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

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Andrew Barker Variety 11/05/2013
[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. Go to Full Review David Hinckley New York Daily News 11/05/2013
4/5
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. Go to Full Review David Wiegand San Francisco Chronicle 11/05/2013
3/4
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. Go to Full Review Prairie Miller WBAI Radio 11/16/2013
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. Go to Full Review Roger Catlin rogercatlin.com 11/06/2013
It may shift PBS music tastes away from Irish Tenors and doo-wop to psychedelia. Go to Full Review Ed Bark Uncle Barky 11/05/2013
B
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. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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05/04/2016 Very informative biographical footage of Hendrix with some excellent footage of his concerts. See more 07/24/2015 Well done TV doc on Jimi and his career. See more 09/06/2014 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! See more 09/04/2014 are you experienced? See more 07/21/2014 "Music doesn't lie. If there is something to be changed in this world, then it can only happen through music." See more 06/29/2014 Well-made and interesting doc on Hendrix. See more Read all reviews
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Bob Smeaton

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Bob Smeaton