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Electric church : Atlanta Pop Festival - Juli 4, 1970


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Uncut

d. 9. Dec. 2015

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John Robinson

d. 9. Dec. 2015

"Sure enough, the film bears the resoundingly shonky imprimatur of the Experience Hendrix organization: directed by collector/archivist John McDermott and beginning with an unintentionally psychedelic appraisal of Hendrix's genius from persons living and dead, all presented with no context or attribution whatever.However, from then on, the film shows its working in a rather more candid and satisfactory way. In 1970, Steve Rash (who went on to direct The Buddy Holly Story) shot Atlanta Pop, but never processed his material until he began working on his own documentary about it a few years ago. Thanks largely to Rash's footage, this film now accesses something like an unheard Hendrix story ... Though near death, in performance Hendrix himself, meanwhile, is very much alive".


Get ready to rock!

d. 6. Nov. 2015

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David Randall

d. 6. Nov. 2015

"Just eight weeks before his last major appearance in the UK, Jimi Hendrix played the second Atlanta Pop Festival and the DVD version is now expanded to include material not seen in the original TV broadcast.The actual performance is generally considered one of the guitarist's best live outings, and the more familiar songs were spiced with some yet to be released material in the shape of `Freedom' and `Straight Ahead'. The only omission from the actual running order is `Hey Baby' when Jimi's guitar was out of tune due to the sweltering 104 degree Georgian heat".


All about jazz

d. 16. Jan. 2016

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Doug Collette

d. 16. Jan. 2016

"In front of the largest audience he would ever entertain, jimi Hendrix used a select few numbers from his early days-"Fire," "Spanish Castle Magic"-to erect a new persona for himself with more recently composed tunes such as "Room Full of Mirrors," his visionary cover of Bob Dylan's "All Along the Watchtower" and an abiding reliance on the blues, here in the form of "Red House:. Ably aided and abetted by drummer Mitch Mitchell and old Army buddy bassist Billy Cox, Hendrix presented himself as the contemporary bluesman he really was at this point in his career. tragically, just about two months before his untimely death".