catlin

rogercatlin.com

It may shift PBS music tastes away from Irish Tenors and doo-wop to psychedelia.

Nov 6, 2013

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Ed Bark

Uncle Barky

What he was really like remains in large part a mystery. In that respect, Hear My Train A Comin' doesn't try to play a gumshoe. Its strengths are Hendrix in action, his guitar on fire whether he set a match to it or not.

Rated: B

Nov 5, 2013

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Very informative biographical footage of Hendrix with some excellent footage of his concerts.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/28/23

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Audience Member

Well done TV doc on Jimi and his career.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/24/23

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Audience Member

Highly recommend on netflix for anyone interested in knowing more about Hendrix. I was actually somewhat clueless about many details beyond the obvious. So this clued me in. Great footage!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/25/23

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Audience Member

are you experienced?

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/31/23

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Audience Member

"Music doesn't lie. If there is something to be changed in this world, then it can only happen through music."

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/31/23

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Audience Member

Well-made and interesting doc on Hendrix.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/16/23

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